Just as Yu Tianheng was preparing to duel Ye Liangchen, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Education Committee office building also became lively.
The Education Committee had three Spirit Douluo: Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin. When Dugu Bo proposed that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling withdraw from the Royal Academy, the three great Education Committee members absolutely refused.
"Your Excellency Dugu, this matter is too big. Suddenly letting two talented students withdraw from the Academy, how can we explain this to the Imperial Family?"
Meng Shenji's head hurt. If the other party only took Dugu Yan, it wouldn't be a big deal, but now he was even taking the girl from the Nine Star Begonia Family. She was a super support! If that girl left, all their years of hard work would be wasted.
"Lingling's withdrawal is also Ye Clan Leader's intention. She entrusted this matter to me. You also know about the curse on Nine Star Begonia Spirit Masters, and our Du Gu Family's Spirit is also troubled by toxins. I heard there's a peerless expert with incredible medical skills, so we've decided to visit him to see if he can resolve our Spirit's issues."
"You saw my toxins disappear, but that's only temporary suppression. In a few months, the toxins will rebound. To be completely cured, I need that expert to treat me. I want to completely solve my granddaughter's toxin problem; I can't let her stay in school."
"The resources the two girls consumed in your school, I'll compensate you for them."
Dugu Bo also didn't want to oppress people with his Titled Douluo status, so he followed Ye Liangchen's previous instructions and bluffed the three great Education Committee members. And surprisingly, this method was quite effective.
"So that's how it is." The three great Education Committee members were stunned by Dugu Bo's bluff. Indeed, the Academy had no way to solve the two girls' Spirit problems.
"Mr. Dugu, I heard you want Ye Lingling and your granddaughter to withdraw from school. Why is that?"
Just then, a voice rang out, and immediately after, an old man in luxurious clothes arrived at the Education Committee.
This person was Prince Xue Xing, who was also the direct head of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Earlier, when Dugu Bo proposed the withdrawal of the two girls, a teacher reported the matter to him, so he immediately rushed over.
"Prince Xue Xing, your timing is perfect. From today onwards, I will no longer serve as your honored guest. My debt of gratitude to you has been repaid."
Dugu Bo had originally intended to seek out Xue Xing to resign from his position as an honored guest, but he hadn't expected the other party to come directly, which saved him trouble.
"What? Ah... this..."
"Mr. Dugu, haven't we always cooperated very well? Why do you want to resign from your position as an honored guest?"
If Dugu Bo left, the Heaven Dou Empire Imperial Family would no longer have a Titled Douluo to guard it. Xue Xing was utterly bewildered now.
"You three explain it to Xue Xing!" Dugu Bo was too lazy to explain to Xue Xing. This old man would probably be killed by Ye Liangchen later, so he didn't want to say anything.
"Prince Xue Xing, His Excellency Dugu is preparing to take Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to find a peerless expert to solve their Spirit problems..."
Meng Shenji had no choice but to recount what Dugu Bo had said earlier to Prince Xue Xing.
"Mr. Dugu, is there really no room for reconsideration?"
Prince Xue Xing was very reluctant for Dugu Bo to leave. This was a Titled Douluo! Moreover, the other party said he was looking for a peerless expert to solve their Spirit problems, which, in his opinion, was just an excuse.
"Prince Xue Xing, you and I have been old acquaintances for many years. Let's part on good terms!"
"The two girls have used some resources at Heaven Dou Royal Academy over the years. Here are 500,000 gold coins, which can be considered my gratitude to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he directly slapped down a 500,000 gold coin card. Ye Liangchen had given him 1,000,000 earlier, and he thought it was too much, so he first put down 500,000 to see how these old guys would react.
"Mr. Dugu, this isn't about money."
Seeing Dugu Bo directly put down 500,000, Xue Xing and the three great Education Committee members' eyes immediately lit up, but they were all old and cunning, so they feigned refusal.
"You think it's too little, right?"
"Bang, bang..."
"Prince Xue Xing, one shouldn't be too greedy."
Dugu Bo said calmly, then slapped down two more 100,000 gold coin cards, totaling 700,000. Anyway, he definitely wouldn't give 1,000,000.
