129: Chapter 129 The Birth of a Monster, Five-School League, Incomplete Footwork

After finishing, Lin Qi let go, as if he had merely engaged in a friendly exchange.

He no longer looked at the school leader who was already pale as death, turned around, and amidst the thousands of gazes mixed with awe, fear, and fanaticism, walked out of the auditorium step by step.

After he left, the school leader seemed to have his bones pulled out, his legs went soft, and he collapsed to the floor. A dark patch of liquid quickly spread at his crotch.

...

The farce of the awards ceremony ended in a way no one expected.

The name Lin Qi had thoroughly become a taboo and a legend at Longya Academy.

Monster.

This was the new label everyone had given him in private.

He drank a lethal amount of poison, but not only was he fine, he had a Breakthrough on the spot, and his strength skyrocketed.

This kind of Physique could no longer be explained by science.

This was simply a myth!

And that school leader who had a "friendly exchange" with Lin Qi suddenly fell ill in his office that very night.

Half of his body completely lost sensation, his mouth and eyes were crooked, and he could not speak clearly.

After being rushed to the best hospital in Tianhai City, the top medical equipment of the Federation was used to perform a full-body scan.

But the results left all the doctors dumbfounded.

They could not find any cause for the illness.

His bodily functions were completely normal, his genetic sequence was intact, and there were no signs of poisoning or disease.

Yet he was paralyzed.

Completely paralyzed, with no cure.

Only Lin Qi knew that it was just a wisp of [Yu Step] hidden force he had infused into his body, which had been delayed to trigger at a preset time.

Death was too easy for him.

Making him spend the rest of his life lying in a hospital bed, consciously feeling his body rot day by day, was the best punishment for a petty person like him who stabs others in the back.

This was also a silent warning to all his accomplices.

...

Kyoto, the Li family.

Crack!

A valuable antique teacup was smashed fiercely against the floor, shattering into dust.

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

The current head of the Li family, Li Qingxuan's father, was livid with rage, pointing at the hooded figure in black standing before him, cursing loudly.

"Three hundred million Federation Credits! A whole case of 'Gene Collapse' concentrate! Not only did you fail to cripple that brat, you actually let him increase his strength right in front of the entire school faculty and student body!"

"This is aiding the enemy! This is treason! This is the greatest humiliation the Li family has faced in a century!"

The man in black knelt on the ground, his body trembling like chaff, not even daring to raise his head.

"Master, please calm down... We didn't expect... That Lin Qi, he... he is simply not human!"

"I don't care if he is human or not!" the Li family head roared, "I only know that our Li family's face has been pressed into the ground and trampled into the mud by him!"

He wanted to immediately send more men to Tianhai City and eliminate Lin Qi at any cost.

But just then, his private communicator rang.

After answering, a short and cold sentence came from the other end of the line.

"The military has set its sights on Lin Qi. You Li family members, behave yourselves recently."

Beep.

The call ended.

The Li family head's body froze instantly.

The military?

The rage on his face was extinguished instantly, as if a basin of ice water had been poured over his head, leaving only a cold chill.

He knew that in front of the military's massive war machine, the Li family he was so proud of was nothing but an ant that could be easily crushed.

For now, they dared not make any big moves.

...

Inside the training hall.

Instructor Su Qing leaned against the wall, watching the figure undergoing inhuman training in the gravity chamber, her eyes complex.

She had come today to tell Lin Qi something. Something big about his future.

When Lin Qi came out of the gravity chamber, his body steaming with visible white heat, Instructor Su Qing spoke slowly.

"How is your body recovering?" Her voice was cold and aloof as always.

"Thanks to you all, it's doing great." Lin Qi picked up a towel to wipe off his sweat, his tone carrying a hint of mockery.

Instructor Su Qing ignored his joke and went straight to the point.

"Prepare yourself, the 'Five-Academy League' starts next week."

"Five-Academy League?" Lin Qi's movements paused.

