Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

In the entire Dragon Flame Kingdom, there was no one other than Marquis Jilong who was so formidable with a halberd.

At that moment, Yin Ye had already walked over to Sun Shijin’s side, halberd in hand. ”Celestial King Academy,” he said, ”I may not have much say in your academy’s affairs, but since I happen to be here, I will not allow you to do as you please with Dragon Flame Academy.”

On the outskirts of the crowd...

Yin Qixing said to Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu, ”I’m going to lend the Marquis a hand. You two be careful. Don’t be too impulsive if something happens.”

Worried that Lu Chao might once again go too far, Yin Qixing added this one warning before flashing behind Yin Ye.

He quietly told Yin Ye about how Lu Chao had just cut down several people...

In response, a cold glint flashed in Yin Ye’s eyes as he nodded. ”No matter. He did well to cut them down.”

With the Dragon Flame Academy students beaten so badly, what did it matter if Lu Chao cut down a few people? He even felt that Yin Qixing’s final warning was completely unnecessary. ’Let them die for all I care.’

Meanwhile, not far from Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu, waves of sobbing suddenly rang out.

”Senior Brother Zhang, wake up!”

”Someone save Senior Brother Zhang! He’s not going to make it!”

A male Dragon Flame Student was holding another, who was on the verge of death, crying and shouting...

A dozen or so other students stood around them, wringing their hands, not knowing what to do.

They wanted to find their instructors, but the instructors were not in a good state either; those who were left were all locked in a standoff with the people from Celestial King Academy.

Many others around them were injured, and many students needed help.

Seeing this, Lu Chao walked over. ”Let me see...”

The students looked at Lu Chao, and then, without caring who he was, they quickly made way for him.

Lu Chao swept his Bright Eyes and Clear Wind Guide lightly over Senior Brother Zhang, and his expression immediately darkened. ”What a vicious method. They aimed directly for his Heavenly Destiny Bone. It’s about to shatter, and the injury is fatal.”

Hearing this, the surrounding students fell into a complete panic, utterly at a loss.

”Don’t worry,” Lu Chao said softly. ”I’ll stabilize him first.”

Then, he pressed his True Qi directly into Senior Brother Zhang’s body. He gently ignited the True Qi from his Fire Sparrow Map, using it to fuse the man’s nearly shattered Heavenly Destiny Bone back together.

He even mended the cracks on the Heavenly Destiny Bone.

Lu Chao had refined a Beast Bone for Cheng Yunsu before and had learned a few things back in the Great Wu Empire, so he had some experience in this area.

Senior Brother Zhang let out a muffled grunt, his face contorting in pain.

But after two breaths, some color returned to his previously deathly pale face. Though still wan, his breathing stabilized.

He withdrew the True Qi from the Fire Sparrow Map...

Lu Chao said to the students around him, ”Once this is over, find a Destiny Bone Doctor to treat him with some medicine, and he’ll be fine.”

”Thank you, thank you... Senior Brother.” The surrounding students thanked him profusely.

Only then did the crowd finally have the presence of mind to look back at the center of the standoff...

A Dragon Flame Student said hopefully, ”Marquis Jilong is here. I wonder if he can turn the tide for our Dragon Flame Academy.”

Hearing this, several other Dragon Flame Students gave bitter, miserable smiles...

”It’s impossible. Marquis Jilong can’t interfere that much, and the Dragon Flame King wouldn’t let him... It’ll be good enough if he can just ease the situation for now.”

”I’m afraid our Dragon Flame Academy still can’t escape the fate of being dismembered.”

”Being dismembered isn’t the worst part. But those of us with little talent will probably just have to go home.”

As Dragon Flame Academy declined, the quality of its students had also gotten worse and worse.

Whether the academy was disbanded or absorbed by Celestial King Academy, those without enough talent had only one path left: to go home. What awaited them was joining the Dragon Flame Army as a common soldier, or perhaps joining some family as a hired thug or guard.

