77: How did they manage to do that in Chapter 77?

"Where were you assassinated?!"

"Where are you right now?!"

Su Yu frowned slightly and held his terminal a bit further away.

"I just arrived at the Capital Martial Arts University gate."

"Is there a problem?"

"There is!"

"There's a huge problem!!!"

Vice Principal Nie Changkong's voice was trembling, revealing an undisguised panic and lingering fear.

"Aren't you Cultivateing inside the school?!"

"When did you run outside?!"

"I went back to my apartment for a bit."

Su Yu's tone remained calm.

"I went back to get some things."

"You—!"

Vice Principal Nie Changkong almost couldn't catch his breath.

He panicked!

He was truly panicking!

He had completely neglected Su Yu's protection!

For a peerless Prodigy like Su Yu who had comprehended the Form-Manifesting Spear Intent,

according to Capital Martial Arts University's highest specifications, a Martial King-level guardian should definitely be assigned to protect him personally!

Mainly because...

Vice Principal Nie Changkong subconsciously thought that Su Yu had just enrolled and would definitely stay in the school to frantically utilize resources to Cultivate.

Staying inside Capital Martial Arts University, with a Martial Emperor like him holding down the fort, it would be absolutely safe.

He completely didn't expect that this kid would run out of the school without a word!

Moreover, he had actually forgotten to instruct him not to leave the school a single step without a guardian!

"Stand right there and don't move!"

"Wait for me to come over!!!"

Snap!

The call was hung up instantly.

On the top floor of the Capital Martial Arts University administrative building,

Vice Principal Nie Changkong was breaking out in a cold sweat all over.

His heart was beating wildly.

Dereliction of duty!

Serious dereliction of duty!

This was a Prodigy who comprehended the Form-Manifesting Spear Intent at eighteen!

If he were really assassinated outside the school, he, Vice Principal Nie Changkong, would be a sinner to the martial arts world of the entire Great Xia Kingdom!

Even Principal Feng Wuji, upon returning from the Abyss, could directly wield a spear and poke a hole through his head!

"However... Wait!"

While frantically driving his Martial Emperor Qi, Vice Principal Nie Changkong quickly analyzed in his mind.

"He captured the assassin alive!"

"This kid has some tricks up his sleeve!"

"After all, it's Spear Intent, and it's even the Form-Manifesting Spear Intent that turns the illusory into reality; its lethality is astonishing."

"I wonder what Realm the assassin was in?"

Vice Principal Nie Changkong's figure flashed, directly shattering the floor-to-ceiling window of his office.

Transforming into a black meteor tearing through the night sky, he headed straight for the Capital Martial Arts University gate.

"An Elementary Grandmaster?"

"Or a Peak Grandmaster?"

"Regardless of what, for a freshman with a Qi value of one thousand to capture a Grandmaster-level assassin alive is already quite impressive!"

"It couldn't be a Great Grandmaster, right?"

"Those are monsters with Qi values of one hundred thousand and above, protected by Protective Aura. No matter how powerful the Form-Manifesting Spear Intent is, it's almost impossible to capture them alive!"

"However, this is also tremendous good news!"

Vice Principal Nie Changkong let out a long breath in the night wind.

"As long as he's not dead!"

"As long as he's still alive!"

"Otherwise, this old man's tenure as vice principal would also be at its end!"

Outside the Capital Martial Arts University gate,

Su Yu stood under the streetlamp.

Less than ten seconds after hanging up the phone,

Hum——!

the space in front of him rippled violently without warning.

A black figure carrying the extremely tyrannical Martial Emperor pressure stepped directly out from the Void Realm!

It was precisely Vice Principal Nie Changkong with an anxious face.

"Su Yu!"

As soon as Vice Principal Nie Changkong appeared, his Martial Emperor-level Mental Energy instantly swept across Su Yu's entire body like a radar.

There were no wounds.

His breath was steady.

Not even a single strand of hair was lost!

"Hoo..."

