"Ah—don't even mention it," one old student sighed bitterly.
"A few times, when we were robbing other freshmen, those guys deliberately avoided us. I even thought they lacked confidence and didn't dare act."
"But damn it—turns out they were waiting for us to finish robbing the freshmen first, then came to rob us."
"And they even had the nerve to call it 'upholding justice', saying they only steal from ill-gotten wealth…"
Listening to the collective complaints, a blue-robed old student with six-star Da Dou Shi strength stepped forward and raised his hand.
"Everyone here must be unwilling to accept having their hard-earned fire energy stolen, right?"
"Of course!"
"That took me months to save!"
"I saved mine for half a year!"
Angry voices erupted the moment he spoke.
Seeing the resentment on everyone's faces, the blue-robed student curled his lips into a strange smile and said loudly:
"Since that's the case—let's take it back."
"And while we're at it, we'll teach that brat a lesson."
The moment he said this, nearly everyone lowered their heads.
Angry was one thing.
Unwilling was another.
But asking them to face Xiao Se again?
Absolutely not.
They still remembered that soul-crushing pain. Even though the injuries weren't serious, the suffering was something no sane person wanted to experience twice.
"Why are you all scared?" the blue-robed student sneered.
"He's strong, sure—but he's still just one person."
"We've got over thirty people here, and I've already contacted the strongest old-student squad—the Black and White Fiends."
"As long as we give them half of the fire energy that was taken, they'll help us."
"That's over forty Da Dou Shi experts!"
"I refuse to believe that kid can overturn the heavens!"
The moment he finished speaking, the eyes of almost every old student lit up.
That's right!
Over forty Da Dou Shi—
and among the Black and White Fiends were even nine-star Da Dou Shi.
Even a Dou Ling would have no choice but to flee.
Quietly, a massive ambush plan formed.
As for whether it would become a siege—
or a massacre—
that remained to be seen.
At the forest exit.
Xiao Se's group had just finished robbing the so-called strongest old-student team—the Black and White Fiends.
"Xiao Se… don't you think we might've gone a bit too far?"
Zhu Zhuqing looked down at her fire crystal card.
The number on it had jumped from five to over a thousand.
In the entire forest, aside from a few freshmen who had never encountered old students, almost all available fire energy had ended up in the hands of the three of them.
"Ahem."
Xiao Se coughed lightly, then said solemnly:
"Zhuqing, you don't manage a household—you don't understand daily expenses."
"You, Little Doctor Fairy, and I are a whole family in the Inner Academy. We need a lot of resources."
"And next year, Xiao Yu and the others will probably enter too."
"We can't let them live in poverty."
Hearing such shameless reasoning, Zhu Zhuqing's lips twitched. She shot him a look.
Though… annoyingly enough, it almost made sense.
Still, there were outsiders present!
"Senior Sister Han Yue, please don't mind him," Zhu Zhuqing said apologetically.
"He just likes joking around."
"It's fine," Han Yue shook her head.
"I actually think he's quite sincere."
"Although… a little flirtatious."
"At least he doesn't lie to you."
A rare trace of a smile appeared on her usually icy face.
After spending time together, she had fully understood Xiao Se's character.
Apart from being monstrously talented and unfathomably strong—
everything else about him could be summarized in two words:
Black-bellied.
Extremely black-bellied.
Utterly black-bellied.
Along the way, she had personally witnessed what he'd done.
Aside from a few female freshmen—
every old student and male freshman had been completely cleaned out.
Almost all of them.
Just imagining how eighty or ninety people would survive the next month on nothing but minimum fire-energy allowance made her scalp tingle.
That said, she had no right to criticize him.
After all—
she herself was one of the biggest beneficiaries.
Her own card also held nearly a thousand units of fire energy.
"Stop."
Just as the three were about to leave the forest, Xiao Se suddenly raised his hand.
Zhu Zhuqing and Han Yue landed lightly on tree branches, looking at him in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhuqing whispered after scanning the surroundings and finding nothing unusual.
Xiao Se smiled faintly.
"We seem to have angered the masses."
"There are over thirty old students blocking our path ahead."
"Thirty?"
Han Yue frowned instantly.
Two or three five-man teams wouldn't be a problem—Xiao Se could crush them easily, and she could protect Zhu Zhuqing.
But thirty-plus Da Dou Shi?
Even a Dou Ling would have to retreat.
"Relax," Xiao Se said casually.
"It's nothing."
"I was planning to establish authority anyway—so no one in the Inner Academy dares provoke me later."
Soon, the three arrived at an open clearing near the forest exit.
Through Xiao Se's soul perception, old students were hidden everywhere among the trees.
"Come out," Xiao Se said coldly.
"No need to hide."
As his voice fell, more than thirty figures leapt out from the forest, surrounding the trio.
"Heh heh, junior," the blue-robed student sneered.
"I knew I couldn't hide from you."
"But you're quite arrogant—walking straight into our encirclement despite knowing how many we have."
"You're really confident."
"You got one thing wrong," Xiao Se replied with a mocking smile.
"It's not that you've surrounded me."
"It's that I've surrounded you."
He flipped his hand, took out a Purple Flame Pill, swallowed it, and rapidly formed seals.
"Fire Release — Great Fire Annihilation!"
The moment his inner shout echoed—
Under the stunned gazes of everyone present—
a vast ocean of purple flames erupted from Xiao Se's mouth.
Like a tidal wave, it swept across the clearing, instantly engulfing all thirty-plus old students.
The next second—
ear-splitting screams erupted.
"Ahhh! My clothes are on fire!"
"My pants! My pants burned!"
"My hair—!"
"My hands!"
"My glorious biceps—!"
"My—!!!"
Listening to the agonized howls ahead, Zhu Zhuqing felt her scalp go numb.
She couldn't help but glance nervously at Xiao Se.
"They… they'll be alright, won't they?"
(End of Chapter)
[Get +30 Extra Chapters on - P@tr3on "RinBlaze"]
[Every 15 Power Stones = 1 Bonus Chapter Drop]
[Thanks for Reading!]