Chapter 76

On the campus avenue, Li Yao stood with his hands in his pockets, strolling leisurely.

After leaving Chixiao No. 2 High School, he felt no regret at all—this was a private high school where everything was about money. During his three years there, he paid exorbitant tuition fees but could only attend the worst-equipped ordinary class. Apart from being recognized by Teacher Sun Biao in the last month, no other teacher took him seriously. The only time he represented the school in a competition, he was mercilessly kicked out upon his return.

Although it was certain that Helian Lie had a hand in it, the school administration did not show any intention of standing up for him.

What was there to regret about such a school?

"I now enjoy the benefits of a 'Federation First-Class Disabled Soldier.' I can get discounts at many private cultivation halls. If worst comes to worst, I'll find a high-end cultivation hall for the last month, cultivate on my own, and register for the college entrance exam under my own name. I don't believe I won't get into Deep Sea University!" Li Yao made up his mind, exhaled a long breath, and spread his arms, feeling the vast sky and the surging passion in his chest.

"Go to hell, Chixiao No. 2 High School!"

At that moment, a shadow fell over him again, and Helian Lie appeared before him once more.

Li Yao was taken aback but then burst into genuine laughter.

His laughter was extremely cruel, like a ravenous prehistoric tyrannosaurus discovering a starving wolf, thin and bony, perfect for sharpening its teeth!

"Truly, you have a road to heaven but refuse to take it, and you barge into hell without a door. Helian Lie, you brought this upon yourself, don't blame me!" Li Yao sneered inwardly.

"I heard you went berserk in the academic affairs office and dropped out, Li Yao!" Helian Lie said with a smile, deliberately raising his voice so that the surrounding students could hear.

"What, Li Yao dropped out?"

"Very normal, a waste with only 7% spirit root development, what else could he do? Could he possibly get into one of the 'Nine Greats'?"

"Such a pity, I remember he was quite fierce in the Extreme Challenge on Devil Whale Island last month!"

"What's the point, even if he was fierce, no one who offends Helian Lie at Chixiao No. 2 High School gets a good outcome!"

Many students noticed the confrontation between Li Yao and Helian Lie and gathered around, watching cautiously from a distance. They chattered, and no one had a good word for Li Yao.

"Helian Lie, the idea of making me take a year off was yours, right?" Li Yao smiled indifferently.

—If this were in the Dharma Treasure Cemetery, tough guys like "Fat Dragon" or "Wild Wolf" would run as far as they could upon seeing such a smile.

No one wanted to be targeted by this smiling "vulture."

However, in the campus, it seemed no one knew what such a smile meant.

Helian Lie sneered, his eyes almost turning vertical, and he gritted his teeth, saying:

"Exactly, I used my family's influence to force you to take a year off. What can you do about it? To be honest, even if you didn't drop out on your own, I would have found every possible way to ensure you never set foot in Chixiao No. 2 High School again. I will crush you completely. What can you do about it?"

"Also, my father has already smoothed things over with almost all the famous high schools in Fuguo City. Not a single one will accept you, this waste!"

"As for that old ghost Sun who was so optimistic about you, I'm sorry, but he suffered a relapse of a decades-old internal injury after hearing about your spirit root tearing, leading to a heart rupture. He stayed in the hospital for two weeks and has now officially resigned from all his duties at the school, retiring at home!"

Helian Lie's voice grew louder, and he stood high above, extending a finger and forcefully poking Li Yao's chest, shouting with great satisfaction:

"So what? On Devil Whale Island, weren't you very powerful? Weren't you able to send dozens of us flying with your own strength? How domineering, how mighty, how arrogant you were! But look at you now, with only 7% spirit root development, thin as a rail, I can knock you down with one finger!"

"What does this mean? It means that trash is always trash. Even if a gust of wind can blow you up, you will soon fall back to the ground, revert to your original form, and become a pile of trash again!"

Li Yao scratched his ear, his face unchanged, and said calmly:

"In my life, I hate 324 things. The 138th is being called trash, and the 275th is being poked by a finger—can you stop it?"

"I will poke you, what can you do about it?"

Helian Lie's face twisted in excitement, losing all traces of his handsome features, "This month I have been training intensely, and my spirit root development has increased to 78%!"

"I will definitely get into the 'Nine Greats,' and I might even win the title of top student in Fuguo City. From then on, I will enter the cultivation world and become a supreme cultivator! And you, you will always be a piece of trash, trash, trash! Not convinced? Feel free to seek revenge, in ten years, twenty years, thirty years, I will wait for you patiently, waste!"

"No need, I don't hold grudges." Li Yao said casually, "I usually settle scores on the spot."

Before the last word was out, he suddenly struck like lightning, grabbing Helian Lie's finger that was poking his chest.

Helian Lie didn't react in time and felt his finger plunge into a mass of lava, burning intensely. He instinctively tried to pull back, but couldn't.

Li Yao clenched his hand, and with a series of "crack" sounds, Helian Lie's finger was crushed into a comminuted fracture, the short bones turning into dozens of fragments, the finger becoming a limp worm!

Helian Lie's originally flushed face instantly turned pale, a look of horror flashing across it, which was quickly replaced by a more twisted expression of pain as Li Yao kicked him in the abdomen.

Helian Lie felt as if a super-high-speed crystal rail train had crashed into his navel, forcing a few drops of urine out of him. He flew several meters, slamming into a large tree, causing the branches to tremble and leaves to fly like rain.

"Ah—"

The first scream had not even fully escaped when it was overtaken by a second, the two screams overlapping into a bizarre, high-pitched screech.

"Cloak Chaos Hammer, 47th move, Heart-Piercing Hammer!"

Li Yao's legs spread wide, like a bow pulled to its limit. In two steps, he was in front of Helian Lie. His ten toes, like iron hooks, tore through his sturdy cultivation shoes, deeply embedding themselves in the ground. The veins on his feet bulged, and every muscle twitched wildly, spreading rapidly from his feet to his calves, thighs, and then to his abdominal and chest muscles. Waves of muscle movement surged like a tide, finally converging in his right arm. He punched out, causing "pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop" seven explosive sounds, a series of overlapping shockwaves striking Helian Lie.

"Crack!"

Behind Helian Lie, the back of the tree suddenly burst, leaving a clear fist mark!

The scream abruptly stopped, and Helian Lie stood frozen, his eyes vacant for a moment. Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He could no longer hold on, clutching his abdomen, he slowly knelt before Li Yao, then fell to the ground, vomiting profusely.

Li Yao's skin on his entire arm also split, blood dripping.

If a skilled healer were to examine his bones, they would find his arm bones covered in fine cracks.

He had just awakened, and his body was severely depleted, unable to withstand the violent "Heart-Piercing Hammer." This punch caused him significant damage, the intense pain spreading through every nerve ending.

Unlike Helian Lie, he could endure it.

Li Yao grabbed Helian Lie's ear and yanked hard, tearing half of it. Helian Lie was in such pain that he couldn't even scream, his legs flailing wildly, the wet patch in his pants growing larger.

Leaning down to his ear, Li Yao spoke clearly, word by word:

"Unbearably weak, you... waste!"