33: Chapter 33 Killing Techniques VS Killing Techniques

As he approached, a pungent scent rushed toward him; it was the aura that only someone who had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood could possess.

Xiang Lie.

An orphan from the front lines, a war machine raised by a big shot in the military.

At the same time, among the New Students of this year's Modu Martial Arts University, he was the only S-rank special admission student besides Lin Yuan.

Xiang Lie walked three meters in front of Lin Yuan and stopped.

He looked Lin Yuan up and down with those gloomy, green eyes like a lone wolf:

"I've watched your video. You killed that Cave Rock Dragon quite well; you've got some grit."

"You flatter me."

Lin Yuan stood up from the lounge chair.

Facing this person, he put away his previous laziness and playfulness, his expression becoming unprecedentedly solemn.

This was one of his own kind.

Lin Yuan could clearly sense a beast lurking within the other party, ready to devour anyone.

That sense of danger even surpassed all the opponents he had encountered before.

"I'm not short on a place to live, nor am I short on money."

Xiang Lie took a specially made, black military officer ID-shaped magnetic card out of his pocket and tossed it casually at Lin Yuan's feet.

"There are 5000 credits in this card. It's what I saved up from killing exotic beasts on the front lines for a year."

Xiang Lie slowly loosened his wrists, his knuckles popping like bursting beans, and the tendons in his body creaked like bowstrings:

"I came for only one thing."

He set up an extremely strange starting stance, neither boxing nor traditional martial arts; his legs were slightly bent, his center of gravity extremely low, and his hands formed claws protecting his centerline, like a cheetah ready to strike:

"Let's determine the winner, and decide life and death."

"Do you dare?"

5000 credits! Deciding life and death!

The surrounding New Students turned pale with fright and retreated repeatedly. This wasn't a spar; this was clearly two madmen wanting to risk their lives here!

Lin Yuan looked at the card at his feet, then at the battle-ready Xiang Lie.

The indifference in his eyes vanished, replaced by a trace of excitement he hadn't felt in a long time, and the blood in his body began to circulate faster.

"Interesting."

"I'll accept these 5000 credits. As for your life..."

Lin Yuan sank his knees slightly, the God-Demon Body Forging Technique running thunderously within his body, golden blood energy surging like magma, and a faint golden glow appearing on his skin:

"If you have the ability to take it, then come and try."

"Good!!!"

Xiang Lie roared, instantly crossing the three-meter distance, unleashing a lethal blow from the very start!

His five fingers curled into hooks, his nails trimmed extremely sharp, aiming straight for Lin Yuan's throat.

If this claw connected, his windpipe would be ripped out on the spot!

Lin Yuan did not retreat but advanced, his right hand clenched into a fist, golden light hidden within, and he punched toward Xiang Lie's palm.

Bang!!

Fist and claw collided, emitting a sound like metal clashing.

"Again!"

The green light in Xiang Lie's eyes flared. After being shaken back half a step, instead of adjusting his breathing, he used the momentum to spin, sweeping a vicious whip kick toward Lin Yuan's temple.

At the same time, his left hand transformed from a palm into a knife, silently thrusting toward Lin Yuan's floating ribs.

Attacking from above and below, every move was fatal!

This was the Military Killing Fist; every move was designed to destroy the enemy's vitality with the fastest speed and the lowest cost.

Specifically attacking the groin, eyes, throat, and shattering bones!

"Well done!"

Lin Yuan's pupils constricted; he did not use his combat blade.

He crossed his arms to protect his head, taking that whip kick head-on.

Thud!

Lin Yuan felt his arms go numb; this kid's bones were harder than alloy!

But he didn't retreat. Using the gap in defense, Lin Yuan delivered a fierce knee strike to Xiang Lie's abdomen.

The two were like humanoid tyrannosaurs, engaging in the most primitive and savage brawl in the open space in front of the S01 Villa.

Bang! Slap! Boom!

The dull thuds of fist meeting flesh sounded like a dense drumbeat, making the scalps of those watching go numb.

"Is... is this really a New Student?"

"Too brutal... Is this what S-rank is?"

The watching students looked ghastly, watching the two fast, blurry shadows in the field, a deep sense of powerlessness rising in their hearts.

The battle entered a white-hot stage, and Lin Yuan gradually felt a hint of pressure.

This was the first time since his rebirth that he had felt such trouble from an opponent of the same rank.

Xiang Lie was too strong.

This kid's combat instinct was terrifying to the extreme.

