[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve-":3,"chapter-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You Stole My S-Rank Talent? Afraid Now That I’ve Become a War God?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},479866,728,"Chapter 18 : Chapter 18","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Chapter 18: Leapfrog Improvement\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Mu spoke, Sun Tong practically wanted to jump up and cover Li Mu’s mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, after hearing him, the Junior Wolf Guard and the other soldiers all turned to look at Sun Tong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than anything, they were curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of lunatic had eaten a bear’s heart and leopard’s gall, to actually dare try to ruin someone whom the big shots of the military district were preparing to host at a banquet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the killing intent carried in their gazes nearly scared the piss out of Sun Tong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Tong completely lost control of his expression. His face turned exceptionally ugly, and he looked as though he was on the verge of tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon afterward, the Junior Wolf Guard and the others mounted up, surrounding Li Mu from front and rear as they rode off at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Li Mu’s departing figure, Yin Changming slowly let out a long breath of turbid air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he cast Sun Tong a gloating look and deliberately coughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single cough made Sun Tong’s legs go weak, and he nearly dropped to the ground on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his sorry state, Yin Changming could not help feeling a burst of satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You filthy bastard, weren’t you acting arrogant just now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, what you kicked was not an iron plate. It was a meat grinder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned back and shouted to everyone, “Come on, let’s go eat hot pot!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students immediately cheered in excitement and rushed toward the plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Tong, meanwhile, remained standing there for a long while with a deathly pale face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director, let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His assistant swallowed hard and reminded him in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Tong wiped away a cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just taken a step when he abruptly stopped again and gritted out at the people beside him, “All of you, keep your mouths shut tight!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After we go back, not a word of what happened today is to be said!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All this time, he had been thinking about the threats he had made to Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also been thinking about Li Mu’s connection to the military district. Was it possible that it was only a coincidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it possible that it was because of something else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a mere student have such deep ties with the military district?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After comforting himself with those thoughts, he decided to conceal the whole matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absolutely could not let his boss know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, because of him, the Jinhua Consortium’s plan to establish ties with the military district were to collapse, he knew very well what methods his boss was capable of...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at Blackwater High School, once the school leaders had returned to their seats, they called over Xiao Lingtong and a few other students who were somewhat familiar with Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They asked them about everything that had happened to Li Mu after entering the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Xiao Lingtong and the others exaggerated the story quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the school leaders learned that Li Mu had snapped the Chief Instructor’s leg the very first time they met,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every last one of them was dumbfounded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, they all thought of the same thing. Had Li Mu just been taken away because of that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they heard the rest of it, that after being taken away, Li Mu had returned with a Monsterblood Warhorse and a premium Spiritual Treasure, everyone simply looked at one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had injured the Chief Instructor and still received rewards?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Li Mu have relatives in the military district?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, some of the students were very clever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them mentioned that when Li Mu had smashed the Chief Instructor’s leg, he had used the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he had actually unleashed was the Five Shocks of Flowing Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And many of the students had recorded the whole process from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took out their phones and showed the school leaders the entire scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the school leaders could tell at a glance just how formidable the Five Shocks of Flowing Cloud was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Changming and the others instantly fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Changming turned his gaze toward the head of logistics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the logistics director caught his meaning, he stood up and shouted, “Little Lu! Come here for a moment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The librarian, who had been eating and drinking with great gusto, came running over with chopsticks still in hand, chewing on mutton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director! What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m asking you. Yesterday, did Li Mu from Class Seven receive a technique from the library?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah! He did! I kept my eyes on him the whole time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a moment, the librarian nodded vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What technique did he take??”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Flowing Cloud Triple Shock!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clatter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the school leaders shot to their feet at once, and several stools scraped far across the ground from the force of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It scared the librarian, Little Lu, so badly that he jumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-you... are you sure!?” Zhao Qingshan’s voice had started trembling as he asked, word by word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sure! It was definitely the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking again, Little Lu nodded firmly once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one of the school leaders was overwhelmed with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Li Mu had only learned the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And by today, he had already improved it into the Five Shocks of Flowing Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a First Grade Martial Artist, he had used a spear-and-staff technique that he himself had learned for only one day and personally improved, and with it, he had broken the leg of a Second Grade Martial Artist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, officers from the military district had witnessed the whole thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once they reasoned it out that way, then the department to which this so-called Director Song and Professor Xu belonged became obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could no longer be called genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was monstrous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Abyss, Li Mu followed the Junior Wolf Guard to the Techniques Research Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one of the rooms within the department, a round dining table had been set up especially for the meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of wine and dishes had been laid out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu knocked on the door, and the one who opened it was Qin Zhanye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come in, quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu stepped inside, and every face there was familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhanye, Director Song, Professor Xu, Old Zhou from the stables—Li Mu knew