High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 80

Chapter 80: Chapter 77: 10% Awakening Level, First Trigger (With Announcement)
 

Without waiting for Dong Haifeng’s response.

“Roar~” Two larger Moon Demon wolves in the pack suddenly growled, paying no attention to Dong Haifeng, and abruptly turned around to start fleeing.

“Howl~” “Howl~” Other Moon Demons also frantically followed in retreat.

These Moon Demons were bloodthirsty, but they were not stupid.

“Want to leave?”

“These are all points, stay for me.” Li Yuan’s eyes narrowed, his legs instantly exerted force, and his strong thighs fiercely stepped on a huge rock, leaping several meters high and darting out, turning into a phantom chasing after the Moon Demon wolves.

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!” Spears shadows were continuous, and the long spear in Li Yuan’s hand seemed alive, suddenly bursting forth with incredible power.

“Boom~” “Boom~” “Boom~” One after another, the Moon Demon wolves were caught up by Li Yuan, followed by their heads being directly pierced by the long spear and killed.

As an Entry Rank weapon, the long spear in Li Yuan’s hands was extremely sharp, with sufficient hardness and toughness.

In just over ten seconds.

Li Yuan had killed nearly ten of the more than twenty fleeing Moon Demon wolves, and the rest had scattered and fled early, frantically circling around the ravines and forests, disappearing from Li Yuan’s sight.

Across the hundred-meter jungle wasteland, wolf corpses lay scattered, blood splattered, a shock to the eye.

“They actually took the initiative to run?” Li Yuan mumbled to himself as he stopped the pursuit.

Boom!

A few more seconds passed, and Dong Haifeng, panting, ran up to Li Yuan’s side, and couldn’t help saying, “Li Yuan, thanks.”

“Thanks for what?” Li Yuan smiled.

“You saved me,” Dong Haifeng said earnestly.

“I should thank you,” Li Yuan replied lightly with a smile, “for leading them over here, otherwise I would have had to spend some effort looking for them.”

Dong Haifeng was startled.

“Hmm?” Out of the corner of his eye, Li Yuan glanced at the positioning bracelet, where the Combat Assessment data had already updated:

Points: 46

Ranking: 1

Note: The Combat Assessment goal has been reached.

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“That Moon Demon wolf just now was level 10.8, and killing it gave me 10 points?” Li Yuan’s mouth curled into a smile as he thought to himself, “Good, I’ve finally climbed back to first place.”

With the information provided by Lin Lanyue and Li Yuan’s own strength, his points soared continuously.

However, each time he reached the top, he would quickly be caught up by ‘Wu Dongdong’.

“Wu Dongdong, 42 points?” Li Yuan opened the ‘light screen’ on his smart pocket watch and saw the detailed rankings:

First place: Li Yuan, 46 points

Second place: Wu Dongdong, 42 points

Third place: Lin Lanyue, 40 points

Fourth place: Wang Yu, 32 points

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The majority of students’ points were below 10, with fewer than 50 managing to exceed 10 points.

Even more so, Li Yuan had noticed that the number of participants in the battle had already decreased to 745.

This meant that more than 200 students had already terminated the Combat Assessment.

Life-and-death struggles were not so easy for most elite students.

“Dong Haifeng, keep it up; looking at your points, you still have a chance to rush into the top hundred,” Li Yuan said, glancing at the dumbfounded Dong Haifeng next to him with a smile, “I’ll be leaving first.”

With a sweeping gaze to discern direction, Li Yuan went straight towards the deeper parts of ‘Moon Demon Wolf Assembly Point No.8’.

According to the intelligence, a Moon Demon Wolf Assembly Point should contain more than just these Moon Demons.

You see.

The Moon Demons in the Combat Assessment area were captured by military bases and fed regularly; their numbers were substantial.

Watching Li Yuan disappear at the end of the forest.

Dong Haifeng stood in place, silent for a long time before finally letting out a long sigh, “Perhaps, Li Yuan has never considered me a rival.”

“First place?”

“Lin Lanyue, third place?” Dong Haifeng’s eyes dulled as he looked at the rankings of the two on his smart bracelet.

“I played the fool.”

…

Save Dong Haifeng?

Although Dong Haifeng showed some inexplicable dislike and hostility on the way to Jiangbei Martial University, Li Yuan had never cared.

