63: Chapter 61 Slay Zhou Yi, Annihilate Fan Yu!

Yet she never expected that the result would turn out like this!

The fear of death engulfed Teacher Zhou Yi like a tide, her legs went soft, and with a "thump", she heavily knelt down.

"Lin Yan... Lin Yan...!"

"I was wrong! I know I was wrong!"

"I shouldn't have hired people to kill you, I shouldn't have targeted you, it's all my fault!"

"Please, spare me! I won't ever dare do it again in the future!"

"I kowtow to you! I will be your beast of burden! Please let me go this once!!"

While crying and wailing, Teacher Zhou Yi kowtowed with "bang, bang, bang" sounds, her forehead quickly bleeding, looking utterly wretched.

Her previous arrogance and overbearingness were completely gone at this moment, leaving only humble entreaties and endless fear.

Lin Yan looked at her expressionlessly, without a single ripple in his eyes.

If you knew it would come to this, why did you do it in the first place?

It is not that you know you were wrong—you just know that you are going to die!

"Too late."

Lin Yan calmly spat out two words, and the flames in his palm suddenly surged.

"No—!!"

Teacher Zhou Yi let out a shrill scream and closed her eyes in despair.

And right at this moment—

"Stop right there!!"

An angry shout came from afar, accompanied by fierce Soul Power fluctuations, and a figure flew over like a meteor from the direction of Shrek City!

The person who arrived was a tall middle-aged man with sharp eyes like an eagle—precisely Teacher Fan Yu!

"Lin Yan! How dare you!"

Seeing Teacher Zhou Yi kneeling on the ground with a bleeding forehead, Teacher Fan Yu's eyes split open from anger, and he roared aloud!

The Soul Power on his body erupted violently, and eight spirit rings rose one after another: two yellow, two purple, and four black!

The pressure of the Spirit Douluo level crushed down toward Lin Yan with overwhelming force!

At the same time, before Lin Yan could make a move, a cold voice suddenly sounded from the nearby woods.

"Teacher Fan Yu, you really arrived quickly!"

Following that, a stunningly beautiful figure slowly walked out. This person was naturally Zhang Lexuan, who had arrived long ago!

"Zhang Lexuan?!"

Teacher Fan Yu's pupils shrank, and his face revealed an incredulous expression, "Why are you here?!"

Zhang Lexuan did not immediately answer Teacher Fan Yu's question, but instead slowly walked to Lin Yan's side. Those beautiful eyes looked at Lin Yan, containing undisguised amazement.

Junior Brother, so... this is your true strength nowadays...

In fact, Zhang Lexuan had arrived long ago, right at the beginning of the fight between Lin Yan and that Gray-clothed man.

It was just that Lin Yan wanted to see if that Gray-clothed man still had accomplices, so he hadn't let her show herself yet.

And the subsequent development did not disappoint Lin Yan either. He hadn't expected that Teacher Zhou Yi, this "unexpected pleasant surprise," would actually jump out!

The appearance of Teacher Zhou Yi also made Zhang Lexuan's mood somewhat complicated, and even more furious!

She originally thought that the person behind the scenes might be an assassin sent by other forces or the Sun Moon Empire to assassinate a Genius, but she never expected that the true mastermind behind the scenes was actually Shrek's "own people".

This was truly... extremely ironic!

Turning her head to look at Teacher Fan Yu, Zhang Lexuan spoke indifferently, her tone calm yet carrying a hint of questioning: "Teacher Fan Yu, never mind how I got here for now; you should explain first why you arrived so quickly and so coincidentally?"

"Or could it be... that you also had a hand in this matter?"

As Zhang Lexuan spoke, her sharp gaze locked firmly onto Teacher Fan Yu, not letting go of even the slightest change in him.

"Nonsense!"

Teacher Fan Yu's expression changed, and he sharply retorted: "How could I possibly do such a thing?!"

"I only sensed that A-Yi might have violated the academy's prohibition and sneaked out, which is why I followed the trail and came over!"

However, although Teacher Fan Yu spoke with a tough mouth, as someone who had always devoted himself wholeheartedly to research, he obviously wasn't very good at lying.

The stiffness and unnaturalness on his face while speaking were completely taken in by both Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan.

Seeing this, Lin Yan immediately understood. Although Teacher Fan Yu might not have truly participated in it, he obviously had known about Teacher Zhou Yi's plan long ago.

Even the two 8th-rank spirit tools Teacher Zhou Yi used to hire the assassins were provided by him.

As for whether Teacher Fan Yu had ever considered the consequences of this matter?

On the Romance Continent, once a brain-dead romance mindset flares up and pillow talk blows, even the most absurd matter will become incomparably reasonable!

"Is that so?"

Hearing Teacher Fan Yu's defense, Zhang Lexuan's voice grew even colder: "Since Teacher Fan Yu, you say you knew nothing about this matter, then you should at least know the punishment for hiring assassins to commit murder, right?"

"Hiring assassins to kill, harming students, depending on the severity of the circumstances—abolishing cultivation and expelling from the academy, or executing on the spot!"

As soon as her words came out, Teacher Fan Yu's expression immediately became even uglier.

"Zhang Lexuan, what do you mean?!"

Teacher Fan Yu sank his face, staring at her with cold eyes, "A-Yi was just momentarily confused, and furthermore, the matter hasn't even been sorted out yet. How can you arbitrarily convict her?"

"Besides, even if she really did something, the academy has its own ways to handle it, and it's not your turn to meddle!"

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan collected the last trace of politeness on her face and said in a cold voice: "Teacher Fan Yu, I am a member of the Sea God Pavilion's Inspection Team. According to the academy's rules, I am indeed authorized to manage this matter!"

