Chapter 125

Hearing the second drum beat, the surrounding crowd surged like they were rushing to a market.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but speed up.

When the second drum beat fell, he finally arrived at the Southwest Drill Ground.

With over ten thousand people, it looked like a sea of people.

The four major academies and other sub-academies had Agricultural Rectifiers organizing order, but it was still messy for the time being.

In addition, the number of people here was more than ten thousand.

The Agricultural Officials were gathered on the northeast side of the drill ground, but on the southwest side of the drill ground, there was another phalanx waiting early.

Their ranks were neat, each one was strong and powerful, and their eyes were all staring here, seemingly with ill intentions.

"That is the martial artist phalanx."

Zhao Xing understood as soon as he looked, because Marquis Tian had said before that the first course of mandatory training forbids the use of magic, and there will be martial artists acting as sparring partners.

"But the number of people is a bit small, only about three thousand, and they are all unarmed."

Just then, Tian Shan appeared.

He was nine feet tall, wearing battle armor, holding a long spear, standing on a high platform and shouting: "Agricultural Officials of the Earth-Benefit Academy, quickly gather in front of me!"

Zhao Xing ran over immediately.

Among the 200 people left in the fourth pass, there were 115 Grade B talents and 85 Grade A talents.

There were a total of twenty-one Grade A-plus geniuses.

The total number of people in the Earth-Benefit Academy was also fifty, the same as the Heavenly Time Academy, Great Granary Academy, and Leveling Academy.

However, the Grade A-plus of the Earth-Benefit Academy only included Zhuang Ziqing, Zhao Xing, Jiang Tianming, Cao Shuang, and Meng Song. Han Bing was only Grade A-middle.

The Great Granary Academy and Leveling Academy each had three Grade A-plus talents.

The remaining ten were all in the Heavenly Time Academy.

The Heavenly Time Academy also had the most Grade A-middle and Grade A-lower.

Therefore, although the four major academies seemed to have the same number of people, their strength was completely different.

"Listen carefully!" Tian Shan said. "For the next month, all training courses will be 'impossible to train', and the use of magic is forbidden!"

"And every day is actual combat!"

"Do you see the phalanx in the southwest?"

"There are only three thousand people there!"

"Like you, they are also reserves, and the highest realm will not exceed the eighth grade."

"Now, these three thousand people are your enemies."

"You must persist and not fall under their charge!"

"The Agricultural Official Supervision will record the time each of you falls. If you receive a Grade C-lower rating during sub-academy assignment, and you are among the first hundred to fall three times in a row, you will be demoted, cleared out of the reserves, and sent back to your original place of origin!"

"The requirements for the geniuses of the four major academies are even more demanding!"

"If you are a Grade A-plus genius, you must persist until only twenty-one Agricultural Officials remain on the field before you can fall."

"If you are a Grade A-middle genius, you must persist until only fifty-three Agricultural Officials remain on the field before you can fall."

"If you are a Grade A-lower genius, you must persist until only eighty-five Agricultural Officials remain on the field before you can fall."

"The Grade B geniuses of the four major academies must persist until only two hundred Agricultural Officials remain on the field before they can fall."

"As long as you haven't completely lost your combat effectiveness, you can all get up and fight again."

Tian Shan's words made the people below a bit restless.

In such a chaotic battle, must one persist until the last moment?

In a chaotic battle, if you are not careful, you might be surrounded by several people, and you might lose your combat effectiveness directly without being able to persist for long!

"High-level treatment is given to geniuses, but the requirements are also more demanding." Zhao Xing heard this and wasn't sure he could persist until only twenty-one people remained on the field before falling.

However, those who can be selected into the four major academies all have good talent.

With good talent and higher resources for cultivation, one can save a lot of time to prepare for this training. If one is still worse than others, it is indeed unjustifiable.

Once or twice is nothing, but if you can't compare to the people below several times in a row, then there is indeed a problem.

The third drum beat was still sounding.

The phalanx in the southwest of the drill ground.

There were also several martial arts powerhouses shouting at the martial artist reserves below.

In front of one phalanx, there was a bald middle-aged man named Fang Wu, who was a Great Martial Master of the "Azure Dragon Martial Office" among the four major martial arts academies.

Fang Wu pointed to the rear and said:

"Do you see those weak-looking Agricultural Officials opposite?"

"There are over ten thousand of them, more than three times your number!"

