10: Storm Tiger Pack

Taian City center, a residential complex.

The complex had long collapsed into ruins, but the underground parking lot remained intact.

The cars were covered in thick dust. After clearing out the nearby fierce beasts, Lu Yuan decided to assemble the three great calamities of Guie here.

Having experience with assembling Blood Butcher, Lu Yuan was much faster this time, completing all assemblies in just two hours.

A slender monster, wrapped in vines, was the first to be born.

As this monster appeared, the entire parking lot was quickly engulfed in vines that took root and sprouted, as if they had arrived in a forest.

This monster was none other than the Wood Calamity, "Rotten Scab"!

A torrential downpour started in the sky, and rainwater flowed down the exit. A monster with blue and white skin, holding a trident, stood before Lu Yuan.

The Water Calamity, "Vast Nether," was born!

Bang, bang, bang—

A muscular, nearly three-meter-tall Earth Calamity, "Zhangsha," made of rock, let out a deep roar.

The three great calamities stood opposite Lu Yuan, kneeling on one knee and speaking in unison.

"Blood may rust blades, bones may turn to ash, but the oath carved upon the spine is more immortal than any throne!"

"Rotten Scab greets the Master!"

"Vast Nether greets the Master!"

"Zhangsha greets the Master!"

This situation again?

Lu Yuan looked at the three great calamities speaking. When Blood Butcher was created, it had also pledged loyalty to him immediately.

Blood-red spirit threads merged into the bodies of the three great calamities, and Lu Yuan checked their abilities.

[Wood Calamity: Rotten Scab]

[SSS-Grade Guie]

[Realm: Qi Refining Realm One Star]

[Spirit Skill: Vine Entanglement, Flying Leaf Storm, Jungle Protection, Poison Vine Dance...]

Seeing the Spirit Skills of Rotten Scab, coupled with the title of Wood Calamity, Lu Yuan realized his guess was correct.

Rotten Scab belonged to a control-type Combat Class, with Spirit Skills primarily focused on harassment and control.

The Water Calamity, Vast Nether, and the Earth Calamity, "Zhangsha," were Combat Classes. One had powerful Spirit Skill damage, while the other focused on being thick-skinned and sturdy, with strength and defense maxed out!

"I have obtained the four great calamities." Lu Yuan looked up at the bright, sunny sky and controlled twenty heavenly punishment soldiers once more.

With the four great calamities in the lead and twenty heavenly punishment soldiers following closely behind, a Guie squad exclusive to Lu Yuan left the parking lot, beginning a new round of hunting fierce beasts!

...

"It moved, Lu Yuan's score moved!"

In the Tianhua City government hall, everyone who had guessed that Lu Yuan died in the Martial Examination looked gloomy.

For two whole hours, Lu Yuan's score had not changed at all, like a stagnant pool of water.

Teacher did not believe it and stared fixedly at the ranking board.

Although he often said to the students in his class, "You are the worst batch of students I have ever taught!"

But after three years of being together, Teacher remembered every student's name, personality, and so on.

For him, he would rather not have the bonus and instead have his students return safely from the Martial Examination.

Suddenly, Lu Yuan, who was ranked second with 3000 points, rose to 3300 points. Teacher was overjoyed and said loudly.

"It moved, it moved again!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Mayor and everyone in the conference room turned their heads in unison.

"3500 points!" Principal of Yunhai High School pointed at the ranking board.

[First Place: Li Jinxue, 4200 points (Tianhua City, Tianhua High School)]

[Second Place: Lu Yuan, 3500 points (Tianhua City, Yunhai High School)]

[Third Place: Jiang Wangchuan, 2500 points (Tianhua City, Xinghui High School)]

...

Teacher and the Principal and class Teachers of Yunhai High School were flushed with excitement.

He didn't die!

The score moving proved that Lu Yuan had not died at the hands of a fierce beast; he was still continuing the Martial Examination!

"Well done, does Lu Yuan have a chance to surpass Li Jinxue and become number one in Tianhua City?" Principal of Yunhai High School asked impatiently.

Since the founding of Yunhai High School, their best result in the Martial Examination was fourth place in Tianhua City; they had never even touched the threshold of the top three!

At this moment, Lu Yuan had already broken history and had the potential to become number one in Tianhua City!

"There is a very good chance. If I'm not mistaken, Lu Yuan suddenly jumped from 3300 points to 3500 points, proving that he killed a Qi Refining Realm fierce beast, and it was an instant kill!" Vice Principal analyzed.

Lu Yuan either didn't act, or if he did, he would shock the whole scene.

What is the concept of instantly killing a Qi Refining Realm fierce beast?

It proved that Lu Yuan had already broken through to the Qi Refining Realm, and the Spirit Skill he unleashed had astonishing destructive power, to the point where even a Qi Refining Realm fierce beast could only be instantly killed!

"Principal Zhang, if Lu Yuan gets into a top university, the education funding for Yunhai High School should also increase next year," the Mayor said.

The top universities he referred to were Imperial Capital University, Modu University, and Pengcheng University.

Only universities of this level could make the provincial leaders change their minds, and the higher the score, the better!

Principal of Yunhai High School and the school leaders were overjoyed; after all, education funding was linked to their salaries.

If Lu Yuan really achieved this, it would be equivalent to them having half a boss.

The conference room became lively. The Principal of Tianhua High School, Luo Jingrui, was a bit nervous, fearing that Lu Yuan would surpass Li Jinxue and snatch the title of number one in the city.

The Principal of Xinghui High School was depressed; although Jiang Wangchuan from his school was ranked third, the point gap with the top two was too large, and there was no possibility of surpassing them.

