A Dominant Rout!

The Tengkong Realm referee also wore a solemn expression. The student competitors on both sides were genuine powerhouses. He even worried that he wouldn't be able to intervene in time when the clash occurred, so he couldn't help casting his gaze toward Zhao Ming over there. This required a Lingyun expert; otherwise, something catastrophic might happen. Zhao Ming did not hold back either! Both sides were practically boiling over with killing intent, plainly intending to cause trouble. The moment Zhao Ming stepped in, he looked at both sets of students and warned solemnly, "No killing without cause. At the brink of life and death, I will step in!" Su Yu chuckled softly. "Teacher, an accidental death wouldn't count as 'without cause,' would it?" "..." Zhao Ming ignored him and looked at Li Shiyun and the others, who also remained silent. Whoever caught an opening would naturally go for the kill! With a Lingyun Realm referee present, dealing a lethal blow was exceedingly difficult! Yet if even a Lingyun referee failed to stop it in time, a kill was just a kill. That was the referee's fault; how could students be blamed for failing to hold back in the heat of battle? It was only natural. The unlucky one was the referee! Not the students. While they might have to shoulder some token reprimand, for such a minor matter, the Single Divine Character Faction would probably leap at the chance to shield them. Zhao Ming cursed inwardly! Damn it all! Both groups of bastards were clearly trying to make his life hell. If even the head of the referee panel couldn't prevent an accident, expecting the students to pull their punches... was pure nonsense. "At the critical moment, I will intervene!" Zhao Ming barked at them. Did you hear me? I will definitely step in to stop you! "Begin!" With that single shout, all three hundred of Su Yu's acupoints erupted at once! "Heaven-Cleaving!" A thunderous roar tore through the air! He used neither divine characters nor willpower, but the raw power of origin acupoints! Hundreds of acupoints unleashed an overwhelmingly formidable surge of origin qi! At this moment, Su Yu truly seemed to transform into a being made of pure light, the origin qi in his acupoints dense to the absolute extreme! Gripping his cultural weapon, he cleaved downward with a saber! "Kill!" His blood qi soared to the heavens! Boom! Opposite him, Xie Hu unleashed a divine character to seal Su Yu, only to grasp at empty air. Su Yu wasn't using willpower in the slightest; in an instant, his terrifying blood qi and origin qi blew straight through the seal! Bang! A divine character shattered on the spot! Just how strong was Su Yu's physical body? A physique capable of enduring three hundred activated acupoints was in no way comparable to an ordinary Qianjun or Wanshi cultivator. His blood qi was thick to the absolute peak! With pure blood qi alone, he shattered the seal and obliterated the divine character! The squad's sole female member, Sun Qian, specialized in weakening divine characters. She sent her character pressing forward to sap Su Yu's strength. Yet before it could even get close, Su Yu's crashing blood qi violently jolted her willpower and sent tremors through her divine character! Su Yu was far too fast! Inconceivably fast! The Heaven-Cleaving slash came down in a flash. With a blur of his footwork, he was already right in front of Xu Ming—the very man Li Shiyun had assigned to engage Su Yu in close quarters. Xu Ming's face turned pale! With a furious roar, his willpower erupted. Having just closed the distance to stand at the forefront of the five, he was the first to take the brunt of Su Yu's charge! The full might of a ninth-stage Wanshi burst forth! Yet he was no supreme expert who had merged ten acupoints—merely an Eight-Stone cultivator who had merged eight. The instant his willpower surged, an invisible little hammer materialized out of nowhere and slammed down with a deafening boom, hammering him into a complete daze! "Xu Ming!" Li Shiyun roared, "Kill him, hurry!" He bellowed as his own physical origin acupoints erupted, his cultural weapon whistling straight at Su Yu! The others attacked simultaneously! Thunderous sonic booms tore through the air in rapid succession! "Heaven-Cleaving!" Another roar reverberated as Su Yu stacked a second slash! Even before the blade fell, Xu Ming's flesh was already mangled by the shearing saber qi. His willpower had taken a devastating blow, and as he barely clawed back consciousness, his face twisted in sheer horror! "Transform!" A furious shout came from behind. A divine character flared from Li Shiyun, instantly shrinking Xu Ming down a fraction! A transformation divine character! Yet it was still not enough! Hum! The blade cleaved down! Terror filled Xu Ming's eyes. In the next instant, his