Chapter 704

Stars shift and time passes.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, another hundreds of thousands of years have passed...

Source Star.

Crack!

A cerulean spaceship, its tail spraying bright flames, slowly docked at the spaceport.

As the cabin door opened, human martial artists walked down one by one.

Most of them had youthful expressions, but their every move was full of power; even a little girl could easily carry hundreds of pounds of luggage without appearing heavy at all.

These are the 'New Humans' of the interstellar era; even an ordinary person is equivalent to a Seventh or Eighth-Rank martial artist of the old martial era.

If they cultivate martial arts further, it is even more terrifying.

"Wow... is this the ancestral star of humanity—Source Star?"

A freckled boy's face showed a look of amazement: "It was worth my years of hard study and martial arts practice to get into the Blue Star Academy..."

Indeed, they were all examinees from other planets, now coming to Source Star for university.

"It is said that hundreds of thousands of years ago, Source Star was still in a feudal

era, and even martial artists of the Void Realm were rare..."

A girl beside him with fair, delicate skin and a scholarly air spoke: "The Ascending Tower Realm above the Void Realm was extremely rare, and the Cosmic Realm, capable of surviving in the universe, was non-existent... Later, the Eastern and Western continents unified, establishing the first 'Blue Star Academy' of the Alliance. After tens of thousands of years of cultivation, only then did the powerhouse 'Ximen Nado' ascend twelve towers in a row, breaking through to become a 'Cosmic Realm' powerhouse. This is also the great leader of the Alliance, the first Cosmic Realm martial artist!"

"Even now, Cosmic Realm powerhouses are incredible experts. When will I be able to become such an expert?"

"I don't have high requirements; I'll be satisfied if I can break through the Ninth Rank and enter the super-rank Void Realm after graduating from university."

The martial arts of the Alliance have developed to this day; the nine ranks of ancient martial arts, even the First-Rank Undying Realm, are only part of laying the foundation.

The Void Realm is barely considered a minor expert on a planet, and the Ascending Tower Realm is considered a decent expert.

And after the twelve levels of the Ascending Tower, one can break through to become a 'Cosmic Realm' expert.

Cosmic Realm martial artists can survive in the universe with their physical bodies and cross space; even in the current Alliance, they are considered top-tier experts.

"If I become a Cosmic Realm expert, I can also join the army and go take revenge on those scum of the 'Forbidden Star Federation'."

A brown-haired boy who looked very short, only 1.5 meters tall, clenched his fists.

Hearing 'Forbidden Star Federation', all the young boys and girls could not help but fall silent,

as if they had heard of some great demon king.

"Our Source Star Alliance and the Forbidden Star Federation actually both emerged from Source Star, but the Forbidden Star Federation is controlled by a group of 'Existences of the End'. They colonize a large number of life planets, using the most cruel means to cultivate humans and martial arts powerhouses... and then harvest them in waves. How sinful is this?!"

The scholarly girl who spoke earlier had her palms trembling.

"Existences of the End can extend their lives by devouring a large amount of life... This is the root of their farming policy."

A boy analyzed: "But research has proven that even if one becomes an 'End', the body is immortal, but the soul will eventually decay... Therefore, most existences of the End fall into a deep sleep after being active for a period of time. This is the luckiest thing for the Source Star Alliance; otherwise, once all the existences of the End wake up, especially if the 'Ancient Ones' among them join forces to launch a blood sacrifice... that would simply be a disaster for civilization."

"Hmph! We people of the Alliance will never submit to those existences of the End... Even if we die, we will not become nourishment for the other side."

The short student gritted his teeth: "Everyone is forced to practice the 'Life-Defeating Poison Body Art' as soon as they enter elementary school, making it difficult for the existences of the End to gain benefits from us... Those hateful Forbidden Star Federation members even restrict the circulation of the technique, defining Federation people who cultivate and spread this technique as committing an unforgivable crime... They are the ones who are guilty!"

"Indeed, our Source Star Alliance will surely defeat the Federation!"

A heroic voice came over.

The students looked up and saw an intelligent fighter jet landing.

This fighter jet was painted entirely in cerulean blue, and its body carried a hazy halo.

A martial artist wearing golden battle armor flew down from the intelligent fighter jet: "I am the instructor of Blue Star Academy—Bond. Welcome, new students. You can board my intelligent fighter jet to go to the school; the whole journey only takes five minutes..."

"Yes, Instructor Bond."

The students hurriedly boarded the fighter jet, their every move having the capable style of soldiers.

This is also unavoidable, because due to the conflict between the Source Star Alliance and the Forbidden Star Federation, all higher education institutions in the Alliance are actually considered military academies, conducting militarized education.

Even if the war on the front line fails, it is feared that they will immediately enter a procedure where everyone is a soldier, and no Alliance person would refuse, because they know that once the Alliance is defeated, they will fall into becoming rations for the existences of the End!

Five minutes later, the fighter jet stopped on a vast giant island.

This island was almost as large as a small continent, and terrible exotic beasts lived on it.

