55: One punch to Shen Pan! It really wasn't for that tattered piece of paper!

What did he mean by saying he worked very hard last night?

This was pure rumor-mongering!

Shen Pan felt his image and reputation take a sudden, sharp downturn.

He had become a pretty boy living off a woman... "Hiss!"

Shen Pan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Yesterday, he seemingly, possibly, maybe, really did spend the whole day eating and drinking for free with Jiang Ruolai!

But that was just normal interaction between friends.

Some villain was intentionally misinterpreting it!

At this moment.

Xie An was no longer in the mood to pay attention to Shen Pan's questioning.

His heart was filled with confusion and fear of the unknown.

How was this possible?

Even a Rank 4 exotic beast...

Would be controlled by him for a split second if it wasn't careful!

Just what was this Shen Pan's background?

"I'm asking you a question!"

Shen Pan lightly gripped the chain and gave it a forceful tug!

Snap!

The clearly illusory chain was actually snatched away by him on the spot!

"Eh?"

Shen Pan's eyes shifted slightly.

The Thousand Mechanisms, Hundred Changes, which had just transformed into a glove, fed back a piece of information to him.

This chain could be replicated!

It was a piece of equipment specifically designed for special attacks against the Soul and spirit!

However, Thousand Mechanisms, Hundred Changes couldn't give a specific grade; it seemed the chain was too damaged.

But that Soul-specific attack characteristic was extremely strong!

In that case... Shen Pan's smile gradually grew brighter, filled with a thirst for scientific research!

If he let Thousand Mechanisms, Hundred Changes replicate the chain's characteristics...

And then stacked three Spirit Piercing enchantments onto it.

What would happen?

Wouldn't one move completely obliterate a person's Divine Soul?

Fortunately, this was the absolutely safe Holy Demon Tower.

Otherwise, he wouldn't dare use this move recklessly outside!

"This, how is this possible?

You can actually grab the Soul Chain?"

Xie An's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets, and his already pale face...

Turned several shades whiter.

Is this guy even human?

He had tested it privately; only Soul bodies hooked by him...

And things like vengeful spirits could touch this Soul Chain!

Looking at Shen Pan's raised fist...

And the sense of danger coming from it that made his brain scream alarm bells...

Xie An panicked:

"Wait! This was said in a post on the campus network, it has nothing to do with me!"

Unfortunately, all he was met with was an iron fist shimmering with rainbow light.

And Shen Pan's indifferent voice:

"Serious Punch."

Boom!!!

A violent shockwave exploded, and Xie An was blasted into a mist of blood, exiting the Holy Demon Tower.

"As expected, I can't keep it?"

Shen Pan looked regretfully at the illusory Soul Chain vanishing in his hand.

He had been thinking of keeping it to see how the other party, having lost their Soul-hooking ability...

Would fall into wretchedness!

Whoosh~

A dazzling magic circle unfolded.

He was teleported to the second stage.

"Are you that Shen Pan who bullied our new system's Little Fan?

A figure without a weapon rushed over.

"I—"

"No use talking, Serious Punch!"

Boom!!!

...Outside the Holy Demon Tower.

The Vice Dean was chatting with several teachers above Rank 7.

From time to time, they commented on the prodigies currently dueling.

"We really have to thank the Great Xia Sword Immortal this time. With this Holy Demon Tower that can support a thousand people dueling simultaneously...

All future events at our Imperial Capital Academy can be held inside!"

"By July, it can be officially put into use!"

"As expected of Classmate Yang Jian; even against Qin Hao, a Legendary-rank Profession, he still gets a one-shot kill with a laser!"

This kid will have no problem taking first place!"

"Eh? Classmate Ruan Qingshu, actually... she has quite the ideas!"

I have a premonition that those two might hold out until the very end!"

The Vice Dean said with a twitching corner of his mouth.

Inside the light screen corresponding to Ruan Qingshu...

The sounds of "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" could be heard.

Ruan Qingshu was constantly casting shields on herself.

Aside from that.

She was expressionlessly holding a staff, repeatedly bashing her opponent's face.

And opposite her.

Was a Martial Artist whose eyes were filled with despair, constantly throwing punches, yet having his face beaten swollen by a loli...

While being completely unable to do anything about the shields!

"Waaa~ I really am a piece of trash! I shouldn't have come to Imperial Capital Academy in the first place!

How can a pure Martial Artist possibly compare to other systems!"

The boy only felt that beneath that delicate and cute face was a heart comparable to a demon's!

Hearing his cries.

The other party bashed him even more vigorously!

Completely different from her appearance, she was definitely a 'white-cut black'!

"..."

