285: That man is back!

Dragon Country.

While the Guardian Alliance was in closed-door cultivation, Fang Bai returned to the Martial Academy.

Standing before the main gate of the Martial Academy, Fang Bai looked at the plaque above, a hint of complexity flashing in his eyes.

Clearly only a few months had passed, yet it felt like years.

He had a lingering feeling that he hadn't been back in a long time, likely because so much had happened recently.

When he first entered the Martial Academy, he was only at the first rank; now he was already at the eighth rank. It could be said that even the Dean of the Martial Academy might no longer be his match!

"So many people I haven't seen..."

Fang Bai walked calmly through the gates of the Martial Academy.

"Halt! What are you doing?"

A cold voice rang out, and Fang Bai was stopped by a student. The latter tilted his chin up and said, "If you aren't a student of the Martial Academy, you cannot enter!"

Fang Bai smiled and said, "But I am!"

The student scanned him suspiciously and said, "Take out your student ID and let me see."

Fang Bai pulled out an ID card; these Martial Academy items had been gathering dust inside his space ring.

He handed the ID to the other party while asking, "I remember Old Zhang was the one guarding the gate?"

Hearing this, the student checking the ID froze for a moment. Then, his eyes dimmed, and he spoke in a heavy voice:

"Brother Zhang sacrificed himself."

Fang Bai paused, then asked, "Did he die in an Alien Space?"

The student shook his head. "He died during the chaos of the Blood Ghoul invasion. To save ordinary people, his body was pierced by a sixth-rank Blood Ghoul. He was gone on the spot..."

Fang Bai fell silent.

He couldn't help but feel emotional. The companions he once smoked and drank with were unknowingly becoming fewer and fewer!

"You are Fang Bai?"

The student said with some surprise.

Fang Bai snapped out of his thoughts and nodded. "Yeah."

The student exclaimed, "So you're the Fang Bai! You're already famous in the Martial Academy."

"Oh?"

Fang Bai's sadness instantly vanished. His eyes lit up as he asked, "What's the story?"

The student smiled and said, "Your deeds have been widely circulated. You've become the image ambassador for the Martial Academy and are also known as the strongest student in the academy's history. Many people want to see your face!"

Hearing this, Fang Bai grinned so widely that the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.

"Is that so? I'm that badass now?"

Strongest student in history?

Though the title wasn't exactly overbearing, it sounded good!

Dammit, he finally made it big!

The student asked curiously, "I heard your cultivation has already surpassed the Dean's. Is that true?"

Although he was also a student of the Martial Academy, he had been out on missions for a long time. He had only heard legends of Fang Bai and had never seen him in person.

Fang Bai said with low-key modesty, "Just luck, just luck! Haha, I've only surpassed him by a tiny bit."

The student's eyes brightened. "Holy crap! So it's true? Can you perform a bit? I want to see your strength!"

Seeing the other's admiring gaze, Fang Bai enjoyed it immensely. He then put his hands behind his back, turned toward the Martial Academy, and said with full pretentiousness, "Then I'll show a little something. I'll perform a Lightning Technique that descends from the heavens."

He raised his hand and then pressed down gently!

Rumble!

In an instant, the winds and clouds shifted!

Thunderclouds shrouded the sky over the entire Martial Academy as if doomsday had arrived. Peals of thunder startled everyone in the academy!

Everyone looked up in horror. Feeling that pressure, they instantly felt as if the Grim Reaper had placed a scythe against their necks!

"Holy shit! Whose subordinate is this? To be so fierce? Σ(ﾟдﾟ;)"

"Dammit! Who made a vow?"

"Such strong pressure. Is someone trying to destroy the Martial Academy?"

"Crap! Is it too late to run now?"

"..."

At the gate, the student was already dumbfounded!

"I... Holy shit!"

Fang Bai smiled slightly. "Those old guys sure can keep their cool!"

He pressed his hand down again.

Boom!

A massive, hundred-zhang Lightning Dragon dove down. If it truly struck, half of the Martial Academy would be reduced to ruins!

Just then, an aged voice rang out from within the Martial Academy!

"Presumptuous!"

Boom!

A figure wrapped in purple light soared into the sky, slamming violently into the Lightning Dragon!

The Lightning Dragon was shattered, turning into countless fine arcs of electricity that scattered away!

The figure in the air also revealed himself; it was a white-robed old man.

He was the Dean of the Martial Academy.

The actual Dean, not an acting one like Mo Ming.

The Dean said in a deep voice, "Who is so bold as to dare attack the Martial Academy?"

At the gate, Fang Bai smiled slightly. Then, he took a step forward and was already in front of the Dean.

"Student Fang Bai greets the Dean."

Fang Bai!

His voice echoed throughout the entire Martial Academy; everyone heard it.

Everyone looked up at the sky in shock, their eyes fixed on that figure!

Fang Bai! It was actually Fang Bai!

"Holy crap! Is he that famous Senior Fang Bai from the academy? So domineering!"

"Badass! It seems the rumors were too conservative. Is this the strength of the strongest student in history? I feel like I'm about to be crushed to death by a single shred of his pressure!"

"Me too. Incredible, he doesn't look that old! Just how did he cultivate to this level?"

"666, is he cheating?"

"His aura is so strong, it feels like it's no weaker than the Dean's. He doesn't want to kill the Dean and usurp the position, does he?"

"? No, Buddy, don't say things that aren't conducive to unity!"

"..."

There were many of Fang Bai's acquaintances in the Martial Academy. They looked at that figure with complex expressions.

Once, this youth was just a junior in their eyes, a promising rising star. Now, he had indeed lived up to expectations and reached such heights.

"This guy... has actually become this strong."

On a teaching building, a woman with a hot figure stood there, wearing a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, exuding a mature and charming aura.

It was the Space Element instructor, Yu Hongyi.

And she had also once been A Xiu's instructor.

Only since that incident, A Xiu had followed Su Ya to practice.

Regarding Fang Bai, Yu Hongyi also had complex feelings.

When they first met during the class assignments, she hadn't seen such potential in this youth. To put it bluntly, Fang Bai hadn't caught her eye back then.

While the combat power he showed during the raid on the cult's nest was excellent, she never imagined that in such a short time, he would have grown to this level!

On the other side, the students of the Gemini Class also looked at Fang Bai's figure with some emotion.

Among them were many of Fang Bai's old classmates as well as new faces, but there were also some who were no longer there.

"This kid, I knew he had it in him since we were young!"

A flashy young man laughed.

He was Fang Bai's classmate from the Gemini Class, Wu Cuo.

When Fang Bai was rank one, he was rank two; when Fang Bai was rank two, he was rank three. Now Fang Bai was rank eight, and he was only rank four... comparing yourself to others really is infuriating!

With Fang Bai's appearance, everyone knew... that man had returned!