Chapter 44: Two Hall Masters

In this era, material science has advanced, so even hollow metal rods have very good strength and toughness.

Most importantly, this Fish Spirit Clan member's physical fitness was only level 10.2, just ranked. Although its body bones and muscles were tough, they hadn't reached the point of ignoring ordinary weapons.

"Whoosh!"

"Thump~" "Thump~" Li Yuan's first two rod strikes were lightning fast, both just single-handed smashes.

Two consecutive heavy strikes, precise and incomparable, smashed the Fish Spirit Clan member's head into a depression, blood spraying.

It lay completely on the ground, but its slender body was still shaking.

Li Yuan didn't stop; he knew the importance of a follow-up strike.

The third rod had become a two-handed grip, which was the most suitable posture for a heavy rod to exert force.

Spear and rod force exertion have many things in common.

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan's entire body's strength erupted instantly, calm and unhurried, directly executing 'Rock Settles the Universe', the rod head like a spear head, hacking down in anger.

"Pfft~ Boom!!!"

A terrifying force of over a thousand kilograms erupted, accurately smashing into the position where it had fallen last time... completely bursting open like a watermelon.

A large amount of blood splashed, scales scattered, and quite a bit of blood even splashed onto Li Yuan's body.

The Fish Spirit Clan member's body had no more movement.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan gripped the long rod in his hand, still not daring to relax, staring at the Fish Spirit Clan member in front of him: "This time, it should be cold."

This was Li Yuan's first life-and-death battle.

But after thousands of life-and-death battles in the virtual network and many actual combat practices with Fang Longhu.

Especially the painful tempering of "Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra" day after day.

Li Yuan's heart was already incomparably tough.

Spear technique, movement technique, and the combat instinct when facing life and death had already unknowingly integrated into Li Yuan's bones.

"I, Li Yuan, can also kill a Star Realm creature one-on-one?" Li Yuan took a deep breath, the metal long rod in his hand gripping tighter involuntarily.

In his heart, there was an inexplicable emotion.

It was as if he had experienced a major life event, and his soul had been baptized.

Sometimes, certain transformations in life are often sudden, and no one can predict them.

All one can do is prepare early.

And obviously, through many years of martial arts cultivation, Li Yuan had actually prepared for life-and-death combat from his heart and body. He had also handed in an answer sheet that satisfied himself.

No cowardice! No fear!

Only courage, decisiveness, and caution.

He took five steps back.

Li Yuan still faced the direction of the Fish Spirit Clan member's corpse, while his peripheral vision swept across the four directions, vigilant for another Star Realm creature suddenly flashing out.

"Young man, are you a martial artist?" The noodle restaurant owner in the distance, holding a kitchen knife, looked at Li Yuan in shock.

He never expected that this teenager he often met in the morning would be so powerful.

Two exchanges.

The powerful and swift Star Realm creature was beaten down by him, and it looked like it had completely lost its breath.

Subconsciously, the noodle restaurant owner felt that the teenager was a martial artist.

In his knowledge, in cold weapon combat, only martial artists could win against Star Realm creatures.

"No." Li Yuan replied.

"Then you?" The noodle restaurant owner swallowed, just wanting to say something.

Suddenly.

"Rustle~" Two short figures suddenly rushed out of the alley again. Li Yuan's pupils shrank first, then he relaxed slightly.

They were two small combat robots, less than half a meter tall, shaped like large spiders, very small, loaded with gun barrels.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two combat robots scanned the surroundings, then the gun barrels pointed downward, gathering beside the Fish Spirit Clan member's corpse, while simultaneously shooting out rays of red light, seemingly conducting a scan.

Li Yuan retreated further back and relaxed completely.

He could see that the gunshot wound on the Fish Spirit Clan member was most likely left by the combat robots during the pursuit.

In the entire Jiangcheng City, there are tens of thousands of such combat robots, large and small.

Except for some extremely powerful Star Realm creatures, the vast majority of Star Realm creatures can be wiped out by combat robots cooperating with combat drones.

"Now, should I leave?" A thought just arose in Li Yuan's heart.

The next moment.

"Boom!" "Boom!" A roar suddenly came from high in the sky. Li Yuan looked up instantly, and two aircraft shaped like assault boats appeared in his vision.

In today's city, the tallest building is no more than 12 stories, so aircraft flying at an altitude of dozens of meters is extremely safe.

"Single-person aircraft?" Li Yuan held his breath.

Before the aircraft landed.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures wearing black battle suits jumped directly from the aircraft.

Like two phantoms, their speed was terrifyingly fast, but they were extremely agile when landing on the ground, not causing any shattering of the ground.

Extremely relaxed.

Then they walked straight toward this side.

"At least thirty meters, jumping down directly?" Li Yuan looked at the two people walking over, holding his breath.

With Li Yuan's current strength, he could jump down from five meters at most, and he would have to roll to unload the force to ensure he wouldn't get hurt.

The two martial artists only exposed their eyes, and the rest of their bodies were completely wrapped in black battle suits.

The invisible aura they emitted made Li Yuan feel bursts of heart palpitations, and he subconsciously activated the Divine Palace probe.

【Target person, life level exceeds sensing limit (current life level sensing limit is 17.8)】

Both people exceeded Li Yuan's sensing limit, which also made his spirit increasingly fatigued.

