"But in this video... Lu Xiaolong was beaten without any power to fight back..."
Having said that, the male student couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air. "HISS!"
Then he looked up at Su Yan in front of him and said with a face full of shock, "What a terrifying guy!"
The others were also very shocked, continuously sucking in breaths of cold air. "HISS! HISS! HISS!"
But soon, someone voiced their doubts. "This video only proves that he’s very strong. What does it have to do with him being a new student at Jing University?"
The girl holding the cell phone shot him a look and then said irritably, "Are you stupid? Didn’t you see the scrolling comments all over the video constantly mentioning the Nanjiang Province Evolution Department’s top scorer?"
"Don’t you know how to search Qian Degree Encyclopedia and see if he’s the provincial top scorer?"
"If he really is this year’s provincial top scorer, doesn’t that confirm without a doubt that he wasn’t lying, and is indeed genuinely a new student?"
As the girl said this, the disdain in her eyes deepened. How did this dumb third-year senior even manage to pass the written exam? she wondered.
The male student didn’t realize he was being scorned by the junior female student next to him. He hurriedly took out his cell phone and searched Qian Degree Encyclopedia for this year’s Evolution Department’s top scorer in Nanjiang Province.
Seeing this, the other few students nearby also pulled out their phones and started searching Qian Degree Encyclopedia.
Very quickly, someone yelled out in surprise.
"Damn! He really is this year’s Evolution Department top scorer from Nanjiang Province, a new student!"
"Which family’s second-generation heir is this? How can he be so badass just after graduating high school?"
"HISS! HISS! HISS! HISS! HISS! Truly terrifying! This is just fucking outrageous!"
At this moment, in the Physical Training Area, the six Half-step Legendary Level Beings and the two Rare Level Creatures were all incomparably shocked. Chapters first released on N0veI.Fiɾe.net
"Junior, can I add you on Fei Xin?" Two girls, both Rare Level Creatures, approached Su Yan. Their eyes were still moist, as if they had been crying heavily.
Without waiting for Su Yan to respond, Qin Yao quickly spoke up, "If you two seniors want to add someone on Fei Xin, you can just add me."
"Mmm, yes, just add hers," Su Yan agreed, nodding with understanding.
"Oh, never mind then." Seeing Qin Yao acting like his official girlfriend, the two girls didn’t continue to pester them. They chuckled awkwardly before slipping away.
They returned to their original spots and silently unleashed heavy punches on the mannequins in front of them.
Watching this, the other six male students also returned to their original spots and continued their Physical Training.
Qin Yao looked at Su Yan and said, "Su Yan, why don’t we take a look at the other training areas?"
She felt somewhat uncomfortable staying in the Physical Training Area and didn’t want to stay any longer.
Su Yan had no objections and simply nodded. "Oh, alright, let’s go," he said.
「After the two of them had left,」
The previously silent Physical Training Area immediately erupted with a buzz of discussions, filled with various emotions.
"Is this dude even human? He just graduated high school and already has strength not far off from a Half-step Epic Level. Who the hell can handle this?"
"If I remember correctly, Zhang Yusheng, hailed by school officials as the strongest of Jing University’s new generation last year, only had a Creature Level close to Half-step Epic Level when he enrolled, right?"
"You’re not wrong. Zhang Yusheng’s Creature Level was indeed not yet at Half-step Rare Level when he enrolled; he only evolved to the Half-step Epic Level category in his second semester of freshman year."
"Looks like Jing University’s campus tournament is going to heat up this year."
"What do you think will happen if a freshman dominates the campus tournament?"
"What else could happen? The drama would go through the roof, with some people slandering him and others singing his praises."
"That’s true. I think hiring some online trolls or something could make a buck. We could just copy and paste praises and slanders on forums, milking some money from their respective fan bases."
In stark contrast to the lively Physical Training Area, Su Yan and Qin Yao walked outside in quiet serenity.
One was a girl who had barely found some confidence in Physical Training, only to have it shattered by a punch within minutes, reverting to a shy girl who spoke in whispers as soft as a mosquito’s buzz.
The other was the ultimate, cluelessly dense straight man: if you don’t talk, I won’t talk; don’t even think about me initiating a conversation with you.
These two, walking together, were a veritable ’dream team’—if the dream was about romantic awkwardness—with virtually no chance of their relationship developing any further.
Walking side by side, they couldn’t even manage a slightly closer conversation, let alone achieve any kind of physical intimacy.
In the end, it was Qin Yao who took the initiative to speak. "Su Yan, let’s go to the testing area and check our stats. I haven’t tested since the college entrance exams. I want to see if I’ve made any progress."
"That works," Su Yan nodded in agreement, thinking to himself, After we check out the testing area, I’ll find an excuse to slip away. Then, while there’s still daylight, I’ll quickly ask Sister Zhou if there are any places in Jingdou where I can hunt Yin entities tonight. This is much better than just aimlessly wandering around with Qin Yao; that feels like a waste of time.
「They made their way into the testing area.」