And in the center of the island, there was an academy; the cerulean energy shield opened, allowing the intelligent fighter jet to dock smoothly on the tarmac.

"Is this... Blue Star Academy?"

The short student who hated the Forbidden Star Federation the most walked down and saw one intelligent fighter jet after another.

And in the distance, there were white jade statues over a hundred meters tall.

Their expressions were either serious or solemn... there were twelve of them in total.

"Those are... the Twelve Powerhouses of Blue Star Academy! Ximen Nado is among them."

The scholarly girl admired: "Although I have seen them countless times in the data, seeing them with my own eyes still feels very shocking..."

"Blood-Thirsty Kun Ni, Pale Cloud Marquis Feng Bo'er... are all famous Cosmic Realm powerhouses."

A boy beside him counted them one by one: "Of course, there is also the 'Primordial War God' Ximen Nado... and the most ancient one, the first dean of Blue Star Academy—'Wu Kuangtu'. It is said that he only had the strength of the Ascending Tower Realm and even passed away due to illness not long after founding Blue Star Academy... but there is no doubt that he laid the foundation for the merger of the Eastern and Western continents and the operation of Blue Star Academy... His contribution to the Eastern Zhenwu discipline is even more of a link between the past and the future..."

"Now, I will take you to tour the academy. First is to pay homage to the twelve statues... This is a ritual and tradition passed down from ancient times."

Bond smiled: "It is said... these great existences have all left opportunities in their respective statues to bestow upon you little guys. Alright, follow me..."

He led the way, and the new students naturally followed behind.

There was a large flow of people in Blue Star Academy, especially on the main road where the twelve statues stood, and various humanoid creatures emerged one after another.

Among them were strange humans with four arms, as well as ape-men covered in black hair with a tail behind them...

"These are your seniors. The stranger they look, the more exotic beasts they have hunted in the outside world, and the greater the possibility of awakening the 'Eastern Zhenwu Sacred Body'. Some have even awakened the twelve body anomalies of the Eastern Zhenwu Sacred Body, which can pass these dominant excellent genes to their descendants... forming different branches among humans, such as the 'Four-Armed Clan', the 'Ape Clan'..."

Bond introduced them to the new students.

And these new students came from different planets; some had suffered cosmic radiation and actually also possessed some physical mutations.

For example, pointed ears, or a third eye between the eyebrows... these are all very normal situations.

The short boy heard two new students whispering beside him: 'There is a rumor outside... the stranger you become, the faster you die... If you want to awaken body anomalies, you must eat more meat from powerful exotic beasts. The exotic beasts outside Blue Star Academy are very powerful, even comparable to the Void Realm and Ascending Tower Realm... You cannot go out hunting until you reach a certain level of strength.'

"Alright, let's first visit the first statue, 'The Great McCall'. He was the 37th dean of Blue Star Academy and once served as..."

Bond led everyone to the front of an old man's statue.

The scholarly girl chuckled and took the initiative to say to the short boy beside her: "Hello, my name is Liu Ruxu... and you?"

"Vick!"

The short boy replied: "Aren't you listening to the teacher?"

"I've been tired of this kind of thing for a long time; I can already recite them backward... What's more..."

Liu Ruxu leaned close to Vick and lowered her voice: "Do you really think there are opportunities here? Even if there were, Blue Star Academy has been running for hundreds of thousands of years; what kind of genius hasn't been here? They must have been dug out long ago, right?"

"Since that's the case, why is there still such a visiting ritual?"

Vick was a little surprised.

"This kind of 'deception' is a tradition of the academy. Senior students or parents of new students join forces to fool us, playing a little joke... letting us recognize the dangers of society in advance." Liu Ruxu smiled lightly: "Many schools have such traditions, don't they?"

"No... I heard that's a vulgar habit in kindergartens..." Vick's face turned a little dark.

At this moment, they had already followed Instructor Bond to the front of the last statue.

"The most ancient one, the first dean, the peacemaker—Lord Wu Kuangtu."

Bond smiled: "I don't need to introduce this one; you all know his deeds..."

Vick followed the crowd forward and reached out to touch the statue.

'This statue, the material really doesn't seem able to support hundreds of thousands of years; I don't know how many times it has been renovated...'

'If there were any opportunities, they would definitely have been taken away long ago.'

After touching it, he was even more certain in his heart.

But just at this moment, Vick glanced inadvertently and seemed to make eye contact with the statue's brilliant eyes.

His head suddenly 'buzzed', and he felt a little dizzy.

Fortunately, this feeling came quickly and went quickly...

Vick just had some doubts in his heart, but soon he went through the entrance physical examination, and the result was that his body was extremely healthy, with no problems at all, so he felt relieved.

Late at night.

In the dormitory.

Vick, who was sitting cross-legged and fighting sleep with meditation, suddenly had his consciousness arrive in a space.

Everything around was gray, and stone steps continued to rise, making one feel as if they had arrived at a god's palace.

At the very top, a pair of eyes that had experienced the vicissitudes of life but were as pure as a newborn child looked down.