The next day, Gu Xingyue walked into the classroom. It was nearly time for class, and almost every seat was occupied.
Fortunately, Gu Xingyue possessed world-stunning good looks, so many girls offered to give him their seats.
In the end, Gu Xingyue sat down among a crowd of girls.
Just then, the bell rang, marking the official start of class.
Then a man in a black robe walked in, his expression extremely stern, as though they owed him several million.
Once the teacher entered, the students in the classroom fell silent, every gaze fixed on him.
His oppressive gaze swept over every corner of the classroom, his expression looking as though he wanted to devour someone.
Everyone in the classroom instinctively swallowed, unable to help growing a little nervous.
"My name is Zhou Yi. Starting today, I am your homeroom teacher, but I think there are a few things I need to say."
"Shrek Academy's assessments are extremely strict. I don't know how many of you will manage to stay, but I'll make this clear beforehand: I intend to train geniuses and monsters, not idiots and trash. Do you understand?!"
The students were somewhat dumbfounded. They had already been nervous, and now this man had launched into a tirade without a single frame of startup, shattering their composure.
But none of them dared voice their anger. They all remained silent.
Just then, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
Zhou Yi's already dark expression turned even more livid. He addressed the doorway. "Get the hell in here! Do I have to personally invite you?!"
Wang Dong slowly walked in, but he was wrapped in bandages and looked a little comical.
Zhou Yi stared at him, then said, "Give me an explanation, or pack your things and get the hell out!"
Hearing that, Wang Dong looked at him in disbelief, thinking, Seriously, man? With me looking like this, isn't it obvious I'm injured? And just like that... I'm expelled? What the... hell?
The students exchanged glances below, their meaning unmistakable: was something wrong with this teacher's brain?!
"I... I..." Wang Dong stammered, clearly unsure how to begin. After all, being beaten into this state so soon after school started was utterly humiliating. He was simply too embarrassed to say it in front of everyone.
At that moment, Gu Xingyue stood up, looked Zhou Yi straight in the eye, and said, "Because I fought him yesterday."
Zhou Yi glanced at him. Just as that look made the students think Gu Xingyue was about to be expelled, he suddenly said, "It seems you aren't all trash! Someone has thoroughly put our Shrek motto into practice after all-those who dare not stir up trouble are mediocrities!"
Zhou Yi's unexpected words left them unable even to wrap their heads around what he had said.
While the students' brains were still frozen, Zhou Yi spoke again. "Now, except for those two, every last one of you get the hell outside and run a hundred laps around Shrek Square! Anyone who fails to finish can pack their things and go home to Mommy!"
At that moment, several students began arguing with Zhou Yi. "Why should we?!"
"Exactly! We won't accept this! You have no authority to expel so many people."
"That's right! None of us are going out to run. What can you do about it?"
Zhou Yi looked at them and laughed. "Calling you a bunch of idiots really wasn't wrong in the slightest. You won't accept it? You won't follow orders? Then I'll expel every last one of you!"
"Now, this instant, immediately, get the hell out and run your laps! Otherwise, roll up your bedding and leave!"
As he spoke, Zhou Yi stopped concealing his Soul Emperor cultivation, sending his oppressive aura straight at the students.
Faced with that intimidation, all the students reluctantly ran out of the classroom.
Gu Xingyue's expression was calm, but his tone was sharp as a blade. "Forgive my bluntness, Teacher Zhou, but your running assessment is practically useless. It isn't worth a fart. I won't participate in this cerebellum-deficient obedience test-after all, you don't understand teaching at all."
"You're saying I don't understand teaching?!" Zhou Yi flew into a rage, his finger nearly jabbing Gu Xingyue's nose. "Let me tell you, in the entire Outer Court, no one understands teaching better than I do! No one!"
Beside them, Wang Dong stared, dumbstruck. Seriously, bro, you're this brave? You're a true warrior!
"Teaching requires tailoring your instruction to each student's aptitude. You're just blindly messing around-do support-type soul masters and beast martial soul masters have the same physical capabilities?"
"Shut up!" Zhou Yi cut him off sharply. "On the battlefield, will the enemy spare you just because you're a support-type soul master?! This sort of training is all but essential. It's an indispensable trial in everyone's life-you understand none of that!" He glared viciously at Gu Xingyue, his eyes practically spitting fire.
"You say support-type soul masters are in great danger on the battlefield, and that's true. But you've overlooked soul tools-can't support types use soul tools? Rather than exhausting every effort training a body that can never surpass a beast martial soul master's, they'd be better off learning how to use soul tools faster and more effectively."
"You're expelled!" Zhou Yi fixed him with a fierce stare, his finger stabbing toward the door. "Get out!"
Gu Xingyue looked at him and suddenly sneered. "Expel me? Sorry, but you don't seem to have that authority. On the contrary, one word from me might consign you to eternal damnation."
"What a joke! I am a teacher of Shrek's Outer Court! Who would dare kill me?! Who could kill me?!" Zhou Yi practically roared.
"The person who can kill you-me. Right now, right here. At this very moment," Gu Xingyue said flatly.
"You!" Zhou Yi was so furious that he laughed. "At your age, you're a Soul Elder at most, yet you dare claim you can beat a Soul Emperor like me? What an idiot's dream!"
"Why not give it a try?" Gu Xingyue smiled.
"Then I'll beat some sense into you!" Before Zhou Yi had finished speaking, his martial soul abruptly possessed him-the Red Dragon!
Flames churned around him, crimson scales emerging from beneath his skin layer upon layer as a wave of heat instantly swept across the room.
Gu Xingyue smiled. With a lift of his hand, the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine and the Evergreen Life Vine appeared simultaneously.
"What? Twin Martial Souls?!" It was Wang Dong who cried out in astonishment.
He had thought his trump card was his Twin Martial Souls, which would only reveal themselves later, but he had never expected Gu Xingyue to have them too-how was he supposed to compete now?
Even more absurdly, Gu Xingyue could actually summon and use both martial souls at once?
And they were martial souls with completely opposing attributes-did that make any sense?
Immediately afterward, something even more unreasonable happened-the two martial souls actually began to fuse?!
"That fluctuation of soul power..."
"It's a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
Using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with himself? What kind of move was that?!
Zhou Yi's pupils abruptly contracted, alarm bells blaring in his mind. I absolutely cannot let him complete his Martial Soul Fusion Skill!
He lunged forward, flames enveloping his dragon claw as he went straight for Gu Xingyue's face.
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