origin acupoints detonated one after another! Self-detonation! Violent origin qi erupted outward as he swung his blade in a frantic slash toward Su Yu's descending saber! Bang! A massive explosion rang out. Having blown his own origin acupoints, Xu Ming felt a surge of ecstatic relief—I survived! Just as the thought crossed his mind, a piercing agony tore through his chest! He looked down... The toe of Su Yu's boot had punched clean through his torso. Blood poured uncontrollably from Xu Ming's mouth. He looked up at Su Yu, only to find the youth already darting back! "I..." Xu Ming stumbled and fell to his knees, his vision plunging into darkness. Am I dying? Impossible! I am a ninth-stage Wanshi, at peak Yangxing! The instant darkness overtook him, Zhao Ming flashed forward, dragging him off the stage while cursing under his breath! Holy shit! The fight just started, and you're already going this ruthless?! White light showered recklessly over Xu Ming as if it cost nothing. Ruptured origin acupoints, severely battered willpower, a punctured chest... Without immediate emergency treatment, he was a dead man. Zhao Ming frantically administered initial first aid, then instantly hurled Xu Ming toward Elder Sun's side, barking angrily, "You take over!" He had no more time to play doctor! The instant Zhao Ming moved to save him—as if anticipating the referee's exact timing—Su Yu flashed directly above Sun Qian's head. Beneath his feet, time seemed to flow as the sun and moon wheeled in their orbits, and he brought his foot crashing down! "Save me!" Sun Qian shrieked in terror! The suffocatingly dense baleful aura battered her so hard she felt ready to burst. Her hair shredded apart, and blood sprayed from the top of her skull. If this stomp landed, she was dead without a doubt! Li Shiyun, Xie Hu, and Wang Chao's eyes turned bloodshot! Wang Chao roared! In that split second, his arm morphed into a tentacle, whipping straight for Su Yu's head! Bang! Before the limb could even close in, it exploded into a bloody spray! Su Yu withdrew his cultural weapon saber, fresh blood dripping from the steel. Too strong! With three hundred opened acupoints, Su Yu's explosive output was several times greater than that of ordinary martial artists practicing the Heaven-Cleaving Blade! Various Heaven-rank martial arts were wielded effortlessly at his fingertips! He had opened every single acupoint required for Time's Mountain Shatterer and Suppressing the Sun and Moon! The Body Strengthening Art and Soul Devour Art—one granted him an impregnable physique, while the other corroded his opponents' willpower. And the Mind Expansion Hammer was a terrifying divine skill in its own right! A peak Yangxing cultivator like Xu Ming had been knocked senseless by a single blow. Wang Chao failed to halt Su Yu's momentum, and Sun Qian now looked like a vengeful ghost, her hair completely obliterated and blood pouring over her face. Yet she had no way to evade Su Yu's finishing strike! "Kill him!" Sun Qian screamed like a demon. Above her head, a merged acupoint abruptly detonated! Boom! Su Yu's boot blew to smithereens, yet the blast failed to harm his flesh in the slightest. With a cold snort, he stomped toward her skull once more! Of the remaining three, Wang Chao had a severed arm and Xie Hu had lost a divine character. Only Li Shiyun remained unharmed. In that split second, Li Shiyun slipped silently behind Su Yu, thrusting a sword straight toward his neck! A deadly, powerful strike! Yet Su Yu spun around in an instant, astonishingly fast. He allowed the blade to nick his neck and draw a faint smear of blood, opening his arms with a broad smile and locking Li Shiyun in a crushing bear hug! Clamping him tight! Holding him in an iron grip of death! The Soul Devour Art activated! Li Shiyun let out a bloodcurdling scream, instantly withdrawing his willpower. But once his willpower was pulled back, despite being a ninth-stage Wanshi, his physical body was nowhere near strong enough, leaving him completely trapped in Su Yu's vice-like embrace! Bang! Both of Li Shiyun's trapped arms burst into bloody ruins under the sheer pressure! "Such a pathetic body!" This was supposed to be a ninth-stage Wanshi? A Wanshi who had opened a mere seventy-two acupoints and advanced by merging only seven! Such a ninth-stage Wanshi was utterly, laughably weak! Crack! Li Shiyun screamed in agony. Down below, Xie Hu endured the torment of his shattered divine character, stretching out his arm to grab Sun Qian and violently yank her away! Bang! Su Yu touched down, a foot stomping into the stage floor. Though Sun Qian had been dragged back by Xie Hu, one of her legs failed to clear the strike in time and was instantly stomped into a smear of minced meat by Su Yu! Still holding Li Shiyun, Su Yu sneered as the power