25: Chapter 25 Hiring an Assassin

In place, Lin Ye stood quietly, watching her departing back, his fingertips gently rubbing together, the look in his eyes complex.

Perceptive, calm, intelligent, and possessing a sense of proportion.

This was the brand-new impression Xiao Qingwu left him with.

"An optional S-rank building?!"

"The prettier a woman is, the more she lies..."

He murmured softly, his tone carrying a trace of playfulness yet also a hint of caution.

"I just hope I haven't misjudged this time."

A moment later, Lin Ye withdrew his gaze, his expression returning to indifference as he raised his foot and slowly walked down the teaching building's stairs.

The city-wide mock league?

He calculated silently in his heart.

Since it couldn't be hidden, he would just go with the flow.

Coincidentally, he could use this league to see just what level the geniuses of this city were truly at.

And by the way, deliver a surprise to those people secretly watching him.

Straightening his chaotic thoughts, Lin Ye walked with a calm pace back to his class's classroom in the teaching building.

At this moment, the atmosphere inside the classroom remained oppressive and heavy. The storm of the divine core shattering and the principal's angry scolding had not yet completely dissipated. All the students' gazes landed, intentionally or not, on the doorway, secretly guessing at Lin Ye's fate.

When they saw Lin Ye return safe and sound with an indifferent expression, a flurry of fragmented gasps instantly echoed inside the classroom, everyone's heart filled with shock.

Shattering a peer student's divine core and causing such a huge disturbance, Lin Ye was actually completely unharmed, without even the slightest disciplinary action?

Before everyone could think much more, a hurried figure rushed quickly into the classroom, his face full of anxiety. It was none other than Wang Hu, who had deliberately rushed over.

As soon as Wang Hu entered, he went straight to Lin Ye's seat, looking him up and down, his tone full of genuine worry: "Brother Ye! I just heard that you made a move in class and directly shattered Lu Ren's Divine Kingdom? What on earth happened? Are you okay? Did the school punish you?"

Hearing rumors elsewhere just moments ago, he had been so frightened that his heart tightened, and he immediately called Wang Guo, terrified that Lin Ye would be heavily punished and have his future ruined because of this.

Amidst his worry, Wang Hu quickly added: "I've already called Dad. He already knows about the whole thing. No matter what problem arises, he will step in to cover for you and will never let you be wronged!"

Seeing his friend's nervous and anxious look, a trace of warmth flashed across the depths of Lin Ye's heart. He gently shook his head, his tone relaxed and indifferent: "Rest assured, it's fine!"

"The Deity Administration Bureau has already completed the verification. The entire process was Lu Ren actively invading; I belonged to self-defense, complying with the laws, and the school hasn't issued any punishment either."

Wang Hu's hanging heart instantly dropped, and he let out a long sigh of relief, patting his chest in lingering fear: "It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine! I knew you would never stir up trouble without reason; it's all those people bringing it on themselves!"

"Really, there's no need to worry too much; just go back and rest," Lin Ye waved his hand indifferently.

Wang Hu nodded, knowing Lin Ye acted steadily. Since he said everything was fine, he no longer disturbed him further, gave a couple of reminders to stay safe, and then turned around to leave the classroom with peace of mind.

At the same time, the empty seat at the back of the classroom was already completely empty.

After coming out of the principal's office, Ye Feng directly submitted a leave application to the school under the pretext of physical indisposition. Without staying a single moment longer, he angrily left the academy.

At this moment, inside the Ye family's single-family luxury villa, the atmosphere was oppressively suffocating.

Inside the luxurious and exquisite private room, accompanied by bursts of harsh shattering noises, precious blue-and-white porcelain ornaments, high-end holographic instruments, and exquisite bookshelf decorations all fell to the ground and shattered, leaving the floor in a mess.

Ye Feng's eyes were bloodshot, his breathing heavy, and his entire body was surrounded by extreme violence and madness, personally smashing and destroying every single object he could see in the room.

Since childhood, holding a high position, with an illustrious family background and outstanding talent, wherever he went he was treated like the stars surrounding the moon, and he had never suffered such humiliation.

