"Nangong, Shui Wu, Xuan Yuan, let’s combine our efforts." Ouyang Lie pumped up the others with energetic cheers, preparing to gather the spiritual power of the four to help Su Li.

Their noble trait was their unwavering commitment. Once they acknowledged someone as the leader, she was indeed their leader.

When the leader is in trouble, how can they just sit by and do nothing?

No, they forgot, they no longer had the noble symbol: the handsome hairstyle. They were no longer worthy of being called nobles.

"Get away from me." Su Li pushed away the four pesky sidekicks with swift motions.

Just as when she shaved her head, the snake whip snapped into several sections, falling to the ground.

The stench from the snake whip was overwhelming, carrying the lingering fierce aura of a beast.

"Oh no, my newly forged weapon." Ming Lan was heartbroken, her face contorting in pain.

Ouyang Lie: "How can you hold something so smelly without any psychological barriers?"

"A girl should keep herself clean after all."

"You guys are looking for trouble." Ming Lan was furious; this year’s new batch of students were all tough nuts.

Seeing Ming Lan’s angry expression, Ouyang Lie felt a little scared but genuinely puzzled, asking his buddies, "Did I say something wrong just now?"

Was the snake whip not that smelly, or should girls not stay clean?

"I don’t know." Nangong, Shui Wu, and Xuan Yuan shook their heads, equally baffled.

The confusion in their eyes was so genuine and unpretentious.

Su Li looked at the four genuinely perplexed little sidekicks and then glanced at Ming Lan, whose face was twitching with anger, unable to suppress a silent chuckle.

"We’ve wasted too much time already; these newcomers are tougher than before. This time, we can certainly welcome them without reservations."

"Let them feel the care and meticulous attention from their seniors and the academy."

A student checked the time and couldn’t help but shout out loud: "Not much time left. In an hour, the people from the office will come to fetch them."

This was an unwritten rule at Yu Guangzhong Academy, formed at an unknown time.

Those supposed to lead new students to report would always arrive fashionably late just before the freshman welcome ends.

The timing was always precise. It wouldn’t let the old students get too excited and accidentally cause harm, and it allowed them to vent pent-up frustrations.

Every year, it was always like this.

Some have better luck, while others don’t.

"Do you think those newcomers can make it through? I heard there are two little girls among them. Our academy hasn’t accepted girls for several years. I hope people will go easy on them and not play too rough."

"I doubt it. You know how Ming Lan from the Senior Department loves beauty but can’t stand others being prettier. Those two girls are likely in for a tough time."

"Students these days have much heavier aggression. Why doesn’t the principal step in and manage things?"

"How can he manage? If he doesn’t let them vent at the welcome party, they’ll end up troubling us instead. You know the nature of those little rascals, all notorious with bad behavior. Which truly excellent child would be willing to come to Yunzhou?"

"I’ve heard that one of the newcomers was placed here through connections?"

"Yeah, someone’s called Yun something, reportedly offended a person."

"Oh... Our once-great academy has fallen to this point. If it weren’t for back then..."

"Shh, stop talking..."

Two teachers from the educational office chatted as they headed towards the ring-shaped building, "Let the medical office know in advance."

"Wait, don’t you feel like something’s off?"

"What’s...." before he finished speaking, the defense light gate of the building suddenly suffered a heavy blow, breaking with a loud crash.

The previously relaxed teachers now faced potential calamity, quickly drawing their weapons, "Alert, alert, we’re under attack."

The two teachers, preparing to check inside frantically, found that a massive object flew out from the broken light gate opening at high speed.

"Ah..." Instinctively, the teachers activated their laser swords, wildly swinging at the large Hidden Weapon charging at them.

B-level spiritual power emanated, resisting the large Hidden Weapon’s enormous impact force.

After managing to knock the attacking object away, they realized, with lingering anxiety, the need to check—"Jingang?"

The two teachers exchanged puzzled and somewhat embarrassed glances, neither expected to have just knocked Jingang from the Senior Department flying.

Jingang’s combat ability could be considered top tier among students, not far from the teachers, often causing them headaches.

Yet now, this arrogant upperclassman had been knocked out and lay bruised and unconscious.

"What exactly... happened?"

Panic gradually creeping onto their faces, they realized belatedly that the situation appeared out of control.

As they were dazed, another humanoid figure was swatted out of the light gate opening like a tennis ball.

Having experienced the previous episode, the two teachers combined efforts, intercepting the airborne humanoid figure.

Oh boy, it was yet another troublemaking senior student.

Ming Lan wasn’t any better than Jingang, her body swollen like a balloon, looking pitiful.

Brutal indeed!

"Are there students more powerful than Jingang and Ming Lan among the upperclassmen?"

"It can’t be the newcomers... can it.... ha, haha." The teacher awkwardly laughed, then realized it wasn’t amusing at all, exclaiming, "No, can’t be real."

The troublemakers were already plenty, we don’t need more to come in.

"This year’s newcomers are having it rough, looking at their injuries, those little brats went easier on them."

A voice chimed in, the doctor from the medical office sauntered over, nonchalantly clicking his tongue: "There’s comminuted fractures of the hands and feet, ribcage collapsed from heavy hammer blows... huh, what kind of weapon caused this, nothing seems to match it...."

The doctor muttered, suddenly hitting his right hand with his left, "Close-range boxing, it must take immense power to achieve that."

Nowadays, the interstellar people’s physique isn’t as feeble as humans a thousand years ago. Since the appearance of spiritual power, human body strength has also increased.

The more powerful the spiritual power user is, the stronger their physique.

"That little rascal broke through again?"

The two educational office teachers, their eyes glazed, spoke as if dreaming: "They’re Jingang and Ming Lan."

"Oh right, there’s also Gao Qiyin."

Another person was thrown out.

Then, like a barrage of cannonballs, one after another people were launched.

"Ding ding ding ding, the welcome party closes with perfection...."

As the final upperclassman was thrown out, a burst of cheerful laughter echoed from within the ring-shaped building.