The morning class was Spirit-Hosting Materials Science!
As expected, Grandpa Liu Qiutian didn’t hold back. He flipped the textbook to the most recently added entry.
Blood-Drinking Southern Red! It listed hardness, melting point, properties, and a full series of data!
At the end, the discoverer: Jiang Nan!
Jiang Nan couldn’t help grinning. A strange sense of accomplishment welled up inside him!
This feeling of exploring the unknown was truly wonderful!
He checked the system again.
Only a little over 300,000 skill points left!
His Heaven-Painting Halberd would soon be ready. Better prepare the skill points needed to max everything out in advance!
“Hmm~ Better not go to the girls’ dorm for now. Then… hehe!”
He already knew exactly where to set up his stall tonight!
That afternoon, inside the physical training hall!
Jiang Nan, shirtless and wearing boxing gloves, was unleashing hell in the crowd like a vicious wolf charging into a flock of sheep!
He beat the trainees until they howled. The resentment value list refreshed like crazy!
While hammering away, he didn’t forget to turn and remind them.
“No rush, little cuties in the back! Your turn to get beaten is coming soon~”
“Hahahahaha!”
The trainees waiting in line looked dejected, on the verge of tears!
With Guan Hu away on his research trip, Jiang Nan had become the training hall’s sole instructor!
He had only been gone one day, and they already missed Guan Hu!
Jiang Nan wasn’t human. The River-Crossing Dragon was too brutal!
Even the senior students watched from the rest area, learning plenty of close-combat techniques just by observing Jiang Nan crush newbies!
Suddenly, the outside of the training hall grew noisy!
Someone rushed in shouting, “Quick, quick, quick! Xiao Zhen and his team are back!”
“What? They’re really back? Didn’t their squad go on a Peerless mission?”
“Not only did they complete the mission! Zhen-ge even reached platinum!”
“Let’s go, let’s go see!”
In moments, all the senior students in the training hall vanished!
Even the trainees queuing up to get beaten grew curious!
Xiao Zhen!
Class president of the veteran first-years! Undisputed number one!
You could tell from the fact that no one had touched his gravity room leaderboard spot in two years!
Since they were already in line anyway, many new students ran off to join the excitement!
Even Wu Liang and the others went!
On the sports field, a five-person squad walked across the green grass!
Leading them was Xiao Zhen!
Slightly messy hair half-covering his eyes, handsome and refined features, idol-level looks for sure!
A plaster still stuck on the bridge of his nose!
Behind him followed two burly, bronze-skinned guys!
Square faces, sausage lips, buzz cuts. Identical twins!
You couldn’t tell them apart at a glance!
Each carried a black stone tablet on their shoulder.
Spirit ruin cores!
Two girls followed behind. One tall, one short!
The tall girl had an explosive figure. Explosive enough that she didn’t need hands to hold her milk tea! Built-in little table!
Long brown hair tied high, pretty face wearing a sweet smile. Probably because she was drinking milk tea!
The short girl was exquisitely delicate, dressed like a gothic lolita, holding a parasol. Her porcelain-doll face full of displeasure!
Right now, Xiao Zhen’s team was surrounded by students!
“Holy crap! No way, Zhen-ge! You really brought back cores from the Abyss Spirit Ruins? Which floor?”
Xiao Zhen’s eyes flashed with exhaustion. “Seventh floor!”
The crowd gasped!
“Reached the seventh floor of the Abyss and came back alive? Are you animals?”
“Completed a Peerless mission! Zhen-ge is forever a god! Haha!”
“Didn’t we just get a new Nan-shen?”
“Right, Zhen-ge! After you rest a couple days, go reclaim the gravity room leaderboard! Your first place got taken by Nan-shen!”
Xiao Zhen blinked. “My first place was taken? By who? How many times gravity?”
The guy laughed. “Maxed out! That monster stayed in 100× gravity for over an hour! New student named Jiang Nan!”
At that moment, not only Xiao Zhen frowned. His teammates looked shocked too!
That brutal? And a new student?
What’s going on!
Xiao Zhen looked completely unbothered.
“No need to reclaim it. I’m platinum now! No point brushing it again. Let him have it!”
The veteran students were green with envy!
“Such a solid foundation before breaking through to platinum? How strong is he now?”
“Jealous! The thing is, Nan-shen is too arrogant! He’s dominating the training hall too! His close combat is insane!”
“Zhen-ge! Why not go to the training hall and take Nan-shen down a peg! The River-Crossing Dragon must die! Otherwise we have no way to live!”