of all his acupoints erupted! The iron hammer materialized once more! Boom! The strike battered Li Shiyun's head so violently that his skull nearly fractured, plunging him straight into unconsciousness! Su Yu thrust out his right hand, seizing Li Shiyun by the head! Glancing at Zhao Ming, who was just about to rush forward, Su Yu chuckled softly. Gripping the head, he flung Li Shiyun outward with a deafening boom! Bang! The air exploded, and Li Shiyun's body teetered on the verge of complete detonation. Cursing loudly, Zhao Ming leapt into the air to catch him, frantically suppressing the explosive energy inside to prevent Li Shiyun from blowing apart on the spot! The moment he caught Li Shiyun, another agonized shriek echoed across the platform! Sun Qian, whose leg had just been crushed, had her chest run straight through by Su Yu's saber! And Su Yu himself was already descending directly above Xie Hu's head! Too fast! They couldn't match his tempo in the slightest. Their willpower could track him, but the moment willpower emerged, corrosion and scorching followed in its wake! They had come prepared! They had protective talismans on them! Yet at this juncture, they didn't even have time to activate them! Activating a talisman required a split second. And he was simply too fast! Zhao Ming cursed violently once again, reaching toward Sun Qian. Another one on the brink of death! Five people, and in the blink of an eye, three had nearly been killed! Sun Qian was about to die! And Xie Hu... Should he just wait half a beat and sweep them both away together? Otherwise, both would perish. He was too terrifyingly strong! An invincible physical body, ferocious willpower, scorching properties, and a divine skill capable of devastating the mind directly... At this moment, Su Yu was formidable to the peak in both offense and defense! His physical body was far stronger than that of an ordinary ninth-stage Wanshi! When Li Shiyun collided with him physically, he was nearly squeezed into paste in an instant! Just as Zhao Ming reached for Sun Qian, Su Yu chuckled darkly. The cultural weapon lodged in her chest suddenly flared with a wisp of flame! Thunder erupted at the exact same instant! Lightning blanketed everything, masking all traces of that subtle flame! Boom! The Tier-2 "Thunder" divine character exploded with tremendous force. Sun Qian was blown apart, leaving only her head intact. The moment her eyes fluttered open, an earth-shattering shriek tore from her throat! Fire! Tengkong Realm flames—even a single wisp was enough to set her sea of will crumbling into ruin! "Save... me..." Sun Qian caught sight of Zhao Ming, her eyes swimming with desperate pleading and a sliver of hope. Save me! "Bastard!" Over in the viewing area, Elder Sun erupted in a fury. Just as he was about to intervene personally, he forced down the impulse and roared, "We concede!" It had unfolded too fast! So fast that even Shanhai experts seated in the stands barely had time to react. Xu Ming was crippled, Li Shiyun had nearly been crushed to death, Sun Qian was thoroughly ruined, Xie Hu was in imminent mortal peril, and only Wang Chao—though not fatally hurt—had lost an entire arm. A catastrophic defeat! And terrifying strength! Su Yu's sheer prowess brought several Tengkong and Lingyun powerhouses to their feet, their expressions grave! "The Heaven-Cleaving Blade!" "He opened three hundred acupoints!" Is he even human? This isn't human! Who on earth opens three hundred acupoints in the Qianjun Realm? And not just one Heaven-rank martial art—he had a Heaven-rank body-tempering art, a Heaven-rank leg technique, the Heaven-Cleaving Blade technique... Su Yu had mastered a staggering three Heaven-rank cultivation arts! On top of that, he possessed a divine skill—an extraordinarily powerful one! Multiple Tier-2 divine characters! How could this be Qianjun? How could this be Character Nurturing? At this moment, Su Yu could completely be treated as a Tengkong Realm cultivator! An ordinary Tengkong of the Single Divine Character Faction only had one main divine character at Tier-2, and their physical body hadn't been tempered by blood essence, meaning they weren't even as strong as Su Yu right now! A Civilization Master's physical body was naturally inferior to a warrior's! Su Yu turned a completely deaf ear! Concede? You don't get to call that! The instant Zhao Ming swept in to rescue Sun Qian, Su Yu brought his foot down toward Xie Hu. Zhao Ming immediately traced a divine character, manifesting it onto Xie Hu with a deafening boom! Brilliant golden light burst over Xie Hu—not his own power, but Zhao Ming's protective divine character. A Lingyun Realm expert! This was not something Su Yu could currently overcome; he had no way of breaking through a Lingyun cultivator's divine character