"Or could it be that in your eyes, Shrek's academy rules are not even as important as your wife's momentary confusion?"

"You!"

Teacher Fan Yu was choked to the point of speechlessness, his face turning alternately green and white.

He knew that from the perspective of facts, he could not argue against Zhang Lexuan.

However, setting aside the facts, was Lin Yan completely free of fault?

The only plan for now was to take Teacher Zhou Yi away first. Once they returned to the academy, relying on his identity, there would always be a way to protect her.

"Hmph! Sharp-tongued!"

Teacher Fan Yu let out a cold snort, simply giving up on reasoning, and turned his fierce gaze toward Lin Yan: "Lin Yan, no matter what, Teacher Zhou Yi was once your teacher!"

"If you still understand even a little bit about respecting teachers and valuing the Dao, release her quickly!"

"As for today's matter, once I investigate it clearly, I will definitely give you an explanation."

"Otherwise... I'd like to see if you can keep hiding behind Zhang Lexuan from now on!"

Hearing the undisguised intent of threat in Teacher Fan Yu's tone, Lin Yan smiled!

The next moment, Lin Yan's smile abruptly vanished, leaving only icy killing intent in the depths of his eyes!

Shifting his steps and raising his leg, he heavily stomped his foot onto Teacher Zhou Yi's face once again.

Lin Yan turned his head to look at Teacher Fan Yu, whose eyes were bloodshot and who was panting like an ox, and said indifferently: "Not polite?"

"I'd like to see how you plan to be impolite."

Seeing that Teacher Fan Yu had been completely overwhelmed by anger and his mind was currently in a dazed state—

Lin Yan moved!

Without the slightest warning, without a shred of procrastination!

The Soul Power within his body surged frantically like a breached flood!

Flame Swallowing!

Flame Spirit!

Withered Glory Tribulation Flame Domain!

Emperor Descends Upon the World!

Boom—!

In an instant, the aura around his body instantly climbed to its Peak!

The next instant, before anyone could react, Lin Yan violently clapped his palms together!

The Emperor's force intertwined with Binding, and in a split second, the Emperor Lotus—took form!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Life Spirit Fire and the Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire, two anomalous fires of heaven and earth, suddenly surged out at the same time!

The violent anomalous fire power frantically squeezed, collided, and condensed within the Emperor Lotus!

All of this, though slow to describe, was actually fast to the absolute limit!

Accompanied by the formation of a gorgeous fire lotus that hollowed out all his Soul Power and Mental Energy, a trace of paleness instantly appeared on Lin Yan's face, yet his eyes were incomparably fervent, even carrying a hint of madness!

So what if he was a Spirit Douluo?

So what if he was an 8th-rank Soul Engineer?

"Go!!"

As Lin Yan violently flicked his hand, the gorgeous azure-blue intertwined fire lotus instantly smashed toward Teacher Fan Yu like a meteor!

The fire lotus cut through the air, and wherever it passed, not a single trace of aura leaked out, yet it made everyone present unable to stop trembling with fear, as if a great disaster was about to befall them!

And it was only until this moment—

That Teacher Fan Yu finally reacted!

"What?!"

Teacher Fan Yu's pupils shrank abruptly. Feeling the wildly beating warning in his mind, a look of shock instantly appeared on his face!

Too fast!

All of this happened too fast!

So fast that he practically had no time to react at all!

"Open—!!"

Teacher Fan Yu let out a hysterical roar, releasing his Spirit Avatar! spirit tools were scattered everywhere!

In his haste, he desperately pulled out all the spirit tools on his body!

"Eighth-rank Spirit shield!"

"Seventh-rank Spirit barrier!"

"Eighth-rank Spirit armor!"

...

Layer after layer of spirit tools began to light up—but it was obviously already too late!

"Block it! Block it for me!!"

The next second—

Approaching the target, the lotus petals of the fire lotus trembled, finally revealing a wisp of destructive aura suppressed to the ultimate degree!

"Boom—!!!"

Buddha Wrath Fire Lotus—bloomed!

The cyan-blue flame light instantly devoured everything!

The heaven-shaking explosion blasted across the firmament...

The destructive and violent flame currents spread out, and the calm space faintly produced cracks. The dense forest within a radius of one thousand meters swept by the flame ripples instantly turned into all-encompassing flying ash!

As for Teacher Fan Yu, who was at the center of the explosion, the colorful Spirit shields on his body were like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, collapsing and scattering within just a few breaths!

...

I do not know how long had passed, but the spreading flame light gradually dispersed.

The scene was a complete mess.

The originally lush forest had now turned into a scorched earth, and within a radius of one thousand meters, not a single blade of grass grew!

At the center, a huge deep pit abruptly appeared.

The rocks at the bottom of the pit and the molten gold transformed from spirit tools mixed into lava, slowly bubbling and exuding a scorching aura!

As for Teacher Fan Yu...

At this moment, below his abdomen had completely vaporized.

The only charred head that was still relatively complete cast a final resentful gaze in Lin Yan's direction before completely losing its breath.

...

And Teacher Zhou Yi, who had been blown away by the shockwave and barely managed to survive, looked at this scene before her eyes, as a shrieking scream to the ultimate degree burst forth from her throat!

"No—!!!"

"Fan... Fan Yu..."

"No... impossible..."

As if her soul had been sucked away, her eyes were hollow and empty as she blankly crawled toward Teacher Fan Yu's charred remains.

Not far away in mid-air, Zhang Lexuan, who had taken Lin Yan away from the center of the explosion right from the start, felt the still-scalding air at this moment and stiffly turned her head to look around the surroundings.

And when she looked again at Lin Yan, whose face was somewhat pale beside her, she only felt that her throat was a bit dry.