Confronting Zhou Yi

There was no helping it. Word of what Hui Ye had done at the school gates had already spread among the teachers, so there was no need to make a special effort to verify it.

Hui Ye curled his lip and slowly got to his feet.

Seeing his lazy manner, Zhou Yi frowned slightly.

A troublemaker?

She loved nothing more than bringing troublemakers to heel, and she began plotting how to deal with him later.

Zhou Yi's voice was cold and merciless.

"Only four of you?

I'm very disappointed in you. What a bunch of trash.

Don't you know that those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocrities?

Everyone else, go to Shrek Square and run a hundred laps."

The students immediately erupted.

"What kind of rule is that?"

"Shouldn't the ones who fought be the ones getting punished?"

Zhou Yi added, "Anyone who doesn't finish will be expelled on the spot!"

A student stood up in protest. "Teacher, I don't accept this.

Why should those of us who didn't fight be punished with running?"

"What I say goes here! If you don't like it, you can get lost!"

Zhou Yi folded her arms, and a terrifying fluctuation of Soul Power suddenly erupted from her.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black-six Soul Rings rose one after another from beneath her feet, and the terrifying pressure of her Soul Power forced the student back into his seat.

The students' expressions changed drastically. None of them dared say another word.

A smug look appeared on Wang Dong's face.

Zhou Yi glanced at her. "Are you proud of yourself?"

Wang Dong's expression stiffened.

"Why were the four of you fighting?" Zhou Yi asked, looking at the four who had stood up.

Neither Wang Dong nor Wang Hai spoke. Huo Yuhao thought of the Gold Soul Coins Wang Dong had paid him and chose to keep quiet.

He had taken the hush money. It would be rude to run his mouth now.

Hui Ye twisted his neck, his bones cracking, and bluntly told her how Wang Dong had beaten him and tried to seize his dorm room.

Wang Dong's face turned livid. She looked back and glared at Hui Ye. "Hui Ye, don't spew bloody lies! I never laid a hand on you!"

"Let's put that aside for now. Tell me, did you try to seize the dorm room?" Hui Ye demanded.

Wang Dong glanced at the silent Huo Yuhao and stubbornly answered, "No!"

"Oh, you didn't beat me or try to seize the room? Then why did you stand up?" Hui Ye looked at her with a faint, knowing smile.

"That was a swap, not a seizure!"

Wang Dong cursed his shamelessness inwardly and hurried to correct his wording.

Wang Hai stepped forward to smooth things over. "Teacher, we were just sparring. Please don't misunderstand."

"No, no, no, there's no misunderstanding here. I know exactly what happened."

Under Wang Dong's murderous gaze, Hui Ye spilled everything that had happened the day before, adding plenty of spice to the story.

Wang Dong looked at Zhou Yi and protested, "Teacher, Huo Yuhao agreed to swap dorm rooms. It wasn't anything like what Hui Ye said."

Zhou Yi said, "Huo Yuhao, you tell me."

For the sake of the Gold Soul Coins, Huo Yuhao chose to compromise.

"Teacher, I did agree to swap dorm rooms."

Looking at the four of them, each with their own hidden agenda, Zhou Yi knew exactly what was going on, but she couldn't be bothered to expose them. Similar conflicts occurred among every batch of new students.

"All four of you, a hundred laps. Hui Ye, you get an extra twenty."

Wang Dong had been about to protest, but when she heard the last part, she immediately shut her mouth and looked at Hui Ye, her eyes full of schadenfreude.

Huo Yuhao was puzzled. "Teacher, I don't mind running a hundred laps, but why does Hui Ye have to run an extra twenty?"

Hui Ye also looked at Zhou Yi, waiting to see how she would explain herself.

"There's no reason. I feel like it," Zhou Yi said calmly.

"Then I refuse!"

Hui Ye muttered inwardly. I haven't offended Zhou Yi, have I?

Could she be going through menopause?

Or is Aunt Flo visiting?

Zhou Yi snorted coldly. "You don't have the right to refuse!"

Hui Ye aside, Huo Yuhao couldn't bear to watch and raised an objection.