defense. Zhao Ming let out a quiet sigh of relief. Holy shit! I nearly slipped up! This bastard won too fast. In the blink of an eye, he had routed four people, every one of them an elite capable of contending for the top ten of the Top 100 Rankings! Five working in tandem, routed in less than ten seconds! Four? Zhao Ming's expression changed abruptly! "Stop, you win!" he bellowed! The referee had shouted; the match was officially over! Yet at this very moment, Su Yu's cultural weapon was already resting against Wang Chao's neck, an invisible hammer crashing down upon his skull. Wang Chao was completely dazed, having lost all awareness. The edge of the blade had already sliced into his flesh; a fraction of an inch deeper, and his head would have tumbled to the floor! Zhao Ming's roar finally brought Su Yu to a halt! Glancing sideways at Zhao Ming, Su Yu smiled. "Teacher, I must give you face. If it were anyone else... without the participant conceding personally, I wouldn't have cared!" With that, he pulled back his weapon! Wang Chao collapsed unconscious to the floor, blood gushing from his wound, his aura fading to near-extinction! As for Xie Hu, shielded within the golden divine character, his physical injuries were light, yet his eyes were filled with unbridled horror and despair! Defeated! A crushing, humiliating defeat! If Zhao Ming hadn't intervened, all five of them would have been slaughtered within these mere ten-odd seconds! Even so, a wave of profound sorrow washed over Xie Hu! His injuries were the lightest—only a single shattered divine character. The most gravely wounded were Sun Qian and Wang Chao, followed closely by Li Shiyun and Xu Ming. The former two had suffered catastrophic damage to their seas of will, while the latter two had their physical bodies pulverized. Crippled! Without a colossal amount of heavenly treasures, the four of them were finished for life. Even Xie Hu had lost a divine character, and that was considered the best outcome. Had Zhao Ming's divine character not protected him, he would have been stomped to death seconds ago! Su Yu let out an easy, graceful laugh. His clothes were entirely intact, merely flecked with a few spots of blood. One of his boots, however, had been destroyed. That was from Sun Qian detonating a major acupoint on her skull, blowing away his footwear. With one foot bare, Su Yu casually shattered his other boot, planting both feet onto the bloodstained stage. Crimson coated his soles as he looked toward Elder Sun with a warm, gentle smile! "Elder Sun, I truly hope you can heal them. They are all elites; don't go breaking people's hearts!" Without tens of thousands of merit points, there was no saving them. Tens of thousands of merit points... Could they bear to part with that much? Was it worth saving a few crippled Character Nurturing students? Elder Sun's expression was as cold as frost! Right then, a figure charged out from the crowd, his gaze capable of murder! He glared at Su Yu, flames of fury leaping in his eyes! Zhou Pingsheng! Li Shiyun and Sun Qian were both his disciples. Even if he had already planned on casting them aside, they were still his students—and now they were completely ruined! Sun Qian was injured most severely! Li Shiyun's physical body was torn like shredded rags! They were only in the Character Nurturing Realm, not the Sun-Moon Realm. Restoring a ruined body was excruciatingly difficult and astronomical in cost; the far more likely outcome was that they were crippled for the rest of their lives. Zhou Pingsheng glared daggers at Su Yu! At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to kill Su Yu regardless of any consequence. He had six disciples in total. Qiu Yun and Zhai Feng were currently serving disciplinary punishment, forced outside to clear All-Races Sect strongholds. Two more had just been crippled today, and the remaining two were Tengkong Realm students currently away from the academy. Absolute silence! Both on and off the stage, the entire hall fell deathly quiet. Liu He and his companions stood utterly dumbfounded, having never imagined such an outcome. The student experts in the audience also wore fluctuating expressions! Zhan Hai, Jiang Mu, Li Minyu, and the rest were visibly shaken. Too powerful! Completely flawless! Civilization Masters always had weaknesses, the most prominent being their physical bodies. Yet Su Yu's body was stronger than that of an ordinary Tengkong Civilization Master—it was downright terrifying! A Heaven-rank body-tempering technique! A staggering three hundred opened acupoints! And right now, Su Yu looked as relaxed as ever. Talking big? Arrogant? Having routed five experts in an instant, Su Yu had proved everything through cold, hard facts. He wasn't arrogant; he was a genuine monster. If this hadn't been an arena match, not