China, within Super God Academy.
After the spar with Leina ended yesterday evening, everyone in Super Soldier Company had acknowledged Jiang Ming as their teacher. After all, with such an insanely awesome teacher, they could learn some real skills! For Ge Xiaolun, Zhao Xin, and Cheng Yaowen, an entirely different kind of teacher had finally arrived. At last, they would not have to spend every day running and jumping from high altitudes.
Especially Zhao Xin and Ge Xiaolun, those two losers. They had already begun looking forward to Jiang Ming's upcoming lessons. Zhao Xin in particular had started imagining himself before a crowd of beautiful girls: long hair flowing, clad in Black Armor, astride a white horse, spear held proudly in hand. With one thrust, spear energy would surge forth, terrifying every enemy and instantly capturing the hearts of countless goddesses. From then on, he would rise to the pinnacle of life.
Ge Xiaolun was also thinking to himself, Damn, I finally won't have to keep getting beaten up. I can finally learn attack skills. Getting beaten up all the time really damages my tall and mighty image, especially in front of my goddess, Qiang Wei. It's just too humiliating.
As for Qi Lin, after the sparring match, Jiang Ming had gone to talk with her. At first, he had intended to teach her a lightness skill, so that if she was discovered by an enemy while using her sniper rifle, she could use it to quickly escape and find a new opportunity to fight. But then he remembered that this world had no spiritual energy, leaving him dumbfounded. He could only set the matter aside for now and see later whether he could use the system to modify the technique, replacing spiritual energy with directly absorbed Dark Energy. It might not be as good as the original, but having something was better than having nothing. If it worked, he could teach these people some special techniques to help them face the Taotie in the future.
When Qi Lin heard Jiang Ming say that she had missed the best period for cultivation and would be unable to train even if he taught her a technique, she felt somewhat disappointed. After all, every Chinese person had a martial arts dream. But after hearing that and accepting reality, she decided to let Jiang Ming off. She also knew these things had to be practiced from childhood.
But she and he had grown up together, and later became close friends who told each other everything. Yet he had never told her that he knew martial arts, hiding it from her for so many years. He truly deserved a beating. Back when she was at the police station, whenever they encountered dangerous missions, she had always rushed ahead alone and constantly worried about his safety. Yet it turned out he had been playing the pig to eat the tiger all along. It was infuriating!
Thus, time quietly passed, bringing Jiang Ming's first day as a teacher at Super God Academy.
Jiang Ming had originally thought that as a teacher, he would at least not need to train alongside Ge Xiaolun and the others, jump out of planes with them, or run along the Great Wall with them. Yet Leina rejected that idea, saying that as a teacher, he should lead by example. Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming grew suspicious of Leina's intentions. He suspected she was taking revenge for the sword stab he had given her.
"Get the hell out there, you bears... Move!"
"Execute decisively, move quickly!"
The first task in the morning was high-altitude parachuting. It was still a bare jump from several thousand meters up, without any equipment. It was absolutely insane.
"Ge Xiaolun, Zhao Xin, Cheng Yaowen, hurry up! Stop dawdling..."
"Ge Xiaolun, why aren't you moving? What are you dawdling for? Can't you see Qiang Wei is more decisive than you?"
As for you, Jiang Ming...
Jiang Ming said he did not need to do it. Without waiting for Leina to react, he directly activated his lightness skill. Protective energy spread around his body as he casually walked down through the air as though strolling through a courtyard. In truth, Jiang Ming knew that even if he simply fell, nothing would happen to him. After all, his body-tempering skills were no joke. More importantly, though, it looked cool.
"Damn, Xiao Lun, look at Ming-ge... Now that's what a true master looks like. Unlike us..." Zhao Xin watched Jiang Ming walk through the air, and it was simply too cool. Even Qiang Wei was staring at him in a daze, wasn't she?
"Holy crap, that's one hell of a flex. Cool as hell..." Liu Chuang spoke in his northeastern accent, looking at Jiang Ming with envy. He wanted to be like Jiang Ming too. Though he had come from a hooligan background, it had not been by choice. If he had such abilities, why would he still be a hooligan? He would have become some chivalrous hero robbing the rich to help the poor and saving people from suffering long ago. Though the result might still be frequent visits to the police station, the meaning would be entirely different!
"Alright, alright, stop dawdling... Hurry up and move on to the next item: fifty thousand meters along the Great Wall..."
"...Black Great Wall... Run..."
"Super Soldier Company, super soldiers carrying the God River Gene. The universe was born 13.8 billion years ago. The kind civilizations have long been linked by fate, and they will pass down the Super Gene needed to fight evil civilizations..."
"And you are the super soldiers who will fight evil civilizations..."
And so, the entire morning passed in the course of that fifty-thousand-meter run. Though they had already been running for many days, everyone persevered, and their times kept getting shorter.
At lunchtime, everyone staggered into the cafeteria exhausted. Only Jiang Ming showed no trace of fatigue, not even a bead of sweat.
"Master... Master, that spot... that spot."
"Damn, I'm exhausted. Fifty thousand meters... Back then, I wouldn't even have dared imagine it. Right, Xiao Lun, Yao Wen?"
"I think everyone's pretty impressive."
"Qi Lin, over here." Jiang Ming called out to Qi Lin, who was carrying her meal tray, motioning for her to come sit with him. He could not be bothered with Ge Xiaolun and those losers. Their wives were assigned according to need, personally designated by Angel King Keisha. Their looks, figures, strength, and wisdom were unparalleled in the universe, and even their dowries were beyond comparison. They did not need to work hard at all; they could directly reach the pinnacle. Unlike him, who was still a transmigrator and had worked hard for so many years without even establishing a relationship, reaching first base, second base, or even third base. What a miserable life!
"Ming-ge really is amazing. Look, he's awesome in training, and after meals, he has a goddess keeping him company. Unlike us, we can't compare." Zhao Xin teased Jiang Ming and Qi Lin with an envious look.
Jiang Ming smiled strangely when he heard that. He snapped an iron spoon in half with one hand, then looked suspiciously at Zhao Xin. "Zhao Xin, I'll take good care of you during this afternoon's training. Don't even think about backing out."
"Ah, no, Ming-ge..."
"Zhao Xin, what are you afraid of? Fight him. Goddess, I've got your back."
Upon hearing that, Zhao Xin hurriedly ran to Leina's side and hugged her leg. "Na-jie, you have to protect me! I haven't even married yet. I'm the Zhao family's only descendant for nine generations."
"Haha... Haha!"
"Xin-ye, don't chicken out. Just do it!" Liu Chuang quickly fanned the flames from the side.
"Who's chickening out? Who do you think Xin-ye is? I'm Ancestral Lightning Flash, and my ancestor was Zhao Yun! Would I be scared?" Zhao Xin forced himself to sound tough as he replied.
"That's good. After all, I prefer watching my opponents struggle on the verge of death. If you surrender without fighting, I won't be able to bring myself to strike you dead." Jiang Ming looked at Zhao Xin with a wicked grin, as if those words had not come from him at all.
"Ah..."
"Haha..." Seeing this, Leina could not help bursting into laughter.
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