Chapter 517: Intimidation! Envious Favoritism!

"This aura—it's a ninth-rank Wu Sheng!"

"That old bastard Wang Zhen actually came here!"

Xu Jingming's eyes flickered.

Behind him, the Thunder Dragon Wings instantly unfolded, and his entire body became a golden phantom, swiftly flying out of the training room.

At this moment, all the adepts in the Lei Ting Martial Academy headquarters also grew uneasy due to that voice.

"That voice! It's a high-rank adept!"

"It's definitely above eighth-rank—possibly even a ninth-rank Wu Sheng!"

"He's here specifically for Lei Di! What did he do to attract such a being?"

"......"

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

One after another, figures rushed curiously toward the source of the voice.

"Wang Zhen? Why is he here?"

Hu Jinyu, the deputy head in the villa, naturally sensed Wang Zhen's aura.

Amid his confusion, a smirk of malicious delight appeared on his lips:

"No matter why he's here, just from his tone, this should be a good show."

The next instant, Hu Jinyu's figure vanished from the villa.

At this moment, in the midair before the Lei Ting Martial Academy headquarters.

A towering, muscular man hovered there, his blood qi swirling around him.

The aura he casually emitted induced overwhelming pressure, as if even blood itself might freeze.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

At this moment, three figures flew in from afar and halted in midair just before Wang Zhen.

They were Su Qingli, Hu Jinyu, and Master Gu Ming—the three heads and deputy head of the Lei Ting Martial Academy.

"The heads have arrived!"

On the ground, numerous adepts had already gathered; seeing Su Qingli and the others arrive, they instinctively looked up at the sky.

"Teacher."

At this moment, Xu Jingming also flew over, hovering respectfully just behind and to the left of Su Qingli.

"Xu Jingming!"

Seeing this, Wang Zhen far away furiously widened his eyes and unleashed a furious surge of blood qi toward Xu Jingming!

"Wang Zhen! What are you doing?!"

Su Qingli's eyebrows snapped downward, and the aura of a ninth-rank Law Saint exploded violently!

With a flick of her jade hand, terrifying azure-black lightning flashed, severing all blood qi from reaching them.

"Xu Jingming killed my beloved son Wang Mang—am I not even allowed to punish him?"

Wang Zhen's eyes turned crimson, roaring like a beast.

At these words, the adepts on the ground erupted in shock!

"What the hell?! Lei Di killed the descendant of a ninth-rank Wu Sheng?!"

"Wasn't Lei Di just competing in the preliminary rounds recently? How did he end up killing Wang Mang?"

"Who knows? But this is major news! No wonder he came straight to headquarters."

"......"

Instantly, dozens of varied gazes turned toward Xu Jingming in midair.

Curiosity, confusion, and malicious delight...

Wang Dong, Xia Lan, and Lin Hui were also among the crowd on the ground; the first looked stunned, the latter two filled with worry.

"Wang Mang secretly contacted an assassin organization to strike at Xu Jingming's family—surely you're not unaware of that?"

"Xu Jingming killed Wang Mang purely out of rage."

"Without that prior provocation, this outcome would never have occurred."

"So, this is entirely your son's own doing."

Su Qingli had already prepared her response, replying clearly and crisply.

"What?!" Wang Zhen doubted he'd heard correctly.

He had assumed that, at the very least, Xu Jingming had killed his son.

Even if Su Qingli wouldn't arrest him on the spot, some surface-level reprimand was inevitable.

But he never expected Su Qingli to show such blatant favoritism toward her student!

"Holy shit! So Wang Mang attacked Lei Di first?!"

"So that's how it was—I knew Lei Di wouldn't strike without reason."

"I know Wang Mang—he's been a spoiled brat since long ago."

"I always expected him to cause a huge disaster, but I never thought he'd dare provoke Lei Di!"

"......"

Family—this was the Achilles' heel of every adept.

With Su Qingli's explanation, the adepts on the ground all suddenly understood.

But understanding aside, if it were them, they'd never dare strike at the descendant of a ninth-rank adept...

"Even if my son was in the wrong first, it still wasn't Xu Jingming's place to act on his own—the Public Security Bureau would handle it!"

Wang Zhen, knowing he was in the wrong, snorted coldly and shifted blame to Xu Jingming.

"I return those words to you, unchanged."

Su Qingli's cold voice rang out, brimming with the authority and solemnity of the director of Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym.

"Xu Jingming's case is handled by the Public Security Bureau—it's none of your business. Or do you dare challenge the dignity of Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym?"

Crackling—

Brilliant and furious azure lightning swirled around Su Qingli's body, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations.

Deputy Director Hu Jinyu, though at odds with Su Qingli, would not be foolish enough to disobey her orders under these circumstances.

So, alongside the nearby Master Gu Ming, he unleashed his ability, uniting against the foe!

Under the pressure of three ninth-rank ability users' auras, Wang Zhen's expression changed instantly.

"Good! Good! Good! So you're siding with Xu Jingming!"

"Wait and see! I'll report this to the National Council—let them decide how to handle it!"

At this point, Wang Zhen knew further纠缠 was meaningless, especially since he couldn't fight three at once.

So, after glaring fiercely at Xu Jingming, he withdrew his gaze and swiftly flew away from the scene.

"Wang Zhen, leaving so soon?"

"Feels like this ninth-rank Wu Sheng is kinda cowardly."

"Cowardly? Pfft! With Director Su and the others here, what else could Wang Zhen do but bluster?"

"True—if an eighth-rank Grand Master had shown up, he'd already have been slapped flying."

"By the way, Director Su really favors Lei Di—such a big incident, and she didn't even scold him."

"......"

Watching Wang Zhen flee with a whimper, the ability users on the ground couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Jingming's treatment from Director Su Qingli seemed far too lenient.

"How enviable—if only I could kill a ninth-rank Wu Sheng's heir and still escape blame."

"Heh, you'd need an SS-rank ability and to become Director Su's student."

"Besides, do you really think it's easy to kill a Wu Sheng's son?"

"Only Lei Di could accomplish this so effortlessly."

"True—but Lei Di is truly ruthless: he kills without hesitation, leaving no room for mercy."