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Chapter 147 Now, let me explain!

An invincible item?
Ye Mingqiu's expression changed slightly, and his other hand subconsciously made a grasping motion. The blood spear in the storage space seemed ready to move, but it only came with a soft and tender touch.

He took Tang Ruobing's hand.

Suddenly, Ye Mingqiu came to his senses and realized that he had almost killed Lin Luofeng on the spur of the moment.

Invincibility-type survival items are very powerful and rare, but they are not truly invincible; rather, they have a damage absorption cap.

For example, the damage absorption limit of a Tier 1 invincible life-saving item is the normal limit of Tier 1. When faced with an attack of Tier 2 strength, the Tier 1 invincible life-saving item will be directly broken.

Coincidentally, Ye Mingqiu possesses a +5 Dark Gold Blood Spear with an attack power of 92-125 and a sharpness of up to +15. In addition, it has a bunch of top-tier passives, making its actual attack strength terrifyingly high. One hit from the spear might not even be enough to save him from a Tier 1 invincible life-saving item.

Even if nothing happens, he still has two trump cards: [Beast King True Form] and [Tyrant Form]. If he finds it troublesome, he can directly use the Eye of Death Perception of [Omargon's Eye] to instantly kill through the instant death judgment.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, a dark shadow appeared beside Ye Mingqiu in an instant, swinging its weapon at an extremely fast speed, aiming directly at Ye Mingqiu's arm.

His actions were extremely swift, but he showed no intention to kill; he simply came to save the students.

Before most of the students or teachers on the scene could react, his action was already complete. The sharp blade landed on Ye Mingqiu's arm, piercing the radiant shield cast by [Divine Power].

Got it!
The male student from the Assassin class smirked. According to various intelligence reports, Ye Mingqiu has a mental specialization and possesses an extremely large amount of spiritual energy. He also seems to have some kind of passive ability that can enhance his physical attributes, which makes his close combat ability equally formidable.

However, since he is a mental-type specialist, his reaction speed cannot be faster than that of an agility-type specialist, especially an assassin-type powerhouse like him who is level 8 and can launch a surprise attack from the shadows.

First, take an arm as the price.
"when!"

Soon, an unexpected, crisp impact sound rang out, followed by a shock that made his hand go numb. He felt as if he had just attacked not a human arm, but a piece of extremely hard, top-grade metal.

[Shield strength -31]

It didn't even break through the defenses!!

The assassin student's eyes widened instantly, an expression of disbelief on his face. He thought to himself: Something's wrong! My stats are clearly very high, I have many multipliers, and my weapon is a top-tier dagger, but why! Why can't I deal any damage?! What kind of monster is this guy?!

Phew~ Never mind, let's just leave.
Just as he was about to turn and escape, he found that the shadow of a terrifying giant hand had fallen on his face. The fear of death enveloped him, and at that moment, only two words remained in his mind.

"It's over!"

The next moment, a large hand grabbed his head and casually tossed it out like trash, knocking over a long table full of seafood.

Beside her, Ma Xiaowen, engrossed in eating, looked up blankly. She stared at the wrecked seafood feast table, mechanically chewing the food in her mouth, and suddenly felt terrible.

My seafood feast! Ahhh!

family! Who knows?
Ye Mingqiu looked at the assassin student he had casually tossed aside, feeling a slight sense of shock. He couldn't help but mutter to himself:

'Such a fast assassination!'
'Such powerful attack!'
'This guy is really dangerous!'
Actually, he didn't react to the assassination attempt immediately. He only reacted instinctively when the attack was about to land.

Overall, the assassin's skills were quite good. During the assassination, he did not show even the slightest bit of killing intent, and his actions were clean and swift, without any unnecessary movements.

Finally, the teachers from No. 1 Middle School came to their senses, and several of them stepped forward and shouted, "Stop! Release Lin Luofeng at once!"

"This is a welcome party for No. 1 Middle School. What are you trying to do by doing this to our students? Are you trying to provoke conflict between our two schools?"

Several powerful second-tier auras were revealed. The teachers, their faces ashen, pushed through the crowd and rushed forward, staring intently at Ye Mingqiu, who was choking Lin Luofeng.