"But, they are only Agricultural Officials, and they are forbidden from using magic, so no matter how many there are, it's useless!"

"You, however, have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and all kinds of martial arts are far from being comparable to their two or three years of cat-paw kung fu."

"Now you are unarmed, and they are wearing rain capes and have protective gear like bamboo hats. If you fall, you can crawl up and fight again. You must learn how to crush your opponents in the shortest time and make them lose their combat effectiveness!"

"But you can't let go and fight; you can't kill anyone, you can only injure them. It's a knockdown, not a kill. This is a test of your control over your own strength. Only by precisely controlling your strength and integrating it into one can you become stronger."

"After the training ends later, the ranking will be calculated according to the 'number of knockdowns'."

"You are from the 'Azure Dragon Martial Office'. I know some of you were recruited because you are good at weapon techniques, but without weapons, you should still be the strongest!"

Fang Wu said: "According to your respective sub-academy ratings, go and knock down the enemies. If you don't meet your own rating three times in a row during training, you will be demoted!"

"I don't want anyone from the Azure Dragon Martial Office to be eliminated. Do you all understand!"

"Understood!"

When the three drum beats fell, both sides of the drill ground became quiet.

The persons in charge of the academies on both sides had also clearly explained the rules.

So they flew into the sky one after another and landed on a storied boat.

On the storied boat, there was also a group of officials staring below.

Among them were the high-level officials of the four major academies, such as Lu Bang, Ge Jinsong, Zuo Zizhi, and others.

The Office Rectifiers of the four major martial offices: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Around the drill ground, there were powerhouses from healing professions such as physicians and pharmacists.

Fan Zhaoli, the Agricultural Commandant who obtained 1 billion points, was also a Great Agricultural Rectifier of the Earth-Benefit Academy.

At this time, he said to Fang Wu: "General Fang, have the rules been clearly explained to the people below?"

Fang Wu bowed to Fan Zhaoli and said: "Lord Fan, rest assured, I have explained everything clearly."

"Good, then let's begin."

Fan Zhaoli smiled.

After the three drum beats fell, the drill ground was quiet for the time of an incense stick.

A voice came from the storied boat again, repeating the training rules three times.

Unlike Tian Shan's explanation earlier.

Zhao Xing felt that the person who spoke this time was a Ritual Cultivator.

Because the sound was imprinted in his mind, lingering and impossible to forget even if he wanted to.

The martial artist phalanx opposite was the same, clearly remembering their training goal, which was to knock down rather than kill.

The rules read by this voice would affect everyone in a short time.

They waited quietly for another incense stick of time.

Above the drill ground, a magnificent voice came.

"Training begins!"

As the sound spread.

The three-thousand-person martial artist phalanx charged toward the Agricultural Official phalanx.

The two sides were only a hundred meters apart.

Charging at full speed, within a few breaths, they killed their way into the Agricultural Official phalanx.

No one was allowed to leave the drill ground unless they were judged to have lost combat effectiveness, in which case they would be moved away by magic.

"The southwest drill ground is only the size of six football fields, not much bigger than where I live."

"With over thirteen thousand people in such a space, it is indeed crowded."

The two hundred geniuses of the four major academies were all at the very front of the Agricultural Official Supervision.

At the beginning of the training battle, Zhao Xing felt terrifying pressure because there was no way to use magic on this drill ground.

Having lost his usual reliance, and with thousands of people pouncing like fierce beasts, although he had some confidence in his sonic martial arts, the psychological pressure was still great!

The rules mentioned by the Agricultural Official Supervision and on the storied boat didn't say that no one would die!

"Charge!"

Zhao Xing understood that he had to charge forward. Turning around and running away meant he couldn't outrun the martial artists, and he might not be able to outrun other Agricultural Officials either, because being blocked would inevitably slow his speed.

"Charge!"

The geniuses of the four major academies almost all made the same choice as Zhao Xing. They all knew there was no way to retreat; retreating would make them fall faster!

If they fell before the first round of charging, it would be difficult to crawl up again!

The two sides charged at each other, and the hundred-meter distance was covered in an instant.

Contrary to the Agricultural Official phalanx, the strongest in the martial artist phalanx were arranged at the back, which was also a manifestation of stricter requirements for martial arts geniuses.

"Purple Lightning Tiger Roar Fist!"

"Flying Dragon Palm!"

"Mountain-Crushing Fist!"

Three martial artists charging directly toward Zhao Xing aimed at him, wanting to be the first to knock him down.

