88: Chapter 88 The Domineering Senior Falls in Love with Me?

"Brain-dead idiot!"

Shen Xingchen said disdainfully.

"No matter what, the fact remains that Junior Sister Qin was injured!"

Muyun flew into a rage. With a flick of his wrist, he retrieved a trident from his storage ring.

Stomping his foot heavily on the ground, his body shot forward like an arrow. "Today, I'll definitely teach you a lesson you'll never forget!"

Shen Xingchen smiled indifferently, his eyes suddenly sharpening.

He closed his hand, and a beam of silver-white light extended out, unexpectedly condensing into a lightning spear.

This was the control over thunder granted by his minor mastery of the [Myriad Thunders Return to Void Guide]!

Bang—

Without any intention of backing down, Shen Xingchen's lightning spear clashed fiercely against the trident, bursting with blinding, cold light.

With that single strike, Shen Xingchen didn't retreat even half a step.

Muyun, on the other hand, felt as if he had slammed into a mountain, stumbling back over ten steps in succession.

His expression turned somewhat grim. "You've got some skill—no wonder you're so arrogant!"

His attack had been blocked.

Muyun sneered and rushed forward once more, his body speeding into an afterimage as the full aura of a Tier 4 Level 1 warrior erupted from him.

Shen Xingchen remained unhurried.

At his current level, he felt no pressure at all when facing a low-tier Tier 4 warrior.

The lightning spear in his hand erupted with brilliant silver light, its tyrannical thunder slamming violently against Muyun's trident.

Boom—

Thunderous light exploded.

The trident in Muyun's hand was actually shattered by the lightning spear Shen Xingchen had condensed!

Though it was only a Rank 3 weapon, it was enough to showcase the terrifying nature of Shen Xingchen's thunder power.

"Good, good, good!"

This time, Muyun finally treated Shen Xingchen as an expert on his level.

Just as he was about to act cautiously and launch another fierce strike—

Suddenly—

Shen Xingchen's body vanished. When he reappeared,

he had ghosted behind Muyun. "Not only are you stupid, but your strength is pathetically weak as well!"

The thunder-wrapped spear in Shen Xingchen's hand blurred back into energy, and the dense power of lightning completely coated his palm.

He then slammed a palm right onto Muyun's back!

Crack—

Lightning raged wildly.

Muyun's body couldn't react in time to dodge at all, trapped directly by the electrical charge.

"Arghhh—!"

Lightning swallowed Muyun's body, and he wailed in agony.

The blinding lightning lasted for half a minute before gradually subsiding.

When Muyun reappeared before everyone, he was charred black all over, hanging on by a thread.

A commotion broke out in the spectator stands.

There were many Tier 3 and Tier 4 experts among them who had clearly witnessed the fight.

Judging by his aura, Shen Xingchen was only at Tier 3 Level 6. Yet from start to finish, he had handled it with complete ease, despite being an entire major realm lower than Muyun!

Although crossing from Tier 3 to Tier 4 wasn't as exaggerated as going from Tier 4 to Tier 5, it was still a major realm difference!

"Is he really from our academy? How come I've never heard of him?"

"Yeah, with this kind of strength, no senior student from any batch should be this unknown!"

"Which teacher's student is he?"

"Is he really this low-key? I've been at this academy for three years and I've never heard of him!"

Some were shocked and bewildered.

"Is he... really that fierce?"

Zhao Lin's gaze showed a hint of confusion.

Although he had fought Shen Xingchen and knew he was formidable, he hadn't realized just how formidable he truly was.

Only now, seeing Shen Xingchen casually butcher a Tier 4 Level 1 warrior, did he clearly see the gap between them.

Only if Sister Qi takes action could she reliably beat him, right?

Sister Qi is a peak Tier 4 warrior. No matter how sky-defying Shen Xingchen is, it's impossible for him to fight across a whole major realm and twelve sub-levels, right?

"How could this be...?"

Qin Yueyan opened her mouth wide.

She had inquired thoroughly about Shen Xingchen, and he was virtually unknown at Shangjing University.

She had originally thought he was just an ordinary senior student, never expecting him to possess such combat power.

But... now that she had gotten into such a misunderstanding with him...

Could it be that her true love had finally arrived?

That's how it was written in "The Overbearing Dragon King Falls in Love with Me"...