Is it second-order?
Ye Mingqiu remained calm and showed no fear despite the fact that the other party was a second-tier being. He had even fought against gods of the same level, so how could he be afraid of someone of the second tier?

These people, if a Tier 1 [Hephaestus] came, he could kill them all in one move.

More importantly, Ye Mingqiu possesses the nine-star title [Lord of Light and Shadow]. The passive skill of [Lord of Light and Shadow], Divine Pressure, can reduce the attributes of non-legendary/overlord-level beings by 90%, and even if the opponent is of a higher rank, they will have some resistance to this effect.

However, the effect of divine pressure will never be less than a 60% reduction in all attributes and all resistances.

Is this the end?

Of course not, this is just the beginning!
After the Divine Pressure reduces all attributes and resistances, Ye Mingqiu could easily unleash another [War Roar], further reducing their attributes by 5%. With their resistances reduced by over 60%, they would likely not be able to withstand this effect, making their overall attributes even more pitiful.

Then, Ye Mingqiu also has another dark gold-grade accessory - the Crown of the Beast King. The Crown of the Beast King has a skill called [King's Majesty], which will reduce all of the enemy's attributes based on the overall strength of the enemy and himself. The greater the difference in strength, the more it will reduce the attributes.

At this moment, the enemy's second-tier powerhouses have already had more than 65% of all their attributes and more than 60% of their resistances reduced. Under these circumstances, when they encounter [King's Majesty], they will most likely not be able to withstand the judgment, so their attributes will be further reduced, and by quite a lot.

With triple attribute reduction, non-overlord/legendary level powerhouses might not even be able to retain 20% of all attributes, so how could they possibly defeat Ye Mingqiu?

In the world of psionicists, overlord-level powerhouses are like gods, beings that ordinary people can never challenge.

As for those who possess the [God] trait, they are even more impossible to fight. It's not just that they are a few levels higher than each other in the same rank, but even if they are a whole rank higher than those who possess the [God] trait, they cannot fight.

Otherwise, Shenwei alone could teach them a lesson!

This is the absolute difference between humans and gods!
Just as tensions were about to rise, an elderly man with gray hair and a stern face shouted again, "What are you doing? What do you want to do? Release them now, or I will report you to the Education Bureau and have your student status revoked!"

"Oh."

Ye Mingqiu's expression remained unchanged. He had never really valued his student status that much. In this era, the probability of becoming a strong person without going through a learning system was not low.

In the old days, for many ordinary families, education was the only chance to change their fate.

However, Ye Mingqiu wasn't in a hurry, but Tang Ruobing beside him was. If he lost his student status, how could they continue to study together in the training room? How could they continue to develop their relationship?

No!

Absolutely not!

Tang Ruobing's gaze turned icy, and a vast and powerful pressure descended instantly. The terrifying spiritual energy pressure, heavy as a mountain, spread out from her center like an extreme cold eruption, completely enveloping the entire banquet in a very short time, making the air thick and heavy.

At the same time, a deep blue light slowly emerged from her body. It was pure, liquid psionic energy, psionic energy that was extremely powerful.

"hiss"

Countless gasps of astonishment rang out. Students who were nearby, whether from No. 1 Middle School or No. 2 Middle School, felt as if a huge boulder was pressing down on their hearts. Their breathing became difficult, and the flow of spiritual energy within their bodies slowed down.

Some of the weaker ones were pale and weak in the knees, and had to lean on the surrounding tables, chairs, or classmates to stand.

However, they were not the main targets of Tang Ruobing's burst of spiritual energy pressure. The white-haired old man, who was the real focus of attention, felt as if his bones were about to fall apart.

He couldn't understand why he, a level 2, level 3 psionicist, was being crushed like this by a level 1, level 9 psionicist!
This guy is acting very strangely!

If I'm not mistaken, that girl probably already had over 1 units of spiritual energy at the first level, and the intensity of that spiritual energy was also quite high. It was as if she had been tempered by some powerful force, possessing strength far exceeding that of ordinary people, which is why she was able to unleash such a terrifying effect.

Nearly legendary strength?

Who was the bastard who wrote this intelligence?!

Even legendary-level characters aren't this strong!
"Whoo~"

The white-haired old man took a deep breath and said, "Tang Ruobing, we must be reasonable in our actions."

"Alright, then listen to my reasoning."