Ninth-grade martial artists can release Qi outside their bodies.

In front of Zhao Xing, three streams of light immediately appeared. Some fist shadows were like tigers, some flying palms were like dragons, and some fist shadows were as thick as mountains.

Two fists and one palm came roaring.

"Folding Sound Curve Shape · Sound Thorn!"

Zhao Xing's lips trembled, and the sonic martial art was immediately activated.

The sonic martial art reached the eighth turn, and eight diamond-shaped cone shapes vaguely appeared in the air, stabbing toward these three martial artists.

"Xiu xiu xiu!"

"What?"

"Not good!"

"Pu pu pu——"

Although they discovered the abnormality and tried their best to dodge, the three martial artists were still hit one after another. Some had their shoulders pierced, some had their abdomens pierced, and some had their chests sunken.

After two of the martial artists fell to the ground, they immediately disappeared from the ground, and the next moment they appeared outside the drill ground, quickly receiving treatment.

Zhao Xing held the Hundred-Flower Bamboo Hat horizontally in front of his chest. Although his sonic martial art was faster, at such a close distance, a fist shadow still hit him.

"Bang!" The Hundred-Flower Bamboo Hat dented, and his speed was hindered.

However, after knocking down these three, he felt less pressure instead, because after the two armies charged and truly engaged in battle, the number of enemies he faced was actually not many.

What's more, the number of Agricultural Officials was still dominant. One martial artist had to deal with three Agricultural Officials. The Agricultural Official side was crowded, but the martial artist phalanx was stretched much longer horizontally.

After rushing past these three.

He immediately encountered the members of the four major martial offices in the rear.

"Interesting, sonic martial art?"

A young man with a crew cut directly opposite stared at Zhao Xing, then he changed his charging direction and quickly bypassed Zhao Xing.

Pick the soft persimmons; this martial office elite saw the opponent's power and immediately chose to give up knocking down Zhao Xing.

Because he had to obtain a higher number of knockdowns and couldn't waste too much time on one person.

The strong can be left to be eliminated last.

When this martial artist bypassed him, Zhao Xing found that the front was empty; there was no one left.

Looking back, in just this short while, the two phalanxes had completely collided.

Countless martial arts erupted, making the Qi on the entire drill ground extremely chaotic.

Just in this first wave of confrontation, a large number of Agricultural Official officers fell.

Those who could rush through were very few, only about a thousand people.

"Fighting might mean living, running away means dying faster."

"The rule set for the Agricultural Officials is to persist and not fall, rather than trying to knock down martial artists as much as possible. This makes many people have a choice in their hearts... Hmph, wanting to rely on surviving until the end, how can it be so simple?"

"The more powerful you appear, the less others dare to move you first."

Zhao Xing didn't stop his steps, running quickly. He held the bamboo hat horizontally in front of his chest, turned around, and actively rushed into the crowd again.

On the storied boat, Tian Shan quietly stared at Zhao Xing's figure below. After seeing his student's choice, he immediately showed a gratified smile.

"Marquis Tian." Zuo Zizhi looked below. "How long has Zhao Xing been here, and he has already practiced his sonic martial art to the eighth-turn realm?"

Tian Shan smiled. "It's alright."

Lu Bang was also on the side. "Looking at him, carrying through the first stage is very easy; he should be able to persist until the end."

Tian Shan nodded. "The geniuses of the four major academies have mostly reached the eighth grade. Even without using magic, it's not so easy to fall. The key is to see who can persist longer in the final stage."

Zuo Zizhi said: "Yes, as long as you are steady, persisting until the end is indeed not difficult."

Lu Bang smiled. "Steady? I don't think this kid is a steady person. Look at what he is doing after rushing past; he went back to chase people again."

Tian Shan said lightly: "This is the most correct choice. The more valiant you are, the more others will subconsciously avoid you. Those who die quickly are often the cowardly ones. If Zhao Xing stayed in the corner of the drill ground, many people might think he is weak and he would have to face more enemies instead."

"Now that he is actively looking for them, he only needs to face one or two opponents."

The battle was not as intense as imagined. As time passed, more and more Agricultural Officials fell, lost combat effectiveness, and were moved out of the drill ground.

The martial artists in Yangcheng were also selected from the best of each army.

Movement martial arts, unarmed martial arts, defensive martial arts—these were all mandatory, and some were even proficient in more than one or two. Martial artists also practiced sonic martial arts, and they would only understand them better than Agricultural Officials.

