Ye Qiong had not expected Tang Yan to actually dare to kill anyone either. Seeing that Leng Ning had already breathed her last, his fury blazed.
"Didn't you hear what I said?" Ye Qiong's voice was cold as he walked toward Tang Yan, step by step.
"I did," Tang Yan answered honestly.
Tang Yan's candid answer nearly made Ye Qiong cough up blood. His voice grew colder still. "You heard me, yet you still dared to strike?"
"Why wouldn't I dare? Why should I listen to you?" Tang Yan widened his eyes, looking at Ye Qiong as though he were an idiot.
Killing intent filled Ye Qiong's eyes, and a cold smile curled his lips. "It seems I'll have to teach you a lesson!"
Amid a chorus of startled cries, Ye Qiong rushed to Tang Yan's side and struck at him with his palm.
The deep-blue palm shadow moved incredibly fast, reaching Tang Yan in an instant.
"Don't you dare!" Yu Juechen, Yang Jiayi, and the others roared, trying to stop Ye Qiong.
In everyone's minds, Tang Yan's strength at earth tier fifth grade was nowhere near enough to contend with Ye Qiong.
But they were some distance from Tang Yan, and it was already too late to intervene.
Yet the sight of Tang Yan being sent flying never materialized.
A purple-robed woman, holding a sword sheath, blocked Ye Qiong's palm with the sword's hilt.
Giving Zi Yun a deeply wary look, Ye Qiong invoked the academy's authority to pressure her. "Miss Zi Yun, when you came to the Azure Dragon Academy, you made an agreement with us that you would not attack our students!
"You've violated that agreement repeatedly at the Azure Dragon Academy. Are you going to violate it again?
"Even if Purple Bamboo City is powerful, it