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At the head of the table, Dean Liu, who was about to get up, slowly sat back down after hearing Chen Changsheng's sharp rebuttal.

He smiled, his expression as steady as a rock, his deep gaze fixed on the unknown young man, a hint of surprise creeping into his heart:

This little guy is interesting...

"You! How dare you! Li Canyang has lived most of his life, and he has never been publicly berated by a sixteen-year-old brat."

Moreover, Chen Changsheng's words were so direct and to the point that he couldn't find a single reason to refute them, and his old face immediately turned a deep purplish-red.

"Now I'm just retaliating in kind, and I've injured one of your disciples, yet you're all so eager to question my headmaster."

So where were all the members of your Li family when Li Jie was wantonly harming and humiliating my academy's disciples?

Were you blind back then? Or... is this simply in line with the Li family's consistently despicable ways?

Chen Changsheng's expression was stern.

For a long time, the disciples of Cangwu Academy have felt inferior to the seven powerful forces in the city who could control everything.

Even though they are bullied and suppressed by these sects and families both openly and covertly on ordinary days, the higher-ups of the academy mostly choose to keep the peace and are unwilling to completely break ties with any of them.

Let alone ordinary academy disciples, even high-ranking elders have never dared to publicly reprimand and admonish such a behemoth.

However, Chen Changsheng, who had just entered the True Inheritance Academy, trampled on the dignity of the Li family and cursed them in front of Li Canyang, the eldest elder of the Li family!

Cool!

It was absolutely exhilarating!

Seeing the ashen faces of the entire Li family, as if they had swallowed dead flies, the academy disciples felt a sense of relief and were so excited they almost floated away.

Throughout this conflict, the academy has maintained a strong sense of "reason," while Li Jie's malicious intent in harming others is evident to all.

Even so, no one other than Chen Changsheng would have the courage to rebuke the Li family in such a way.

But Chen Changsheng did it!

He shouted out what they wanted to say but dared not say, and cursed the powerful and wealthy whom they wanted to curse but never dared to curse!

"Ha, they really overestimate themselves. Don't they have a death wish?"

At the seating area of ​​the Imperial Sword Pavilion, a middle-aged man in black standing next to Ye Guying slightly twitched the corners of his mouth and muttered to himself in a sinister tone.

"His aura is indeed quite interesting, and his talent is barely passable. It's rare for Cangwu Academy to produce such a spirited disciple."

Ye Guying, the unparalleled genius of the Imperial Sword Pavilion, lightly picked up the white jade wine cup and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Watching the gentle ripples spreading across the glass, it seemed as if he didn't care at all about what was happening before his eyes.

"Unfortunately, he was ultimately too arrogant and too foolish. How dare he offend the Li family like this? Did he really think that a mere, half-dead Cangwu Academy could protect him?"

On the other side of the academy, the faces of the elders also alternated between red and white.

Chen Changsheng's decisive victory over Li Jie certainly brought pride to the academy, but his subsequent scathing rebuke was tantamount to driving the Li family to the brink of ruin with no chance of recovery.

The Li family, as one of the seven major powers in Cangwu City, possesses terrifying resources. How could a sixteen-year-old boy offend such a behemoth to such an extent...?

Even with the academy's best efforts to protect him, it may be difficult to ensure his complete safety.

The Li family members looked at Chen Changsheng with a cold, sinister gaze, as if they were looking at a dead man.

However, Chen Changsheng, who was at the center of the storm, seemed completely unaware of it.

He turned slightly to the side, his gaze sweeping arrogantly over the entire room, and said in a cold, deliberate voice, enunciating each word clearly:

"Our Cangwu Academy was personally approved by the current imperial family and established by the emperor!"

Their cultivation resources and martial arts foundation are naturally incomparable to those of the ancient sects present here, whose lineages have lasted for hundreds or even thousands of years.

But we, the disciples of the academy, never consider ourselves inferior to anyone, much less be pushovers to be bullied!

Those who insult others will be insulted in return. Li Jie of the Li family maliciously harmed my junior brother in full view of everyone. As a true disciple of the academy, it is only right and proper for me to cripple his cultivation today!

If you are dissatisfied or not convinced, you are welcome to come up on stage and fight!

I've heard that the major sects in Cangwu City are powerful and have produced many talented individuals. As an ordinary disciple of the academy, I stand here today...

I'd love to know how many people you need to send up so I can...walk sideways down from here!

These words were like a bombshell dropped into a calm lake, shaking the entire hall to its core!

