I Can Play the Arrogant Tyrant Too

The Holy Academy was located in the Balak Kingdom, within the Heaven Dou Empire.

This was mainly because it lay in the very heart of the continent, with the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire to the south, making it convenient for students from both empires to come.

The Holy Academy was enormous, occupying nearly as much land as a city.

The Holy Academy was divided into inner and outer academies. The inner academy taught Soul Masters whose Soul Power Level had reached level twenty or higher, while the outer academy was for people who had not yet undergone their Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, or who had already awakened their Martial Souls.

Of course, to enter the Holy Academy to cultivate, one first needed a certain level of aptitude, or great potential after awakening a Martial Soul.

After all, the Douluo Continent was vast, and countless people wanted to become Soul Masters. On top of that, all the factions apart from Spirit Hall had their own agendas and refused to give their full support, so Spirit Hall did not have the capacity to take in everyone who wanted to cultivate.

Of course, it was not the case that every student admitted had to undergo testing. Spirit Hall, as the leading party, and the eight other factions all had the right to make special admissions.

But it went without saying that not everyone in those clans would be kind enough to use their special admission privileges on people born into poverty.

Today was the day the Holy Academy officially opened its doors, and Holy Virtue City was packed with people. Many had brought their children, hoping they would be selected by the Holy Academy.

The Holy Academy stood on the western side of Holy Virtue City, occupying roughly two-thirds of the city. The entire complex was grand and imposing, and it could certainly be counted as the finest Soul Master Academy on the continent.

After entering Holy Virtue City, it now took four hours to reach the Holy Academy from the city gates, mainly because there were simply too many people in the city.

To relieve the pressure, the Holy Academy had already begun aptitude testing and Martial Soul Awakening ahead of schedule. Anyone who failed to meet the requirements would be escorted out of the city by soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Those who met the requirements would be allowed to stay, but only the child could go in alone. Anyone accompanying them would be sent out of the city.

On this matter, the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall were in complete agreement. After all, many of the people were subjects of the Heaven Dou Empire, and the empire naturally would not leave them to fend for themselves.

"Stop pushing! Have you no sense of decency? Can't you see everyone's lining up?!"

"That's right! We've been here for days just to get a place in line. Have you lot no shame?"

Shouts and curses rang out constantly from the crowded throng. There were always people growing impatient, eager for their turn to come at once.

It was already so packed that one more person seemed enough to burst the city apart. Whenever someone pushed forward, the whole crowd shifted with them. The adults could manage, but the children could not bear it.

"Why is it so crowded? Can't everyone line up properly? Wouldn't that be a little faster?"

In a carriage traveling along the lane reserved for carriages, Qian Renxue frowned at the scene in the street outside and spoke with a headache.

Wang Feng smiled and said, "That's just how people are. They get anxious whenever it isn't their turn yet, and they're all afraid they'll miss out if they're too late. That's normal. It's just hard on the children."

He shook his head. There was nothing he could do about it either. Even if he could take a few people inside, could he take everyone in? Obviously not.

Wang Feng looked at his teacher, Bibi Dong. Seemingly aware of what he wanted to say, Bibi Dong spoke before he could open his mouth. "I know. I'll tell the person in charge to extend the admissions period by half a month."

"Thank you, Teacher."

Because they were traveling in the carriage lane, they soon arrived at the academy gates. The entrance had been divided into ten lanes for testing and awakening people in batches, but it still did not relieve the pressure. Even ten more lanes would not have been enough.

But there was nothing to be done. They could hardly move the process outside the city or inside the academy; that would only make things more chaotic.

"Get out of the way! Are you blind? We're from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan! Are you all courting death?"

A loud shout of abuse suddenly came from the academy gates. Wang Feng and the others immediately frowned and looked over. Sure enough, just as they had thought, someone wanted to use their status to get in ahead of everyone else.

Their clothes showed that they were from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, though there were people from other clans as well. The group pushed straight through the crowd, paying no attention to the situation. Quite a few people were shoved to the ground, and the cries of children rang out all around.

Some people had even been trampled underfoot. It looked as though someone might be killed.

"Damn it, what are those guys doing? Can't they see there are lots of children in the crowd?"

"How can they behave like that? Why don't they get in line?"

Qian Renxue and Hu Liena frowned deeply, immediately voicing their displeasure.

"Go deal with it," Bibi Dong said.

"Yes, Your Holiness."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei's voices came from outside the carriage.

"Wait!"

Wang Feng suddenly called out. Looking at his teacher, Bibi Dong, he said, "Teacher, let me go! This sort of thing is what I do best." Wang Feng smiled with narrowed eyes. I can play the arrogant tyrant too.

Bibi Dong frowned and looked at Wang Feng. She hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. "All right, go ahead! Be careful."

"Okay, Teacher, don't you worry!"

Wang Feng got out of the carriage with a smile, stretched his neck, and headed toward the academy gates, still smiling.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei followed behind him. After all, there were many people, and accidents were hard to avoid.

"Take a look at what you are! Is this a place you can come to?!"

"A bunch of paupers think they can soar to the heavens from here? Take a look at yourselves."

"Move, move! Stop blocking the way."

"Whoever gets in my way, I'll beat them to death!"

The group cursed as they pushed forward, and the man at the front was especially arrogant. When only one person remained ahead of them, the father was clearly standing to one side, waiting for the results of his child's examination after the Martial Soul Awakening, yet the man still sent him flying with a kick.

The father flew straight toward a stone statue at the academy gates. It depicted a ferocious Soul Beast, and the stone spikes on its feet were a full ten meters long. If the father hit them, he would surely die.

Quite a few people cried out in alarm, but none of them had the ability to intervene.

"Dad! No!"

The child, who was undergoing an aptitude test, saw that his father was in danger. He hurriedly broke free of the testing staff and ran toward his father, shouting, but what could he do?

But just as the father was about to crash into the statue, a figure moved as fast as lightning, rushing behind him in an instant and raising a hand to catch him.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the sight. At least no one had been killed.

But the person who had intervened frowned and looked over with a cold gaze.

"Hmph! You're lucky. If you're that blind again, there won't be some damn dog to save your life next time."

"What did you say?!"