Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Chapter 31 - I'm No Salted Fish

Li Yao cried out deep in his heart, "this is bad". Internally, he asked himself how could he ever take the cruel tempering training of an ancient cultivator guild from 40,000 years ago to be the norm.

He had to keep in mind that in the dream of grandeur, the hundred smelting guild had several hundred low-level workers who were unable to endure the torment and died, crossing over to the afterlife.

The Hundred Smelting Guild was one of the more lenient and benevolent among the major ancient guilds. Several thousands of people would die each year if it were one of the harsher guilds. The Hundred Smelting Guild's training could be considered a trifling matter.

Needless to say, in regards to the demonic cultivator guilds, the creation of each strong individual came with it, the sacrifice of ten-thousand weaklings.

The Ancient Cultivation Civilization was this ruthless.

"Hic. Teacher Sun, I took a good look at it again. Your infernal special training program of death truly comes from the depths of hell. It's super deadly and super terrifying~ I'm so scared that I won't be able to finish it!" Li Yao spoke tongue in cheek.

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As an old man, Sun Biao was very much experienced. How could he not see that Li Yao was putting on a show? He was agitated into rage. With a sneer, he said, "Okay, kid. No need to shoot off talking big. Change into training clothes. First, try it out by doing 10 sets of squats."

Sun Biao got up. He felt out a set of training clothes that had an utterly old-fashioned design from the dust-packed corner of the cultivation field. He tossed it over towards Li Yao.

"Squats? My favorite!" Li Yao warmed up for a bit. He took off his school uniform, changing it for the dust-smelling, old-fashioned training clothes. His eyes gave off a glow as he giggled and spoke.

His current strength was bizarre and astonishing, so what he was least fearful of was squats, bench, and other strength training exercises. In just a moment, when he shows his maximum strength, he will certainly cause the old fogey to have eyes bulging from their sockets!

He walked up to the rusted squat rack and thought for a moment. He flung out two iron plates from the mound of Olympic plates and ferociously pounded them onto the bar.

The squatting weight was... 300 kg!

"Indeed, 200kg of weight is too light. It wouldn't have any effect on tempering my body. I often use 300 kg as a warm up so I'm used to it. It won't be a problem right, Teacher Sun?" Li Yao clashed a light laugh with Sun Biao, exposing his snow-white teeth.

"Of course, it's fine. I'm just scared that you might regret it later~" Sun Biao also gave a laugh, exposing tawny teeth.

"It's no more than 300 kg. Twenty sets can be done by a single breath. What's there to regret from?" Li Yao spat some saliva into his palms and rubbed his hands together to a burning hot state. He grabbed the bar with a death grip and lifted it onto his solid traps. Suddenly, power was sent through his pair of feet as he lifted the weight up. Then...

He felt his body tighten up. The training clothes, which were originally loose, seemed to awaken with a life of its own, suddenly contracting and transforming into a layer of tenacious leather. It bound him completely!

At the same time, an absolutely powerful bizarre strength exploded down, like a giant mountain striking down and smashing his skull. Suddenly, he was smashed to the ground!

"I forgot to mention, small bastard. This set of training clothes was an artifact that I used for training a dozen years ago. I call it 'Give Up'. It possesses many magical abilities. The first of which is the ability to create a gravitational field. Wearing these clothes is like wearing a several hundred pound set of armor. Let's see, right now you're bearing 200 kilograms of weight on your body!" laughed Sun Biao nastily.

200 kg of weight. Plus the 300 kg of weight on the barbell. That's a total of half a ton. Li Yao was not prepared for that weight. Of course, he was firmly squashed.

"How despicable. But, five... five hundred kilograms is still nothing special!"

Li Yao was smashed into seeing stars. He gritted his teeth unwaveringly. He braced his hands tightly and veins, thick and solid, popped out on his arms. The bones in his entire body creaked randomly as he stiffly straightened his back. He grasped the barbell once again, spread his feet apart, lowered his hips, and got up with complete stability.

One repetition of the standard squat... was completed!

With a total weight of... 500 kg!

In the dream of grandeur, I had to endure several dozen years under the Titan. His methods were crueler than yours by a hundredfold, you dying old geezer. You think this is hard enough to stop me? You're dreaming!" cried Li Yao in his heart. He once again squatted down to a deep position to prepare for his second rep.

Suddenly, it was like a bolt of lightning hacked into his soul. Li Yao felt that all 720 acupoints in his body simultaneously conducted with a strong current of electricity. The shock caused his hair to puff up and his eyes to go white. With a blood-curdling shriek, he fell once more to the ground. The barbell slammed heavily into the squat rack with a "Bang!", causing rust to randomly explode off and dust to fly into the air.

"The second ability of 'Give Up' is the ability to produce a powerful electric current. It has short intervals of 3-5 seconds and long intervals of 2 minutes per shock, bombarding against your body's acupoints. It will stimulate your cells into becoming stronger and purify your body and mind so it can be reborn completely. Tsk tsk tsk tsk. This is a cultivation treasure that anyone would dream of using! The only thing is the small bit of minor pain that comes with it. You can still handle it, right?" Sun Biao was beaming with smiles as he asked.

"You, you're joking! Of... of course, I can handle this!" Li Yao's lips were bitten into a bloody mess. He lay on the ground, panting for breath for a long time before he was able to crawl back up with utter difficulty. His right hand was shaking and trembling. He felt for the barbell with a difficulty incomparable.

His fingers hadn't even touched the barbell when the assault of an unbearable pain came striking once more! This time, the pain wasn't that of a strong electric current but that of extreme heat!

It was like his entire body was tossed into a volcano. He was struggling in the incomparably hot magma, causing his skin to be roasted and his blood to flow at racing speeds as boiling molten iron!

Then in the next second, the scorching heat suddenly dissipated. In its place was bone-penetrating freezing chill that practically caused even his brains to freeze into an ice cube. He was completely unable to take a breath or think a thought!

He felt the blazing heat and the freezing cold alternate three times before it gradually faded away. Before Li Yao could even screech miserably, an electric current attacked his acupoints once more. It tore through his body, causing him to twitch involuntarily!

"This is the final magical ability of 'Give Up'. It produces an illusionary attack of a blazing heat and a freezing cold every minute. Be at ease. This targets the deepest and most mysterious part of your mind — it's all an illusion. It won't cause harm to a single hair on your body. Instead, it tempers your mental strength by breaking open the depths of your mind. If one day you become a cultivator, it can also allow you to absorb greater amounts of spiritual energy, increasing your cultivation speed by many factors over other people."

A trace of disappointment flashed on the old fogeys face when he looked at Li Yao's painful appearance of rolling all over the floor. The old fogey laughed to himself and yawned. He said lazily, "Okay~ I've had my fun. Go ahead and change clothes. These clothes weren't prepared just for you. All you need to say the three words 'I give up' and it will automatically remove itself from you. It won't torment you any longer."

"Give up?"

Li Yao lied on the ground for a long time. He breathed and breathed, gasping like whale stranded ashore.

At last, he got up inch by inch, like a rusted metal puppet. With extreme difficulty, he placed the barbell on his shoulders, stiffly raising 200 kg of weight. The high electric current and the illusionary blazing heat struck! He exploded out with his second squat rep!

"That's two!" Li Yao howled out like a beast from the depths of his throat.

He had sounded this battle howl quite frequently in the depths of the Artifact Graveyard.

Sun Biao went "Yi?" in surprise. A trace of shock flashed from within his eyes. Immediately, he sneered, "You only did two reps. One set has exactly 10 whole reps!"

"THR... THREE!" Li Yao's teeth were clenched, The sound of rusted metal against metal filled the spacious training room.

Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten!

A whole 10 reps of squats while wearing this bizarre clothing "Give Up" caused Li Yao to use up the last of his strength. He pushed out 10 reps of squat with perfect form without a trace of slack!

"I... I did it!" Li Yao's head was dizzy and his vision was faded. His pair of ears rang with tinnitus and blood rushed wildly from his entire body to his brain. His heart was beating incomparably violently, seeming to practically rip open his chest and leap out.

He lay sprawled under the squat rack, unable to get his body to make a single movement. He stared blankly at the dazzling crystal essence lights on the ceiling. He felt unable to control even a single finger.

Sun Biao's figure emerged in the edge of his vision with a face of amazement that could not be concealed. The old fogey spoke with a sound that contained some shivering, "Kid, you're good, right?"

"I, I'm good. I just need to rest for a bit. I still need to do... 9 sets!" Li Yao's mouth hooked into a smile as he laughed with a laugh that was uglier than crying.

Sun Biao was silent for a moment. He shook his head as he said, "Kid, just give up. I've already said that these clothes weren't meant for ordinary people to use. You can't possibly wear it and complete 10 sets of squats... There's still 90 reps to go! Come on then, say 'I give up' and have the clothes removed."

Li Yao swept his gaze across Sun Biao, and he stared once more at the dazzling lights on the ceiling.

Under the refraction of his tears and sweat, those lights turned incomparably bright.

He suddenly realized why the name of this artifact was 'Give Up'.

It's because its greatest ability was not the ability to produce a gravitational field of several hundred kilograms, nor its intense electric current assault, nor the blazing heat or freezing cold mental illusions.

Actually, it was pretty simple, ordinary, and easy, stemming from the three words "I Give Up".

All it would take is for Li Yao's lips to touch and use the lightest of lightest sounds to say the three words, "I. Give. Up." to be able to remove this set of training clothes. He would escape from the weight, from the electric current, and from the illusionary mental inhuman persecution. And...

He would lose the courage to wear this set of clothes — for all eternity.

Will... he give up?

The first set of squats had already depleted all the strength in his body. Every strand of muscle, every sliver of vein, every cell in his body was squeezed dry. He felt that he lacked the strength to even go take a piss.

He still had nine sets to go. A whole entire 90 reps of squats. He would have to endure through an onslaught of bearing 200kgs, electric assaults, and illusionary mental attacks. He would have to raise the 300 kg barbell and continuously squat down, get up, and straighten his back.

For a whole 90 reps.

This ought to be fundamentally impossible, right? Even if he grits his teeth and use all of his strength to complete the two sets with all his might, three sets, four sets, five sets, sixth sets, seven sets, eight sets. Any moment during those sets, he could completely collapse, forcing him to say the three words "I give up".

And so since this is the case, why doesn't he just give up now?

It's so easy. All he would need to do is touch his lips together, with a light vibration of his vocal cords, and with a slight opening of his mouth. I. Give. Up. And half a second later, he would be free and relaxed.

"I... Give..." looking at the dazzling lights on the ceiling, Li Yao spoke each word softly.

But within the dazzling lights emerged forth a string of dazzling memories.

"These clothes... weren't meant for ordinary people." Sun Biao had said in this manner.

But am I... an ordinary person?"

"An ordinary person... would not carry memories from a previous life upon birth. They wouldn't remember any sort of messy 'earth' affairs, right?"

"An ordinary person... wouldn't possibly be able to wrest control from and survive against the tyrannical cultivator, Ou Yezi, of 40,000 years ago, and instead, engulf Ou Yezi's memories, right?"

"These two events, whichever bastard would have one of these things happen to them would not be considered an ordinary person. As for me, I've experienced both phenomenon!"

"Then... am I going to... in the face of these training clothes that weren't meant for the ordinary person.... Give up?"