If Chen Changsheng's previous rebuttal was a eloquent and reasoned argument, then the last half-sentence he left behind was an extremely arrogant and blatant provocation!

He even single-handedly issued a contemptuous declaration of war against the younger generation of all the top sects in Cangwu City!

"What an utterly stupid madman!"

Dugu Cheng scoffed heavily, a gloating sneer playing on his lips.

"Although Junior Brother Changsheng just stole the show, his words were far too rash..."

This is also the most genuine sentiment of the vast majority of disciples at this moment.

Especially those disciples who had stayed in Cangwu City for a long time and were very familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the various sects, they knew all too well how terrifying the younger generation of the seven major forces were.

Even though Chen Changsheng defeated Li Jie, with his meager strength at the first level of Foundation Establishment, any established prodigy from any of the major sects could easily suppress him. His words not only aroused hatred but were also a self-humiliation.

"It seems I overestimated him when I said he was stupid... He's just a clueless idiot."

Ye Guying of the Imperial Sword Pavilion put down his wine cup and shook his head disdainfully.

While reaching the first level of Foundation Establishment at the age of sixteen is certainly a remarkable talent, and would be considered outstanding even in a major sect, to rely on this to be so arrogant and disdainful of everyone is, in the eyes of people at his level, simply ridiculous and like a clown jumping around.

After all, Ye Guying, who is also sixteen years old and has the dazzling halo of being the number one young person in Cangwu City, has already reached the terrifying Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment!

With a cultivation level difference of an entire major realm, Ye Guying looked at Chen Changsheng as if he were a god looking down on an overconfident ant.

"Hahahaha! This is hilarious! A piece of trash at the first level of the Foundation Establishment stage, who only managed to win against that careless and underestimating guy from the Li family by luck using his movement techniques and martial arts, actually dares to spout nonsense here!"

You're truly a frog in a well, unaware of the vastness and immensity of the world! Today, let me teach you a lesson on how to be a decent human being!

With a deafening burst of maniacal laughter, a figure leaped high into the air and crashed heavily in front of Chen Changsheng.

It was a young face full of arrogance, with defiance and disdain for Chen Changsheng between his brows.

As soon as he appeared, many people in the academy's student seats exclaimed his name in hushed tones.

"It's Hong Lie from the Blazing Fire Sect! It's said that his martial arts talent ranks among the top three of the younger generation in the Blazing Fire Sect!"

Although he was sixteen years old, he was already a renowned expert at the third level of the Foundation Establishment stage, and his sect's Fire Separation Technique had long been cultivated to an extremely profound level!

Hong Lie stood proudly in the center of the field, slowly raising his large palm. With a muffled "poof," a cluster of blazing red flames, about a foot high, suddenly rose from his palm.

"Hong Lie, disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect, remember my name well, because I'll show you soon enough that arrogance comes at a price in Cangwu City!"

"Hey, really?"

Facing Hong Lie, who immediately unleashed his fiery mystical arts to intimidate the entire audience, Chen Changsheng showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, a cold, mocking sneer appeared on his lips: "I'm afraid that in the end, it will be you who will be taught a lesson."

Chen Changsheng sneered inwardly: Playing with fire in front of me, who possesses the Pure Yang Overlord Body? They're really courting death!

"Hmph, it seems all you have left is a stubborn mouth!"

Later, you'd better unleash your full potential in terms of movement and martial arts, because only in this way can you survive a little longer under my raging flames!

Come dance to the old man's firelight, and let everyone here enjoy your beautiful display of running away in terror, begging for mercy on your knees! Hahahaha... Fiery Rope!!

Amidst the maniacal laughter, Hong Lie suddenly swung his hands forward.

In an instant, an intensely hot wave of air rapidly spread through the air.

Two crimson flame chains, each as thick as an adult's arm, shot out violently from his palms, like two ferocious, roaring fire pythons, spanning several meters and frantically coiling around Chen Changsheng's body.

"Fiery Chain! It's actually the Blazing Fire Sect's famous fire-based technique—Fiery Chain!"

This Hong Lie, with only the third level of Foundation Establishment cultivation, has already reached such an unbelievable level of control over the power of fire. He truly is a born talent for fire control!

The elder of Class 2, Heavenly Rank, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Even a mid-Foundation Establishment stage martial artist would find it extremely difficult to withstand this level of Fiery Chains without strong defensive gear. Chen Changsheng this time... alas, we can only hope that his movement technique can dodge a vital point."

Another elder of the academy could only sigh helplessly.

