Chapter 849: I Suspect He Did It on Purpose
But at this moment, over at the Holy Knight Academy group, a commotion had broken out!
This time, aside from Nico serving as the accompanying Dao Heaven to keep things in order,
the Holy Knight Academy had also sent five students!
Among them were familiar faces like Incubation Chick Shirley and Black Steel Danny!
The leading instructor was a ruggedly handsome man with a slicked-back blond pompadour, wearing a suit—a stylish and roguish sort of burly man!
His face was tough and handsome, exuding a natural air of defiance, with a full beard and a spiderweb tattoo on his neck!
His rank was a solid Starlight Two!
His name was Tom Max, international codename Tom Cat!
As the saying goes, "handsome with a touch of rogue" probably described someone like Tom!
But the chaos came from Danny!
He was pulling on the bus door, refusing to get off, his face full of terror!
(☍Д⁰) "I told you, I can't do it! I absolutely can't beat Jiangnan! You guys insisted I come!"
"Back on the seventh layer, he shoved my head into the ground with just one move!"
"There's no chance against Jiangnan! The first thing you need to think about is how to stay alive!"
Tom scowled: "Stop whining and crying like a damn baby over there! How embarrassing is that? The reporters are recording everything!"
The press corps from both sides had already hoisted their cameras and started filming!
Right now, they were zooming in on Danny!
Danny shook his head like a rattle drum!
(٥･᷄﹏･᷅) "Teacher Tom, can you just send someone else? I'm shaking!"
"The Abyss wasn't even Jiangnan's turf, and he was already that arrogant! But here, this is his home ground! I'm... I'm scared~"
At this moment, Shirley and the other students all looked speechless!
Ever since they learned that Jiangnan had taken the core and successfully broken out of the Dao Heaven battlefield—where seven or eight Dao Heavens were fighting—and returned safely to the country,
Danny had turned into this pathetic mess!
The doctor had checked him out and said it was post-traumatic stress disorder!
He was mostly normal, but the moment he thought of Jiangnan, his heart couldn't stop trembling with fear!
Tom gritted his teeth: "Can't you show some backbone? Nobody asked you to fight Jiangnan! Just deal with the other students from their side, alright?"
If it weren't for Danny being one of the stronger students in the academy, Tom wouldn't have wanted him to come and shame them all!
Even Shirley shuddered at the thought of Jiangnan, but this time, she wasn't here for him!
That woman—she had to defeat her!
Just then, from behind Danny, a young man with messy brown hair, slightly curly like wool, slowly stepped out of the bus!
He wasn't tall—only about 1.67 meters—thin and frail-looking, as if a gust of wind might knock him over!
He wore thick glass-rimmed glasses, and under his arm was a giant, thick book!
"Relax, Little Danny. I'll handle Jiangnan," he said, raising his middle finger and lightly pushing up his glasses!
At that moment, Shirley and the others' eyes lit up!
Data Emperor Sean!
The greatest brain—there was no match he couldn't win!
He was the trump card the Holy Knight Academy had specially brought for this academic exchange!
Even Danny calmed down a bit and finally agreed to get off the bus!
Charles watched this scene and sneered: "With that cowardly attitude, you're here for an academic exchange? You'd better pack up and go back to your homeland!"
"Stop humiliating yourselves here!"
Danny glared: "Say that again, you bastard! I'll tear you apart!"
"You have no idea how terrifying Jiangnan is! Ignorant!"
He was scared of Jiangnan, but not of anyone else!
Charles was taken aback by Danny's sudden burst of toughness!
He was about to retort, but Martin grabbed his shoulder: "Save that energy for the Pioneers Academy. Don't forget why we're here!"
Charles finally quieted down, and the group began walking toward the Pioneers Academy!
The third bus was the domestic media's live broadcast vehicle!
Hu Zhou carried the camera, and Hu Shuo held the microphone!
They led a group of domestic media reporters following Martin and the others inside!
As they walked, they kept up their passionate commentary!
(｡･᷅ㅂ･᷄) "Everyone saw that, right?"
"Looks like Nan Shen left quite the shadow on both academies back in the Abyss! Awesome!"
"Now, let's follow the camera and unveil the mysterious veil of the Pioneers Nursing Home!"
"Let's see the true face of China's top elite academy!"
At this moment, the live stream was absolutely packed!
"Pfft hahaha! That was hilarious! Danny is such a joke!"
"I just want to know what Nan Shen did to them in the Abyss!"
"Don't get too optimistic, guys. They're no pushovers either. That Data Emperor Sean is said to be the most prized disciple of the Whisperer Lance! He became famous internationally even before Nan Shen!"
"Bear to bear! Where's Nan Shen? I want to see Nan Shen!"
Just as they were talking, everyone froze!
Wait?
Wasn't that person squatting by the roadside Nan Shen? Why was his face all black and his hair totally exploded?
Had he just come back from stoking a boiler?