Li Yao suddenly withdrew his line of sight from the ceiling lights, shrinking into the depths of his pupils, and transforming into a needle-sharp stellar glow.

"Teacher Sun... am I allowed to listen to music?" he suddenly spoke lightly.

"Listen to music?" Sun Biao never expected that Li Yao would ask this sort of question. He was distracted for a great amount of time before saying, "Sure, if you want."

"Okay, give me 30 more seconds."

Li Yao laughed lightly, closed his eyes, and stuffed the "Tone Bell" artifact crafted by the Sounds of Wonder Guild into his ears.

Lu Yinxi resounded greatly with a voice in his ears that seemed to be able to pierce through the entire galaxy. Her voice immediately vibrated within the depths of his soul:

"After the raging waves and stormy seas, I stagger onward with all my might!"

"My heart fears not the striking of thunder for the lightning shall illuminate the path ahead!"

"I am completely different from you!"

Li Yao abruptly opened his eyes.

The size of the needle-sharp stellar glow in his eyes had already disappeared. In other words... His pair of eyes were filled completely with the stellar glow!

And then, he said a sentence that caused Sun Biao to be at a loss for words: "I... am no salted fish..."

"What did you say?" Sun Biao thought he had misheard. What salted fish?

Li Yao didn't hear the old geezer's question under the bombardment of the wild music; he was completely immersed in his own world. He spoke in whispers, "Perhaps I was a salted fish in my dream since I had given up in various situations. I dried up. I withered. And gradually, I turned into a salted fish. Turning into an ordinary person."

"But me. I am no salted fish. I... absolutely will not give up!"

Li Yao stood up. 300 kg of weight was on his shoulders. An electric current ran all over his body. A screaming freezing chill and a devastating magma ran through the depths of his mind.

Yet still, he griped onto the barbell. His strength was very great, for even the hard steel creaked under his palm.

"The second set of squats starts now!"

The cultivation field, covered with the dust of several years, resounded once more with roars like the raging waves and stormy seas. A boiling fervor surged in waves of heat!

Chapter 32 - He's a Monster!

Sun Biao had a somewhat dazed expression as he saw Li Yao act in this wild and crazed manner. The muscles in Li Yao's entire body were torn with one rep after another. Sun Biao's thoughts flew back to a time a dozen years ago; he sunk into old memories.

The reflection of Li Yao's figure in the depths Sun Biao's pupils seemed to gradually be overlapped by a tall, lofty figure, becoming a different person.

Only when a chirping sound came from the lower right corner of the hologram, accompanied by a faint vibration on his wrist, did the old fogey awaken from his thoughts. He swallowed some spittle, moistening his somewhat dried throat. He withdrew himself to a corner so that Li Yao couldn't see him and he opened up the e-crane instant messenger function.

The image of a clear and elegant figure appeared, mixed with a chilling air, in the center of the hologram.

"Old Sun. Sir, I see that you have already taken that child away. I truly thank you sir for your actions this time!" Si Jiaxue expressed her gratitude with utmost sincerity.

Sun Biao chuckled saying, "My dear little Xue. You even went through your father to come seeking for this old geezer. What more can I say? However, in the end, what is the relationship between you and this kid? Why do you want to help him?"

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Si Jiaxue frowned slightly. It seemed that she was very unwilling to be associated with Li Yao. She explained seriously, "Old Sun, there's not even a trace of a relationship between me and this little scoundrel. There's only the matter of me entrusting him, a few days ago, with the repair of an old model crystal processor left behind by my grandma. It was because of this that Helian Lie, the mad dog that he is, created a disturbance with this scoundrel. In the end, this matter came forth because of me. So of course, I should not allow him to be bitten by mad dog Helian Lie; otherwise, wouldn't people have misgivings dealing with me?"

With the raising of his eyebrows, Sun Biao adopted a mischievous expression, "So it's that simple eh? It's not that dear little Xue has fallen for this kid right?"

"Him? Preposterous!" Si Jiaxue couldn't help laughing.

Sun Biao did not expect this response. He said speechlessly, "Even this outrageous kid is not enough for you. My dear little Xue, your standards are uncommonly high!"

Si Jiaxue lightly laughed and changed the subject. The elderly and the youth chatted idly for a few sentences. Sun Biao cut off communications and raised his head once again, hearing Li Yao roaring himself hoarse:

"THE SEVENTH SET. STARTS NOW!"

"This monster! It can't be! Can he truly wear 'Give Up' and complete 10 whole sets of squats?" Sun Biao's astonishment was enough to cause tingling in his scalp, scratching his head as he pondered. After a short moment later, he found a name from his address book and sent out an e-crane message.

Soon, a virtual crane flew out from the lower right corner of the hologram. Its wings extended and it transformed into a projection of a clear 3D figure of a person. To be exact, it was Fiend Blade Peng Hai.

Peng Hai was lying down in a relaxed comfortable manner in a bathtub. A large plate of fruit floated in front of him. Peng Hai was in utter pleasure as he soaked in his bath.

Peng Hai laughed as he said, "Old geezer, I was just about to ask if you wanted to grab dinner tonight and ask about a certain person in the meantime. Do you know if our Crimson Nimbus Second has had any sort 'Monster-level' student graduate within the past few years?"

"Monster-level? There weren't any sort of special saplings in the past few years. Everyone was pretty normal and ordinary. I need to really think about this! Oh! Let's put this matter on a hold for now. I want to tell you some explosive news... Do you still remember the clothes I specifically crafted for you a dozen years ago? 'Give Up'?" Sun Biao rubbed his hands, wanting to give Peng Hai a scare.

The muscles on Fiend Blade Peng Hai's face twitched as he recalled back to the unbearable memories of past events. He said with rage through gritted teeth, "Of course, I remember! You dead old geezer! You actually crafted such a vicious artifact! No wonder you were formerly known as the 'Degenerate of the Cultivators', you scum!"

Sun Biao laughed mischievously as he was actually quite fond of this nickname. He said impatiently, "This set of clothes has been tossed in the corner and laid there ever since you graduated. I never used it at all. But today, there has been a student who put it on!"

"What?"

Fiend Blade Peng Hai really was shocked into paralysis. With an expression that didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he said, "Dead geezer, you have a way too mischievous heart. This type of thing isn't something that you should give someone to wear willy-nilly. This is something that will torture someone into having a mental breakdown!

Sun Biao was somewhat embarrassed. He grumbled, "At first, I saw the kid running too wildly. I just wanted to knock him off his high horse and give him a little taste. After two minutes, he would cry for his mom and dad and remove the clothes like a good boy, right? Who would have imagined that once this kid had a taste of it, he still wanted more! Not wanting to remove it after wearing it! And he also did 7 sets in a breath of time... That's not right, it was eight sets of 300 kilogram squats!"

Fiend Blade Peng Hai asked astonished, "Crimson Nimbus Second actually has this kind of cultivation genius? How come I didn't know? Don't tell me he's not a third year, but a first or second year?"

Sun Biao extended a finger, lightly swaying it. "Nope, he's not a cultivation genius."

"Not a cultivation genius?" Peng Hai frowned.

Sun Biao squinted his eyes and said in complete seriousness, "Think back to those times when I crafted 'Give Up'. You were only 14 years old, but your Actualization Quotient had already hit 100%! You were able to connect to the essence of heaven and earth and draw spiritual energy into your body. You had a strong body, and your mental strength was firm. So, you were able to cross this ordeal of 'Give Up'!"

Sun Biao paused, breathing in and out. It seemed that even now he dared not believe the sight he'd seen. Sun Biao continued, "And this kid will already be 18 years old this year with a maximum Actualization Quotient of 60%. And his fleshly body is still completely that of a child's. He's using his fleshly body paired with his monstrously thick level of mental fortitude to forcefully withstand 'Give Up'! Your kind is a cultivation genius that can hardly be seen once every hundred years. But this kind of person can only be described from head to toe as... a monster!"

Fiend Blade Peng Hai was moved. He never thought that his teacher would hold this kid in such a high regard. He was also interested. "Old geezer, send me a recording to watch?"

"No problem. Oh, that's right. I have a recording of a fight he just had. I'll send them both for you to watch. Although from a strength perspective, he's still at the fighting level of a child, but in regards to his battle awareness and his usage of his surroundings... Hehe. I'll say something that will make you mad. It seems that he's more suited than you for inheriting my title of the 'Degenerate of Cultivators'!"Sun Biao laughed vulgarly as he sent over a few videos.

"Why would I be mad~? I currently walk amongst the circle of cultivators, and I've never dared to be recognized as the succeeding disciple of the 'Degenerate of Cultivators'. Otherwise... I fear that every minute there will be a group of justice seeking, demon beheading, devil exterminating, knights coming to cause harm to the circle of cultivators. I'm exactly looking for someone who can really inherit your legacy!"

Peng Hai giggled as he received the videos. He opened them indifferently.

The more he watched, the straighter he sat, and the more astonished his expression. A wisp of cheer flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"How is he? Not bad right? I don't have any impression on any sort of monster-level graduate you're looking for. Anyway, in the past dozen years, the only small monster that's been able to shock me into stupefaction is precisely this one kid! Why don't you come over if you're interested and chat with this little bastard?" Laughed Sun Biao.

"No need. You go and chat without me. Later, I will 'talk' with him all night long and chat until daybreak!" Fiend Blade Peng Hai said, beaming with smiles. His smiling expression was extremely vicious.

Chapter 33 - A Night of Unbearable Pain

Li Yao was still struggling against the steel barbell inside the squat rack. He bursted forth with all his energy to do the final set.

He didn't know that from the start, behind him in the dim corner of the room, an old bastard called the Degenerate of Cultivators and a fiendish bastard expert known as Fiend Blade were whispering to each other. They were discussing details on strength training for Li Yao with things escalating the more they discussed.

Finally...

"I did it! 10 sets of squats!" Li Yao roared like a wild beast. His two eyes turned white as he fell straight back to create a "bang!". The sweat around his body formed a large human figure on the ground!

With a fuzzy mind, he felt Sun Biao head towards him and feed him a medicinal pill the size of a small baby's fist. When the pill entered his mouth, he didn't have the chance to chew before it transformed into an incomparable spicy, hot liquid that flowed down his throat into his belly.

Irritation. The irritation was too much. It was more irritating than eating an entire bowl of mustard. The spice caused Li Yao's eyes to overflow with tears that splattered everywhere. Suddenly, he leapt from the ground, jumping a meter high, "Water! Water! Get me water fast!"

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"Kid, how do you feel at the moment?" Sun Biao asked with a beaming smile.

"Huh?" Li Yao blinked his eyes. He felt his body from head to toe and discovered something weird. The exhaustion and spent feeling in his body had actually been swept out, although his mouth was still filled with the incomparable, irritable spiciness. Every single part of his body contained an abundance of strength. His physical ability was restored back to his maximum state!

"Today was just the opening appetizer. The true training begins tomorrow. Is there a problem~? Student Li Yao?" Sun Biao snapped his fingers lightly, causing the training clothes on Li Yao's body to automatically be shed like the molting of a snake.

Li Yao was like a startled bunny, running to the entrance of the warehouse with only three steps. Only then did he look back and answer through gritted teeth, "Of course, it's not a problem. I'll still come back here tomorrow morning. You just wait!"

"Sure~!" Sun Biao laughed nastily. He then spoke to himself in a low voice, "The only thing is... I fear that you won't even be able to get out of your bed tomorrow morning, you little monster!"