Today, in front of all the teachers and students of the school, he was publicly reprimanded and warned by the principal, losing all face; his meticulously laid death trap was easily cracked by Lin Ye, Lu Ren was crippled, yet Lin Ye came out safe and sound, withdrawing completely unscathed, and even obtained Xiao Qingwu's public testimony.

This huge disparity completely shattered Ye Feng's pride and burned away his reason completely.

"Lin Ye!!"

He gnashed his teeth, every word dripping with blood, the killing intent in the depths of his eyes soaring to the heavens: "A mere F-minus waste god! How dare you repeatedly step on my head! I will definitely make you die!!"

The room door was gently pushed open, and an elderly butler dressed in a black formal suit with a steady temperament slowly walked in. Looking at the messy floor and the manic state of Ye Feng, his expression was helpless as he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Young Master, calm your anger, please take care of your health. It's just an ordinary student; there's no need to get angry over this and ruin your mindset, losing more than you gain."

"Ordinary student?" Ye Feng turned his head abruptly, his eyes ferocious and terrifying: "He has insulted me and harmed me time and time again, and today he even made me lose all face! I want him to die!"

He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white, and shouted sternly: "Go to the black market right now! Find the strongest manpower! No matter what price must be paid, no matter how many resources or credit points it costs, I want Lin Ye to completely disappear!"

The butler's expression changed, and he quickly dissuaded him: "Young Master, you must not! Privately hiring assassins to harm a Divine Lord student is a federal felony! Once exposed, the entire Ye family will be implicated, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"I don't care!" Ye Feng had completely lost control, unable to listen to any persuasion at all, roaring crazily: "My Ye family sits on hundreds of billions in resources and possesses monstrous power! As long as Lin Ye can be killed, whatever is wanted, I will give it! Even if it exhausts a portion of our family fortune, I will make sure he dies without a whole corpse!"

"Go! Go right now! Don't make me say it a second time!"

Looking at the Young Master's completely manic and impervious appearance, the butler's eyes were filled with helplessness and gravity.

Having followed the Ye family for many years, he knew Ye Feng's temperament well—proud and paranoid. Once he held a grudge against someone, he would never let it rest.

With all kinds of persuasion yielding no results, the butler could only sigh heavily and bow in compliance: "...This old servant understands, and will go arrange it right away."

Finished speaking, the butler turned and left with heavy steps, already planning to venture into the black market to secretly search for desperate outlaws.

Inside the classroom, the storms and undercurrents of the outside world were entirely isolated by Lin Ye.

He sat upright in his seat with an indifferent expression, caring nothing at all about Ye Feng's revenge or the outside world's discussions.

The counterattacks of ants can never affect the footsteps of the strong.

Compared to boring entanglements of grievances, he cared more about the battle power of his Divine Kingdom at this moment.

With his mind sinking into stillness, Lin Ye's consciousness instantly plunged into his own Miasma Wasteland.

After several modifications and evolutions, the current wasteland had long since shed its initial barren and dilapidated appearance.

Black and red miasma filled the heaven and earth, the miasma river flowed endlessly, spiritual herbs and spiritual trees grew everywhere, and all kinds of fierce beast thralls performed their respective duties, occupying their exclusive areas with robust and piercing auras.

Soul-Crying Crows soared across the vault of heaven, Rot-Blood Mosquitos lurked in dark places, Iron-Bone Black Turtles guarded the riverbanks, and Marrow-Eating Demon Hounds prowled the wasteland. Every type of thrall had undergone brutal bloodline purification, and their foundations far surpassed fierce beasts of the same tier.

Lin Ye's gaze swept across the entire Divine Kingdom, carefully perceiving the bloodline fluctuations and evolution progress of each type of thrall.

The high-tier evolution materials and bloodline purification resources exchanged from the military had already been fully in place with sufficient groundwork.

Now, all the thralls had solid foundations and condensed bloodlines, lacking only a sliver of opportunity to complete an all-around transformation once more and break through the shackles of their existing grades.