Douluo Continent: Heaven rewards diligence, Tang San's defenses are breached by liver damage.

"Wang Sheng? There are others too. What are they doing in the back mountain?"

Xiao Wu looked at the vast crowd in front of her, her delicate face full of confusion.

Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not speak. However, he already had a guess in his mind.

"Sister Xiaowu, Lin Chuan, we've finally found you!"

Upon seeing Lin Chuan and Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng's expression immediately became excited, while he silently breathed a sigh of relief.

The other work-study students in Dormitory 7 also showed the same expression.

"Wang Sheng, what brings you here?"

"And who are these guys?"

Before Wang Sheng could explain, the tall student leading the other group sneered, his face full of disdain.

"You're the leader of this bunch of poor bastards?"

"Wang Sheng, you guys are really a bunch of good-for-nothings! You actually recognized a little girl as your leader, you've really disgraced Notting Academy!"

"She's quite cute, but if we really started fighting, I'm afraid she wouldn't even be able to withstand one slap from me!"

"Boss Xiao is right!"

"Work-study students are a bunch of useless trash!"

As soon as Boss Xiao spoke, his henchmen immediately began to echo him.

Upon hearing these sarcastic words, Xiao Wu immediately understood.

"Are you here to cause trouble?"

"Little girl, I'm the boss of Notting Academy. From now on, all of you in Dormitory 7 will have to listen to me. Is that alright?"

Xiao Wu puffed out her cheeks slightly, her eyes full of disdain.

"Pah! You don't deserve it! You should listen to Sister Xiaowu instead!"

"What a bunch of country bumpkins who have never seen the world. They really don't know their place and don't even bother to find out who I, Boss Xiao, am."

Boss Xiao snorted coldly, then suddenly let out a wicked laugh.

"How about this, you work-study students send someone to fight us. If you lose, you have to acknowledge me as your leader."

"No problem. If you lose, I'll be the boss of Notting Academy from now on, and all of you will have to call me Sister Xiaowu!"

Xiao Wu naturally accepted the challenge without hesitation.

She's always been a social butterfly, not to mention that she's deeply obsessed with this kind of bet to be the boss.

"Tell me, how to fight?"

"It's easy!"

Boss Xiao gave a forced, hearty laugh. "We'll each send ten people to fight one-on-one. The winners can continue until everyone on one side is defeated. It's fair, isn't it?"

"Fair my ass! You surnamed Xiao, you're utterly shameless!"

Before Xiao Wu could speak, Wang Sheng started cursing loudly.

The families on Xiao Laoda's side are all well-off, and they've been enrolled in school for so long, so they're quite a formidable force.

On the other hand, among the work-study students, very few were actually capable of fighting, yet they resorted to a tag-team approach, which was utterly shameless!

Chapter 7 Beating Up Kids

"Wang Sheng, this is none of your business, get out of the way!"

Boss Xiao glared at Wang Sheng with disdain, then looked at Xiao Wu with a mocking expression.

"Little girl, if you're scared, just admit defeat!"

"Then it's settled!"

Xiao Wu, unmoved by such sarcasm, immediately agreed.

Boss Xiao's lips curled up slightly, and he immediately beamed with joy.

This little brat is so easy to fool!

"Very good. Although you are just a little girl, you are definitely more courageous than Wang Sheng and his gang of good-for-nothings."

"Enough with the nonsense, who wants to go first?"

Xiao Wu was clearly getting impatient and immediately waved her hand.

"Liu Long, you go!"

Boss Xiao gestured behind him with his chin.

“Alright, boss,” a tall, senior student immediately stepped forward.

"Sister Xiaowu, why don't you let me go first?"

Wang Shengxin gritted his teeth and stepped forward.

Liu Long was his classmate and old rival. The two had fought one-on-one several times, and Wang Sheng had never won. Moreover, each time he had a rather miserable end.

There are very few working students who can fight, so it's impossible for Xiao Wu to fight ten people by herself, right?

Therefore, even though Wang Sheng knew he was no match, he still chose to step forward.

"No need, I have other plans."

Xiao Wu, with her boss-like demeanor, waved her hand to refuse Wang Sheng's request and then turned to look at Lin Chuan.

"Xiao Chuan, why don't you go?"

Lin Chuan immediately pursed his lips, "I'm not interested in children playing house."

The sound, which was not deliberately concealed, was naturally heard by everyone.

Although Xiao Laoda and his group did not refute, their gazes clearly turned cold.

"Hey, Xiao Chuan, you're one of us work-study students too. Are you really going to just stand by and watch us get bullied?"

Seeing that Lin Chuan remained unmoved, Xiao Wu became somewhat exasperated.

The girl's eyes darted around, and suddenly she smiled.

"How about this? Didn't you ask me for help before?"

"If you participate in this betting contest, I'll help you, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan's eyes flickered slightly.

After a brief moment of thought, he suddenly lowered his hands, which were clasped in front of his chest.

"Deal, but it's not just about you. If I need help later, I'll ask others to help as well."

"No problem, I'll agree on their behalf!"

Seeing that Lin Chuan had agreed, Xiao Wu looked very pleased.

Wasn't she just outmaneuvered by Sister Xiaowu once?

Lin Chuan observed Xiao Wu's reaction but did not hold it against the girl.

It's just an equivalent exchange!

Lin Chuan walked through the crowd to the center, reached down to his waist and pulled out a wood-chopping knife, his gaze cold and aloof.

"let's start!"

"Pfft, so this is your martial soul? A farm tool. I thought it was something powerful? Turns out you're just a good-for-nothing who only knows how to talk big?"

Liu Long sneered, his face full of mockery.

"A wood-chopping knife is enough to deal with you."

"Then let me teach you a lesson!"

Liu Long's expression turned cold, and a yellow light shone in his hand, instantly revealing a stick more than two meters long in his palm.

He strode forward quickly, raised his long staff high, and swung it down at Lin Chuan's head.

Lin Chuan held the knife forward, his feet moving lightly, dodging to the side without pausing for a moment.

"It's not over yet!"

Liu Long let out a low shout, brandishing his long staff and sweeping it straight across.

Lin Chuan took a light step and leaped into the air, dodging the stick once again with a somersault, his whole body seemingly spinning around the long stick.

When they landed again, they were already in front of Liu Long.

"not good!"

Liu Long's expression changed, and he hurriedly tried to dodge, but felt a pain in both hands.

The wood-chopping knife struck the back of his hand, and his hands instinctively loosened, causing the martial spirit staff in his hands to slip from his grasp and fall to the ground.