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8 PM. Li Yao arrived at the Militant Wolf Slayers Gym right on the dot. He was overflowing with confidence towards tonight's three minute spar.

What a joke! He was able to grit through the pain and endure through that sinister, deceitful, despicable, shameless, cruel, and brutal 'Give Up'. It can't be that he wouldn't to be able to endure through 3 minutes of the smiling clown's assault, right?

Only... Looking at the strange smiling expressions that covered the smiling clown and bald gym owner's faces caused him to feel a bit of nervousness in his heart.

These two good friends, with their smiling faces, were like two hungry wolves with rumbling stomachs. They looked at Li Yao as if he were a clean washed rabbit slathered with sauce. This look, in the eyes of Li Yao, caused Li Yao to feel that there was a gargantuan conspiracy being covered by their smiling expressions.

"Is your belly hungry? Do you want to first eat a grand buffet? Look and see! There's so many high-calorie military MREs. Go ahead and eat to your heart's content!" laughed the bald gym owner.

"After you finish eating, you can also use the strengthening drug bath! And you can also get a massage from a master masseur! This way, your stamina will be restored to your peak state!" said the smiling clown.

"You guys... What are you plotting?" Li Yao had cold sweat trickle down his forehead, feeling his danger senses tingling.

The smiling clown and the bald gym owner glanced at each other. They laughed involuntarily, saying, "It's nothing! There's absolutely nothing going on! How could we ever be plotting something? All we wanted was just to make sure you're brought to your best condition so that you can spar for a good five minutes!"

"Five minutes? The contract obviously says three minutes!" Li Yao suddenly jumped up.

The smiling clown raised two fingers as he said, "Twenty grand. All you need to do is endure through 5 minutes and I will give you twenty grand!"

......

The night... felt absolutely endless.

The Ghost Market was a dozen or so kilometers from the surface. The Upper Eastern District extended to include the villas on the artificial lakes. In the basement of one of the luxurious villas was...

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A lash ripped through the air and deeply embedded itself into someone's back. The sound of a whip striking was enough to cause one's hair to stand on end.

A giant with exploding muscles and dark hair all over his body gripped a whip that contained special pain-causing drugs. One whip after another lashed out ruthlessly, seemingly seeking to flay the still-living Helian Lie dead.

The wooden bar within Helian Lie's mouth had already been bitten into a pulp. Surprisingly, Helian Lie had yet to scream even half a squeak. His gaze remained fixed ahead.

In front of Helian Lie was an enormous hologram. It played, over and over, the entire fight between Li Yao and Zhao Liang that had happened during the day at the 9th gym.

Helian Lie's expression was that of a wolf and tiger. He wished with all his hate to be able to jump into the screen and eat Li Yao whole.

"Do you know why you're receiving this family punishment?" the towering iron giant spoke coldly behind Helian Lie. His voice was both sharp and piercing, a complete contradiction from his thick and buff body. It was a stark contrast.

"According to father, it's my fault. I shouldn't have stirred up trouble in public, causing our Helian family to lose face!" Helian Lie snorted indifferently.

"Nonsense!"

Helian Ba's rage flared! A kick flew out that actually caused the torture rack to forcefully split, sending Helian Lie flying into the wall!

This powerful and heavy kick contained absolutely no mercy. Helian Lie's skull collided directly into the wall, forming a crater in the granite adorned wall. Helian Lie fell to the ground. Blood spurted wildly from his mouth, even bringing three white thick teeth out of his mouth.

Helian Ba didn't even glance at Helian Lie while he walked over with large strides. His leather boots crushed, with strength, onto his son's face. He said each word with a stomp, "Although it's true that your father doesn't like you causing trouble in public, it's because even though you stirred up trouble, you still lost that badly in that manner! I dislike that even more! A lion facing a rabbit still must use all his strength. Even if you were facing a piece of trash from the Common Class, you, a genius of the Important Class, should not have lowered your guard in that fashion. Keep in mind that any person who becomes your enemy is qualified for you to use all your strength. Do you understand yet?"

"Under... understand. I won't underestimate any opponents. I will absolutely get my revenge!" Helian Lie's skull echoed with creaks under his father's military boots. Helian Lie howled with all his strength.

Helian Ba gave a cold snort, "Think it over before doing anything. That old fart Sun Biao pulled the kid out of trouble. Be peaceful for this period of time. Don't give me any more trouble!"

Helian Lie's eyes suddenly bulged open as he cried out, "It can't be that we're letting it go like this? Dad, you're a board member of our school. Don't tell me that you're scared of that dead, retired old geezer Sun Biao? True. I've heard that in his younger years, he was quite a fierce cultivator in the circle, but he's made too many enemies. He suffered a critical injury from an attack a dozen years ago. The strength he has left is no more than 1% of his peak, so he was forced to hide in Crimson Nimbus Second and act as an ordinary teacher. And right now, he's so old with many plaguing ailments. He could die any moment now! Do we really need to be this scared of him?"

Helian Ba scowled. The weight of his foot increased by several factors. With a deep shout, he said, "What do you know? A cultivator, in the end, is still a cultivator. Even if he only has 1% of his strength, even if he only has 1 second left to live, as long as he's not completely dead, we cannot lower our guard! What's even more is, that this undying old man has said that he won't dedicate his life protecting the kid. He just wants us to give him a month of time. After a month, he will stand aside and do nothing... It's a far too unspeakable action if I don't show him this tiny bit of face; after all, I am only a board member, not the chairman. Even if I am the chairman, I would still need to follow proper conduct as a cultivator of the circle. Otherwise, hatred may be born between me and another cultivator, one that will last until one of us dies. Death would be looming over my head every minute!"

"A month of time... Fine! I will wait a month then!" Helian Lie's handsome face was warped and twisted under the military boot. It was an expression of incomparable enmity.

Chapter 34 - A Savage Beast Emerges From its Cage

From that day forwards, Crimson Nimbus Second had a new legend spread around campus.

"Hey, did y'all hear about 'that'?"

"Of course~ It really was way too scary, too terrible, and too brutal!"

Lunch time in the school's dining hall, several girls were whispering among themselves. Fear lingered in their hearts.

"What 'thing' are y'all talking about? How could it frighten y'all to shivers?" one of the duller girls asked puzzled.

A school girl, with a face full of freckles, looked left and right before saying in a low and secretive voice, "You didn't hear? There's someone in the third year called Li Yao. He's a screwed ghost! I don't know how he offended Helian Lie, but he even beat one of Helian Lie's underlings down to the ground. So, Helian Lie's been provoked into a giant rage! It's become even worse; he tortured Li Yao! Those who've been tortured by Helian Lie don't resemble people anymore. Their ghosts don't resemble ghosts!"

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"Dear god, Helian Lie! My prince charming! So in the end, how did he torture Li Yao?" asked the dull-witted girl in surprise.

The freckled girl promptly covered her mouth and said, "Be a little bit quieter! How can we talk about something like this loud and screaming? Obviously, we haven't personally seen the details of the torture. But all you need to do is to take one look at Li Yao and you will know just how miserable people become when they offend Helian Lie!

"She's right. I've heard that Helian Lie locked Li Yao into the school's warehouse, torturing him day in and day out. I passed through the alley behind the warehouse one time. I heard blood-curdling screams going "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" coming out from the warehouse. Those screams seemed to come straight from the depths of hell! I don't want to talk about how terrifying it was. It scared me out of my mind! Even though I'd left my shoe behind, I was too scared to go back to get it!" verified another chubby girl.

"Is it as exaggerated as you all say?" asked the dull-witted girl in doubt.

Right at this moment, a boy with a bloody nose, swollen face, haggard appearance, and a completely exhausted body, walked past the girls, trembling and swaying, staggering and stumbling, with an unsteady gait. The moment his buttocks hit the chair, his entire body slumped over onto the table as if he were made of mud.

"Look! That's Li Yao right there!" The freckled girl's eyes shined while she poked the dull-witted girl without delay.

The dull-witted girl turned around and looked. She couldn't help let out a gasp of surprise, "Dear god! It's even worse than you say! His entire face has turned into a pig's head! Hurry, look! He's shivering non-stop all over his body! There are bloody blisters all over his hands and they're still bleeding! How horrible!"

Right as she spoke, Li Yao suddenly went into a violent twitching fit. His head even jerked up from the spasms.

"You see it, right? Those are the symptoms of being beaten into epilepsy," whispered the freckled girl.

And opposite of Li Yao came his bro for life Meng Jiang, carrying lunch. In total, there were 10 sausages each as thick as an arm, 20 giant meatballs, a giant wooden bowl of rice, and 10 MRE biscuits meant for military consumption.

"Little Devil, don't lie to me. Are you really getting special training from Sun Biao? You're not getting beat up by Helian Lie's henchmen are you?" Meng Jiang asked once again, his eyes full of doubt.

Li Yao's mouth pulled back into a laugh that was uglier than crying. He lacked the strength to even talk.

"If you knew it would be like this earlier, it might have been better to just take a beating from Helian Lie!" Bro for life Meng Jiang let out a deep sigh.

From not too far away, the girls continued their conversation in whispers.

"How can he eat so much! He's simply a monster!" said the dull-witted girl.

"I know the answer to this!"

The chubby girl said with some pity, "According to psychology, when one's mental pressure becomes too strong, one would involuntarily get an insatiable appetite and would eat an enormous amount of food to relieve their stress. Personally, I have to manage depression all day due to my parents fighting at home, so I can't help but eat more and more. However..."

The chubby girl glanced down at the two sausages, three giant meatballs, and one large ball of rice on her plate. She looked once more at the giant mountain of meat piled in front of Li Yao, coming to a conclusion, "From the way he eats, he must be at a terminal stage. He's on the verge of a mental breakdown!"

"That's so sad!" The dull-witted girl saw Li Yao's figure twitching from time to time. Her expression was full of pity.

"So that's why people say that in our school, you can mess with anyone... just as long as it's not Helian Lie! Even if you offended Helian Lie by accident, you need to beg for forgiveness immediately! By all means, do not go against him. Otherwise... you will end up as screwed as a ghost!" said the freckled girl in all seriousness.

Upon seeing Li Yao's "Tragic Experience", this was the common conclusion of every student in Crimson Nimbus Second.

However, Li Yao was described in a totally different image within the e-crane messages between Sun Biao and Peng Hai.

Day Seven of Special Training. Sun Biao's and Peng Hai's chat logs.

Sun Biao: "He's not human! It's impossible that this kid's a human! It's only been the seventh day of special training, yet he increased the gravitational field of 'Give Up' to 400kg and completed the whole workout! I even increased the intensity of the training program by 20%, yet that's still not hard enough to stop him! How about you? Ol'Hai, how goes it on your end?"

Peng Hai: "Needless to say, he sparred with me for a full ten minutes last night. There were many times where I was nearly hit by him. Even if I only used 3% of my true power, this type of feeling truly... puts me in a bad mood! Anyway, I was finally able to make huge improvements on my strength control capabilities under his pressure!"

...

Day Thirteen of Special Training. Sun Biao's and Peng Hai's chat logs.

Sun Biao: "This kid squatted 500 kg of weight and completed two days worth of workouts! Oh that's right, his Actualization Quotient increased by 4% to 62% in a short three days. Does this even count as being human? Hey Ol'Hai, talk to me! Why aren't you saying anything!"

