Chapter 4

Luo Yang hurriedly stepped forward and embraced Zhang Xiaoman, who was about to fall.

This elf-like girl had burdened him with twenty years of sorrow. Now, reborn and reunited, he had a thousand words to say to her, but in the end, it all turned into a gentle gesture as he gently tucked a strand of her disheveled hair behind her ear.

"Brat, it's a good thing you came in time." Zhang Xiaoman relaxed and fainted, her lips curling up with satisfaction and pride, lying contentedly in Luo Yang's arms.

"How strong, is this Luo Yang? That guy who was hiding behind Zhang Xiaoman." The classmates stared wide-eyed, knowing that in the morning Luo Yang had been beaten to a pulp by Lan Tianfang, yet in the evening he had kicked the bully away with one foot. This dramatic change was more shocking than the invasion by students from another school.

"Right, what move did he use just now? It seemed to be a gravity side kick, but why was it so much stronger than Lan Tianfang's?"

"Damn, impossible, how could a nobody turn the tables?" Lan Tianfang, enraged, spat out another mouthful of blood. His injuries were much more severe than expected, with a hidden force blocking his blood flow.

In fact, Luo Yang hadn't used a killing blow. He felt that the other party was just a young kid, and even though he usually liked to bully others, they were still classmates. He could urge the other to correct his bad habits in the future. Who hasn't made mistakes in their youth?

However, just as everyone was shocked, Lan Tianfang let out a mad roar to the sky.

"Brother, can you just stand by and watch me be humiliated by this trash? For over a year since entering Canghai, I've endured humiliation and hardship. If it weren't for my efforts to divert the mechanical sentries, could Nan Gang have entered so smoothly? Can you just abandon me, your brother, at the moment of success?"

"Idiot, it's your own fault. You are incompetent among the young generation of the family, which is why you were sent to this high school as a spy. After conquering Canghai, there are follow-up plans, and your identity cannot be exposed. A small setback can ruin the greater plan. You can't even endure a little injury and rush to seek revenge, truly disappointing me, your brother!" A layer of black mist rose in the air, and the voice came from within the mist.

"Lan Tianfang is a traitor?" The crowd exclaimed.

Luo Yang was so angry that his whole body trembled. He had been betrayed and framed twenty years later, and the same was due to a traitor. He had a belly full of anger with nowhere to vent. At this moment, he felt a burning rage, thinking to himself, "I suspected there was a traitor at Canghai High School back then. The fall of Canghai was too brief, suspiciously brief. But because of my excessive grief, I didn't start investigating until much later, and found nothing. It turns out there really was a traitor, and that traitor is Lan Tianfang."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Suddenly, Luo Yang threw his head back and laughed, saying to himself, "Luo Yang, do you know? Your weakness is being too soft-hearted. Because you are too soft-hearted, you have been hurt time and time again, and you still foolishly accommodate others, leading to the loss of everything. Today, I will be ruthless. Those who offend Canghai High School will be killed."

With a "bang," Luo Yang took a step forward, and a surge of golden light rushed from his feet.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

His steps continued, and the golden light formed a staircase, carrying Luo Yang upward.

"Hmm, using the radiation power of the pineapple tree is not unusual, but the pure control is impressive. I didn't expect Canghai High School to have such a person hidden." The black mist spread, and the voice echoed faintly.

Luo Yang, holding Zhang Xiaoman, reached fifty meters in the air. Facing the dense black mist, he only uttered one word, "Explode!"

With a "hum," the sky seemed to split, and hundreds of sharp silver lights radiated from Luo Yang's body. These silver lights, like a sky full of swords, formed a sword tornado that spread outward.

"How is this possible? He is controlling a third-level superpower, dangerous." Figures leaped from the darkness around the square, trying to escape.

Unfortunately, Luo Yang, having been provoked, had abandoned his kindness. His kindness would no longer be given easily. Whether these young men had the resolve to die or not, as long as he stood here, he would not allow anyone around him to be harmed, nor would he allow Canghai to fall again.

The silver light shot out, attacking the darkness.

Lan Tianfang let out a scream, and in the blink of an eye, his right arm was severed at the shoulder.

"Brother, save me."

"How dare you touch a member of the Lan family." The black mist surged, and a dark shadow descended, also a third-level superpower, clashing with the silver light aimed at Lan Tianfang in the air.

"Clang, clang, clang."

The dark shadow and the silver light collided, producing a metallic sound despite having no substance.

"So what if it's the Lan family?" Luo Yang's eyebrows furrowed, and he slapped his chest. The Star Book responded rapidly, and an incredibly intense golden light surged outward, making it seem as if a golden sun had appeared fifty meters in the air.

The rumbling continued, and the golden light forcefully dispelled the darkness over the square, making the figures in the black mist unable to hide. Shocked, they instinctively shouted, "How dare you."

