58: Chapter 57 Entering Li Tang Wanbang University!!
Sun Po remembered that the settings for the Black Rhino Armor stated that in its normal state, a single punch could reach 20 tons,
and under special circumstances such as a massive surge of moisture, a single punch could even unleash 176 tons of force.
Although there was not much moisture near Renjian Mound where Sun Po was currently located,
the entire Jinyang City was embraced by the Grand Canal, and the air was not lacking in moisture.
Therefore, Sun Po estimated that this punch should exceed 20 tons.
Imagine what it looked like for a human body to be fiercely struck by twenty tons of force.
Even so, this was the result of Sun Po noticing something was wrong and holding back some strength in time for fear of accidentally injuring the crowd,
otherwise the momentum might have been even stronger.
Even so, the power of this punch still shocked everyone.
"F*ck? Is someone from the Jiuli Chi Family this fierce? Is this f*cking still human?"
The onlooker who had just shown off his knowledge and guessed that Sun Po belonged to the Jiuli Chi Family had his mouth wide open at this moment.
This was way too much stronger than the armor of the Jiuli Chi Family he had witnessed back then, right?
But he still put on a knowing look and boasted,
"That's right! Do you think the Five Surnames and Seven Clans are joking with you? Like I told you, this one is definitely fierce..."
The most shocked person was actually Xu Xiu, who was watching the battle from the crowd. As a fellow swordsman,
she knew deeply that although the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu was just a vulgar and mundane trick, it was not something an ordinary person could handle.
A week ago, although she lost to Sun Po in the arena, she believed that if they met on a battlefield,
Sun Po would not survive three moves under her hands.
Yet the scene before her completely shattered Xu Xiu's perception.
Exclusive talent? Impossible,
Divine weapon or treasure? Unheard of,
Or was Sun Po still hiding his true strength?
He had always possessed such a set of armor?
At this moment, she was asking herself more in her heart:
Could she be certain she could break through this armor?
...
Uncle Gao, who had been sitting just moments before, had already vanished, having left at some unknown time.
Yagyu Ichiro's uncle, standing to the side, was weeping with tears and snot running down, his eyes blood red and splitting from rage.
The other men with month-slicked hair were even so anxious that they were about to rush forward.
"Baka!!"
Just as another fight seemed imminent, Yagyu Ichiro's uncle let out a loud shout, stopping them.
"Do you want to bring shame upon Ichiro in the netherworld?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, although all the men with month-slicked hair still wore faces full of anger, their eyes glaring fiercely at Sun Po like vicious wolves,
their bodies slowly retreated backwards, finally fading into the sea of people.
At this time, the Black Rhino Armor also dissipated into dark mystical light spots, then slowly condensed back into Sun Po's body.
Sun Po looked at the departing men with month-slicked hair.
Although he felt regret in his heart for not being able to cut weeds by their roots,
it would also be hard for him to continue fighting at this moment.
For no other reason than that his spirituality value had been completely wasted away.
"Five minutes and twenty seconds."
Although Sun Po did not test out the actual combat upper limit of the Black Rhino Armor this time,
he did measure the current maximum fusion time of the Black Rhino Armor when not using skills.
"It really is a massive consumer of spirituality value."
But it was worth mentioning that although many skills of the Black Rhino Armor were marked as consuming spirituality value,
the most bugged Meditation Seal from the original show completely did not consume spirituality value;
instead, it consumed the energy gauge named the Power of Time.
Originally, when the Black Rhino Armor was first made, it had a full half-bar of the Power of Time.
Yesterday, frightened by a sneak attack from Yang Xinyue, he used a Meditation Seal,
and the half-bar of the Power of Time was already down to just a quarter.
That is to say, even if Sun Po had a full bar of the Power of Time, the Meditation Seal would only be enough to use four times.
"That's true, otherwise if I casually pulled off a time stop whenever I had nothing to do, wouldn't I be invincible throughout the world?"
Just as Sun Po was thinking this self-deprecatingly, his thoughts were suddenly broken by a loud shout:
"Crap, crap, I'm still a step too late!!"
He saw a young man wearing a crimson school uniform with a bitter expression pushing through the crowd,
looking with a bitter face at Sun Po and Yagyu Ichiro's sword at his feet.