"Alright, since Mr. Dugu wants to take those two girls, then I wish Mr. a bright future."
Prince Xue Xing hadn't expected Dugu Bo to take out 700,000 gold coins, which was too surprising. So he no longer felt embarrassed to try and keep him, otherwise, if the old man changed his mind and didn't give a single coin, they would have no way to deal with him.
Dugu Bo saw that the old guys had nothing to say and thought that what Ye Liangchen had said earlier about problems that money could solve not being problems was indeed true. He had only thrown down 700,000, and it had immediately made the other party submit.
...
Meanwhile, Ye Liangchen, accompanied by Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, leisurely walked towards the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Spirit Dueling Arena, enjoying the scenery along the way. The two girls walked on either side of him, chatting and laughing, making others envious.
"That guy looks like he's here for sightseeing."
Countless male students watched Ye Liangchen's leisurely appearance, feeling annoyed. Such treatment, accompanied by beauties, was too enviable.
Just then, a few young idlers walked over from a distance. Seeing Ye Liangchen walking with the Academy's two most beautiful girls, they were immediately surprised and walked towards the trio.
"Hey! Who are you? How can you just enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"
One of the men, dressed in luxurious clothes, blocked Ye Liangchen's path and arrogantly questioned him. His small eyes occasionally scanned Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling beside him, his shifty-eyed look being very annoying.
"Yan Jie, who is this idiot?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.
Ye Liangchen calling that guy an idiot immediately drew exclamations from the other students:
"Oh my god! That guy is too bold. He dares to call His Royal Highness, the Fourth Prince, an idiot."
"Exactly! Now there's a good show to watch."
Many students around thought Ye Liangchen was a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, ignorant and fearless. Even Yu Tianheng and his group in front stopped to watch the show.
Even Xue Beng was stunned at this moment. He had never encountered such a situation before and wondered where this hothead came from.
Seeing Xue Beng directly called an idiot by Ye Liangchen, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling almost burst out laughing. This Xiao Jiahuo didn't play by the rules.
"Xiao Chen Didi, the other party is Xue Beng, the Fourth Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire."
Dugu Yan held her forehead and quietly introduced Xue Beng's identity to Ye Liangchen.
"Holy cow! This blockhead is actually Xue Beng? He's really a damn actor."
Ye Liangchen looked at the man in front of him. At this moment, the other party was furious, baring his teeth, truly a hooligan. This guy's acting was too realistic, or was this his original nature?
"Oh! So this blockhead is actually the Fourth Prince."
"Hey! I'm talking to you, Fourth Prince. Why are you blocking me? And your appearance is too ugly; you've scared the beauties."
Since the other party was Xue Beng, Ye Liangchen no longer bothered with him and directly started confronting him. Anyway, this guy wasn't a good person. His character was similar to his uncle, Prince Xue Xing—very lustful, and he had done many unspeakable things in secret.
"Who are you calling a blockhead?"
Xue Beng felt a million grass mud horses running through his mind at this moment. He thought he was pretending to be a young idler for the sake of acting, but this guy actually wasn't afraid of his status as a Prince and dared to call him an idiot and a blockhead. How could he tolerate that?
"Hit him."
For the sake of his act, Xue Beng directly ordered a few of his subordinates to teach Ye Liangchen a lesson.
"Kid, when you come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, if you're a dragon, you have to coil; if you're a tiger, you have to crouch."
As Xue Beng's subordinates rushed over, Ye Liangchen flashed, moving like lightning towards them, followed by a series of screams.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
"Ah, ah, ah, ah..."
Twenty seconds later, Xue Beng's subordinates, a few young idlers, all flew out and lay on the ground wailing.
"Kid, you... you actually dared to strike? I am the Heaven Dou Fourth Prince! You're dead! I will definitely have you arrested and thrown into the imperial prison..."
Xue Beng pointed at Ye Liangchen, his eyes filled with fierce light, directly using his Prince status to threaten the other party.
"Bang... Ah..."
Before Xue Beng could finish speaking, Ye Liangchen jumped up from the spot and directly performed a 360-degree roundhouse kick, like a certain Hollywood kung fu superstar, kicking Xue Beng in the face and instantly sending him flying.
