Chapter 427: Three Months Left (Request Monthly Votes)

"Aowu~"

In the consciousness space, the Blood Rage Wolf's body was torn apart by the Clawed Ape.

But the wound healed instantly, and the Clawed Ape instead suffered the Blood Rage Wolf's counterattack.

"Puu~"

The massive maw clamped down hard on the Clawed Ape's neck, its sharp fangs slicing through like blades.

"Roar~"

Amid the roar, the Clawed Ape collapsed and dissolved into golden particles, dead.

The remaining fifth-grade calamity beasts also fell and died under the Blood Rage Wolf's assault.

As the last calamity beast fell, the Blood Rage Wolf itself dissolved into golden particles, completing this cultivation session.

In the void of the consciousness space, only a greatly expanded gray mist remained, now the size of a hundred-square-meter house.

"Wum!!"

Lin Qi opened his eyes, his gaze bright and deep, invisible spiritual force extending like intangible tendrils, sensing everything around him.

His spiritual force instantly pierced through walls, revealing their internal structures.

Within his body, penetrating deep into the bones, he could see bone marrow flowing like thick liquid.

A large amount of impurities and sediment appeared in his perception.

【You consumed three bottles of Soul Essence. After cultivation, your spiritual force technique, "Thousand Calamity Codex," broke through. Your spiritual force has greatly increased: +100 spiritual force.】

【Spiritual Force: 1925 → 2025】

…

Lin Qi looked at the massive increase in his spiritual force on the panel and smiled.

He hadn't expected his spiritual force to surge by 100 all at once.

Could consuming them together be more effective than taking them separately?

…

In the following days, Sky Dome Academy grew lively.

Many students' parents entered the academy, some beginning to form connections.

Lin Zhen and Fang Fang Huiyi also met the parents of Wan Ming, Yu Yu Zhuoran, Pei Jiu, and Xia Sister Lian.

None were ordinary business owners—they were either CEOs of top corporations or high-rank martialists, all major figures in the eyes of common people.

This left them overwhelmed and under immense pressure.

In Tianhai City, the strongest were merely Wu Wu Lingyun and Yue Feng, a few high-rank martialists.

But in Sky Dome Academy, high-rank martialists were everywhere—they felt as if they had opened the door to a new world.

Many, out of respect for Lin Qi, were willing to do business with Lin Zhen.

After all, Lin Qi was a future SSS-rank genius; cultivating goodwill with him now was guaranteed profit.

Aside from mingling with these powerful figures, they spent their days training inside the villa.

For them, experiencing triple gravity for the first time required physical adaptation and settling, compounded by eating seventh-grade calamity beast meat with Lin Qi at every meal.

Their blood qi surged like a rocket, skyrocketing.

On New Year's Eve, the entire Sky Dome Academy was filled with festive atmosphere.

Lanterns and decorations hung everywhere; couplets were pasted on the doors of every villa in Star Dormitory, lanterns swayed, and joy filled the air.

That night, Lin Qi's family ate their New Year's Eve dinner, unusually not eating seventh-grade beast meat.

In the spacious living room, his mother Fang Fang Huiyi had bought vast quantities of vegetables and cooked a full table of New Year's dishes herself.

"Before we know it, another year has passed."

At the dinner table, his father Lin Zhen sighed.

Compared to last year, he had changed greatly—his realm had risen, he looked younger, and his aura had grown stronger.

His mother Fang Fang Huiyi had changed just as much.

"Xiaoqi, the world is growing more dangerous. The future rests on you."

Lin Zhen suddenly spoke.

With his rising status, he had access to more information and now understood Sky Dome Academy's purpose: to cultivate geniuses.

And Lin Qi was among the most outstanding of these geniuses.

Xia Guo's future depended on geniuses like Lin Qi.

Lin Qi picked up a piece of meat and placed it in his mother's bowl, smiling:

"Don't worry. Humanity will ultimately prevail."

… After dinner, his parents watched the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala.

Lin Qi returned to his martial arts room; his phone's various groups were abuzz, and he joined in.

He read the New Year greetings from familiar faces.

Yue Feng, Wu Wu Lingyun, Zhang Cheng, Jiang Jiang Zhiguang…

Unconsciously, he had become the hope of too many people.

So he needed to become even stronger.

But his current strength was still insufficient.

Thinking of this, he sat cross-legged and began cultivating his Source Energy technique.

"Inhale~ Exhale~"

…

After the Spring Festival, the date was February 20th.

!

Lin Zhen and Fang Fang Huiyi, who had stayed over a month, prepared to return to Tianhai City.

Lin Qi wanted them to stay longer in the other world, but they had no choice but to return.

He could only arrange bodyguards to protect them.

Meanwhile, over the past month, his mother successfully broke through to the fourth realm and cultivated the top-tier intermediate Source Energy technique.

She would travel to the Calamity Beast Pyramid to train before returning to Tianhai City.

In short, both of their blood qi levels had risen dramatically.

His father was even close to the fifth realm—likely to break through next year.

On this day, the first-floor lobby of Sky Dome Tower

In the bright, spacious hall, 182 geniuses sat scattered throughout.

On the podium, Vice Principal Xu Xu Wenji and representatives from other schools and the military sat among them.

Compared to last semester, the number of senior officials had decreased significantly.

The speaker was no longer 【Sky Blade】 Li Li Qifeng, but Vice Principal Xu Xu Wenji.

Dressed in red, Xu Xu Wenji spoke slowly:

"Students, the new semester is about to begin!"

"The calamity beast invasions are growing increasingly severe."

"In 2047 alone, over five hundred graduates from our three top academies have perished on the battlefield."

"Combined with the martialists lost from the thirty-three martial universities, the total exceeds twenty thousand."

The audience fell solemn.

Twenty thousand—these were all Xia Guo's geniuses. Even with over a million graduates annually, twenty thousand represented one in fifty.

These were only recent graduates; losses among other martialists and soldiers were far greater, and the number kept rising.

If so many geniuses have fallen, how much worse for ordinary martialists and soldiers?

The numbers alone revealed the dire state of the outside world.

Xu Xu Wenji's expression was grave:

"You are the awakened geniuses, the supreme talents cultivated by the entire nation's resources."

"You will all soon step onto the battlefield."

"The senior students have just over three months left before graduation."

"You will soon be sent to the front lines."

"You must seize this final time—train desperately. Every bit of strength you gain means one more calamity beast slain, one more step toward defending our nation!"

The senior geniuses all wore solemn expressions.

They had trained peacefully in university for four years—now they must face the battlefield.

Most of them had already reached the sixth realm, augmented by unique abilities.

They could fight seventh-grade calamity beasts, making them valuable reinforcements for every front.

Once they graduated, they would lose access to Sky Dome Academy's superior cultivation environment.

Therefore, in the time ahead, they must use every moment wisely.

…

(End of Chapter)