Chapter 118

12531 kilograms?

Are they crazy? How could a student who has been cultivating for only eight and a half months since the start of the school year possibly achieve this? Even an妖裔 couldn't do it.

When they saw the number on the Sky Pillar, that was the thought that crossed most people's minds.

In the livestream room, Gang Shan also said in surprise, "Who's the next contestant? They're actually challenging the 12531-kilogram Sky Pillar?"

Le Jingchen beside him said calmly, "The last contestant who hasn't taken the stage should be Zhang Yu from Songyang High School, right?"

Gang Shan said in surprise, "That student from Songyang High School? He only managed 7000 kilograms in the last round, right? Now he's jumping straight to 12531 kilograms? Isn't he afraid of being shaken to death?"

"And that precise number down to the last digit... Is he saying he's fully grasped his limit, even down to the ones place?"

Le Jingchen didn't speak, because he too couldn't figure out what was going on.

In the livestream room, Gang Shan also got excited: "Zhang Yu's physical strength is grade 4.95, right? At 12531 kilograms, if he makes the slightest mistake, he'll be seriously injured."

At one, one watch'

The 3rd second!

The 5th second!

"This kid is controlling his injuries right below the threshold of severe injury..."

Every inch of his skin, every inch of his bones, every strand of his flesh and blood was sharing the terrifying force descending from above.

But at this moment, Zhang Yu didn't even have time to panic.

Just watching from a distance gave Zhao Tianxing goosebumps all over, and he wished he could dig a hole for Zhang Yu to hide in.

His strong heart kept beating, and his muscles, tendons, and bones were incredibly active, nourished by his blood energy and the medicinal agents.

Zhang Yu gently extended a finger and pressed it against the base of the Sky Pillar. Instantly, he could feel a force like a mountain collapse and a tsunami descending, piercing through his body and transmitting to the platform beneath his feet.

With his complete focus, he could only feel his thoughts becoming smoother and smoother, and the 'force' in his eyes becoming clearer and clearer.

"All the force..."

"How expensive an insurance policy did you buy to dare to play like this?"

The 1st second!

"Could it be... a new promotional trick? A gag?"

He was about to exchange a few words with Xiong Wenwu beside him and gossip about Zhang Yu, but he found that Xiong Wenwu had already fainted.

Le Jingchen nodded and said, "To overload the body and withstand a Sky Pillar of this weight is nearly impossible. If even the slightest thing goes wrong with the posture or the application of force, tendons will snap and bones will break."

The next instant, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and every nerve, muscle, tendon, and bone in his body seemed to be pierced by a bolt of lightning.

At that moment, countless people on site were staring at Zhang Yu, all their attention converging on him, forming a tangible, heavy pressure.

The next instant, as Zhang Yu suddenly exerted force with both palms and began to try to hold up the descending Sky Pillar, this feeling grew stronger and stronger. It was a body that had been tempered for a long time and was incomparably strong.

This was one of the rare moments when Zhang Yu, not in a high-speed environment, entered a state of full concentration purely for the operation of power.

Without a doubt, after the heart breakthrough in the previous round and an hour and a half of recuperation, his body was at its peak.

Wang Hai quickly checked Zhang Yu's body and then sucked in a breath of cold air.

Arm muscles can't support it like that... you need to redirect the force.

"The injuries are this light? Even without treatment, they could gradually heal on their own, right? No... it's not just simple mildness; in many places, if it were even a little more serious, it would trigger a chain reaction, and then the medical bills would be hundreds of thousands or even millions."

Everything was so clear, so obvious, giving Zhang Yu an unprecedented sense of clarity.

"Then the remaining matter is very simple."

On the stage.

The center of gravity of the Sky Pillar, the flow of force through the muscles, the support of every piece of flesh...

The 12531 kilograms of force exploded from within Zhang Yu's body. His body was like an incredibly fragile yet incredibly strong statue, slowly lifting the Sky Pillar.

The reason it was so fragile was that if he made the slightest misstep, or if the force he bore tilted even slightly, the balance of his body would be broken—it would collapse, shatter.

Song Hailong grew intensely curious: "Zhang Yu doesn't seem like a fool—what exactly is he trying to do?"

But this building block was made of his own flesh and blood, and at this moment it was as fragile as glass; the slightest hesitation and it could be crushed by that terrifying force descending from the sky.

Zhang Yu felt as if he were assembling a block tower, freely and skillfully combining the power throughout his body to support the overwhelming pressure crashing down from above.

Blood seeped from the corners of Zhang Yu's mouth, eyes, and nose, yet a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Almost done..."

Although he had paid extra to have a Qi Refining Grandmaster delivery man bring it, it still got stuck outside the school gate and only now arrived, delivered by a Purple Cloud teacher.

Internal bleeding began in his organs.

Zhang Yu seemed to see countless flows of power moving, balancing, and interweaving.

Even though the scene was incredibly noisy, even though countless eyes and attention were fixed on him, even though this upcoming battle affected his future, the arrangements of the three major high schools, and the company's plans...

So, as the Sky Pillar pressed down, Zhang Yu continuously adjusted his posture.

This was the medicine he had ordered just before the start of the final round.

Zhang Yu slowly lifted his head and looked at the base of the Sky Pillar.

But precisely because his entire body had sustained damage and taken harm, he did not suffer severe injuries.

If something happened to the student he was leading, he, as the teacher, would also be held responsible.

"I'll just do what I can do."

The pressure on his legs needed to be redistributed...

With a violent exertion of every muscle and tendon, Zhang Yu's entire flesh and blood achieved an unprecedented balance. "Almost..."

