A Group Brawl!!

"I'm going to train hard!"

Xiao Wu perked up and sat upright, making a gesture to cheer herself on, her eyes filled with determination.

Han Yu had come to understand Xiao Wu's personality. He had lost count of how many times she had said that, yet she had never managed to stick with it for even a day.

"Boss! Sister Xiao Wu! Something's wrong! Boss!!"

Just as a confident Xiao Wu was about to begin cultivating, someone rushed in through the door in a panic. He was a work-study student from Dorm Seven, and his face was still filled with alarm.

"Boss!"

Seeing both Han Yu and Xiao Wu there, the work-study student looked a little less panicked. Fine beads of sweat ran down his forehead to his neck, and he wiped them away with his sleeve.

"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Han Yu saw that no one was behind him, yet he was still in such a panic. His heart sank, and he guessed it probably had something to do with Wang Sheng and the others.

Life had been so comfortable lately that he had forgotten all about it.

"Lead the way."

Having guessed what had happened, Han Yu called Xiao Wu to come along and told the work-study student to lead the way.

They quickly headed to the hill behind the academy, where Wang Sheng was. The hill wasn't inside Nuoding Academy, but just a small rise outside its back gate.

Before Han Yu and the others arrived, they saw a tall student standing with his foot planted firmly on Wang Sheng's chest, pinning him to the ground. He held a long stick pointed at Wang Sheng's nose, while several senior students gathered around them, roaring with laughter. The other work-study students weren't faring much better.

"Wang Sheng, where's that boss of yours? Why didn't he come?"

A handsome senior student crouched down and patted Wang Sheng's defiant little face, making the surrounding senior students laugh even harder.

"Xiao Chenyu, you launched a sneak attack! Despicable!"

Pinned underfoot and unable to move, Wang Sheng was covered in bruises, but he kept his eyes fixed on Xiao Chenyu, his face full of defiance.

"Sneak attack? If you've got the ability, go ahead and sneak up on me too."

Xiao Chenyu wasn't angry. He laughed and looked at Wang Sheng with contempt, as though he were looking at a pile of trash.

Just as Xiao Chenyu was about to stand up and mock the work-study students again, he saw Liu Long, who had been standing on Wang Sheng in front of him, seemingly go flying. In his place stood a first-year kid, pulling Wang Sheng to his feet.

"Who are you?"

Xiao Chenyu stood up, the smile vanishing from his face as he looked at the first-year kid with a somewhat serious expression.

"Me? I'm the boss they were talking about. Xiao Chenyu, right? You're finished."

The one who had kicked Liu Long away was Han Yu, who had just arrived. After pulling Wang Sheng up, he checked his injuries, then turned to look at Xiao Chenyu, his face expressionless.

At that moment, Xiao Wu and the other work-study student arrived as well. The remaining senior students noticed what was happening, abandoned the work-study students they had been bullying, and hurried over to stand behind Xiao Chenyu.

"You're the boss?"

Xiao Chenyu looked at Han Yu, exchanged a glance with the student beside him, and burst out laughing.

"Oh, Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng, you really have gone backward with age. You actually let a first-year kid be your boss. Oh, my."

By the end, Xiao Chenyu was laughing so hard that tears came to his eyes. He was just reaching up to wipe them away when he felt his body fly backward, stopping only when he crashed into a large tree.

Then pain erupted all over his body, especially where he had been kicked in the stomach and where his back had hit the tree. The sudden pain left him sitting there with his eyes and mouth wide open, unable to draw a single breath.

"Boss Xiao!"

The other students finally reacted and hurried over to pat Xiao Chenyu on the back. Only then was he able to catch his breath.

"What are you standing around for? Get them."

Han Yu glanced around and called out before charging into the crowd. Each punch and kick sent someone crashing to the ground, unable to get back up.

"Charge!"

Xiao Wu followed close behind. A pair of rabbit ears instantly sprouted from her head, and her body changed as well. A tuft of fluffy white rabbit tail grew from her rear, and a yellow ring of light circled up and down around her body.

"Get them!"

Wang Sheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and likewise used Martial Soul Possession, though he had no Soul Ring circling him. He charged forward with the others, a fierce look on his face.

The scene instantly descended into chaos. Although quite a few of the senior students had acquired Soul Rings, Han Yu was on the field, and whenever anyone used Martial Soul Possession, he immediately took them down.

Seeing this, the others could only grit their teeth and force themselves to fight the work-study students who had used Martial Soul Possession. But without using it themselves, how could they be a match for opponents who had? Before long, they had all been pinned to the ground.

Wang Sheng even straddled Liu Long and slapped him across the face with his tiger claws, over and over. Liu Long cried out miserably and could only shield himself with his arms.

"Brother Sheng, Brother Sheng. If you keep hitting him, you'll kill him."

Seeing this, the other work-study students hurried over and helped Wang Sheng up. Only then did he leave the battered and bruised Liu Long, still wanting more.

"Xiao Chenyu, right?"

Han Yu looked at the senior students sprawled all around him, then walked over and crouched down in front of Xiao Chenyu, speaking in a teasing tone.

Xiao Chenyu still hadn't recovered from Han Yu's kick when he realized Han Yu had come up in front of him. Even the slightest movement sent searing pain through his body, frightening him so badly that he could only keep begging for mercy.

"D-don't come over! I know I was wrong! Stay back! Stay back!"

Xiao Chenyu was like a young woman being bullied, constantly saying strange things as he stared wide-eyed at Han Yu, his eyes full of terror.

"So you like sneak attacks, huh?"

Han Yu had reached Xiao Chenyu. He crouched down, raised his hand, and slapped him across his handsome face.

"So you like playing dirty, huh?"

Another slap.

"Boss Xiao, huh?"

Yet another slap.

The successive slaps made Xiao Chenyu's once-handsome face swell up like a pig's head, and he continued begging for mercy.

"From now on, Wang Sheng is your boss. Got that?"

Looking at Xiao Chenyu, who was close to breaking down, Han Yu pointed at Wang Sheng behind him, a mocking smile on his face.

"I-I understand! I understand! From now on, he's my boss!!"

Xiao Chenyu still wanted to refuse, but when he saw Han Yu starting to raise his arm, he hurriedly agreed.

Seeing how sensible Xiao Chenyu was, Han Yu finally gave his battered, bruised face a satisfied pat. Then he stood up and swept his gaze over the area.

Apart from Xiao Chenyu, Liu Long, and a few others, no one there had been seriously injured. Only those who had bullied the work-study students earlier had been pinned to the ground and beaten by them. They had repaid their grudges and settled their grievances.

The work-study students understood exactly what they were doing. Before, they hadn't dared to resist only because they had no powerful person to lead them.

Now they did.