Chapter 33 You Really Have Guts

Flogging was a common punishment for students.

This flogging was naturally different from that used on mortals; it employed a low-grade spirit tool, the Shock Whip, each strike scattering the student's protective Yuan force and penetrating to the bone with pain.

Typically, a student who made a mistake would receive thirty to fifty lashes, and after that, they would basically have to lie in bed for ten days.

If Wan Yuan took a hundred lashes, he would definitely be unable to get out of bed for at least twenty days.

Wan Yuan also knew he had incurred public wrath and dared not talk back to Hu Yanyong. He shot a vicious glare at Ye Yuan and said, "Let's go. Someone will come in to collect your corpse soon!"

Ye Yuan showed no weakness and shouted, "Thanks, but better collect your dog's corpse instead. No need to see me out."

With that, Ye Yuan waved his hand in a highly provocative manner, sending Wan Yuan off.

If it weren't for the life-and-death battle, Wan Yuan would have wanted to tear Ye Yuan apart right then.

After Wan Yuan left, Hu Yanyong announced with a grim face, "The life-and-death battle continues!"

Fei Qingping had now come to his senses, his venomous gaze seeming to want to tear Ye Yuan apart.

"Ye Yuan, you despicable bastard, using such a base method to ambush me!" Fei Qingping said through gritted teeth.

Ye Yuan looked at him as if he were an idiot: "Hey, you were the one who said to let me have three moves, and now you blame me for being despicable? Have you really turned into a pig head?"

"You little bastard, you're dead!" Fei Qingping, now beyond rage, blurted out another curse.

As soon as the words fell, Ye Yuan's figure instantly appeared before him again.

"Bang!"

Fei Qingping was sent flying once more.

This time, the people in the stands finally sensed something was wrong.

If before, Fei Qingping had been repeatedly knocked out due to initial underestimation, what about now?

Fei Qingping, facing off against Ye Yuan, could not have been unprepared in his fury, yet he was still sent flying by a palm strike.

Those with sharp eyes noticed that this time Fei Qingping had been preparing to counterattack, but he was still half a beat too slow.

"This... can Flash Step be this fast?" Zuo Bugui felt that too many things today had overturned his understanding.

Long Tang glanced at him and said, "It seems we both misjudged. Ye Yuan's Flash Step has reached the Perfection level."

Zuo Bugui gasped: "Sigh... Perfection level... You can use Flash Step too, right?"

Long Tang, as if knowing what Zuo Bugui meant, nodded and said, "I've never found the opportunity to break through to the Perfection level."

Zuo Bugui murmured, "This Ye Yuan... he's truly a freak! It seems we'll have another formidable opponent in the future!"

Hearing Zuo Bugui's words, Long Tang's face showed no solemn expression, but rather a burning fighting spirit.

"If he can rise, he would be a good opponent." Long Tang was as domineering as ever, as if he had been lonely in the Danwu Academy for a long time.

Zuo Bugui rolled his eyes and said, "You really are a pervert! Although I don't know what's going on with Ye Yuan, he probably won't pose much of a threat to you, after all, your cultivation level is much higher than his."

"Probably not! Do you still believe that Ye Yuan's two-level promotion was the result of his father's forced growth?"

Zuo Bugui shook his head and said, "Although I don't know how he did it, he is definitely not the kind with a shaky foundation at the third level of Yuan Power! From start to finish, he has used Flash Step and Stacked Wave Heart Palm more than ten times in succession. If his foundation were shaky, he would have run out of Yuan Power by now. But looking at him, he doesn't seem too strained; instead, he appears to be handling it with ease. But the question remains... how did he do it?"

Having watched until now, Zuo Bugui increasingly felt that Ye Yuan was full of mysteries. Many things that happened to Ye Yuan exceeded his understanding.

However, Zuo Bugui would not regard Ye Yuan as an opponent, because Ye Yuan's cultivation level was too low.

The accumulation of Yuan Power is a long process; no matter how good one's talent, this process cannot be made up in a short time.

Zuo Bugui was a full two years older than Ye Yuan. If he were a mediocrity like Fei Qingping, being caught up by Ye Yuan would not be surprising.

But Zuo Bugui himself was a genius among geniuses, the second-ranked on the Martial List, and he had his own pride. By the time Ye Yuan reached his current strength, he would have taken another big step forward.

"It seems Ye Yuan has many secrets. I have a feeling that before long, he will be a formidable rival for both of us," Long Tang said.

...

At this moment, Ye Yuan looked at Fei Qingping on the ground and said coldly, "You can curse me all you want, but dragging my parents into it is not allowed. If you have the guts, curse again and see. Next time, I won't be so gentle."

Fei Qingping struggled up from the ground, shook his pig-like head, and sneered, "Haha... just you? Even if you've mastered Stacked Wave Heart Palm, so what? Just one wave. Even if I let you hit me, can you kill me? When your Yuan Power runs out, that's your death! What if I curse you? Little bastard! Little bastard! Little bastard! Come on, hit me!"

This time, Fei Qingping had learned his lesson. While speaking, he was fully alert, secretly circulating his Yuan Power, ready to use the Small Capture Hand at any moment.

He also knew that in terms of movement technique, he was no match for Ye Yuan, so he simply adopted a defensive stance.

As long as he exhausted Ye Yuan's Yuan Power, Ye Yuan was dead!

But Ye Yuan seemed in no hurry to strike this time. Instead, he looked at Fei Qingping and laughed. However, the coldness revealed in that smile made the students in the stands feel a chill.

Hu Yanyong narrowed his eyes, knowing that Ye Yuan was truly angry and that his next strike would be a thunderous one.

But he also couldn't imagine what Ye Yuan could use to bridge the gap in cultivation level.

Clearly, the first wave of Stacked Wave Heart Palm could not cause substantial damage to Fei Qingping; at most, it embarrassed him a bit.

Even Stacked Wave Heart Palm was useless. Did Ye Yuan have some other trump card?

Hu Yanyong was vaguely looking forward to it. Ye Yuan had brought him too many surprises today.

"Heh, very good. You really have guts. I'm coming now. Make sure your Small Capture Hand is ready." Ye Yuan was all smiles, even deliberately reminding Fei Qingping.

The next moment, Fei Qingping found Ye Yuan's figure gradually blurring and immediately sensed trouble. He used the Small Capture Hand without hesitation, trying to slow Ye Yuan down.

But it was all in vain.

Ye Yuan's figure appeared before him again in an instant, and then he struck out with a palm, seemingly identical to before.

"Stacked Wave Heart Palm, Second Wave!"

Fei Qingping's body flew out like a kite with a broken string.

"Wow!"

The moment he hit the ground, Fei Qingping spat out a large mouthful of blood, clearly suffering from severe internal injuries.

"Second Wave! He mastered the Second Wave! This... how is this possible? It's only... only three days!" Zuo Bugui couldn't believe his eyes; this scene was too shocking!

Although it only doubled the attack power, the difficulty of cultivation increased by more than double!

Long Tang had once estimated that to master the Second Wave, he would need at least three months!

Was Ye Yuan even human?

Long Tang beside him didn't speak, but his inner shock was no less than Zuo Bugui's.

Mastering the Second Wave in three days was something he dared not even imagine!

What exactly happened to Ye Yuan to make him so monstrous?