Chương 119: War God’s : — Chapter 119 - Wang Xian: Everyone, Come at Me Together!

The Second Realm freshmen froze. Especially Dao Sanxiao and his crew. Just yesterday they'd huddled together, brimming with confidence, planning to gang up and take down Wang Xian, the most monstrous freshman, through sheer attrition. Fighting him one-on-one? Trying to knock this record-breaking freak off the arena with just one or two people? Impossible. They were all ultimate monsters from the martial exams themselves. They understood exactly what kind of strength lay behind that score. Single combat? Forget it.

Unless someone reached Third Realm, started cultivating genetic methods, and unlocked their Gene Lock. Otherwise, a wheel battle was the only way. Pool everyone's strength, wear him down over 10 rounds, maybe even 6 or 7 would do it. He could fight well, sure, but his life force had limits. He could win once. He couldn't win forever. Once Wang Xian stepped down, the stage would be theirs. With similar strength levels, everyone's defense count would end up roughly equal. The credits could be split evenly.

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"Single-handedly intercepting over a thousand Bone-Eroding Leopards? What the hell—can a freshman even do that?" Cold sweat beaded on Dao Sanxiao's forehead. He knew Bone-Eroding Leopards. E-rank Beasts formed through native mutation, equivalent to Second Realm martial artists. Life force between 100 and 300. Not particularly strong. Their abilities leaned toward attack and speed, but they were fragile. Classic glass cannons. If he had to deal with them, killing a few, even a dozen—would be manageable.

But over a hundred? He'd turn and run without hesitation. Over a thousand? Even a Third Realm squad would struggle. Probably get wiped out. Just intercepting that many would be brutally difficult. One person?

"If the military wasn't saying this, I'd think someone was spreading rumors." Lei Hao's face was grim. Honestly, he figured if he went to intercept, he could hold off around a hundred and buy decent time. His talent and martial arts both leaned defensive, and with his naturally superior physique, he was confident against native-mutated beasts. But over a thousand? That was absurd. And native beast packs usually had leaders. A Bone-Eroding Leopard King or something, definitely C-rank minimum.

That made it even harder. To intercept that many beasts...

"Even if all 70-plus freshmen here teamed up, we might not manage it..." He glanced around. And now you're telling me one person did it? Beasts that specialize in speed, no less.

'To intercept that many without getting injured... there's only one explanation. This guy's movement technique has at least reached third-stage Cun-level, maybe even fourth-stage Chijian Folding, those Second Realm beasts couldn't touch his clothes.' Movement technique training was even harder than weapon technique training. And generally, it matched cultivation level. Fourth-stage Chijian Folding let a martial artist execute folding dashes or twists within a single chi of distance.

Achieving angles that completely defied Blue Star's gravity. Defied physics itself. If an opponent charged at extreme speed, fourth-stage movement technique let you ignore all inertia and instantly change direction, attacking from any angle with martial arts. Impossible to defend against. Against martial artists with lower-tier movement techniques, it was dimensional suppression. Even third-stage Cun-level movement technique—very few freshmen here had that.

Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. Which meant at most a handful could step onto the arena and barely exchange moves with him. Without third-stage movement technique? You wouldn't even touch his clothes. Unless you possessed martial arts at Return to Simplicity realm or speed-type talents that could lock onto wide areas and bridge the gap through innate ability. But that was even rarer. So... what's the point? How do you even fight this?

Every Second Realm freshman looked utterly lost. As the first arena lord, he was guaranteed massive credits. If they didn't challenge him down, they wouldn't get to defend and would earn almost nothing. Lin Wujin stared at Wang Xian on stage, remembering that day on the train. Strange, when his fellow students went, they got driven out. Why wasn't he?

'Must be strength...'

"He intercepted over a thousand beasts, stopped the attack on the train..." Suddenly a thought struck him.

"That day, he must have saved everyone on our train. Then I don't want to challenge him. I accept it completely. And I think, for this freshman challenge competition... whether in strength or capability, he's the undisputed number one." The other freshmen snapped out of their daze. They'd been so immersed in the shock of one person intercepting over a thousand beasts that they'd missed what it actually meant.

"You're right..." Dao Sanxiao and the others looked at Lin Wujin, nodding with visible shame. Principal Song and his group didn't know what to say. Wang Xian coughed.

