The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 453 - 320: Security Officer

Chapter 453: Chapter 320: Security Officer

Wang Fan is dead.

His soul was completely incinerated by raging flames, and this sudden turn of events caught Li Yi somewhat off guard. He initially thought that Xu Wen Dao truly intended to allow Wang Fan’s soul to cross realms and leave, but it turned out to be an opportunity for murder and silencing. Moreover, his strike was decisive and ruthless, striking a fatal blow when his opponent was most relaxed.

Following the annihilation of Wang Fan’s soul, Xu Wen Dao ceased maintaining the Formation and chose to release Li Yi.

It wasn’t out of kindness, but because he was unable to maintain the Formation and attack Li Yi at the same time. Continuing the struggle would be meaningless, as the conflict had effectively ended with Wang Fan’s defeat.

With no Formation to trap him.

Li Yi appeared in the courtyard in front of the Cultivation house, he sensed something at this moment and abruptly turned to look behind him.

At this moment, Xu Wen Dao stood at the doorway, his face calm, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with him, including the death of Wang Fan, which hadn’t shaken his resolve; however, the way he looked at Li Yi was rather icy, showing intent to attack again but halting for some unknown reason.

"What a beast, even killing his own teammate," Li Yi said coldly.

"You are quite remarkable, among the newcomers your performance is indeed astounding. Wang Fan and I both practice dual techniques. His strength is not weak within Golden Academy; it’s unexpected that he would lose to you one-on-one. Although he was careless, you indeed defeated him squarely and fair."

Xu Wen Dao spoke with a calm tone: "That divine light I saw was extraordinary, extremely sharp. Although it’s no rare treasure, it’s still a terrifyingly powerful weapon. Mid-Grade Magic Artifacts seem fragile as paper before it, it’s incredible. Though most who enter Golden Academy have some cards up their sleeves, yours are particularly unique, including that old rolling pin... seemingly mundane, yet unscratchable by any Magic Artifact."

"What do you mean by all this?" Li Yi stared at him: "You want to make a move too?"

He was prepared for a counterattack.

"What I mean to say is, I now fully understand what cards you hold, but you know nothing of mine. If we were to fight, you would surely be killed by me, so if you’re willing to bring out your soul crossing now, we can proceed with the deal as originally planned, and I can also overlook the issue of you taking Wang Fan’s storage ring."

Xu Wen Dao slowly spoke: "If you still refuse, then I have no choice but to somehow kill you, as your potential truly worries me. If one day you break through to the Soul Realm and seek revenge on me, it would indeed be quite troublesome."

"At this point, what meaning does your words hold? If you want revenge, just bring it on. I still stand by my words, if you can’t kill me, I will definitely kill you," said Li Yi.

"It seems you really are impervious to reason."

Xu Wen Dao shook his head: "That being the case, I’m sorry then. I hope you will not regret at the moment of your death; but rest assured, today I will not lay hands on you, after all, there are some rules to abide by within Golden Academy."

Having said that.

He looked towards a distant direction.

At this moment.

A figure, like a streak of light, flew rapidly towards them, tearing through the sky as if splitting apart the heavens, raising powerful gusts along its path, and causing a powerful air current to blow as it neared.

The next moment.

The figure halted in mid-air, dressed in armor reminiscent of ancient times, arms crossed, looking down imposingly.

"Security Officer, Wu Zuo Hua," Xu Wen Dao slightly narrowed his eyes as he looked at the man.

"Was there a fight here just now?"

Wu Zuo Hua glanced at the two men, his eyes finally resting on the corpse of Wang Fan on the ground, his expression quickly darkening: "A Soul Realm student has died? Who did it?"

He spoke, his heterochromatic eyes fixating on Xu Wen Dao.

Although Li Yi was covered in blood, the only one truly capable of murder was Xu Wen Dao, also at the Soul Realm.

Xu Wen Dao steadied his nerves and said: "Wang Fan and Li Yi fought over a trade, he killed the man, but I also assisted somewhat. After all, seeing a high Soul Realm expert bullying a newcomer and even attempting murder, even as a friend, I couldn’t stand by, hence I had to help righteously."

"Is that so?" Wu Zuo Hua then looked towards Li Yi.

