Chapter 48 - 48: Beat down

A/N: I wasn't able to update yesterday as my headache became a fever, so please forgive me if this chapter isn't to your liking ????

P.S. I surprised myself when I was able to wrote this 3k words chapter

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Just as Xiao Yan was about start to beat down the students of Blue Sunshine Academy, a soft voice cried out.

"Wait!"

Everyone, even the customers that had remained in the dining hall to watched the show, turned their heads towards a girl with a scorpion braid smiling.

"Xiao Yan-gege, how could you?! Are you really just leaving your poor little sister to play around with those boys?" Xiao Wu said with huff.

'Oi! Don't make it sound so gay!' Xiao Yan and the male students of Blue Sunshine Academy all thought at the same time with twitching expressions.

While everyone else, especially the females, snickered and let out small laughs at what they from Xiao Wu's little mouth.

Xiao Yan, with a twitching right eyebrow, said.

"Wu-er, why are you really doing this right now?" 'Your ruining my epic showdown here!' Xiao Yan signaled with his eyes towards Xiao Wu, telling her what he really wanted to say.

After spending time together as close as blood related siblings, Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu can practically understand each other with gestures and movement of their eyes.

"Well, because I wanted to be the one to deal with them." 'You and I, probably ge as well(A/N: She's talking about Tang San), know that those students are too easy for you to deal with. Just let me and Tang San handle the students, while you go after the teacher. Also, you're not the only one who wants to let loose you know.' Xiao Wu honestly replied, and signaled to both herself and the other shrek students looking ready to maim at the Blue Sunshine Academy students.

Why? Well they're too f.u.c.k.i.n.g weak! Except for the youth still whimpering under Xiao Yan's foot and the female student behind the teacher, all the male students spirit ranks are below twenty five!

How did he know? Well it's because of the Purple Demon Eye. It is divided into four stages; surveying, detailed, mustard seed and boundless stages, in the surveying realm one was able to substantially improve vision power, and furthermore clearly grasp every existing detail.

After Xiao Yan's Purple Demon Eyes entered the detailed realm a year ago, according to what Tang San had told him, Purple Demon Eye's effect should be seeing even more clearly, and grasping even richer detail, but detail realm Purple Demon Eye could further grant a mental state where everything slowed down, allowing them both, practioners of the eye technique, to react in the shortest possible time.

Not only that, besides its original capabilities, Xiao Yan is also able to see Spirit Masters' amount of spirit power.

But there was a condition, he could only see spirit power of spirit masters with spirit power lower than his. When he/he is stronger than his, his Purple Demon Eye saw nothing..

Xiao Yan sigh and nodded at Xiao Wu's suggestion. The fighting spirit within him slowly receded.

Although Xiao Yan's no stranger to the idiom; "The strong bully's the weak", but even he has limits to much he can bully people. Especially since he now remembered that these students and teacher are just side characters from the story who didn't get their names known. Or he just forget about it.

Xiao Yan shook his head, his eyes full of pity as he stared at them. Pity because he would let Xiao Wu let loose at them, and because they were just forgettable side characters used for the main characters as stepping stones.

"Alright, they're all yours." Xiao Yan sigh resignedly, as he put his hands up, and took a step back.

"Thanks Xiao Yan-gege. Ge, let's go!" Tang San let out a resigned sigh and stood up from his chair. Whenever and wherever Xiao Wu acted, he would follow as well. It was because it's his duty as her other and more responsible older brother.

'Well to be honest, I also want to blow off some steam as well.' Tang San thought as he stood besides Xiao Wu.

A tic mark appeared on the Blue Sunshine Academy's teacher. He wave his wrist and ordered,

"Well? What are you waiting for! Use your spirits and deal with these foolish youths, as well as retrieve our fallen student." At that, all kinds of light flashed. The five youths spirit rings color were the same, all had one white and one yellow, representing one ten year spirit ring and one hundred year spirit ring.

The five were naturally without exception Battle Spirit Masters, comprised of two Tool Spirit Battle Spirit Masters and three Beast Spirit Battle Spirit Masters.

The two Tool Spirits respectively were Pike and Trident, the three Beast Spirits following were Deer, Sheep and Horse. Judging by the spirits themselves, all could be considered powerful.

Seeing their opponents release their spirits and their spirit rings, Xiao Wu snorted and looked at them in disdain.

"I've prepared myself for a fight, yet, all I see are mere children wanting to play around. Haiz, this is what I get for having a bleeding heart for my older brother." Xiao Wu let a long resigned sigh of disappoinment.

Although he didn't show it, Tang San was also feeling disappointed. He might have seen and gauge their opponents spirit ranks with his Purple Demon Eyes, but that didn't include their spirit rings, so he thought as students from a advanced spirit master academy they would be powerful or at the least have two yellow spirit rings. Alas, sometimes reality just slap you back to it.

While the other shrek students snickered, chuckled and let out giggles as they watched the scene.

Oscar, who unexpectedly had a grown beard now on his face, laugh out loud and said.