Tang Ruobing replied.

Her tone was cold and indifferent, without any deliberate targeting, only natural and matter-of-fact, as if this was just a normal thing for her. Under this powerful pressure, her words were so reasonable.

In the world of psionicists, reason is never as effective as force. In fact, the original psionicists were willing to reason, but as reasoning progressed, it turned into the complaints of the weak and even escalated into confrontation.

What's even more terrifying is that many vulnerable groups still dared to harass psychics. Some of these psychics, not wanting to cause trouble, simply paid a small amount of money and moved on.

Following this, more and more similar incidents occurred. However, staging an accident to extort money is a high-risk profession, and only successful cases are reported.

It can't be reported.
No need to say more
Later, as history has proven, most psionicists have come to realize a truth: when you can solve a problem with your fists, don't try to reason with the other party, because reasoning is often more troublesome and carries the risk of failure.

Problems that can be solved with fists are neither troublesome nor risky.

"Humph!"

Ye Mingqiu snorted and casually tossed Lin Luofeng aside like trash.

Upon seeing this, Tang Ruobing explained, "He was the one who came looking for trouble. He had drunk too much and said a lot of things he shouldn't have, so it's normal for him to get a beating."

"What did he do that deserves your attacks?" the white-haired old man asked, clenching his fist.

"He spread rumors to my face that Tang Ruobing was having an affair with someone else," Ye Mingqiu replied coldly, a pure killing intent surfacing on his indifferent face.

His killing intent was extremely pure, without any extra impurities. The pure killing intent mixed the atmosphere with a bloody wind, as if the air was filled with knives. Just breathing and moving would cause one to feel pain as if being cut by sharp blades.

'This guy's killing intent is formidable!'
The white-haired old man was sweating profusely. As a teacher at No. 1 Middle School, he knew Lin Luofeng well. Based on his usual style of doing things, he personally believed that Lin Luofeng would not do such a thing.

However, the problem now is that Tang Ruobing's oppressive and domineering nature is too strong, and if he dares to refute her, he will definitely be in trouble.

As a teacher, he wanted to seek justice for his student, but the other party's fist was too big. The psychic pressure alone was enough to give him a hard time, so he could only give up for now and wait until he collected evidence before dealing with the situation.

At this tense moment, a gentle and refined voice rang out:

"All right."

Unhurried footsteps sounded, and a refined-looking man in a dark gray uniform walked over from a distance, a gentle smile on his face.

He was Zheng Xuejun, an old acquaintance of Ye Mingqiu and the director of teaching at No. 2 Middle School.

Zheng Xuejun walked straight up to Ye Mingqiu and Tang Ruobing, positioning himself cleverly closer to them, while also glancing at the teachers of No. 1 Middle School, his identity and stance self-evident.

As the dean of students at No. 2 Middle School, and someone who knows Ye Mingqiu and Tang Ruobing, how could he possibly speak on behalf of outsiders?
He smiled and waved his hand gently, as if to say: Give me some face and tone down your arrogance for now.

Ye Mingqiu slowly withdrew his killing intent, and Tang Ruobing's spiritual energy pressure also dissipated. The terrifying pressure that had enveloped the banquet dissipated like a tide, and the air in the hall suddenly relaxed. Many students who had been struggling to breathe finally had a chance to catch their breath, as if they had escaped from the deep sea and were breathing heavily after surviving a catastrophe. Zheng Xuejun smiled and nodded, then looked at the teachers of No. 1 Middle School on the other side. His smile remained gentle and refined, and his voice was steady and natural as he said, "Dear teachers and students of No. 1 Middle School, we are very sorry for this unexpected incident at this welcome party, but it was not our intention either."

As he spoke, he glanced at the assassin students from No. 1 Middle School who had just struggled to their feet and at Lin Luofeng, whose invincible item light had just faded. His gaze seemed concerned, but he didn't linger on them for long, only giving them a symbolic look before leaving.

He looked at Ye Mingqiu again and said, "I can roughly understand Ye Mingqiu's emotions. After all, no one wants their girlfriend to be slandered in public or even have confidential information leaked. Such a despicable act would probably make it difficult for me to remain calm."

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The white-haired old man from No. 1 Middle School clenched his fists, his face quite grim.

