Ranking Battle!

Arriving at the door of his dorm room, Xu Jie narrowed his eyes, a glint of cold light flashing through them.

The door was open!

That proved someone had come in!

Or rather, the person who had entered his dorm had not left yet?

Xu Jie slowly pulled his hands from his pockets, pushed open the door, and walked into his single dorm room.

He swept his gaze over the wrecked room and, after confirming there was no one inside, walked over to the bed.

The method had been highly professional!

And utterly unscrupulous—brazen and undisguised!

It was not a burglar or thief. They had come for his father's relics!

The Xu siblings?

At this moment, every relic Xu Jie's father had left him had vanished from the dorm room. Nearly every corner of the room had been searched.

And the only people capable of doing this, daring to do this, and having the motive to do this were the Xu siblings. Xu Jie could not think of anyone else.

Xu Jie's expression darkened. He had always been thinking about the ordinary combat saber his father had left him, suspecting that the so-called treasure was that saber.

Damn it!

Just as the enraged Xu Jie was about to leave the dorm and cripple the Xu siblings outright—

His peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a note on the desk.

Picking up the note, he found only a short message, yet every word carried a threatening undertone.

"Xu Jie, you have one day to hand over the treasure left by your damned dead father. Otherwise, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

"Heh heh!"

Could it be that the Xu siblings had not gotten the treasure they wanted?

Had he guessed wrong?

The so-called treasure was not the saber his father had left behind!

Then what was it...

After pondering for a long while, Xu Jie ultimately gave an indifferent chuckle and casually tossed away the note.

He plugged his dead phone into its charger, turned it on, and inserted the crystal chip Chu Mingyue had given him.

Treasure or no treasure, it did not matter!

His greatest treasure was the Life-Sacrifice System. No one could take it from him.

There were countless treasures in this world, and in the Outer Regions they were as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river. Was he supposed to want every single one?

Since the Xu siblings had not found his father's treasure, that meant it simply did not exist!

Xu Jie had always been this way. If there was something good, he enjoyed it immediately. If there was not, then there was not!

What did a real man have to be anxious over gains and losses for?

As for the Xu siblings, they were already dead men in Xu Jie's eyes!

Why bother competing with the dead?

"Demon Subduing Flame Blade: Profound Grade High Rank!"

The martial skill Chu Mingyue had given Xu Jie was a Profound Grade High Rank martial skill, more than one level above the basic Yellow Grade Mid Rank Demon-Breaking Saber Art.

At this point, Xu Jie could not be bothered to think about Chu Mingyue anymore and directly began cultivating this martial skill.

Host: Xu Jie

Martial Realm: Blood Moving Realm Layer 11 (Peak Rank One)

Lifespan: One year

Available Lifespan: 0

Martial Arts: 1. Basic Stance Training (Perfect), 2. Advanced Stance Training · Blood Burning Art (Major Accomplishment), 3. Yi Jin Duan Gu Scripture (Unable to Begin)

Martial Skills: 1. Demon-Breaking Saber Art (Perfect), 2. Demon Subduing Flame Blade (Beginner)

Progress until next draw (75/500)!

Xu Jie swiftly brought his newly acquired martial skill to the beginner stage. Looking at the empty number under available lifespan on his status panel, he desperately wanted to kill someone and seize their life.

This was one of only two practical combat situations in Martial Arts University where he could kill without restraint. The other was the practical combat test.

Without killing, where would he get the lifespan needed to increase his strength?

The school's punishment of making him fight ten ranking battles had truly hit the nail on the head.

In his previous life, Xu Jie had been an executioner who killed as easily as breathing, the kind who felt uncomfortable all over if he went a day without killing.

If most people killed only after becoming angry, then Xu Jie became angry if he did not kill!

Moreover, that dog pair, the Xu siblings, were still on the rankings. Xu Jie had long been unable to wait to personally cut down those two pieces of trash.

As far as he knew, challengers in Martial Arts University ranking battles could voluntarily initiate a Death Match, while the challenged party could neither surrender nor evade it.

Xu Jie knew every rule regarding ranking battles like the back of his hand. He was already rubbing his fists and itching to make a move.

Just then, a harsh burst of static rang out from the loudspeakers in the dormitory corridors, the university teaching buildings, the athletic field, and every corner of the campus.

"Now broadcasting an announcement! Student Xu Jie of Second-Year Class Three has seriously violated school rules and discipline. After careful consideration, the school has decided to punish student Xu Jie!"

"At ten tomorrow morning, all classes for the entire school will be suspended, and ranking battles will be forcibly initiated. Student Xu Jie must complete ten ranking battles, or he will be advised by the school to withdraw!"

"Repeating the announcement..."

Across the campus, the students who heard the broadcast were all stunned.

In disbelief, they gathered in small groups of three or five, discussing the school's punishment for Xu Jie.

"Xu Jie has to fight ten ranking battles? Hiss, that's a dead end with no way out!"

"The weakest seniors on the rankings are still veteran Blood Moving Realm Layer 9 martial artists. And unlike us, those seniors have gone through school-organized internships, taken part in wilderness slaughter, and some are even trainee mercenaries already!"

"If he fights ten in a row... doesn't that mean Xu Jie will at least reach the top seventy? The seniors within the top seventy are all at the peak of the Blood Moving Realm!"

"That's right! Under the rules of ranking battles, challengers can challenge opponents three to five places above them at most. Even if Xu Jie challenges someone only three ranks higher every time, he'll still end up fighting the seventieth-ranked student!"

"Top seventy? I say Xu Jie will lose after three matches at most! Can the seniors on the rankings be compared to someone like Zhao Tianyu, who only just broke through to Blood Moving Realm Layer 9? We're students. Those people are monsters!"

"That's right. Between people of the same realm, the difference in blood and qi is not huge. What matters is experience, mentality, methods, and so on. The rankings are fiercely competitive. To climb them, you need at least one martial skill worth showing off. Even if Xu Jie has Profound Grade martial arts, he can't master them in such a short time!"

"Heh heh, no classes tomorrow, and we can watch Xu Jie get crippled. I'm really looking forward to it!"

Inside the Xu siblings' dorm room.

The two lay naked together, the bed frame creaking and groaning.

Only after everything had ended did the flushed Xu Shishi lie atop Xu Ming's chest and laugh lazily.

"Brother, this move of yours is really amazing! With just a little maneuvering, you can force that dog Xu Jie to his death!"

"It wasn't me who was amazing."

Xu Ming stroked Xu Shishi's smooth, fair back and explained calmly.

"Our father was the amazing one! He used the Lineage's influence to pressure the school, forcing them to severely punish Xu Jie!"

"Then this time... can we guarantee Xu Jie will die? Should I withdraw from the rankings, and then..."

"No need!"

Xu Ming wore an expression of victory already in his grasp as he said meaningfully.

"Don't worry. I've already arranged everything. Tomorrow, we only need to watch Xu Jie die!"