15: Chapter 15 The Psychopathic Trio! A Wide Lead!

At this moment, Li Mo could never have imagined that Teacher Cao Yun, his homeroom teacher who had been so arrogant towards him not long ago, was now reduced to the point of having to kowtow.

He was still immersed in the cultivation of the Starry Sky Meditation Chart. This Weituo Heavenly Patrol Sutra was truly a powerful mental cultivation method; he could feel his physical body continuously strengthening.

Just then, Li Mo suddenly heard a voice.

"Li Mo, we have to go! We're going to be late!"

These words were spoken by the big guy, Xu Feng, which immediately jolted Li Mo awake.

When practicing a mental cultivation method, one generally cannot notice external circumstances. Li Mo checked the time and was surprised to find it was already nearly eight o'clock.

One had to know that eight o'clock was the time stipulated by The Military for the new recruit training.

Being late on the first day of training was no small matter.

Li Mo immediately dressed himself, but despite hurrying, he still arrived late.

By the time the three of them entered, all the new recruits on the training ground had already assembled.

On the platform, Zhang Ruxue had a gloomy expression, her gaze fixed intently on the three of them. She radiated an intimidating aura without even being angry, which made people feel a chill.

Li Mo never shirked his own responsibilities.

He immediately said to Zhang Ruxue, "Company Commander Zhang, it is my responsibility. I was delayed by practicing the Starry Sky Meditation Chart. I accept the punishment."

Fortunately, both Zheng Jiahao and Xu Feng were quite loyal.

"Forget it! Li Mo, Zheng Jiahao and I were also delayed by eating. If we're going to be punished, let's be punished together."

"I have no objections. Let's be punished together."

Zhang Ruxue said in a deep voice, "You three are certainly showing brotherly love! I just praised you yesterday, and today you pull this on me!"

"I said it before, The Military has its own rules! It's completely different from the Martial Arts University you've been in! If you make a mistake, you must own up to it! Listen up, all you new recruits! From now on, whoever makes a mistake will suffer the same fate as these three!"

In reality, if the three of them had only been late for training, Zhang Ruxue would not have punished them severely.

After all, the three of them were the best among this batch of new recruits.

But there was no help for it; today was the first day of training, and with so many new recruits present, Zhang Ruxue would absolutely not let the three of them off lightly.

Immediately, Zhang Ruxue announced the punishment for the three of them.

First, they were not allowed to eat for one day.

One must know that martial artists need to cultivate, which consumes a lot of energy daily to strengthen their bodies; therefore, a martial artist's food intake is generally more than three times that of an ordinary person.

Not eating for a day was simply torture for a martial artist of Li Mo's age.

It would have been one thing if it was just not eating, but Zhang Ruxue also made the three of them do extra training!

"You three, listen to me. From now on, two thousand push-ups and five hundred sit-ups with a two-hundred-pound load. You are not allowed to stop until you finish. Everyone, watch them until they finish before we start the training!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the surrounding new recruits were shocked.

Two thousand push-ups and five hundred sit-ups could be considered a very high-intensity physical training for martial artists at this cultivation level.

Not to mention that Zhang Ruxue had added a condition.

A two-hundred-pound load!

This meant the three of them had to strap on about two hundred pounds of weight to complete this physical training.

If it were someone with poor stamina, they would likely be exhausted to death on the spot.

"This... this punishment is too harsh!"

"Good heavens! Isn't this just pure torture? If we are late in the future, will we also have to receive this kind of punishment?"

No new recruit could hear such a punishment without their expression changing.

But the three of them were different.

Li Mo was originally one of the most hardworking students at Starry Sky University, especially regarding physical training. This was the only training project where the poor could stand on equal footing with the rich, so Li Mo had naturally trained repeatedly to the extreme.

As for Zheng Jiahao, although he was a bit thin, the fact that he could possess such skill at the sixth grade of the Hidden Edge Realm was related to his day-after-day physical training.

Needless to say, Xu Feng was a pure body cultivator.

The three of them didn't say a word; they took the weighted belts handed over by the instructor and began to carry out the punishment.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the three of them actually managed to complete the entire two-hundred-pound weighted physical training without stopping for a moment.

The key was that after finishing, the three of them didn't even have that drenched-in-sweat feeling, which meant that this level of training hadn't even reached their limits.

Especially Li Mo; his base attributes were raised extremely high because of the Devouring Emperor Body, so he hadn't even broken much of a sweat.

Originally, everyone had been quite worried about them, but seeing this scene, they couldn't help but gasp in shock.

"Damn! They finished it so easily? Are they even human?"

"Monsters! They are simply monsters!"

"The gap between these three and us is simply too huge! I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold on after doing five hundred push-ups."

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Not to mention the new recruits, even Head Instructor Su Xiaoxiao, who was presiding over the new recruit training, was equally astonished.

She said to Zhang Ruxue beside her, "Sister Ruxue, the base attributes of these three people are probably much higher than other martial artists of the same realm! Their foundation is very solid!"

"I heard that these three people all come from Martial Arts University. Li Mo and Zheng Jiahao are from Starry Sky University, and Xu Feng is from Huiwu University. In the past, those who came from these universities were all pampered soldiers. I didn't expect that these universities would send such tough guys this year!"

Zhang Ruxue nodded and sighed, "Yes! High talent and diligent; not many university students can do well in physical training! This year, these three are likely leading the new recruits by a wide margin."

After sighing, Zhang Ruxue said to the three of them, "Alright! Return to your team! The training will now officially begin."

Although it was called training, it was actually just these instructors teaching the new recruits some rules of The Military camp.

As for training to improve strength, everyone did their own thing, because everyone's talent was different, so they naturally had to undergo special training according to different methods.

And Li Mo's special training method was naturally... killing virtual AI robots.

Killing virtual robots allowed Li Mo to gain devour points, increase his practical combat experience, and improve his cultivation. It could be said to be three birds with one stone!

In a flash, five days passed just like that.

On this day, Li Mo opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance bursting in them, and his entire temperament had obviously changed.

"Eighth Grade of the Hidden Edge Realm!"

Li Mo slowly exhaled; his realm had improved after these few days of bitter cultivation, advancing by one grade.

It must be said that this kind of centralized special training was indeed very effective, completely different from the Martial Arts University.

While at the Martial Arts University, although Li Mo had also been bitterly cultivating, he needed to spend most of his day attending theoretical courses and talent courses taught by teachers.

This knowledge was both boring and, for Li Mo, not very effective.

Now that he had cast aside all distracting thoughts to cultivate, the effect was actually much better...

In such a short time, he had advanced by one grade!

With the experience of being late before, Li Mo didn't dare to be careless this time and prepared to head to the training ground half an hour early.

However, just at this moment, a male instructor found him, causing his brows to knit together involuntarily.

"Li Mo! A teacher from Starry Sky University is here to see you."