Not to mention, the action of jumping on the spot and performing a 360-degree spinning kick was incredibly cool, drawing gasps from countless students.
"That guy's kick was really cool."
Many students who couldn't stand Xue Beng felt a great sense of relief seeing Ye Liangchen kick him flying with a spinning kick.
"Boss, why don't you just not compete with Lan Chen? I don't think you can beat him."
Oslo and Yu Feng, from a distance, quietly advised Yu Tianheng, thinking that guy even dared to hit Prince Xue Beng, he was definitely a ruthless person. What was Yu Tianheng?
"Hmph! I'm not some useless prince like Xue Beng."
The challenge match was initiated by Yu Tianheng towards Ye Liangchen, so how could he give up?
Ye Liangchen didn't know if Xue Beng was truly acting right now, but he probably was. At this moment, Ye Liangchen found it very amusing: Xue Beng, since you want to act, then I, this young master, will act with you. Anyway, you're the one getting beaten.
"Two sisters, it feels great to hit people without using a Spirit."
Ye Liangchen said to the two beautiful women beside him, then continued walking forward, no longer paying attention to Xue Beng and his group.
"Xiao Chen Didi, you hitting Xue Beng might alarm the high-ranking officials of the Empire's Royal Family," Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reminded him from the side. At this moment, Dugu Yan somewhat regretted bringing this guy to the academy.
"Yan Jie, don't worry. Your grandfather and Prince Xue Xing might be watching from somewhere!"
Ye Liangchen wasn't worried about any safety issues at all. Xue Beng was only acting for Xue Qinghe's benefit right now; he had no power to mobilize the Royal Family's forces. With Dugu Bo there, Prince Xue Xing wouldn't dare to do anything.
After seeing Ye Liangchen leave, Xue Beng's subordinates didn't know how to react, so they asked Xue Beng.
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince, the opponent is a tough nut to crack, what should we do?"
"Help me up, let's retreat first. We'll deal with him later."
Xue Beng had an unprintable phrase in his heart at this moment, unsure whether to utter it or not. He quickly left with a few subordinates, planning to go back and call his uncle to get even.
...
Yu Tianheng challenging a stranger also caught the attention of many teachers at the academy, including Qin Ming.
"Tianheng, who is the opponent? Why did you challenge that young man?" Qin Ming looked at his student and asked curiously.
"Teacher Qin, the opponent is named Lan Chen, and we don't know where he comes from."
"Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling brought that guy to the academy this time, and then..."
Yu Tianheng brought up the matter of the two girls dropping out of school earlier, which greatly surprised Qin Ming. However, upon hearing that Dugu Bo himself had personally intervened and negotiated with the teaching committee, Qin Ming was powerless.
"Teacher Qin Ming, that guy is here."
"That guy just beat up Xue Beng and his gang. He isn't scared at all right now, always looking calm and composed. It's too incredible."
Just then, Oslo, the Shi Mo brothers, and others saw the belated Ye Liangchen, so they reminded their teacher.
Qin Ming saw Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and immediately walked over to ask: "Yan Zi, Lingling, why did you drop out?"
"Teacher Qin Ming, I need to solve the problem with my Spirit. If I continue to stay at the academy, I might suddenly die one day. Lingling also needs to solve her curse problem."
Dugu Yan simply made up an excuse to brush him off. Anyway, the entire academy knew about the problem with her and Ye Lingling's Spirits.
"Alright then! I wish you good luck."
Hearing Dugu Yan say that, Qin Ming was also helpless. The academy had no way to help them solve their Spirit problems.
"Yu Tianheng, are you ready?"
Ye Liangchen walked onto the stage and calmly called out to Yu Tianheng.
"Lan Chen, I've been ready for a long time."
"Yu Tianheng, Spirit Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Level 39 Battle Spirit Elder."
"Lan Chen, please use your Spirit and let me see what gives you the right to be so arrogant."
Yu Tianheng stood opposite Ye Liangchen, introducing his Spirit to the opponent according to the rules of Spirit Master duels.
"I said, I won't use my Spirit to fight you. If you want to know my Spirit, you'll have to see if you have the ability."
Ye Liangchen made a gesture, signaling the opponent to start fighting quickly. Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, watching from afar, were very nervous, fearing that Xiao Jiahuo would have an accident.