"F.u.c.k me! Hahahahaha! Who would have thought that Xiao Wu would have a sharp tongue? Also, seriously? Ten year old spirit rings? Brothers and sisters, how about let's bet on how long they would last against Xiao Wu and Tang San?" Even though Oscar hadn't still saw them fight, he did know that the two of them are spirit elders that have incredible combat experience from what he had heard from Dai Mubai.

"Alright! I bet ten spirit gold coins that it would end in five seconds." Ma Hongjun said boisterously.

"Same." His older sister Ma Xiaotao followed with a giggle hidden due to her red veil.

"Four seconds, five spirit gold coins." Zhu Zhuqing simply said.

"Same with fatty." Dai Mubai said with grin.

"Ditto with boss Dai." Oscar said.

"...Same with Zhu Zhuqing." Ning Rongrong said with a small smile.

"Hm? Boss Xiao Yan and Xun Er, aren't you going to take a bet?" Ma Hongjun curiously asked towards Xiao Yan and Xun Er.

Xiao Yan's right eyebrow twitched as he heard Ma Hongjun's nickname for him.

He shook his head. Turning his head, Xiao Yan caught Xun Er staring at him with a amused expression.

Xiao Yan mirrored that with a grin. Turning back towards Ma Hongjun, he propped two fingers up and said.

"Xun Er and I are betting ten spirit gold coins, from us both, that Xiao Wu and Tang San will win within two seconds." Those boasted words coming out of Xiao Yan's mouth made everyone's eyebrows rise.

"Seriously?" Oscar asked out of curiosity and shock.

Although they've all known each for a little while, they knew that they could trust each other, but even then. The words that Xiao Yan had said, made them doubt him.

After all, two seconds? That's just too fast for two spirit elders to deal with five spirit grandmasters within that short of a time!

Xiao Yan could already read what the others are thinking of and so, without saying anything, he merely took out 20 spirit gold coins from his storage ring and put them down on the shared table of the shrek students. Causing the said students, except Zhu Zhuqing, to drop their jaws.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er, sitting on their respective chairs, with the former having his feet set on the back of the student that came to find trouble with them, the both of them flashed their classmates mysterious smiles.

"Turn your heads."

Everyone's eyebrows raised, they turned their heads and various expressions like shock, disbelief and confusion appeared on their faces.

"Hmph! That was too easy." Xiao Wu, her right hand on her right hip, arrogantly said. She stood tall as five bodies still beneath her feet. Blue Silver Grass tangled and binded those said bodies. Tang San casually walked by her side, three spirit rings surrounding him, he has a calm smile on his face.

Everyone; the remaining customers, the Shrek students, the teacher and sole female student of Blue Sunshine Academy are completely silent as they take in the scene in front of them.

A single question was all on their minds,

'How?'

Well it was pretty short and easy. The moment that Xiao Yan had uttered his bet, Tang San had immediately activated his spirit Blue Silver Grass to quickly bind the other academy students and used his paralyzing poison.

Tang San has achieved the thirtieth first rank and his third spirit ring. It meant that the paralyzing poison on his Blue Silver Grass has improved through leaps and bounds. Especially since his third spirit ring is from a three thousand year old Man Faced Demon Spider.

Granting Tang San's Blue Silver Grass a extra corrosive poison, as well as making it more durable and flexible.

Hence, using the Blue Silver Grass, Tang San had corroded the five youths of their spirit power defense and use his second spirit ability, parasite, to spread his Blue Silver Grass and it's paralyzing poison in their body systems. He didn't want to kill them out here in the open after all. It's just a small fight between teenagers.

What's more impressive, is that it all happened within half a second.

After Tang San had stopped their movements, Xiao Wu, without using her spirit, had moved towards the paralyzed group and started beating them down with her Soft Skill or also known as her Jiujitsu.

The fight, or though it could be said as a one-sided slaughter, had only taken within two seconds or less.

The teacher and the only female student of the Blue Sunshine Academy both had their jaws dropped and eyes widened.

The teacher gritted his teeth in anger, his face slightly flushed and muttered.

"You youngsters are really unbearable! Bullying my students? From your age, you all must be students. I am Blue Sunshine Academy's external affairs department director Ye Zhi-Qiu. What academy are you all from? More importantly, where's your teacher?! I need to speak to the person who has been teaching you youngsters being so barbaric."

Xiao Yan snorted as he turned his head back towards the teacher, his hand outstretched to received his share of spirit gold coins.

"Hmph! We're from Shrek Academy! You want to meet with our teacher? You don't have the qualifications to do so!"

While also thinking, 'Huh? So the teacher had a name. That's good to know.'

Ye Zhi-Qiu's face twitched as the flames of anger within him seem to grow. But he held it in. Even if he was angry at them, they are still youngsters compared to him. It might come as the old bullying the young from another person's perspective. It would damage his reputation if people were to know about it!

Though that's not the only thing that's holding him back. The three dazzling spirit rings floating around Tang San's body had caused him to hesitate. From the young age of the boy's appearance, Ye Zhi-Qiu was certain that he is a monster compared to those of his academy.

