“Let’s see who dares to lay a hand on him?!”
He Wanying’s voice, cold as ice, suddenly rang out, causing everyone present to tense instinctively.
Dead silence!
Absolute dead silence!
Hundreds of gazes, filled with incredulous shock, focused unwaveringly on the center of the sports field.
The big campus belle He Wanying, like an icy beauty, stood silently, while not far in front of her Zhao Qingtian crouched on the ground, clutching his palm and letting out a wail like a pig being slaughtered!
What just happened?!
Just a moment ago, Zhao Qingtian was fiercely gathering flame in his palm, so how was it that the next second he slid to his knees like a dead dog, a gruesome hole in his palm oozing blood?
The lightning-fast reversal left everyone’s minds in brief blankness, their heavy breathing and pounding hearts the only sounds.
What stunned everyone even more was that He Wanying had also come?!
And she was protecting Lu Sheng!
How could she appear here?
Had she not awakened an E-rank masseur class?
What was her relationship with Lu Sheng?
Countless question marks bubbled up in each student’s mind, and emotions of envy, jealousy, and disbelief swept through them like a tsunami, ultimately crystallizing into looks of admiration directed at Lu Sheng.
What unbelievable luck was this guy having?!
He had only just been relentlessly pursued by the pure and cute Qin Yanran upon entering school, now their breakup hadn’t even lasted 24 hours, and in the blink of an eye, the school’s dream girl He Wanying was standing up for him, even facing off head-on against an A-rank class holder?!
Just because he was handsome, did that entitle him to act so unreasonably?!
On the podium, unlike the students who were shocked by He Wanying’s intervention and their relationship, Principal Chu Jianghe felt a tremendous tide of emotion surge deep within his weathered heart!
The students who had just become class holders probably hadn’t seen clearly that the blow had been delivered by He Wanying; instead, they had secretly rejoiced when Zhao Qingtian was suddenly injured.
They had never suspected that Zhao Qingtian’s injury had anything to do with He Wanying.
Big campus belle He Wanying’s class was only an E-rank life class 『masseur』, so how could she have hurt Zhao Qingtian, who was a holder of an A-rank combat class 『Flame Mage』?!
The gap in their Four-Dimensional attributes alone would have made it nearly impossible for He Wanying to breach Zhao Qingtian’s defenses.
It was highly likely that another student had seized the opportunity to sneak a strike at Zhao Qingtian while he was distracted, and campus belle He Wanying had happened to step forward to protect Lu Sheng, resulting in the scene just now.
Most students indeed thought so, and no one cared who had attacked Zhao Qingtian.
If they had the power, there would have been many more people trying to sneak a hit on Zhao Qingtian.
But Chu Jianghe was different: the Level 59 Second Rebirth Peak B-rank class holder’s dynamic vision had allowed him to clearly perceive the astonishing blow He Wanying had just delivered.
With a mere lift of her palm, a strand of extreme cold had instantly condensed, compressed, and finally taken shape at her fingertip!
In less than a second, a sword translucent as crystal and exuding chill had formed!
The ice sword then transformed into an ice-blue afterimage, tearing through the air, instantly covering hundreds of meters and piercing precisely and mercilessly through the hand Zhao Qingtian had pressed against Lu Sheng!
Afterwards, the ice sword quietly melted away without leaving any trace, as if it had never existed.
The whole process had taken no more than five seconds.
“Principal, what is this…”
The Dean of Discipline Cao Shufen asked with a tremor in her voice, somewhat uncertain.
“An instant-release attack?”
Principal Chu Jianghe slowly shook his head, his gaze grave.
An instant-release attack is generally something only those who have awakened a remote class of S-rank quality or above among the newly awakened class holders can perform.
If it was a melee class holder… whether a Shield Warrior or an Agile Warrior… at least an SS-rank class holder would have a chance.
But He Wanying did it.
Could these really be the means of an E-rank masseur?
There was only one possibility.
He Wanying… had also awakened a second class!
Thinking this, Chu Jianghe’s gaze involuntarily flicked to Lu Sheng.
He Wanying had most likely, like Lu Sheng, awakened her own second class, becoming one of the twin classes!
And judging from her attack method just now, He Wanying’s second class must be a remote class of at least S-rank quality!