"Roar..."
"Lan Chen, you are very arrogant. Let me see how arrogant you truly are!"
Yu Tianheng directly released his Spirit. A blue-black dragon surrounded by lightning appeared behind him, and the sleeve of his right arm burst open, transforming into a Qilin arm. His fingers also turned into dragon claws, and three spirit rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—appeared, looking quite impressive.
"Lightning Dragon Claw!"
Yu Tianheng roared and attacked first, his right arm, transformed into a dragon claw, grabbed towards Ye Liangchen.
"Swish, swish..."
Ye Liangchen activated Five Elements Mysterious Steps, turning into an afterimage, avoiding Yu Tianheng's dragon claw, and with lightning speed, circled behind the opponent.
"Where is he?" Yu Tianheng's claw missed, and he was momentarily stunned to find the opponent gone.
"Roar..."
Ye Liangchen, behind Yu Tianheng, threw a Dragon Fist, manifesting a phantom dragon claw with spirit power, attacking Yu Tianheng.
"This is a dragon claw too?"
Yu Tianheng heard a sound from behind him and immediately turned to meet the attack. The Lightning Dragon Claw collided with the phantom dragon claw struck by Ye Liangchen, producing a loud bang.
"Bang..."
Taking advantage of the opponent's momentary daze, Ye Liangchen instantly accelerated, appearing in front of Yu Tianheng. An uppercut, a left front kick, a right whip kick, a 360-degree spinning kick, combined with his 49th-level spirit power, dazed Yu Tianheng in just a few moves.
All martial arts in the world, nothing is unbreakable, only speed is unbreakable. In a battle between two armies, offense is always the best defense. Since Ye Liangchen wasn't using his Spirit, he had to defeat his opponent with speed.
"This guy's spirit power fluctuation is already close to a Spirit King. How old is he?"
Qin Ming, watching from a distance, was greatly shocked when he sensed Ye Liangchen's aura. No wonder he dared to say he wouldn't use his Spirit; he truly had the ability.
"Teacher Qin, Xiao Chen Didi's spirit power has reached Level 49. Yu Tianheng wanting to challenge him, isn't that just asking for trouble?"
Dugu Yan said from the side, surprising everyone immensely.
In the center of the arena, Ye Liangchen's figure couldn't be seen at all, only the sound of Yu Tianheng being beaten.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Yu Tianheng couldn't react at all; he was knocked down before he even had time to use his Spirit Ability. Then, Ye Liangchen grabbed his feet and used him like a hammer, smashing him around. The scene was incredibly brutal.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah..."
After being smashed a few times, Yu Tianheng's Spirit dissipated directly, and he lay on the ground, lifeless, constantly shouting in his heart: What kind of monster is this guy? His strength is astonishing, he feels like a ferocious beast.
"What did you see?"
"I only saw an afterimage, and then the boss was rubbed on the ground by Lan Chen. What kind of monster is this guy?"
"Did you hear Yan Zi? That guy's spirit power is already Level 49, almost a Spirit King."
Oslo, Yu Feng, and the others finally understood why the opponent dared to fight without using his Spirit.
The surrounding crowd was stunned: "That guy's combat power is too strong. What kind of skill was that phantom dragon claw he just used?"
"Could it be a Spirit Bone?"
Many people believed Ye Liangchen possessed a Spirit Bone, and some teachers, including Qin Ming, also thought that move was a Spirit Bone skill.
"Yu Tianheng, you lost."
"Reflect well."
After beating Yu Tianheng down, Ye Liangchen said calmly, then turned and left.
The opponent had no enmity with him, so Ye Liangchen didn't strike ruthlessly; he only made him suffer a bit of superficial pain, just to make him realize the gap.
"Lan Chen, I lost. I am completely convinced by my defeat at your hands."
Yu Tianheng finally understood what a gap was at this moment. With the opponent's Level 49 spirit power, he foolishly went to challenge him. Wasn't that just asking for a beating?
"Yu Tianheng, it's just a spar, don't take it to heart. That's it, everyone go home and find your mothers."
Ye Liangchen waved at Yu Tianheng, then left the Spirit Dueling Arena with the two girls.