[{"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-99":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":12,"novelImage":22},{"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},479848,728,"Chapter 99 : Chapter 99","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-99",99,"\u003Cp>Chapter 99: The Ambitious Golden Scale High School\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu and Zhang Zhiwei looked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They immediately noticed it as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top five on the ranking board had been completely reshuffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other than Li Mu still holding third place,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>first, second, fourth, and fifth place\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were now all occupied by students from Golden Scale High School!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to remember that the second-place competitor above Li Mu and the fourth-place competitor below him\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were both district champions, and both had defenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, both of those district champions had lost in almost exactly the same way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had first been dragged through two prolonged battles that consumed huge amounts of their True Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then had the third challenger used a reckless, all-out fighting style to end the match quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the look of it, this was clearly Golden Scale High School’s coordinated battle strategy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Scale High School obviously had a deliberate plan to sweep the rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one could blame them for being ambitious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had the strength to break through the defenders and defeat the district champions, then they deserved to sweep the rankings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If their school had the influence to organize its people, formulate battle plans, and urgently provide resources to strengthen its students, then of course they deserved to be formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that Blackwater High School, with Li Mu’s name wedged right between those four Golden Scale High School names, looked especially glaring now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Golden Scale High School had completely erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Scale!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Scale!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Scale!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chants rang out without end, and the momentum of the Golden Scale High School crowd rose to its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want me to take the match myself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu asked Zhang Zhiwei with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Scale High School was definitely going to try to remove Li Mu, this thorn in their side, next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried that Zhang Zhiwei might feel too much pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhiwei shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the challenger device in his hand lit up, exactly as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had issued a challenge to Zhang Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without saying a word, Zhang Zhiwei stepped out of the competitors’ seating area and walked toward the Central Main Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entirety of Ironhand City, there were only five S-grade talent holders and one SS-grade talent holder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eastern District alone had three S-grade talent holders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Li Xiaohao aside, the other two were both quite intimidating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Li Mu, the district champion with a D-grade talent, there was definitely something fishy about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that First Battle, if Zhang Zhiwei had not been restrained by a high-grade monster, he absolutely would have been the champion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu was probably much easier to deal with than the other two district champions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real difficulty, on the contrary, was Zhang Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhiwei stepped onto the Central Main Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking up from the opposite side was a lean, wiry male student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He too carried a long spear in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said that the student quality at Golden Scale High School really was high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy had an A-grade talent, yet he was actually at the same peak Third Grade as Zhang Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stepping onto the stage, the male student raised his spear, but did not point it at Zhang Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he pointed it from afar at Li Mu in Blackwater High School’s competitors’ section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That gesture instantly ignited the Golden Scale High School audience section once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were probably thinking that this declaration of war looked incredibly cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the other schools were only fighting over individual rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Golden Scale High School’s goal\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was total domination of the leaderboard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone widened their eyes, expecting a brilliant showdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, this A-grade talent holder should have been able to drain a large amount of Zhang Zhiwei’s True Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no one expected that the instant the match began,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhiwei would unleash an attack like a violent storm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movement technique was as fast as lightning, and his superb spearsmanship struck so relentlessly that his opponent had no chance to defend himself at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was beaten until fury surged through him, but before he even had time to counterattack,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhiwei’s spear tip had already come to a precise stop at the center of his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light on the spear tip had already broken the skin there, and blood dripped down bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the gravity barrier had not had time to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that if Zhang Zhiwei had wanted his life, it would have taken only the lift of a hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhiwei gave a cold snort through his nose and suddenly withdrew the spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That male student was already trembling in both legs from fright. Only when the spear left his forehead did that suffocating aura of death finally retreat from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First match, Zhang Zhiwei won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second match, as expected, it was once again someone from Golden Scale High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, this one was not Zhang Zhiwei’s opponent either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lasted only a little over thirty seconds before losing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chanting from Golden Scale High School immediately quieted down by quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Zhiwei stepped off the stage, there was unexpectedly no battle on the Central Main Arena for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire challenge tournament seemed to have fallen into a strange kind of standstill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, in the Golden Scale High School section,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>within the competitors’ seating area,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the stunningly beautiful Song Yan was quietly gazing at Blackwater High School’s competitors’ section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The indifference and pride in her eyes only made her seem even more powerful and mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people in Golden Scale High School’s section all began discussing things in hushed agitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do we do? We don’t have enough people left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, how can no one even beat Zhang Zhiwei? We’re just one step away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. We’re this close to pulling out that thorn called Li Mu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just look at the rankings. Our Golden Scale High School names are lined up so neatly, and yet Li Mu is stuck right in the middle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s enough to drive anyone with obsessive tendencies insane!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t somebody hurry up and kick that loser out already?