Those who witnessed what Shen Minyao did stared wide-eyed, in disbelief of what they had just seen. Had they seen it correctly? Did Shen Minyao just catch the steel pipe barehanded? How.. how was it possible?

Suddenly, Shen Minyao tilted her head to one side, staring at them with a blank, murderous glare towards them that was enough to send shivers down their spine. There was only one thing that resounded in their minds as they looked at her.

She was a monster.

Shen Minyao was a monster. She was certainly not a human by the way she looked at them.

"Hey, is that all you've got?" She said in a cold, vicious tone that was enough to make the humans tremble in fear towards her.

The air then got heavier and denser around them. The sun was still up in the sky, yet the humans felt like the coldness of the harsh winter had just bitten them.

"What was it that you said? Didn't you say you'll let me feel what despair and fear feel like?" The fox woman asked again, this time her attention zeroing in on Xu Shenshen who had fallen to her knees from what she had witnessed.

"Classmate Xu, I think you don't know what despair is in the first place. Allow me to show you what it feels like then." Her smile turned devilish as she regarded the pitiful humans trembling in fear in front of her.

The hand that was holding the steel pipe tightened its hold, soon crumpling the steel like paper in the fox demon's hand. She then pulled the pipe from the guy who was too stunned to realize that Shen Minyao had already disarmed him. It was only when she pushed him roughly to the ground did he become aware of what was happening.

"W-what..?" But his words were instantly stuck in his throat upon meeting at Shen Minyao's terrifying gaze. He had never encountered any person as intimidating and frightening as Shen Minyao. There was something about her that made his instinct tell him to run away from this person.

The stare that Shen Minyao gave him was enough to render him speechless. She then tested the steel pipe in her hand by effortlessly swishing it in the air as if she wasn't bothered by its weight. An eighteen-year-old young woman with a delicate body like her shouldn't be able to lift it easily.

Didn't Xu Shenshen say that this Shen Minyao was a spineless, cowardly fool? So how come that the young woman in front of them was emitting such a dangerous impression, enough for him and his friends to cower in fear from her stare alone?

That girl was lying! That was the only reason he could think of at that moment. It's impossible for Xu Shenshen not to know what kind of person this Shen Minyao was. She was so insanely strong that she could crush steel without breaking a sweat.

"Now. Where were we?" The fox woman's sadistic voice brought all of them out of their trance.

"Ah, right. It seems like Classmate Xu doesn't like being taught all alone and brought you to accompany her for her lessons." The smile that she flashed then promised a pain that they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

"Such a great day you've given me. Now, if you could please start crying out of despair and agony, that would be better."

The following events only proved that Shen Minyao was truly ruthless and unforgiving when it came to her playthings. She beat the thugs along with Xu Shenshen and her female companions, making sure that they wouldn't forget what transpired today. All the things they brought to beat her were used to beat them instead.

They crawled on the ground with their whole body covered in dirt and face too swollen to be recognized. Xu Shenshen couldn't believe that Shen Minyao beat her for the second time, and she was too weak to even fight back. It had taken her three days before she could leave the hospital last time, and with this recent beating, Shen Minyao didn't bother sparing her pretty face once more.

"Trying to escape?" Shen Minyao suddenly appeared on Xu Shenshen's side with a vicious smile spread on her lips. Xu Shenshen shivered and tried to scamper away from the monster. Her friends, along with those useless thugs she paid to beat Shen Minyao, lay on the ground, black and blue beyond recognition. historical

"You.. g-get away from me!" She stuttered in fear. "Shen Minyao, don't cross the line! We are still at school!"

The fox woman chuckled and shook her head.

"Oh? So what? If I beat you, it's bullying.. but when you beat me and the others, it was nothing but your entertainment? Classmate Xu, this way of thinking.."—her voice trailed off as her usual cold mask came back to her face—"...is kind of bullshit."

Shen Minyao was starting to wonder if she had hit Xu Shenshen's head so hard last time that it made her dumber than their last encounter. Were humans really this persistent?

"Anyway, you can try and complain to the disciplinary committee, but you better make sure they'll take your side because if you don't.." Shen Minyao then dropped the pipe she was holding to the ground, leaving a loud clang that echoed deeply within Xu Shenshen's soul. "You will disappoint me again for the third time."

The fox woman turned her back and waved her hand as she left them writhing on the ground in pain. When she turned around the corner, she saw Li Fei'er running towards her with a smile. The girl was holding some sweet bread she bought from their cafeteria.

"Classmate Shen! I've been looking everywhere for you. Where did you go?" Li Fei'er asked her, accompanying her back to the school building.

Shen Minyao shrugged. "Nothing.. I just picked up litter and placed it in its rightful place."