"Principal Shi's practiced fist must be a Peerless Divine Skill, even a little mishap can cause such a big commotion; if this divine fist could be mastered, it would surely show invincible potential."
I'm invincible, my ass!
Shi Kai almost spat out a mouthful of blood. If it weren't for the genuine admiration on Yu Chi Youde's face, he would have suspected that this guy was deliberately trying to embarrass him.
"Alright, have someone clean this up; I'm going back to continue my cultivation," Shi Kai said.
Shi Kai only wanted to leave this embarrassing place as quickly as possible; he just couldn't stand it any longer.
"Eh?"
Why is there another footprint here?
Yang Cang had been observing his surroundings, looking for any clues. When he saw two sets of footprints on the ground, he couldn't help but utter a sound of doubt.
Shi Kai took a glance and his heart leapt, silently cursing trouble.
Just now, he and Luo Yu had exchanged punches, and both had exerted force at the same time, naturally leaving footprints.
"Can I see?"
Before anyone else could react, in the blink of an eye, he flashed over to the spot Yang Cang had indicated, twisted his foot, and the footprint belonging to Luo Yu instantly disappeared.
"Footprint?"
"What footprint? Elder Yang, could you have seen it wrong? Isn't there only my own footprint here?" Shi Kai put on an appearance of naive honesty, innocently looking at Yang Cang.
Yang Cang's mouth fell open, completely baffled.
This...
I might have poor eyesight, but I'm not blind. Those two big footprints vanished right before my eyes, and now you're asking where they went?
Is this something a human would do?
"Elder Yang, where is the footprint?" others also came over to ask.
Just as Yang Cang was about to speak, Shi Kai flashed over again, clutching Yang Cang's hand tightly.
"Elder Yang, you really must take care of yourself as you get older. Working day and night for the school, you're so touching, you've even blurred your vision."
"My vision isn't blurred," Yang Cang replied, a tiny bit angry.
"No, it definitely is," Shi Kai asserted with certainty.
Yang Cang was stunned; Shi Kai was always so serious, so why was he acting so strangely today? What was he trying to hide?
Then he saw Shi Kai making faces at him with a hint of a pleading look.
Yang Cang sighed and announced to the people around him:
"Yes."
"I'm getting old, my eyes are failing, I saw it wrong just now."
Only then did Shi Kai breathe a sigh of relief.
The others didn't think much of it, only noting that Shi Kai seemed off today, not as composed as he usually was.
Just as Shi Kai thought he had saved face and completely let go of his worries, a figure returned at high speed from a distance.
In an instant, it darted in front of everyone.
Shi Kai was startled and quickly hid his wounded arm behind his back before asking:
"Didn't you run off to the Secret Realm? Why have you come back?"
"I forgot to ask, after your test of me, you haven't told me what level my strength is equivalent to," Luo Yu, who had been halfway to the Secret Realm, suddenly remembered that he had forgotten the essential matter, so he hurried back to ask.
Shi Kai's heart cried out in despair, everything was ruined.
"You definitely have First Grade combat power, only lacking in establishing your own Doctrine Domain."
"Got it, Principal, you didn't get hurt just now, did you?" Luo Yu asked cautiously, because his sharp eyes had caught sight of the bloodstains on the ground.
He hadn't bled, so it could only be...
"Do you think those skinny arms and legs of yours could hurt me?" Shi Kai replied with a light laugh, urging, "Hurry on to the Secret Realm, everyone is waiting."
Luo Yu, unsuspecting, bowed to the other instructors and then flew off into the sky.
After Luo Yu left, the atmosphere here became exceedingly strange.
Quiet.
Quiet to a frightening degree.
Shi Kai's cheeks burned hot with embarrassment, and he felt he couldn't hold face any longer. His peripheral vision caught people looking at him with meaningful glances.
Especially Yang Cang; he had a moment of realization.
"So... that footprint just now belonged to Xia Luo?"
"So, the test you did for Xia Luo resulted in this mess?"
Shi Kai covered his face.
"Elder Yang, stop scolding, please stop scolding," he thought to himself, at the same time resolving to not face anyone again if the scolding continued.
"No way, could it be that the freshman actually has the capability to injure the principal?" Yu Chi Youde exclaimed in shock.