Peng Hai: "He managed to hit me with a punch last night in the stomach."

Sun Biao: "......"

Peng Hai: "......"

Sun Baio: "Hahahahahahaha! If I'm the Degenerate of Cultivators, then that simply makes you the Disgrace of Cultivators! You were actually hit by an ordinary person!"

Peng Hai: "I only used 3% of my true strength! I wasn't just restricting down to 3% of my physical strength, but I was also restricting my hearing, sight, smell, speed... Everything was restricted down to 3%! It's perfectly normal to be accidently hit by him! No, this won't do. Tonight, I will use 4% of my true power!"

Sun Biao: "Then what will happen to your 'Strength Control Special Training'?"

Peng Hai: "F*ck my strength control special training. This senior needs to first let out some steam!"

...

Day Twenty-Five of Special Training. Sun Biao's and Peng Hai's chat logs.

Sun Biao: "I've already raised all of Give Up's magical abilities to their limits! It's basically the equivalent of your training difficulty back in the day, yet this kid still can forcefully squat that barbell! It's way too horrifying! Even I'm a bit scared of looking at his expression when he grinds his teeth with rage. What do you think... .Should I draw some of his blood to get some lab tests done?"

Peng Hai: "Lab tests, why?"

Sun Biao: "This kid absolutely has some Demon Beast blood lineage running inside him. He's 100% a savage beast!"

...

The Final Day of Special Training. Sun Biao's and Peng Hai's chat logs.

Peng Hai: "Isn't it the final day? In a few hours, it will be the 'Hour of Intense Battle'. Over a thousand Third Year students will fight for the 10 tickets. So how is he? How's the kid's situation?"

Sun Biao: "I'm not sure how to say this, but I'm a bit scared to let him go out."

Peng Hai: "Why is that?"

Sun Biao: "I'm scared that when this savage beast emerges from its cage, it will cause the entire school to explode into the heavens!"

Chapter 35 - The Hour of Intense Battle

April 12th. Light showers with a slight breeze. 61 Days 13 Hours 22 Minutes and 45 Seconds remain until the university entrance exams!

Today was Crimson Nimbus Second's annual 'Hour of Intense Battle'. All the first and second years have the day off, leaving the campus to be a battlefield for the third years. The third years will strive over 10 tickets to the "Youth Limit Challenge Competition", fighting to the bloody end!

The rules are simple. First, 10 seeded competitors will be chosen out of all the Third Year Students via lottery fashion. Each of these students will receive a ticket to carry on their bodies and each of these students will be dispersed around the campus. It was up to the student to decide whether to go into hiding or to form a group. Anything goes, as long as the student doesn't leave campus.

And the other students can use any methods, any strategies, and any objects found within the campus to attack these 10 seeded competitors and seize by force their tickets.

All the admission tickets were sealed in special artifact boxes. Every half a minute, these boxes will send a ripple of spiritual energy to notify every student's handheld crystal processor of the positions of these tickets. So, the students needn't worry about a ticket holder hiding in a dark corner, camping despicably until the contest was over.

The fierce battle begins at 10 in the morning and ends at 3 in the afternoon — a total of 5 hours. Only the students who still held onto the tickets to the end will receive the qualifications to participate in the Federation's Youth Limit Challenge!

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Early Morning, 8:45

One by one, fluffy puffy balls of flesh opened their round and plump eyes. They were of every color imaginable, like bright colors of the rainbow, and used all their effort to flutter their flabby wings. They flew through the air crying "Puji puji puji", dispersing around campus.

This was an artificial Demon Beast whose scientific name was Flying Piglet Eye. Experts from the Beast Guild used the blood of piglets, bunnies, and various flying creatures to create this amalgamation. This new species was created after cross-breeding several dozens of generations.

Special crystal camera chips were even installed in the bodies of these Flying Piglet Eyes. Whatever is seen by these Flying Piglet Eyes can be transmitted to crystal processors nearby.

These sorts of things were originally engineered with the purpose of being floating security cameras.

However, due to their fluffy shape, chubby body, and the laughter-like "Puji puji" sounds they made while flying in the air, they soon became popular among every household. They became an extraordinarily hot household pet and were called "Puji Critters" by the masses.

A thousand Puji Critters spread to every nook and cranny across campus, getting into position for surveillance. Over a thousand real-time videos were broadcasted to gigantic holograms installed in three VIP lounges.

The first VIP lounge was set up in gymnasium number 1. It was extremely large and was meant for the family heads to come watch their children. A thousand family heads had already gathered inside, creating a cauldron of voices that clamored loudly.

The second VIP lounge was set up in the school's assembly room, providing footage of the fights to the teachers and elite students of various sister schools within Floating Spear City... This sort of school exchange was extremely common. Crimson Nimbus Second also sends their elite students and teachers to other high schools to exchange and learn from their admission ticket competitions.

The third VIP lounge was set up directly in the headmaster's office. All those present were either of school administration or board members.

However, at this moment, the headmaster, head instructor, supervisors of each grade, and even the board members, whose positions exceeded the rest, gathered around a single person like stars cupping the moon. With great reverence and respect, they circled around an extremely scholarly middle-aged man, who's temple hair has gone white.

This refined and scholarly middle-aged man was called Zhou Yin and was a cultivator of the Building Foundation Stage. He was the elder responsible for nurturing new admittees to the Crimson Nimbus Guild and was the immediate supervisor to the administration of Crimson Nimbus Second!

Zhou Yin was graceful and elegant, lacking completely the air of arrogance. He said with a completely cordial laugh, "We have made much improvement in our education's quality this year for Crimson Nimbus Second, producing some good saplings. Speaking of which, I've heard that a Helian Lie and also a Si Jiaxue are some decent new talent. Oh, that's right! I remember that Helian Lie is Board Member Helian's only son, right?"

"Yes. I never thought Elder Zhou would know of my unaccomplished son!" Helian Ba's entire face glowed red, shining with a smile.

"As long as one has talent, I would remember them without a doubt. The future of the Crimson Nimbus Guild belongs to them~! Alrighty then! It's exactly 9 o'clock! Begin the games!"

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Yin's face suddenly turned serious with an expression like an unapproachable stranger; he had entered into his business mode, changing into a different person entirely.

The hour of intense battle — officially begins!

A sharp, beautiful bell rang throughout campus. A thousand third-year students, with bloodshot eyes, leapt out from various nooks and crannies within the school buildings. Each of these students had their head lowered, looking at their micro crystal processors.

Soon, they discovered the 10 ticket bearers among the crowd — their targets.

"Found one. He's over there! Eliminate him quick!"

The 10 seeded competitors were chosen at random, so their strengths weren't necessary strong and oppressive. With a blood-curdling shriek, they were engulfed by the tide of people.

Several dozen medical flying shuttles circled endlessly in the sky to be readily available at all times. Doctors and nurses from the nearby major hospitals were temporarily hired and stationed on these flying shuttles. They, along with several healing-specialized cultivators, would put an end to any accidental mishaps from occurring.

Since the fighting will last until three in the afternoon before coming to an end, the students who emerged first weren't necessarily the ones with the strongest power. For example, practically none of the students of the Important Class has made a move so far. They rested with closed eyes in incomparable luxury within their classroom.

The students currently participating in the fighting were doomed with no chance of holding onto a ticket until 03:00 PM.

However, that was not a problem since the school had something to motivate these students. They specifically set up incentives of every level. As long as a student seizes a ticket for a moment, no matter if it's 5 or 10 minutes, they will receive a prize.

And so, these students of the Ascending and Common Class also fought with their lives at stake. Even though their power weren't that special, the hair-raising rage and blood-bath attitudes they exhibited caused the scenes of fighting to be quite lively.

"AHH! DIE!!"

A student who held a ticket in his pocket leapt down the stairwell and was trampled with a kick to the sternum by another student hiding in the corner, who then seized the ticket away.

And once this student discovered that there was nobody in his surroundings, he connivingly hid himself away into the girl's restrooms. Only to be raided by a male student who had hidden himself in ambush at an earlier time within a bathroom stall. The admission ticket changed hands again!

Similar scenes played out in the various nooks and corners around campus. Every now and then, heads were broken and blood flowed, muscles snapped and bones fractured. These injured students were lifted into the medical treatment shuttles.

Within the third VIP lounge, the VIPs commented one after another on the scenes displayed on the giant hologram.

"This student's speed is very fast! His reactions are extremely quick! The only problem is his attacking power; it's a little bit weak. Otherwise, he may be able to enter into the Important Class!"

"I've heard that Crimson Nimbus Second has, over the years, introduced several ex-military combat experts to their school. You all look! When their students fight, they bring forth a hint of military killing techniques. It looks likes Crimson Nimbus Second has large ambitions. Who knows what eruptions they will bring at this year's university exams!"

The second VIP lounge.

Behind a placard written with the words 'Phoenix Ridge Second' was a person in deep sleep. This person snored loudly, covered under a school uniform that permeated with the air of alcohol.

To the side of him, a young female teacher from Phoenix Ridge Second wrinkled her brow. She prodded him without batting an eyelid and said, "Big Dong, you pestered the school cause you wanted to come over and watch the fight. Why is it that once you came here, you started sleeping again, snoring loudly?"

A voice filled with discontent grumbled out from beneath the uniform. After some time, a puffy, swollen eye opened up and a fat face snaked out. The head was oily and the face covered with makeup — it was clear that this person engaged in excessive debauchery. He squinted his eyes in the fashion of a cat and gazed indifferently at the hologram. He yawned once again, digging back under the uniform.

Zheng Dongming's voice came lazily out from under the uniform, "Don't be noisy. The person I want to see still hasn't appeared yet."

"Are you waiting for Si Jiaxue? Or are you waiting for Helian Lie?" asked the young female teacher.

A chuckle came from under the uniform. "If it's just those two, why would I ever crawl up from my bed with 7 beauties on it and come to this damnable place?"

The young female teacher asked baffled, "Si Jiaxue and Helian Lie are both widely known to be Crimson Nimbus Second's strongest. If even they don't have the qualifications to attract you here, then who are you waiting to watch?"

The uniform was still for a moment. A fat wily hand suddenly extended out, groping towards beneath the young school teacher's skirt. The female teacher's body trembled with a shiver, and she nibbled with her pearly white teeth. But, she didn't resist.

As Zheng Dongming groped, he spoke lazily, "The one I'm waiting for is not the strongest, but the fiercest!"

Chapter 36 - Li Yao Enters the Field

Noon at 12 O'clock.

The second batch of people with average strength had spent all their energy fighting. Practically half of these people retired from injuries, lacking the ability to continue fighting.

Only now did the students of the Important Class leave their classroom. They warmed up their bodies and started to join in on the scramble.

They entered the field, causing the intensity of fights to increase by several factors. 10 admission tickets fell quickly into the hands of the Important Class of students. The battlefield had turned into a civil war amongst the Important Class.

01:30 PM. Aside from Helian Lie and Si Jiaxue, all the students of the Important Class took the field!

02:10 PM. Si Jiaxue slowly opened her beautiful eyes and entered the fray!

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02:15 PM. The king of Crimson Nimbus Second, Helian Lie, walked out of the classroom, donning a domineering aura like a suit of armor, officially entering the war!

Helian Lie and Si Jiaxue had true strength that was clearly above at a different level than the other students. The gap between them was something that could not be closed simply by relying on the dominance of numbers.