As the sound echoed in the air, the silver light aimed at Lan Tianfang began to spin, becoming a meat grinder. Blood spurted out, and the sound of bones being cut made the students who saw this scene lose their composure.

"I killed them, if you want revenge, come on. By the way, isn't the school motto of Nan Gang High School 'the strong prey on the weak'? Since you've come to Canghai's territory, as the host, I should treat you according to this rule." Luo Yang spoke casually, but his words sent chills down everyone's spines.

While he was speaking, the silver light continued to stir, like arrows piercing through the forest, finding the enemies with incredible efficiency.

"Splat, splat, splat..."

The Nan Gang students fell in pools of blood, unable to understand how a place like Canghai could have such a monstrous high school student.

"No, you don't understand what you're doing. Canghai High School doesn't have the strength to stop our Nan Gang's iron hooves." As he spoke, Lan Tianfang's brother descended on a dark shadow, shouting, "Now!"

He bore a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to Lan Tianfang, with a hooked nose and multicolored hair, holding a black short staff, looking at Luo Yang with ill intent.

Without any time gap, a dozen young men appeared, raising their arms and roaring to the sky, "Second-level superpower, lightning surge, go."

"Magnetic light decomposition, go."

"Spiral frost, go."

"Fiery poison flame, go."

"Metallic sharpness, go."

Lightning, magnetic light, frost, and flames, among other second-level attack types, shot into the sky, as if trying to tear Luo Yang to pieces.

"You can't touch my brother, I'll fight you to the death." In the midst of danger, a muscular young man dragged a training sword and rushed out, hacking madly at the Nan Gang students who were raising their arms to attack Luo Yang.

"Leopard, good brother." Luo Yang called out, being forced to land by the fierce attack.

What stunned all the attackers was that this Canghai high school student, with his abnormal strength, was completely unharmed, not even a scratch on his skin.

"You don't understand the cruelty of the battlefield. Opportunities are fleeting, and losing them means the difference between life and death." With a flick of his hand, Luo Yang summoned lightning, magnetic light, frost, and flames, counterattacking the enemies with even greater ferocity.

"Damn, how is this possible? He can reverse our attacks."

"Pay attention to defense, I understand. This guy's ability is absorption and conversion. The previous attacks weren't his own power, but borrowed external forces."

"Stop attacking, switch to defense, quickly." Lan Tianfang's brother raised his short staff, summoning a dark shadow to protect himself. His assessment of Luo Yang did not decrease but increased, as the other party displayed many traits not found in his peers: steady, cold, and swift, always forming a perfect suppression. So many people couldn't take down one person.

The reaction speed of the Nan Gang students was not slow, but as Luo Yang said, opportunities were fleeting. With the Star Book in hand, the stronger the attack he endured, as long as it didn't exceed the limit, the stronger his counterattack would be.

Almost instantly, Luo Yang calculated the corresponding countermeasures. The lightning and magnetic light did not return the same way but specifically targeted those they could counter.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The sound traveled far, and a dozen Nan Gang students fell, losing their fighting ability. In the distance, the sword-like silver light was dissipating, and more students lay in pools of blood. Luo Yang, almost single-handedly, blocked the majority of the elite invaders from Nan Gang High School. Although he had revealed some of his methods, he had already turned the tide.

The muscular young man rushed over, seeing that Luo Yang was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, ignoring the few cuts on his body.

The newcomer was Lin Tianbao, Luo Yang's best friend, a brother he had grown up with. Ever since he was saved by Luo Yang as a child, they had been inseparable.

"Leopard, you're too slow, I saved some for you." Seeing the tiger-faced Lin Tianbao, Luo Yang's gloomy mood instantly improved, and he raised his hand to send a red light.

The red light enveloped Lin Tianbao, who quickly moved his limbs and stomped the ground, grinning. "Not bad! I feel warm all over, and my wounds don't hurt anymore. When did you get this ability, Yangge? You didn't even tell me. I went to the treehouse to find you, but you weren't there. I saw a lot of outsiders in the school, so I ran to the square to find Xiaoman to see if you were there."

As he spoke, Lin Tianbao looked at Zhang Xiaoman in Luo Yang's arms and then at Yangge, grinning even wider.

"This red light isn't my power; I took it from the library. Xiaoman almost fell for Lan Tianfang's trap, and in my anger, I eliminated the traitor. With this red light, you can take Xiaoman to the pineapple tree. There will be danger here soon." Luo Yang looked solemnly at the opposite side.

As they were talking, six figures slowly approached in a fan-like formation. They were all geniuses who could barely control third-level superpowers, like Lan Tianfang's brother. What truly alarmed Luo Yang was a faint presence, indicating that a more powerful Nan Gang high school student was lurking, the leader of today's attack on Canghai.