Chapter 271: Overwhelming Strength

Ten years of life and death, vast and boundless; five years of life and death, one part boundless.

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed since the opening of the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, and the bloodthirsty roars of demonic beasts could be heard from time to time in its primeval forests.

"Cangming Sword Sacrifice!"

Swish!

A brilliant streak of sword Qi tore through the sky, plummeting at high speed like a shooting star.

Falling along with the sword Qi was Hu Baiqing, her body covered in sword wounds.

Hu Baiqing lay on the ground, her gaze unfocused, blood staining her white clothes red. She had never imagined that she would be defeated so quickly at the hands of Feng Tianyu! At this moment, even Hu Baiqing's sword heart had suffered damage!

Feng Tianyu coldly sheathed his long sword; the clothes on his body did not have the slightest tear or stain.

Clearly, dealing with Hu Baiqing was not a difficult task for him; it could even be called quite effortless.

As for Zhang Xing and Zhu Yuquan, they had already been beaten into critical condition by the other four members of the Supreme Academy, unable to even crawl.

Feng Tianyu lifted his foot, pressed his mud-caked sole directly onto Hu Baiqing's fair face, and ground it down forcefully.

"You people from the Great Xia Academy are truly pitifully weak; you couldn't even make me get serious."

A sense of humiliation rose from the bottom of Hu Baiqing's heart, accompanied by a deep sense of despair.

Too strong!

The man before her was truly too strong!

Only after truly crossing blades with Feng Tianyu did she understand just how vast the gap was between the strongest student of the Great Xia Academy and the strongest student of the Supreme Academy—it was as insurmountable as a natural chasm!

Feng Tianyu was an existence that was completely invincible!

Hu Baiqing even felt the urge to surrender completely before Feng Tianyu; such an existence... she would likely never be able to surpass him, no matter how hard she tried in her entire life.

"Hand over the Mountain and Sea Secret Seals you are carrying, then get lost," Feng Tianyu said coldly.

Hu Baiqing gritted her teeth, and, enduring her reluctance, handed over the three Mountain and Sea Secret Seals they had worked so hard to collect over the past five days.

When one is under the eaves, one must bow one's head; their skills were inferior to others, and there was no help for it if they were robbed.

Watching Feng Tianyu store the three Mountain and Sea Secret Seals into his storage space, the three of them were just about to leave when Feng Tianyu's cold, sharp voice rang out again.

"I told you to get lost, I didn't tell you to walk. Are you deaf? Get on your knees and roll away!"

A look of annoyance appeared on the faces of Hu Baiqing and the others; Feng Tianyu was clearly humiliating them on purpose!

Hu Baiqing closed her eyes in pain, then slowly knelt on the ground, preparing to roll away; Zhu Yuquan's expression was extremely ugly, but he did not move; Zhang Xing, already beaten black and blue, could not endure this humiliation, and he rose to his feet and charged toward Feng Tianyu.

"Feng Tianyu! You son of a bitch, you've gone too far! A man dies once, and that's that; I'll fight you to the death!"

But before he could reach Feng Tianyu, a flash of sword light as fast as lightning streaked by, and Zhang Xing instantly collapsed to the ground, blood flowing freely.

A smooth, mirror-like sword mark had appeared on his left ankle; the tendon of his left foot had been severed by Feng Tianyu.

Yet Zhang Xing still showed no intention of compromising; he spat out a mouthful of blood-stained saliva.

"If you have the guts, kill me! Otherwise, I won't roll even if I die today!"

"Is that so?"

Feng Tianyu did not strike at Zhang Xing again, but instead turned and slashed his sword directly at Zhu Yuquan!

Swish!

A slender finger, dripping with blood, flew into the sky, traced a parabola, and fell to the ground.

Zhu Yuquan was stunned for a moment, then the intense pain of losing a finger made him unable to help but let out a shrill scream. He clutched the spot where his finger had been severed, large beads of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"So you have a stiff backbone, do you? Fine. If you don't roll today, I will cut off one of your teammate's fingers every minute. I wonder if your elemental mage teammate, who will have no fingers left after ten minutes, will still be able to cast skills in the future?"

Feng Tianyu lowered his gaze, looking at Zhang Xing with a mocking smile. Zhang Xing's eyes were now filled with fury.

"If you have the guts, come at me! What kind of skill is it to implicate others! You animal! Come at me! Cut off your grandfather's fingers!"

Feng Tianyu ignored Zhang Xing, instead silently standing in place with his sword, counting the time.

"Time's about up."

"I'm going to cut off his second finger!"

Seeing Feng Tianyu raise his long sword, Zhang Xing was filled with grief and indignation.

"Wait!"

Zhang Xing roared, biting his teeth until they bled.

"I... I'll roll!"

If Feng Tianyu had attacked him, Zhang Xing would never have yielded, but he could not watch as he implicated his teammates.

"Too quiet, I can't hear you." The mockery in Feng Tianyu's eyes grew even more intense.

"I said, I'll roll!"

Having said that, Zhang Xing crawled onto the ground, dragging his useless left leg, and began to roll in a very comical manner. With every roll, a pool of blood was left on the ground.

He was in great pain, but this time, he did not shed a single tear.

Zhang Xing did not know how long he had been rolling before he was helped up by Zhu Yuquan. Only then did Zhu Yuquan realize that Zhang Xing had long since lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss and had been rolling on the ground purely on instinct.

"Supreme Academy, you have gone too far!"

Zhu Yuquan gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with the fire of hatred.

"Yuquan, this matter is entirely because our skills were inferior to others; there is nothing to say. We can't blame Feng Tianyu; the strong are meant to humiliate the weak."

Hu Baiqing shook her head, then continued, to Zhu Yuquan's shock.

"If you want to blame someone, blame those two selfish guys! If it weren't for them leaving the team without authorization and weakening our team's strength, even if we couldn't beat the people from the Supreme Academy, there would certainly have been no problem with us retreating unscathed!"

The strong draw their blades against the stronger; the weak draw their blades against the weaker.

Hu Baiqing had long since deemed Feng Tianyu an invincible existence in her heart, so she dared not harbor hatred toward him, because she knew very well that she would likely never be a match for Feng Tianyu.

But the surging anger and humiliation in her heart needed an outlet, and thus, Ye Lin, who was weaker in Hu Baiqing's mind, became that outlet.

This was essentially the same logic as being bullied outside and going home to sulk, making one's husband guess the reason.

Ignoring the look Zhu Yuquan gave her as if she were an alien, Hu Baiqing spoke to herself.

"Let's find a place to heal our wounds first. Once we are out of the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, I will definitely report this to the Dean! That selfish and self-interested guy Ye Lin must be held responsible for your finger and the wounds on Zhang Xing's body!"

"If I run into him in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm... I will personally take him down!"