60: Chapter 60 Give them a good beating
Thunder Armor: Condenses a layer of highly compressed lightning armor on the body's surface, appearing like flowing electric arcs.
The lightning armor attached to the body's surface can block physical attacks, while the electric arcs will reflect damage back at the attacker.
Thunder Armor can decompose the vast majority of energy attacks, reducing the power of energy-based strikes.
The description of the Combat Technique was not long; without purchasing it, one cannot browse the specific details of the technique.
"Xiao You, how many credits does this Combat Technique cost?"
"Master! This S-Rank Combat Technique, Thunder Armor, costs 788 credits."
"So expensive!"
Although he felt the sting in his wallet, the life-saving effect of this Combat Technique was indeed excellent; it was just that the Source Power consumption was too high.
For an ordinary person, high Source Power consumption would be a fatal flaw, but Su Mu had the time prohibition cards given by the System, plus source power recovery potions.
This Thunder Armor was the best life-saving Combat Technique.
Setting Thunder Armor aside for a moment, Su Mu picked up another S-Rank Combat Technique.
Thousand Shadows.
It can transform the body into shadows and split them. Once transformed into a shadow, one is immune to most physical attacks.
The most powerful part of this technique is that every wisp of shadow split off is a physical entity; as long as one shadow remains, one can recover.
The downside is that it is countered by light-element supernatural abilities.
Su Mu was equally tempted by this Combat Technique.
"Xiao You, how many credits does this Combat Technique cost?"
"Master! This Combat Technique costs 588 credits."
"Sigh! If I buy both Combat Techniques, it'll be nearly 1400 credits. I'm short by 400 credits."
At this moment, Su Mu truly felt the dilemma of not being able to have his cake and eat it too.
Both Combat Techniques were excellent means of saving his life, but the difference was that Thunder Armor could help Su Mu fight across Ranks.
Thousand Shadows could help Su Mu escape from enemies far stronger than himself.
Imagine if Su Mu encountered a Rank 4 Advanced ability user; Thunder Armor definitely wouldn't save his life, but Thousand Shadows would give him a chance to escape successfully.
"If only I could buy both Combat Techniques."
Other ability users generally wouldn't buy two Combat Techniques at the same time, because most people understood the principle that it's hard to master many things at once.
But Su Mu wasn't afraid! A single card could let him learn it directly, and after the System upgraded later, Su Mu was certain the drop rate for Combat Technique proficiency upgrade cards...
...would definitely increase.
When that time came, he could raise all the Combat Techniques he learned to proficient or even mastery.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Su Mu's head.
"I remember the teacher saying that there would be a lot of revenue after the Eye of Prediction was released. It wouldn't be too much to squeeze some gold coins out of the old man, right?"
Su Mu revealed a little devil's smile.
He first took the S-Rank Lightning-type Combat Technique, Thunder Armor, to the first floor to purchase it.
Currently, the most important thing was still challenging the weekly ranking.
With a "beep," the credits on Su Mu's student card shrank significantly, dropping from over a thousand to over two hundred in an instant.
'System! Use the universal combat technique learning card!'
"Ding! S-Rank Combat Technique Thunder Armor has been learned."
[Name]: Su Mu
[Rank]: Rank 2 Intermediate
[Source Power Cultivation Method]: Final Thunder Art (proficient)
[Source Power]: 1203
[Divine Soul]: 995
[Ability]: S+ Rank Thunder-Dark Domain
[Combat Technique]: Thunder Cloud Spear (mastery), Rapid Lightning Chidori (proficient), Eye of Prediction (entry), Thunder Armor (entry)
[Weapon]: Spear Technique (proficient)
[conversion points]: 6521
Su Mu: \(^^)/`
It was already midnight, so Su Mu decided to let the old man off for today.
Of course, it wasn't because he was afraid the old man would beat him into paraplegia in a fit of rage or anything.
Strolling back to the villa, he walked back to his room with care.
At this hour, the two sisters must have already gone to sleep. Su Mu tried to keep his noise to a minimum so as not to wake them.
Sometimes, coming home on tiptoe was also a kind of happiness.
...
The next morning, Su Mu walked out of Yang Wendao's villa grumbling. He had run over early to discuss with Yang Wendao if he could borrow some credits.
As it turned out, the old man had gone to Kyoto for a meeting.
"That damned old man, he couldn't have run away early on purpose because he knew I was coming to borrow money, right?"
Inside a conference room at Kyoto Ability University.
"Achoo!"
"Old Yang! What's going on? Can a Rank 8 ability user still get sick?"
The elderly man sitting to Yang Wendao's right asked.
If Su Mu were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that this elderly man was the mysterious old man he had encountered on the high-speed train before.
"Forget it! I bet his Disciples must be gossiping about him behind his back again."
A middle-aged beautiful woman across from Yang Wendao teased.
"Speaking of Disciples, Old Yang, I heard you took on a personal Disciple?"
"I heard about it too. What's the story?"
Just as Yang Wendao was about to answer, several more people walked in, and everyone took their seats.
"Alright! Everyone is here. Let us discuss this year's University Ability Competition."
The speaker was an elderly man with white hair and a white beard.
The nameplate in front of him read: 'Kyoto Ability University Representative, He Hong.'
Everyone present was a powerhouse overseeing a region, yet they all held a hint of reverence in their eyes for the elderly man who spoke.
"According to the rotation, this year's host is Kyoto Ability University. The specific details and matters of the competition will be determined by Kyoto Ability University; we are only responsible for the review."
Yang Wendao spoke up. Since Modu Ability University was the host last year, it was only right for him to say this.
No one had any objections to this. The host provided the funds, the venue, and the personnel. It was only natural for them to have some advantages.
Furthermore, those present were all regional overlords and did not deign to pull petty tricks in a student competition.
As for any small schemes from those below, they were unavoidable.
In water that is too clear, there are no fish.
As long as the general direction was fine, the meeting would be considered a success.
...
For the next two days, Su Mu was like a machine.
Attending class, cultivating, and sparring.
Friday finally arrived, but Su Mu wouldn't be able to go to the wilderness to hunt Vicious Beasts this weekend.
Saturday was June 30th, the monthly challenge day for the grade rankings.
Su Mu still remembered that he was going to give all the challengers a good beating.
"Speaking of which! Last Monday I had 12 challenge letters. I wonder how many there are now."
He immediately called out to Xiao You.
"Xiao You! See how many challenge letters I have now?"
"Master! You have a total of 34 challenge letters now."
"So many?" Su Mu raised an eyebrow.
"Master! At Modu Ability University, one can challenge three people each month. Thirty of the top fifty students have issued a challenge to you."
After a moment's thought, Su Mu understood.
Each person had 3 challenge opportunities, so these challenges were also a great chance to spar. Thus, many people would issue a challenge even if they clearly knew they couldn't win.
Ranked number one, Su Mu was naturally the target for everyone to challenge.
At this moment, Su Mu also understood why Mu Feng wanted to give all the challengers a good beating.
"Xiao You! Is Luo Zhenyue among the challengers?"
According to Su Mu's thoughts, Luo Zhenyue should definitely be in there. That guy was a martial arts fanatic; if there was a chance to challenge him, he would definitely take it.
"Luo Zhenyue was not found in the list of challengers. Master, do you want to challenge Luo Zhenyue?"
"No need!"
"He's actually not there. That's really strange."
He put aside the things he couldn't figure out for now.
Regardless, all these people were going to get a good beating.