Or they would live out their lives in a daze, with no one to guide them on the Martial Dao.

Even the more talented ones who could get into other academies would be branded with the Dragon Flame Academy label and bullied by others.

A Martial Artist’s dream is to become one of the strong...

The disbandment or dismemberment of Dragon Flame meant the end of their dreams.

At this point, after Yin Ye and Zheng Liyuan from Celestial King Academy exchanged a few harsh words, the latter spoke again, his voice sinister. ”Marquis Jilong, I can give you face and not press the matter further. But Dragon Flame Academy must return what they stole from us.”

Hearing this, Sun Shijin was about to erupt... ’What a baseless accusation!’

Just a moment ago, he was demanding they hand over the student who stole it. Now he’s saying to return the stolen item.

The other party was clearly using this as a pretext to suppress Dragon Flame Academy. Celestial King Academy was already moving in for the kill.

However, Yin Ye stopped Sun Shijin from erupting and asked, ”What of yours was stolen?”

Zheng Liyuan’s lips curled into a slight smirk. ”A... Demon Beast Saint Bone!”

As his voice fell, a stunned silence fell over the Dragon Flame Academy side. Then, their faces gradually flushed red. To think he would even dare to claim it was a Demon Beast Saint Bone—such a thing was as rare as a phoenix feather.

Just a moment ago, some instructors had even been thinking that if the other party wasn’t asking for much, they could just give it to them to appease them and settle the matter.

But a Demon Beast Saint Bone? Who could possibly afford to give that away?

Rage flared on Yin Ye’s face as he stared at Zheng Liyuan with killing intent. ”I told you, don’t go too far.”

He also wanted to appease them and temporarily alleviate Dragon Flame Academy’s crisis before figuring out a long-term solution.

But Zheng Liyuan was leaving them no way out.

Zheng Liyuan smiled and added sinisterly, ”It’s fine if you don’t return it. After all, Celestial King Academy is a vast enterprise. Why would we care about a single Demon Beast Saint Bone? However... the student who stole the Saint Bone must be brought out and executed by us on the spot.”

At these words, the Dragon Flame Academy side grew even quieter.

This demand was even more outrageous. If they really just tossed out a random student to be executed by the other party, Dragon Flame Academy would truly be finished.

An academy that couldn’t protect its own students—who would dare to join it?

The Giant Halberd in Marquis Jilong’s hands began to thrum with power. He could no longer hold back. Brimming with killing intent, he said, ”Zheng Liyuan, in that case, let’s settle this before the Dragon Flame King. We’ll have a thorough investigation into who exactly stole this Demon Beast Saint Bone.”

As he spoke, Marquis Jilong slowly extended his Giant Halberd, pointing it at Zheng Liyuan.

It was obvious Marquis Jilong was ready to drop all pretenses. ’Since you won’t give me any face, let’s make this a huge scene.’

But Zheng Liyuan was still smiling...

”Marquis Jilong, you exaggerate. How could such a trivial matter trouble the Dragon Flame King?”

”Alright, then!”

”We’ll take another step back. How about a match between our students? I’ll put forward ten students, and your Dragon Flame Academy can also put forward ten. A deathmatch should settle it, right?”

”Remember, it’s a deathmatch.”

”This is the most face my Celestial King Academy can give Marquis Jilong. If you still refuse our kindness, then let’s just make a scene.”

As he finished speaking, Zheng Liyuan shifted his gaze to Sun Shijin, his face still wreathed in smiles.

All the students from Celestial King Academy were also smiling smugly.

The expressions on the faces of the Dragon Flame Academy members remained incredibly grim. For their students, a deathmatch was a certain death sentence.

The gap in strength between the students of the two academies was simply too great.

On the outskirts of the crowd...

Lu Chao withdrew his gaze and looked at a male student beside him. ”Let me borrow your Dragon Flame Academy Uniform.”