Over ten thousand Agricultural Officials were knocked down by half within the first quarter of an hour!

Although there were only three thousand martial artists, the gap between professions is like a mountain. Most Agricultural Officials, even if three against one or five against one, found it difficult to knock down a martial artist of the same realm.

Conversely, martial artists, relying on exquisite martial arts and the coordination of various martial arts, completely crushed the Agricultural Officials in strength.

"Damn it, what are you screaming for? Do you think we don't know you practice sonic martial arts?"

"Little Agricultural Official, ridiculous, ridiculous, still stubbornly not falling?"

"Hahaha, hurry up and lie down, brother!"

"What, you are also from the Black Armor Army? Sorry, brother, although I respect the Military Agricultural Officials, today you must fall!"

"Come, hit here, use some strength, don't tickle me."

"How come you can't even break my secret technique, Ten Thousand Mountains? You are not good enough, you still need to practice."

"..."

The martial artists all looked very relaxed; they didn't treat the Agricultural Officials as opponents at all.

The real competitors were actually only other martial artists.

Comparing who knocks down Agricultural Officials faster, comparing who knocks down more Agricultural Officials.

"This training has no pressure at all." On the northeast side of the drill ground, the Grade A-lower genius of the Black Tortoise Martial Office, 'Zhang Jie', was shuttling through the crowd.

Although he was only wearing a thin training suit, a layer of earthy yellow rock was wrapped around his body surface. This was the martial art "Black Tortoise Shield" he learned after entering the Black Tortoise Martial Office.

Facing the situation of being outnumbered, Zhang Jie completely gave up defense. Even if he was hit by the fists and kicks of three or four Agricultural Officials at the same time, he was completely fine.

"The gap is too big. They are just letting us act as sparring partners, no, giving these Military Agricultural Officials a lesson." Zhang Jie casually caught a fist from a Military Agricultural Official sneaking up from behind.

"Bang!" A shoulder throw directly made the Agricultural Official dizzy.

Seeing this Military Agricultural Official with white eyes, lying on the ground unable to move, Zhang Jie smiled slightly: "Thirty-ninth."

"Ah!"

Hearing this annoying scream, Zhang Jie closed his ears, then his feet flashed, and he stepped forward quickly, his body directly crashing into the Agricultural Official's arms.

"Pu~" This Agricultural Official raised his hand to block. But Zhang Jie's impact was too heavy; even if he reacted to block, he was still knocked away.

"Swish~" Zhang Jie advanced again. Before the opponent landed, his hands pointed continuously at the opponent's chest and abdomen. "Spirit Rhinoceros Finger, break!"

"Hum~" The knocked-away Agricultural Official's whole body shook, a ray of light dissipated from his whole body, and the Qi defensive technique condensed in front of his chest was easily broken.

"Plop~" He fell outside the drill ground, his whole body stiff.

"Fortieth." Zhang Jie clapped his hands and turned to look for the next target.

His eyes scanned, but just then.

A figure suddenly flew over horizontally, almost knocking him down.

"Hmm?" After Zhang Jie dodged, he discovered that this was a martial artist, because they were not wearing rain capes, but ordinary clothes.

"Plop~" When this young martial artist fell to the ground, Zhang Jie was shocked.

"Chen Fang of the Vermilion Bird Martial Office? How could it be..."

Chen Fang was a genius of the same rating as him. After all, geniuses who reached Grade A were limited, and the circle was small. In two months, it was naturally easy to get to know each other.

"Watch out behind..." Chen Fang clutched his abdomen and said with difficulty, then was dragged out of the drill ground by a gust of wind.

"Xiu xiu xiu!" Two more figures flew over horizontally, and Zhang Jie immediately used his movement technique to shift.

"Hu Bing, Shan Fei?! You..."

This was from his Black Tortoise Office, Grade A-lower!

At this time, Zhang Jie was shocked. He looked in the direction from which the two flew.

He saw a teenager holding a rain cape horizontally in front of his chest, letting out a roar. After shattering the defensive secret techniques on the three people, he performed a sharp sonic secret technique, piercing their shoulder blades and abdomens.

"Plop~" Three martial artists seemed to be nailed to the drill ground, unable to crawl up.

"This this this..." Zhang Jie was stunned, staring at the teenager in front. "This is an Agricultural Official? Who on earth is he, how can he be so cruel?!"

A little stuck, late, sorry.