Shi Kai clenched his other fist so tightly he wished he could punch him into the clouds.
Hua Yourong shook her head repeatedly.
"It's impossible, absolutely impossible. How strong the principal is, even if Xia Luo is a monster, he couldn't possibly injure the principal," she insisted.
Yang Cang said, "Didn't you hear the principal himself admit that Xia Luo has strength comparable to a First Grade?"
Hua Yourong immediately responded, "We heard it, and although that news is also terrifying, even a First Grade couldn't make the principal bleed so much."
Shi Kai indicated he didn't want to talk to you and had blacklisted you all.
But now he didn't want to talk, and he couldn't help it.
He confessed:
"Indeed, it was this kid who injured me."
"I allowed him to give me a full-strength punch..."
"And then it turned out like this?" All the instructors widened their eyes, and Hua Yourong was so shocked that her beautiful face lost all color: "Eighteen, he's only eighteen, and he has First Grade combat power, and he can injure the unbeatable principal?"
Shi Kai's mouth twitched.
Praising Xia Luo is fine, but why do they keep mentioning that he beat him up?
"It's incredible, absolutely incredible," Yang Cang stroked his beard repeatedly, his eyes filled with a strange light.
"Sigh..."
Shi Kai sighed, "It's all my fault for being careless. I didn't utilize the Power of Heaven and Earth right from the start, or else it wouldn't have been so embarrassing."
With these words, everyone had a clear understanding of Luo Yu's strength, their hearts were shocked, and their expressions were exaggerated, speechless.
"If it takes the principal utilizing the Power of Heaven and Earth to deal with him, wouldn't we be turned into dust with just one punch from this kid?" Yu Chi Youde shivered.
"I thought this kid was already brave enough when he defeated Xue Can in the arena, but who could have thought he could be this outrageously strong?" Hua Yourong marveled.
Shi Kai nodded.
"That's old news."
"This time in Guangyuan City, when three Second Rank ferocious beasts suddenly attacked, it was Luo... Luo who turned the tide and single-handedly killed three Second Rank beasts, resolving the crisis."
The instructors were once again startled.
Knowing that among them only Yang Cang was First Grade and the rest were mostly Second and Third Grade, and since Xia Luo could kill Second Rank, wouldn't he play with them as if they were nothing.
"Alright, disperse. There's no need to spread the word about this matter. We need to keep Xia Luo's combat power secret," Shi Kai said gravely.
Looking at the principal with a serious face, the others were skeptical.
They really wanted to ask if you're sure it's to protect Xia Luo and not because you don't want others to know you were injured by a student?
But no one dared to ask, fearing retaliation.
"Cough cough, aren't you leaving? The culprit behind Jiang City's destruction has not been found yet, are you all going to just stand around here?" Shi Kai posed with authority.
Everyone immediately left, leaving just two people to handle the aftermath.
Shi Kai returned to his office and immediately dialed a phone number.
"Whoosh!"
A projection of a valiant old man in black boots appeared, his eyebrows sharp like swords, exuding authority.
"Shi Kai, what do you want?" he asked.
"Elder Luo, your grandson hit me," Shi Kai complained.
"You're full of it, my grandson is only eighteen, he couldn't have hit you, I warn you not to try and fleece me," Luo Tiance scolded him.
"Come, look at this, look!!" Shi Kai showed his battered arm: "It was your grandson who hit me, you have to compensate me for my medical expenses."
"Get lost! Do I, as his grandfather, not know my own grandson's level? If he could injure you, Shi Kai, it must be some international joke you're playing on me," Luo Tiance said with a face full of disbelief, unwilling to entertain Shi Kai's claims.
Shi Kai became serious, put his injured arm away, and said solemnly:
"Elder Luo, you may not realize, but your grandson's combat power has become sky-defying!"
"Explain clearly?" Luo Tiance said.
Right after, Shi Kai sent over the video of Luo Yu killing the three Second Rank beasts, and Luo Tiance, as a grandfather, was completely dumbfounded.
This...
This is my grandson?
How long has it been since I left my grandson and he's become so awesome?
Am I, as a grandfather, redundant?
Did I hinder my grandson's growth?
...
Meanwhile, at Mount Huju, the gathering of prodigies was already underway, with Third-Rank elites from Martial Universities of various provinces all assembled here.