Chapter 9

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

This attack had come too suddenly.

Lu Huai’s pupils shrank and his blood boiled. He wanted to block the attack, but he could not react in time.

The cold light fell on Big Black’s body.

“Wuuu!”

Big Black let out a cry as it was hit by the cold light and fell to the ground.

“Big Black!”

Lu Huai’s eyes were bloodshot. He immediately rushed to Big Black and checked its injuries.

Fortunately, Big Black was not injured, which allowed Lu Huai to heave a sigh of relief.

When the cloaked man attacked, Dean Liu of the Heavenly Divine Academy had also moved at the same time, blocking most of the cloaked man’s attack.

What hit Big Black was only a very small part of the power that got through.

“Thank you, Dean Liu.” Lu Huai stood up and thanked Dean Liu.

“It’s fine. It’s just a small matter.” Dean Liu waved his hand while smiling.

He originally thought that there was no hope for him to recruit Lu Huai into his academy today. In the end, the half-human, half-demon guy beside Na Wanlin suddenly made a move and gave him a chance.

“You guys, aren’t you going too far?”

At this moment, Lin Men also stepped forward and stood in front of Lu Huai to protect him.

When he spoke, he wanted to make Na Wanlin and Lu Huai enemies. He really did not want Lu Huai to become Na Wanlin’s disciple.

Na Wanlin looked at the cloaked man beside him, then at Lin Men and Dean Liu who stood in front of Lu Huai, and his eyes gradually narrowed.

“Student Lu, my subordinate was in the wrong just now. But if you’re willing to join my family, I can ask Anse to apologize to you.”

At this moment, when Lu Huai looked at Wan Lin, his eyes were filled with disgust.

Na Wanlin’s haughty expression made it seem as if the apology from the person beside him was a noble act of charity.

This made Lu Huai very uncomfortable. There was even a trace of anger that emerged in his eyes.

“Martial Emperor Na, there’s no need for that. I’m not willing to join your family.”

Lu Huai rejected Na Wanlin’s invitation on the spot.

Then, Lu Huai looked at Liu Changqing of the Heavenly Divine Academy and said, “Dean Liu, I want to study at the Heavenly Divine Academy.”

Dean Liu stroked his beard. His face looked extremely calm, but his heart was already blooming with joy.

He did not expect that he would be able to recruit Lu Huai directly.

This time, he had made a huge profit.

“Student Lu, our Heavenly Divine Academy gladly welcomes you. We will give you all the resources that we have promised you. The Heavenly Divine Academy will not go back on our word.”

Seeing this, the other representatives shook their heads in disappointment. Since Lu Huai had already made his decision, there was no need for them to stay any longer. One by one, they turned into streams of light and flew away.

However, the few people from the major families and forces at the entrance of Lu Huai’s house did not leave.

Lu Huai’s tone carried a trace of anger as he said, “Why have you not all left yet? I’ve already chosen my academy.”

Chen Kong said, “There is no conflict between academies and forces. Although Student Lu Huai has joined the Heavenly Divine Academy, you can still choose to join the forces belonging to the eight great families. Perhaps you can even consider our Chen family.”

However, the cloaked man’s attack on Big Black had made him lose all interest in the big families. He cupped his fists and said to the people of the big families.

“Apologies, Your Excellencies, but I have no intention of joining any of your forces right now.”

As he spoke, Lu Huai was about to close the door and leave.

At this time, a voice with an unfriendly tone came, “Student Lu Huai, I heard that you’re a genius with a gradeless talent. I’d like to see what you’re capable of.”

The one who spoke was the cloaked man beside Na Wanlin.

Since he had already offended Lu Huai, he might as well offend him to the end.

So what if he had a gradeless talent? There were so many talented people in this world, but how many of them managed to grow up fully?

There were countless geniuses who died halfway!

“Na Wanlin, you better properly watch over the people around you.”

Hearing Anse’s words, Dean Liu spoke out in dissatisfaction.

Lu Huai had already agreed to join the Heavenly Divine Academy. In the eyes of Dean Liu, he was already one of his own.

With his protective nature, he naturally had to speak up.

“What does it matter? It’s just some conflict between the younger generation. I’m also very interested in this legendary gradeless genius.”

Since he could not win Lu Huai over, Na Wanlin’s tone also changed, it had become much colder.

Lu Huai ignored Na Wanlin’s words and was about to enter his room with Big Black.

Seeing that Lu Huai had no intention of making a move, Na Wanlin signaled Anse with his eyes and said, “It seems that Lu Huai does not welcome us. Anse, let’s go.”

Anse was about to turn around and leave.

Big Black looked at Anse with vigilance. When Anse approached Lu Huai, it barked at Anse once again.

“Woof!”

Big Black’s howl seemed to have infuriated Anse.

He responded with a guttural sound.

“You lowly thing.”

Then, he turned into a black shadow and suddenly shot toward Big Black.

A loud “bang” was heard.

Big Black fell on the ground not far away, twitching and whimpering in pain.

“What are you doing?!”

Lu Huai’s eyes widened in anger. He activated the energy in his body without hesitation.

Steam rose from his body instantly, and he launced a punch at Anse.

Thump!

After hearing a loud thud, Anse felt a powerful impact, and his cloak was blown away.

He did not have any time to react at all. His body seemed to have been crashed into by a thousand-pound boulder, and his body slammed into Na Wanlin’s body.

The powerful impact forced Na Wanlin to take two steps back.

Anse’s face was revealed.

He had a human face and wolf ears, and his nose and mouth were covered in blood.

His skin had cracked!

“Anse!”

Na Wanlin’s expression suddenly changed.

From the moment when Anse attacked Big Black to the moment when Lu Huai launched a counter-attack, only a few seconds had passed.

Althought it had happened suddenly, he could still stop it with his strength.

But on one hand, Lin Men had been silently pressuring him from the sidelines.

On the other hand, he was also very curious about Lu Huai’s strength, so he allowed Anse to attack.

However, he did not expect Anse to be seriously injured by a single punch from Lu Huai.

Everyone was dumbfounded at the sight.

“What kind of martial skill did Lu Huai just use? He actually managed to severely injure this guy with a single punch.”

“The body of a half-human, half-demon is extremely strong. The defensive power of such a body is amazing. Even a full-force attack from a martial master of the same level might not be able to break his defense.”

“No wonder the gradeless talent is held in such high regard. This is indeed extremely astounding!”

“…”

Everyone looked at Lu Huai in shock as he went back to his room to help Big Black up. They kept making guesses as to what Lu Huai’s ability was in their minds.

“I can confirm that the skill he displayed is definitely an innate skill with super strong attack power.”

Liu Changqing thought to himself. Then, he stretched out his hand and touched the void as if he were stroking hair.

He could feel that the space in this area had become extremely unstable.

When he placed his hand on it, it caused the blood and qi in his hand to flow unsteadily.

Liu Changqing then continued to mumble to himself, “His attack seemed to have shaken the space in the area. His energy directly penetrated space to launch the attack. Any living creature in this space would feel their blood and qi flow become sluggish.”

Shaken the space?

When the others heard this, their eyes flashed with excitement.

Time and space, regardless of which one it was, were both extremely powerful.

To be able to control such a powerful martial skill after just awakening, only a genius with a gradeless talent could do such a thing.

“Lu Huai has just awakened not long ago, so logically speaking, he should not have mastered any martial skills yet. However, when he released his energy just now, I clearly felt the blood and qi in his body surging.”

“The gradeless talent is truly too domineering.”

As the crowd discussed, Dean Liu’s eyes flickered. He was overjoyed. It seemed like he had really found a treasure.