Xiao Zhen frowned again. Jiang Nan?
“Nah! Just gold rank. Not interested!”
The veterans looked helpless!
“Nan-shen is shameless! The girls’ dorm is basically his personal territory now! My heart aches!”
“That’s nothing! Did you hear about the new transfer student today? Apparently a platinum-one black bear spirit beast! Can talk!”
“What the hell? A spirit beast? You serious?”
“Nan-shen brought it back from the spirit ruins! Look, there it is!”
Suddenly everyone’s gaze locked onto Xiong Er, who was standing off to the side munching sunflower seeds!
“What you all staring at me for?”
In an instant, everyone froze!
The twin brothers’ jaws nearly hit the floor. The stone tablets on their shoulders crashed down!
The “little table” beauty sprayed milk tea out of her nose!
Gothic lolita: (ˊo̴̶̷̤ヮo̴̶̷̤ˋ)
What the heck is going on!
It really is a black bear? Fine, it can talk!
But you’re watching the show while cracking sunflower seeds?
And politely putting the shells in your pocket instead of spitting them on the ground?
Pfft—
But at that exact moment, the instant Xiao Zhen’s eyes landed on Xiong Er!
A murderous aura suppressed to the extreme exploded outward. His face twisted into something terrifying!
“Spirit beasts! All deserve to die!”
*BOOM!*
A massive crater blasted into the green lawn!
Xiao Zhen’s figure became a blur, too fast for the naked eye to follow!
He raised his hand and slammed it viciously toward the top of Xiong Er’s head!
Wu Liang: !!!
Wu Liang, standing nearby, shoved Xiong Er aside and threw himself in front!
“Bear King Shield! Damage Reflection Armour!”
*BOOM!*
A muffled explosion. The Bear King Shield shattered instantly!
Xiao Zhen didn’t even touch Wu Liang!
An immense shockwave blasted out, sending Wu Liang flying over a hundred metres, coughing up blood!
He smashed through the goalposts!
Xiong Er, pushed aside, panicked. “Why you hit Bear Da!”
He rushed toward Wu Liang, trying to shove past Xiao Zhen!
Xiao Zhen’s eyes were ice-cold. “Spirit beasts make me sick! Die!”
His massive hand seized Xiong Er’s paw!
Shockwaves rippled!
Xiong Er’s sleeve, fur, skin, even muscle and bone cracked open!
Blood sprayed everywhere!
Xiong Er roared in pain, but Xiao Zhen yanked him forward and pressed a palm to his chest!
No visible force, yet Xiong Er spat blood!
“Cang Fire Fall!”
A gigantic fireball already formed in the sky came crashing down!
Xia Yao activated her full spirit skill, eyes red, spear thrusting straight at Xiao Zhen!
No words needed!
Attacking Xiong Er for no reason? This wasn’t over!
Xiao Zhen narrowed his eyes. “Grand Shock!”
*BOOM!*
High-frequency vibrations surged from his body!
The incoming fireballs! The charging Xia Yao! Even the surrounding veteran students were all blasted away!
A fifty-metre-wide crater appeared where they stood!
Xiao Zhen’s strength left everyone speechless!
“Don’t get in my way! You’re just asking for trouble!”
At this moment, the watching students frowned deeply!
“Zhen-ge! This isn’t right! That bear was approved for enrolment by the principal himself!”
“What are you doing?”
“Xiong Er is officially part of the academy now!”
“Holy crap! Something big happened! Quick, notify Nan-shen!”
Yu Qingqing didn’t hesitate and sprinted toward the training hall!
Xiao Zhen’s teammates looked helpless!
They knew exactly why Xiao Zhen hated spirit beasts with every fibre of his being!
Only the gothic lolita lost it completely. She leapt up, ready to pounce on Xiao Zhen!
But the “little table” beauty grabbed her tight!
The gothic lolita was furious. “Xiao Zhen! Are you insane? The bear is so cute! Why are you hitting him?”
Xiao Zhen narrowed his eyes. “Little Qi! Stay out of it!”
…
Inside the training hall, Yu Qingqing burst in, face full of panic. “Nan-shen, Nan-shen! Xiong Er is getting bullied!”
*BOOM!*
Jiang Nan lost focus for a split second. A figure shot out like a cannonball!
The body smashed straight through the training hall wall and lay on the ground foaming at the mouth!
Everyone’s faces went white with fear!
Pure physical power? Monster!
Jiang Nan’s gaze turned razor-sharp, filled with icy killing intent. “What did you say?”
[Resentment from the foaming guy +555!]