By saying this, Zheng Xuejun essentially confirmed Lin Luofeng's actions in front of all the students, giving the matter an official definition.

So the white-haired old man said, "It's not a good idea to jump to conclusions so quickly."

Zheng Xuejun was still smiling. He said, "We have a video here, you can watch it."

The white-haired old man fell silent.

"Friends."

Zheng Xuejun changed the subject, his voice still as gentle and refined as ever, and said with a smile, "The purpose of this welcome party is to enhance the friendship between our two schools and let the students of No. 1 Middle School feel the warmth and sincerity of No. 2 Middle School."

His gaze swept over the teachers and students of No. 1 Middle School, and his voice suddenly rose an octave, carrying a strange penetrating power as he continued, "Don't let some spoilers ruin the harmony and good mood we should have, okay?"

On the surface, Zheng Xuejun was trying to mediate the fight, to consider the overall situation, and to appease his classmates, but in reality, his stance was completely skewed.

But it was this kind of teacher, this kind of dean of students, who made Ye Mingqiu, a student of No. 2 Middle School, feel a strange sense of belonging. He felt that having such a teacher was not bad.

"Clap!"

Zheng Xuejun clapped his hands twice and said, "Banquet staff, please work hard to rearrange the affected areas. I will reimburse you for the food and equipment costs."

Then, he patted Ye Mingqiu on the back and said with a smile, "You've broken so many delicious foods, so you have to contribute something good. Just bring out whatever good stuff you have."

"it is good."

ten minutes later
Ye Mingqiu took out four or five tables full of food from his storage space. Some of them were hot dishes, and some were snacks. The types were varied and there was all sorts of food. Even the head of the teaching department, Zheng Xuejun, was dumbfounded.

He looked at Ye Mingqiu with suspicion and asked, "You actually kept so many kinds of food in your storage space. Are you too fond of eating, or are you just too cautious?"

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Ye Mingqiu remained silent. He was too embarrassed to say that it wasn't because he loved to eat or was cautious, but simply because he was incredibly unlucky. All sorts of delicious food had been bursting out of his storage space.

Ugh!
Then he saw Tang Ruobing silently setting out food on another table. All sorts of food filled the table, a dazzling array of tempting dishes.

Sensing the gaze, Tang Ruobing slowly turned her head and looked at Ye Mingqiu. A hint of grievance and resentment seemed to flash in her eyes.

Ye Mingqiu quickly stepped forward and asked, "Could it be that you also..."

"Ah."

Tang Ruobing nodded and said, "I suspect that opening too many treasure chests will affect your luck. The more you open, the greater the impact. This should be a kind of spiritual balance mechanism."

"I don't think it's my problem."

"I think so."

Ye Mingqiu felt very touched, and then casually asked, "Oh by the way, how strong is the strongest person in Lin Luofeng's family? Is the principal of No. 1 Middle School strong?"

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Tang Ruobing didn't answer. Logically speaking, this guy shouldn't have asked any unnecessary questions. Since he asked this "just in time," he was probably already prepared.

She paused briefly, then sighed, patted Ye Mingqiu on the shoulder, and said, "Think about these things after you reach level 2."

"Oh."

Ye Mingqiu lowered his brows and didn't say anything more, but after a while he raised his head again and asked, "If I use that characteristic, is there a chance?"

"I think you're being a bit extreme."

Tang Ruobing couldn't help but say.

"No, I just lack a sense of security."

Ye Mingqiu gave an innocent look.

Beside him, Feng Xinglie shook his fruit tea cup in his small circle and said, "Just you wait and see, that guy Lin Luofeng is definitely going to be in trouble."

"Oh? How to say it."

The Earth Knight was very interested, so he moved closer to Feng Xinglie, meaning that he could speak more intimately. Of course, this kind of thing was not good to say in public, but it should be fine to talk about it privately with one's own people, as long as no one spread it.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Xinglie looked around, approached the Earth Knight, and said, "Let me tell you, Ye Mingqiu is a vengeful guy, and his strength is ridiculously high."

"oh oh."

"Did you know? He was attacked by the Blood God Cult before, and then the Blood God Cult was wiped out that same day, leaving no survivors."

"Holy crap! Is it that ruthless?"

"of course."

