10: Chapter 10: Successive Battles
Many Ability Universities organize lists of potential students worth observing before the Ability College Entrance Examination begins.
In Jiang Province, besides Su Mu, there are five other students worth observing.
One of them is Luo Zhenyue.
Speaking of which, this Little Monk is also an orphan, though different from Su Mu.
Luo Zhenyue was left at a temple entrance while still in swaddling clothes and was raised by the abbot of Luohan Temple.
Luohan Temple is as its name suggests.
The monks inside practice Arhat Fist from a young age.
Under that influence, Luo Zhenyue practiced his fist techniques every day.
Later, he awakened the A-rank enhancement-type ability, Vajra, which complemented his Arhat Fist perfectly.
The combination of the two greatly boosted his strength; currently, Luo Zhenyue is the strongest student in Jianglan City besides Su Mu.
Luo Zhenyue, lying in the ruins, thought back to the battle just now.
The lightning compressed at the tip of Su Mu's spear was incredibly dense the moment the spear tip and fist collided.
The lightning of the Dark Thunder Domain possessed both immense destructive power and great stealth.
Additionally, the Little Monk's ability itself was to strengthen his body.
The moment the fist and spear met, the lightning current flowed through the Little Monk's entire body, instantly paralyzing him completely.
The Little Monk was flipped over by Su Mu's spear and sent flying backward.
Outside the examination hall, in the monitoring room.
An old monk walked in with trembling steps.
"Amitabha. My disciple's cultivation is still shallow; I have made a fool of myself before everyone."
The two admissions directors immediately turned around.
They spoke with very respectful expressions.
"Master Juekong, you must be joking. Student Luo's strength is very formidable; it was simply because his ability was countered."
"Indeed, Master Juekong. Luo Zhenyue has been on our recruitment list from the start. Even if his defeat leads to an early end to his Ability College Entrance Examination, we will still recruit him."
The old monk bowed slightly.
"This old monk thanks you both in advance. Should my disciple enter your esteemed university in the future, I hope for your kind indulgence."
Having finished speaking, the old monk left with trembling steps once more.
Su Mu walked over to the Little Monk's side, looking at him as he continued to smile foolishly.
Sigh! Better give up on treatment; looking like this, he'd probably just drool even if he were cured.
The Little Monk was completely paralyzed by the lightning; it would likely take at least a few hours to recover.
Su Mu walked to his side, activated the Little Monk's defense barrier,
and then prepared to leave.
But just as Su Mu was about to get up, his arm was grabbed by the Little Monk.
"I... I... still want to... f-fight... you."
Su Mu gently pulled the Little Monk's arm away and set it down properly.
"We'll talk after you've recovered."
Ding! Congratulations on obtaining a universal combat technique learning card. It has been placed in the system space.
Just as he was about to leave,
several people from behind called out to Su Mu.
"Su Mu, stop right there! You actually attacked another student.
How could someone like you be worthy of being an ability user?"
Su Mu turned his head upon hearing someone call him.
It was Shen Qinghe, Sun Zan, and someone he didn't recognize.
Su Mu had no desire to deal with these fools.
Without even pausing his steps, he continued walking forward.
"Su Mu, I told you to stop! Didn't you hear me?"
An earthen wall appeared in front of Su Mu, blocking his path.
"Sigh, I just had a fight and didn't really want to beat anyone up, but some people are just asking for it."
Shen Qinghe continued to push her luck.
"Su Mu, let me tell you, we saw everything just now. First, you knocked down another candidate.
Then you activated another candidate's defense barrier.
You have already violated the rules of the Ability College Entrance Examination."
In fact, the three of them had arrived here long ago and had seen the entire process of the Little Monk's request for a sparring match.
However, she simply wanted to stand on the moral high ground to condemn Su Mu so that when they moved to eliminate him,
it would be both reasonable and compliant with the rules.
Sun Zan was also relentless.
"Someone like you doesn't deserve to be an ability user at all, let alone join an Ability University.
The three of us are going to eliminate you today."
