Chapter 19

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Wang Xu, let’s form a group of three. It will be a bit safer.”

Tang Yan’s voice came from behind him. Wang Xu said apologetically, “Sorry, I want to act on my own this time.”

Wang Xu rarely had the chance to come out here, so he had to hunt more insect beasts to improve his level. If Tang Yan and Zhang Xinglin were by his side, he would be held back by the fear of exposing the mysterious flames.

“But if you go alone, aren’t you afraid…” Tang Yan said worriedly.

Tang Yan had also thought of the things that Wang Xu had considered. In this wilderness, people could totally rely on their strength to kill others at will. If Wang Xu encountered a team that harbored ulterior motives, he might directly lose his life.

“Don’t worry, I will survive.” Wang Xu put up a beaming smile, then waved his hand at Tang Yan. After randomly choosing a direction, he walked far away with his backpack.

“I choose to be alone.”

Zhang Xinglin, who had followed closely behind, said this and left in another direction.

Tang Yan looked at Wang Xu’s departing figure and couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed in her heart.

“Junior, follow me. I will protect you.” At this moment, Red Hair walked over with a smile, inviting Tang Yan.

“Red Hair, what are you doing?!” A female senior shouted.

“Senior Yun, it’s very dangerous for a junior to participate in the graduation trial alone. We’re all from the same academy. Let’s help her,” said Red Hair.

Tang Yan wanted to refuse, but Red Hair secretly pulled her. After hesitating for a while, Senior Yun impatiently said, “Alright, you can follow us, but you have to follow our orders and don’t run around.”

“Senior Yun is the best. Junior, let’s go!”

…

Wang Xu walked into the wilderness alone and looked for a safe place that he could stay temporarily.

“Roar!” A huge insect beast roared angrily. It had two tiger horns on its head and was covered in yellow fur. It was extremely strange.

“Level three?” Wang Xu’s eyes lit up. He didn’t expect to encounter a level-three insect beast the moment he arrived.

The moment the Tiger Horn Beast saw Wang Xu, its four feet stepped on the ground and it opened its bloody mouth, using the force of the ground to pounce on Wang Xu.

Wang Xu was in no hurry to take out the Blood Bone Giant Saber. Seeing the Tiger Horn Beast rushing towards him, he dodged slightly. The Tiger Horn Beast didn’t even touch the corner of his clothes before it swept past.

“Roar!”

The indignant Tiger Horn Beast charged forward once again. This time, it spread its feet that looked like tiger claws and swung them at Wang Xu.

Suddenly, Wang Xu’s body started to shake. Countless images overlapped and swayed side to side. The Tiger Horn Beast was stunned and didn’t know which one to pounce on. It missed again.

It was Wang Xu’s first time using the “Mystic Movement Art” in an actual fight. In an instant, he seemed to multiply into countless bodies, making the insect beast unable to figure out where he was.

“Alright, I’ll stop messing with you.”

Without waiting for the Tiger Horn Beast to charge over again, Wang Xu strode forward. The shadows behind him seemed to have turned into a long shadow tail. He seemed to be moving slowly, but in an instant, he appeared in front of the Tiger Horn Beast and gave a punch.

The Tiger Horn Beast was sent flying. Wang Xu moved again and grabbed the Tiger Horn Beast in the air before tearing it up with both hands.

“Rip!” Just like tearing open a package of snacks, the Tiger Horn Beast’s body was torn into half. Blood and brain plasma splattered all over the ground.

A level-three insect beast died just like that!

It couldn’t even touch Wang Xu’s body, nor could it resist, and it was already torn into two.

After taking down a tiger horn as proof of his hunting, Wang Xu sat down cross-legged. The mysterious flame flew out and quickly devoured the Tiger Horn Beast’s corpse, filling Wang Xu with some energy.

Feeling the warm energy flowing through his meridians, Wang Xu smiled and moved forward.

Along the way, Wang Xu once again encountered several level-three insect beasts. This time, he didn’t hesitate and pulled out the Blood Bone Giant Saber to kill them all before devouring them and turning them into his own energy.

…

In the room where dozens of people with powerful auras gathered, the huge electronic screen was no longer monitoring images but a real-time updated “scoreboard.”

The graduation trial was a special area, so surveillance equipment couldn’t get in, but the organizers had installed an intelligent scanner on everyone’s backpack. This scanner could identify a part of the body of the insect beasts and thus calculate points.

None of the participating students knew about this measure. Even the powerhouses present had only learned of it just now.

“Meng Ande’s points have already exceeded 100. He’s occupying the first place stably. Indeed, the geniuses from the first safe zone are impressive,” someone exclaimed.

On the huge electronic screen, the person ranked first was surprisingly “Meng Ande.” His points had reached “109.” The trial had just started less than an hour ago, but he had already obtained such results. It could be seen how powerful this student named Meng Ande was.

Speaking of the name Meng Ande, there was probably no powerhouse present who didn’t know him. This person came from the Meng family, a large family in the first safe zone that had extraordinary means. Unexpectedly, the talent of their younger generation was also against nature. At such a young age, he already had the strength of a level-five warrior, almost crushing opponents of the same level. Even some old men who had been at level five for a long time weren’t Meng Ande’s match.

“The second place, William Smith, isn’t bad either. His points are about to exceed 100. He’s almost catching up to Meng Ande,” someone said.

William Smith was a white man with extremely strong cultivation talent. He was the only person who could compete with Meng Ande. His family background was the same as Meng Ande’s and had extremely great power. He once fought with Meng Ande when he was at level four. In the end, the battle ended in a draw.