Ye Zhi-Qiu had only seen and be certain of Tang San talents, the girl Xiao Wu didn't show her spirit but he's also cautious of her from the display of strength she showed. So he's now wary of the other students that's staying in their seats watching the scene. Especially the youngster with green tinted eyes. He gave off a very fiery and destructive feeling.

He's afraid that they might be from some very powerful and connected academy to be able to produce monsters such as them.

'Shrek academy? I haven't heard such a academy before...' Ye Zhi-Qiu thought with a frown.

"I have not heard of such an academy..." Ye Zhi-Qiu said slowly.

Xiao Yan chuckled and shook his head while pocketing the spirit gold coins in his storage ring.

"Oh really? Then that just means that your ignorant and inexperienced."

Hearing the other party not at all being children of some prominent school, Ye Zhi-Qiu in his heart loosed a breath, but at the same time also couldn't help but feel somewhat powerless.

He always believed that Blue Sunshine Academy's students were already very outstanding. This time's plan to leave for Star Dou Great Forest was to assist one student having reached thirtieth rank to advance the third spirit ring. Also that was the female student who all along had not come out.

But before him these several youngsters provoked him greatly.

Ye Zhi-Qiu understood that these youngsters indeed were entitled to disdain Blue Sunshine Academy.

Of course, although in his heart he had been shaken the other side's actual strength, if he cowered back so in front of this many diners, Blue Sunshine Academy would at once lose face again.

The students were out of the question, he himself had to earn back Blue Sunshine Academy's lost face.

'Even if their teacher would be here, they must at least give our academy some face right?'

Thinking of this, Ye Zhi-Qiu no longer hesitated, a light flickering within his eyes, in his heart, he promised he would just give them a light punishment so he released his spirit,

"Since your teacher isn't here, I'll have to teach you myself. Black Tortoise, Beast Spirit Enhancement."

Beast Spirit, Black Tortoise.

A black ripple released from within Ye Zhi-Qiu's body, Tang San, Xiao Wu and Xiao Yan felt a slight push to their body. His four limbs simultaneously contracted by one third, his back swelling, unexpectedly bearing a huge shell. Black light twinkled over his whole body, a full five spirit rings rising from below, spiralling above his body. The five spirit rings were one white, two yellow, two purple. This Blue Sunshine Academy external affairs department head unexpectedly was an over fiftieth ranked Spirit King level expert.

Even though Ye Zhi-Qiu's spirit ring levels were not at all considered very strong, the more than fiftieth ranked spirit power exhibited there instantaneously suppressed the Shrek side.

Everyone in the entire dining hall cried out in surprise, after all, on the Continent a Spirit King was already a rare Spirit Master, their actual strength considerably formidable. In some kingdoms one could already possess viscount or even earl titles.

'Spirit King?' Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, the Ma Siblings, and Xun Er all thought at the same time with narrowed expressions. It's not because they're afraid or nervous, especially since they have a Spirit Sage as a teacher behind them, no, it's because they were wondering if they should join in together in a fight with Ye Zhi-Qiu.

Tang San and Xiao Wu's eyes narrowed, the former moving his hands to his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, aka, his storage belt. While the latter was preparing to undergo her beast spirit enhancement.

But the actions of the two was broken by two hands patting their shoulders.

Turning their heads, Tang San and Xiao Wu blinked their eyes to see a totally calm and excited Xiao Yan.

"Get back and don't interfere unless necessary. It's my turn now." Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at each other, contemplating for a moment, and nodded.

They both took a step back as Xiao Yan's hands left their shoulders, though they bumped their shoulders on the latter and whispered.

"Be careful." With that said, Tang San and Xiao Wu went back to their seats.

Xiao Yan smiled as the words of his sworn siblings rang once more in his ears. A warm feeling in his c.h.e.s.t growing.

'Heh, don't worry, I heard you two loud and clear...' Xiao Yan's eyes glowed green. He stretched his right hand out to summoned his spirit out.

A meter wide, and two and half long, bladeless black ruler appeared in Xiao Yan's hands. The ruler was set blazing in fiery green flames that then surrounded his body in a torrent of flames that slowly transformed into a giant green lotus, with him in the middle of it.

The heat of green flames was so powerful that everyone sweated buckets and melted some of the metal furnitures around the hall, causing the owner of the establishment to openly cry.

Two spirit rings appeared underneath Xiao Yan's feet. Spirit rings that completely and further shocked everyone in the entire hall.

One purple, thousand year old, spirit ring and one black, ten-thousand year old, spirit ring! The two incomprehensible spirit rings surrounded the body of Xiao Yan.

It completely shocked everyone silly!

Ye Zhi-Qiu's face unconsciously gulped in shock and disbelief. As a slight fear grasped his fast beating heart.

'What kind of monster did I encounter?'

"Well?" Xiao Yan's voice woke everyone up from their frozen shock state.

Xiao Yan rose his giant black ruler towards Ye Zhi-Qiu face, and said.

"Come."