Chapter 381: This Is Sophomore Year?

In the Spirit Realm Network.

Numerous teachers from the Civil and Military Engineering department were simultaneously watching a series of matches.

The ten elimination round matches were being held at the same time, transforming into ten windows that appeared before them.

And as their thoughts shifted, they could observe the battlefield from various angles through the on-site cameras.

At the start of the combat, the most attention was naturally on the two heirs of the Mountain-Moving Divine Power from the Kunlun lineage.

However, this elimination round did not arrange for Dabā's Mośāng Jìn and Dashí's Xuánliàng Tiān to be matched together.

Thus, both sides crushed their opponents with overwhelming force, offering little in the way of spectacle.

Instead, the battles between the War Faction and the Peace Faction were far more intense and eye-catching.

Su Yanyang was seen tearing across the battlefield at high speed, unleashing surging power in a frenzied bombardment, utterly shredding his opponent's formation.

"Su Yanyang has mastered these six Civil-Military Seven Extremities techniques with great proficiency and skill; it looks like he'll make it into the top seven this time."

"Once he fully masters the Civil-Military Seven Extremities, he'll be able to take the military certification exam, right? Our department will have another student who wields military-grade power."

At the same time, in another camera feed, a girl transformed into a giant over ten meters tall, with three heads and six arms, charging and ramming unstoppably as if into an empty space.

And each of her six arms tightly gripped a magical artifact; every time she used one, a tagline would appear floating alongside.

"Is Xiao Yunji's transformative physique the latest product? Normally it maintains a human form for cultivation, and enters a combat form when needed."

"Taking six sponsorship deals in a single match—she has a boundless future."

"Xiao Yunji might even get her military certification before Su Yanyang does."

Just as the teachers were animatedly discussing the students' performances in various matches, one teacher suddenly said, "Eh? This student knows the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force?"

This immediately caught the attention of many, who turned to look at the match he was watching, and found that Zhang Yu was indeed using the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to deliver ten blows in an instant, sending Cong Na flying.

Lang Yougong's eyes flickered, a slight surprise in his heart: "This Zhang Yu kid, he actually knows the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force? Ten blows in an instant—that's already level 10, right?"

Although the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force was already a pre-military-grade technique, its performance clearly far exceeded... almost all expert-grade techniques.

If they had seen this a few years earlier, the teachers would probably have moved to apprehend Zhang Yu, because he was using a military-grade technique without a license.

But the next moment, as they watched Zhang Yu again unleash ten blows in an instant, a teacher exclaimed in surprise, "Has he already cultivated the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to level 20?"

"He's only a sophomore, and he's already trained the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to level 20?"

"And this is while he has also trained the War Demon Fallen Life Technique to level 20..."

More teachers turned their attention to the match between Zhang Yu and Ma Xuan.

When they saw Zhang Yu charging into the enemy formation, single-handedly disrupting the enemy lines, using the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force's technique of borrowing force to counter multiple opponents—fighting against seniors in their fourth, fifth, and sixth years—the teachers became even more astonished.

Lang Yougong sighed, "Such exquisite martial talent. He not only simply uses the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to borrow and deflect force, but also mimics his opponents' movements with his Qi, fully unleashing the power of their strength."

He remarked, "This is truly using the opponent's own method against them, yet skillfully avoiding any copyright infringement on the techniques—how ingenious."

Tu Li Shan followed with praise, "This isn't just martial talent, because he is fighting multiple opponents at once."

"Being able to accurately mimic another person's moves during intense combat is already impressive."

"To mimic the moves of multiple people is even more difficult."

"And while mimicking multiple people's movements, to control the rhythm, using those moves and techniques in combination with power to deal with different opponents requires immense mental capacity and extremely fast thinking speed."

One teacher nodded slightly, checked Zhang Yu's data, and found that he had indeed passed the Unity of Body and Spirit realm and also purchased a mental cultivation method to enhance thinking speed.

This mental method was naturally Zhang Yu's cover for the Inner Dharma Body of the Infinite Heart, perfectly fitting the situation.

Listening to the analyses by Lang Yougong and Tu Li Shan, and recalling that Zhang Yu was only a sophomore, everyone felt they were witnessing the rising of another prodigy from the Civil and Military Engineering department.

True Lord Jiao Lei thought to himself, "In another five or six years, he might become another Mośāng Jìn."

"It's just a pity... he happens to be from the War Faction."

As Zhang Yu's homeroom teacher, True Lord Jiao Lei felt a conflicted sense about Zhang Yu's achievements.

His good performance was indeed a credit to him as the homeroom teacher.

But as a Peace Faction teacher, he didn't want Zhang Yu to become too strong, surpassing even Ji Huan Shu.

At that moment, Wei Huai, another teacher from the Peace faction, said coldly, "His talent is indeed not bad, but charging into enemy formation alone like this is still too reckless and impulsive."

"This is not how a civil engineering competition is played."

"This kind of approach doesn't suit civil engineering. I think he might as well switch to the security department."

"You'll see, Ma Xuan is going to deal with him."

……

Ma Xuan indeed could no longer tolerate the chaos before him.

He knew he couldn't let Zhang Yu keep stirring things up like this.

"Cong Na, Ji Yuanchu, I'm going to withdraw the Lesser Triad and deal with Zhang Yu first."

"Both of you fall back and don't get entangled by Shi Huaiyu and the others."

With that, Ma Xuan withdrew his magic power, and the vast clouds of sand and mud in the distance collapsed with a loud crash.

As Ma Xuan's power receded, the Lesser Triad unleashed by Shi Huaiyu surged in might, rolling up torrents of sediment and accelerating toward Ma Xuan's construction site.