all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one he did not recognize was the middle-aged man seated in the place of honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was stern, and he carried the natural bearing of a superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rank insignia on his shoulder was the same as Qin Zhanye’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the military uniform he wore was a grade above Qin Zhanye’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu was inwardly startled and began guessing at the man’s identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of their adjutants and guards remained outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhanye pulled Li Mu into the room and shut the door properly behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Xu quickly stood up, his old face beaming as he said, “My apologies for calling you over so late. We didn’t delay anything important for you, did we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu shook his head and hurried forward to press Professor Xu back into his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the eldest person here. The moment he stood up, the pressure on Li Mu became enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhanye immediately began introducing the man at the head seat to Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, Li Mu, let me give you a proper introduction!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the Deputy Commander of our military district, Wang Longcheng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly gave a Knight’s Salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deputy Commander was the fourth-highest figure in this military district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only fourth in command, he was still someone ordinary people could only look up at from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Li Mu, who was only a student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if their principal Yin Changming were here, he would not dare breathe too loudly in this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the organization of the Abyss-Suppressing Army, things were structured upward from five-man units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five men formed a squad, twenty-five formed a company, and one hundred formed a battalion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten battalions made up one regiment, roughly around a thousand men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in general, ten regiments formed one military district, totaling around ten thousand men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were also some major military districts with eleven or twelve regiments, or even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The manpower fluctuation of a military district still varied quite a lot depending on the difficulty of the Abyss entrance it was guarding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Abyss entrance at Ironhand City was guarded by two military districts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each military district had ten regiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The highest officers of a military district, from highest to lowest, were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>District Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, District Chief Commander, and Deputy Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further down, posts such as regimental commander, instructor, and guard commander could all be held by a Senior Wolf Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The highest post a Senior Wolf Guard could concurrently hold was that of Deputy Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above Deputy Commander, however, at the very least one had to hold the rank of Junior Tiger Marquis or higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like Wang Longcheng, with the merit of a Senior Wolf Guard and the office of Deputy Commander, had already reached the highest post possible at that rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to rise any higher, it would be impossible unless his merit reached the level of Junior Tiger Marquis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the District Commander-in-Chief, at the very least, one had to be a Senior Tiger Marquis, or even a Junior Dragon General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ranks of the Abyss-Suppressing Army, from low to high, were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Wolf Guard, Mid Wolf Guard, Senior Wolf Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Tiger Marquis, Mid Tiger Marquis, Senior Tiger Marquis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Dragon General, Mid Dragon General, Senior Dragon General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon-Tiger Junior Marshal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon-Tiger Grand Marshal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among some of the major military districts, the District Commander-in-Chief could be as high as a Senior Dragon General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once two or more military districts were combined, that became an Army Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The size of an Army Group was even harder to define, ranging anywhere from tens of thousands to several hundred thousand, or even over a million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And an Army Group could not be commanded by anyone below the rank of Dragon-Tiger Marshal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, sit down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Longcheng smiled and gestured to Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To show the military district’s emphasis on students, the highest-ranking officer in charge of the First Abyss Battle was the Deputy Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, for Li Mu and the others to run into an instructor like Red Hair really had been a special incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Red Hair had not just happened to have been dumped by a woman and grown reckless with lust, even he would have had to weigh the consequences of something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason Wang Longcheng had appeared at this dinner table was purely because he was on very good personal terms with Professor Xu and Director Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Longcheng placed great importance on the Techniques Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And today, those two had practically praised a student to the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, he had become curious and come to take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a martial artist himself, he also deeply admired and was curious about Li Mu’s aptitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be known that the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock had originally only been the Flowing Cloud Double Shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had only gradually developed into the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock through the constant refinement of several generations of spear-and-staff martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Mu had spent several years tempering himself with the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock, and from that comprehended the Flowing Cloud Quadruple Shock, then that would still have been one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Mu had directly grasped the fifth shock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wang Longcheng had even heard that Li Mu had used the sixth shock on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That leap was a little too great. It was not something effort alone could make up for. It was absolute aptitude!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absolutely had to meet this young man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the slightest exaggeration, if the Flowing Cloud Six Shocks could be spread widely, it would absolutely belong in the category of High-Grade Techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else also urged Li Mu to sit down quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Longcheng looked at Li Mu with a smile and was just about to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his expression shifted slightly. His body trembled faintly, then returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked almost as if a cough had risen in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But mindful of losing composure, Wang Longcheng had forcibly suppressed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu, however, caught that detail at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, Li Mu activated Fiery Golden Eyes and looked over Wang Longcheng’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils instantly contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>",2128,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.454Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","e789e1b64c60c19d0b72c4e5578dcc049b658f4594eca842c8aba20be6060e54","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-19","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-17",99,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]