Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

From the sidelines, Cheng Yunsu looked at a female student and said softly, ”Let me borrow your Dragon Flame Academy uniform.”

The student understood at once. Trembling, she removed her robe. Cheng Yunsu threw it on, flashed forward, and cried out, ”I’ll sign!”

With that, she approached Lu Chao, took the Life and Death Contract, and signed her name.

Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu exchanged a look. Everything was understood without a word.

Had Lu Chao been standing there alone, perhaps no Dragon Flame Student would have dared to step forward. But with Cheng Yunsu charging out without hesitation, it was enough to stir the courage of the other students...

Sure enough, a voice rang out. ”I am willing... to fight for Dragon Flame Academy.”

A male Dragon Flame Student with a somewhat boyish face rushed out and signed his name.

The fists of the Dragon Flame students clenched tightly...

Just then, the male student who had lent out his robe also rushed forward, shouting, ”I... am willing to fight!”

Only after signing his name did he realize Lu Chao was wearing his Dragon Flame Academy Uniform. He then asked, ”Can someone lend me a uniform?”

WHOOSH WHOOSH...

Two more students rushed out, one of them holding out a uniform.

In the blink of an eye, there were six people.

Immediately, four more people rushed out. They were the four strongest students in Dragon Flame Academy; in a situation like this, they had no choice but to step up. Yet, despite being called the strongest, they were in truth not much more powerful than Cheng Yunsu.

And back in her day, Cheng Yunsu had only been in the weakest tier at the Great Wu Imperial Academy.

Finally, all the names were signed on the Life and Death Contract.

Yin Ye took the Life and Death Contract and looked at Zheng Liyuan. ”I will act as the witness. Is that acceptable?”

Zheng Liyuan shrugged. ”For Marquis Jilong to act as witness, of course there’s no problem...”

With that, he ignored Yin Ye, instead giving a light beckoning gesture to the ten Celestial King students.

After they stepped forward, Zheng Liyuan turned his gaze back to Sun Shijin...

”A pity. Ten vibrant young lives, about to die in battle for Dragon Flame Academy’s last gasp.” As he spoke, he pointed at Lu Chao and asked, ”Sun Shijin, this Postnatal Ninth Layer... just how long have you been hiding him?”

All eyes from Dragon Flame Academy turned in unison to Sun Shijin.

’No one recognizes this student. He must be Sun Shijin’s secretly-trained Closed-door Disciple, right?’

Sun Shijin’s expression remained complicated. He still didn’t know how to respond.

He hadn’t expected Lu Chao to step forward, much less inspire eight other Dragon Flame students to rush out with him. And in his heart, he was still superstitious—Lu Chao was the Life-taking Bone.

’The very one I already rejected.’

’He’d even been wondering before if Lu Chao’s Life-taking Bone had been the cause of this disaster.’

”Ah, forget it. I won’t provoke you any further. They’ll all be dead soon anyway.”

Seeing Sun Shijin’s silence, Zheng Liyuan assumed he was just worried and heartbroken, and shrugged nonchalantly.

Abruptly, Zheng Liyuan addressed his ten Celestial King students. ”One opponent each. You get one move. Fail, and you’ll face punishment when you get back.”

His order to the ten Celestial King Students was clear: they had to kill their opponents in a single strike to uphold the might of Celestial King Academy!

The ten Celestial King Students let out savage grins. ”Yes, Vice Dean Zheng.”

Zheng Liyuan, like Li Wumian, was a vice dean of Celestial King Academy. However, one specialized in combat, while the other specialized in medicine and poisons.

With that, the ten Celestial King Students strode menacingly toward Lu Chao and the other nine.

The young man in the lead sneered at Lu Chao. ”So, kid, you wanted to fight one against ten, huh? Fine. Go ahead, draw your sword. I’ll even give you the first shot. If you can kill me in one strike, I’ll just call it my bad luck.”