Vice Principal Nie Changkong's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally dropped heavily back into his stomach.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and glared at Su Yu irritably.

"You brat!"

"Who told you to run around in the middle of the night?!"

"Do you know what your identity is right now? A special-grade freshman! Who knows how many pairs of eyes are staring at you in secret!"

"When you encountered an assassin, why didn't you seek help from me the first time?!"

Su Yu looked at the exasperated Vice Principal Nie Changkong.

He raised his right hand and shook the man in black he was holding.

"Because there was no need."

"He was too weak."

Too weak?

Vice Principal Nie Changkong was stunned for a moment.

Only then did he cast his gaze onto the man in black, who was being held by Su Yu like a dead dog.

"Let me see which blind faction dares to send a Grandmaster to assassinate Capital Martial Arts University's..."

Vice Principal Nie Changkong said as he spoke,

exceptionally casually probing his Martial Emperor-level perception into the body of the man in black.

However,

the very moment his perception touched the tightly suppressed Qi within the body of the man in black,

Boom!!!

inside Vice Principal Nie Changkong's mind, it was as if ten thousand thunderclaps had exploded simultaneously!

The expression on his face instantly froze.

His eyes, which had been widened due to anger, now bulged exaggeratedly, his eyeballs almost popping out!

"This..."

Vice Principal Nie Changkong's voice trembled violently.

He sharply drew in a breath of cold air.

His footsteps uncontrollably took half a step backward!

What had he perceived?!

Six hundred thousand!

A terrifying Qi value of a full six hundred thousand!!!

What the hell kind of Elementary Grandmaster was this!

This was clearly a top-tier Great Grandmaster whose Qi value had reached six hundred thousand!!!

Moreover,

within the body of this man in black, Vice Principal Nie Changkong also acutely captured a trace of an extremely faint yet nauseating Abyss aura.

As well as the severe poison in his stomach that was forcibly wrapped by some formidable Mental Energy and unable to spread!

"Abyss Cult..."

"Poison-hiding death warrior..."

"Six hundred thousand Qi..."

Vice Principal Nie Changkong swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

In his mind, a name that struck terror into the hearts of people in Kyoto's underground world flashed instantly, along with a series of extremely bloody and terrifying combat records associated with it!

Three years ago, this person infiltrated the heavily guarded Southern District defense line, consecutively killing three military Great Grandmasters with four hundred thousand Qi values overnight, and retreated unscathed!

Last year, he even braved the pursuit of a Peak Martial Spirit, relying on extremely bizarre concealment methods to forcibly escape right under their noses!

This was the ace assassin of the Abyss Cult!

A shadow that kept countless Human Race Prodigies awake at night!

"Shadow Blade?!"

Vice Principal Nie Changkong exclaimed in shock, staring intently at Su Yu.

His gaze was filled with endless shock, bewilderment, and a sense of despair as his worldview completely collapsed.

That was a top-tier assassin capable of escaping from the hands of a Peak Martial Spirit!

"You..."

"You captured... Shadow Blade alive?!"

Su Yu looked at Vice Principal Nie Changkong's expression as if he had seen a ghost.

He nodded placidly.

"His name is Shadow Blade?"

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Outside the Capital Martial Arts University gate, there was only the rustling sound of the night wind blowing through the leaves.

Vice Principal Nie Changkong stood in place.

Feeling only a bout of dizziness.

A top-tier assassin with six hundred thousand Qi!

Even a Martial Emperor like him would have to go through a lot of trouble to capture him alive, and there was even a chance the opponent might seize the opportunity to commit suicide by taking poison!

But right now,

this ace assassin famous throughout Kyoto,

was just like a plundered, featherless native chicken,

held casually in the hand of a freshman whose Qi value was only "one thousand points"?!

Even...

even the opportunity to commit suicide by taking poison was forcefully stripped away?!

Vice Principal Nie Changkong's throat felt dry, looking at Su Yu like looking at a completely incomprehensible monster.

His voice trembled.

"You??"

"How did you do it?"