"Later, give this unlucky kid a rare Martial Skill as a reward."

The Vice Dean shifted the screen, unable to bear watching.

He had gone through the same thing back then.

Martial Artists are just too miserable in the early stages!

Just as the many teachers outside fell into silence...

"Ah— It hurts, hurts, hurts!"

As soon as Xie An was teleported out, he immediately let out a painful wail.

He collapsed on the ground, clutching his head and rolling continuously.

The Vice Dean shouted somewhat speechlessly:

"That's enough! You've already been eliminated.

Damage received in the Holy Demon Tower won't be brought outside at all!"

Before he could finish speaking.

Another figure was teleported out.

This one didn't even cry out; he just hit the ground and fell asleep!

???

What's the situation!

"They've suffered a mental attack! And it's only the residual attack!"

A teacher said in disbelief.

Wasn't damage received in the Holy Demon Tower supposed to not be brought to the outside world?

Even as high-rankers like them...

They couldn't violate this rule!

Something went wrong!

The Vice Dean's expression changed, and he immediately looked at the light screen.

"The one they encountered was Shen Pan?"

Coincidentally, at this time, the third Prodigy of the new system was finished off by Shen Pan with one punch.

That terrifying strike, which could be felt even through the light screen...

Left the Vice Dean inwardly shocked.

Isn't Shen Pan a Mage?

Is this style right!

And the Holy Demon Tower really isn't mature enough!

Shen Pan already has two consecutive wins.

Yet for the third match, he was actually matched with someone who had just won once!

And the other party's Rank... The Vice Dean stared blankly at Shen Pan's information panel again.

He rubbed his eyes.

[Name: Shen Pan] [Rank: 32] [Freshman]

Rank 32!

If the other party hadn't been a Prodigy he had carefully screened and had the admissions office invite...

He would have thought Shen Pan was some senior student who had been around for a year.

Coming over to 'smurf' because he had nothing better to do!

"Rank 3, suspected Mythical Rank Profession.

To some extent, he even ignores the characteristics of the Holy Demon Tower..."

Thinking of this, the Vice Dean looked at the teachers who were still helping the students.

He silently entered a pinned post on the campus network.

He deleted his post from yesterday betting on Yang Jian to win and withdrew his capital along the way.

As long as the final result isn't out, one can change at any time!

Thinking about it, the Vice Dean felt it wasn't safe enough.

He set Shen Pan's personal information to hidden so the other teachers wouldn't find out.

After all, as a teacher...

How could one use a student's competition ranking to participate in gambling?

He was the Vice Dean, not a teacher, so he could place a bet!

"Still not steady enough."

The Vice Dean then smoothly logged into an alternate account and began to stir up trouble.

He typed out an article titled "On Why Yang Jian is a God!"

To fool more people into betting on Yang Jian.

Anyway, most people only put in a few academic credits for fun; if they lose, they can just take it as a lesson... After all, the academy is not a place for public gambling!

As for himself, he went to bet on Shen Pan!

"Eh?"

"This is..."

The Vice Dean looked in shock at Shen Pan's current three betting parties.

Those three.

Each was more of a heavyweight than the last!

[Jiang Ruolai (40), Wushuang (500), A Broken Iron Bar (500)]

One was the Director of the Martial Administration Bureau, one was a pillar of the nation... and of course, there was one more.

A freshman who hadn't even started school yet but somehow got academic credits to bet.

But the bets of the latter two already explained the situation.

"Academic credits and whatnot don't matter.

The main thing is that we must support our Great Xia's Prodigy!"

The Vice Dean decisively put in five hundred academic credits and closed the website with satisfaction.

By then, he would be able to get five thousand academic credits!

Added to his remaining academic credits...

He could exchange them for a portion of Epic Peak exotic beast flesh.

To speed up his bone tempering.

And achieve a Breakthrough to Martial Saint sooner!

If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't good to exceed the bets of the two big shots...

He would have wished he could go 'all-in' with his entire net worth!

"It seems this Shen Pan isn't without a background!"

The Vice Dean thought back to the first day of the College Entrance Examination.

That Great Xia Sword Immortal's Clone had rushed over from the South Pole.

Then, very mysteriously, he pulled out a small black tower.

He said normal competitions were too dangerous and easily caused unnecessary casualties.

The Vice Dean whispered to himself:

"I was saying, how could the dignified Great Xia Sword Immortal possibly, for a useless graduation certificate...

Specially cut out a Clone to return to the Imperial Capital!"

It matches up, everything matches up!

Shen Pan must be a super Prodigy that many big shots have their eyes on!

He is the future secret weapon of Great Xia!