In under a minute, these two each seized an admission ticket. Soon after, they fended off an assault from an encirclement of 7-8 students, even beating six students straight to the medical shuttles.

So therefore, there was no one who dared to try seizing the tickets held in their embrace.... In the end, there were still 8 other admission tickets. It wasn't necessary to seek death under the hands of these two monsters.

"Helian Lie, Si Jiaxue... The last time Crimson Nimbus Second produced such great saplings was 3-5 years ago!" The Crimson Nimbus Guild Elder's face, which had been fixed in a serious expression for half a day, revealed a faint trace of a smile at last.

"How boring. I should have known they would only come out now. I wasted my entire morning for nothing!" In the second VIP lounge, Zheng Dongming lay comfortably on the plump and firm thighs of the female teacher, sleeping. Occasionally, he would lift his head to glance at the hologram. Giving a smirk, he soon quickly lowered his head back to sleep.

02:30 PM. In the depths of Crimson Nimbus Second, within the school's warehouse, in the middle of an old Cultivation Field.

Li Yao's two index fingers were stabbed deeply and firmly into the wooden floor. His head was to the ground and his feet in the air. Using only the strength of his index fingers, he was doing a handstand with perfect form.

The two feet, separated to the extreme, did not have shoes on them. With toes as nimble as his fingers, he lifted a dumbbell unwaveringly with each foot. The weight of each dumbbell was 100 kg!

"*ZZZzzzz...*ZZZZzzz..."

While under this state, Li Yao's nose emitted utterly strange snores. His pair of eyes were slightly closed and a bit of saliva trickled from the corner of his mouth — he was actually sleeping!

Suddenly...

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" The micro crystal processor on his wrist vibrated violently and alarmed.

With a flicker of his body, "Bang! Bang!" sounds rang out, like two sparks of flint flying through the darkness. Something was sent flying into a wall that was over thirty meters away, creating another pair of loud "Booms!".

The two 100 kg dumbbells were actually sent flying over 30 meters by Li Yao with a kick, deeply lodging themselves in the wall.

The entire face of the wall was full of holes. These were all craters left behind from a bombardment of dumbbells. The surface was like that of a meteor; it was a devastating sight.

"Little monster, I've already lifted the restrictions of 'Give Up'. Quickly remove those clothes and join in on the fighting. You still have half an hour!" laughed Sun Biao.

"You don't have to remind me. How annoying," yawned Li Yao. He scratched his shaggy bird's nest hair and walked to the exit indifferently.

02:32 PM. Li Yao emerged within the campus. He walked with sleepy and drowsy eyes to the student assembly grounds where the battle was taking place. His image quickly appeared on the giant holograms in the VIP lounges.

Everyone felt curiosity towards this last student entering the field.

According to normal practice, such students who enter the field at such a late stage had the utmost confidence in their true strength. But all the cultivation geniuses of Crimson Nimbus Second have clearly already appeared on stage. Who the hell is this bastard? Could it be a weakling student who has already given up on the competition?

In the second VIP lounge.

Dong Zengming abruptly jumped up from the female teacher's thighs. His entire self turned incomparable sharp in a flash. He was like a war blade extracted from a drinking house. The air of alcohol dispersed, giving birth to an air of murder.

"He's the one you wanted to watch? Will he be even more ferocious than Helian Lie?" The female teacher was absolutely astonished. It had been a long time since she seen Zheng Dongming act so serious.

"Helian Lie is obviously stronger than him. But If I had to choose an opponent, I would rather just choose Helian Lie. I wouldn't want to choose this guy." Zheng Dongming stared fixed at Li Yao.

"Why is that?" The female teacher didn't understand.

"Because he and I are the same type of people." With a laugh, Zheng Dongming's humble face revealed shallow dimples.

02:34 PM. Li Yao walked inside... Dining Hall Number 2!

"What the hell is he doing? There's nobody in the second dining hall!" The numerous VIPs were discussing and clamoring.

At this time, most of the fighting had come to an end. Quite a few students sat on the ground, panting for breath. The ones worthy to watch on screen are few. The somewhat strange actions by Li Yao naturally drew everyone's attention to Li Yao.

02:35 PM. Li Yao carried an entire tray of meat buns out of gymnasium number two. He ate as he walked, devouring a dozen fist-sized meat buns in half a second.

"Did he come here to fight, or did he come here to eat!?" The VIPs stared blankly for quite some time. After confirming that their eyes were fine, they couldn't help but laugh with tears in their eyes.

Just a moment ago, they thought that this bastard was the secret weapon of Crimson Nimbus Second, some deeply hidden unexposed expert. They never thought that this bastard was actually a rice tub with an astonishing capacity for food!

And even within the campus, there were quite a few students who saw Li Yao.

"Look you guys, look! Even screwed ghost Li Yao has come!"

"Huh? He actually doesn't have any injuries, how can he be so healthy and lively?"

"He must have been secretly hiding away just now and hasn't participated in the fighting. That's why he's still lively like a dragon and a tiger."

"Hey, Li Yao. Don't go another further ahead. The students of the Important Class all gathered there. They're all still fighting intensely and desperately. Be careful not to get accidently hurt!"

As Li Yao gnawed on a meat bun, he looked down to see his micro crystal processor, turning a deaf ear to everyone's comments. Only when a student with good intentions warned him did he lift his head and give a smile of thanks. Right after, he continued to walk forward.

"It can't be that his head's been beaten retarded right?" the student who warned Li Yao commented to his companion with some pity.

The 10 admission tickets emitted special ripples of spiritual energy every half a minute, marking their positions on a virtual map. Soon, Li Yao was able to lock onto a ticket!

......

Na Lanying was leaning her back on a giant tree. She was gasping and panting for breath. The alert expression in her eyes was like a sharp blade that swept in all directions.

She was unperturbed about the trace of blood still left in the corner of her mouth. The thought of licking it never crossed her mind.

She had to breath in the greatest amount of air in the shortest time frame to maintain a clear mind for as long as possible, so as to restore her combat strength.

This was because on her body... was a precious admission ticket!

Na Lanying was ranked 21st among the Important Class. Her Actualization Quotient was at 65%. To be able to seize an admission ticket was simply a gargantuan fortune for her. She completely lacked the confidence to be able to hold onto the ticket until 3 pm.

Fortunately, her lucky stars shined bright today. A few experts in her class had gone to jointly attack Helian Lie and Si Jiaxue and had received serious injuries; they were eliminated from the competition.

The remaining students went to go fight over the other admission tickets. There were no threatening existences with extreme strength in her surroundings. At least, not at the present.

Na Lanying had been letting her imagination run wild in her mind when she suddenly felt a stab of pain in her sternum. It was as if someone stabbed a stake of ice ferociously in her heart!

The young girl let out an "ah". Every hair on her body stood on end; she was like a started white bunny. Her body instinctively reacted, disregarding everything and fleeing 7-8 meters automatically.

Na Lanying had a certain feeling that if she had stayed there, she would already have been torn to shreds!

Standing seven to eight meters behind her, in sloppy clothes, was a completely ordinary youngster. If there was something that must be said weird about him, it would be the fact that his cheeks were stuffed full of buns. Without stopping, he kept on chewing... and chewing... and chewing...

"Li Yao?"

Na Lanying simply didn't dare to believe her eyes... Screwed ghost Li Yao was the most famous person in Crimson Nimbus Second, the man of the moment. Obviously, she wasn't mistaken.

"It's actually him? Why was it that when my back was towards him, all my hairs stood on end? It was like I was facing a terrible Demon Beast. I couldn't raise even half a thought of resistance in my mind. My only thought was to flee in desperation!" Na Lanying's heart beat like a drum. Her bosom slightly swelled up and down in undulations. She simply couldn't calm down.

Li Yao chewed his meat bun indifferently while walking over to her.

Na Lanying's scalp was frying. She felt a sense of crisis becoming more and more intense. She could not stop her entire self from trembling. No matter how much she tried taking deep breaths, it was no use! "I'm was completely suppressed to paralysis by the pressure of his aura. I can't even move a single finger at all. How can this be happening!?" screamed the young lady in her mind.

"What the hell is she doing? Why doesn't Na Lanying beat down this bastard with a move?" The VIPs saw this scene and were at a loss. They were discussing animatedly amongst themselves.

"This kid is the screwed ghost of Crimson Nimbus Second. I bet Na Lanying thinks it's below her to take care of him." There were some people who finally asked and became clear on Li Yao's identity. They talked with complete certainty.

Li Yao walked one step at a time until he reached in front of Na Lanying.

With a tilt of his neck, he swallowed down the last meat bun with some difficulty and gave a burp. A smile oozed all over his face, showing his contentment. In the eyes of Na Lanying, Li Yao's appearance was just like tyrannosaurus rex swallowing down a ton of bloody meat. Traces of bloody sinew seemed to be embedded between his teeth,

"You. Don't you come over..." Na Lanying said weakly from her heart. She was on the verge of crying.

"Hello, you must be fellow student Na Lanying. I would like to ask if you've seen fellow student Helian Lie and where he is?" Li Yao chuckled, asking in a refined and courteous manner.

Na Lanying stared blankly at him for quite some time. Then with a wavering hand, she pointed in the direction of the school's sports field, "I- I don't know. He's probably at the sports field."

"Okay. Thank you, fellow student Na Lanying." Li Yao nodded with thanks, paying zero attention to the young lady's admission ticket. He brushed past Na Lanying's side and walked towards the direction of the sports field.

Na Lanying's pair of legs weakened, and she nearly collapsed to the ground. She watched with shock and astonishment at Li Yao's back as he gradually left. The back of her school uniform was soaked with sweat. Her delicate body was shivering and she had a sinking painful feeling in her stomach. Her mind was filled with the thoughts of her luck and new lease at life!

Chapter 37 - Treading Tiger Strike 7 Murdering-Hit Combo

Within 5 minutes, Li Yao found a total of 4 ticket holders.

Anyways, his luck today has been nothing special. Helian Lie was not one of the four, so he still hadn't raised a hand. After giving these four people an enormous amount of fright, he continued heading over to the sports field.

"LI YAO, DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME!"

02:44 PM. A piercing shout exploded into Li Yao's ear. A figure, weaved with killing intent, blocked him from moving a step forward.

It was Zhao Liang, the person whom's knees he broke a month ago!

Zhao Liang's legs had been restored back to normal long ago, and in this month's time frame, he went through some bitter training. His entire person's temperament changed completely. His malice and ferocity increased. He was like a blade painted black, absorbing light.

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Zhao Liang's face was warped and twisted, deforming into a horse's face. He said as he laughed nastily, "I need to thank you properly, fellow student Li Yao! I still remember vividly in my mind what you did to me a month ago. It's fresh in my memory, appearing every night in my dreams! I pay you my respects. In this month, I went through a crazed kind of training. The pain I bore is a pain unimaginable for you! HeHeHeHe. Finally, in a month's time, I went from being ranked 41st in class to being ranked 33rd! I'm no longer the last place student! Today, I will say goodbye to you by using the 'Treading Tiger Strike Three Murdering-Hit Combo' I've trained in. I don't know if this time, you still have an iron plate tucked in front of your sternum!"

Li Yao lifted his wrist to take a look at his micro crystal processor; there wasn't even a hint of a reaction. Zhao Liang did not have an admission ticket.

