Douluo Continent: The Martial Soul Flowing Blade Like Fire terrifies Bibi Dong

Chapter 56 Exchange and Guidance Meeting

The news that Su Chen had officially joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy spread like wildfire throughout the campus once again.

This time, along with the news, there was also a malicious undercurrent of public opinion secretly pushed by Prince Avalanche.

"Have you heard? That Su Chen has moved into Tingxue Pavilion! That's a place only His Highness the Crown Prince can use!"

"Why should someone from the Spirit Hall enjoy the highest level of treatment from our Heaven Dou Royal Family?"

"He's just relying on his superior strength to force the academy and the royal family to bow down! This kind of person is a complete barbarian!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down! I heard that Prince Avalanche has spoken: we absolutely cannot allow this outsider to do whatever he wants on our territory!"

Under the deliberate guidance of Avalanche, public opinion began to shift from fear of Su Chen's strength to rejection and hostility toward his "outsider" status.

The crushing defeat at the mountain gate made Xue Beng realize that confronting Su Chen head-on with power and military might was tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock. But this was, after all, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, his home turf. He had plenty of ways to use even more "disreputable" methods to disgust Su Chen, wear down his patience, and drag him into the vast ocean of people's war.

The next morning, as Su Chen pushed open the door of "Tingxuexuan" to go to the Academic Affairs Office to retrieve student information, the first wave of challenges arrived as expected.

At the entrance to the courtyard, seven or eight elegantly dressed, arrogant noble students were swaggering around, blocking the way. Leading them was a fat man with soul power fluctuations around level thirty-five; he was Xue Hai, one of Prince Avalanche's most loyal followers.

Seeing Su Chen emerge, Xue Hai deliberately puffed out her belly and said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, isn't this the Holy Son from the Spirit Hall? What's going on? Don't you know that our Heaven Dou Royal Academy has rules that non-faculty and students are not allowed to move freely in the core area?"

His henchmen immediately burst into laughter, their gazes towards Su Chen filled with provocation.

In their view, no matter how strong Su Chen was, he wouldn't dare to kill them, the royal relatives, in public over such a trivial argument. As long as they didn't use force, simply using these rules and their sense of superiority to annoy him would be enough to make it impossible for him to move an inch.

However, they clearly underestimated Su Chen's style of doing things.

Su Chen didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, and just kept walking forward, as if the people in front of him were nothing more than a few stones blocking his way.

"Stop right there! I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?"

Seeing that Su Chen dared to ignore him, Xue Hai became furious and stepped forward, reaching out to push Su Chen's shoulder.

But his hand hadn't even touched Su Chen's clothes yet.

"Bang!"

A dull, loud bang.

No one saw what happened clearly; they only saw a blur flash by.

The next second, Xue Hai's over 200-pound body flew backward in an exaggerated manner, like a ball hit by a high-speed soul-guided vehicle, and crashed into the artificial mountain more than ten meters away!

The solid artificial mountain was smashed to pieces, while Xuehai slid to the ground like a puddle of mud, blood spurting from his mouth staining his luxurious robes red. At least half of his bones were broken, and he curled up there like a crushed maggot, unable to utter a complete sound except for convulsions and groans.

In an instant, the entire venue fell silent.

The mockery and arrogance on the faces of the remaining noble students froze instantly, replaced by a deep-seated fear. Their mouths gaped open, their eyes bulged like dead fish, and their bodies trembled like leaves in the wind.

They had considered many possibilities, but they never expected that Su Chen would respond to their provocation in such a simple, brutal, and unreasonable way.

There were no soul skills, no martial soul, and not even a single wasted word.

It is the purest, most overwhelming violence.

Su Chen slowly withdrew his foot, not even bothering to look at the muddy mess again, and turned his gaze to the remaining noble students who were almost scared to death.

"Who else thinks I need to know your rules?"

His voice was calm, yet it sounded like a demonic voice from the deepest hell, causing the students' mental defenses to crumble instantly.

"Splash! Splash!"

Several people's legs went weak, and they knelt down one after another, frantically kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"No—I wouldn't dare! Your Highness, spare my life!"

"We were wrong! We'll never do it again!"

"It's Prince Avalanche! Prince Avalanche sent them to ambush you!"

Faced with immense fear, so-called "loyalty" became worthless. They betrayed the mastermind without hesitation.

A cold smile curled at the corners of Su Chen's lips.

"Avalanche 1st ————"

He didn't make things difficult for these minor characters anymore; he simply walked past them, leaving behind a single sentence that lingered in the cool morning air.

"Go back and tell your master."

"Next time, if I see this kind of low-level trick again—"

"I didn't just break one dog's bone."

"I will personally go and break his neck."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Chen's figure disappeared at the end of the courtyard.

The noble students kneeling on the ground only dared to raise their heads tremblingly after Su Chen's aura completely disappeared. Each of them had a large wet patch on their crotch.

They finally understood.

The rumors about Su Chen in front of the mountain gate were not exaggerated in the slightest.

This man wasn't there to "communicate" at all.