As he finished speaking, the man’s True Qi erupted from his body. He was a master of the Innate Fourth Layer.

Reaching the Innate Fourth Layer at his age was incredibly impressive.

Lu Chao gave him a casual glance. Then, True Qi erupted from his Life-taking Star-devouring Bone, channeled through the Bone of Myriad Stars and circulated throughout his body.

In that instant, Zheng Liyuan’s eyes lit up.

”Bone of Myriad Stars?”

”Hahaha... Sun Shijin, he really is your Closed-door Disciple.”

Sun Shijin himself possessed a Life-taking Bone, and naturally used a Bone of Myriad Stars to conceal its aura. Lu Chao’s eruption of power instantly cemented the connection between him and Sun Shijin in everyone’s minds.

But upon hearing this, Sun Shijin was suddenly alarmed. He whispered to Yin Ye, ”This is bad. He hasn’t adapted to it yet.”

Hearing this, Yin Ye’s expression also stiffened.

’That’s right. Sun Shijin had said Lu Chao needed ten days to adapt to the Bone of Myriad Stars. Right now, he either wouldn’t be able to use its power, or he might shatter it completely, exposing the aura of the Life-taking Bone.’

”This can’t happen. We have to stop this. If the aura of the Life-taking Bone is exposed, it’s all over,” Sun Shijin said, his voice low and urgent.

Right now, Lu Chao was representing Dragon Flame Academy...

If the aura of his Life-taking Bone were exposed in front of Celestial King Academy, there would truly be no saving Dragon Flame Academy.

But it was already too late...

Lu Chao had already drawn his sword. Without a word, he flashed toward the ten Celestial King Students.

The ten opponents were still laughing. The Innate Fourth Layer leader still held a posture that invited Lu Chao’s attack, leaving himself completely open for the sword. But at the very instant Lu Chao’s sword arrived... HUM!

His Protective True Qi erupted!

He then let out another sneer. ”You trash at the Postnatal Ninth Layer, think you can pierce my Protective True Qi? You’re a real joke.”

The nine behind him were also laughing!

But... THWIP!

Suddenly, Lu Chao’s sword, which had been stopped by the Protective True Qi, became incomparably sharp. It brutally tore through the Innate Fourth Layer’s defense, and then, with the speed of a thunderclap...

A single sword strike pierced through his heart!

The triumphant expression on the Innate Fourth Layer Celestial King Student’s face froze. Blood began to trickle from the corner of his mouth.

”You... you... you...”

He couldn’t finish his sentence before his last breath escaped him.

Lu Chao raised his head and finally replied coldly, ”I killed you with one strike. You really are unlucky.”

His voice rolled across the field. Then, Lu Chao pulled out his sword, sending a spray of blood into the air. His opponent collapsed to the ground with a heavy THUD, dead.

In that instant, the entire field fell deathly silent.

The mocking laughter from Celestial King Academy vanished. The sound of Dragon Flame Academy’s students grinding their teeth in suspense also disappeared.

Students from both Dragon Flame Academy and Celestial King Academy stared at Lu Chao in utter disbelief.

Sun Shijin, who had been about to call a stop to the match, could only stare blankly at Lu Chao. He frantically scanned Lu Chao’s entire body with his senses. Only after confirming that not a single trace of the Life-taking Bone’s aura had been exposed did he let out a long, slow breath of relief.

One breath. Two breaths...

Zheng Liyuan finally snapped out of it. The smugness on his face was gone, replaced by a twisted mask of fury.

Dead...

’A student had died under his leadership. An Innate Fourth Layer student, no less. Killed by Dragon Flame Academy.’

’How could he show his face now?’

”Kill him.”

Zheng Liyuan let out a thunderous roar. The nine remaining Celestial King Students seemed to snap out of a trance.

True Qi billowed from each of them—all were masters of the Innate Realm. They charged at Lu Chao as if they had gone mad.