Why won't you let me leave the city?

And now, Xu Jie precisely needed a legitimate reason for slaughter, to plunder usable lifespan to improve his martial arts realm, and opportunities for constant combat!

Even setting aside his parents' affairs and the Jiang Family's threats, if his strength wasn't enough, he might not even pass the Martial Department's assessment!

If he passed up such a good opportunity, then he wouldn't be Xu Jie!

"Xu Jie, be good, sigh... where are you going?"

Xu Jie completely ignored the anxious Chu Mingyue, turned, and with a cold face, headed to the armory to pick out some suitable equipment.

Seeing this, Chu Mingyue stomped her foot in anger. She still picked up her phone, preparing to report the matter and see the principal's attitude.

As a result, as soon as Chu Mingyue turned on her phone, she discovered that Xu Jie had sent her an encrypted document not long ago.

She clicked to view it. Inside was the cultivation method detailing the profound principles of the Demon Subduing Flame Blade, causing her heart to flutter slightly.

She had only mentioned it casually... and Xu Jie had actually sent over the profound principles?

In the assembly classroom for the ranked students.

This place gathered all the ranked students who remained at the school, numbering around fifty or so.

Each of them held a suitable weapon, displaying an eager attitude, ready to follow the instructor out of the city.

The person leading these students was a chief instructor, whose cultivation was in the Bone Forging Realm.

Just then, the chief instructor on the podium picked up his phone, glanced at a message, and his brow immediately furrowed.

The next moment, Xu Jie pushed the door open with his saber and walked in, standing in an empty spot with a blank expression.

Xu Jie's unexpected appearance naturally drew the attention of the other ranked students.

They clearly hadn't expected Xu Jie to show up. It seemed he was going out of the city with them?

Some of the bolder students couldn't help but whisper amongst themselves.

"Why is Xu Jie here?"

"Didn't the school notify everyone? The Martial Department sent an assessment team to Jincheng City specifically for Xu Jie. If he goes out of the city now, will the principal agree?"

"Who knows? If I were him, I definitely wouldn't go out of the city. If I can get resources while lying down, who would go out of their way to fight?"

"Sigh, can't compare! Who told him to be a prodigy, favored by everyone? I guess Xu Jie is just here to go through the motions. After all, he's ninth on the ranking. If he does absolutely nothing, it would be too embarrassing."

"Tch, what prodigy or not! Whether it's a horse or a mule, we'll only know when we go out of the city. What's the use of pretending? In the end, won't the instructor just advise him, and he'll go back to his dorm?"

The chief instructor on the podium heard the students' idle chatter below.

His expression slightly darkened. He swept his gaze coldly over everyone, causing the classroom to fall silent.

Afterward, the chief instructor looked at Xu Jie. After a moment of hesitation, he still said softly.

"Xu Jie, you should go back! This is not a war you should be involved in!"

As soon as he said this, the students on the ranking list showed expressions of "just as expected" and glanced at Xu Jie with a hint of disdain.

If their predictions were correct, Xu Jie, having been given an out, would surely "take the advice" and leave the classroom, returning to be a turtle in its shell.

Xu Jie then glanced at the chief instructor, he simply shook his head slightly, expressing his stance.

"Xu Jie! This is the principal's order!"

"The principal also ordered that all ranked students go out of the city to meet the enemy!"

"You..."

Just as Xu Jie and the chief instructor were arguing, a young man standing at the very front of the classroom frowned and impatiently spoke to Xu Jie with dissatisfaction.

"Xu Jie, enough! Stop pretending!"

Xu Jie turned his head to look at the other person in confusion, recognizing the speaker as the second-ranked genius, named Li Ling.

Li Ling's tone was impatient, laced with a condescending mockery.

"Everyone isn't stupid. We know you don't want to risk going out of the city. You've pretended enough, stop..."

Xu Jie, already annoyed, was just looking for someone to cause trouble.

Before Li Ling could finish speaking, Xu Jie flashed and casually swung his saber, effortlessly sending Li Ling flying.

If Xu Jie hadn't deliberately held back, using only one-tenth of his strength, that saber strike could have instantly killed Li Ling.

Seeing this, the students in the classroom were stunned.

First, they hadn't expected Xu Jie to dare to act so audaciously with the chief instructor present.

Secondly, the strength Xu Jie displayed also shocked them!

Li Ling, as the second-ranked student, second only to the first, was a genuine fifth-stage Blood Moving Martial Artist.

In the end, Xu Jie, with a mere casual saber strike, had easily crippled Li Ling's combat ability.

Even more terrifying was that Xu Jie hadn't even erupted with vital energy when he made his move. He could have instantly killed Li Ling purely with his physical strength.

Doesn't this mean...

Xu Jie, in his second year, already possessed the strength to crush everyone on the ranking list?

"Xu Jie, what are you doing!"

Xu Jie didn't even look as Li Ling slowly got up not far away, his face extremely ugly, but he didn't dare to say another word.

Instead, he looked at the frowning, displeased Chief Instructor and said indifferently, "My strength is unmatched among the students! If I don't go, who else is qualified to go? If these trash can go out of the city to meet the enemy, why can't I!"

"..."

Although what he said was crude, it was not unreasonable. Xu Jie's strength was indeed astonishing, and his combat power was heaven-defying.

However, with that single sentence, he directly offended all the ranked students, fully displaying his arrogant and self-important personality.

Xu Jie had always been like this!

He disdained the weak, but he wouldn't deliberately bully them.

He simply disdained them, and he would express it nakedly, not bothering to hide it.

The Chief Instructor heard this and exchanged a deep glance with Xu Jie. Just as he was hesitating, Chu Mingyue pushed the door open and walked in.

She first glanced at Xu Jie, who stood there with his saber, and then said to the Chief Instructor in a deep voice.

"The principal has agreed to let Xu Jie go out of the city! I will lead him out to meet the enemy!"

It had always been the rule for instructors to lead students out of the city to defend against beast tides.

The Martial Arts University was affiliated with the Martial Department and was not under military jurisdiction. Although the university students had to engage in battle, it did not mean they were directly commanded by the military.

They could help, they could cooperate, but they could not lose their autonomy!

Chu Mingyue's direct class was in their sophomore year, and she didn't have any team-leading missions. She could just go out of the city with the other instructors.

Since Xu Jie insisted on going out of the city, Chu Mingyue took on the task of protecting Xu Jie and leading him out to defend against the beast tide in her capacity as an instructor.

The Chief Instructor breathed a sigh of relief, nodded in agreement with Chu Mingyue's statement, and instructed Xu Jie.

"Xu Jie, once you're out of the city, you will obey all your instructor's arrangements. Do not act rashly or willfully, understand?"

Xu Jie looked speechlessly at Chu Mingyue, who had walked over and stood beside him.

This woman's demeanor, like a parent taking a child along, made him feel that this trip to kill demons would be a bit troublesome.