The female lead smashed the male lead Dragon King's luxury car, but instead of getting angry, the Dragon King fell in love with the beautiful and innocent female lead...

To repay him, the female lead could only offer herself in marriage...

Wait, no!

Senior Shen Xing seemed to have mentioned he had a girlfriend.

In that case, could she still find a way into his heart?

The more she thought about it, the redder her face turned.

Qin Yueyan's heart fluttered uncontrollably like a panicked fawn.

...

On the arena stage.

"Cough, cough—"

Heavy, suppressed gasps echoed.

Muyun's aura had weakened to the absolute bottom, yet he stubbornly insisted, "Even if you're strong, you still can't..."

Before he could finish,

Shen Xingchen looked down at Muyun contemptuously. "If I wanted to just now, you'd already be dead. Give me back my thunder origin fruit, now!"

"I admit it, I can't beat you."

Forced by the overwhelming pressure, Muyun handed the thunder origin fruit over to Shen Xingchen.

Then, in a fit of helpless rage, he yelled, "But you injured Junior Sister Qin Yueyan so badly! Aren't you going to give an explanation?!"

"Still thinking about that?" Shen Xingchen said, a playful smirk touching the corner of his lips. "You care so much about her, but now that you're injured by me, does she care about you in the slightest?"

Has she ever cared about you!?

These words hit Muyun straight in the heart.

The anger on Muyun's face froze solid.

That's right...

Junior Sister Qin Yueyan was sitting in the spectator area; he had noticed her long ago.

Then she... did she ever care about me?

Uncontrollably, Muyun turned his eyes toward Qin Yueyan's direction.

And then, Muyun saw...

Qin Yueyan gazing toward the arena with a rosy, enamored blush on her face.

What is this?

Even though he failed to seek justice for her, did she still admire him?

Muyun felt a wave of warmth in his heart.

Shen Xingchen called out toward the spectator stands, "Qin Yueyan, shouldn't you give me an explanation for today's matter?"

Qin Yueyan was already fixated on Shen Xingchen.

At this moment, as if her heart had been set aflame, she said, "Don't you think this is just a beautiful misunderstanding?"

Here it comes! Here it comes!

Her story with the overbearing senior is about to begin!

"A beautiful misunderstanding?"

Shen Xingchen was dumbfounded for a moment. Only after snapping back to reality did he speak, "Either step onto the arena stage or get down on your knees and apologize!"

Qin Yueyan's expression was bashful yet playfully coy. "Why are you such an insensitive brute?"

The other onlookers were all stunned.

Why is Qin Yueyan acting like a coquettish young woman?

Muyun roared inwardly, yet he could only struggle powerlessly.

Junior Sister Qin must have been forced into this state under Shen Xingchen's tyrannical pressure!

Condensing a lightning spear in his hand, Shen Xingchen repeated, "Either come up and get blasted by lightning, or kneel!"

Qin Yueyan stamped her foot, complaining resentfully, "Then isn't offering myself in marriage good enough?"

"To hell with that!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the lightning spear in Shen Xingchen's hand shot out.

Swoosh—

The pale-white lightning, like restless spirits, suddenly erupted after accumulating to the extreme.

A sudden strike of terrifying thunder flared up.

The lightning spear slammed heavily onto Qin Yueyan's left arm.

Crack—

Tens of millions of tiny electrical arcs exploded across Qin Yueyan's body as the lightning annihilated everything in its wake.

"Psychopath!"

Shen Xingchen looked at her as if looking at a complete idiot.

In an instant, Qin Yueyan was scorched to a crisp.

Thanks to a warrior's physical fortitude, she managed to hang onto a breath of life.

The person sitting next to Qin Yueyan broke out in a cold sweat.

The martial arena fell into a terrifying silence at this moment.

After an unknown period of silence,

another young man stepped forward: "You really don't know how to show tenderness to a lady! What did Junior Sister Qin do wrong? Why must you hurt her?"

The moment this person appeared, the martial arena erupted once again.

"That's Wei Hao, rank 46 on the prodigy ranking, a Tier 5 Level 1 senior!"

"Heavens, even a top powerhouse from the academy's prodigy ranking has been alarmed!"

"Shen Xingchen is finished now!"

"Serves him right! Bullying cute Junior Sister Qin and throwing his weight around just because he's strong! Humph!"

"...",

Wei Hao roared loudly, "I will be your opponent!"