Chapter 4876 — The Peerless Perfect Nascent Soul Expert

Wei Zhao studied the man and frowned slightly. There was something familiar about him, an air that in some way seemed rather like his own—though not markedly so.

"A fine proposal from the Chief!" someone cried. "I hear the women of Chenjiao Academy are full of flavor. It's rare we get such a chance—it'd be a shame not to enjoy ourselves to the fullest! Leave the Three Fairies—Huo Yudie—to the Chief, and the rest can be split among the lot of us!"

"Not enough, is it? We outnumber these women two to one. We'll have to go two against each one. Chief, would you mind letting the Three Fairies join the fun as well?"

"Exactly! Even with their faces covered we can't see clearly, but that figure—front and back—is hot as hell. Tsk, tsk, those legs, those breasts, that backside. Miss this and you'd regret it the rest of your life. Chief, you can't keep the whole dish to yourself!"

The Lei Dong Academy crowd's filth poured out without end, every one of them appraising the Chenjiao Academy girls like livestock. Huo Yudie naturally drew the most attention, for who else could she be but one of the Three Fairies?

"Haha, I've always been a generous man. If you want Wang Xinyan of the Three Fairies, take her—but only after I've had my fill!" the leader laughed without the slightest restraint.

"Shut your mouth! If you want to fight, then fight—spare us the drivel! Is this the only quality Lei Dong Academy has to offer?" Huo Yudie was trembling with rage. A girl of her purity, openly leered at and mocked by so many—even the calmest temperament would boil over.

"Fight if we want to fight? Good, good! I never thought the legendary Three Fairies would be so forthcoming. Are you ready to battle me three hundred rounds in bed? I like it, heh heh!" The leader stared at Huo Yudie with a lecherous grin.

"You—!" Huo Yudie was choked speechless. A traditional, conservative girl like her had no answer to such foul talk. Only the fact that too many lives hung on this moment kept her from acting on her own; otherwise she would have charged out long ago to fight him to the death.

"Hey, Lei Dong Academy's Chief, is it? Watch your mouth. Junior Sister Yudie is mine—no one lays a finger on her!" At that moment someone stepped forward and shielded Huo Yudie.

Wei Zhao assumed some champion of flowers had leapt out to play the hero. A closer look—it was an old acquaintance: Ren Zhongyuan of Xiangyun Academy.

Nor was Ren Zhongyuan alone. Beside him stood Yi Xiaotian and Yao Jiali—all familiar faces.

Wei Zhao could not help but find it odd. Yi Xiaotian and Yao Jiali being here was no surprise—this Road of Giants trial was, at bottom, a gathering of elites from every Yellow-rank academy, and anyone whose strength had reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection would not lightly forgo the chance to break through to Profound Ascension. But how had Ren Zhongyuan gotten here?

His strength was indeed Nascent Soul Great Perfection, but with that wisp of Wei Zhao's own five-element killing qi lodged in his body, he should by now be a cripple unable to circulate his techniques. Could someone have dissolved it for him?

Wei Zhao's thoughts went quickly to Ren Tiansuo. To be able to neutralize his five-element killing qi—this chief alchemist of Xiangyun Academy was no ordinary figure.

"And who the hell are you?" The leader of Lei Dong Academy glanced at Ren Zhongyuan, contempt plain on his face.

"Hmph, big words. The title of Lei Dong Academy's Chief may sound frightening, but we're all Nascent Soul Great Perfection here—I really don't see anything to be afraid of! If you want to touch Junior Sister Yudie, you'll have to get through me first!" Ren Zhongyuan put on a fine show of toughness.

In truth, whenever he stood before Huo Yudie he always presented himself as flawless—strength when strength was called for, magnanimity when magnanimity was called for. Even if he had none of it, he would make a convincing show of it, for only so could he win a fair lady's heart.

"Is that so? Then I'll grant your wish." A mocking curve bent the corner of the man's mouth, and the other Lei Dong Academy disciples all wore the look of spectators at a good show. He lifted one palm lightly and swatted casually, as if swatting a fly.

Bang! Ren Zhongyuan never even registered what had happened. His whole body was sent flying sideways and slammed hard into a distant stone wall, where he stuck fast, unable to move—not just the right half of his face, but his entire body went numb on the spot.

"Good!" The Lei Dong Academy crowd erupted in earth-shaking cheers, while the disciples of Chenjiao and Xiangyun Academies turned pale with fright. It had come too suddenly. Ren Zhongyuan ranked among the best of them, yet the man had swatted him away with an effortless palm. Was this really Nascent Soul Great Perfection?!

At first, since the two sides were roughly matched in numbers, the Chenjiao and Xiangyun disciples could still face their opponents with soaring morale. But after that scene, they were instantly cowed, retreating one after another by instinct. The will to contest Lei Dong Academy was gone in a breath—fear before the fight even began: that was precisely this lot.

"Hahahaha! You really thought that because we're both Nascent Soul Great Perfection, a third-rate piece of goods like you could put on airs with me?" The Lei Dong Chief glanced at the oblivious Ren Zhongyuan, then swept a look of contempt over the whole assembly. "You'd all best hear me clearly: I am acknowledged as the number one man of the Nascent Soul stage. Never mind trash like you Nascent Soul Great Perfection lot—even Profound Ascension experts have died at my hands, and not just one or two!"

At those words a shock ran through the entire crowd. Not only the Chenjiao and Xiangyun disciples trembling before him, but even the onlookers retreated several steps by instinct.

Merely Nascent Soul Great Perfection, yet able to kill Profound Ascension experts—such a thing would be legend even in the talent-packed East Continent Academy. But this man from Lei Dong Academy did not sound as if he were joking. Given how he had just swatted Ren Zhongyuan flying with one palm, perhaps he truly had the strength!

"I remember now! This man is Wang Dianxing, Lei Dong Academy's Chief—the number one Nascent Soul expert of Lei Dong Academy in recent years!" At last someone in the crowd recognized the Lei Dong Chief.

"Wang Dianxing? The legendary peerless Perfect Nascent Soul expert?" Reminded thus, the others finally reacted.

"That's right—this one was once Lei Dong Academy's strongest newcomer, wasn't he? To think he's already taken the Chief's seat!"

"Chief is putting it mildly! You're all woefully ignorant. I hear that after he reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection, his strength already rivaled early Profound Ascension experts—he can even hold his own against those at the peak of early Profound Ascension!"

"After all, he's a legendary Perfect Nascent Soul—not one in ten thousand. A genius among geniuses!"

Listening to the murmurs of the crowd, the disciples of Chenjiao and Xiangyun Academies found their resolve wavering ever more...