Published: February 19, 2025
As the Thunder Flame Giant Beast, the Deep Sea Dragon Turtle, and the Unicorn Orca formed a trio for robbery,
the next day, Chen Chu woke up early and went to the logistics department to exchange for four anti-gravity disks, each embedded with a fragment of Energy Crystal worth fifteen points.
In addition, he exchanged two extra Energy Crystal fragments as backups. After the discounts, Chen Chu spent 49 contribution points.
Instantly, he was left with only 34 contribution points in his hand.
This time entering the mountains, regardless of whether he found any potential resources, Chen Chu planned to kill a few more mutated beasts. In this case, it was natural to prepare more anti-gravity disks.
Otherwise, even if his basic arm strength exceeded twenty-five tons, dragging back the corpse of a prey weighing over a hundred tons would take him an unknown number of days.
In Chen Chu's plan, he prepared to accumulate enough contribution in two trips into the mountains.
Then he would exchange for resources at the sixth level to break through to the five heavens in one go and condense the Dominant Body.
At that time, he was confident that even a sixth-level mutated beast could be easily killed, allowing him to enter deeper into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range to obtain precious resources and rapidly increase his strength like a snowball effect.
However, as Chen Chu's figure flashed, rushing out of the base at a speed of over a hundred meters per second, he encountered Xia Youhui and the others who had only recently set out.
Or rather, they were standing by the roadside waiting for him.
When Xia Youhui saw Chen Chu's figure, he waved. Instantly, Chen Chu stopped and looked curiously at the six people, “Didn’t you all set out this morning?”
Xia Youhui smiled and replied, “Yes, but didn’t you ask me last night to inquire about who was spreading news about you? So we waited here for you.”
“Old Xia, do you know who it is?” Chen Chu was somewhat surprised; he didn't expect Xia Youhui's information network to be so efficient.
“A Chu, you definitely don’t know who it is.”
At this point, Xia Youhui's gaze turned a bit strange, and around him, Liu Feng, Li Meng, and even Luo Fei couldn’t help but smile.
Chen Chu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, “An acquaintance?”
Xia Youhui burst into laughter, “That's right, not just an acquaintance, but a very familiar guy—Li Hao.”
“Li Hao, why?” Chen Chu was dumbfounded; he never thought that the person spreading news about him killing the royal blood mutated beast would be that burly Li Hao.
At this moment, Luo Fei couldn't help but smile, “Chen Chu, didn’t you see the messages this morning?”
“...No, I lost my Xumi Bracelet while sleeping last night.” Chen Chu paused.
This had become a habit of his after acquiring the Xumi Bracelet; he usually stored his phone and other miscellaneous items in the storage space to prevent damage during battles.
“I knew it would be like this.”
The girl said with a smile, “This morning, Li Hao sent a group message explaining why he was spreading news about you killing the royal blood mutated beast.”
“Why?”
“Because he wants you to suppress An Fuqing. He said it was embarrassing that over a thousand men in the new class of Southern Heaven Martial High were suppressed by a woman for a whole six months.”
“To overturn ‘An Fuqing,’ he has been diligently cultivating but always fell short in comparison.”
“With your recent achievement of defeating a fifth-level late-stage mutated beast as a rookie in the early stage of four heavens, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call you the top freshman of Southern Heaven Martial High, enough to firmly suppress An Fuqing.”
For a moment, Chen Chu was speechless, “...This guy is really so male chauvinistic, is it necessary?”
“Of course it is.”
Li Meng chuckled, “As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. If I had your strength, I would have challenged An Fuqing long ago to see who truly is the king of the new generation of Southern Heaven Martial High.”