"Yes." Instructor Su Qing nodded, her expression turning serious. "It is a student competition spearheaded by the Eastern Theater Command military, jointly organized by the top academies in five core coastal cities, including Tianhai City, Linhai City, and Donghai City."

"This is the highest-level student competition in the entire Eastern Theater Command."

Lin Qi raised an eyebrow; he did not have much interest in such childish competitions between students.

Seemingly seeing through his thoughts, Instructor Su Qing continued.

"The final prize for this league is very special."

"The winning team will receive an exploration qualification for the legendary 'Dragon Tomb' ruins."

Dragon Tomb!

These two words, like a bolt of lightning, instantly struck Lin Qi's mind!

In the game "martial arts era" from his past life, the Dragon Tomb was a forbidden place where the Dragons of the mythical era were buried! Inside, there were not only the bones of the Dragon Clan, but also countless lost Cultivation Techniques and Heaven And Earth Treasure!

Does this world actually have a Dragon Tomb too?

For the first time, Lin Qi's breathing became slightly, imperceptibly rapid.

He had to go!

"How do I sign up?" Lin Qi asked directly.

Instructor Su Qing glanced at him, seemingly having expected his reaction.

"That is where the problem lies." She took out her tactical tablet and pulled up a file. "The entry threshold for the Five-Academy League is a minimum of a second-tier professional, with a Rank of LV.20 or above."

"And on your System panel, your Rank is still stuck at a constant LV.1."

Lin Qi frowned. This was indeed a problem.

His actual combat power had long surpassed most second-tier professionals, and could even threaten third-tier ones.

But the System data had become his biggest hurdle.

"However, I have already solved it for you." Instructor Su Qing handed over the tablet. "I used some old connections to apply for a 'special admission' spot for you."

"As a special talent, you will bypass the Rank restriction and compete directly."

Lin Qi took the tablet and saw that in the profession column of the registration form, Instructor Su Qing had filled in a big "None".

Simple, crude, and consistent with his style.

...

A few days later, the final list of participants for the Five-Academy League was officially announced on the inter-academy network.

This list instantly caused an uproar among the five major academies.

When the Geniuses from the other four elite academies saw Longya Academy's participant list, everyone thought their eyes were deceiving them.

"Lin Qi? Profession: None? Rank: LV.1?"

"What the hell is this? Is Longya Academy out of people? Sending a just-Awakened Blank Slate to make up the numbers?"

"Hahahaha! I'm dying of laughter! Is this Longya Academy's mascot or something?"

"I've heard of this Lin Qi, he's that guy known as the 'Blank Slate War God'. I didn't expect Longya Academy to actually take him seriously."

"A piece of trash without even a profession, worthy of competing on the same stage as us? Hopefully, he doesn't get shaken to death by the shockwaves of the battle!"

All kinds of mocking and disdainful comments flooded the inter-academy forum.

The name Lin Qi had once again become a joke and a target for everyone.

Lin Qi turned a deaf ear to the outside chaos.

He was currently sitting cross-legged in the Longya Academy library, in that corner filled with old-era texts that only he knew about.

All his focus was immersed within his Dantian.

After the True Qi liquefied, the energy within his body had undergone earth-shattering changes, both in quality and quantity.

But new problems followed.

Liquid True Qi was far heavier and more violent than its gaseous state, placing a huge load on his Meridians.

Now, every time he exerted force, he felt like he was controlling a rushing river; if he wasn't careful, it would backfire on him.

He urgently needed a more Advanced movement technique to carry and channel this surging power.

A supreme technique capable of perfectly unleashing the power of liquid True Qi!

His fingers slowly brushed over rows of dusty ancient books, feeling the breath of time emanating from those volumes.

Suddenly, his fingertips stopped on a tattered animal-skin ancient book, with half of its cover missing.

In the corner of the page, two blurry characters were carved in an ancient hieroglyphic script.

Lin Qi brushed away the dust, his pupils suddenly constricting.

[Yu Step].