125: New rules added in Chapter 125

As Su Lin laughed and chatted, his Battle Intent suddenly erupted, with streaks of blood-red Battle Intent bursting from his body.

The entire hall felt as if a gale had been stirred up, as dazzling streaks of Battle Intent appeared behind Su Lin one after another.

Each streak of Battle Intent was more massive than Yi Shaoze's, and the quantity was even more staggering.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, watching the Battle Intent rising from Su Lin's back in disbelief, their voices trembling.

"He has Battle Intent too!? One, two... Holy crap! So many!!"

"Thirty streaks of Battle Intent! My god! My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, are they!"

In the air behind Su Lin, thirty Battle Intent Runes actually emerged, their momentum far overshadowing Yi Shaoze's.

The moment Su Lin's thirty streaks of Battle Intent appeared, Yi Shaoze's eighteen streaks trembled violently, completely collapsing and vanishing into the air in less than a second.

Yi Shaoze was drenched in sweat, his legs went weak, and he fell heavily to the ground. He couldn't believe that the Su Lin before him actually possessed a full thirty streaks of Battle Intent!

Didn't he just learn the War God Technique yesterday!?

One must realize that even among the sophomores, not many people possessed thirty streaks of Battle Intent.

Yet Su Lin, who had only just learned the War God Technique yesterday, already had thirty!?

This wasn't even a matter of talent anymore!

It was too heaven-defying! What kind of god-like speed was this?!

Su Lin looked down at Yi Shaoze. Seeing that the latter was nearly scared senseless, he didn't bother to argue and simply withdrew his thirty streaks of Battle Intent.

Only when Su Lin's Battle Intent vanished did the pressure on Yi Shaoze dissipate significantly. His face was filled with embarrassment as he scrambled to his feet in a pathetic state.

"I'm sorry, Junior. I misunderstood just now. Please don't take offense."

"This Senior didn't do it on purpose."

Yi Shaoze lowered his head and rubbed it, speaking with great embarrassment before leading his team members to scurry away to the furthest corner of the hall.

Watching Yi Shaoze's pathetic exit, the onlookers couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"Thirty streaks of Battle Intent! No wonder Su Lin can be the captain!"

"His Battle Intent actually far exceeds that of a sophomore senior..."

"It turns out the clown was me all along..."

In one of the squads in the hall, a handsome young man looked at Su Lin with a face full of surprise.

"He's only just started his freshman year and already has thirty streaks of Battle Intent?"

An Mo, a sophomore at the War Academy, looked at Su Lin with a hint of envy in his tone.

"No wonder Senior Gu Xinyue thinks so highly of him."

An Mo was also an honors student who had reached the Lingyun Realm in his sophomore year. Being handsome as well, he was usually adored by many new and old students, but seeing Su Lin now, he actually felt a sense of inferiority.

"Truly, the new generation surpasses the old..."

At this moment, Su Lin turned around and saw his four teammates, who had also undergone a great change.

Peng Yang, Lu Haitao, Tang Xiaowan, and Xie Bo—the four of them had gone from their previous gloomy expressions to smiles brighter than the sun.

"I knew it! The Academy definitely wouldn't make random arrangements. There must be a reason Su Lin was made captain!"

Peng Yang gave Su Lin a thumbs up as he spoke.

"Big Brother Su Lin, you're so strong, you should have said so earlier! You made us lose all our confidence just now."

Lu Haitao felt completely relaxed and took a pleasant, deep breath.

"Su Lin, you were so cool just now! Especially when those thirty streaks of Battle Intent appeared..."

Tang Xiaowan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, her tone a bit shy.

"We've got this now. With the captain having thirty streaks of Battle Intent, it's enough to increase our entire squad's combat power by two or three times! As long as nothing unexpected happens in this secret realm, we're set!"

Xie Bo spoke with immense confidence, his mind already starting to fantasize about how happy he would be after the secret realm ended and he received a massive amount of credits.

Su Lin gave a light smile and pulled out a cup of milk tea, not bothering to engage in their idle chatter.

Just then, the mechanical voice sounded again from the large screen above the hall.

"The secret realm is about to begin. Everyone, please get ready."

"Next, we will introduce this secret realm and your tasks."

"Current Secret Realm: Mount Chi Secret Realm"

"Danger Level: Five Stars"

"Task Difficulty: Five Stars"

"Task Content: Clear the Demonized Beasts in the secret realm and collect demon cores. The more demon cores collected, the greater the subsequent rewards. You must collect at least 78 demon cores to pass."

"Main Quest: Defeat the boss of the Mount Chi Secret Realm, the Bloodthirsty Bear King. The team that completes this will receive the final reward."

"Bloodthirsty Bear King: Its movements are mysterious. Wherever it goes, living beings will be polluted by its demonic energy and turn into Demonized Beasts. It is skilled in Transformation Arts and is not easily found."

Lines of introductory information were displayed before everyone's eyes, accompanied by the mechanical voice.

Everyone realized they had still underestimated this secret realm; they hadn't expected it to be five stars!

"Five stars, my god! I heard that in other academies, freshmen can only enter four-star secret realms at most, but this is a five-star danger level realm!"

"Heavens, could it be that it's full of man-eating beasts inside!?"

While everyone was discussing fervently, an even more important piece of information appeared at the end.

"A new rule has been added to this secret realm: each squad must try to minimize their team's casualty rate."

"The lower the casualty rate, the more bonus rewards will be granted after the secret realm ends!"

Seeing this information, everyone's eyebrows shot up. They hadn't expected such a rule to be added.

"Is this a reform by the Dean? I heard the Dean has long wanted to strip the academy of its title as having the highest death rate."

"Then this bonus reward definitely won't be low; it might even be higher than the reward for completing the main quest!"

The seniors of the War Academy all knew that Principal Luo Hengqiang had been working hard for years to get rid of the academy's title of having the highest death rate.

This year, he had even declared early on that the War Academy must undergo a complete transformation. It seemed that everything would start to be different from this secret realm onwards.

Protecting one's teammates and avoiding casualties might be even more important than completing the task itself.

"This is a five-star danger level secret realm. Reducing the casualty rate is easier said than done; it's simply not something we can accomplish!"

"Yeah, if we try to save one thing only to lose another and get eliminated from the secret realm early, it wouldn't be worth it."

Everyone immediately began discussing combat plans, while Su Lin sipped his milk tea thoughtfully.

"Reducing the casualty rate? That's simple, I have a way."

"We can just stay at the outermost perimeter."

"As long as we don't go deep into the center of the secret realm and stay on the outside, farming the weakest beasts and waiting until the secret realm ends, our casualty rate will definitely be low!"

Xie Bo suggested at this time.

"I think that makes sense. Captain, what do you think?"

The others looked at Su Lin, who sipped his milk tea and said,

"We'll see when we get there."

As a notification sound rang out, grey cloth bags flew into everyone's hands.

"Demon Core Bag: A storage bag specifically for collecting demon cores. It can seal the demonic energy of the cores to prevent leakage."

"Everyone, please take good care of your storage bags and put all demon cores inside them."

Once everyone had received their bags, the final notification sound came, and then the entire preparation hall lit up with the glow of teleportation.

"Mount Chi Secret Realm, begin now!"

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

The teleportation light flowed past, and everyone in the hall instantly vanished. The hall became silent once more.