Chapter 0036: Divine Wind Academy

A loud crash resounded.
Things did not go as Du Dongnan had expected. The young boy from the Huang family before him did not turn into a pulp under his punch. Just as before, when he exchanged punches with Huang Xiong in the Huang family’s courtyard, his body uncontrollably recoiled backward, leaving more than a dozen deep footprints on the hard ground.
When Du Dongnan finally stopped, he was even more shocked than when he saw those two beasts and Bog as powerful beings of the Holy Land, his eyes filled with undisguised astonishment. Just now—just now—that young boy from the Huang family had actually blocked his full-power punch and even pushed him back!
He glanced at Huang Long, then at his own fists. This was no illusion! The tingling pain spreading from his fists throughout his body proved it wasn’t a dream.
The two Level 9 experts who had protected Du Dongnan earlier also noticed what was happening and were equally shocked. They were well aware of Du Dongnan’s strength—peak Level 8, just one step short of Level 9. Yet that young boy from the Huang family could fight back against him! What did that mean? A six-year-old at peak Level 8?
In truth, Huang Long’s strength wasn’t at peak Level 8; he had used some clever tactics. Though not at that level, his hard work over these days had brought him quite close.
“Are you… really the young boy from the Huang family?” Du Dongnan asked in a trembling voice after being shocked.
But after asking, he realized it was a pointless question.
Huang Long paused, not answering, but simply said, “I knew it on the first day you followed me.”
Du Dongnan’s terrified face showed further shock. So the other party had known all along, while he had been foolish enough to think he could easily handle him.
“Then what about the Wretched Wolves Mercenary Group? What about them?” Du Dongnan suddenly remembered what Huang Long had said earlier, which he had thought was just mockery. Now…
“There will be no Wretched Wolves Mercenary Group in this world anymore,” Huang Long said calmly.
Sure enough! Du Dongnan’s body trembled, his face turning deathly pale. The questions that had troubled him these days were finally resolved. Now, everything made sense.
As the two stood off against each other, the sounds of theHill family’s guards screaming in agony and the two beasts’ excited roars of killing filled the air. Du Dongnan glanced around in horror, seeing that most of theHill family’s guards had died in the blink of an eye—some bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. The two Level 9 experts of the family were also in grave danger. Fear surged within him, and he turned to look at Huang Long, his eyes filled with fierce, desperate bloodshot veins.

Run! Even if there’s just a sliver of hope—he must escape!
Huang Long observed the other’s expression and understood his intentions. Escape? Traps had been set all around; not to mention Du Dongnan, who was at the peak of level eight, even those at the peak of level nine couldn’t escape.
Du Dongnan moved again. But this time, what met him was a giant hand covered in hair. The mountain-like Golden-Eyed Purple Ape swung its hand directly at him. With a crackling sound, Du Dongnan screamed as he was flung away like a kite with its string cut. When he tried to get up, his left arm was covered in blood and flesh.
The Golden-Eyed Purple Ape didn’t give him a chance to catch his breath. Its fist, the size of a house, slammed down swiftly—so fast that before Du Dongnan could react, he was buried in the ground, covered in blood, unrecognizable, and barely alive.
Huang Long slowly walked over and looked down at him.
Buried in the ground, Du Dongnan breathed faintly, his consciousness fading. He lifted his eyelids and saw Huang Long. Straining to speak, he said, “You… you killed me. My brother will avenge me! By then, the Dragon Speech Empire won’t spare your Huang family either!”
With a hoarse, cold laugh, Du Dongnan said, “Dying like this… it’s worth it!”
Huang Long replied coldly, “Dragon Speech Empire? Do you know how Tai Ruo died?”
Du Dongnan’s eyes widened in disbelief. From the tone of his voice, could it be?! Looking at Huang Long, he screamed, “Tai Ruo, the Archbishop… it was you who killed him!”
Filled with utter shock, Du Dongnan’s life came to an end. Before dying, perhaps due to the shock, he didn’t close his eyes.
Tai Ruo, the Archbishop in Red, along with over two hundred members of his knight order, had been killed—by none other than this young man from the Huang family! Before setting out, he had sworn to his brother Du Roso that he would kill Huang Long!
Du Dongnan’s death left the two level-nine warriors who had been struggling to hold on in front of Bog without any will to continue. Soon, under Bog’s forbidden spells, they too followed in Du Dongnan’s footsteps.
In less than half an hour, it was all over.
Du Dongnan was dead. Two days later, a member of a mercenary group found him dead in the Red Maple Valley, lying next to Ro Sen, the leader of the Remnant Wolves Mercenary Group. All signs pointed to a battle between the members of theHill family and the Remnant Wolves Mercenary Group, ending in mutual destruction.
When the news reached Du Roso in the Kingdom of Lu Tong, he was stunned.

When Du Ruosu heard this, his first reaction was to laugh, assuming it was a misunderstanding and that the other party must have mistaken someone. But a few days later, when Du Dongnan’s nearly rotting body along with the guards from the Shi family were brought back, Du Ruosu, filled with grief and rage, almost killed those carrying Du Dongnan’s body back on the spot. His own brother by the same bloodline, his only brother—after going out, he returned as a corpse! “Dongnan! Tell your brother what happened. Your elder brother will surely avenge you!” Du Ruosu, tears in his eyes, stood beside Du Dongnan’s body and asked in sorrow. Of course, he wouldn’t believe that his brother Du Dongnan had coincidentally run into the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group and perished along with them! Yet when he sent people to investigate the scene, everything there had already been destroyed. The bodies of the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group’s leaders and members had been taken to the Mercenary Guild to claim the bounty, leaving no clues at all. What on earth was going on? He roared inwardly. But it couldn’t possibly be the work of those from the Huang family—he knew their strength, and they were unharmed and had already arrived in the Dragon Speech Empire, seemingly never having encountered the Shi family at all. Du Dongnan was dead! One family rejoiced while another mourned. For the Huang family, however, this news was excellent news. Du Dongnan had always been Du Ruosu’s right-hand man; now that Du Ruosu had lost one of his pillars, Huang Xiong and Zhao Rong’s pressures had greatly decreased. At least for the next two years, Du Ruosu wouldn’t dare act rashly, unless his second daughter, Du Meng, truly became the empress of the Dragon Speech Empire and the Shi family gained the support of that empire. As for Du Dongnan’s death, it didn’t affect Huang Long’s journey. A few days after killing Du Dongnan, Huang Long and his group finally arrived in the Dragon Speech Empire. When Huang Long reached the Divine Wind Academy, there was exactly one day left until the new student enrollment date. To his surprise, he encountered someone unexpected—his uncle’s daughter, Zhao Ying, that little witch!