Chapter 176: The Code of Conduct for Daxia Students

"Close your eyes and walk in a straight line based on your senses; you'll be able to walk out of the illusion!"

With Ye Lin's reminder, Ji Lingyu and the other three followed suit, closing their eyes and beginning to walk in a straight line.

Seeing Ye Lin find the trick so quickly, Han Huizhen was also incredibly surprised; this was much faster than she had been back in her day. She soon calmed down, however, and prepared herself to strike at any moment.

She figured that Ye Lin just happened to be blind, and it was a lucky guess that led him to find the way to break the illusion.

But breaking the illusion was only the first step; the real trouble ahead was the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast hiding in the shadows!

They had all closed their eyes, and given the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast's insidious nature, it would definitely take advantage of this moment to launch a sneak attack.

Sure enough, a black shadow darted out from the darkness silently like a ghost, heading straight for Ye Lin, who was in the lead!

It was a snake-like demon creature, but it had no eyes, no nose, and no ears; its head was bald, with only a large mouth filled with fangs.

Furthermore, it had no scales on its body, but was instead covered in transparent mucus, and it had two fleshy wings growing on its back.

Ten meters!

Five meters!

Three meters!

The distance between the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast and Ye Lin was closing, and several vines also flew out under Han Huizhen's control.

At this distance, it was clearly too late for Ye Lin to put up any resistance; after all, casting a Forbidden Spell required a certain amount of wind-up time.

As a safety officer, she had to ensure the safety of every student!

Just as Han Huizhen was preparing to step in and save him, a scene that left her dumbfounded occurred!

Ye Lin simply clenched his five fingers into a fist and then slammed it into the incoming Soul-Devouring Demon Beast!

The power of this punch was clearly terrifying; the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast's face began to twist and deform under the blow, and its sharp fangs snapped and fell out one after another.

Accompanied by a sonic boom, the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast was sent flying by the punch, breaking several stalactite pillars before twitching a few times and falling completely silent.

One punch, instant kill!

Han Huizhen was stunned.

She was the one who had taken Ye Lin to register for school; he was a level 28 Forbidden Spellcaster, and there was no way she could have remembered that wrong.

But... was the strength of a Forbidden Spellcaster... really this terrifying?

Han Huizhen had seen it clearly: just now, there hadn't been any magical fluctuations on Ye Lin's body at all. This meant that for that punch, Ye Lin hadn't cast any Forbidden Spell; it was entirely the power of his physical body.

The Forbidden Spellcaster profession had appeared quite a few times, but she had never heard of a Forbidden Spellcaster having a powerful physical body.

In fact, due to the drain of casting Forbidden Spells, a Forbidden Spellcaster's body was often much weaker than other professions of the same level. A profession like this had killed a Soul-Devouring Demon Beast with one punch?

At this moment, Han Huizhen was not the only one who was dumbfounded.

In the monitoring room of the Daxia Academy, a teacher in a plaid shirt spat out the coffee he had just taken a sip of.

"Holy crap! Dean, come here quickly!"

"What's wrong? Did a student have an accident so soon?" Yan Lanbing walked over quickly.

"No! It's a bigger deal than an accident! Look at this!"

The plaid-shirt teacher played back the footage recorded by the camera on Han Huizhen's chest.

Seeing Ye Lin kill a Soul-Devouring Demon Beast with one punch, Yan Lanbing was somewhat surprised, but he didn't have much of a reaction; after all, he had seen too many geniuses.

"That's it?" Yan Lanbing was a bit disappointed.

"Dean! You don't understand what I mean!" The plaid-shirt teacher stood up excitedly. "I've seen this student! Old Jia handled his enrollment registration; he's a Forbidden Spellcaster!"

"What? He's a Forbidden Spellcaster?!"

Yan Lanbing's breathing also quickened. A class-changer who could kill a Soul-Devouring Demon Beast with one punch was quite good, but not enough to make him go to such lengths.

But a Forbidden Spellcaster who could kill a Soul-Devouring Demon Beast with one punch was a different story!

This meant that this Forbidden Spellcaster could level up without consuming life force to cast Forbidden Spells! There was a possibility of him being cultivated!

As long as they handled it properly, there was a high probability that their Daxia Academy could cultivate a super-high-level Forbidden Spellcaster! This was an existence comparable to a nuclear warhead!

To put it this way, if a Forbidden Spellcaster's level was similar to his, then he, Yan Lanbing, wouldn't even have the qualifications to fight the other person; with one look from the opponent, he would have to go to the kitchen and stir-fry two dishes for them.

"Immediately pull all the data on this student for me! By the way, who is his mentor?" Yan Lanbing asked while flipping through Ye Lin's file.

"Uh... Professor Shen..." The plaid-shirt teacher was a bit embarrassed, as it was his suggestion that Ye Lin choose Professor Shen as his mentor in the first place.

"Professor Shen? Which Professor Shen? Does our Daxia Academy have a professor named Shen?" Yan Lanbing asked, puzzled.

"The one who... researched the Disintegration Method."

"......"

"You mean that big idiot?!"

Yan Lanbing was furious. In his eyes, Ye Lin was the best seedling! Hearing that Ye Lin had actually chosen Professor Shen as his mentor, he almost had a heart attack from anger.

"Take people to bring him under control immediately! He better not have taught any strange skills to this child Ye Lin, otherwise, I will really skin him alive this time!"

A Forbidden Spellcaster who could be cultivated had strategic significance, even for the entire Daxia.

Ye Lin did not know that his actions had already caused a stir at Daxia Academy. After sending the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast flying with a punch, he walked over by following the sound of the corpse hitting the ground.

After feeling around for the corpse of the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast, Ye Lin cut open its head, and a translucent gelatinous object appeared in his hand.

"Is this a Magic Crystal?"

Ye Lin resisted the urge to activate Endless Devour and stored the Magic Crystal and the corpse of the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast into his Great Sumeru Ring.

Once the Soul-Devouring Demon Beast died, the illusion for Ji Lingyu and the others was completely dispelled.

Only then did they realize that they had been walking in place the whole time, and the ground was covered in dense footprints.

"Damn, this Soul-Devouring Demon Beast is just too eerie!" Ji Lingyu said, still feeling a lingering fear.

Xu Yu and Lin Wenyu also couldn't help but cast grateful glances at Ye Lin. If it weren't for Ye Lin, they would probably still be fumbling around in the illusion.

Only Duan Ling remained in her usual "keep strangers away" state, but given her actions just now, no one dared to strike up a conversation with her.

"Junior Ye Lin, how exactly did you do it? As far as I know, Forbidden Spellcasters shouldn't have such terrifying power, right?" Han Huizhen couldn't help but ask.

"It was just luck. Speaking of which, I owe it all to Professor Shen. It was his research that allowed me to have such an exaggerated strength attribute. As for the specifics... I don't know if Professor Shen allows me to talk about it outside. How about when we get out of the secret realm, I take you to ask Professor Shen?" Ye Lin asked very considerately.

"No, no need! I don't want to know!"

Han Huizhen shook her head like a rattle-drum. Even if she were to starve to death, die outside, or jump off a building, she must never go to find Professor Shen; this was a rule engraved in the heart of every Daxia student.