"To deal with an arrogant kid at the first level of Foundation Establishment, Hong Lie actually used the Blazing Fire Rope right away. It's a bit of a waste of his talents."

An older disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect curled his lip, his expression full of disdain.

Two fiery streaks, like roaring fire dragons, carried terrifyingly high temperatures capable of scorching everything, completely sealing off Chen Changsheng's escape routes.

Chen Changsheng swayed slightly, using the footwork of Tianhu Jiuying to shift three body positions to the side, but the two fire dragons, like a leech, twisted in mid-air and, at an even faster speed, viciously coiled around his chest and back.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, amidst countless astonished gazes from the audience, Chen Changsheng not only did not back down, but instead stretched out his hands and, in the most primitive and brutal manner, grabbed at the two extremely hot chains of fire with his bare hands!

"Is this guy crazy? Doesn't he want his hands anymore?"

"Hmph, in my opinion, he's scared out of his wits and is just running around in a panic."

Now, unless Hong Lie stops immediately, the intense heat of those two chains would instantly burn away the meridians in his ten fingers, rendering him a cripple!

Seeing Chen Changsheng recklessly try to grab his fire dragon with his bare hands, Hong Lie couldn't help but laugh wildly in his heart:

"How dare you use your bare hands to catch my fiery rope?"

Hahaha! You're really courting death! You asked for it. With so many seniors witnessing today, even if your hands are crippled, don't think you can blame it on me or the Blazing Fire Sect!

Many disciples in the academy seats had already cried out in fright, and several female disciples had even closed their eyes tightly, unable to bear witnessing the tragic scene that was about to unfold.

However, in that split second, the expected sound of flesh burning did not occur.

Chen Changsheng's golden-glowing palm firmly gripped Hong Lie's fiery rope.

The moment he caught him, Chen Changsheng's hidden Pure Yang Overlord Body was suddenly activated!

A pure and supreme yang power, surpassing even mortal fire, was released from his palm with a slight breath. The two originally extremely violent chains of fire, capable of melting gold and iron, were instantly frozen as if frozen. The fire-type spiritual power within them was forcibly extinguished by Chen Changsheng's Pure Yang Overlord Body!

Click!

The two fire dragons, each as thick as an arm, were as fragile and easily broken as two dry noodles in Chen Changsheng's palm.

With a gentle squeeze of his five fingers, it instantly shattered into pieces, disintegrating into countless harmless sparks!

Hong Lie, who had been grinning with confidence, froze instantly.

"How...how could this be?!"

Seeing the raging fire rope break inch by inch in Chen Changsheng's palm, everyone present was shocked. Hong Lie's eyes widened in disbelief.

"This...how is this possible? This is the signature technique of the Blazing Fire Sect!"

The flaming chains, formed from violent spiritual energy, were even hotter than ordinary fire and possessed extremely strong corrosive properties. How could Chen Changsheng possibly crush them completely with a single grab of his bare hands!

The elders of Cangwu Academy were astonished and repeatedly expressed their admiration.

The Blazing Fire Sect was even more shocked.

The First Elder, Hong Cangye, stood up abruptly, almost thinking he was hallucinating due to his failing eyesight.

Seeing this, one of his true disciples quickly whispered words of comfort:

"Elder, please calm down. Junior Brother Hong Lie has only recently broken through to the third level of Foundation Establishment. It is inevitable that he is somewhat strained in controlling this Fiery Rope. It is mostly because his own spiritual power is dissipating."

"Hmph! To dare forcefully unleash such weak spiritual power is utterly shameful!"

Hong Cangye snorted coldly. Given the current situation, this was the only explanation he could offer.

After all, he could never believe that a mere Foundation Establishment Level 1 Martial Academy disciple could crush a Foundation Establishment Level 2 expert's full-force attack with his bare palm, and that his entire palm would remain unharmed.

Chen Changsheng clapped his hands and chuckled, teasingly saying, "Brother Hong Lie's juggling skills are truly superb. Tsk tsk, it would be a waste not to send him to perform on the streets."

"This...this is impossible!"

Cold sweat poured down Hong Lie's forehead, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

Others might not see anything amiss, but he knew better than anyone that the condensation and control of that fiery rope just now was perfect. It should have been completely burned to ashes the moment it touched Chen Changsheng's palm. How could it have shattered without warning?

Chen Changsheng's sarcasm was like a series of heavy slaps, igniting Hong Lie's fury. He gritted his teeth and said viciously:

"Don't be so smug! I was just testing you out. Now, I'll show you the true killing moves of my Blazing Fire Sect!"