How big could the so-called malice between students be?

And how could it affect him?

…

Inside the War Fortress of the Moon Demon Star Realm, in the highest-level’s super-large meeting room.

Many officers were watching the densely packed light screen projections in the meeting room.

“Too weak.”

The burly officer couldn’t help but shake his head, “They are just the most ordinary Moon Demons, and there are hardly any Entry Level ones, yet they compelled a quarter of the participants to call for rescue within just a few hours.”

“Look at that kid, his technique and physical quality are not bad, but he simply couldn’t capitalize on his sword technique advantage and was forced to retreat step by step,” the burly officer said, shaking his head and sighing as he pointed to one of the light screens.

“Old Wang.”

The tall and skinny senior officer beside him smiled, “They’re just kids. Although they have experienced many virtual battles, you and I both understand that real combat and virtual combat are completely different.”

“Just the mindset alone is different,” the tall and skinny officer said, “In virtual combat, no matter how realistically simulated, one knows that they won’t be injured or die, so they naturally won’t be afraid.”

“In real combat, a slight carelessness may lead to death or injury; being tied up in one’s first battle is very normal.”

“Experience more real battles, and they’ll improve.”

The officer surnamed Wang shook his head and sighed, “I am just anxious watching them.”

Suddenly.

“Old Wang, look, isn’t that kid performing well?” the tall and skinny officer pointed to one of the light screens, “So calm, and his spear technique is so graceful.”

“Even though his physical quality is a notch weaker, he dares to fight up-close with an Entry Rank Moon Demon Wolf.”

The light screen displayed the scene where Li Yuan saved Dong Haifeng and fought with the pack of Moon Demons.

“Oh?” The officer named Wang turned to look, his eyes lighting up, unable to help but nod continuously, “Not bad, indeed!”

They both could tell from the speed that Li Yuan’s physical quality was not exaggerated.

Probably around level 9.

But in close combat, each of Li Yuan’s moves, every thrust of his spear, was terrifyingly precise.

The Moon Demon Wolf leader, with a strength far greater than Li Yuan, was no match at all.

“Named Li Yuan?”

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The tall, skinny military officer lowered his head and quickly reviewed the data, then smiled, “Physical Quality 8.9 level? Spear Technique Fourth Level? He actually rushed to first place.”

“Other students with even stronger physical qualities and not inferior techniques, when fighting, mostly hesitated, lacking his psychological quality.”

“Moreover, he was quite lucky, encountering more Moon Demon wolves along the way,” the tall, skinny officer said.

“With such strength, it’s normal for him to rush to first place,” the Wang surnamed military officer smiled, “I like combat-type geniuses.”

As soldiers, being constantly on the front lines of war, they actually didn’t care about ‘on-paper strength’.

In their eyes, only strength that could be demonstrated was real.

“Old Ji, look up his detailed information,” the Wang surnamed military officer requested.

“Alright.”

The tall, skinny officer quickly clicked on the console in front of him, and soon Li Yuan’s detailed information appeared.

“Family background, very average!”

“Oh? He has even been awarded the title of Youth Hero,” the tall, skinny officer’s eyes brightened: “Old Wang, take a look.”

“The title of Youth Hero?” The officer surnamed Wang became even more surprised and lowered his head to look at the data.

After more than ten seconds.

Suddenly, both officers lifted their heads simultaneously, as if by tacit understanding, both revealing smiles.

“What do you think?”

“Let’s give him a spot,” the Wang surnamed military officer said with a grin, “Last year we didn’t give out a single spot, and we got a scolding about it from above.”

“I don’t care for giving those things to the rich kids; do they need it? Even if given, they won’t remember our kindness.”

“This Li Yuan, though he is from the Starfire Martial Hall, can’t join our military, but reaching this level with his background, that fits my taste.”

“Besides, is one who has received the title Youth Hero of bad character?” the officer surnamed Wang listed a series of reasons.

“Fine.”

“I also think he’s pretty good,” the tall, skinny officer nodded, “Apart from Li Yuan, there’s another one I think isn’t bad.”

“Tian Dazhuang?” the officer surnamed Wang asked back.

“You saw it too?”

“I did. His combat mindset is a bit weaker than Li Yuan’s, but he was specially recruited by the Martial Arts Hall; maybe we can try inviting him to join our military.”