a single one of the five would have walked away alive! Su Yu... had indeed shown Zhao Ming face. Otherwise, Wang Chao would have died without question. That silent strike had almost slipped past Zhao Ming while the referee was preoccupied with saving the others. Su Yu sparing him was a favor to Zhao Ming. It was also a deliberate move to nauseate the Single Divine Character Faction! Save them, and it costs a fortune. Abandon them, and everyone's loyalty will freeze over. With injuries so severe touching their seas of will, unless a Sun-Moon Realm expert stepped in personally, only a sea of natural treasures could pull them back. ... Below the stage. Wu Lan stared blankly. After a long pause, she turned toward her older sister. "Sis... he's... so strong..." Wu Qi took a deep breath and nodded. Incredibly strong! "Stronger than Xia Yuwen back then!" When Xia Yuwen held first place on the Top 100 Rankings, he might not have been this dominant. If Xia Yuwen could sweep ranks two through ten, Su Yu could do the same! And yet Su Yu hadn't even reached his peak at this stage. His physical body hadn't reached the Wanshi Realm—though reaching it might prove exceedingly difficult, as opening too many acupoints intensified the repulsive forces. His willpower wasn't at its peak either! Wu Qi felt an urge to curse! Was this still human? Was he from the Primordial God Race? If one asked which race was the strongest at lower cultivation tiers, it was the Primordial God Race. If this guy were thrown among them, he could probably suppress a whole crop of their geniuses! ... Zhan Hai's expression shifted as well. Formidable! Absurdly formidable! A freshman who enrolled just a few months ago? Who the hell are you kidding?! He felt that his own physical body was inferior to Su Yu's, he didn't possess as many Heaven-rank martial arts, and as for willpower... His willpower was powerful, but whether it surpassed Su Yu's was hard to say. He didn't have as many Tier-2 divine characters as Su Yu, nor did he know a divine skill... He began to wonder: if he faced Su Yu, could he win? His only advantage over Su Yu lay in having merged nine acupoints—a total of 108 acupoints merged together. His explosive power might be slightly higher than Su Yu's unmerged, scattered state. Though probably not by much! Su Yu hadn't merged his acupoints, but he practiced the Heaven-Cleaving Blade and possessed three hundred opened acupoints! Merged acupoints ultimately allowed for faster and slightly stronger bursts. With 108 acupoints merged into nine, he was an expert who merged twelve acupoints per stage. When bursting forth, his power was roughly equivalent to around two hundred opened acupoints in the Qianjun Realm. That was his greatest strength. As for the rest... he held zero advantage. When Su Yu unleashed his martial arts, he wouldn't fall short in the least! ... On the stage. Seeing that no one below spoke, and noticing Zhou Pingsheng glaring murderously not far away, Su Yu smiled. "What's the matter? I won, so why is everyone looking like this?" "Assistant Director Zhou, do your eyes want to kill me?" "Come on, Assistant Director Zhou. How about I crane my neck and let you have a swing?" Zhou Pingsheng was consumed by incandescent fury! For a split second, he truly wanted to murder Su Yu regardless of any consequence! A menace! An absolute menace! Once this kid reached Tengkong, he might actually have the strength to challenge Lingyun cultivators. Moreover, his advancement speed was shockingly fast, completely defying reason. Once he broke through to the Tengkong Realm, would anyone in Tengkong be able to suppress him? And that was before his divine character battle technique had even taken form, before his divine characters had achieved unification. What if they unified upon reaching Tengkong? At that point, Su Yu would gain an even deadlier trump card: a formidable divine character battle technique! Crucially, if he won today, he would be permitted to enter the Sea of Consciousness Mystic Realm! At this thought, Zhou Pingsheng felt a surge of genuine dread. Su Yu must never enter the Sea of Consciousness Mystic Realm! That bastard Liu Hong had drastically underestimated him. They absolutely could not allow Su Yu's willpower to break through! When that time came and Su Yu reforged his physical body, his strength would surpass even ordinary warriors! What kind of Civilization Master would that be? Gritting his teeth, Zhou Pingsheng suddenly shrieked at the top of his lungs, "Whoever defeats Su Yu, I will reward with a high-grade Profound rank cultural weapon—" Su Yu drawled lazily, "If you pull that kind of trick, I'll just concede straight away!" "..." Zhou Pingsheng froze, his face flushing crimson as he nearly choked on his own blood! Shameless scoundrel! He had no choice but to