Chapter 79

How could this be possible? She—how did she do it?

Her teeth were harder than stone, yet she crushed them effortlessly. Just how much strength did that take? But even if she had such strength, could it really be done?

Chu Ning glanced at Wang Ling, feeling a fleeting sense of satisfaction, but then caught sight of Chu Yan trying to escape.

How could she possibly let Chu Yan get away?

Dragging Wang Ling forward, she reached out her free hand and easily grabbed Chu Yan.

“Trying to run, hmm?” Chu Ning’s smile was dark and menacing.

“N-no—wuwu, I didn’t… Chu Ning—no, sister, I was wrong. Please… please forgive me this time. Wuwu, just this once, okay?” Chu Yan’s face was swollen like a pig’s head, making her crying look ridiculous.

“Now you’re scared? What were you doing earlier?” Chu Ning looked at her with disdain.

She exerted a little force and flipped Chu Yan over, sending her crashing heavily onto the ground.

Then, she raised her foot and stomped on her.

Since she didn’t want to kill anyone, Chu Ning refrained from using any additional magic this time.

Even so, it was enough to make Chu Yan scream in agony.

As for Wang Ling, though Chu Ning let go of her in between stomping Chu Yan, she was so frightened by Chu Yan’s miserable state that she didn’t dare run away.

She just trembled on the side in terror.

This Chu Ning was too ruthless—she was even more brutal than a beast.

After more than a dozen kicks, Chu Yan stopped begging for mercy and merely huddled up, covering her head without making another sound.

Only when Chu Ning felt satisfied did she send Chu Yan flying into a corner with one last kick before lifting her gaze to look at the other students in the classroom.

The moment her eyes met theirs, the students who were standing far away instinctively backed away even further, afraid of drawing her attention.

Fortunately, Chu Ning wasn’t interested in them. She turned her gaze instead to Wang Ling, who wasn’t too far away.

“C-Chu Ning, about what happened earlier… it was a misunderstanding—I—”

“The teacher is apologizing to you. You—please calm down. Hurting people is illegal—” Wang Ling said, trying to soothe her while inching backward.

“Oh? So, teacher, are you going to call the police?” Chu Ning asked curiously.

“C-call the police?” Wang Ling shuddered.

“No—this was just a minor dispute between teacher and student. I—I wouldn’t go as far as to call the police.”

“Don’t worry, Chu Ning. I won’t call the police. But—but you—”

“Teacher Wang, what’s going on?”

At that moment, two members of the school’s security team entered.

Wang Ling’s face changed, and she immediately ran toward the door.

“Help! That girl has gone mad! Hurry and restrain her!” she shouted as she ran.

Chu Ning’s gaze darkened. She strode forward and, right in front of the two security officers, dragged Wang Ling back.

“Ah—let me go! Save me!” Wang Ling screamed for help from the security officers.

“Stop!”

One of the beastmen officers couldn’t afford to be polite anymore just because Chu Ning was a female. He shouted and prepared to intervene.

Seeing this, Chu Ning swiftly retrieved a small medicine bottle from her storage ring and tossed it toward them.

The bottle exploded midair under the influence of magic, scattering a large cloud of powder into the air.

The two security officers, who had been full of momentum just a moment ago, suddenly collapsed stiffly to the ground. Other than their eyes, they couldn’t move a muscle.

Everyone was shocked.

What did Chu Ning just throw? It instantly took down two A-rank beastmen! (All members of Orchid Academy’s security team were A-rank beastmen.)

Despair flickered through Wang Ling’s eyes.

If she had known that Chu Ning was this ruthless and had such methods, she never would have let Chu Yan and the others bully her.

“Teacher Wang, are you still planning to call for reinforcements?” Chu Ning’s voice was low and cold.

“N-no, I won’t.” Wang Ling was utterly terrified. “Chu Ning, let’s talk things through peacefully.”

“No reinforcements? Just settling things between us in private doesn’t seem quite appropriate either, does it?” Chu Ning replied.

“Then—then what do you want to do?” Wang Ling was on the verge of tears.

“Hmm…” Chu Ning pretended to ponder.

“Let’s notify the principal. We’ll let the principal handle things fairly.”

She remembered that the principal of Orchid Academy happened to be the older sister of one of her disciples. That principal had even wanted to pull some strings to get one of her sons enrolled in the Beastman Apothecary Program.

Unfortunately, the quota for the first batch was already full, and Xia Ye refused to make any exceptions.

Wang Ling’s eyes lit up.

“Notify the principal?” She suppressed her excitement and asked cautiously.

“Mm.” Chu Ning nodded and signaled for Wang Ling to contact the principal immediately.

“Okay.” Wang Ling hurriedly complied.

She pulled up her optical brain and made a video call to the principal.

The moment the principal saw Wang Ling’s swollen face, she was startled.

Then, upon noticing the state of the two beastmen and Chu Yan, her shock deepened.

Before she could even ask what had happened, Chu Ning spoke.

“Principal, I’m Chu Ning. Today, I had a bit of a disagreement with some classmates and Teacher Wang. I’d like you to step in and mediate. What do you think?”

The principal, hearing Chu Ning introduce herself and seeing her calm and composed demeanor, couldn’t help but feel suspicious.

“I’m in my office. Come over together,” she said quickly.

“Right. As for those two at the door, and that student on the ground—”

“Oh, Chu Yan isn’t dead.” Chu Ning glanced toward Chu Yan.

Then, looking at the two security officers, she added, “As for them, they were just hit by Soft Muscle Powder. They’ll be able to move again in half an hour.”

“Soft Muscle Powder?” The principal’s eyes flickered with interest.

But Chu Ning had no intention of explaining further.

“We’ll head over right now,” she said before ending the call.

“Let’s go, Teacher Wang.” Chu Ning smiled at Wang Ling.

“Y-y-yes,” Wang Ling stammered.

She glanced at Chu Yan, who lay motionless on the ground, and then at the two beastmen who were as stiff as rocks before heading toward the door.

Chu Ning turned back to the students in the classroom.

They all quickly averted their gazes.

Especially Qiu Hua and her group—they were so scared that they lowered their heads and shifted to the side.

Chu Ning smirked evilly in Qiu Hua’s direction before following Wang Ling out.

As they walked through the school, Wang Ling and Chu Ning proceeded one after the other toward the principal’s office.

Despite keeping her head down and trying to stay low-key, Wang Ling’s swollen face still drew many curious stares.

Some of her colleagues asked what had happened, but Wang Ling stammered and dared not tell the truth. (With a lunatic who could snap at any moment right behind her, how could she dare say anything reckless?)

Chu Ning, on the other hand, walked leisurely behind Wang Ling. If anyone greeted Wang Ling, she didn’t shy away at all. Instead, she looked perfectly at ease, as if she were watching a show.

It was precisely this attitude that made Wang Ling even more fearful. She behaved obediently the entire way.

After a while, they finally arrived at the principal’s office.

Wang Ling turned back to look at Chu Ning.

Chu Ning signaled her with her eyes to knock.

Only then did Wang Ling step forward and knock on the door.

“Come in.” The principal’s voice came from inside.

Wang Ling glanced at Chu Ning again before finally pushing the door open and stepping in.

Chu Ning followed Wang Ling inside and saw Orchid Academy’s principal, Cao Ting, who, as she knew, was also a mid-tier Intermediate Apothecary.