"We were chasing that level-two leader and missed this little guy, and he actually died?" The battle suit on the head of one of the figures retracted, revealing a large bald head.

It was a bald man with a face like it had been carved by a knife.

The other relatively thin figure's battle suit retracted, revealing a face; it was actually a woman with brown curly hair, looking about thirty years old, full of exotic style.

"Foreign martial artist?" Li Yuan muttered to himself.

"Little friend, I am a genuine Xia Nation person." The brown curly-haired woman spoke fluent Mandarin and smiled: "Since my great-grandfather's generation, I have been naturalized."

Li Yuan was dumbfounded; high-level martial artists have good hearing.

"Kid, the combat robots told me that you killed this Star Realm creature? Are you a martial arts university student?" The bald man walked up to Li Yuan, asking while opening his smart ring: "Let me check the surrounding surveillance."

"I killed it." Li Yuan said directly: "Senior year, Guanshan No. 1 High School."

The bald man didn't respond, looking at the light screen projection, checking the surveillance.

The brown curly-haired woman also looked over.

Less than ten seconds.

"Hmm?"

"What? This rod technique? No, it looks like spear technique!"

"It's spear technique." Both powerful martial artists showed surprise, unable to help but look at Li Yuan.

They originally thought that the Fish Spirit Clan member was seriously injured and dying, and Li Yuan had just picked up a bargain.

Only after watching the surveillance did they realize... the Fish Spirit Clan member was indeed injured, but still maintained most of its strength.

And Li Yuan, in one exchange, pierced and burst the eyes of this Fish Spirit Clan member with a metal rod.

Then he even fiercely smashed the other party's head.

This strength, this ferocity.

Made the bald man and the brown curly-haired woman feel surprised.

Senior high school student? Since when were high school students so powerful?

"What's your name?" The bald man looked at Li Yuan.

"Li Yuan." Li Yuan said.

"Li Yuan? Are you willing to sign with my Starry Sky Martial Hall?" The bald man revealed a smile he considered kind: "I am 'Lu Huai', the Hall Master of the Guanshan Branch of the Starry Sky Martial Hall."

Li Yuan was stunned.

This bald man is a Hall Master, is he equivalent in status to Hall Master Wan?

He should be a Source Martial Artist.

"Hello, Hall Master Lu." Li Yuan shook his head and said: "I have already signed with the Starfire Martial Hall in advance."

After thinking about it, Li Yuan added: "B-grade contract."

"Starfire Martial Hall? B-grade contract?" The bald man was stunned: "How come I haven't heard of it?"

"B-grade contract? Li Yuan, from No. 1 High School?" The brown curly-haired woman's eyes lit up, and she winked at the bald man and smiled: "Old Lu, I remember now."

"Last month, Xing Zixuan told me once, saying that Hall Master Wan signed a high school student with a B-grade contract."

"I heard it was poached from your Starry Sky Martial Hall, it should be him."

"I originally wanted to ask Hall Master Wan at the year-end meeting." The brown curly-haired woman looked at Li Yuan with a smile, her eyes quite doting: "Looking at it today, there's no need to ask. With this courage to actively save people and remain calm in the face of danger, plus this nearly fourth-stage spear technique, a B-grade contract is enough."

Li Yuan became more and more confused as he listened.

But he vaguely heard that the brown curly-haired woman in front of him seemed to be very familiar with Hall Master Wan.

"Poached from my Starry Sky Martial Hall? How come I don't know?" The bald man 'Lu Huai' frowned slightly.

He subconsciously looked at Li Yuan.

"Don't look at Li Yuan, don't scare our Martial Hall's little guy." The brown curly-haired woman glared at the bald man: "If you want to know, go ask the people in your Martial Hall yourself."

"Fine, I won't ask him." The bald man shook his head helplessly.

"Li Yuan."

"Come, let's take a photo and sign." The brown curly-haired woman looked at Li Yuan with a smile, opening her smart ring: "Don't worry, I will report your killing of the Star Realm creature soon, and then notify your school, striving to get you an honorary title, and there will be rewards."

"Sorry to trouble you, Senior." Li Yuan was still a bit dizzy, letting the other party direct him.

He quickly took a photo with the Star Realm creature's corpse.

And signed on the brown curly-haired woman's ring light screen.

"Don't call me Senior, my surname is Zuo." The brown curly-haired woman looked at Li Yuan: "Deputy Hall Master of the Guanshan Branch of the Starfire Martial Hall, responsible for combat readiness, patrolling, and pursuing Star Realm creatures."

"Hall Master Zuo?" Li Yuan was slightly surprised.

He had heard other martial artists from the Starfire Martial Hall talk about her, but he hadn't taken it to heart before and hadn't checked her information.

"Know me?" The brown curly-haired woman looked at Li Yuan with a smile: "Killing a Star Realm creature should be your first time, do you want to go home and rest for a day?"

The first time killing a Star Realm creature, especially killing a humanoid race, many people will be very nervous, or even develop psychological barriers.

"No need to ask for leave."

"Hall Master Zuo, I'd better go to school." Li Yuan said seriously: "I still have to go to school today."

"Go to school?" Hall Master Zuo was stunned, then smiled: "I'll send you."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====