Su Mu looked at these three nuisances.
He realized that without fighting, he wouldn't be able to resolve this trouble today.
Zhou Yang had already gone to find people to team up with to hunt the beasts in the core area.
The battle with the Little Monk just now had already wasted a lot of time.
If he kept wasting time like this, the beasts in the core area would be killed by others.
System! Use the universal combat technique learning card.
Ding! You have learned the A-rank combat technique, Chidori.
After learning the technique, Su Mu immediately gathered lightning in his hand.
"Zzzzt—"
The black lightning had finished converging.
The muscles in Su Mu's legs bulged as he charged in front of Shen Qinghe in an instant.
With the black lightning right in front of her, Shen Qinghe was scared out of her wits and collapsed directly onto the ground.
Naturally, Su Mu couldn't actually take her life.
He raised his leg and sent Shen Qinghe flying with a single kick.
Leg driving hip, hip driving waist, waist driving arm.
With a twist of his hips and a turn, the Chidori in his hand struck Sun Zan directly.
The current once again penetrated Sun Zan's Rock Armor, and Sun Zan fell to the ground.
Su Mu looked at the last person; he didn't recognize this guy.
He had no grudge with him, and the person hadn't spoken from beginning to end.
Su Mu wasn't a violent person; if he could avoid fighting, he would.
"I have no grudge against you, so I won't eliminate you. Just activate their defense barriers and leave."
The Ability College Entrance Examination was one of the most important events in a person's life.
Eliminating them directly was still a bit harsh.
Holding his silver-white spear, Su Mu left immediately.
Finding another safe spot, he opened the point rankings.
'1st Place: Zhou Yang, 226 points (Jianglan No. 16 High School)'
'2nd Place: Wu Shuang, 223 points (Jianglan No. 16 High School)'
'3rd Place: Su Mu, 197 points (Jianglan No. 1 Middle School)'
'4th Place: Luo Zhenyue, 170 points (Luohan Temple)'
'...'
"Sigh! I've already dropped to third place. It looks like Zhou Yang has found a team."
"These people really know how to make trouble for me. Damn it, they're just wasting my time."
Su Mu took out the source power recovery potion he had obtained from today's draw and downed it in one gulp.
A cool sensation flowed down Su Mu's throat.
Slowly, Su Mu felt the consumed Source Power within his body recovering.
About ten seconds later, Su Mu stood up; his consumed Source Power had basically fully recovered.
'Ding! Killed a Tier 1 high-level beast, Blood Moon Wolf. Conversion value +10.'
'Ding! Killed a Tier 1 mid-level beast, Rock-Horned Rhino. Conversion value +8.'
'Ding! ...'
Kill notifications kept popping up.
On the way to the core area, Su Mu wasn't idle.
He was killing two birds with one stone, doing it as he went.
"Zhou Yang, let's take a break. Dealing with Tier 2 beasts is too exhausting; my Source Power is almost completely spent."
Wu Shuang looked completely drained.
His was an A-rank elemental ability—Purgatory Earthfire.
Its explosive power was very strong, but the consumption was also massive.
"Alright, let's rest for a bit then."
The points for Su Mu and Luo Zhenyue hadn't changed for a while, and now the first and second place rankings had been taken over by him and Wu Shuang.
Taking a short break wouldn't hurt.
"Zhou Yang, is that Su Mu really that powerful?"
Zhou Yang had already told Wu Shuang about Su Mu's strength, which was also why Wu Shuang was willing to team up.
"Yes, very powerful. I suspect he has an A-rank enhancement-type ability."
"I think his physical strength should be enough to solo a Tier 2 beast."
Wu Shuang stopped talking and just panted while resting.
"Holy crap! Wu Shuang, get up, we can't rest anymore. We have to keep killing beasts!"
As he spoke, Zhou Yang turned to show the leaderboard to Wu Shuang.
Wu Shuang watched as the score after the name 'Su Mu' on the leaderboard increased at an incredible speed.
"Holy crap! Is he using a cheat?!"