Published: February 19, 2025
Not surviving, Li Hao, donât be cowardly.
While Chen Chu was âin seclusionâ refining extraordinary weapons and armor, a heavy figure emanating a crazy aura stepped onto the base square.
Standing at two meters and two centimeters tall, his tattered dark red battle armor was nearly bursting from his muscular build, with a four-meter-long steel column on his shoulder, creating an illusion of a tyrant in the world.
It was actually Li Hao, who had been in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range for over half a month.
He took heavy steps to the side of the large screen, entered his student ID number, and placed his hand on the sensor below, pouring in true power.
Suddenly, a row of red characters appeared on dozens of large screens at the Martial High Base.
âLi Hao, Southern Heaven Martial High, realm early stage of four heavens, broke through on February 16th, ranked twenty-five on the first-year genius ranking!â
âDamn! Another one from Southern Heaven Martial High.â
âAre there so many monsters in this Southern Heaven Martial High this year? In such a short time, three people have already broken through to the four heavens and made it onto the genius ranking!â
âNot just the genius ranking, the two in front have already entered the top 100 of the battle record ranking.â
At this time, many second and third-year students in the Southern Heaven Martial High Base also looked up at the red characters on the large screen.
Watching yet another monster who broke through to the four heavens in just half a year, they suddenly felt a bit tired.
A student at the early stage of three heavens complained, âWhen will this kind of day end? Every day watching others show off.â
The person next to him nodded in agreement, âYeah, we are also âgeniusesâ, but after one or two years of cultivation, we are still struggling in the second and third heavens. Why is their breakthrough speed so fast?â
âOf course, if you dared to enter the mountains to hunt mutated beasts and fought every day, pushing your potential to the limit, you might have broken through to the four heavens long ago.â
âAhem! Letâs forget that. Entering the mountains is too dangerous. I still think itâs good like this, steadily cultivating every day will allow me to slowly become stronger.â
âExactly, those guys are battling for their lives every day, their bodies instinctively craving strength due to the constant stress, their subconscious mind would desperately seek to become stronger.â
âIn this case, their focus on cultivation, the activity of true power, and the efficiency of absorbing resources are several times higher than ours.â
âBut there are pros and cons. The casualty rate of these people is also very high. I heard that Chang Feng from Class Five died a couple of days ago.â
âWhat? Chang Feng from Class Five died? Didnât he already break through to the mid-stage of four heavens?â
âYes, itâs said he died at the hands of a fifth-level mutated beast, and his body couldnât even be found.â
âAfter receiving the notification, a teacher has already set off to find the fifth-level mutated beast to kill it, hoping to find some of Chang Fengâs relics in its belly.â
âAnother one died! Fortunately, we chose the conservative route.â The several upperclassmen chatting on the steps sighed, glad that their choices back then were correct.
After all, whatâs the point of progressing fast if you donât have your life to enjoy it? Over the past year, they had seen many familiar names disappear.
âOnly twenty-five!?â
Li Hao looked up, feeling a bit displeased with the ranking on the large screen, as he thought his return after more than half a month of training would shock everyone.
At this moment, the row of red characters gradually dimmed, and the screen switched to display the genius rankings for first, second, and third years.
When Li Haoâs gaze swept upwards from his name to the first-year ranking, he saw An Fuqing ranked sixteenth, followed by Chen Chu at sixth.