Chapter 175: A Sheltered Flower Cannot Withstand Even the Lightest Storm

Fang Che strode forward in silence, but his aura did more than enough talking in his stead, and everyone ahead of him instinctively parted ways to let him through.

He was like an almighty ship sailing over the sea, parting the waves with unmatched flair and authority.

Even the top brass of Celestial Being Warrior Academy couldn't help but be stunned by his aura.

His aura was elevated further and further with each step that he took, and the girls that had been sitting beside him could only look on in awestruck amazement, completely won over by his display of radiant confidence and masculinity.

Bing Qianshan looked on with an intrigued smile as Fang Che's aura continued to build.

He already knew what Fang Che was planning. Both of them had already identified Xue Wanshi's main weakness, which was his lack of experience in true life and death battles.

Sheltered prodigies like him were most susceptible to the auras of others, and that was why Fang Che was elevating his aura to its peak.

By the time Fang Che stepped onto the platform, his aura had swelled to such an extent that it was as if the entire world were on his side.

"Boss!" Yu Zhongge called out in excitement behind him.

"Don't worry, I'm here now!" Fang Che said in a reassuring voice.

Tears instantly welled up in the eyes of Ding Jieran, Qiu Yunshang, Mo Ganyun, Yu Zhongge, and Jing Shuanggao, and they were instilled with an unparalleled sense of confidence and assurance.

Fang Che spread his arms wide, and his cloak flew off on its own like a graceful bird, drifting down toward Qiu Yunshang along with his sword, leaving only his saber still strapped to his waist.

With his cloak removed, his exquisitely athletic and proportionate figure was revealed. With him standing on the platform alongside Xue Wanshi, the female spectators in the stands weren't sure if they were witnessing a sparring match or a male beauty contest.

"The outcome has already been decided. Your Celestial Being Warrior Academy is the champion, and I have no intention of challenging that outcome," Fang Che declared. "I'm not here to beat you, either. I'm worried that I could break you if I'm not careful. Instead, I'm here to teach you a lesson!"

"Let's see you try!" Xue Wanshi roared with a furious expression as he drew his sword.

Fang Che drew his saber as he smiled and challenged, "Come!"

Xue Wanshi let loose another loud roar as he charged toward Fang Che with his sword held aloft.

Right as the two of them were about to clash, Fang Che stomped a foot down onto the ground while stepping forward with his other foot, dropping down into a lunging stance as he pointed the tip of his saber at Xue Wanshi's face.

His saber intent swept forward alongside the suffocating baleful qi that he had accrued from slaying thousands of demonic church Generals, instantly inundating Xue Wanshi in a devastating wave!

The entire platform shuddered under the weight of his stomp, and Xue Wanshi found himself completely overwhelmed by Fang Che's aura.

Immediately thereafter, he was entirely enveloped within Fang Che's frosty saber intent, making him feel as if he had been stripped bare and thrown into a glacial pit.

His consciousness wavered as his eyes widened in horror.

He could see the gates of hell swinging open right before his very eyes, and countless disfigured and deformed ghostly creatures came gushing out from within, surrounding him in a sea of blood and a mountain of bodies.

In the blink of an eye, it was as if he had crossed over to the other side, and his spirit was completely broken.

Fang Che stomped his foot down onto the platform once again, and the vast hordes of ghostly creatures heeded his call, pouncing on Xue Wanshi from all directions.

Xue Wanshi let loose a bloodcurdling scream of terror, no longer able to even feel the sword in his hand.

Right at this moment, Fang Che let loose a deafening roar, and with it came a palpable wave of killing intent.

Baleful qi had already engrained itself into the very fiber of his being from slaying so many demonic church Generals, and that wasn't even to mention the almighty baleful qi that once belonged to Sun Wutian residing in his body.

Xue Wanshi was a sheltered prodigy who had never fought in any battles of life and death, and to further compound his woes, Fang Che's cultivation base far exceeded his.

In this instant, he felt as if he were dangling on a precipice with a void of death down below.

His sword fell to the ground with a loud clang, and he fell to his knees as he screamed, "Spare me! Don't kill me! Please..."

All of a sudden, a torrent of blood and bile erupted out of his mouth, and his eyes rolled back into his head as he fell to the ground unconscious.

His face was twisted into an expression of extreme horror, and he was so terrified that he had involuntarily relieved himself.

All of the spectators in the venue were completely rooted to the spot.

From their perspective, all Fang Che had done was lunge forward before letting loose a loud roar, and Xue Wanshi immediately threw down his sword to beg for mercy, then fell unconscious, soiling his pants in the process.