As an ace sports coach, Wang Hai was naturally extremely familiar with human body structure.

Watching the Sky Pillar descend inch by inch like a snail.

In terms of excavating and utilizing physical strength, he had lost this time.

Under the immense pressure before him, Zhang Yu made a new breakthrough.

But in Zhang Yu's eyes at this moment, it seemed there was no one else in the arena.

Wang Hai and Bai Zhenzhen rushed onto the stage.

"Is White Dragon High School or Xianyun Group using some marketing tactic I don't understand?"

At this moment, his heart was no longer a burden; his entire body was perfectly balanced, able to perfectly unleash the power contained in his flesh and blood.

"Someone's going to die!"

Diverting, shifting, deflecting, exerting, supporting, exploding... The techniques brought by each Rank 10 technique manual now seamlessly integrated.

Although Wang Hai wanted to stop him, he was held back by the staff.

Because the 12,531-kilogram Sky Pillar had been shouldered by him.

Seeing Zhang Yu inject medicine into his own body, Wang Hai's heart sank even further: "What kind of medicine is that? And why is he taking medicine? Going this hard will really damage his foundation."

It was that sense of fragility in his perception—at any moment, if he wasn't careful, it would exceed the tolerable limit of some body part, snapping tendons and breaking bones.

Even his physical strength had risen from Level 4.95 to Level 4.96.

And when he activated the full concentration state of the Heavenly Martial Mind Refining Art, his focus reached an unprecedented level.

If he exerted even a little force against this power, he could see the pressure from the Sky Pillar above and the platform below—one up, one down—like the maw of a giant beast, about to crush him to bits.

The reason it was so strong was that every shred of flesh and blood throughout his body had burst forth at its limit, like steel bars and concrete, supporting the terrifying force of 12,531 kilograms to lift the Sky Pillar.

Gangshan remarked: "So this isn't just challenging your own strength; it's also challenging your technique, and even risking your medical insurance and your immortal path potential."

At this moment, Yu Xinghan understood—he had lost.

Bai Zhenzhen watched Zhang Yu slowly ascend the stage, thinking to herself: "Go, Yu, win that prize money, the ads, the endorsements, and the Top Ten spot... just win them all!"

The lumbar spine can't take this kind of load... I need to deflect the force.

Arms, shoulders, spine, leg bones, and the muscles in every part of the body… all grew more and more fragile under the crushing force.

Yue Mulan stared at his back, touched her own burning and slightly dizzy head, and thought wildly: "Could it be that I filled it in wrong?"

Bones began to crack, skin split open, and blood appeared everywhere on his body.

Looking at Zhang Yu not far away, he thought to himself: "That bluffer, with his level there's no way he can actually do this."

But in that moment of Zhang Yu's perception, his flesh became fragile under the pressure of the Sky Pillar.

And so, under the stunned gazes of countless onlookers, Zhang Yu slowly straightened his back, steadying the Sky Pillar firmly on his shoulder.

Wang Hai also didn't want such an excellent student to have his gold coins drained by medical expenses early on in the first-year competition, losing all his immortal path potential.

He simply calmly waved toward the gymnasium entrance, calmly taking the takeout delivered by Teacher Ziyun.

At this moment, he represented the strongest power in the entire arena! Below the platform, Yu Xinghan stared fixedly at Zhang Yu's body, his gaze sweeping over every exposed muscle and every ripple.

The Zhang Yu before him had defeated him, staking his own flesh and blood as the bet.

The entire world seemed to turn black and white in that instant, and in Zhang Yu's eyes there remained only the Sky Pillar before him and his own flesh.

And throughout this process, the Sky Pillar continued to descend unwaveringly.

Zhang Yu's mind raced; amid the constant adjustments and decomposition of force, sweat kept beading on his forehead.

Yu Xinghan considered himself to have the strongest physical body present and the highest level of bodily control.

When the Sky Pillar slowly rose back up, there was hardly a spot on Zhang Yu's entire body that wasn't damaged.

But for Zhang Yu, who was now utterly focused, those thoughts no longer occupied his mind.

Wang Hai, however, grew anxious: "What is this kid doing? 12,531 kilograms? Is that something he can support right now?"

Thinking of the crushing weight of 12,531 kilograms and the possibility that Zhang Yu might be severely injured the instant he forcibly braced it, Wang Hai immediately rushed toward the competition field.

While Wang Hai was struggling with the staff, the other contestants also looked at Zhang Yu with surprise.

Hu Yuntao was full of disdain, likewise not believing Zhang Yu could support the 12,531-kilogram Sky Pillar.

Zhang Yu slowly took out three syringes from the takeout packaging and injected them one by one into his body.

Feeling the state of his blood and flesh, he murmured to himself: "After all, 12,531 kilograms is quite a weight; I still need some medicine to assist."

"I can feel it… I can see it…"

What he saw at this moment was not an ordinary physical body, but a technique that had reached the pinnacle of perfection—a comprehension of flesh and force that completely surpassed his own performance.

And to many present, Zhang Yu's reliance was obviously the medicine he was injecting now.

Especially if the other person didn't die, but the money ran out first.

The Sky Pillar and the platform were like a giant mouth slowly closing, and Zhang Yu felt as if he were walking a tightrope above it, about to be swallowed at any moment.

It was precisely because of this that he understood how unbelievable all the injuries on Zhang Yu's body were.

And the only explanation Wang Hai could come up with for this was… talent.

"Absolute talent—absolute talent in excavating and controlling physical strength."

"This Zhang Yu is the most gifted and most valuable student I have ever encountered in my teaching career."