Could it be that, dissatisfied with having awakened only an E-rank class yesterday, He Wanying had gone to the class holder association after leaving school and undergone a second awakening?
The gloom she had shown when leaving yesterday had been genuine, and her powerful return today was also genuine!
But that shouldn’t be… if the class holder association really had any class holders of S-rank or above, it would have already made the news!
Chu Jianghe was filled with doubts, but even more so with a joy that threatened to burst from his chest!
Lanjiang No. 3 High School… was about to rise?!
A suspected awakening of a terrifying S-rank or above second class by He Wanying!
Would this finally break the curse of finishing at the bottom in this year’s city-wide newcomer competition?!
After retiring from the army, Chu Jianghe had devoted himself wholeheartedly to education, dedicating half his life to Lanjiang No. 3 High School, and if anyone wanted to see Lanjiang No. 3 High School rise, it was none other than Chu Jianghe himself.
“That’s more like it; He Wanying is so outstanding, an E-rank masseur simply doesn’t match her talent and effort!”
Chu Jianghe murmured under his breath, his gaze sweeping across the students below. He took a deep breath, and his thunderous roar suddenly exploded across the field.
“Everyone… shut… up!!!”
Boom!!!
In an instant, like a tangible mental storm, it swept across the sports field, and the overwhelming pressure of a Second Rebirth Peak class holder abruptly silenced the laughter and chatter! All the students felt as if their hearts were being squeezed by an invisible giant hand; their faces drained of color and their legs went weak as they immediately fell silent.
This was the dominion of an advanced class holder over lower-tier class holders.
Merely with his presence, he could crush the will of lower-tier class holders and strip them of any power to resist.
“Time’s up!” Chu Jianghe’s voice carried absolute authority.
“Everyone, board the buses! Destination… Newcomer Secret Realm!”
Outside the school gate, five buses had been waiting silently; at Chu Jianghe’s command, the students, like startled quails, swiftly and quietly filed into the vehicles.
“Hmph!!”
Once Qin Yanran helped him to his feet, the piercing pain made Zhao Qingtian let out a cold snort.
His palm had been pierced, but he couldn’t find who had done it, so he directed all his fury at the two who had provoked him, Lu Sheng and He Wanying.
Especially at He Wanying! The icy goddess whom he had always worshipped from afar!
How dare she stand in front of him for a worthless trash like Lu Sheng?! What gave her the right?!
When he first enrolled, he had been attracted to the pure and cute Qin Yanran and planned to confess to her.
But who could have expected Lu Sheng to beat him to it by dating Qin Yanran for a full three years?
Now, with his A-rank class, he could team up with Qin Yanran to get closer to her and perhaps win her heart.
He had planned to teach this ant Lu Sheng a lesson today and perform in front of Qin Yanran to earn her favor.
But in the end!
Not only had he failed to crush this ant, but a scoundrel had ambushed him and humiliated him, and then the goddess He Wanying had stood up for Lu Sheng!
That was He Wanying!
Seeing He Wanying’s cold and stunning profile and then looking at Qin Yanran, who seemed dim in comparison despite her own purity, Zhao Qingtian felt a wave of fury rise to his head.
Not just at Lanjiang No. 3 High School, but throughout Lanjiang City, which newcomer class holder hadn’t fantasized about having He Wanying as their girlfriend?
But because He Wanying’s personality was so indifferent, like an iceberg, her presence made any ordinary boy tense and blush if he even drew near.
Such a goddess-level figure had always been someone to admire from afar, never to be defiled.
And yet she had stood up for Lu Sheng!
The immense psychological gap and sense of humiliation contorted his face.
Zhao Qingtian suddenly felt that all his efforts to woo Qin Yanran were pointless, and he looked at Lu Sheng with eyes full of jealousy, then at He Wanying with eyes filled with resentment.
What right did you have to choose worthless E-rank trash over me, an A-rank?!
Once jealousy takes hold, people easily lose their wits, especially seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds who are emotionally immature.
That was exactly Zhao Qingtian’s state as he glared at Lu Sheng and He Wanying, “Two worthless E-rank trash, still hoping to pass the newcomer secret realm trial!”
“We’ll see inside the Secret Realm!”