41: Level 2 beast bloody violent bear, worry
“…”
Wang Jiannan looked up at the screen but didn’t answer immediately.
He lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, seemingly deep in thought.
After a while, he slowly shook his head, his voice filled with emotion:
“I don’t understand it either…
Logically, for Student Li Ziyu to effortlessly defeat a first-level advanced beast like chopping vegetables, he should be relying on his own strength.”
“But even a Blood Qi Talent Awakener cannot possibly match a beast in strength.”
“Yet, Li Ziyu managed to do it. There’s only one possibility: he has already cultivated the Brutish Bull Body Tempering Battle Skill given to him by the Martial Arts Association to its peak.”
“But from what I understand, it’s only been four days since he obtained that Body Tempering Battle Skill.”
“Cultivating a Body Tempering Battle Skill to its peak in four days is simply an impossible feat.”
“So, as for what’s going on with Li Ziyu, I don’t know…”
“We’ll have to wait until he comes out of the Martial Exam venue to ask him.”
“However, with the strength Li Ziyu has displayed, our Xu Jiang City might not only have a chance to enter the top ten in Su Province this year, but even squeeze into the top three!”
The mayor replied, a look of excitement on his face.
There was uncontrollable exhilaration in his eyes.
In fact, there was one more thing he hadn’t said.
Perhaps… Li Ziyu could not only make it into the top three in Su Province.
He might even be in the top three nationwide!
However, he didn’t voice this thought, because it was too unbelievable.
Top three nationwide.
Let alone Xu Jiang City, even the entire Su Province hadn't produced a Martial Exam candidate who could enter the top three nationwide for several decades.
“Huh, why isn’t Li Ziyu hunting beasts anymore? Where is he going?”
“And Nangong Ao, Wang Long, and Xia Lin, where are they planning to go?”
At this moment, the replay closed, and the real-time footage of the examination hall reappeared on the screen.
Secretary Wang’s questioning voice rang out.
Wang Jiannan looked at the figures moving across the screen, and a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.
A moment later.
His eyes suddenly widened.
He leaned forward sharply, hands braced on the workstation in front of the live broadcast screen.
He stared intently at the figures on the screen.
Then he suddenly turned his head, looking at Secretary Wang beside him, and commanded in an almost roaring voice:
“Quick! Immediately contact the rescue team in the examination hall and tell them to go to coordinates X11 in the central area at once!”
“Li Ziyu and Nangong Ao, they’re going to hunt that second-level beast, the Bloody Violent Bear!”
“What!? Hunt that second-level beast, the Bloody Violent Bear? Okay! I’ll arrange the rescue team immediately!”
“Nonsense! That second-level beast is not something they can handle at all!”
“I hope they don’t act rashly.”
Several principals also reacted, anxiously slapping their thighs.
Between a first-level beast and a second-level beast, although there is only one word difference, their strength is worlds apart.
Even ten peak first-level beasts attacking together wouldn’t be enough to fill the teeth of a beginner second-level beast.
The reason a second-level beast was placed in the examination hall was merely for show.
Placing a beast that candidates at this stage cannot defeat serves as a warning to candidates that there are always stronger individuals, and they should always approach beasts with caution, as if treading on thin ice.
To put it bluntly, it was a mascot, not meant to be killed by the candidates at all.
Of course, it doesn’t rule out the possibility of some super prodigies challenging higher levels.
But that’s something to be considered in resource-rich and education-focused cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
The inherent conditions limit them; this is not something a small place like Xu Jiang City can even think about.
So, when Li Ziyu was rushing towards the very center of the central area, they hadn’t reacted due to their habitual thinking.
Now they were anxiously slapping their thighs.
Wang Jiannan ignored the commotion, his expression returning to calm.
However, his clenched fists indicated his current mood.
“I just hope they’re going there out of curiosity to take a look, and definitely not to actually make a move!”
…
At the very center of the Martial Exam’s central area.
A cleared plaza.
Li Ziyu stood on the edge of the plaza, silently looking towards its center.
There was a figure in a golden-yellow combat suit, holding a magnificent longsword, standing there.
It was Nangong Ao, who had arrived before him.
However, Li Ziyu’s attention was not on Nangong Ao at this moment, but on the center of the plaza, hundreds of meters away.
There was a huge iron cage there.
Inside the iron cage, a blood-red figure, like a main battle tank, lay there.
The figure had its eyes closed as if sleeping, its body rising and falling.
With each breath, two thick plumes of white airflow gushed from its nostrils, stirring up dust all around.
“A second-level beginner beast, the Bloody Violent Bear.”
Li Ziyu stared at the Bloody Violent Bear.
Roughly estimated, its body length reached at least 8 meters, and its size was comparable to two polar bears.
From a long distance, Li Ziyu could feel the terrifying power emanating from the Bloody Violent Bear.
Compared to this Bloody Violent Bear, even the peak first-level beast Arm Blade Tiger he had encountered before seemed as weak as a toddler.
It was estimated that if the two fought, the Arm Blade Tiger wouldn’t even last a single slap from the Bloody Violent Bear.
“I have to say, even though Nangong Ao is very arrogant, this suicidal spirit of his is still very admirable.”
Li Ziyu watched Nangong Ao approach the iron cage containing the Bloody Violent Bear step by step, secretly clicking his tongue.
On the ground in front of the cage was a red button. As long as that button was pressed, the Bloody Violent Bear would be released.
At this moment, Nangong Ao had already walked to that button.
“I don’t have a habit of stealing monsters from others. Since Nangong Ao arrived first, let him fight first.”
Li Ziyu crossed his arms, leisurely preparing to watch Nangong Ao’s performance.
“Hiss! Damn! Is that the second-level beast, the Bloody Violent Bear? This aura, this size, it’s a bit too much, isn’t it? Can we really handle it??”
At this moment, Wang Long also arrived from another direction.
He first curiously glanced at Li Ziyu, who was standing hundreds of meters away from him, then his gaze was drawn to the Bloody Violent Bear in the center of the arena.
He stared wide-eyed in shock at the Bloody Violent Bear, which even while lying there sleeping, gave him a creepy feeling.
“Damn! I was still thinking of testing the strength of a second-level beast, but now it seems that idea is truly suicidal.”
“But Nangong Ao’s guts are truly big; he’s actually preparing to make a move on a beast of this level?”
Wang Long looked at Nangong Ao, who had already walked to the side of the cage, with a look of admiration.
Bai Haoran also arrived, standing beside Wang Long.
However, his attention was always on Li Ziyu.
At this moment, Li Ziyu was in a black combat suit, with a battle saber at his waist, his posture tall and straight, his expression calm and unruffled.
Although he stood there motionless, he gave Bai Haoran a sense of oppression and profoundness, like facing a towering mountain.
This made Bai Haoran feel a pang of alarm and a deep sense of despair.
Just standing there made him feel a strong sense of powerlessness.
How strong exactly was Li Ziyu?
“Student Li Ziyu, do you also want to hunt this second-level beast?”
As Li Ziyu was observing, Xia Lin’s voice came from behind him.
Li Ziyu turned his head.
He saw Xia Lin, dressed in a tight-fitting combat suit with a curvaceous figure, standing behind her.
With a solemn expression, she looked at the Bloody Violent Bear in the plaza and spoke to him again:
“Student Li Ziyu, with your current score, it’s more than enough to get into those four top universities.”
“It’s best not to take risks. This second-level beast is not something we can handle.”
Li Ziyu smiled at the words, not answering directly.
“Let’s wait and see.”