Chapter 37 - Accident in the Exam, Star-Plucking Fist!

“What?”

Xiong Ba’s brows furrowed. “Are you speaking the truth?”

Lan Yue and Mo Yue nodded in unison. After a moment of silence, Lan Yue spoke.

“Through the detector, we sensed a strange energy fluctuation in the central area of the plains.”

“It seems to be the gathering of some sort of power.”

“But for some reason, this power disappeared not long after.”

A look of contemplation surfaced on Xiong Ba’s face after hearing this.

Every time before the Heavenly Divine Academy sent the new students to take the entrance examination at the Horse Plains, they would first carefully check through the entire area.

It was only after confirming that there was no danger that the Heavenly Divine Academy would send a flying shuttle to send students over.

They had done the same procedure this time as well.

However, the teacher-in-charge who had come to survey the Horse Plains had not reported this sudden energy.

At this point, they could only hope that there were no casualties.

“Who was the person in charge of searching the area?”

“It was a teacher from the Psychic Master Academy, An Zhixian,” Lan Yue answered without hesitation.

“Go find him and ask him to clarify what exactly is going on here.”

“If any of the new students die because of his negligence, I’ll personally question him.”

Xiong Ba snorted coldly.

Mo Yue opened his mouth. His face flashed with hesitation, but then he still ultimately spoke out, “Vice dean, there’s one more thing.”

“Actually, we’ve already detected that four students have lost all signs of life.”

“If I’m not mistaken… They have already met with misfortune.”

“What?!”

Xiong Ba shouted. All of the muscles in his body bulged out and squirmed non-stop, going to show just how agitated he was by the news. “Why didn’t you say so earlier?!”

All of these new students were geniuses with A-level talents and above.

But now, four of them had died.

If the alliance were to catch news of this, they would definitely be blamed for this.

Although the Heavenly Divine Academy did not lack geniuses, each genius would be the main force of the alliance in the future in the fight against demonic beasts!

“You guys hurry and look for Teacher An. I’ll report this to the dean!

“Yes!”

…

In the dean’s office in Heavenly Divine Academy.

A knock sounded on Liu Changqing’s door and then the door was opened.

“Vice Dean Xiong, it’s already so late. What are you doing here?”

Liu Changqing invited Xiong Ba into his office and closed the book he was reading.

Xiong Ba did not hold back and sat down, his face clearly filled with anger.

He told Liu Changqing about the situation that Lan Yue and Mo Yue had reported to him.

After hearing what Xiong Ba had to say, Liu Changqing frowned.

“Is this true?”

“I’ve already asked them to ask Teacher An. I believe they will have an answer soon.”

“If we look for him now, we might not be able to find him,” Liu Changqing said indifferently.

“Why?” Xiong Ba asked in confusion.

“Vice Dean Xiong, you need to use your brain more. Don’t spend all your time cultivating.” Liu Changqing said.

“If Teacher An is really behind this, then he must have left the academy by now.”

“Even if he isn’t, can you really force him to speak?”

Xiong Ba had wanted to retort, but after thinking about it, he realized that Liu Changqing’s words were not without reason.

“Then what should we do now?”

Liu Changqing thought for a moment.

It would take time to send a teacher over.

If anything were to happen during this period of time, the academy would not be able to guarantee the safety of the students.

That was of course unless the students could solve the problem themselves.

However, they had just awakened and did not have the strength to do so, at least other than Lu Huai.

In this situation, he could only ask Lu Huai for help. But after this, he would have to give him an adequate reward.

“Lu Huai is also taking the entrance examination… If there really is an accident, then we can ask Lu Huai to help us take care of it.”

“Arrange for the other teachers to head to the Horse Plains to protect the students at once.”

Xiong Ba had not thought that Lu Huai would be there as well.

The tension in his heart suddenly lessened.

He had seen the video and knew that Lu Huai was very powerful.

With Lu Huai around, the student’s safety could at least be somewhat guaranteed.

Di! Di!

Xiong Ba took out his phone. After looking at the message he had received, his face instantly turned ugly.

“Dean, it’s just as you said. Teacher An had already applied to withdraw from the academy two months ago.”

“We can’t contact him at all.”

All of this was within Liu Changqing’s expectations, so he only nodded his head.

“Go and make the arrangements. I’ll contact Lu Huai.”

“Alright,” he replied.

…

Is this the so-called worship of the gods?

Lu Huai frowned as he looked at everything in front of him.

The way that the students died was extremely miserable, even demonic beasts would not have been so cruel.

To actually stab into someone’s heart and lungs, this action was no different from that of the ghost demon.

Sigh… I did not expect that any student, rather than dying at the hands of demonic beasts, would end up dying at the hands of fellow humans.

Lu Huai sighed.

Is this part of the examination?

This was Lu Huai’s speculation. After all, he could not think of any other reason other than this.

If that is really the case, then the Heavenly Divine Academy is too cruel.

He could not imagine that the seemingly kind Liu Changqing was actually such a cruel person.

Ring! Ring!

Lu Huai took out his phone. He was receiving a call from Lu Changqing.

Lu Huai frowned but still answered the call. Lu Changqing’s voice came from the phone.

“Dean Liu, is there anything I can help you with?”

Lu Huai’s tone of voice was faintly distant.

“Lu Huai, please protect the students. An accident has come up during the exam.”

Liu Changqing had originally not intended to tell Lu Huai the truth.

However, if he were to keep the truth from Lu Huai at this time, Lu Huai might not be able to understand his request.

“What’s wrong?”

“The academy has already detected the death of several students, and we have reason to believe that it was not the doing of demonic beasts.”

“The academy’s scouting teachers will arrive in a short while, but I will have to trouble you to take care of the others during this time.”

Liu Changqing’s tone carried a hint of pleading.

It seems that I misunderstood the dean.

Lu Huai asked, “What’s going on exactly?”

“Currently, the academy is not completely clear on what is going on either. However, I still have to trouble you to help us.”

“If you encounter any unexpected situations during this period of time, I have to trouble you to take care of it.”

“Alright,” he replied.

After saying that, he hung up.

In other words, those guys who claimed to be part of the Hidden Race were not arranged by the academy and were more likely to be natives of the Horse Plains instead.

All humans are currently living in the alliance’s District 14. How can someone live in a place where demonic beasts roamed free?

Lu Huai could not understand.

Moreover, the other party said that his body tempering art’s supplementary ability was the morning drum and evening bell. From this, they had judged him to be of the same race.

Everything was suspicious.

In the end, Lu Huai did not dwell on this matter.

It simply seemed that there were too many things that he could not touch on with his current strength.

It was better to quietly improve his strength first before concerning himself with such matters.

Lu Huai turned around to study the martial skill that the black-robed man had released.

His martial arts memories allowed him to understand the way his opponent used his martial skill.

As his blood and qi surged, Lu Huai stirred the stars in the sky.

The power of the stars in Lu Huai’s hands turned into specks of light.

After gathering this power, Lu Huai finally knew where the powerful shockwave earlier had come from.

It turned out that this light had a hidden explosive power.

A powerful explosion would be released upon contact.

Lu Huai struck the tree trunk beside him.

A loud bang resulted from the strike.

Moreover, a huge hole was punched in the tree trunk.

The tree that had lost a large portion of its support slowly fell to the ground, causing a loud thud.

“So strong…”

“Compared to the star-plucking fist, the earth-shattering fist was way too weak.”