"Teacher, everyone else is running a hundred laps. Why is he being treated differently? There has to be a reason."

"The reason is that Hui Ye hit a registration staff member when he enrolled, so he's getting an extra twenty laps as punishment."

Zhou Yi said calmly, "Any more questions, student Huo Yuhao?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened.

What? That happened too?

How come I didn't know?

The other students also looked surprised.

Some students knew the inside story and whispered among themselves.

"I know about that."

"What happened?"

"The person handling registration insulted Hui Ye, and Hui Ye beat him up. Afterward, the dean waived Hui Ye's tuition for three years."

"He's that fierce?"

Hui Ye raised an eyebrow. "The dean already settled this matter. Teacher, are you saying the dean was wrong?"

Zhou Yi could hardly believe that a ten-year-old child would dare invoke the dean's name to pressure her.

Sure enough, he was a troublemaker, and a difficult one to discipline.

Even so, she wasn't worried in the slightest. The dean had authorized her actions today, intending to take the edge off Hui Ye's troublemaking.

"The dean wasn't wrong, but you did hit someone. For that alone, you deserve punishment."

"Since the dean already dealt with it, I shouldn't be punished." Hui Ye spoke with conviction.

"Hmph!"

Zhou Yi snorted coldly, and her Soul Power pressure swept toward Hui Ye.

Hui Ye didn't budge. With 99% damage reduction, it was like bathing in a pot of hot oil-easy as could be.

Zhou Yi frowned slightly and increased her Soul Power output.

Yet Hui Ye still acted as though nothing was happening. He even yawned.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi was deeply alarmed. She didn't dare increase her Soul Power any further. His face was flushed, and he looked like a pressure cooker full of boiling water, ready to explode at any moment.

Zhou Yi had no choice but to withdraw her Soul Power. If this continued, the Soul Power would squeeze Hui Ye until he burst.

Zhou Yi was full of questions. How had he done it? Under such immense Soul Power pressure, he hadn't shown the slightest sign of pain.

"Teacher Zhou, can you even do it?"

"Insolence!"

Zhou Yi's face darkened, and she waved her hand, sending a slap of Soul Power at him.

Hui Ye merely raised an arm and held it in front of him.

Tian Meng sensed that something was wrong. The Soul Power flowing through Hui Ye's arm was intensifying, as though it would explode the next second.

"This is bad! Yuhao, get away from him!" Tian Meng cried.

Huo Yuhao darted away with a whoosh.

Zhou Yi's Soul Power slap struck Hui Ye's arm and exploded with a boom!

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, splattering Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao in the front row.

Amid the rain of blood, a hand fell from above and landed in Xiao Xiao's lap.

Xiao Xiao was still in a daze. She numbly picked up the severed hand from her lap, and only when she felt its warmth did she come to her senses.

"Ah!!"

A scream tore from Xiao Xiao's throat. She hurled the severed hand far away, and her eyes rolled back as she fainted.

Wang Dong was closest to her. Equally terrified, she let out a scream and collapsed onto the floor.

For all his usual swagger, as though he were somebody important, she had never seen such a bloody scene. She was so frightened that she went limp.

The rest of the students cried out in alarm. They fled their seats and pressed themselves against the walls, trembling.

Looking at the flesh and blood all over the floor, Huo Yuhao fought back his nausea while breathing a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had gotten away in time.

That trick again. The same familiar flavor, the same familiar recipe.

But what on earth is this guy trying to do?

"I..."

"This..."

Zhou Yi was utterly dumbfounded. The color instantly drained from her face, and she gripped the lectern tightly, her body trembling slightly.

"I barely used any Soul Power.

This is bad. Things have really blown up this time. My teaching career is over."

In the past, no matter how she punished students, or even expelled them, the academy had turned a blind eye.

But the situation was different now.

She had slapped a student's arm and made it explode. This was far too serious, far beyond anything she had anticipated.

She didn't dare imagine how the academy would deal with her.

At that moment, she felt an unprecedented fear.

Mu Jin, in the neighboring classroom, heard the dreadful screams and hurried over.