"You don't even have a ticket, yet you're still shooting off! Do you think we're in a debate competition!?"

With a glare of his eyes, Li Yao shouted suddenly with force. His entire body squatted down and his pair of legs seemed to swell twice in size in a flash. They were like thick coiled springs stored full of energy!

"Whoosh!"

In a flash, Li Yao's silhouette vanished without a trace, appearing right in front of Zhao Liang half a second later. His brutal aura locked completely onto every hair on Zhao Liang's head. Zhao Liang could not react at all to Li Yao's unusual incomparable speed!

The moment when an expression of astonishment appeared on Zhao Liang's face, Li Yao seized Zhao Liang's skull with his pair of hands, like a walnut being clenched by enormous metal pliers. Zhao Liang was totally unable to free himself!

Li Yao's right knee ferociously rammed into Zhao Liang's body like an artillery shell!

The strongest technique of the Thirteen Forces of the War Beasts... Treading Tiger Strike!

"Boom!"

Zhao Liang's lower body half flew up. His entire body curled up into a ball, looking like a small shrimp. Blood spurted wildly from his mouth. The back of his school uniform was torn to shreds!

Li Yao had no intention of stopping. Just when his right leg had fallen, his left knee burst forth. The two knees struck one after another in succession. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! His knees struck with great power seven times in a row. Each bombardment was stronger than the last by a bit. The final strike, with a knee as hard as iron, directly exploded onto Zhao Liang's face!

Zhao Liang's entire face caved in deeply. It was like he was smashed ferociously by a giant iron hammer. He flew several dozen meters, fiercely smashing into the ground. He didn't even have the chance to let out a blood-curdling scream before he completely passed out!

A killing technique used by the military — the Thirteen Forces of the Warbeasts, Treading Tiger Strike 7 Murdering-Hit Combo!

"Yi!" In the third VIP lounge, the room was filled with noise and clamor just a second ago, buzzing with activity. The next second, the room turned into absolute silence. A deathly stillness... No one ever expected that an elite student of the Important Class would be eliminated in a flash by a mishmash of the Common Class!

"Ah!" In the second VIP lounge, the female teacher of Phoenix Ridge second shouted in surprise. She looked at Zheng Dongming to the side of her. Zheng Dongming's mouth hooked into a smile, displaying an expression that contained no surprise.

"Hmm?" In the first VIP lounge, Zhao Yin's eyes flashed with light and soon returned to their original state. With a wave of his hand, he called his secretary. After exchanging a few words, the secretary left in a hurry.

The current time is, 02:53 PM!

Li Yao didn't even glance of Zhao Liang. He stepped over Zhao Liang's body, considering Zhao Liang to be a piece of trash.

The noise of the fight between these two also drew the attention of several neighboring students. Li Yao didn't even walk far before he was surrounded by three arrogant students of the Important Class. They glared at him with complete vigilance.

These three students all witnessed Li Yao finishing off Zhao Liang with a single move. Naturally, they wouldn't lower their guard. They considered him to be the most fearful of threats.

"You're Li Yao? I never thought that you weren't being tortured by Helian Lie for this month, but were actually hiding in training. You actually possess a power this strong! However, it's useless. We top 20 students of the Important class are on a totally different level than the sort of bastard Zhao Liang is!" a student of the Important Class said sneering.

"And in addition, us three have been training in joint assault techniques together ever since we entered the third year. You are no match for us!" the second student of the Important Class stated.

"Therefore, if you're an intelligent person, you would be a good boy and beat it! Go fight over other people's tickets. We don't want to suffer injuries on our side as well," the third student of the Important Class concluded the conversation.

Li Yao looked at his micro crystal processor and discovered that they were indeed carrying three admission tickets on their bodies.

The true strength of these students lingered around rank 20 in the Important Class, oscillating up and down. They knew it would be hard to rely only on oneself to seize a ticket, so they planned early on to team up to fight. They spent most of the year painstakingly working on their joint assault technique into becoming perfected and exquisite. Indeed this time, several ranked top 15 students in the Important Class were defeated under their hand, seizing three of the precious admission tickets!

Li Yao didn't necessarily know this information. However, there were only seven minutes of time remaining. He feared that there wasn't enough time to find Helian Lie.

He carefully sized up the three surrounding students of the Important Class, analyzing and calculating at lightning speeds. He had no choice but to recognize that his opponents were formidable opponents on a higher level than Zhao Liang.

He examined his micro crystal processor once more. He found, to his dismay, that other than these three people, the remaining seven ticket bearing students were far away from him. It was likely that some hid inside the complicated, maze-like buildings. And most of them were moving around at high speeds. It would be very hard to catch them.

"Helian Lie, there is a veil between us. I'm forced to wait until the Youth Limit Challenge to slowly conclude things between us!" Li Yao squinted his eyes, withdrawing his gaze from the three students of the Important Class. In a slow and unhurried fashion, he took off 'Give Up'.

"What the hell is he up to? It can't be he wants to fight one on three?" Everyone was at a loss in the VIP lounges.

"Student Li Yao defeated Zhao Liang in a single move. Although his true strength is unconventional, he wants to fight three students, who clearly surpass Zhao Liang, as his opponents. It should be too much for him right?" The teachers were discussing animatedly.

And in the first VIP lounge, the smiling expression in the depths of Crimson Nimbus Guild's Elder Zhou Yin's eyes grew richer and richer.

Li Yao squatted down and folded 'Give Up' neatly and tidily. He placed 'Give Up' carefully to the side.

He was wearing a completely ordinary sports tank top and shorts. He had worn these clothes for a long time, all throughout his big torturous workouts. They were thin like a cicada's wing, revealing faintly the lines of the muscles underneath clearly.

His stature was completely ordinary and his muscles weren't considered anything too extreme.

But the encircling three students of the Important Class didn't know why, but they all simultaneously felt a deep chill. When Li Yao took off his exterior clothes, a severe icy air also seemed to accompany the action, permeating and diffusing through the air. He was like...

A velociraptor that transformed in a flash into a tyrannosaurus rex!

"Bang!"

Li Yao stamped one leg to the ground, shredding his sports shoes into pieces! His speed had increased unexpectedly by a factor when compared to the recent moment when he murderously bombarded Zhao Liang. In the lifetime of a flint's spark, he flashed to appear right in front of the opposing student of the Important Class. The Treading Tiger Strike combo was unleashed once more like a hot knife through butter!

Chapter 38 - Slaying the Way to Devil Dragon Island

The three students in the Important Class never thought that Li Yao would actually take the initiative to attack. Even more so, they never thought that his offensive would be this fierce and violent. In a flash, they turned pale with fright!

However, their reaction speeds were clearly faster than Zhao Liang's by a measure; the student of the Important Class facing Li Yao crossed his arms to defend. His waist bent in a strange manner. A "Bang!" rang out. He had barely defended against Li Yao's knee strike. A groan was stifled in his mouth, and there was an expression of unbearable pain on his face... The bones of his pair of arms were broken by a single strike of Li Yao's bombarding knee!

The other two students of the important class unleashed their assault from behind, trying in vain to keep Li Yao pinned down.

"Bang Bang!"

Li Yao did not duck or dodge. He forcibly took on the assault of the two behind him. The two students of the important class kicked his back with ferocity, but it was like kicking a giant sandbag filled with iron shavings. Li Yao's muscles immediately rippled in a strange manner. The energy was dispersed and eliminated in a flash!

"His physical resistance capabilities are this strong!?"

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The blood of the two students of the Important Class ran cold. They were aware of the strange rippling movement of Li Yao's muscles. They were clearly aware that this was an extraordinary high-class, energy-dispersion technique. Under the special guidance of a military expert, the body is struck repetitively with powerful strikes in order to grasp the technique.

"Did we make a mistake? This guy's absolutely a monster! There's practically no different in true strength between him and Helian Lie. How is he a mishmash of the Common Class? Are all the teachers in our school blind to this extent!?"

The three students of the Important Class glanced at each other, all seeing fear in the depths of each other's eyes.

Li Yao had no interest in the offensive launched by the two people. His pair of knees, like tigers setting off a mountain, exploded forth violently! In under a second, he exploded out with 11 knee strikes that were so insane it seemed to be of magic!

The students of the Important Class ahead could not withstand it any longer, collapsing to the ground with a blood-curdling scream.

It was an unimaginable scene. Shouts of surprise came and went in waves in the VIP lounges. None of the spectators had ever thought that an encirclement formation of three students of the important class would actually be broken by a mishmash of the Common Class, using only the sort of brute force method of pure strength and physical ability to force the formation open!

Li Yao sneered. He strode over with large strides like a tiger pouncing on a lamb. He was chasing down the broken-armed students of the important class to continue his relentless assault!

The manner of his attacks was unspeakably exquisite. Every single strike bombarded straight down. None of his strikes contained anything deceptive or had any unpredictable variations. The three students of the Important Class could all anticipate the trajectory of his next attack.

However, they were unable to find a way to break through his technique. This was because Li Yao's absolute striking strength was way too astonishing, and his physical resistance capabilities were way too strong as well.

Li Yao clearly staked it all on his body. Three vs. One. You may strike me thrice, but I will strike you once. That's the way it was!

...Li Yao was accustomed to facing against the devilish-level expert, Fiend Blade Peng Hai. According to Li Yao, the attacks of these three Important Class students were nothing more than tickles. And Li Yao's fists, even if they only brushed against their cheeks, was enough to make them cry tears of pain!

A short time later, the three students of the Important Class looked at each other and suddenly let out a whistle. At the same time, they split running in three directions to escape!

Three students of the Important Class had actually chosen to flee in desperation when facing a student of the Common Class.

"They spent several months specifically practicing these tactics. They were meant to be used against Helian Lie, but they actually employed it against a student of the Common Class. This truly is..."

Within the VIP lounge, the coach of the three students had a complicated expression on his face. The three aptly employed the battle tactics appropriately. This caused the coach to feel quite happy, but he felt far more emotions of shame and shock.

Li Yao, without any hesitation, chased unwaveringly after the first student of the Important Class. Each step he took could pull the distance closer by nearly half a meter. Soon, they were only separated by the thickness of a string. The fleeing student of the Important Class in front of him was on the verge of crying.

The other two students of the Important Class turned around, without hesitation, from the side, to cause Li Yao some trouble from behind.

This time, the manner in which they fought was clearly different. They no longer targeted Li Yao's vital parts, but instead focused on pinning Li Yao down with harassing attacks. They wanted to stall for time; their purpose was to allow the first student to pull some distance.

When Li Yao's patience was running thin, when he would turn around to attack someone, that person would turn and flee without hesitation.

And when Li Yao gave chase, unwilling to let his target escape, the other two students of the Important Class would change their roles. They would become the harassers!

"Us three may not have the strongest true strength in the Important Class, but our minds are the most intelligent and clear-minded of the Important Class. This set of 'Escape-Harassment' battle tactics, when put fully to use, would be hard for even Helian Lie to overcome. You. How can you find the answer to break out?"

The coach of the three Important Class students stared fixed at the hologram, murmuring to himself. He also looked at the time displayed on the hologram. His throat was a bit dry from talking too much.

"You don't have much time left remaining, student Li Yao!"

At present, the time is 02:59:30 PM. There was only half a minute until the competition official ends!

Will a miracle... happen?