The points of the first two students were very close, and the gap between them was always between twenty. It wasn’t too far lower, and the student in third place only had over 50 points. It was difficult for him to surpass the second student.

The dean silently looked at the electronic screen, searching for the names of the students from the seventh safe zone. “Ying Xing” was ranked 35th, “Yun Yang” was ranked 57th, “Li Ming” was ranked 78th, and a few others were all ranked below 80th. “Zhang Xinglin” was ranked 89th, and Wang Xu, whom he thought highly of, hadn’t even entered the top 100.

“White Sword Old Man, I’ve looked back and forth twice, but I didn’t see Wang Xu whom you invited. What’s going on?” said Three Eyes.

“On the other hand, Ying Xing’s ranking is constantly rising. Based on this trend, obtaining the top 15 shouldn’t be a problem for him,” said Silver Armor.

The dean looked away and shook his head. He smiled and said, “This is just the beginning. Let’s continue watching.”

…

On the sixth floor of an abandoned residential building, sand was stirred up and pebbles were rolling everywhere. The sharp glints of swords flashed continuously, and two black shadows charged at each other rapidly.

Clang!

A cold light flashed, and the Blood Bone Giant Saber, accompanied by the sound of whistling wind, quickly slashed down towards a “Rhino-Horned Pig” the size of a car!

The Rhino-Horned Pig stared at Wang Xu with its red eyes, emitting a bloodthirsty glow. White smoke spurted out from its nose, and its iron hooves rubbed against the ground. Its armor was like steel, flowing with a dark glow as it charged forward!

“Poof!” The Blood Bone Giant Saber broke through the iron armor of the Rhino-Horned Pig and pierced into its flesh, causing the Rhino-Horned Pig to howl in pain. Its rhino horn hit Wang Xu’s body without hesitation!

Wang Xu’s clothes were torn apart, revealing the Black Scale Armor inside that looked like scales. The Black Scale Armor weakened nearly 50% of the attack power, and Wang Xu forcefully withstood the remaining 50%.

“It’s indeed a level-four Elite Insect. Whether it’s the speed, strength, or toughness of the body, they are all much stronger than those of the level-three insect beasts!”

Just now, Wang Xu had found a large building as his temporary camp. He didn’t expect a Rhino-Horned Pig to jump out and rush towards him without a word. Wang Xu reacted quickly and pulled out the Blood Bone Giant Saber to use the “Blood Dripping Strike.” The huge sword struck the Rhino-Horned Pig’s armor, but only a small crack appeared, unable to break through its armor!

Wang Xu was slightly shocked. Even level-four Elite Insects had their differences. This Rhino-Horned Pig had probably already reached the “mid-stage of level four”!

This was what Wang Xu knew from the Extreme Dao Ancient Hall. After reaching level four, there would be the early stage, mid-stage, later stage and peak stage. There was a huge difference in strength between each small stage. A small stage higher was enough to crush others in strength!

After six months of cultivation, Wang Xu’s level didn’t advance at all. He was still stuck at the early stage of level four.

Relying on the level-four “Basic Body” and the power of the “Mystic Movement Art,” Wang Xu and the Rhino-Horned Pig were locked in a fierce battle.

The Rhino-Horned Pig was bleeding profusely. Its defense was very strong, but Wang Xu had studied the sword art for six months. Whether it was accuracy, strength, or angle, he had mastered all of them to perfection.

If he couldn’t kill it with one slash, then he would take two slashes!

Two slashes weren’t enough? Then three slashes!

A dozen consecutive slashes hit the same spot. No matter how strong the armor of the Rhino-Horned Pig was, the gap on the armor could only get bigger and bigger. Finally, Wang Xu used the “Hundred Sword Lightning” and slashed four times in the blink of an eye, completely breaking the armor of the Rhino-Horned Pig!

Hundred Sword Lightning, although it said a hundred swords, the true limit of speed was actually ten strikes.

Wang Xu had been cultivating it for six months, but he could only execute four strikes in the lightning. He was still a distance away from reaching the limit of ten strikes.

“Ugh…” As the blood flowed out, the Rhino-Horned Pig’s body began to sway. It couldn’t stand steadily, but it didn’t give up. It charged again, even faster and stronger than before!

It seemed to know that it was about to die, so it wanted to try its best to kill the human in front of it as well.

Facing this clash, Wang Xu focused and used the “Mystic Movement Art” once again, transforming into countless figures and disrupting the Rhino-Horned Pig’s vision, causing it to miss.

“Die!”

Wang Xu didn’t show any mercy. The Blood Bone Giant Saber came down from above and stabbed into the wound just now, turning recklessly!

“Poof!” The pig head with the horn of a rhino shot into the sky, blood spurting out, and a headless body fell on the ground.

After cutting off the rhino horn, Wang Xu immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and his stomach immediately started burning.

Whoosh!

The mysterious flame appeared and landed on the corpse of the Rhino-Horned Pig, wrapping around it and gradually devouring it. When the corpse of the Rhino-Horned Pig completely disappeared, the mysterious flame returned to Wang Xu’s stomach.

“Such tremendous energy!”

A huge amount of energy was spread out in Wang Xu’s body. Every cell in his body seemed to have been starving for a few days as they frantically devoured this huge amount of energy. Wang Xu’s body slowly became hot while his aura gradually rose.

The energy of level four was more than a hundred times more than that of level three. If the energy of level three was just a small drop of water, then that of level four would be a bucket of water. It made Wang Xu’s level, which hadn’t been advancing for six month, begin to rise.