What was he squatting there for?
The camera zoomed in!
Jiangnan was holding a small stick, watching ants play...
Occasionally using the stick to block the ants' path!
(⸝⸝•̀ꇴ•́)⋋·.`.`.鹅盒～
Looking totally amused!
Hu Shuo: (≖_≖)...
Martin: (￢_￢)
Nico: (′～‵〞)?
Everyone was frozen!
This was the world's strongest Platinum?
Bullshit! This kid must be 21 already, right?
And he's still poking ants for fun?
The live stream chat was filled with "..."
Charles now looked at Danny!
☚(๐･᷄ᗜ･᷅) "Ha~ This guy scared you that much? How pathetic are you?"
Danny swallowed hard, hiding behind Teacher Tom, not daring to look at Jiangnan!
To be fair, it wasn't Jiangnan's fault he was bored enough to poke ants!
He had just drunk a bottle of Nuclear Milk, but the sneeze hadn't come out yet!
He didn't dare casually wander back to the academy; otherwise, if he sneezed and knocked down a building or something, the dean would probably make him pay in gold bricks again!
Charles strode confidently toward Jiangnan!
He reached out and patted Jiangnan on the shoulder!
"Hey, are you..."
Jiangnan turned around, eyebrows slightly furrowed!
(｡･᷄◠･᷅) Hmm?
But the moment he saw Charles's face, Jiangnan immediately felt it coming—his nose tickled!
(°¯᷄口¯᷅) Ah—
Achoo! Σ(｡°˃᷄3˂᷅)⁼³₌₃⁼³₌₃ዽ Ah!
Violent flames burst out from Jiangnan's sneeze, making a loud "BOOM!"
The huge recoil sent Jiangnan stumbling backward onto the ground!
And Charles, caught completely off guard, took the full blast!
With no defense, his body shot like a cannonball into the small forest, snapping three or four big trees before flying who knows how far!
[From Charles: Resentment +1000!]
Martin: ∑(°口°๑)
Nico: (´ﾟωﾟ)?
Hu Shuo: (*ﾟﾛﾟ)!! Oh ho ho!
The entire scene fell into dead silence, as if someone had hit the pause button!
Jiangnan sat on the ground, rubbing his nose!
(ૢ⁼̴ก⁼̴) "Sorry, I've got a cold lately. Just sneezed. Don't mind me!"
"Was there someone here just now? Huh... where are they?"
At this moment, Shirley and Aivy were going crazy!
Still asking where?
You just blew him away!
That was our seeded player!
You call that a sneeze? Are you sure it's not some kind of spiritual skill?
Danny pointed at Jiangnan in terror!
☚(||･᷄口･᷅) "See? I told you!"
The live stream chat exploded!
"The old man's gone! Hahaha, what the hell is this? Charles never dreamed he'd get blown away by a sneeze!"
"Tsk... Do these gods get colds that are this terrifying?"
"Shocking! The seeded player from some foreign academy couldn't even withstand one sneeze from Nan Shen!"
"This Nan Shen is full of tricks! Even his sneezes are flashy! I suspect he did it on purpose!"
Just then, a roar came from the woods!
Charles, covered in black soot, hair slicked back, blood at the corner of his mouth, looking completely disheveled, floated into the air and charged at Jiangnan!
"Jiangnan! I'll just—"
Σ(⁎˃3˂)₎₎=͟͟₎₎=͟͟(•̀益•́◟)
"Achoo~"
Another blast like a battleship firing its cannons!
Jiangnan, calm and composed, couldn't control himself!
He sprayed Charles again!
The guy flew back just as far as he had come!
[From Charles: Resentment +1000!]
Jiangnan: (⇀ก↼‶) "Ah~ My nose feels terrible~"
As he spoke, he spotted Martin, Nico, and the others, and his eyes lit up!
He stepped forward and firmly shook Martin's hand, looking excited!
(๑¥ꇴ¥) "Are you here for the academic exchange? I've been waiting for you guys forever!"
"Oh wow! So many familiar faces! Hey, didn't I already beat all of you?"
"Traveling all this way just to get beaten by me again? What's the point?"
"Don't you have any trump cards or seeded players?"
Danny: (ﾉ)ಥ﹏ಥ)
Shirley: (▀Ĺ̯▀٥)
Aivy: ୧(｡˃̵﹏˂̵｡)୨
"The seeded player just got blown away by your sneeze... twice."
At that moment, the other visiting students' eyes were red, stomping their feet and grinding their teeth in anger!
[From...]
There was no one more arrogant than him!
Those two sneezes were absolutely intentional!
Martin: (ʘ̆益ʘ̆ꐦ)
"What did you say? Say that again if you dare—"
"Achoo achoo achoo~"
(。˃̶͈̀3˂̶͈́)₌₃⁼³₌₃⁼³₌₃(ʘ̆皿ʘ̥̆‖)
A... a triple sneeze?
[From Martin...]
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