amend, "Defeat him in the very next match! If Su Yu loses, I promise to give you a high-grade Profound rank cultural weapon!" Such an item was something even Lingyun Realm experts usually couldn't afford! Zhou Pingsheng looked toward Zhan Hai, toward the elite squads of veteran students in the crowd! Only they stood a chance! He couldn't let Su Yu into the Sea of Consciousness Mystic Realm. Even if it was utterly humiliating, even if it cost a Profound rank weapon, he could not allow Su Yu the opportunity to secure three consecutive wins! With Su Yu showing such overwhelming might, who else would dare challenge him? Su Yu chuckled casually. "One isn't enough; it's not enough for five people to split. Spending a single cultural weapon in exchange for five crippled geniuses—that's far too stingy! Assistant Director Zhou, since you're so wealthy, forget the weapon. Just put up ten thousand merit points; maybe someone will be tempted!" At this moment, not even Elder Sun moved to stop Zhou Pingsheng! Su Yu was growing strong far too quickly! Their trump-card squad had been easily wiped out by him. For a threat like this, even ten thousand merit points was well worth spending! Su Yu had to be dealt with! Otherwise, once he reached Tengkong, who could possibly suppress him? Zhou Pingsheng gritted his teeth and roared, "Ten thousand merit points to whoever defeats Su Yu!" Su Yu smiled. "Add a condition: defeat me in the next round. Otherwise... what if I concede and you renege on the deal? I might throw in the towel at any moment!" "..." Zhou Pingsheng's fury choked his throat; he refused to even dignify that with a response. Su Yu added with an amused look, "How about this? I won't fight anymore. You just hand me the ten thousand merit points, and both of us get what we want. What do you say?" "Bastard!" Zhou Pingsheng bellowed in rage! Su Yu maintained his mocking grin. "How am I a bastard? Your goal is for me to lose. If I step down willingly and you give me ten thousand merit points, isn't that perfect? That spares anyone else from taking the stage. I'm just a freshman and don't know how to control my strength. If I end up crippling a few more geniuses, ten thousand merit points won't begin to cover the medical bills!" Below the stage, no one made a sound. Gambling five people's futures for ten thousand merit points? Even if Zhan Hai were willing, the other four members of his squad would never agree! Zhan Hai might be confident in walking away unharmed, but they certainly weren't! Splitting two thousand merit points each just to end up crippled... who would take that deal? Anyone who earned entry into the Civilization Academy aimed for Tengkong and beyond. Selling their future for a mere two thousand points might not even cover the medicine! Su Yu laughed once again! "This is the true greatness of Civilization Masters. Cultivation arts, secret techniques, martial arts—without diligent research, how could anyone learn them?" At this moment, Zhou Pingsheng seemed to realize something! He shrieked sharply, "You're an All-Races Sect cultist! Aside from the Heaven-Cleaving Blade, where did you learn your other Heaven-rank cultivation arts?" The moment those words rang out, countless eyes turned toward Su Yu! Indeed, where had Su Yu obtained so many Heaven-rank cultivation arts?! Su Yu smiled. "Why should I tell you? Legacies I found myself, or even techniques I researched on my own—what can you do about it? It wasn't an illicit transmission or stolen arts. What right do you have to demand where I got them? Go find proof that I stole the inheritance, and then I'll gladly tell you where it came from!" Su Yu laughed boisterously. "Is this the true face of the Single Divine Character Faction? Just because I'm strong, I must be an All-Races Sect cultist! What an absurd label to pin on someone! I could just as easily claim you're an All-Races Sect cultist. Otherwise, why would you suppress the academy's talented students? What are your true intentions!" Su Yu roared that last sentence with thunderous fury! "The dispute between the Single and Multiple Character Factions remains within the Great Xia Prefecture's control! You slander me as an All-Races Sect cultist—what is your motive? You covet a student's private inheritance—what is your motive? Across the entire human realm, which powerhouse doesn't hold some personal legacy? Do they all have to lay them bare before you? What boundless gall!" Su Yu bellowed, his voice reverberating throughout the arena grounds. Turning to Old Huang, he yelled at the top of his lungs, "Director Huang, coveting a student's legacy and falsely accusing a student of treason—is this what an Assistant Director of the Great Xia Civilization Academy's Library ought to be saying?" Zhou Pingsheng raged, "Slander? I am merely questioning! You