Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER TEXT:
Physical talent, Luo Fei severely injured
Just as Chen Chu stood with his hands behind his back at the edge of the balcony, contemplating the scene below, the door to the room opened. Xia Youhui, drenched in sweat, walked in with a cheerful expression, saying, “A Chu, you’re done with your training! What a pity you weren’t at the training grounds just now.”
“If you had been there, you could have seen how frustrated Li Meng looked, hahahaha.”
Xia Youhui was in high spirits; after all, he had been heavily knocked off the arena by Li Meng during the freshman rankings, a grudge he would remember for a lifetime.
Now, just two to three months later, both of them had broken through to the three heavens, but the situation had reversed. During their sparring session earlier, he stood still while letting Li Meng accumulate power for thirty-six strikes of the primordial great strength hammer, yet he was unable to shake the defense of the Xuanwu thick earth.
Chen Chu suddenly turned around and asked, “Did you defeat him?”
“……” Instantly, Xia Youhui’s smile stiffened.
Xia Youhui was speechless: “A Chu, do you realize you can easily kill the mood like this?”
Chen Chu merely smiled faintly in response.
During their previous hunt for the golden-backed savage ape king, Xia Youhui had displayed terrifying defense. However, extreme defense also exposed some weaknesses, such as an average instantaneous burst of movement speed, and his damage output against enemies was insufficient.
At this moment, Xia Youhui approached the balcony, suddenly looking at Chen Chu with a suspicious gaze: “A Chu, be honest, has your strength broken through again?”
Knowing Xia Youhui was sensitive to aura perception, Chen Chu did not hide it and nodded ambiguously, “Mhm, it’s alright, there’s a bit of improvement.”
Xia Youhui rolled his eyes: “Humility, keep being humble, do you think I don’t know your strength has at least increased several times since the beginning of the month?”
Since they lived in the same room, Xia Youhui had keenly sensed that Chen Chu’s aura had been becoming increasingly terrifying.
He knew Chen Chu’s strength was growing significantly every day; he just didn’t know the specifics of the improvements.
Moreover, due to the recent low returns from contributions, everyone’s progress had slowed down. In contrast, Chen Chu’s rapidly growing strength seemed somewhat strange.
As a result, Xia Youhui suspected Chen Chu had awakened some physical talent, similar to Li Hao’s innate divine strength.
This phenomenon had been quite common in the cultivation world; many individuals with average foundation establishment talents would experience increasingly rapid strength gains after they started cultivating, shining brightly.
At this point, Xia Youhui changed the subject, relieved: “Fortunately, we didn’t go to Kailya this time. The class leader mentioned in the group that two geniuses died yesterday.”
“What a pity; breaking through to the three heavens in just three to four months, if such geniuses don’t die, they would at least be powerful figures in the seventh level of heaven in the future.”
“Since ancient times, gains have coexisted with risks; those who kill will always be killed.”
Chen Chu said flatly: “These geniuses earned contributions equivalent to what we earned in the first two months within just ten days after going to Kailya.”
“But high rewards often come with high risks.”
“After all, some members of the cult of the evil god are quite strong, especially those blood envoys who have merged with advanced blood seeds; every one of them has undergone some form of mutation.”
The support sent to Kailya included not only teachers but also over three hundred geniuses who had broken through to the three heavens during this time.
Among them were Lin Xue and her companions.
In contrast to their group, many geniuses from dozens of first-class Martial High institutions were loners or teamed up in pairs or threes.