Chapter 245

Beijing University, Replica Center.

The students gathered here stared fixedly at the replica fissure where Lin Mo and others had vanished.

Murmurs rose and fell continuously.

"Do you think the Demon King will take how long to come out this time?"

"Need you ask? He'll clear it in under two minutes again! That's just basic operation for the Demon King!"

"But this time, the Demon King picked the 【Shadow Poison Swamp】 replica."

A third-year student sighed.

"The final boss mechanism in this replica is disgusting—both at 80% and 40% health, it gains a three-minute invincibility state."

Hearing this,

a freshman nearby grew displeased.

"So you mean Senior, Lin Mo's boss can't clear it?"

The third-year student quickly waved his hands, smiling bitterly:

"No no no, I didn't say that."

Joking? Right now at Beijing University, blindly believing in Lin Mo is political correctness—dare to question him? Everyone spits on you until you drown.

"Lin Mo's boss is invincible! Guaranteed clear!"

The third-year student's survival instinct surged.

Just then,

his peripheral vision caught movement by the entrance.

He turned to look.

"Huh?"

"Damn, is that Senior Nie? And Senior Feng too!"

Hearing this,

the surrounding students also turned to look.

"It really is Senior Nie!"

"One of the Five Elders of the Tian Shu Bureau! Supreme Chairman of our Dragon Nation's Warrior Association! Nie Zhenguó!"

"My god! How did a figure like this, only seen on the news, show up at our replica center?"

"And Senior Feng came too—Chairman Feng Cangqióng! Supreme Chairman of our Dragon Nation's Mage Association, also one of the Five Elders!"

A commotion erupted among the crowd.

To these students, these two were figures existing only on television.

Yet here they were, appearing together.

"Wait a minute…"

The third-year senior squinted, carefully studying the young man accompanying Senior Nie and Senior Feng.

"That guy beside them… looks familiar…"

"I remember!"

"Isn't that… Yan Lie?!"

"Yan Lie? Who's that?"

The freshman beside him looked confused.

The senior glanced at him, took a deep breath, his eyes filled with reverence.

"Not knowing him is normal."

"He was last year's class monitor of the Long Xu Class, nicknamed the Madman."

"Class monitor of the Long Xu Class? The Madman… Yan Lie?"

The freshman blinked, his face brimming with curiosity.

"Yes."

The senior continued:

"Do you know why he's called the Madman?"

"When he was here at Beijing University, he practically dragged someone into live combat training every single day."

"From one-on-one duels right after enrollment, he defeated every student on campus… until he graduated a full year later…"

"On graduation day, he accomplished the feat of single-handedly fighting the entire year's cohort!"

"No way? That's insane?"

After hearing this,

the surrounding freshmen widened their eyes.

"Fought the entire year alone? That's as insane as our Lin Mo the Demon King, right?!"

Hearing the freshman compare Yan Lie to Lin Mo,

the senior shook his head:

"There's no real comparison."

"The gap is still quite large…"

"Yan Lie did fight the entire year, but only at graduation."

"Whereas Lin Mo the Demon King…"

"Did it on his very first day of enrollment."

At these words,

the surrounding freshmen nodded in agreement.

Indeed.

Although Senior Yan Lie was already legendary enough,

compared to Lin Mo the Demon King, he seemed almost normal.

…

At this moment,

before the replica fissure,

Gu He had been standing with his hands behind his back, chatting with Xu Wenchang.

Suddenly,

he sensed the unusual commotion behind him from the students.

"Hmm?"

Gu He turned his head, following the students' gazes.

When he saw who was approaching,

a flicker of surprise passed through Gu He's eyes.

"Senior Nie?"

Hearing the murmur, Xu Wenchang and Han Xue beside him also turned around.

Seeing the three figures approaching, both immediately stiffened and stood at attention.

"Come, let's go greet them."

Gu He led the two forward quickly.

"Senior Nie, Senior Feng."

Gu He's face lit up with a smile.

"What brings you two here to my humble Beijing University?"

"Hahaha!"

Nie Zhenguó laughed heartily.

"Good good good, our Dragon Nation's top university, in your Headmaster Gu's mouth, is just a 'humble' Beijing University, is it?"

Gu He waved his hands frantically, smiling bitterly:

"Senior Nie, don't tease me."

"With you and Senior Feng, two true Buddhas, descending upon me, my Beijing University, no matter how large, is but a small temple before you two."

Nie Zhenguó turned his head to look at the old man beside him.

"It's because Chairman Feng just returned from an outside mission, heard about Lin Mo's glorious deeds, and insisted on coming to meet our Dragon Guardian—couldn't be stopped, so I had to come along."

Feng Cangqióng smiled warmly at Gu He.

Feng Cangqiong smiled as he looked at Guhe.

"It's been a while since we last met."

"You've unearthed a phenomenal prodigy for our Dragon Nation, for our mage community!"

Feng Cangqióng's eyes burned with fervor.

"A four-element Law King at eighteen…"

"Perfectly absorbing five elemental shards, wielding seven high-tier divine techniques…"

"This kind of talent… the old man here… is desperate!"

"Oh, Chairman Feng, let me correct you—it's now eight high-tier techniques. He just mastered another one yesterday."

"Oh, Chairman Feng, let me correct you—I now hold eight high-level skills, having just mastered another one yesterday."

Guhe corrected him solemnly.

Feng Cangqiong's lips twitched slightly at that.

Fuck.

I've spent most of my life studying, and I only know four high-grade techniques.

My hair's turned completely white.

This kid masters one a day?

"Hahaha, but Feng Chairman, you're overstating it."

Guhe laughed heartily, then said seriously:

"Lin Mo's achievements today are entirely due to his own talent and hard work—has nothing to do with me."

They exchanged a few pleasantries.

Guhe's gaze fell on the young man beside him.

"Oh?"

"Yan Lie is here too?"

Guhe looked at the young man, his eyes filled with admiration.

"It's been a long time. You've really come into your own."

"I heard you're now the chairman of the Youth Magicians' Association in our Dragon Nation?"

"Excellent—you haven't disgraced the Dragon Sequence Class of our Capital University!"

Yan Lie bowed slightly, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Principal Gu, you flatter me."

"What I am today is entirely due to the cultivation I received from the school and my teachers back then."

His voice was steady and strong, radiating a restrained edge.

At this age, holding the position of Youth Magicians' Association chairman

proves his talent and strength are among the absolute top of Dragon Nation's younger generation.

Xu Wenchang chuckled beside him:

"Hahaha, you kid—if this had happened when you were still in school, you'd have been so arrogant your head would've hit the ceiling!"

"Looks like years of hardship have truly mellowed you."

Hearing Xu Wenchang's teasing,

Yan Lie rubbed his nose sheepishly and smiled wryly:

"Mr. Xu, don't expose my old embarrassments in public—that was just youthful ignorance."

"Hahaha, don't listen to this kid."

"He's still just as arrogant—when he first joined the Youth Magicians' Association, he beat up everyone."

Feng Cangqiong laughed loudly.

Then he looked around.

"Enough, Guhe."

"Stop praising this kid."

"Where's that kid Lin Mo? Why can't I see him?"