"Fellow student, did you have to be so fierce? I rushed over the moment I received the news,
hurrying as fast as I could, and you went and killed him?"
Sun Po asked in puzzlement:
"Who are you?"
The bitter-faced youth fumbled around in his uniform pocket,
pulled out an identification card, and introduced himself:
"I am Du Zimei, a sophomore student at Li Tang Wanbang University, responsible for picking up out-of-town students participating in the provincial competition."
Sun Po was first startled, then immediately gave a thumbs-up.
"Great name!"
Good lord, the Saint of Poets Du Fu, Du Zimei?
You really know how to name people.
Then Sun Po looked doubtfully at Liu Jianren, who was bickering with the gambling stall owner, and glanced at the foul-faced Xu Xiu, asking:
"Just the three of us?"
Du Zimei put away his ID and said:
"No, there are students from a total of four cities. I am only responsible for picking up your city's."
Sun Po understood.
Du Zimei's expression became even more bitter:
"But I was only ten minutes late, how did you manage to do such a big thing?
Now it's great, I'm definitely going to get a disciplinary demerit."
But he quickly calmed down again, the bitter look on his face seeming to ease somewhat,
and he muttered:
"The number three seed of Qinzhou City died; Li Taibai will probably get a major demerit, not bad."
Sun Po just kept silent on the side, not wanting to answer.
Damn it, if he hadn't been able to fight himself, he would have been the one dead.
Du Zimei failed in his duty to pick people up, so getting this demerit was not wrong at all.
However, what was going on with that Li Taibai over there?
He was responsible for picking up Yagyu Ichiro, right?
This world is truly crazy.
...
Du Zimei led the three of them from Renjian Mound, making twists and turns all the way,
wandering around for a full half hour. The look Sun Po cast at Du Zimei grew increasingly suspicious:
"Where on earth are we going?"
Du Zimei calmly said:
"Jinyang City Railway Station, Platform Nine and Three-Quarters."
Sun Po almost couldn't keep a straight face,
and he blurted out:
"And then find that wall between the two platforms and charge headfirst into it, right?"
Du Zimei turned around with a look of astonishment, looking at Sun Po:
"Which family's descendant is this classmate? Have you been to Li Tang Wanbang University before?"
Sun Po was instantly speechless.
Fine, fine, fine,
Hogwarts School's architect still accepts orders far too widely.
Soon, the three of them came to an ancient small railway station.
Dilapidated red bricks and green-gray walls, green plastic seats that were somewhat blackened, and some weeds and garbage remaining on the ground.
Sun Po was somewhat curious:
"Is Jinyang City's railway station also this terrible?"
Hearing this, Du Zimei's look towards Sun Po instantly gained a bit of approval, and then his expression became even more bitter:
"Outside this secret realm is the Outer City, where commoners live, so the facilities are naturally very poor.
Aside from on-duty minor officials and retainers, no one from the aristocratic families would ever come to this Outer City,
and even the trains are not operated by anyone. Even the ferry that picked you all up was the last antique in the Outer City."
"Doesn't the government care?"
Du Zimei fell silent, and after a moment said:
"The Jinyang of the Li Family, the Xianyang of the Qin Family,
the ancestral cities of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans all enjoy complete autonomy,
doesn't even classmate know this?"
Sun Po understood in his heart, gaining a deeper understanding of the privileges of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans.
The Li Family's attitude towards the commoners of the Outer City felt like they were raising a flock of chickens and ducks in captivity, completely isolating the aristocratic clans and the commoners into two different worlds.
This caused Sun Po to feel extreme discomfort.
Soon, the four of them arrived in front of the legendary Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at Jinyang City Railway Station.
Du Zimei handed a small phoenix jade pendant to each person and said:
"This is the passage token. With this, circulating your spirituality will allow you to enter Li Tang Wanbang University."
After saying that, he took the lead and plunged headfirst into the red brick wall.
His figure disappeared out of thin air, as if swallowed by the wall,
stirring up ripples like water on the wall.
Seeing this, Sun Po and the other three also followed suit, plunging headfirst in.
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