…

Time passed.

In the one hundred square kilometer Combat Assessment area, with continuous mountain ranges, a large number of students kept fighting with Star Realm Creatures.

A large number of Moon Demon wolves died.

Continuously, students were forced to call for help, and with the combat drones’ speed that followed, they could often arrive within ten seconds and kill the attacking Moon Demon wolves.

However, no matter how quick the rescue and how well the protective gear safeguarded vital areas, occasionally, students would still get attacked and injured or even killed.

Such things were unavoidable.

By the time it was three in the afternoon.

The whole Combat Assessment field had less than two hundred students remaining.

On a messy stone wasteland to the east of Blade Mountain.

“Roar~” “Howl~”

“Roar!” Head after head of Moon Demon wolves bellowed and continuously tried to besiege the young man in black armor at the center.

A large number of Moon Demon wolf corpses lay scattered on the ground in disarray.

The smell of blood they emitted was astonishing.

The black armored youth stood at the center, unmoved by the tide-like siege of Moon Demon wolves surrounding him, his spear circle unshaken.

The speed of his spear was not fast, but each thrust was incredibly precise.

One by one, Moon Demon wolves fell.

He, like a boulder, stood firm and unmovable against the siege of hundreds of Moon Demon wolves.

“Roar~” Not far away, on a huge rock, a massive Moon Demon Wolf King, over three meters in body length and almost one and a half meters at the shoulder, growled restlessly, its gaze locked on the young man in black armor.

It couldn’t understand how this alien youth with such a seemingly weak life force could possess such terrifying power.

It didn’t dare to make a reckless move.

“I don’t know if I should say it’s unlucky or lucky,” Li Yuan thought to himself calmly, his eyes cold, “to have encountered the ‘No. 1 group’ mentioned in the intelligence.”

A 12.1 level Wolf King, three wolves above level 10, and over a hundred regular Moon Demon wolves—this force was enough to make ordinary Entry Rank martial artists flee.

Li Yuan wanted to escape, but he couldn’t.

In terms of sheer running speed, his physical quality was not considered fast.

In the more than 20 minutes of chase battle just now, Li Yuan had killed over twenty Moon Demon wolves, including one Entry Rank Moon Demon wolf.

In the end, he was still surrounded.

“However, continuous slaughter has also caused my Spiritual Awakening Level to soar,” mused Li Yuan, his eyes icy cold.

“[…Spiritual Awakening Level reached 9.7%]”

“[…Spiritual Awakening Level reached 9.9%]” Along with more Moon Demon wolves falling to the ground, a series of prompts kept flashing across the Divine Palace panel.

Suddenly, with a spear-stroke through the Vast Sky, two more notifications flashed on the edge of Li Yuan’s vision.

“[…Spiritual Awakening Level reached 10%]”

“[Spiritual Awakening Level has reached 10%, you may guide Origin Power into your body once]”

“Hmm? Origin Power infusion? What’s this? I thought you had to reach a 25% Spiritual Awakening Level before you get any Spiritual Guidance?” Li Yuan was taken aback.

Before Li Yuan could ponder further.

“Roar~”

The huge Moon Demon Wolf King sitting on the distant rock could no longer bear it and, with a deep growl, suddenly leapt out, attacking like lightning.

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(Notice of the Book’s Official Launch)

ps: I have released the summary for March, I have said what needs to be said, so I won’t separately post a launch notice to disrupt my brothers’ reading experience; I’ll say a few simple words here.

On the morning of April 3rd, we officially launch, and the true test of a book’s success begins. I hope that my brothers can subscribe and support.

I ask for your initial subscriptions, which are critically important.

Our book will have a special launch event, with an initial subscription earning a pendant accessory; from what I’ve seen, it looks pretty nice, and there will also be a lottery event, brothers don’t forget.

On launch day, April 3rd, I will release 5 chapters in quick succession.

Starting from April 4th, I will maintain a minimum of 2 chapters per day. I certainly intend to update this book diligently, but my primary goal is to polish each chapter to perfection, with quality as the foremost priority.

The sole rule for additional chapters: every 2000 monthly tickets received equals one extra chapter, continuing throughout April.

I hope my brothers will fully support with subscriptions and throw in those monthly tickets.

At the stroke of midnight on April 3rd, don’t miss out!

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