Almost there, almost there!
As the iron gates opened, Xu Jie took a deep breath, calmed himself, and walked out onto the gladiatorial arena at the center of the field.
Very soon, he saw his opponent—a fourth-year student ranked one hundredth.
Since Xu Jie was fighting ranking battles, he naturally had to start from the very last-ranked contender. That was the rule.
Once the two stood facing each other on the arena, the school loudspeakers announced the start of the battle.
The fourth-year student first narrowed his eyes and examined Xu Jie, whose expression was cold to the extreme.
Then, putting on the airs of a senior student, he sneered and introduced himself.
"Xu Jie? I'm... urgh!"
Too much nonsense!
Before the fourth-year student could finish speaking, Xu Jie had already made the first move.
A flash of saber light streaked across the arena. The fourth-year student immediately clutched his throat, spraying blood as he dropped to his knees. His corpse then slammed onto the ground with a bang.
Throughout the entire process, Xu Jie's blood and qi power erupted for only an instant. There was not a single superfluous movement.
Like a seasoned assassin, he had slain his opponent in the blink of an eye.
It happened so quickly that most of the spectators could not even tell what Xu Jie's cultivation was!
The previously noisy viewing stands gradually fell silent. Everyone stared in disbelief at Xu Jie, standing motionless on the arena with a blank expression, as though he had merely slaughtered a chicken.
A veteran fourth-year student at Blood Moving Realm Layer 9 had died just like that?
They were shocked by Xu Jie's strength and methods, but even more shocked that he had actually dared to kill someone outright!
Every ranking battle at the school resulted in casualties!
But under most circumstances, it was because the fighting was too intense and the combatants could not properly hold back, accidentally killing or injuring their opponents.
Yet Xu Jie was clearly killing on purpose!
His combat power had crushed his opponent, yet he had still cut him down with a single saber stroke. The nature of the two was utterly different.
On the arena, after killing a fourth-year student, Xu Jie narrowed his eyes slightly.
Successfully killed Qian Liang (talent multiplier: 1), plundering 60 years of usable lifespan!
The lifespan plundered from killing people was different from that gained by killing demons and monsters?
What exactly was this talent multiplier?
Just as Xu Jie thought of this, a new prompt came from his Life-Slaughter System.
Notice! Among living beings, there are some with outstanding talent. After the host kills them, the host may plunder multiplied lifespan according to their talent rating!
So that was how it was...
Then if he killed one of those so-called prodigies among demons and monsters, could he also gain multiplied lifespan?
Interesting!
"System, put all of the lifespan into... Blood Burning Art!"
Right now, Xu Jie's most important task was to continue moving his blood and complete the ultimate limit of nine Blood Movings.
As for the newly acquired Profound-grade Saber Technique, there was no rush. He was about to slaughter his way through the ranking list, so he would have more lifespan than he knew what to do with!
Advanced Stance Art · Blood Burning Art (Mastery): Spending eight years, without any cultivation resources, you forcibly relied on the Blood Burning Art to complete your third Blood Moving. Your cultivation broke through to Blood Moving Realm Layer 12, yet you did not choose to break through to the Pulse Opening Realm and instead attempted to continue moving your blood. Advanced Stance Art · Blood Burning Art (Peak): In the twenty-fourth year, the difficulty of the fourth Blood Moving rose noticeably. Yet you never gave up, persevering diligently until, in the twenty-fourth year, you finally completed the fourth Blood Moving. After a full sixty years of arduous cultivation, limited by a lack of resources, you still failed to complete the fifth Blood Moving. But you knew that you were only one step away from the threshold of the fifth Blood Moving! Progress until next draw (135/500)!
Blood Moving Four Times!
After consuming sixty years of lifespan, Xu Jie had not only broken through to Blood Moving Realm Layer 12, but his number of Blood Movings had also reached four.
Four Blood Movings meant that his blood and qi power had surpassed that of a martial artist at the Blood Moving Realm peak under normal circumstances.
Blood and qi power represented a person's overall physical strength. With every additional Blood Moving, his combat power would surge by another level!
Xu Jie immediately forcefully suppressed the boiling blood within his body, as though nothing had happened.
He opened his eyes again and calmly looked toward the male instructor serving as referee below the arena.
"I want to continue challenging the student ranked ninety-seventh!"
As soon as Xu Jie said this, whispers gradually rose from the viewing stands.
Although everyone knew that Xu Jie was going to fight all ten ranking battles, judging by his current manner, could it be that he intended to keep killing people?
Xu Jie himself had no interest whatsoever in the discussions around him.
He merely watched the frowning referee below with indifference, waiting for his second opponent to take the stage.
The reason he challenged the student ranked ninety-seventh rather than the one ranked ninety-fifth was precisely so that he could kill someone!
If not for the restrictions of the ranking battle rules, Xu Jie would have even wanted to challenge them one by one, truly slaughtering his way through the entire ranking list.
Hearing this, the male referee frowned, took out his walkie-talkie, and said a few words. Only then did he solemnly warn him.
"Xu Jie, these people are all your schoolmates. Show some mercy when you strike, so you can still meet again in the future!"
"Oh? May I ask, are people not allowed to be killed in ranking battles?"
"..."
Seeing Xu Jie's utterly stubborn appearance, the male referee could only snort coldly and stop trying to persuade him.
Not long afterward, a fourth-year student with a rather grave expression walked out of the waiting room, sword in hand, and stood opposite Xu Jie.
"Xu Jie, I surrender. You win... urgh?"
Xu Jie turned a deaf ear to whatever the other man was saying. All he heard were the four words broadcast over the loudspeakers: "The battle begins."
Then he struck directly. Saber light flashed, and with overwhelming force and ghostlike speed, he beheaded that fourth-year student on the spot.
Successfully killed Zhou Tao (talent multiplier: 1), plundering 52 years of usable lifespan!
"System, use it on the Blood Burning Art!"
Advanced Stance Art · Blood Burning Art (Peak): After grinding away for three years, you completed the fifth Blood Moving. By the twentieth year, although you cultivated day after day, the sixth Blood Moving still never succeeded. After fifty-two years, you had still only moved your blood five times. Perhaps... choosing to break through to the Pulse Opening Realm now would offer better value. After so many years of bitter cultivation, you could not help but feel a trace of hesitation—should you continue moving your blood? Progress until next draw (187/500)!
On the arena, the two fallen corpses had stained nearly half the platform red. The scarlet blood was so glaring.
Male referee: "..."
Chu Mingyue: "..."
The Xu siblings: "..."
School leadership: "..."
Spectating students: "..."
In the stands around the field, many students could not help rising to their feet, their faces filled with disbelief and astonishment. They seemed never to have expected Xu Jie's methods to be so ruthless.
That fourth-year student had actually already said he wanted to surrender. He had merely been one step slower than the broadcast.
Yet Xu Jie had still chosen to strike, beheading him without the slightest hesitation!
This guy was a madman, wasn't he?!
Did he intend to keep killing like this all the way through?
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