"The geniuses in the city are too fierce in this year's Martial Examination," the Principal of Xinghui High School said.

According to previous years, Jiang Wangchuan with 2500 points would have sat firmly on the throne of number one in Tianhua City, but two monsters like Li Jinxue and Lu Yuan had appeared!

"Rise, rise fiercely for me!" Teacher looked at Lu Yuan, whose score was jumping rapidly, and beamed with joy.

Soon, a huge question appeared in everyone's minds.

Since Lu Yuan could not learn Guie master Spirit Skills, how did he instantly kill the Qi Refining Realm fierce beast?

"We can only wait until tomorrow to find out," the Mayor said, picking up his teacup and exerting force, causing the cold goji berry tea in the cup to boil.

After taking a sip of the goji berry tea, the Mayor perked up, his gaze scanning back and forth between the names of Li Jinxue and Lu Yuan.

...

As the sun set, the afterglow of the sunset spilled over this city that had been captured by fierce beasts.

On a yellowed soccer field, two groups of candidates met. Several baring-fanged Qi Refining Realm Storm Tigers let out low roars.

They had all suffered varying degrees of injury, and one Storm Tiger had lost its breath, having been blasted into charcoal by lightning!

"Do you have no shame? The Storm Tiger was discovered by us, and it was also injured by us. Why should you enjoy the fruits of victory!"

This was a temporary squad of ten people, and every candidate had a minimum realm of Body Tempering Realm Seven Star.

Lou Huaichuan, who had awakened a Wind Attribute Combat Class and was at Body Tempering Realm Eight Star, was furious.

He was a core member of this squad. The squad consisted of seven Combat Class members and three support class members, plus they had a minimum strength of Body Tempering Realm Seven Star.

This configuration could be said to be very perfect.

At noon, Lou Huaichuan had discovered a group of Qi Refining Realm Three Star Storm Tigers.

The points obtained from Qi Refining Realm Three Star fierce beasts were very substantial. Lou Huaichuan made a decisive decision to prepare to attack. The battle lasted until evening, and they had finally managed to hunt a Storm Tiger.

A bolt of heavenly thunder appeared out of thin air, snatching the points from Lou Huaichuan's hands!

"If your skills are inferior, get lost, or compete with us, provided you can win."

Six candidates who had awakened Thunder Attribute classes and were at the peak of Body Tempering Realm were condensing Lightning Cuts.

The candidate in the lead, wearing a black school uniform with the word "Tianqing" printed on his chest, said sarcastically.

His name was Qian Zhixing, and he was the captain of this squad.

Although there were fewer people than Lou Huaichuan's group, six peak Body Tempering Realm, Thunder Attribute Combat Class Practitioners were entities that could walk sideways in the fierce beast-infested area!

Hearing Qian Zhixing's words, Lou Huaichuan and his squad members' faces turned blue, and then a sense of powerlessness arose.

Compete?

What could they use to compete with Thunder Attribute Combat Class Practitioners for the kill rights of the Storm Tiger? Thunder Attribute Spirit Skills were the ones with the strongest single-target burst among all attributes!

"Are we just going to watch them kill the Storm Tiger?" A teammate's veins bulged.

Lou Huaichuan's expression was helpless.

There were many rules in the Martial Examination, such as strictly prohibiting candidates from attacking each other. Once discovered, they would be immediately disqualified from the Martial Examination and might even face imprisonment!

However, the rules did not say that they could not steal fierce beasts. Whoever dealt the final blow to the fierce beast would get the points.

This was a moral issue and did not cross the red line.

"We cannot compete with them." Lou Huaichuan sighed, deeply understanding the four words: the weak are prey to the strong.

The teammates clenched their fists. They had spent most of the day besieging the Storm Tiger pack only to return empty-handed. Seven days of the Martial Examination were equivalent to one day of doing nothing.

Thunder Attribute Profound Grade Low-Rank Spirit Skill · Thunder Sacrifice!

Unlike Lou Huaichuan and the others who were sighing, Qian Zhixing unleashed a Spirit Skill to attack the Storm Tiger, as if he saw that he had gained another three or four hundred points.

Bang—

The Thunder Sacrifice did not attack the Storm Tiger but hit a monster clad in bone armor.

"Who?!"

Qian Zhixing looked around and found a young man standing not far away, controlling a large number of humanoid monsters to rush towards the battlefield.

Blood Butcher, who had taken the Thunder Sacrifice head-on, patted its bone armor and, like nothing had happened, swung its fist at the Storm Tiger!

Vine Entanglement, the Wood Calamity, Rotten Scab, condensed a vine cage to trap the Storm Tiger pack on the field one by one!

Clatter—

It started to rain heavily in the sky, and the rainwater turned into ice cones upon hitting the ground, fiercely piercing the fierce beasts in the center of the soccer field!

Bang, bang, bang—

The ground trembled. The Earth Calamity, Zhangsha, caused the ground to shake violently with every step it took, and with a fist the size of a sandbag, it smashed a Storm Tiger into meat paste with one punch!

Qian Zhixing's face twitched, and his five Thunder Attribute peak Body Tempering Realm teammates had grim expressions.

"You dare to steal our fierce beast?" Qian Zhixing looked at Lu Yuan; he knew that this group of monsters was being controlled by Lu Yuan!

"If your skills are inferior, get lost, or compete with me, provided you can win." Lu Yuan was expressionless, returning the words Qian Zhixing had said.

As the four great calamities slaughtered the Storm Tiger pack, the points on the bracelet Lu Yuan was wearing soared rapidly!