He was like a prehistoric beast that had stormed into the porcelain shop. Any attempt to restrain him with "rules" and "decency" would only be met with the most primitive and savage methods, smashing both the person and the shop to pieces!

Prince Avalanche's show of force was more laughable than children playing house in his eyes.

What happened at the entrance of "Tingxuexuan" was like a Category 12 hurricane, sweeping through every corner of the Tiandou Royal Academy at an almost out-of-control speed in just half an hour.

This time, it wasn't the kind of rumors that were hard to distinguish between true and false that circulated in front of the mountain gate, but rather the bloody facts and countless eyewitnesses who witnessed it firsthand.

Xue Hai, the top follower of Prince Xue Beng, a level 35 Soul Venerable, had half of his bones broken by Su Chen's kick on his own territory and was carried away like a dead dog.

Su Chen, from beginning to end, didn't even release his martial spirit.

This news is more impactful than any previous rumor, and it sends a chill down one's spine.

If people's previous understanding of Su Chen was limited to "mysterious background and terrifying strength", now everyone has clearly labeled him with a new and more deadly tag - unscrupulous.

He doesn't care whether you're royalty or a commoner, nor does he care if this is the most prestigious academy in the Heavenly Dou Empire. If you dare to stand in his way, he'll use the most direct and cruel methods to erase you from this world.

This realization instantly silenced the students who had previously harbored hostility and rejection towards Su Chen, incited by Prince Avalanche.

Meanwhile, the college's top leadership, including the three major education commissions, found themselves in an unprecedented state of passivity and fury.

The atmosphere in the academic affairs meeting room was so oppressive it felt like it was about to freeze.

"Damn it! Absolutely bastard!"

Bai Baoshan, known for his fiery temper, slammed his hand on the table, making the teacups clink. "What does he think our Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is? A marketplace? He can just hit people whenever he wants, cripple people whenever he wants! Is there no law anymore?!"

"What's the point of saying all this now?" Zhilin adjusted his glasses, his face so dark it could drip water. "Have you seen Xuehai's injury report? Multiple comminuted fractures, severed meridians. Even with the best healing-type Soul Master, he'll be bedridden for the rest of his life. The ruthlessness of the methods is simply appalling!"

"Most importantly, he didn't use any soul power from beginning to end," Meng Shenji said slowly, his voice filled with exhaustion and a deep sense of powerlessness. "In other words, legally speaking, this can't even be considered a private duel between soul masters," it can only be considered—an ordinary brawl of extremely heinous nature."

"A regular brawl?" Bai Baoshan laughed angrily. "You call kicking a Soul Master into a cripple a regular brawl?"

"But that's how it is according to the laws of the Empire and the regulations of the Spirit Hall." Meng Shenji closed his eyes and rubbed his aching temples. "We can't find any evidence against him. On the contrary, Xue Hai and the others' actions of gathering a crowd to block the door and making provocative remarks were actually a bad move."

"So we're just going to let it go like this? Let an outsider like him run rampant in our academy?" Bai Baoshan roared unwillingly.

"Otherwise what?" Meng Shenji suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning. "Send you? Or send me? Or call up all the students in the entire academy whose soul power exceeds level forty and have them fight him in a group brawl? So that he can rightfully trample our reputation as the 'Number One Academy on the Continent' under his feet?"

A series of rhetorical questions silenced Bai Baoshan instantly.

Yes, we can't beat them.

If you can't win in a one-on-one fight, then attacking in groups is more of a joke.

This Su Chen was like a Tyrannosaurus Rex that had broken into a sheepfold, and these so-called "shepherds" could only watch helplessly as he wreaked havoc, unable to do anything about it.

Just as the three were at their wits' end, a servant rushed in to report.

"Reporting! Three members of the Education Committee, His Highness Su Chen, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, requests an audience!"

"What?"

The three of them were simultaneously stunned. This ruthless man, after beating someone up, instead of hiding, he'd come looking for them? What did he want?

Before they could figure it out, Su Chen had already walked in on his own. He was still dressed in black, his expression indifferent, as if the person who had just crippled a Soul Venerable with a single kick was not him at all.

"Good morning, three education commissioners." Su Chen's tone was as if he were greeting three elderly neighbors. "I'm here to discuss something with you."

"What else do you want to discuss?" Bai Baoshan said irritably.

Su Chen ignored his anger and continued, "I said yesterday that I needed information on all students in the academy whose soul power exceeded level 40. But now I've realized that just looking at the information is too inefficient."

He glanced at the three of them, a chilling smile playing on his lips that sent shivers down Meng Shenji's spine.

"So, I decided to try a more direct approach."

"I propose that we hold a public exchange and guidance session this afternoon in the academy's central training ground."

"I will personally guide these so-called geniuses of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to see just how capable they really are."

"I expect all students with a soul power level between forty and fifty to be present and undergo my assessment."

"Of course, to show fairness and to prevent others from saying that I am bullying the weak," Su Chen paused and held up three fingers, "I guarantee that throughout the entire assessment process, I will only use the soul power level of a level 30 Soul Master, and I will not activate my Martial Soul."