Chen Fan of the First Year, Reporting for Duty!

A brand new, powerful surge of Qi and Blood, tinged with a faint golden luster, burst forth like a divine river bursting its banks!

Wherever this Golden Qi and Blood passed, the cracked skin healed at a visible speed, and the charred scabs fell off inch by inch, revealing the warm and smooth new skin underneath.

The severed meridians were instantly repaired, becoming more than ten times stronger than before!

Destruction precedes construction!

After an unknown amount of time, the violent energy fluctuations in the cultivation room gradually subsided.

Chen Fan slowly opened his eyes.

He looked inward and clearly sensed that Dantian Qi Sea had expanded by more than one circle compared to before, while his total Qi and Blood volume had only increased by 1 calorie.

111 cards.

But he felt no disappointment; instead, he felt an unprecedented sense of power.

That difference of just one card is worlds apart!

With a thought, Chen Fan released a wisp of highly refined Golden Qi and Blood from his fingertips without making a sound. He simply pressed his fingers onto the Special Alloy floor beneath him.

When he raised his hand, a perfectly clear fingerprint appeared on the hard floor, which was strong enough to withstand the bombardment of artillery shells.

Chen Fan's lips curled up slightly.

"If I were to encounter that Qi-Blood Realm, Black Bone, again right now, I could kill him in an instant!"

Swish!

A blur flashed by.

Gu Ci appeared before Chen Fan like a ghost, staring intently at Chen Fan with a look of excitement on his face.

He reached out and patted Chen Fan's shoulder heavily, his throat bobbing for a long time before finally uttering only two words.

"Very good."

Chen Fan looked at Gu Ci in front of him, and his heart stirred slightly.

"This seems to be... the first time I've seen a teacher make such an expression?"

Chen Fan couldn't help but think to himself.

However, the expression on Gu Ci's face quickly faded, and he returned to his previous indifference.

"The teams for the Exchange Tournament have assembled; time is running out."

"Go to the conference room on the top floor of the ninth-grade teaching building to report."

After saying that, he took out a brand new school uniform from his Storage Bracelet and threw it to Chen Fan.

At the same time.

The strategic conference room on the top floor of the ninth-grade teaching building.

Three teenagers sat around the huge circular conference table, but the powerful aura emanating from them made the air in the entire room feel incredibly heavy.

The boy in the lead was named Lu Qing, and he was recognized as the top student in the third year of junior high school. He closed his eyes to meditate, his aura as steady as a mountain, and his Qi and Blood value had reached 100 calories. He was only one step away from breaking through to the Qi and Blood Warrior Realm.

To his left was Xiao Ran, ranked second, with sharp, piercing eyes and arms crossed over his chest, exuding an aura that kept strangers at bay.

Sun Rui, the young man sitting at the end of the table, had a gloomy face and his eyes were filled with resentment and anger.

"I refuse to accept this!" Sun Rui finally couldn't hold back any longer, slamming his fist on the table with a dull thud. "Why? How come a guy whose name I can't even reveal has taken my place? Brother Lu, Brother Xiao, don't you have any thoughts on this?"

Lu Qing didn't even lift his eyelids, and said calmly, "This is the principal's decision."

Xiao Ran scoffed, "I'm only interested in the strong. If he's not qualified, I'll kick him out myself."

The implication was clear: though they didn't say it explicitly, their eyes also revealed a hint of curiosity and disdain for the guy who had dismissed Sun Rui.

In a place like Jiangnan No. 1 High School, strength reigns supreme.

They didn't believe that anyone other than the three of them in the Middle School Division was qualified to represent the school in this life-or-death battle that concerned its reputation.

Just then...

"Squeak!"

The heavy doors of the conference room were pushed open from the outside, and three scrutinizing gazes instantly focused on the doorway like sharp swords.

A figure walked in.

That was a child who looked only eight or nine years old.

He was wearing a brand-new school uniform, and his figure appeared somewhat thin in the spacious room. His youthful face was expressionless.

An eerie silence fell over the meeting room.

The expressions on the faces of Lu Qing, Xiao Ran, and Sun Rui shifted from scrutiny to astonishment, and finally to a profound sense of absurdity and ridiculousness.

A child?

Is this the person who replaced Sun Rui?

Are you kidding me!

Sun Rui stood up abruptly from his chair, frowned, looked down at Chen Fan, and impatiently snapped:

"Hey kid, this isn't a place for you. Are you lost?"

Chen Fan ignored Sun Rui's questioning and the other two's gazes, which were a mixture of contempt, scrutiny, and absurdity.

His calm gaze swept across the room before he spoke casually, "Chen Fan, Class 1 First Prodigy Class, reporting for duty!"

The expressions on Lu Qing, Xiao Ran, and Sun Rui's faces froze completely in that instant.

After a brief silence, Sun Rui was the first to react. He let out a snicker, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"First year of junior high?"

He abruptly stood up from his seat, his hands braced on the Alloy tabletop, his muscular body leaning forward with an intense sense of oppression as he looked down at Chen Fan, his voice filled with undisguised contempt and anger.

"Is the school short of people? Sending some immature brat to participate in this life-or-death battle? Are you fucking kidding me?!"

A flicker of surprise crossed Xiao Ran's sharp, knife-like gaze, which quickly turned into deep disappointment.

He had indeed heard that there was a prodigy in the first year of junior high school who was favored by both the Old Principal and Gu Ci, but the expectations brought by the rumors were shattered by reality the moment he saw this thin figure in person.

A nine-year-old child?

No matter how talented someone is, how much real ability can they possibly have?

The path of Martial Dao emphasizes the accumulation of time and Qi and Blood; this is utter nonsense.

Lu Qing, who had been resting with his eyes closed, finally slowly opened them.

He looked at Chen Fan calmly and said in a tone almost like he was talking to a child, "Classmate, you've come to the wrong place. This isn't a place for you. Go back, lest you accidentally get hurt later."

His tone was gentle, but beneath that gentleness lay a deeper level of contempt.

He slammed his fist on the table with a loud thud, pointed at his own nose, and roared angrily at Chen Fan: "Kid, I don't care whose connections you have, today I'm going to make you understand that this spot isn't for a little brat like you!"

Before he finished speaking, a violent aura suddenly erupted from Sun Rui's body!

The power of 99 calories of Qi and Blood was released without reservation.

He took a step forward, the floor trembled slightly, his right fist clenched tightly, his bones Qi Ming, and the wind from his punch howled, carrying a brutal and domineering force, aimed straight at Chen Fan's face!

In his view, this punch was enough to beat this arrogant brat half to death and teach him a lesson about his own limitations.

Lu Qing and Xiao Ran stood by and watched coldly, making no attempt to stop them.

They also felt that it was time to teach this person with connections a lesson they would never forget, to wake up those old guys at the school.