Only when Mu Jin pushed open the door and walked in did the chaotic, oppressive emotions around them abruptly subside somewhat.
One girl burst into tears. "Teacher, please save our classmates."
"Teacher Zhou attacked us just now. That terrifying blow nearly killed everyone."
The girl spoke through sobs. Beside her lay another girl who looked extremely similar to her. Both were badly injured.
A flicker of surprise crossed Mu Jin's eyes as he looked at them. He recognized the two: Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
Their Martial Souls were hair, which was not particularly powerful, but they possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Few people even at Shrek Academy knew this, so both girls could actually be considered geniuses.
Yet now they had inexplicably been injured.
Mu Jin swept his gaze around. Besides them, at least eight or nine others had all suffered serious injuries.
What he had thought was a minor matter had instantly escalated, so Mu Jin dared not delay.
After briefly comforting several female students, she hurried back to her own class and called over a few students to help watch over them.
Then she took out a Soul Tool and hurriedly notified Du Weilun.
The air in the classroom was suffocatingly heavy, the mingled smells of blood and char lingering without dispersing.
The injured students lay or sat, their faces etched with pain and their eyes burning with barely restrained fury.
Mu Jin understood that if this matter was handled poorly, Shrek Academy's reputation would suffer a devastating blow.
But the most urgent thing was to stabilize the situation first, then wait for Du Weilun to arrive.
In his office, Du Weilun had been sitting at ease, quietly drinking tea.
As the director of studies, he did not have much to do. Aside from Zhou Yi, who was always causing trouble, most of the other teachers were not troublesome people.
After all, this was Shrek Academy. Most of its teachers were highly capable and rarely needed his help.
As he sat there sipping tea, his phone suddenly rang. He took it out and answered.
Mu Jin's slightly frightened voice came through.
"This is bad, Director Du. Something terrible has happened. Teacher Zhou Yi attacked her students, leaving seven or eight students in her class seriously injured."
"Two students were hurt even worse. Their arms have been charred."
Mu Jin sounded nervous as he spoke. Even someone with her temperament had never experienced anything like this.
Listening to Mu Jin, Du Weilun parted his lips, disbelief flashing through his eyes.
He truly had never imagined something like this could happen. But before he could react, Mu Jin's next words made him spring to his feet.
"And Teacher Zhou Yi seems to have been attacked. She's badly injured. I can't think of which ice-attribute expert could have attacked Teacher Zhou Yi inside Shrek Academy."
"So there may still be some expert hiding nearby." Hearing Mu Jin's anxious words,
Du Weilun charged out, kicking open his office door without daring to linger.
Eight Soul Rings appeared around him as he rushed straight toward the teaching building.
The teachers still in the office were rather bewildered by Du Weilun's actions, but they could guess that something had happened.
So several teachers followed him out.
As the teachers headed over, Du Weilun hurriedly called the Soul Master with the Tree of Life Martial Soul.
"Come to the teaching building immediately. Something terrible has happened. Several students are badly injured and may need emergency treatment from you, or things could go wrong."
Even Du Weilun's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.
Hearing his words, the male teacher on the other end was clearly startled. He hastily agreed and hurried toward the teaching building as well.
At that moment, Li Mu stood quietly downstairs.
His expression had not changed much. After all, Zhou Yi had attacked him first. Even if he had severely injured her, the academy would not do much to him.
At most, they would give him a light punishment.
As for why he possessed such formidable strength, Li Mu could easily find an excuse to explain it.
He did not need to expose the Snow Empress.
He only needed to make up some excuse and say that an expert had left a means of protection on him.
Whether they believed him or not was none of his concern.
As Li Mu started toward the teaching building, Du Weilun and the others ahead of him had already arrived.
Watching them rush straight upstairs, Li Mu maintained his unhurried pace.
When he reached the classroom door, an enormous Tree of Life had already manifested, rich green Soul Power flickering along its branches.
As its powerful healing ability descended, the injuries on their bodies began to heal rapidly.
As the students' injuries recovered, many of them stared at Zhou Yi with hatred.
Zhou Yi clutched her chest. Li Mu's ice spear had pierced her left shoulder.
The ice spear itself had been condensed from the Snow Empress's power, and the power it contained was terrifying.
It already rivaled an ordinary Soul Emperor's all-out strike, and the power within it might even have been somewhat stronger.
Especially that ice, which would not melt even across the ages-even though it had now dissipated or been shattered, its extreme cold still remained inside Zhou Yi's body.
Zhou Yi gritted her teeth. Her entire left arm, including her hand, had already turned an unnatural bluish purple.
That was a reaction that only appeared when someone had been frozen stiff, and the entire left side of her body was gradually growing numb.
She was even gradually losing control of it.
Sensing the changes throughout her body, Zhou Yi clenched her teeth as terrifying flames burned around her.
The enormous fire dragon behind her roared and seethed incessantly, but even with its power supporting her, her body remained in very poor condition.
Meanwhile, Du Weilun's expression shifted repeatedly. He could sense the anger among these students, and even killing intent.
After all, Zhou Yi really had nearly killed these children. Although they had been forcibly saved, several of them were severely injured.
Among them were the sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, as well as several other children whose strength was also around the two-ring level.
These children could already be considered geniuses, yet their injuries would now take at least a week to heal.
And once these children went home and spoke of this, the scandal of a teacher injuring Shrek Academy students would spread far and wide.
Once this matter escalated, it would deal a devastating blow to Shrek's entire reputation.
Du Weilun knew all of this, yet he still hesitated for a moment, unsure how to handle it.
But when he saw Li Mu walk in from behind with one hand resting behind his head and a calm expression, the young man's composure made Du Weilun freeze for an instant.
Naturally, he knew who Li Mu was. He had nearly killed Dai Huabin that day, displaying almost terrifying strength.
Du Weilun had investigated afterward. Li Mu indeed possessed Twin Martial Souls, and neither Martial Soul had anything to do with the support system.
He had registered his Twin Martial Souls as Blue Silver Grass, but neither the shape nor the appearance of his grass resembled Blue Silver Grass.
Aside from being grass, that thing bore almost no resemblance to Blue Silver Grass at all. And whose Blue Silver Grass could transform into a dragon?
It even came with dragon claws and controlled extremely terrifying water and ice elements.
So as Du Weilun watched Li Mu appear, he studied him with a somewhat peculiar expression.
Du Weilun felt both suspicion and apprehension, but he did not dare casually open his mouth to reprimand Li Mu.
He knew that Li Mu might have even deeper secrets behind him, and now was certainly not the time to investigate.
But before Du Weilun could speak, Zhou Yi, who was clutching her left shoulder tightly nearby, turned and viciously unleashed a fire dragon at Li Mu.
By now, anger had completely clouded Zhou Yi's mind. She ignored both her own severe injuries and the students still around her.
Carrying scorching heat, the fire dragon instantly lit up the entire classroom, distorting even the air with its flames.
Li Mu raised his eyes, his expression still calm, as though what came charging at him was not a lethal attack.
He slowly raised his hand. A wisp of cold quietly condensed at his fingertips, and the surrounding temperature abruptly plummeted.