come from a humble background in Nanyuan. Where could you have obtained such inheritances? Who can guarantee you aren't a plant planted by the All-Races Sect!" Su Yu said coolly, "Over three hundred years ago, those Invincible powerhouses rose from humble origins as well. Were they all members of the All-Races Sect too?" "You... Bastard, you're twisting the truth! Su Yu, if you don't reveal the origin of your cultivation arts, you could very well be an All-Races Sect cultist!" At this stage, Zhou Pingsheng had completely cast caution to the wind! Four of his disciples had been ruined, his own reputation lay in absolute tatters, and even members of his own faction looked down on him. If he didn't bring Su Yu down today, he wouldn't have a single inch of ground left to stand on! Su Yu laughed. "The origin? Simple. My grandteacher gave them to me. Is that enough? As for how he got them, go ask him yourself. How about that?" "You..." Zhou Pingsheng was beside himself with rage. Just then, an amused chuckle drifted over: "I passed them down to him. What of it? Is it so strange for me to have a few cultivation arts? Zhou Pingsheng, I suspect you weren't even born of your own mother. Prove to me that you were born of your mother! Otherwise, I suspect you're the bastard child of Zhou Mingren and a Fire Swine!" Those words sent shockwaves through everyone present! Holy shit! He dared say something like that out loud?! Who was it?! The next instant, countless gazes turned toward the newly arrived old man. Hong Tan! Hunched over, Hong Tan chuckled cheerfully. "Go on, prove it! Otherwise, I suspect you're a mongrel of the myriad races, a descendant of a Fire Swine! Hurry up! And Zhou Mingren, prove to me that you never slept with a Fire Swine and sired this thing! If you can't prove it, I'll execute you on the spot!" The moment his voice fell, the overwhelming aura of a half-step Sun-Moon Realm came crushing down! In the distance, from the direction of the Xiuxin Pavilion, an immense, terrifying aura surged into the heavens! Hong Tan didn't care in the slightest, laughing aloud, "Prefect, I suspect an alien mongrel has infiltrated the academy and am interrogating him for the truth! If there's no proof that he isn't, I will execute him!" Hong Tan's aura erupted fiercely as he said chillingly, "Since when did the academy start presuming guilt without evidence? If that's how we play, don't blame me for disregarding the rules!" From the direction of the distant Xiuxin Pavilion. After a brief silence, Wan Tiansheng's voice drifted over slowly: "Do not take things too far! Testing my bottom line time and again! Rules are the final restraint placed upon me, upon you, and upon countless others! "If none of you are willing to abide by the rules... I am more than happy to indulge you!" At that moment, an icy chill gripped everyone's hearts! Zhou Pingsheng felt his very soul rupture in sheer terror! In that split second, he felt an insanely murderous intent churn violently within his sea of will, coming within a hair's breadth of annihilating his consciousness completely! Pfft! A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from his lips. Hong Tan's eyelids twitched violently, and he hastily forced a laugh. "I was only joking! Why would I ever kill anyone? I'm an honest, law-abiding man, and this fellow was just asking for trouble. Prefect, I'm heading back! I just remembered, I haven't finished sweeping the floor today..." With a sharp tear, the void cracked open, and he fled straight through empty space! At this moment, Old Huang, Elder Sun, and several others stood up one after another, their gazes turning toward the Xiuxin Pavilion. Wan Tiansheng said faintly, "This is the final warning! Rules... are not meant to be broken! Zhou Pingsheng, what belongs to students belongs to students, and what belongs to you belongs to you. Do not overstep your bounds unless you can prove Su Yu stole cultivation arts forbidden from transmission. Otherwise... next time, I will send you on an expedition to the Demon Realm!" "Pingsheng will remember!" Zhou Pingsheng cried out at the top of his lungs, his face deathly pale with terror. In that brief moment just now, he felt as if he had already crossed the threshold of death! The Prefect... was far more terrifying than anyone had ever imagined! On the stage, Su Yu also lowered his head, acting completely obedient and keeping a low profile. Holy crap, he actually provoked Old Wan out. If that man truly dished out punishments, Su Yu might end up on the receiving end too—better to lay low! What terrifying killing intent. Even from where he stood, Su Yu had caught a wisp of it, nearly rattling his willpower. His grandteacher had fled after just popping in for a moment, which showed just how absolute Wan Tiansheng's authority truly was!