All the VIPs no longer paid any attentions to the other scenes. Their sights were totally focused on Li Yao's 1 vs 3 on the hologram. Everyone was racking their brains, with no success, trying to figure out if Li Yao could make a reversal out of this predicament. Everyone was excited and looking forward to the outcome. They were awaiting a miracle!

27 seconds... 26 seconds... 25 seconds ...

The speed of the three Important Class students had reached their hurricane-like limits. They ran with faces red from exertion. Their mouths and eyes were twisted. They completely lacked the aura and elegance of a heaven's chosen, looking like three stray dogs instead.

13 seconds... 12 seconds... 11 seconds.....

The three people were forced to draw their entire strength, down to their bones! They rushed madly, rushed frantically, they ran like mad! Li Yao chased them unrelentingly, causing them to wretchedly foam at the mouth. Their tongues were flapping as they continued running in crazily without end. It was as if the most vicious, vile, and persistent of Demon Beasts was chasing closely behind them.

7 seconds... 6 seconds... 5 seconds.....

The pathetic worm being chased by Li Yao suddenly had his legs weaken and drop from under him. He rolled about on the ground clutching his leg... He had run too much and overtaxed his body, causing a cramping in his leg!

The remaining two let out a battle cry simultaneously. The threw themselves into the air and tenaciously held fixed onto Li Yao!

3 seconds... 2 seconds... 1 second.....

With a violent roar, the muscles of Li Yao's entire body swelled, forcefully sending the two Important Class students flying. They dropped flat on their backs.

The time is precisely 03:00 PM. The competition was over. The crisp beautiful sound of a bell rang throughout campus.

"We won!"

"We held on to the bitter end!"

The three students were surprised at first, but soon they jumped around wild with joy. They hugged each other laughing and crying. It was like the opponent they had faced just then was not a student of the Common Class, but rather a campus king like Si Jiaxue or Helian Lie!

"I managed to get a ticket!"

The first student took out a wrapped treasure from his bosom, a small box engraved with glyphs. He waved it energetically and roared loudly.

"I managed to get a ticket!"

The second student also hefted up his own admission ticket. His face was full of hope after a storm, an expression with tears of joy.

"I... where's my ticket?"

The third student felt all over his clothes in confusion. He could not feel out anything. He thought, distracted, and seemed to have realized something. He looked towards Li Yao as his face suddenly turned deathly white.

Li Yao sat cross-legged on the ground. His head was tilted while he carefully examined the artifact box held in his hand with great detail and discovered that there was a semi-translucent crystal card that was as thin as a cicada's wing lying inside.

Devil Dragon Island was one of the locations of this year's Limit Challenge Competition.

Li Yao let out a soft whistle as he took out the ticket from the box and channeled the ticket with his mind. A Puji Critter rushed through the air and laughed brightly.

In the VIP lounges was a wave of uproar!

"He... When did he grab the ticket? How did I miss it?" Most of the household heads looked at each other in dismay. They dared not to believe their eyes.

In the first VIP room, Yin Zhou could not hold back a light laugh, nodding his head, "Not bad. This kid's body is quite powerful, like those body tempering specialists from the Northwest Continent who cultivate in the path of body refinement. And, his fingers are so adept, to be able to snatch away a ticket without anybody noticing. Those fingers are very much suited for crafting and repairing artifacts; they're simply the hands of a refiner! In these times, what the Circle of Cultivators lacks the most are these sort of multi-talented geniuses. Really, this kid's not bad!"

At this time, his secretary walked in and stooped down to his ear, saying a few words.

"Oh, so there's this sort of thing going on?"

Zhou Yin's gaze drifted, like a gentle stream, towards Helian Ba, "So, word has it that your esteemed son and this student Li Yao have some misunderstanding?

Helian Ba's eyebrows rose up; his face was filled with an expression of disbelief. "It can't be, right? I've never heard Small Lie mention this before? Although, kids can be quite hot blooded. It's quite common for them to fight with each other, and often a friendship is born from the exchange of blows. Aren't many bro-for-life bonds born from rivalries and fights? Or it's quite possible that these two really have a misunderstanding. That's also not a big deal. Who would still take it personally?"

Zhou Yin gradually nodded his head, "Then that's fine. Your esteemed son is also a genius that's quite hard to come by. His strength is superior to Li Yao's by a factor. Both of these two have promising futures. It's not worth getting mad over such small matters!"

Helian Ba nodded his head over and over. He spoke with utter sincerity, "Yes. Yes. What Elder Zhou says is absolute! Oh, that's right. Headmaster Zhao, I've heard that student Li Yao's family circumstances aren't too good. Doesn't our school have a dedicated fund to sponsor students in poverty? I propose to withdraw 100,000 credits from this fund, and I will also contribute 100,000 myself for a total of 200,000 credits as a form of a scholarship to give to student Li Yao in praise of his wonderful display in this fighting competition... Elder Zhou, sir, what do you think?"

Zhou Yin chuckled. "These are all matters regarding your school; I don't want to get involved. In short, this student's basic potential isn't bad. I'm quite pleased. Headmaster Zhao, Board-member Helian, and all the guests sitting with me today, everyone has done a great service."

When the speech concluded, Helian Ba's heart returned, once again, stuck in his throat. He felt he had just been fished from the bathing room; his back was full of cold sweat.

"LI! YAO!" A terrifying glow flashed in the depths of Helian Ba's eyes as Helian Ba committed this name to memory.

......

At the main stage of the first school building, Helian Lie and Si Jiaxue stood on opposite sides onstage. They opened their microprocessors to produce holograms in order to find out the names of 10 ticket holders.

"We caused several of the stronger students in our class to suffer from heavy injuries and retire from the competition. We don't know who the other 8 people are going to be, the lucky ones who can come with us to Devil Dragon Island." Helian Lie laughed with his head lowered.

Their smiling expressions froze in a flash, like their faces were covered with a mask of botched human skin, and like their faces were beaten viciously.

An expression of faint doubt flew up on Si Jiaxue's face. Giant question marks rippled in the depths of her clear-water eyes.

"Li Yao?" the two read the name silently. Their tones and implications were as different as black and white.

Chapter 39 - The World of The Cultivation, Is as vast as the Skies and Seas!

10 days later, on the east coast of the Federation, at the Far East Ocean.

It was early morning. The rising sun filled the day and the red clouds filled the sky. A myriad of golden fish-scale dots glistened and dazzled in an ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see. It was a scene from a fairytale.

Countless schools of fish and oceanic Demon Beasts leapt and fluttered about over the golden sea's surface, creating quite a vitalic sight to behold.

"*HUMM! *HUMM!"

Eight large antigravity spiritual-energy-powered ships were stuffed full of the young geniuses of Floating Spear City and its neighboring dozen towns, carrying them over and looking like eight large sea turtles. They leisurely swept over at an altitude 200 meters above the sea's surface. Their mysterious and complex glyph were vibrating endlessly, radiating all the colors of the rainbow brightly. The turbulent waves of spiritual energy surged and rippled. The ripples spread endlessly, colliding into the sea, creating explosions that sounded like the thunderous roars of large Demon Beasts, and creating white waves of froth.

Li Yao was standing at the edge of the front deck. He clung to the railing, looking downwards.

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In the midst of the golden ocean, several dozen fishing boats were cruising lazily all over, scattered and fragmented.

Suddenly, an extremely strange "water bubble" swelled on the surface of the sea not too far away. Soon, a small piece of an utterly-sharp fin emerged, splitting the sea without a sound. It headed towards the several dozen fishing boats at high speeds, attacking.

When the fin reached nearly a 100-meter distance from the fishing boats, the "water bubble" suddenly expanded. A 100-meter long giant monster fish exploded out from the water bubble, leaping suddenly into the air and soaring several dozen meters high. It headed forward with reckless abandon, pouncing towards the fishing boats.

The skin of this monsterish fish was bumpy and full of scabs and was covered in growing coral of five different gorgeous colors. It looked extremely devilish. There was a tumorous growth on its head that formed the face of an incomparably ugly baby. There was even a thick tentacle, on the tip of which was a ball of meat, growing from its forehead. "*Pop" "*Pop" The ball of meat crackled as it shot explosive blue lightning in arcs.

"*WAUM! *WAUM!"

The monsterish fish gaped open its mouth, letting out a strange cry like that of a child. It's mouth was strangely and incomparably large. The mouth actually split all they way to the middle of its body, and jagged teeth filled to the brim within its gaping mouth. The corpses of rotten oceanic beasts were even seen pierced on top of several dozen of the razor-sharp jagged teeth!

Li Yao did not have the time to yell in surprise. In a flash, it seemed that all the fishing boats had awakened from stupor. They moved at a speed comparable to lightning, splitting in all directions. The enormous, monsterish fish flung itself into the air. It's body, weighing over 10,000 pounds, smashed against the sea once again, creating a giant, sky-towering wave.

The fishing boats that had just been fleeing turned their helms one by one, faintly forming an encirclement. The enormous monsterish fish tried to escape through the air once more but was met with the fishing boats suddenly shooting balls of nets.

These nets appeared to be artifacts crafted and refined by cultivators. They hooked and coiled together mid-air, forming an 8-pointed star pattern that glowed with splendor and radiance. It was an eye-catching and dazzling glyph that soon transformed into a giant net that blotted the sky and covered the earth. It came crashing down, bolting straight towards the cranium of the gigantic monsterish fish!

All of a sudden, the gigantic monster fish thundered with a roar that contained both shock and fury. It's body twisted and rocked wildly, creating raging and storming waves. The still tranquil and peaceful surface of the sea had transformed, in a flash, into a surging battlefield with the aura of death.

But no matter how much the monster fish struggled, it was unable to free itself. Who knows what crafting materials this fishing net was made of, but as soon as it made contact with the ocean's water, it shrunk at lightning speeds to deeply embed itself into the body of the gigantic monster fish. The net bound tightly to the skin, causing the skin to split and chap. The blood that subsequently flowed was a dark green, polluting a large area of the sea's surface, and emitted noxious fishy fumes.

Even Li Yao, at a distance of several hundred meters in the air, was affected by the smell of the noxious fumes, causing his eyes to go faint and his head to be dizzy. He faintly felt a loss of consciousness. It seemed that the blood of this gigantic monster fish contained a natural and terrifying ability to cause people to lose consciousness.

"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The several dozen fishing ships launched gigantic harpoons simultaneously, piercing deep into the body of the monster fish. With the additional pain, the monster fish went even crazier. The fish thrashed and tried to flee, causing the steel rope that was hooked to the fishing boats to go taut and straight. Several dozen fishing boats were being dragged, rushing forward.

The monster fish rushed several hundred meters, dragging several fishing boats with it and causing them to tip to extreme angles, almost to the point of capsizing. From one of these ships flew out a cultivator suited in a light blue crystal-powered mobile armor that hefted a giant sword on its shoulder.

In a blink of an eye, this cultivator flew to appear right in front of the monster fish. A dangerous arc of lightning flashed across the tentacle on the forehead of the monster fish. With the giant sword in hand, an image of a sword-strike flashed out. The tentacle was actually cleaved cleanly at the base, falling down to the sea!

"TSSSS!..."

The monster fish could not hold back a sharp, blood-curdling cry.

Without waiting for the fish to respond, the cultivator sheathed the sword once again behind his back. His left hand grasped the hilt, while the palm of his right hand faced the forehead of the gigantic monster fish. A ball of light, like a miniature sun, formed in the palm of his hand and expanded at lightning speeds.

