[{"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-44":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},479892,728,"Chapter 44 : Chapter 44","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>Chapter 44: Fog\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Mu said that, the others looked at one another, then all smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Jun asked with a grin, \"You mean the vanguard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every battle, Ma Jun had always charged at the very front. Sometimes, a single slash from him could even wound the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if he failed to make a decisive impact, when the monster launched its counterattack, Ma Jun's strong physique and solid cultivation art let him withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bought time for his teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the squad's vanguard, and it was Ma Jun's position that Li Mu had pointed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, good! Then you can try it on the next one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Jun was not angry in the slightest. He laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Being the vanguard isn't that easy. Are you sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Meiting also smiled as she reminded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no contempt for Li Mu in their smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they really did think this was just youthful competitiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was the champion of the Abyss First Battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how imposing Ma Jun looked as he took the lead in every fight, it was only natural for Li Mu to feel a little unconvinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sure!\" Li Mu answered without the slightest hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This little brother's got more guts than I do!\" Song Biao said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not never tried being the vanguard while following Ma Jun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unless it was absolutely necessary, when it came time to face a monster head-on by himself, he truly did not dare trade blows with one directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he excelled at was nimble hit-and-run fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called vanguard was the one who launched the first attack against the monster and bore the first wave of the monster's furious retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charging in only to dodge right away would not do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After joking around for a bit, the group rode on again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far ahead, they encountered the seventh monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still a Dirt Hound at the peak of the Second Grade Realm, but this one was a full three meters in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked a whole circle larger than the previous ones, as though it were about to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dismount!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, Ma Jun had been about to remind Li Mu that perhaps he should handle this one first, and let Li Mu try the next monster instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he discovered that Li Mu had already flashed past him and rushed to the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His feet tapped lightly from side to side, seeming slow but actually fast, and in the blink of an eye he was already in front of the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he swept his cudgel across!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had noticed that monsters like this never tried to dodge Ma Jun's saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only knew how to charge straight in with brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of monster was simply too well-suited for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Ma Jun saw Li Mu swing his cudgel out without taking any defensive stance, he hurried forward at once, ready to support Li Mu at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he saw next made his scalp go numb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dirt Hound bit down toward Li Mu's Thornflower Cudgel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thornflower Cudgel smashed through the Dirt Hound's mouthful of sharp teeth like rotten wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It directly crushed through the side of the hound's jaw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half of its head was actually driven into its chest by that single blow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its neck and exposed bones twisted into an extremely grotesque angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful shockwave blasted the dust on the ground outward in a circular wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge hound body had originally been lunging at Li Mu with tremendous momentum, but that one strike stopped it dead in midair. Then, with a thud, it dropped straight to the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instant kill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone who had been preparing to support Li Mu's attack froze where they stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Jun was the closest, and the sight nearly made him throw out his back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air fell silent for a full six or seven seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group simply stared at the Dirt Hound's corpse on the ground, then at Li Mu, who was neither red-faced nor out of breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shock in their eyes refused to fade for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Iron-Cleaving Form?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as Ma Jun spoke those words, his heart was trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen it very clearly. Li Mu had used Iron-Cleaving Form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ma Jun himself only dared use Iron-Cleaving Form at the finishing stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monsters had combat instincts. If he used Iron-Cleaving Form at the very start, his saber swing would be too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the monster sensed the power of the attack, it would dodge quickly and attack him from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had tried using it when facing enemies before, against Dirt Hounds just like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one Dirt Hound swiftly dodged and bit into his thigh, he had never dared use it that way again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Mu's Iron-Cleaving Form...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was it so fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dirt Hound had clearly sensed how powerful Li Mu's attack was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu's Iron-Cleaving Form was practically faster than Ma Jun's ordinary attacks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Talent trait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu casually brushed them off with that answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as there was something Li Mu could not explain, or did not want to explain, he could simply push it all onto the excuse of a \"talent trait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, his F-Grade talent had been transferred over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he could just insist that it had mutated or evolved. What could anyone do about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, no one else could inspect his talent trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for that explanation, the other three all wore skeptical expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he had put it that way, there was no real way to keep asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy hell! But if you fight like this, little brother, there's really no way for us to coordinate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like if I team up with you, I'm just dead weight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang He had a lively personality. Grabbing his own hair, he complained about Li Mu in an exaggerated manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't expect it to be that fragile either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time I'll try it without Iron-Cleaving Form.