Abyss Church

"Peak Pure Strength: 698 kilograms. Average Strength: 695 kilograms!"

The Strength Tester's results were displayed plainly before everyone's eyes. They had no choice but to accept reality.

Zhao Qiankun believed it this time as well. Qi and blood tests might occasionally be inaccurate, but strength could not be faked.

So he did not suspect the Strength Tester had malfunctioned. After all, so many people had used it before Chen Mo. There was no reason for it to break down only when Chen Mo took the test, was there?

"Chen Mo, there was no falsification in your strength. Your result is valid. However, to convince the other students, I still need to inspect the Strength Tester."

Zhao Qiankun did this to dispel the students' suspicions toward Chen Mo. If he skipped this step, they would still harbor doubts about Chen Mo's results.

That could affect Chen Mo in the future. Especially if some particularly jealous students spread rumors, the consequences would be even more serious.

As their homeroom teacher, Zhao Qiankun knew his students' personalities very well.

"Alright, Teacher!"

Chen Mo understood Zhao Qiankun's intentions as well.

He did not want to put Zhao Qiankun in a difficult position either. If Zhao Qiankun did not inspect the Strength Tester, it would inevitably give people something to talk about.

If rumors spread that a teacher was shielding a student, it would reflect badly on both of them.

Since Zhao Qiankun had already said so much, the other students naturally said nothing.

No one wanted to offend a teacher in front of one, and they had no excuse to question him.

Even Song Hao did not dare step forward and target Chen Mo.

Because Zhao Qiankun was an extremely fair man. He would not take Song Hao's side just to slander and target Chen Mo.

Everyone watched Zhao Qiankun conduct the inspection. He cleared the space and performed the routine checks.

After finishing, he casually threw several punches at the Strength Tester. The numbers on the display spun wildly.

"Peak: 5,687 kilograms. Average Strength: 5,656 kilograms!"

At those numbers, every student sucked in a sharp breath.

This was the strength of a Martial Artist—and it was only the strength Zhao Qiankun had casually thrown out!

This time, everyone had witnessed the gap between Martial Apprentices and Martial Artists.

The difference in their strength was nearly tenfold!

Chen Mo finally understood that the rule forbidding anyone below the Martial Artist rank from leaving the city was no empty phrase. It was the plain truth.

This also indirectly proved one thing: the Fierce Beasts outside the city were extremely dangerous. An explosive strike carrying several thousand kilograms of force was not something a Martial Apprentice could handle.

Preventing those below the Martial Artist rank from leaving the city really was meant to protect them.

Chen Mo silently calculated his own strength. With his perfected Basic Saber Technique, he could at most unleash twice his own strength.

In other words, his strongest strike would not exceed 1,400 kilograms.

He was still very weak.

Zhao Qiankun was a Seventh-grade Martial Artist. With a full-power strike, he would definitely exceed ten thousand kilograms—ten tons of force.

Chen Mo's current strength was not even one-tenth of Zhao Qiankun's!

Seeing the stunned looks in everyone's eyes, Zhao Qiankun was very satisfied.

"Alright! I've inspected it. There is nothing wrong with the Strength Tester. In other words, Chen Mo did not cheat!"

"As for why Chen Mo's qi and blood rose so quickly, that is every person's own opportunity. Some people suddenly gain enlightenment, their comprehension improves, their Stance Training reaches Major Accomplishment, and their efficiency in absorbing the energy in Qi and Blood Pills and Fierce Beast Meat increases."

"Besides, when qi and blood is below 70, it can increase quickly. If someone has gained enlightenment, then this is entirely possible!"

"As for anything else, certain heavenly treasures can also rapidly increase qi and blood. But such things can only be encountered by chance, never sought after. Even children of great families may not possess them."

"Someone like Chen Mo would not have the luck to obtain a heavenly treasure. You all know that if one appeared, the whole of Jiangbei City would be thrown into an uproar."

"And your teachers should have told you in cultural studies that heavenly treasures can only produce their greatest effect after being refined into pills. Swallowing them directly would be like throwing away pearls before swine."

Zhao Qiankun knew Chen Mo's situation very well. A few days ago, Chen Mo had taken leave because of an accident, so he had no opportunity to acquire any treasure.

He said all this to clear Chen Mo's name and explain that Chen Mo's qi and blood had not risen so quickly because he had consumed some heavenly treasure.

"Teacher, Chen Mo really did gain enlightenment. I saw it with my own eyes." Jiang Tao hurriedly stepped forward to testify for Chen Mo.

"That Saturday, Chen Mo and I went to the martial arts gym to train together. Chen Mo used only one day to take the Basic Saber Technique from Minor Accomplishment to perfection!"

"Gasp!"

Everyone was shocked again!

Many people could not believe it. If that were true, then Chen Mo's comprehension was simply heaven-defying!

"That's impossible!" Song Hao did not believe it at all. If Chen Mo possessed such terrifying comprehension, then what did that make him, this so-called genius?

"If that's really true, then what have all these years of our training amounted to? Does that mean we're all useless?"

"Jiang Tao, stop making excuses for Chen Mo. His qi and blood soared so quickly because he definitely took banned drugs!"

"Chen Mo, answer honestly. When you took leave last week, did you come into contact with an Abyss Cultist?"

At the mention of Abyss Cultists, everyone revealed expressions of fear and disgust.

Zhao Qiankun frowned even more deeply.

Abyss Cultists were members of the Abyss Cult. The Abyss Church was an anti-human evil organization that worshipped the God of the Abyss and took the extermination of humanity as its mission.

Their doctrine was to let the Abyssal Fierce Beasts rule Blue Star and wipe out all humanity.

They took pride in becoming part of the Abyss, wildly destroyed human cities, committed every imaginable evil, and frantically conducted Human Experiments.

They were utterly deranged.

The Beast Tide five years ago had been possible only because Abyss Cultists had collaborated from within and without, allowing Fierce Beasts to enter Jiangbei City and causing the deaths of countless ordinary people.

The power Abyss Cultists obtained was the result of their experiments.

Abyss Cultists were Martial Artists fused with Fierce Beasts, also known as Beast Warriors.

These Beast Warriors grafted Fierce Beast genes onto themselves, rapidly gaining power. In battle, they could even transform into Fierce Beasts, and their Combat Power surpassed that of ordinary Fierce Beasts.

However, such Beast Warriors had many flaws.

First, to break through to higher realms, they needed to fuse with more—and more powerful—Fierce Beasts. The result was that their beastly nature became difficult to suppress, and they needed slaughter to relieve it.

Those who could not suppress it would completely become Fierce Beasts, knowing nothing but killing.

Second, their comprehension did not improve much. Most Beast Warriors relied on their powerful physiques to fight, and in battle, they were prone to madness and losing control.

Once they went mad, their power greatly increased. At the same realm, they could fight opponents two or three minor realms above them.

Therefore, dealing with one Beast Warrior required two or three Martial Artists of the same realm, or one Martial Artist three minor realms higher, in order to avoid any accidents.

Even with so many flaws, it could not stop people's thirst for power. Thus, quite a few were bewitched by Abyss Cultists and threw themselves into their embrace.

In truth, ordinary people were nothing more than their experimental materials.

An anti-human organization was condemned by all. No normal person would look favorably upon these Abyss Cultists.