Chapter 31: Self-Defense

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A few minutes ago, Lv Cheng, having left the examiner's camp and feeling bored, simply had Xiaotian grow larger and flew with him and Tang Yue from the stone platform into the Hundred Herb Valley.

Then, they happened to see the Gloom Wolf Beast, which had become exceptionally irritable after leaving the spring.

The Gloom Wolf Beast's movements and attacks were clearly much more ferocious than before, and many students had already been injured.

Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou had intended to lure the frenzied Gloom Wolf Beast into a cave, but after those two rushed into the cave, the Gloom Wolf Beast didn't follow at all; instead, it changed targets and continued to attack the injured students outside.

Lv Cheng's expression was unreadable.

It seems the plot isn't immutable after all; although the Gloom Wolf Beast had lost its reason, its hunting instincts still existed, and wolf-kind, when hunting, prioritize efficiency and always target the old, weak, sick, and disabled first—they aren't felines, so how could it possibly fixate on the fastest and strongest prey to charge at?

It would definitely bite the ones that can't run away first.

As expected of a messy script.

"Is this also part of the assessment?" Lv Cheng asked.

Tang Yue's expression shifted slightly, "Something's wrong, go down..."

"Hold on tight."

Lv Cheng gave a warning, and before Tang Yue could react, Xiaotian dove straight down.

"Help!!!"

Boom!!

A gust of wild wind swept over, and everyone's vision went black; when they opened their eyes again, the Gloom Wolf Beast had disappeared, and in its place was a creature of even more massive proportions... a dragon!

"……"

"Teacher Tang Yue? Lv Cheng?"

Seeing the two familiar figures before them, the students who still had consciousness left at the scene burst into tears.

"Ah! We're saved!"

"I thought I was going to die!"

"……"

"Put me down."

Noticing the strange looks from many students present, the roots of Tang Yue's ears burned.

"Didn't you sprain your waist?" Lv Cheng said.

Xiaotian's dive just now was too fast, and Tang Yue, not being careful, was almost thrown off; although she managed to hug him in time, she still injured her waist.

"It looks bad," Tang Yue whispered.

"Oh." Lv Cheng didn't force the issue and loosened his hand, and Tang Yue fell straight downward.

"……" Tang Yue.

I'm going to cry!

Just as Tang Yue was about to lie flat, Lv Cheng acted in time and scooped her up.

"If you can't hold on, don't push yourself," Lv Cheng said.

Tang Yue was speechless.

How had she never noticed before that this guy had such a black-bellied side?

Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou, who had run into the cave and waited in vain for the Gloom Wolf Beast to chase them, hurried back.

A thick, bloody stench drifted through the air, and just as they thought their classmates outside had already met a tragic end at the hands of the demon, they heard a burst of crying and shouting.

Running out of the cave entrance to look, the previously ferocious Gloom Wolf Beast had now been trampled into a puddle, with only a giant wolf head left, lying peacefully on the ground.

"Is this the gap..." Mo Fan's eye twitched.

No wonder that Chief Instructor Zhankong said that once Lv Cheng joined, this trial would be meaningless.

Although he knew the gap between a Servant-class demon and a Warrior-level demon was huge, he had never seen it with his own eyes and couldn't have imagined it was this big!

It was gone in one slap!

During this time, he had also been cramming a lot of knowledge, most of it about the Summoning Element; after all, he envied this summoned beast of Lv Cheng's, and he also wanted a domineering Flying Dragon mount.

But after learning about it, he saw a fatal point: summoned beasts also need to be tamed!

It's not that you can just form a Contract whenever you want, and they might not listen to you after being summoned!

Especially dragon-type demons!

If you can't beat it, don't expect it to listen to you!

Lv Cheng's sub-dragon is so obedient...

Could it be that he was listless all that time because he was fighting this summoned beast?

They were so scared even facing a Servant-class demon, and Lv Cheng...

Holy crap?!

Could this guy be even fiercer than this Warrior-level sub-dragon?!

"Gloom Wolf Beast! Where is my Gloom Wolf Beast?!"

Bai Yang rushed down in a panic, following Zhankong, his face extremely gloomy.

After a Summoning Mage's summoned beast dies, they themselves suffer a certain degree of mental and soul trauma; if they are unlucky, it is not impossible for them to stop progressing from that point on.