Li Yi responded calmly: "The deceased, Wang Fan, invited me here for a trade. These two were friends; one set up the Formation to trap me, while the other entered it attempting to steal my possessions and took the chance to kill. However, this person was incompetent, and Wang Fan was countered by me. As for this Xu Wen Dao, inherently evil, upon seeing his teammate’s soul attempting to escape, he didn’t hesitate to murder and pushed all blame onto a dead man."

"The course of events is roughly as such, they were smart to activate the Formation to block surveillance, no one knows what exactly happened."

At this moment, Wu Zuo Hua’s hefty figure slowly descended from mid-air, his steps firm, his expression cold as steel: "You both should know, fighting within Golden Academy is not allowed, let alone murder. Regardless of the reason, murder is a capital offense. If everyone were like you, tossing out a few words to clarify things, then what use is there for me as a Security Officer?"

At this point, his figure suddenly flickered and vanished from the spot.

Instantaneously.

Boom!

A thunderous sound, like a bolt from the blue, suddenly erupted.

Following that, Xu Wen Dao was instantly struck by an immensely terrifying brute force. He didn’t even have the chance to resist and immediately collapsed to the ground, his body directly indented into the mud. Blood and shattered bones splattered, followed by a pungent smell of blood spreading around.

With just one strike, Xu Wen Dao was already severely injured, a sight too dreadful to endure.

And this was only because Wu Zuo Hua had held back; if Wu Zuo Hua really wanted to kill him, Xu Wen Dao would have already been dead by now.

Li Yi shuddered at this scene.

"I gave him a lesson; though it won’t kill him, it’ll definitely not be easy on him. However, you... a newcomer who just entered the Golden Academy does not warrant my personal lesson. Take this corpse of Wang Fan with you, both of you follow me. Soon someone will judge your crimes."

Wu Zuo Hua gave Li Yi a glance and did not include him in the punishment.

Li Yi remained silent, he knew this matter would be troublesome, especially since a person had indeed died, and it would be difficult to explain to the Golden Academy. But at this point, he could only take one step at a time, so he didn’t say much and went straight to pick up Wang Fan’s mangled corpse.

With a casual wave of his hand, Wu Zuo Hua summoned a force that pulled the severely wounded Xu Wen Dao out of the mud. Xu Wen Dao was now coughing up blood profusely, appearing extremely weak and miserable. However, his eyes were calm, as if he had foreseen this scenario. But he knew that the Golden Academy required concrete evidence to handle a disciple’s case.

With insufficient evidence, he wouldn’t die.

"Let’s go."

Wu Zuo Hua, without further ado, controlled Li Yi with the same force and soon his body was pulled from the ground, soaring into the air.

Li Yi hadn’t expected that his first experience of flying would be in such a unique way.

"Xu Wen Dao, you really cause a lot of trouble," he couldn’t help but curse at that moment.

Although Xu Wen Dao was still bleeding, he remained composed and calm, considering his actions today as a gamble, betting that under the threat and temptation, Li Yi would surrender the crossing point... If all went well, then he would be able to secure two very important world resources.

At worst, it would be Wang Fan who had acted first, injuring and killing, and he would take the fall for that.

Unexpectedly, the situation had turned out like this; not only did the intimidation and temptation fail, but he hadn’t even managed to fight Li Yi, and even Wang Fan had been killed in retaliation. Now in the end, he was also implicated.

However, Xu Wen Dao understood that this was the smallest price he could pay now.

If Wang Fan was still alive, then he would have been truly ruined.

Now that Wang Fan was dead, there was still room for maneuver in many matters.

"He’s truly useless," Xu Wen Dao blamed everything on the deceased Wang Fan at that moment. If he hadn’t lost to Li Yi, then none of this would have happened.

Soon.

The law enforcement officer, Wu Zuo Hua, led them to a standalone building in the Golden Academy.

This was the Academy Court.

After all, cultivators are rebellious and unruly. It’s normal for them to have conflicts with each other, but if it escalates to a fatality, intervention is unavoidable. Otherwise, if order is disrupted, there would be no need for the Golden Academy to exist.

Strict regulations are therefore essential.

As the force retracted.

Li Yi and the heavily injured Xu Wen Dao instantly fell from mid-air.

Immediately, two intelligent robots came over and directly signaled them to follow.

"I’ll remind you, while here, you’re not allowed to run away or fight, or you will be immediately killed. You will soon be questioned and judged," Wu Zuo Hua warned, and then flew away again.

Clearly, his duty was to capture, not to judge.