Feng Xinglie sighed, a complicated expression on his face, and continued, "You know what? When I was fighting Tang Ruobing one-on-one before, I casually said, 'Is it worth it for him to challenge me in advance?' Just that one sentence, and he's held a grudge against me ever since. He even punched me before, knocking away half of my blood and almost killing me."

"Hiss, that guy does hold a grudge."

On the other side, Ma Xiaowen was still eating, unaware that the teacher leading the team from No. 1 Middle School had come to her side. The white-haired old man coughed twice, signaling Ma Xiaowen to stop eating.

But she didn't notice, still engrossed in the pleasure of digesting the food.

"Cough cough!"

The white-haired old man coughed twice forcefully.

"Ok?"

Ma Xiaowen finally realized something was wrong, turned around to look behind her, and found her teacher looking at her seriously. She asked softly, "Weren't you chatting with Ye Mingqiu earlier? Do you know anything about what happened just now?"

"There's something I feel is that Lin Luofeng seems to like Tang Ruobing, so he wanted me to separate them and talk to Tang Ruobing alone. But I failed, so he went by himself, and that's how it happened." Ma Xiaowen said with an innocent expression and a helpless shrug.

"so."

The white-haired old man roughly understood the situation.

"Oh, by the way, I saw that he seemed to have had a few drinks before he went there, he might have been a little tipsy," Ma Xiaowen added.

"Ah."

Not long after, Zheng Xuejun found Ye Mingqiu and Tang Ruobing with a smile. In a corner of the corridor, he dropped his nonchalant facade and asked worriedly, "Hey, you guys didn't mess things up for me, did you? I didn't check the security footage. If something really happened, I'll be in big trouble."

"It's alright, he started this trouble first. He not only spread rumors but also revealed Tang Ruobing's secrets."

Ye Mingqiu answered with a smile.

"He really said it?"

Zheng Xuejun was somewhat surprised. As the dean of studies at No. 2 Middle School, it would be a dereliction of duty for him not to understand the students of No. 1 Middle School. It was precisely because he understood them that he felt it was unlikely that they would say such a thing.

However, compared to his understanding of students from other colleges, he still felt that it was more important to side with his own students.

Although all the information and evidence pointed to Ye Mingqiu being replaced by someone from a hidden family, he clearly felt that this guy hadn't changed; he was still the original Ye Mingqiu, only much stronger.

As the dean of students, he might not know the students with average grades, but he did know a bit about Ye Mingqiu, who had the worst grades and wanted to transfer to the warrior department. So he roughly knew about Ye Mingqiu's situation.

It is precisely because he knows this that he still believes Ye Mingqiu is the original him, only now he has received massive resources.

Coincidentally, there were indeed reports of reclusive families appearing recently, possibly bringing resources.

"That's good, then I'll feel relieved."

Zheng Xuejun breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, your strength has improved considerably, hasn't it?"

"Ah."

"That's good. It's time for you to know the real benefits of our academy. Don't tell anyone. It's not good to talk about this kind of thing. You should understand, right?"

"clear."

"After the banquet tonight, you and Tang Ruobing should invite Feng Xinglie to my office. I'll explain everything in detail then," Zheng Xuejun said with a smile.

"Is this a great benefit?"

Ye Mingqiu asked curiously.

"Of course, this is a special benefit designed to help you advance to the second tier. It allows you to gain a lot of experience points in a short time, which is great."

As he spoke, Zheng Xuejun paused, looked at the two of them with utmost seriousness, and continued, "Don't rush to level up. I'm letting you reach level 10 ahead of time so that you can explore the Spirit Realm with higher [physical potential] and greater strength, thereby gaining more benefits, not so that you can level up directly."

"Although you can upgrade directly, the threshold of breaking through from the first tier to the second tier is very important. It is the first hurdle in a psionicist's life. Whether you can lay a solid foundation at this time will determine whether you can reach higher levels in the future. Do you understand?"

"Ah."

Ye Mingqiu nodded slowly. He was currently at level 3, and receiving this benefit in advance should allow him to gain a lot of experience, right?
P.S.: Kids, I was swayed by the free gift from a food delivery service. It was produced on July 3, 2024, with a shelf life of 270 days. After eating it, I felt a little unwell, and upon closer inspection, I realized it was expired.
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