"My Gloom Wolf Beast!"

Bai Yang, having been set on the ground by Zhankong, ran toward the remains of the Gloom Wolf Beast.

"You! Why did you kill my Gloom Wolf Beast!" Bai Yang looked at Lv Cheng with fury.

"Killed your Gloom Wolf Beast?" Lv Cheng looked puzzled.

"When?"

"……"

The crowd was stunned, one after another casting their gazes toward the half-severed body of the Ghost Wolf Beast at Xiaotian's feet.

Lv Cheng's gaze followed, "Oh~"

"Sorry, didn't see it."

"Are you hurt?"

"..."

The crowd looked at Lv Cheng with strange expressions.

This is sarcasm, right?

"You!" Bai Yang's eye sockets turned red, he stood up in anger and charged toward Lv Cheng.

"Bai Yang! Calm down!" Zhankong shouted.

Bang!

The words had barely left his mouth when Bai Yang, who had rushed in front of Lv Cheng and thrown a punch, felt his vision go black, followed by a dizzying spin, and he crashed heavily to the ground, losing consciousness.

"Damn..." Mo Fan's expression stiffened.

Such a familiar move!

He had been knocked over by Lv Cheng using this big slap plenty of times before!

This big slap of Lv Cheng's is no ordinary big slap; it makes people spin in mid-air!

"Everyone saw it, I was acting in self-defense." Lv Cheng shrugged.

Beating a Military Mage is against the law, except in self-defense.

"Boss Zhankong, this guy is going too far."

Watching Lv Cheng's arrogant demeanor, the other Military Mages under Zhankong could no longer stand it.

"Too far?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"I can go even further, want to see?"

"You!"

"Wait a moment!" Zhankong stepped forward to stop his subordinates.

"Lv Cheng, the fact that Bai Yang's Summoned Beast lost control is indeed our negligence. You killed the Ghost Wolf Beast to save these students, and we have nothing to say about that. I will handle the aftermath of this matter with your school leaders; stop making a scene."

"Making a scene?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"This trial is a teaching activity, and the students in the school are not yet official Magicians. Since casualties occurred during a teaching activity, Chief Instructor, you are the primary person responsible."

"Because of your negligence, my dear classmates almost died. Now, you want to brush it off with just one sentence?"

Zhankong was speechless.

This matter was indeed his responsibility.

"What do you want?" Zhankong asked.

"What do you mean by what do I want?" Lv Cheng looked at the students still lying on the ground in a coma.

"Your Summoned Beast hurt my classmates like this. I could completely accuse you of attempted murder, intending to wipe out the elite class of Tianlan Magic High School!"

"This was an accident!" several Military Mages retorted.

"An accident?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"Where is the evidence?"

"It can't be that just because you say it's an accident, it's an accident? Just because you say it lost control, it lost control?"

"If that's how it works..."

Lv Cheng looked at Xiaotian to the side.

"Why don't you perform losing control for them?"

"..."

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing that this sub-dragon was truly planning to go crazy, Zhankong hurriedly stood out.

"The students injured in this assessment will receive proper treatment, and I will also provide preferential treatment regarding their assessment grades..."

"Not enough!" Lv Cheng's face hardened.

"Just this? Are you trying to send away a beggar?"

"Look at their dazed appearance; I'm afraid their brains have been scared into a problem. You have to pay some mental damages, right?"

"The injury delayed their cultivation; you have to pay some lost-time compensation, right?"

"Your mistake caused the students to almost have an accident. It wouldn't be good for your reputation if this kind of thing got out, right?"

"So, you have to pay some hush money, right?"

"And also..."

"..."

Listening to the various fees Lv Cheng was spouting—some of which they hadn't even heard of—the people present had different expressions.

The students were naturally very happy; after all, they had a big shot helping them fight for more compensation.

Tang Yue, however, had doubts about whether to recruit Lv Cheng into the Judgment Court.

With Lv Cheng's personality, if he were really allowed to join the Judgment Court...

Wouldn't he turn everything upside down?

In just a few short minutes, Zhankong also completely abandoned the idea of recruiting Lv Cheng into the military.

No way! This kind of ancestor must never be let into the military!

Better to let those teachers at the Magic Academy have the headache!

(End of chapter)