53: Chapter 53 One Punch Kills!

'Attention all candidates, attention all candidates!'

'The third wave of the offensive is about to begin!'

'Please prepare for the encounter!'

'Please prepare for the encounter!'

"Huff, huff..."

Chen Mo wiped the blood from his hands onto Zhuo Jida's clothes, then sat down on a relatively clean large rock, panting heavily.

"Seriously? You're not even giving us a moment to catch our breath?"

Covered in blood and grime, Wang Jun was stunned. Isn't this the Provincial Joint Examination?

"Don't be ridiculous. On a real battlefield, there's no such thing as a breather."

After resting for a moment and recovering some strength, Chen Mo stood up again and looked toward the distant horizon.

Unlike the siege by ten thousand beasts he had imagined, this time, only a single figure appeared on the distant horizon.

No, not just a figure, but a person riding a horse, slowly approaching them.

The person held a long spear in its hand, the tip glowing with a blood-red light.

"An Abyss Warrior!"

As the brains of the entire team, Su Qingyue recognized at a glance that the third wave's opponent was an Abyss Warrior.

Behind it, tens of thousands of Abyss Beasts were roaring and howling; she truly wondered how the original Vanguard Battalion had managed to hold out against them.

"Finally, a big one has arrived."

Chen Mo slammed his fist into his palm, watching the figure with excitement.

"Wang Jun, Zhuo Jida, those Abyss Beasts are yours."

"I'm going to go have a word with that Abyss Warrior!"

With that, Chen Mo stomped hard on the ground, causing the already fractured earth to explode, and he charged out like a gale.

The Abyss Warrior sneered, and the long spear in its hand suddenly flared with a dazzling red light!

Halfway through his charge, Chen Mo felt a crushing weight descend upon him. His footsteps faltered, and his lower legs sank directly into the ground.

"An innate ability! That's an innate ability of the Abyssal Race!"

"Its ability is gravity manipulation, Chen Mo, retreat!"

Su Qingyue analyzed the Abyss Warrior's ability immediately and tried to call Chen Mo back.

But she was ultimately a step too slow; the Abyss Warrior's spear tip had already appeared an inch from Chen Mo's throat.

Creak!!!

Super Compression activated, and in an instant, Chen Mo's throat became as hard as steel, forcing him to be pushed back dozens of meters by the charging Abyss Warrior.

Chen Mo grabbed the spear that was piercing his throat and prepared to smash his fist onto the head of the steed before him.

However, the immense pressure slowed his punch significantly, and the Abyss Warrior easily dodged the blow by simply turning the horse's head.

The red light on the spear tip flared again, and Chen Mo felt as if he were being crushed by a hundred-ton truck, unable to move.

"Gravity, gravity..."

Su Qingyue knew that even if they went up to help now, they would just be in the way. As the brains of the team, she had to immediately come up with a way to break the deadlock.

"Xia Li! Go help Chen Mo quickly!"

"Gravity is also a type of vector; deflect the gravity on Chen Mo!"

Having just killed a few flying Abyss Beasts with blood-energy arrows, Xia Li received the order and, without a second thought, charged toward Chen Mo's location.

The surrounding Abyss Beasts tried to surround Xia Li, but a flash of lightning and a towering inferno cut off their path, Slicing through them.

"Chen Mo said these Abyss Beasts are ours."

Zhuo Jida hoisted his short blade onto his shoulder and provocatively tilted his chin at the horde of Abyss Beasts.

"Stop showing off and get to work!"

Wang Jun didn't say another word; his entire body ignited with raging flames as he directly activated Elemental Body.

A great demon made entirely of fire let out a deafening roar, its blade of flames sweeping across the field!

In reality, full elementalization would cause Wang Jun himself to suffer immense damage.

But in the simulation, he wasn't afraid at all. Everything was fake anyway, and activating full elementalization in the simulation could increase his corresponding experience, so why not?

"Fine, if you won't let me show off, then I won't..."

Zhuo Jida curled his lip, lightning flickering across his body as he slaughtered the Abyss Beasts at high speed.

At the very moment both of them struck, Xia Li successfully broke through the encirclement and appeared at Chen Mo's side.

Her arms flashed with a white light, and the heavy sensation on Chen Mo's body instantly vanished.

The ground beside him exploded immediately!

The Abyss Warrior remained expressionless, its long spear flashing with red light once again, and a terrifying gravity, more than ten times stronger, descended upon Chen Mo once more.

"This won't work..."

Xia Li gritted her teeth, rolled her eyes, and her arms flashed with white light again!

After deflecting the gravity from Chen Mo again, Xia Li did a somersault and ended up riding on Chen Mo's shoulders.

"?"

A question mark appeared over Chen Mo's head. What kind of position was this?

"Chen Mo! Go! I've got you covered!"

He turned his head and saw that Xia Li's arms were flashing with white light continuously, perfectly countering the red light on the Abyss Warrior's spear tip.

Only then did Chen Mo realize what was happening.

"Hold onto my neck!"

Chen Mo didn't hesitate in the slightest; he stomped his feet and, in the true sense of the word, transformed into a super hundred-ton truck as he charged toward the Abyss Warrior.

The Abyss Warrior's expression turned ugly. Realizing its innate ability had been countered, it immediately grabbed its spear and charged toward Chen Mo.

Amidst the flying sand and stones, the two figures collided repeatedly.

The horse neighed, the warrior roared, and steel clashed!

Boom!

With a loud crash, the Abyss Warrior raised its spear and barely managed to block Chen Mo's hammer-like blow!

However, the tall steed beneath it let out a pained neigh, its four legs instantly shattered, and both the warrior and the horse fell to the ground!

"Damn it! Chen Mo, finish him off!"

Blood leaking from her nose and mouth, her eyes bloodshot, Xia Li roared excitedly.

Chen Mo didn't waste any words; he clenched his right fist, muscles compressing, Super Compression!

Limit Burst!

At the moment he threw the punch, Chen Mo's attributes doubled again, and the punch, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, smashed onto the Abyss Warrior's head without any suspense.

Bang!

Ripples spread across the ground, followed immediately by an explosion!

With this punch, Chen Mo didn't just blow apart the Abyss Warrior's head; he also shattered the ground for dozens of meters around.

"Beautiful!"

In the Joint Exam command center, Governor Sun Jingan excitedly threw a punch into the air.

"This kid is capable, that Su Qingyue is also capable, and Xia Li has also made a great contribution."

"These kids are amazing; they were practically born for battle!"

Governor Sun Jingan had assumed all thirty teams would be eliminated in the third round, but he hadn't expected that three teams would actually remain.

"Governor, are you really not going to tell Chen Mo that something happened in the Old District?"

Director Wang was somewhat worried. If something had really happened to Chen Mo's family, the boy would likely hate Governor Sun Jingan for the rest of his life.

Governor Sun Jingan, who had been excited just a moment ago, fell silent instantly. His expression grew grave as he weighed the pros and cons.

As an elder, he told himself that he should tell Chen Mo about this matter; otherwise, if something went wrong, it would be a lifelong regret.

But as a warrior, he told himself that such a stage could only be stepped upon once in a lifetime, and missing it would also be a lifelong regret.

He could only say... for the sake of Chen Mo's future, if he wanted to hate someone, let him hate him.

"Don't tell him. We cannot let the Provincial Joint Examination be delayed."