Lin Yuan tried to use Spiritual Telekinesis to sneak an attack or interference several times, but every time the telekinesis was activated, Xiang Lie seemed to possess a beast-like sixth sense, changing his moves to dodge in advance, or even launching a counterattack during the moment Lin Yuan was distracted.

"Pfft!"

Lin Yuan was careless for a moment, his shoulder grazed by Xiang Lie's eagle-claw-like fingers, leaving three bloody scratches, and blood instantly stained his sleeve.

"Thrilling!"

Xiang Lie licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, becoming crazier the more he fought, the battle intent in his eyes burning to the extreme: "Lin Yuan, if this is all you've got, then you're going to be carried out of here today!"

"Is that so?"

Lin Yuan took a step back, the data stream deep in his eyes flashing frantically.

【Gods Insight · High-frequency analysis in progress】

【Detected high-level combat technique — "Military Seven Kills" (A-rank).】

【Characteristics: Abandoning all defense, pursuing extreme lethality. Moves are primitive, but the killing intent is astonishing.】

【Deducing move logic... Analyzing vulnerabilities... Optimizing force-generating model...】

【Deduction complete! Already added to the skill library!】

"Your moves are not bad."

"Unfortunately, they are mine now."

"What?" Xiang Lie was stunned, not understanding what Lin Yuan meant.

But the next second, before he could react, Lin Yuan's aura suddenly changed.

The previously open and fierce style suddenly tightened, replaced by a cold and vicious aura that felt incomparably familiar to Xiang Lie.

Alarm bells rang in Xiang Lie's heart, and he instinctively threw a straight punch.

However, Lin Yuan didn't dodge; he actually used the exact same move as Xiang Lie just now — side-step, slide, and a hand-knife thrust to the ribs!

No! It wasn't just the same!

Under the system's optimization, the angle of Lin Yuan's hand-knife was trickier, the force was more rapid, and it even predicted Xiang Lie's subsequent move changes!

"How is that possible?!"

Xiang Lie's pupils shook violently, and he could only force his waist to twist to dodge.

But Lin Yuan's offensive surged like a tide.

Eye-gouging, throat-locking, groin-kicking, bone-shattering!

These were all moves from the "Military Seven Kills" that Xiang Lie prided himself on, but when performed by Lin Yuan, they were even more proficient and vicious than someone who had been immersed in them for over a dozen years!

It was like fighting an upgraded version of himself!

Bang!

Finally, in a head-on collision, Lin Yuan's whip kick collided fiercely with Xiang Lie's knee.

Crack!

Lin Yuan, bolstered by the newly formed Golden Bone, didn't budge, while Xiang Lie's face turned pale, his feet plowing two deep furrows in the ground, and he retreated five full steps before barely standing steady.

His right leg trembled slightly; he had clearly suffered internal injuries.

The winner was decided.

Lin Yuan retracted his leg and stood still, straightening his somewhat messy collar without pursuing the victory.

"Hoo..."

After a long while.

He grinned, and although the smile looked a bit ugly, it was very magnanimous:

"That's freaking demonic."

"I practiced killing techniques in a pile of dead bodies for ten years, and you learned it after seeing it once? And you even modified it to be more ruthless?"

He didn't continue the entanglement; if they kept fighting, they would have to use their trump cards and decide life and death, which was something done with enemies, not with opponents.

"I lost."

Xiang Lie said straightforwardly: "The 5000 credits are yours. In the future at Modu Martial Arts University, besides you, no one is worthy of being my opponent."

"Catch."

Just then, a whistling sound came from behind.

Xiang Lie instinctively raised his hand to catch it; in his hand was a cold glass bottle with red medicinal liquid swirling inside.

"S01 Villa special healing medicine, specifically for treating bruises and injuries."

Lin Yuan picked up the black magnetic card from the ground and waved at Xiang Lie's back, a trace of mutual appreciation in his tone:

"Come by anytime you want to fight next time, I'll give you a 20% discount."

With Xiang Lie's admission of defeat, the area in front of the S01 Villa returned to calm.

But this calmness was completely different from before.

All the New Students looked at the young man standing on the steps, their eyes no longer holding any defiance or provocation, only deep awe.

Even the S-rank killing machine from the military had been beaten into submission.

Who else dared to disagree?

From this moment on, Lin Yuan's status as the "King of New Students" was completely unshakable.

At the top of a high tower in the distance.

Wang Ye of the War Academy was watching this scene through binoculars.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this kid is truly a monster."

"It seems that for the National Hundred Schools Hegemony Competition a month from now, our Modu Martial Arts University has a good chance this time."

Wang Ye chuckled and turned, disappearing into the wind.

"Those old guys in the Imperial Capital are going to be shocked out of their wits this time."