51: Chapter 51 The Villains of Shanghai

【Asura Ancient Battlefield · Wind Howl Valley Entrance】

This was a necessary passage connecting the swamp and the snow-capped mountains. On both sides were cliffs reaching a hundred meters high, with only a narrow corridor in the middle, resembling a sliver of sky.

At this moment, behind a pile of rocks above the valley, over twenty figures were lying prone.

They came from the five remaining strong teams of Group A, including the most formidable Northwest Military Academy.

"Is everyone ready?"

Northwest Wolf King Wolf King stared intently at the radar screen in his hand: "That Lin Yuan is too arrogant. He's treating us like monkeys. If we let him keep flying like this, we're all going to be toyed to death by him."

"Rest easy, Wolf King."

A team leader nearby who specialized in formations said sinisterly: "We've deployed a 'Gravity Magnetic Field Trap' at the valley floor, purchased at a high price, along with an anti-air bird-catching net. As long as he dares to fly in, even a Third-Rank Birdman will have to get down!"

"As long as he lands..."

Wolf King gripped his alloy battle saber tightly, a bloodthirsty glint flashing in his eyes:

"A Mentalist is just a glass cannon. Once they lose their distance advantage, they're a tiger without teeth. By then, the twenty-five of us will swarm him—even just spitting on him will drown him!"

To kick Modu Martial Arts University out of the competition, these proud geniuses chose to join forces for the first time.

"He's here!"

The scout whispered.

In the low sky in the distance, that incredibly flashy and punchable stone throne was drifting over lazily. Lin Yuan's relaxed appearance made the teeth of those in ambush itch with annoyance.

"Do it!!"

Wolf King roared.

Vroom—!!!

On both sides of the valley, the pre-set formation nodes were instantly activated.

A yellow gravity ripple descended with the force of Mount Tai, and the gravity instantly increased fivefold!

At the same time, a huge blue energy net shot out from the cliffs on both sides, blocking all flight paths.

"Crack!"

The stone throne beneath Lin Yuan could not withstand this sudden gravitational pressure and instantly shattered into a sky full of stone dust.

"He's falling! He's falling!"

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Lin Yuan's figure lost its support and plummeted straight toward the valley floor.

Dust billowed everywhere.

"Kill!!"

Seizing the opportunity, Wolf King took the lead, bringing twenty-four elite martial artists, and rushed out from both sides like hungry wolves descending a mountain, instantly surrounding the dust where he landed.

"Lin Yuan! Once you've landed, you're just a tiger without teeth!"

Wolf King laughed wildly as he rushed into the dust: "Brothers, let's go together! Take him out! Take back the points!"

However, when the dust settled.

Lin Yuan stood in the rubble, leisurely brushing the dust off his trench coat, looking at the aggressive group surrounding him.

"A tiger without teeth?"

"Who told you that if I don't fly, I don't know how to fight?"

"Don't listen to his bluff! A Mentalist's physical body is weak! Close combat is a dead end!"

Wolf King roared, his alloy battle saber carrying the force to split mountains and rocks, slashing straight at Lin Yuan's face.

"Clang—!"

A loud noise rang out.

A giant tower shield appeared out of thin air, blocking the saber.

Xiang Lie stood in front of Lin Yuan, his muscles looking like cast iron, taking the blow head-on.

"Want to touch my captain? Get past me first!"

Xiang Lie didn't just defend; he dropped the shield and slammed a headbutt onto Wolf King's bridge of the nose.

At the same time.

"Da da da da da—!!!"

"No one is allowed to run! Everyone stay here and become my record!"

With a meat shield in front and a turret in the back.

But this wasn't the most terrifying part.

The most terrifying thing was the seemingly "weak" Mentalist standing in the middle.

"Since you like bullying the few with the many so much..."

Lin Yuan slowly took his hands out of his pockets; his ten fingers were slender, like those of a pianist.

"Then I'll let you see what a real meat grinder is."

Lin Yuan's fingers moved slightly.

In the air, nine barely visible transparent ripples suddenly appeared.

【cicada wing · Nine Stars】!