"It wasn't that exaggerated. It wasn't just me. The military reserve team contributed a lot too." Hearing this, Principal Song and the others could somewhat accept it. Right. How could a student just entering university be that monstrous? Only Captain Qian beside them gave Wang Xian a deep look. As captain of the Tenth Unit, a military special operations martial artist team, he'd personally received the distress signal that day. Led over a dozen team members to the train attack site.

He'd also witnessed that horrifying scene inside Luzikou Tunnel firsthand. It made even a peak Fifth Realm martial artist like him feel a chill. The pitch-black tunnel. Extreme carnage. Beast corpses piled up, cut neatly and arranged uniformly throughout. Even though the collapsed tunnel had crushed many corpses beyond identification, just how many had been killed... That was a thousand beasts. There was even a D-rank Leopard King. If a Second Realm student did this, it was truly too terrifying.

But without witnessing it firsthand, they dared not draw conclusions. Too shocking. So they dared not say "slaughtered", only "intercepted."

"As for thanks, I'll say more after your freshman challenge ends." Captain Qian didn't refute Wang Xian's words.

"I came to find someone. Now that I have, please continue." Principal Song nodded, expression even more invigorated. But there was a problem now. He seemed too strong. Making him arena lord actually made the other freshmen too afraid to challenge. That went against his original intention. He'd made Wang Xian the first arena lord to ignite the other students' fighting spirit. With his strength, he could fight multiple rounds, serving like a whip constantly spurring the other freshmen.

Like a great mountain pressing down on those Second Realm freshmen's heads. Endlessly applying pressure, drawing out potential. Now... uh... the mountain was too big. It seemed to have crushed them outright. They didn't even want to try climbing anymore. Not good. Wang Xian spoke.

"Everyone, how about I propose a challenge rule?" The Second Realm freshmen below all turned to look. Wang Xian looked at the dozens of Second Realm freshmen.

"Those with guts can all come up. I'll only use one move. Anyone who can take one move from me—the first arena lord's credits can be split evenly among you. After that, you fight among yourselves. As for me, I won't participate." Because he'd comprehended Martial God True Intent, his student card had already accumulated a large batch of credits. Wang Xian calculated it was enough to train at Tiandu Jingwu University for an entire semester. Plus welfare resources...

For training over the next year, the only things he'd worry about were special resources needed to cultivate the Six Yao Secret Technique for weapons, and rare treasures containing large amounts of spirit sha. Those things, the upcoming relic exploration after the freshman competition was actually more important. For daily martial arts training, what Tiandu University provided was already sufficient. So truthfully, he didn't really want to be arena lord.

But this was the principal's request, with conditions promised. He couldn't just refuse. The Second Realm freshmen were stunned again. Principal Song in the distant observation platform was also stunned.

'This kid's trying to give away credits?' Principal Song thought solemnly. After entering Tiandu University, students valued credits more than their lives. Credits. Full name: Martial Science Student Comprehensive Training Score. At Tiandu University, using special training facilities, obtaining cultivation resources, exchanging for advanced martial arts, movement techniques, talent genetic methods, secret skills, combat protective gear, all consumed credits. All training was closely tied to credits.

Credits were generally only accumulated through daily classes and completing assignments. Or by going to university-designated relics to kill beasts. Then, completing school challenge achievements or making notable contributions could also earn large amounts of credits. Each method harder than the last. Meditating at the Inquiry Stele was the best way for new students to earn credits upon enrollment. A true benefit.

The current military training competition was the same, opportunities the school provided for freshmen to earn large amounts of credits. And now... Principal Song fell slightly silent. He faintly sensed it. Wang Xian was completely different from the other freshmen. There was a certain... indescribable quality about him. Wang Xian certainly wasn't trying to simply give away credits. To himself, these credits offered very little improvement. To these Second Realm freshmen, they would mean much more.

In the future, beasts would descend like clouds and rain. He needed to grow stronger, but he also wanted his own generation and the fellow martial artists after him to grow stronger too. The more high-level martial artists there were in the future, and the stronger they were, the smaller the losses Blue Star would suffer in the final Lamenting Tide of Calamity. Giving these credits to them was more useful than keeping them for himself. But he absolutely didn't mean to just give them away.

Giving them away would seem too condescending. Too cheap. This one move of his, it wouldn't be easy to take. And for the other Second Realm freshmen, their fighting spirit reignited. ➤ Next: Jade Fall Water City, Rotmarsh Crocodile Turtle!