"Boom!"

When the ball of light expanded to a size larger than the cultivator's head, the fingers of his hand spread open. He pushed forcefully, sending the ball of light into the blood gaping wound on the monster fish's forehead, entering the brains of the monster fish in a flash. Only a world-shaking sound was heard. A geyser of blood spouted a hundred of meters into the air from the blowhole on the top of the monster fish's brain. Its entire brain had been mashed into a pulp!

The eyes of the monster fish turned to an ash-gray in a flash. It stopped struggling, flipped belly up, and floated without strength on the surface of the sea.

The countless parasitic octopuses, crabs, and tiny Demon Beasts living on its body dispersed, fleeing without direction towards the ocean floor in panic.

"So awesome!"

Li Yao watched with wonder... This was an encirclement hunt that was planned early on. First, the fishing nets and harpoons were used to exhaust the monster fish's physical strength and life force. Then, the cultivator cleaved its tentacle to create a wound as a weak point. Finally, a fatal strike was sent through the wound into the brain of the monster fish!

"The world of cultivation... really is incomparably vast and filled with unlimited awesomeness!"

Li Yao gazed far into the distance, to his limits. Bottomless red clouds were scattered across the horizon. A red disk of a sun did its best to break through the sea's surface, to shoot to the sky.

This was a spectacular scene of the vastness and forces of nature, something that Li Yao did not experience often living life in Floating Spear City. He was at peace and relaxed, and his thoughts were like the image seen by his eyes — they flew to the ends of the ocean, towards the sun.

"One day, I will also be a cultivator, like this one. My hand will be holding an awesome military weapon that I personally crafted. I will rush to the great ocean, slaying Demon Beasts and wrestling with the stormy seas!" The tides of Li Yao's heart moved up and down, heating his blood.

Everyone on this anti-gravity ship was a youth from Floating Spear City. Quite a few people were like him. In twos and threes on the deck of the ship, they were also admiring the wondrous marvel of nature unfolding before their eyes. They had seen the cultivator below slay the Demon Beast, and they cried out, one by one, in surprise.

However, Li Yao understood clearly that he was different than the others within this flock of people. What he displayed in the fight for the ticket was too much of a shock. And, he was someone who was willing to offend people with rich and powerful backing, like Helian Lie. Other people did not dare to wantonly go up and talk to him.

Li Yao enjoyed the peacefulness. He looked down at the exceptionally beautiful marvel, the reflection of the sky on the ocean. His memories flew back to the time in his dream of grandeur. Specks of detail become clearer. No matter what he remembered, no matter how useful it was, he recorded it all to his crystal processor.

This was his secret training technique that he thought of only recently. People's ability to remember will always have its limits, say nothing of remembering the details of dreams. Li Yao feared that once some details became clear, upon awakening, everything would be forgotten completely.

The memories of Ou Yezi were undoubtedly a precious treasure trove equivalent to the wealth of an entire nation. No matter how mottled any shard of memory recollection was, each shard was capable of providing great benefits.

These days had gone by with Li Yao racking his mind away. He managed to recall many things. He was able to fumble around in the depths of his mind and discover what seemed to be a giant sealed sliding door. He was even able to hear sounds coming inside, the twinkling sounds of a treasure trove.

All he needed was one step, one small step. Then, he would be able to inherit all of Ou Yezi's memories!

It was right at this time when the faint air of alcohol assailed his nostrils. A chubster with cat-like eyes and splendid clothes leaned against the railing next to Li Yao. This youngster said, "This view really isn't bad. Isn't that right, fellow student Li Yao!?"

Li Yao's pupils suddenly contracted. Nonchalantly, he revoked the hologram of his crystal processor. Filled to the brim with caution, he said, "Aren't you Zheng Dongming, a friend of Helian Lie?"

Chapter 40 - The Different Types of Cultivators

"Nope, I'm not Helian Lie's friend. I'm his swine friend." Zheng Dongming's nostrils flared as he chuckled in reply.

"Is there a difference?" Li Yao stared blankly.

"To be partners in decadence means... that Helian Lie can find me if he wants to dine food, drink alcohol, race in shuttles, play with girls... Basically, anything that brings pleasure is totally fine. But if it's to help him beat someone up, especially someone who's true strength has increased by leaps and bounds in a month, and whose Actualization Quotient increased by several dozen percents, this sort of damn awesome person... Then Helian Lie overestimates our friendship way too much!" Zheng Dongming chuckled, nudging over a step closer to Li Yao's side.

Li Yao calmly pulled some distance away from him. "So, you're not here to stir up some trouble with me?"

Zheng Dongming nudged over once again. It seemed that he didn't pick up on Li Yao's cold attitude. With a composed expression, he said, "Do you know just how many different types of time-established fine wine are in the Federation? Just how many restaurants far and near? Just how many girls have entered into the entertainment industry?"

Li Yao blinked his eyes. He felt that he could not quite keep up with Zheng Dongming's tempo of speech, "Nope, so what's the answer?"

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With a flick of his finger, Zheng Dongming enumerated a list of numbers, "According to my statistics, the Federation has a total of 1,300 different time-established fine wine, over 300,000 critically acclaimed restaurants that are worth trying... and just last year, counting every new female actress of every major entertainment company, female idols... etc... There are at least 500,000 of them!"

Zheng Dongming paused for a bit to let out a sigh, "You should know that I am the child of rich and power parents with money in explosive amounts. There are that many kinds of alcohol waiting for me to taste. That many fine delicacies for me to eat. That many stunning and devastatingly beautiful women... all I need to do is to cough lightly... and they become like succubi, stripping on their own... stripping myself and pushing me on the bed... What do you think? Why would I give up alcohol to taste, give up delicacies to eat, give up girls to f*ck. Why would I waste my precious time to come cause you trouble?"

Li Yao squinted his eyes, examining Zheng Dongming for half a minute. Suddenly, he started laughing.

Just as Zheng Dongming was interested in Li Yao, at this moment, Li Yao also became a bit interested in Zheng Dongming.

Li Yao shrugged his shoulder. "Sure, you're not here to stir up trouble. But what did you come here for? Do you want to team up with me? To fight hand-to-hand together on Devil Dragon Island?"

Zheng Dongming said, "That was only my first objective. The primary objective was that I wanted to chat with you. Just simply a conversation. If I were to use terms from the Ancient Cultivation World to explain, then I would say I came here to 'Plant a Seed of Karma'. Nothing more!"

"You're rich and powerful. I'm damned and poor. We aren't people of the same world. What could we possible chat about?"

"Plenty man~ For example, you are quite a talented individual, fellow student Li Yao. I've heard you also have quite some skills in Artifact repair. Then what will it be? Have you thought over which school you want to test into? Which type of Cultivator you want to become?"

"What do you mean 'type' of Cultivators? There are even many different types of cultivators?" Actually, Li Yao had never heard of such things. He still believed that there was only one type of Cultivator... and that was those who soared through the skies on flying swords, going around killing. Only that type of Cultivator.

Zheng Dongming had a certain "If you don't know, then come. Let's sit down and listen to young master Zheng slowly explain" expression on his face. With utter pride, he glanced an eye at Li Yao. He cleared his throat and said, "In the Ancient Cultivation World of 40,000 years ago, obviously, cultivators weren't separated into types. There was only one kind of cultivator. At most, there were those who cultivated in the path of demons, the path of fiends... but those don't count — only the sources of their spiritual energy were different! And 40,000 years later to the Modern Cultivation Era, society has separated different types of jobs more and more finely. Cultivators have also been separated into a total of six major types."

He extended out his chubby right hand, spreading open his fingers. He wriggled his thumb and said, "The first type is also the most common, the most ordinary, and that is the battle-type cultivator. The battle-type cultivator is the type most inline for the average person's traditional view of what a cultivator is like. More or less, they fly on flying swords. They travel unhindered all around to fight hand-to-hand with Demon Beasts. You have to know of this type of Cultivator. I don't need to explain more, right?"

Li Yao nodded his head. Obviously, he understood what the battle-type cultivator was. It's just that he never thought that there were actually 5 different types of cultivators outside of the battle-type cultivator.

What kind of mysteries... do these other five types of cultivators possess?

Zheng Dongming curled his index finger, continuing, "The second type is the 'admin-type' of Cultivators. This type of Cultivator may not possess the strongest of spiritual energy, but they possess the best computational ability. They can, in the time it takes for a flint's spark to flash, do several million, even several tens of millions, even over 100 million of telepathic calculations. From a ginormous endless stream of information, they can discover hidden patterns and structures and even predict the direction of how things will play out. They make the most optimum decisions... I'm sure you won't understand from the way I'm talking. Let me give you an example. The mayor of a major city with a population of ten million people. A general who commands an entire army. The chief of a large corporation. The head leader of a guild. They all need someone to make grand strategies and run administration. The admin-type Cultivator is most suited for this job."

Electricity coursed in Li Yao's mind. Soon, he responded by automatically nodding his head.

There are specialists in business. Someone with battle strength is different from someone who commands a large army. Being able to level a mountain with a single explosive fist is not representative of the ability to become a capable guild leader.

The admin-type cultivator really does have its own value for existence.

Zheng Dongming supplemented with more words, "At present, the person with the highest position in our Star Glory Federation is the Chairman of the Congress, Xu Haoran. He's an admin-type Cultivator who reached the Yuanying Stage. It's said that his brain underwent enormous development. When his spiritual energy courses through to its utmost limit, he can process over 80 million thoughts telepathically every second! He can be said to be a super-crystal processor in human form! Only with this sort of calculation prowess can one lead an enormous nation such as this!"

Even Speaker Xu Haoran was an admin-type cultivator? Li Yao was forced to have a whole new level of respect for this type.

However, he understood himself unequivocally; he knew he wasn't made for this. Soon, he returned to being himself and asked, "Then, what's the third type?"

Zheng Dongming swayed his middle finger and said, "The third type is the research-type cultivator. Just as the name implies, this type of cultivator is similar to the admin-type cultivator, possessing extremely high computational abilities. They are capable of processing tens of thousands of telepathic thoughts in a flash. However, their abilities aren't as extensive; they like to concentrate on a specific subject... The research-type cultivator often becomes a doctor, lawyer, university professor, and various scientific advisors in the industry. They are highly respected by the masses."

Li Yao went "Oh." When compared to the admin-type cultivator, the research-type cultivator seemed a bit weaker.

Zheng Dongming saw through his disappointment and said seriously, "Don't feel that the research-type cultivator is useless... The powerful research-type cultivators can compute and run a simulation of a star. They can tell when it will explode and thereby absorb the energy of the star's explosion for cultivation. They can also deduce the combat style of a powerful ancient demon beast from several billion years ago, just from inspecting a few shards of fossils. Those in love with medicine can fuse man with Demon Beast — to engineer a Beast Soldier with tyrannical strength! Of course, this is illegal in the Federation, but in some of the lawless areas outside of the Federation, there are research-type cultivators with this sort of true strength. They simply exist on the same level as a god!"

Zheng Dongming paused with a sorrowful laugh. In a low voice, he said, "If this is not enough of an explanation for you, think of it this way, 40,000 years ago in the past, the cultivator who did the R&D of the Demon God Virus, causing Spirit Beasts to evolve into Fiend Beasts... He could be considered a research-type cultivator. What do you think? Are you scared yet?"