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu shrugged. He was telling the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it had been his first time facing this kind of monster. Out of respect for his opponent, Li Mu had used Iron-Cleaving Form with one percent of his True Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seemed that even without Iron-Cleaving Form, the results would still be effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were speaking, Li Mu added the 36 Triumph Points he had just earned into Divine Weapon Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Consumed 36 Triumph Points. 'Divine Weapon Art' enhancement successful.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Divine Weapon Art: Grants weight to a weapon. Current weight: 364 jin.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, black lines appeared across the faces of all four teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragile?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that something a human being should say??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers of the Abyss-Suppressing Army did not care much about whether someone's talent was high or low. They only respected true fighters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to rank people by talent within the Abyss-Suppressing Army was the most laughable behavior there was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were dissatisfied, then battle merit would decide the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you were still dissatisfied, then fight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ma Jun and Zhao Meiting were both B-Grade talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two were both C-Grade talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Li Mu's F-Grade talent, they simply could not understand why it was so monstrously strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since they could not understand it, they stopped trying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group mounted up again one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a powerful comrade was an enormous blessing to them. They would only feel excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was not the slightest trace of jealousy. That would have been the stupidest thing imaginable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like I can take a break from being the vanguard now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you really can try dropping Iron-Cleaving Form for the moment. Save your True Qi and preserve your strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The point of team coordination is to use the least amount of effort to produce the strongest result.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that way, the brothers can split some Contribution Points too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Jun tugged lightly on the reins and advised Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's true!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu accepted the advice humbly. Ma Jun was absolutely right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the battles that followed, Li Mu stopped using Iron-Cleaving Form. With a cudgel weighing over four hundred jin, a single strike was still enough to badly wound a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Li Mu took part, he would inevitably take more than half the Contribution Points for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, he and Ma Jun had to alternate taking the vanguard role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the others would not have any chance to show what they could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one thing had to be admitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Li Mu participating, their efficiency in killing monsters was far beyond what it had been before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That scene at the beginning, where three people had joined forces to instantly kill a monster, had actually been considered a very smooth fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they went deeper into the monster-dense region, encounters with two or three monsters at once became increasingly common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was where Li Mu's role became extremely apparent. Even when three monsters attacked at the same time, the squad never lost its footing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Li Mu silently harvested Triumph Points while constantly feeling out the limit his current body could endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he increased the weight of Divine Weapon Art to 675 jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding the weight of the cudgel itself, that brought it to 735 jin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had to admit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two Low-Grade Body-Fortifying Pills were truly no joke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The toughness of his body had increased by far more than a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven hundred thirty-five jin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Dirt Hound failed to dodge in time, Li Mu could crush its skull with a single strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need for Iron-Cleaving Form at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, at this weight, Li Mu felt that both his body's toughness and Mountain-Bearing Art had reached their most comfortable state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the weight went any higher, it would start to feel a little taxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Li Mu stopped increasing it any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, he had accumulated another 120 Triumph Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coordination among the teammates also became smoother and smoother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because the frequency and number of monster encounters kept increasing, they stopped riding their horses and continued on foot instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's been more than two hours. The color of this zone seems to have faded a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Meiting checked the map on her tactical watch and spoke to Ma Jun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others were also very satisfied with today's results. Their performance today was more than double their usual output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm. Stay sharp, everyone. We should be gradually leaving the Dirt Hounds' territory now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Jun gave everyone a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not come to this particular area very many times himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they had gone much farther, Li Mu suddenly stopped in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned to the others and asked in confusion, \"Wait. Is there something wrong with my eyes, or is fog rolling in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others all stopped and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces changed drastically at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the few seconds it took them to stop, a dense fog had already completely engulfed and swallowed them...\u003C\u002Fp>",1890,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.454Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d81b381591d1d9f90538fc34d6953eff2164e43c0044607125ceccfcffd8f12","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-45","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-43",99,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]