"Kill!"

A speed-type assassin student thought he had found an opportunity. His figure moved like lightning, bypassing Xiang Lie, and his dagger stabbed straight at Lin Yuan's back.

However, he had only charged halfway.

Pfft!

Blood suddenly burst from his ankle.

"Ah!!"

The assassin screamed, losing his balance and falling to the ground.

Immediately after, he discovered in horror that his wrists, knees, and even the dagger in his hand had all been severed at the same time!

Invisible!

He couldn't see what had injured him at all!

"Careful! There are invisible hidden weapons!" the assassin screamed in despair.

But it was already too late.

Lin Yuan stood where he was, a deep blue light glowing intensely in his eyes.

His ten fingers danced lightly in the air, as if playing a musical piece of death.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Nine flying knives, thin as a cicada wing, turned into nine bloodthirsty ghosts under the control of his Spiritual Telekinesis.

Those elite students who rushed up hadn't even gotten within three meters of Lin Yuan when their protective energy barriers were sliced open like paper.

Pfft pfft pfft!

Blood splattered.

Some weapons were severed, some armor was dismantled, and some had their tendons cut directly.

"Ghosts! There are ghosts!!"

A defense-type martial artist raised his large shield, only to find several holes inexplicably appearing on it. Then, he felt a chill on his forehead as a cold flying knife hovered over his fatal point.

"I surrender! I surrender! Take the points!" he screamed in a breakdown.

As for the leader, Wolf King, he was even more desperate.

He was tangled with Xiang Lie, already locked in a fierce fight.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Three flying knives formed a triangular shape, locking onto his throat, back, and temple.

If he dared to move even an inch, he would be instantly killed.

"This... is this a Mentalist?"

The battle saber in Wolf King's hand clattered to the ground. He looked at the youth standing in the center of the battlefield, who hadn't even taken a single step, and a deep sense of powerlessness rose in his heart.

What weak physical body?

What guaranteed death in close combat?

It's all a lie!

This guy is simply a mobile turret! Within ten meters of him, it's an absolute death zone!

"Quake!"

Lin Yuan saw it was enough and didn't want to kill anyone.

He moved his mind.

Boom!

A massive Spiritual Telekinesis shockwave swept across the field.

Those students who were still resisting or already injured and on the ground felt their brains hit by a heavy hammer, rolled their eyes, and all fainted at once.

Five minutes later, the twenty-five elite students of Group A were lying scattered on the ground like salted fish, their bodies flashing with the red light representing "critically injured and eliminated."

"Tsk tsk, how miserable."

Lin Yuan walked among the "corpses," holding the plunder card in his hand, unceremoniously swiping it over each one.

【Beep! Plundered Northwest Military Academy points: 1200!】

【Beep! Plundered Holy Light Academy points: 800!】

【Beep! Plundered!】

With each pleasant notification, the total points of Modu Martial Arts University surged once again.

Group A Leaderboard: NO.1 Modu Martial Arts University — Points: 8800!

NO.2 (Vacant, because they were all robbed clean)

NO.3 Some Lucky Passerby Team — Points: 50

"This spot is farmed, let's go to the next one."

The three of them swaggered out of the valley, leaving behind a pile of "corpses" questioning their lives.

"Too brutal, is this a bandit raid?"

"I have a feeling the style of this competition is going to be skewed."

"What Modu Martial Arts University? This is clearly the Modu Villain Squad!"

Even some talented netizens, based on the three's fighting style, improvised a catchy "horror nursery rhyme" on the spot, which quickly spread across the internet:

"Wind Howl Valley, quiet and still, the King of Hell is writing the list."

"Flying in the sky is Lin the Skinner, seeing people and cutting their points."

"Running on the ground is Xiang the Mad Dog, biting whoever he catches."

"Squatting in the back is Su the Gunner, sending you home with one shot!"

"See Modu, run fast, one second late and your life is hard to keep!"

This nursery rhyme, accompanied by Lin Yuan's "nuclear-friendly" smiling face, became the lingering shadow in the hearts of all the contestants of this Hundred Schools Hegemony Competition.