Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Luo Wendeng’s sword had exposed the Wind Wolf Students’ petty trick, and the air on the mountain path instantly crackled with tension.

Just then, a second Wind Wolf Student rushed out...

”Luo Wendeng, you shouldn’t have seen through our ruse. And even if you did, you shouldn’t have exposed it! There are only ten of you. If even one person fails to reach the finish line, you’re all finished.”

Yan Jun, one of the Wind Wolf Students, had instructed those setting up the little ”game”...

...that even if Fake Lu Chao and his group saw through their act, they would still have to obediently carry the ”injured” for them.

This was the reasoning—Dragon Flame Academy could not afford to lose a single student.

Meeting the gazes of the Wind Wolf Students, Luo Wendeng stated coolly, ”The likes of you are not enough to cause us any losses.”

With that, Luo Wendeng slowly closed his eyes.

Then he snapped them open. ”Brother, you take the ones on the path. I’ll handle those in the woods.”

The moment he finished speaking, Luo Wendeng vanished in a flash, darting into the woods...

An instant later, a bloodcurdling scream echoed from the trees. The Wind Wolf Students stared, their eyes wide. They all blurted out subconsciously, ”How did you know we had people hidden in the woods?”

WHOOSH...

Hearing this, Luo Wendeng’s younger brother, Luo Wendun, flashed forward to attack... CRACK!

He landed a heavy slap across the face of a Wind Wolf Student and said coldly, ”My brother already told you—your petty tricks can’t fool us. Besides, we have Brother Lu with us.”

This was the source of the Luo brothers’ confidence...

Even if there were things they couldn’t see, Lu Chao could spot and point them out with ease.

That was why they could charge forward fearlessly.

In an instant, Luo Wendun was among the Wind Wolf Students. He was only at the Innate First Layer, a slightly lower realm than the students before him, but having faced death several times, he completely dominated his opponents.

Even against nearly ten Wind Wolf Students, Luo Wendun still steamrolled them.

This was the difference between someone tested by life and death and a flower raised in a greenhouse...

Just as Luo Wendun finished knocking everyone to the ground, Luo Wendeng emerged from the woods, blood still dripping from the sword in his hand.

His eyes were filled with a cold, murderous intent as he looked at Lu Chao. ”Brother Lu,” he said, ”I might have been a bit too heavy-handed.”

’The Wolf Flame Kingdom... it’s been my nightmare since I was a child...’

’He recognized some of these Wind Wolf Students. They had all bullied him in the past, so he couldn’t stop himself from being so harsh.’

Lu Chao just smiled and replied, ”So what if you were? There’s no rule against fighting.”

When the rules were announced, Guan Zanyi’s man had made it clear: they were to bring weapons and fight. As long as it wasn’t a frenzied massacre, no one would intervene...

Even now, Flying Bird Demon Beasts were monitoring them from above. The fact that they hadn’t descended to intervene proved there was no issue.

Ignoring the wailing Wind Wolf Students, Lu Chao said, ”Let’s go. I expect there are more obstacles ahead.”

The five from the Azure Flame Sect immediately prepared to move on...

But they paused, looking back at the Jiang Family Siblings, who seemed to have forgotten to follow.

Aside from Iron Shield, the other three were all in a daze.

Finally, Jiang Yi snapped out of it and said blankly, ”Oh, right! Let’s get going...”

It was as if they were just waking from a dream. They had been completely stunned. Lu Chao hadn’t even lifted a finger, yet the Luo brothers alone had taken down all those Wind Wolf Students.

There had been nearly ten Wind Wolf Students on the path and an unknown number in the forest, and just like that, they were all on the ground.

What shocked the Jiang Family Siblings even more was...

...how the Wind Wolf Students’ petty trick had been seen through in an instant.

If they had been leading the team, they would have been doomed. They wouldn’t have been able to see through the ruse at all.

And so, the ten of them continued along the route. The confidence of the three Dragon Flame Students, including the Jiang Family Siblings, received a massive boost.

As for Iron Shield, he remained as stoic as ever, showing little reaction.

Not long after Lu Chao’s group departed, students from Mengshan Academy rushed up the path.

When they saw the crowd of Wind Wolf Students lying on the ground, they were all dumbfounded and quickly asked what had happened.

When they learned that the Dragon Flame Students were responsible, the students from Mengshan were even more stunned...

One of them asked blankly, ”Are we really supposed to go... and take out one of their students?”

The only reason they were allowed to participate in this first trial was because of what Guan Zanyi called a ”special dispensation,” and their mission was to eliminate one of the Dragon Flame Students.

But if this was what they did to the Wind Wolf Students, wouldn’t chasing after them be a suicide mission?

The Mengshan Kingdom was just a small kingdom among the Hundred Countries; they had only managed to scrape together a dozen or so Innate Students.

They all looked at each other in dismay...

Mengshan’s head disciple said, ”Let’s slow down. We’ll pretend we couldn’t catch up and just fake our way through this.”

The Mengshan Students all nodded emphatically. Ignoring the Wind Wolf Students’ pleas for help, they hurried onward. To hell with it. The most important thing was to pass the first trial of this qualification tournament. If that meant offending Guan Zanyi, so be it.

A while later...

A squad dressed in the uniforms of the Beast Flame Order Team appeared near the fallen Wind Wolf Students.

Leading them was a refined, handsome, middle-aged man.

He chuckled softly. ”These descendants of the Azure Flame Sect, representing Dragon Flame Academy, are certainly decisive. It seems as long as I make sure they don’t face any major injustices, there shouldn’t be any big problems.”

If Lu Chao had heard that, he would have instantly realized that this Order Enforcement Team was on the side of Dragon Flame Academy.

But who would be on their side?

Besides someone from the Dragon Flame Kingdom, who else could it be? After all, in his quest for the six Royal Decrees, Lu Chao had gravely offended the top generals of the Six Great Flame Countries, not to mention the Six Great Flame Kings themselves.

The Beast Flame Academy had only just opened, so those maintaining order were bound to be from the Seven Great Flame Countries.

The strongest of them, the Dragon Flame Kingdom, would certainly hold a dominant position.

Just then, a member of the Order Enforcement Team stepped forward and spoke to the refined, middle-aged man...

”My Lord, isn’t the Dragon Flame King spoiling Marquis Jilong a bit too much?”

”Just because of a single word from Marquis Jilong, we’re stuck here at Beast Flame Academy helping the Dragon Flame Academy. And with that same word, you, my Lord, have to serve as a Commander in this insignificant Beast Flame Order Team. And damn it all... you’re only *one* of the Commanders.”

”You’re Marquis Longyin! You’re the King’s own brother!”

This handsome, middle-aged man from the Order Enforcement Team was indeed a marquis of the Dragon Flame Kingdom, and what’s more, he was the Dragon Flame King’s younger brother.

Guan Zanyi was responsible for maintaining order outside Beast Flame Academy...

...while Marquis Longyin was responsible for order within it. That was why they were each considered only *one* of the Commanders.

This infuriated Marquis Longyin’s subordinate. It was far too demeaning for his master.

And it was all Marquis Jilong, Yin Ye’s, fault.

But a shrewd light flashed in Marquis Longyin’s eyes as he smiled faintly. ”That single word from Yin Ye was anything but simple.”