What the hell just happened?!

Only the top-tier warriors present could see that Xue Wanshi's battle intent had been completely crushed by Fang Che's aura and saber intent, following which his will had been annihilated by Fang Che's baleful qi and killing intent.

His soul had been cast into a state of disarray, and judging from that mouthful of bile-infused blood, his gallbladder had been ruptured out of pure fear![1]

All of the top brass of Celestial Being Warrior Academy sprang to their feet in unison to stare at Fang Che in astonishment, and even Bing Qianshan was stunned into silence.

How does a kid his age have such potent baleful qi? How many people has he killed?

While it was true that Xue Wanshi was a very sheltered prodigy, he shouldn't have been made to appear so inept just by pure intimidation!

"A sheltered flower cannot withstand even the lightest storm," Fang Che sighed as he looked down on Xue Wanshi.

Those words were like a vicious slap to the face for all of the figureheads of Celestial Being Warrior Academy.

Fang Che picked up Xue Wanshi from the ground with one hand, and the foul stench of urine and faeces instantly began wafting through the air.

Mushy, yellow faecal matter was dripping down from his pants as Fang Che called out, "Where's the medical staff? Clean him up and administer some treatment. He's a champion, so he has to step on the podium soon!"

"Put him down!" someone yelled.

"Sure," Fang Che obliged, and Xue Wanshi fell headfirst into a puddle of his own filth.

An instructor from Celestial Being Warrior Academy flew onto the platform, then laid a hand onto Xue Wanshi's wrist to feel his pulse while doing his best not to gag at the foul stench in the air.

"You broke his cultivation foundation! You've ruined him!"

"Don't go casually throwing around such serious accusations," Fang Che said in a calm manner. "There are tens of thousands of witnesses here, all of whom can attest to the fact that I didn't even lay a finger on him. All I did was yell at him, and he ended up like this. I didn't know he was so fragile!"

He then turned to Jing Shuanggao as he reprimanded, "How did you lose to someone like him? You could've just yelled at him and been done with it!"

"I'm sorry, Boss," Jing Shuanggao apologized with a shameful expression.

Fang Che continued reprimanding Jing Shuanggao and the others for surrendering the championship title as he began making his way down from the platform.

"Hold on a second, you're not going anywhere!" the instructor yelled.

"Why?" Fang Che asked.

The dean of Celestial Being Warrior Academy had also arrived on the platform, and he asked in a grave voice, "What's going on?"

"Xue Wanshi is ruined!" the instructor said in a trembling voice. "His consciousness has been scattered by baleful qi, and his gallbladder has been ruptured from fear..."

"How could you do this? You've gone too far!" the dean snapped as he turned to Fang Che with an enraged expression.

Before Fang Che had a chance to reply, Bing Qianshan interjected in a displeased manner, "How come you're speaking up now, but you didn't say anything when your student was toying with his opponent on the platform? How did someone like you become the dean of Celestial Being Warrior Academy?

“All you do is focus on elevating the cultivation bases of your students without putting any emphasis on accumulating practical battle experience! The result is a frail and sheltered student who can't even handle a bit of baleful qi!"

The dean swayed unsteadily on his feet at these heavy accusations.

These scathing remarks from Bing Qianshan made in front of so many people was equivalent to an official statement dismissing him from the position of dean.

Even Xue Fuxiao wouldn't be able to save him now.

Bing Qianshan also felt as if he had been a little too harsh, but given his personality, he certainly wasn't going to retract his statement.

He turned to Fang Che as he asked, "How do you have so much baleful qi at such a young age?"

"I accrued this baleful qi from killing demonic church members," Fang Che replied with a respectful bow.

This was a truthful statement.

"I agree with Fang Che. A sheltered flower cannot withstand even the lightest of storms, and Xue Wanshi is a prime example of this. On the surface, he seems like the perfect prodigy, possessing cultivation base, battle techniques, and combat prowess in equal measure, but he's missing true experience on the battlefield, which is a crucial element to any young warrior's development.

“Someone like him can elevate their cultivation base all they want, but they'll still pee their pants as soon as they set foot on the battlefield. Is he meant to be sheltered from baleful qi for his entire life?"

1. A Google search tells me this is medically impossible, but it's a figure of speech that has since been adopted literally in many Chinese stories. The Chinese character for gallbladder also translates to guts/courage, so the figure of speech is that someone's guts/courage was broken from fear, and the literal adaptation of this is that someone's gallbladder was ruptured purely from fear. ☜