Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

The male student was the same one who had just been sobbing while holding Senior Brother Zhang.

Hearing this, he was confused but didn’t hesitate to take off his Dragon Flame Academy Robe and hand it to Lu Chao.

Lu Chao casually draped the robe over his shoulders and strode toward the center of the standoff.

The Dragon Flame Students nearby were stunned. They looked at Cheng Yunsu and asked, ”Senior Sister, what is that senior brother trying to do?”

Cheng Yunsu smiled and replied, ”Repaying a favor...”

She understood Lu Chao. Of course, he was going to save Dragon Flame Academy and repay the favor he owed Marquis Jilong, Yin Ye, and Sun Shijin.

Looking at the confused students, Cheng Yunsu added, ”Don’t call me Senior Sister. Neither my husband nor I are students of Dragon Flame Academy. But if my husband wants to fight for the academy, he needs a uniform.”

Hearing this, the Dragon Flame Students had a sudden realization. They looked at Lu Chao’s back, their excitement growing.

Another student quickly asked, ”Senior Sister, what is your husband’s cultivation level?”

”Postnatal Ninth Layer.” Cheng Yunsu answered without hiding anything. This time, she didn’t correct them for calling her Senior Sister.

When the students heard this, their eyes lit up.

But someone muttered, ”That’s not enough. Celestial King Academy brought several people at the Innate Realm.”

The Postnatal Ninth Layer was impressive for the declining Dragon Flame Academy.

But against Celestial King Academy, it was still far from enough.

Their expressions tensed up again. Cheng Yunsu’s expression, however, remained unchanged. Lu Chao’s Postnatal Ninth Layer was different from others’.

But she didn’t explain.

In the center of the standoff...

Seeing that neither Dragon Flame Academy nor Yin Ye was responding, Zheng Liyuan spoke again. ”Marquis Jilong, if Dragon Flame Academy doesn’t agree to the deathmatch, then I will contact the entire Celestial King Academy right now. We will storm Dragon Flame Academy to search for our stolen Demon Beast Saint Bone.”

Zheng Liyuan was now applying immense pressure.

If they refused to fight, he would lead a full-scale invasion of Dragon Flame Academy. Then, they could simply claim to find the Demon Beast Saint Bone in any random room, framing the academy and damning them to the eighteenth level of hell.

Afterward, they would, of course, make a mortal enemy of Marquis Jilong...

Zheng Liyuan truly didn’t want to make him a mortal enemy, which was why he had taken a step back and proposed a deathmatch. Otherwise, Dragon Flame Academy’s fate today would be even worse.

CRACK...

Sun Shijin’s fists clenched so tightly they cracked. He suddenly declared, ”Yin Ye, stay out of this! Even if I have to give up my old life here today, I will not let a single Dragon Flame Student die.”

He was ready to fight to the death; he wasn’t even planning on surviving.

But Zheng Liyuan on the other side simply smiled dismissively. Sun Shijin didn’t even have the right to fight him to the death.

In the current Dragon Flame Academy, besides Sun Shijin, not even Dean Jiang had broken through to the Transformation Realm. They were unbelievably weak.

Yin Ye’s expression changed wildly. Even he didn’t know how to resolve this situation.

Sending ten students out for a deathmatch could alleviate the crisis, but it was impossible. To fight was to die!

If they didn’t fight, Celestial King Academy would drop all pretenses, and Dragon Flame Academy would be finished for good.

As Marquis Jilong, he wasn’t afraid of Celestial King Academy, but his power base was far away in Jilong State. Furthermore, as a Marquis, he couldn’t get too involved in a dispute between academies, or the Dragon Flame King himself might intervene.

”It’s just a deathmatch, isn’t it? I’ll fight!”

Just as Dragon Flame Academy was being pushed into a corner, a cold voice exploded across the scene.

Yin Ye froze. Yin Qixing froze...

Sun Shijin’s face instantly turned pale with horror. ’Is a student really going to sacrifice their life for Dragon Flame Academy?’