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like the only one left who can still fight is Zheng Kuan, but Zhang Zhiwei hasn’t used up much True Qi yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Zheng Kuan loses too, then we won’t be able to complete the leaderboard sweep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Golden Scale High School’s competitors’ section,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a male student named Zheng Kuan was playing with a small square box in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was a pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him were the group of students from Golden Scale High School who had joined this plan to dominate the rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This attempt to dominate the rankings had been organized by the Student Council President of Golden Scale High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had he formulated a complete and feasible plan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had also secured one short-effect enhancement pill for each participant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pill could temporarily increase a person’s True Qi and physique, and it was quite expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its effect, however, lasted only a few short minutes, so it was meant to be taken only in the finishing battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, each person could take only one pill per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one unsatisfactory part of this plan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was that they still did not have enough people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with short-effect pills, wearing down those powerful martial artists’ True Qi and defeating them\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>still required a large number of exceptionally strong martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Golden Scale High School already had far more such students than other schools,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was still not enough to achieve total domination of the rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the shortage had become so severe that they were down to just one person left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Zheng Kuan quickly walked toward the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the host standing beside it froze for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Kuan leaned over and whispered a few words into the host’s ear, and the host immediately revealed a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he handed the microphone in his hand over to Zheng Kuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four-District Elite Tournament had a strong commercial nature, with capital from the organizers holding the major stake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the eyes of capital, traffic and profit were the most important things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flat, uneventful competition was obviously boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone wanted to create a spectacle, that was perfect. They would welcome it with pleasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Kuan immediately strode onto the stage with the microphone and pointed toward Blackwater High School’s competitors’ section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blackwater High School, third place, Li Mu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to challenge you directly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder if you dare!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a provocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a defender was Li Mu’s privilege, but Li Mu could choose not to use that privilege and accept the challenge directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Kuan was the only one left at Golden Scale High School whose True Qi condition was still decent, and he had only one pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to use provocation to force Li Mu to take the field directly and defeat him first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he defeated Li Mu, he could choose to stop accepting challenges after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had already reached the limit of three challenges he was required to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Golden Scale High School’s finishing tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With someone stirring things up, the arena instantly grew noisy again. People had already begun egging Li Mu on, urging him to accept the challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before Li Mu could say anything,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhiwei had already stepped onto the Central Main Arena again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a cool voice, he said, “Get past me first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zheng Kuan merely cast him a disdainful glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he spoke into the microphone again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Mu, if you’re not mute, come out and say something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you admit you don’t dare, then I can fight your defender instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students of Blackwater High School were instantly outraged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is that supposed to be? He’s the one breaking the rules, and now he’s using a provocation tactic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. Golden Scale High School really will do anything to win.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I seriously wish Li Mu would go up there and smash his damn head in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, if Li Mu just accepts like that, it’ll make him look like an idiot who walked straight into the trap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if he doesn’t accept, it’ll make him seem cowardly! What do we do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Mu is probably hesitating because of exactly that. Damn Golden Scale High School, they’re really vicious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, rhythmic shouting had already begun to rise from Golden Scale High School’s section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more unified it became, the more piercing it sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coward!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Kuan simply stood there, smiling smugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the other audience sections did not join in, quite a few people were all looking in Li Mu’s direction now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, Li Mu moved. His steps were light as he walked down from the competitors’ section and toward the Central Main Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Li Mu had hesitated just now\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was simply because he thought Golden Scale High School’s overall strategy was rather interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever had devised this set of tactics was absolutely a talented person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as for this final provocation tactic, Li Mu did not care about it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn’t he just crush his way through them all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right at that moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the direction of Ironhand City’s Abyss, a shrill air-raid siren suddenly rang out across the entire city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red light on Li Mu’s Tactical Watch also began flashing frantically with a rapid beep-beep-beep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu opened the watch and took only one glance before his expression changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few strides, he rushed onto the Central Main Arena, snatched the microphone from Zheng Kuan’s hand, and shouted loudly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Abyss-Suppression Army reservists! Assemble!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every school across the east, south, west, and north districts, there were several dozen reservist soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Altogether, there were more than a thousand of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they heard Li Mu’s command,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they answered in perfect unison with a single cry of “Here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one word!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the roar of dragons and the howl of tigers, piercing through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made everyone in the entire arena tremble violently in their hearts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with the two-word chant of “Coward” that Golden Scale High School had been shouting just now, this carried a force and ferocity beyond comparison!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they shouted their reply, every reservist sprang from the audience seats at top speed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>rushing to the front of the Central Main Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without needing to be organized, they formed ranks in flawless order!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mount up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu summoned Yaogu and swung himself onto the saddle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the reservists uniformly summoned their own warhorses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu wasted no more words. He reached out into empty air and gave a pull, and the Size-Shifting Cloak draped itself over his shoulders, fluttering high in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaogu reared up with a long neigh and then charged toward the audience exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, more than a thousand reservist soldiers followed in single file without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they left behind was a sky full of horse-dust\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a tournament ground that had ground to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>",2215,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.731Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","45c5bbeb1b5d95818efa13e712c9b88842fe7a4f009755f277d501842465f4b6","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-1","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-98","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]