But Ma Xuan paid no attention to that; he intended to completely eliminate the nuisance that was Zhang Yu before Shi Huaiyu and the others' attack arrived.

"Zhang Yu, I admit I was wrong—I underestimated you too much."

"I shouldn't have thought I could suppress Shi Huaiyu and the others while taking care of you on the side."

"If, the moment you arrived, I had given up suppressing Shi Huaiyu and directly suppressed you... none of this would have happened."

As he spoke, Ma Xuan activated the Lesser Triad again. With a stomp of his foot, the ground beneath him trembled violently.

"Zhang Yu, did you think I hadn't thought of ways to deal with you?"

Then he tore at the air with both hands, and the earth before him seemed to be ripped apart by a pair of invisible giant hands, splitting open to reveal a deep pit.

In an instant, everyone who had been fighting fell downward.

But soon, layers of sediment turned into stepping stones beneath Bu Ziran and the others' feet, helping them leap out of the pit.

Zhang Yu struck out streaks of qi force toward a nearby rock wall, intending to use it to climb out—when suddenly a huge shadow loomed over him.

A giant hand formed of sediment pressed down on him like Mount Tai collapsing from above.

Under that pure, crushing force, Zhang Yu grunted and was slammed downward with a thunderous boom.

Then Ma Xuan pressed his palms together, and the deep pit was refilled, the ground instantly restored to its original state, but Zhang Yu's figure had vanished.

Deep underground, Zhang Yu felt the tiny cavity surrounding him and narrowed his eyes: "They want to keep me trapped down here?"

After temporarily suppressing Zhang Yu with his full force, Ma Xuan continued directing the others in battle.

Seeing the tidal wave of sediment now almost upon him under Shi Huaiyu's control, Ma Xuan struck out with his palm, likewise raising a torrent of sand and mud to counter it.

But the next moment, Che Yufei and Lion Cloud flew in from left and right, their qi force surging like a giant hammer and a drill, breaking through the wall of sediment.

Ma Xuan thought to himself, "Is it because we're too close and I didn't have enough time to build up momentum?"

"Hmph, Zhang Yu's delay gave them the chance to get this close."

At that moment, Cong Na and Yang Yan had already moved forward to intercept Che Yufei and Lion Cloud.

After a clash, Che Yufei and Lion Cloud winced in pain: "These two guys' magical skeletons are so hard. After this fight, we're going to spend a lot on repairs."

Just then, Tian Yang unleashed the Great Wind Dust Palm.

Tian Yang thought to himself, "This technique, inspired by dust pollution, particulate pollution, and dust control work on construction sites, is perfectly suited for the current environment."

Under Tian Yang's cover, the others advanced once more.

But the next moment, a flash of lightning appeared behind them.

A clump of intertwined thunder and fire—like a cannonball shot from several hundred meters away—hurtled straight toward Che Yufei.

The attacker was Ji Yuanchu.

He was surrounded by howling wind, moving at supersonic speed, circling behind Shi Huaiyu's group.

His magical skeleton's arms extended a series of external meridians, which interlinked and transformed his arms into a track that could heat the qi force while accelerating it with electromagnetic magic power, creating qi force cannons with a range of over 500 meters.

At this moment, under his continuous bombardment, clusters of thunderfire dire aura continuously attacked Shi Huaiyu and the others from behind.

Especially under the lock of the sixth-generation Soul-Seeking Eyes, as soon as the opponents' figures were exposed, Ji Yuanshu's dire aura cannon would suddenly activate, not missing any opportunity.

And after connecting with Ma Xuan's network, one firing target after another was continuously marked by Ma Xuan, appearing within Ji Yuanshu's eye sockets.

Often, as soon as he fired a thunderfire dire aura cannon, layers of sand and soil would scatter under Ma Xuan's control, revealing the targets behind, making Ji Yuanshu's bombardment increasingly unpredictable.

With a loud boom, another thunderfire dire aura was dispersed by Xiao Qingxuan's dragon-shaped dire aura.

Meanwhile, Shi Huaiyu's face turned ugly as he stared fiercely at Ji Yuanshu in the distance.

Having Ji Yuanshu constantly roaming behind them, firing from all angles, kept them besieged from front and back.

And if they wanted to deal with Ji Yuanshu first, the opponent would manipulate the storm, using three times the speed of sound to continuously retreat and roam.

In this process, Ji Yuanshu could still continue bombarding the entire field.

Combined with Ma Xuan's Lesser Three Harmonies to control the field...

This was exactly why Shi Huaiyu and the others had just been delayed.

"It's even more annoying than flies."

Shi Huaiyu hadn't expected that when they sent Zhang Yu over to annoy the opponent, they themselves would be annoyed by Ji Yuanshu sent over by the opponent.

Watching this scene, Ma Xuan thought to himself: "At the same cultivation realm, cultivation base and combat power are not completely equivalent."

"Especially as the environment and battlefield conditions change, sometimes the one who decides victory or defeat is not necessarily the one with the strongest on-site strength."

"Ji Yuanshu's current maximized long-range attack mode will help me secure victory in this battle."

"Keep firing, Ji Yuanshu. I'll let your destructive power be fully unleashed."

As Shi Huaiyu activated Lesser Three Harmonies to grab at Ji Yuanshu, Ma Xuan immediately coordinated with other teammates to attack Che Yufei and the others.

And when Shi Huaiyu used Lesser Three Harmonies to maintain the main battlefield, Ji Yuanshu began his long-range bombardment again.

Ma Xuan chuckled inwardly: "No matter which side you choose, it will only expose your weaknesses."

Just then, Ma Xuan suddenly frowned slightly.

He felt the ground beneath his feet tremble violently.