The group of injured upper-echelon members of Dragon Flame Academy, led by Dean Jiang, wore expressions of excitement and complexity. They also thought a student was about to step forward and sacrifice their life for the academy...

They all turned in unison toward the source of the voice.

The next moment, Sun Shijin also froze, staring blankly at the person walking out.

He then glanced at Yin Ye. ’Isn’t that the kid with the Life-taking Bone? Why is he coming out wearing a Dragon Flame Academy Robe?’

Dean Jiang and the others blinked. An instructor asked, ”Whose student is this?”

They saw a young man walk out, a Dragon Flame Academy Robe draped casually over his shoulders. He didn’t look like a student at all, carrying an air of indifference mixed with a free-spirited and uninhibited aura.

Everyone looked at each other; no one recognized him.

Yin Ye’s tense face slowly relaxed. He whispered, ”That’s right, we still have Lu Chao.”

Yin Qixing, however, hesitated slightly and replied in a low voice, ”Marquis, can Lu Chao really do it? The students from Celestial King Academy are...”

Before he could finish, Yin Ye interrupted him in a hushed tone, ”Have you forgotten the Saint Bone Su Family?”

Yin Qixing was suddenly startled.

Of course, he hadn’t forgotten how Lu Chao had acted when facing the Saint Bone Su Family. At that time, he had faced down nearly ten Innate Guards at once.

As the two were speaking, Lu Chao had already walked to Yin Ye’s side.

He took another step forward and said, ”Celestial King Academy, since this is a deathmatch, bring out the Life and Death Contract for signing.”

His voice boomed toward Zheng Liyuan, yet he maintained his nonchalant demeanor.

Zheng Liyuan looked Lu Chao up and down a few times and sneered, ”One isn’t enough. We need ten.”

He also believed that Lu Chao was just some hot-blooded youth ready to throw his life away for Dragon Flame Academy.

But killing just one, of course, was not enough.

Before the people from Dragon Flame Academy could react, Lu Chao immediately replied, ”Ten is fine, but I set the rules. I don’t want to fight one match after another. I want a ten-on-ten free-for-all.”

As soon as he said this, everyone, except for a few individuals, was confused by his meaning.

On the outskirts of the crowd...

The male student who had lent him the robe looked at Cheng Yunsu and asked, ”Senior Sister, what does Senior Brother mean?”

Cheng Yunsu answered softly, ”Of course he can’t fight one by one. Otherwise, even if my husband wins one match, it’s meaningless. My husband is going to fight one against ten. He says ten-on-ten, but in reality, the others are just there to make up the numbers.”

The students beside her were dumbfounded. ’Not only is he going to fight, but he’s going to fight one against ten?’

Opposite Lu Chao and Yin Ye...

Hearing this, Zheng Liyuan sized up Lu Chao again, then laughed out loud. ”I never expected your Dragon Flame Academy to be hiding a genius at the Postnatal Ninth Layer. What a surprise.”

He had seen through Lu Chao’s cultivation level...

”You want to fight one against ten, is that it? Fine, I’ll grant you your wish.”

Zheng Liyuan agreed without hesitation. He then took out a brush and paper, wrote out a Life and Death Contract, and had ten Celestial King Students sign their names. He then tossed it to Lu Chao, saying, ”Have Sun Shijin and that man Jiang sign it, then ten Dragon Flame Students.”

In response, Lu Chao took the Life and Death Contract and silently handed it to Sun Shijin.

The latter now understood what Lu Chao was planning. His expression shifted wildly, and for a moment, he didn’t know if he should sign it.

Yin Ye, however, said gravely, ”Senior Brother Sun, believe in Lu Chao.”

As his voice fell, Sun Shijin’s whole body trembled violently. Finally, he signed his name.

He then passed it to Dean Jiang. The dean still looked completely bewildered, but since Sun Shijin had signed, he signed it as well.

Finally, the Life and Death Contract returned to Lu Chao’s hands.

He quickly signed his name, then raised the Life and Death Contract high and declared, ”Who dares to come sign this Life and Death Contract?”

For a ten-on-ten fight, they still needed nine more Dragon Flame Students.

But who would dare?