"Zhou Yi, I heard... your class's Huo Yuhao has already been expelled? If that's the case, then this bet is void. How can a student who has already been expelled offer an apology?"
Liu Lan's eyes darted around, deliberately rubbing salt into Zhou Yi's wound.
She knew that Zhou Yi always valued that freshman named Huo Yuhao greatly. After Huo Yuhao was expelled, Zhou Yi's mood clearly became extremely poor, and the students in Class One had also been complaining recently.
Bringing up Huo Yuhao now was purely to disrupt Zhou Yi's mindset.
This is what is called 'all's fair in war'!
Liu Lan didn't feel that engaging in such petty tactics while being a Spirit Saint facing a Spirit Emperor was shameful at all. After all, before the bet was made, they had already agreed that this soul duel would not restrict any means of combat.
Therefore, a psychological offensive was naturally one of those means.
Coupled with Zhou Yi's personality and her previously arrogant demeanor, Liu Lan saw no reason why what she was doing was wrong.
Just as Liu Lan predicted, Zhou Yi's already gloomy expression turned even uglier.
Before Zhou Yi could even speak, Liu Lan let out a light laugh and glanced at her with a provocative look: "How about... you, as his teacher, apologize on his behalf?"
"You!"
Zhou Yi instantly exploded with anger, her chest rising and falling continuously, her eyes seeming ready to spit fire.
To make her apologize to a First Year student?
This was simply a blatant humiliation against her! This damned Liu Lan had such vicious intentions!
If she agreed, it would be fine if she won, but if she lost the soul duel, she would lose all her authority and face, and even her own students would no longer respect her in the future!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi actually felt a hint of resentment towards Huo Yuhao.
If Huo Yuhao hadn't caused trouble, she wouldn't have run into this kind of problem.
As long as she didn't give Liu Lan any leverage, even if Liu Lan had already achieved the Spirit Saint Rank, she absolutely couldn't do anything to her!
No matter what, her husband was one of Shrek Academy's few Eighth-Rank Soul Engineers.
Now, Huo Yuhao had been expelled by the academy, patted his butt, and left, leaving her stuck in the crossfire.
Zhou Yi felt like she had no way out—whether she agreed to Liu Lan's condition or not, it was problematic.
After all, she truly could not bring Huo Yuhao back to make him apologize to Dai Huabin.
After pondering repeatedly, Zhou Yi took a deep breath and pretended to be indifferent: "This condition is too unequal. Moreover, Huo Yuhao being expelled by the academy is already considered punishment. Even as his teacher, there is no possibility of me apologizing on his behalf. You... pick another condition."
"Change the condition?"
Liu Lan smiled playfully, but to Zhou Yi's surprise, Liu Lan actually agreed, and agreed very readily: "Fine, your student Huo Yuhao has already received the academy's punishment, so this matter can pass. But... the bet between us must be completely changed."
Hearing this, Zhou Yi frowned.
She had a feeling she had fallen into a trap.
Perhaps... Liu Lan's goal from the very beginning wasn't to make her bow her head and apologize, but this brand new bet?
Zhou Yi looked at Liu Lan warily and didn't agree immediately: "How... do you want to change it?"
"The new bet is very simple. Whoever wins resigns, how about that?"
Liu Lan looked down at Zhou Yi dismissively, as if certain she wouldn't agree, a look of mockery appearing on her face: "If you don't even dare to do this, then just admit frankly that you're a coward and get off the stage."
Whoever loses, whoever resigns?
Playing that big?
On the spectator stand, Ao Yao's eyes brightened slightly, and he couldn't help but glance at the head teacher of Class Three.
This person never appeared in the original work, yet she was actually this bold... daring to confront Zhou Yi, who had Fan Yu backing her?
Wouldn't Teacher Mu Jin be thrilled?
Ao Yao's gaze shifted slightly towards Mu Jin.
Mu Jin was sitting not far from him and Xiao Xiao. Ao Yao could clearly see the joy on Teacher Mu Jin's face and the slight upward curve of her lips.
Mu Jin was indeed feeling a surge of elation.
Her relationship with Zhou Yi had always been irreconcilable, but Mu Jin had never been able to do much about Zhou Yi. Although her Spirit Power Level was not inferior to Zhou Yi's, because Zhou Yi possessed a top-tier Beast Spirit of the attack system, Mu Jin could never gain an advantage.
Liu Lan doing this now was completely venting her frustration for her!
That Zhou Yi fellow should have been kicked out of Shrek Academy long ago!
Sensing the strange looks from the spectators, even behind her facade, Zhou Yi couldn't help but reveal a hint of shame and anger, her voice becoming several degrees colder: "You think you have me cornered? Fine! Since you insist, then it's settled! Whoever loses will voluntarily resign and get out of Shrek Academy!"
Hearing this, Liu Lan nodded with a half-smile: "It's a deal. But don't rely on your man's connections to refuse to leave Shrek Academy when the time comes."
Zhou Yi instantly calmed down, a sneer appearing on her face: "In the end, you and Mu Jin are cut from the same cloth. It's nothing more than jealousy that I ended up with him. So what if I leave Shrek Academy? You are both losers!"
As the words fell, Zhou Yi no longer looked at Liu Lan's slightly stunned face and directly released her Spirit.
Two Yellow, two Purple, and two Black—six spirit rings immediately appeared behind her, and the air instantly became scorching hot.
Seeing Zhou Yi release her Spirit first, Liu Lan said no more and released her Spirit as well.
In an instant, countless fine, hair-like vine threads floated and circled around Liu Lan. The surface of the vine threads was covered with dense, silver-gray Spirit patterns. The main vine was bluish-green, its texture as deep as ancient wood, and dozens of side vines as thick as forearms grew intertwined around it. The side vines were covered with sharp, ink-colored barbs.
Two Yellow, two Purple, and three Black—seven spirit rings quietly appeared as well.
Seeing the seven spirit rings behind Liu Lan, Zhou Yi's face stiffened slightly, and her pupils involuntarily contracted sharply.
This Liu Lan wasn't faking it; she had truly broken through to the seven-ringed Spirit Saint Rank!
Damn it...
As teachers in Shrek Academy's Outer Court, the gap between them wasn't large. She absolutely couldn't possibly defeat Liu Lan with the cultivation of a six-ringed Spirit Emperor.
Now, she could only pin her hopes on the few spirit tools she brought from home being able to play a crucial role.
These spirit tools were found only after Zhou Yi searched through Fan Yu's spirit tool laboratory.
Whether they could create a miracle... Zhou Yi had no certainty in her heart.
Never mind, she could only try her best with what she had!