Black Horse

"What's this kid's background?" Several mentors were also observing the situation below from midair. A Purple-Robed Mentor stared at Lin Mu's retreating figure and could not help asking.

"Lin Mu, a student from Third High School. He seems to be a dark horse!" The man beside him pulled up some information and immediately replied.

"From Third High School? Interesting!" the Purple-Robed Mentor said.

His gaze turned toward the front.

"Do you think he can surpass those few?"

The man beside him shook his head slightly. "Probably not. Those people should be Li City's strongest young martial artists. With his current condition, surpassing them is almost impossible!"

The Purple-Robed Mentor nodded slightly. He knew very well that not only were those people immensely talented, their family backgrounds were far from ordinary.

More importantly, one of them possessed a special bloodline.

Such people were different from others from the moment they were born.

Their physical qualities in every aspect were naturally different as well.

If Lin Mu had known what he was thinking, he would definitely have been shocked.

Because he had never imagined that even bloodlines could differ from person to person.

If he had known this, he would have understood why some people in the Dragon Capital were Third-Order Martial Artists from birth and Seventh Tier Martial Artists by adulthood.

Such people had been different from ordinary people even in their mothers' wombs.

Lin Mu controlled his breathing as he continuously charged forward.

As he moved, the figures around him grew fewer and fewer.

Yet he discovered that several figures far ahead of him were still running at tremendous speed.

His heart stirred slightly.

He had thought that, with the system's help, his body would grow increasingly accustomed to the environment here and his speed would become faster and faster.

He should already have surpassed the vast majority of people.

Yet he had not expected that so many people would still be faster than him.

Moreover, he could sense that these people did not seem to be going all out.

Because only half the course had passed so far.

"Sure enough, the gap between people is still enormous!"

Lin Mu thought to himself.

He took a deep breath, and his steps quickened again.

By now, he had roughly adapted to this level of intensity, and his speed had already far surpassed that of the others.

But compared to those few ahead, he was still somewhat lacking.

Qian Mu was at least three or four kilometers ahead of him.

This also showed that those few were undoubtedly geniuses far more formidable than Qian Mu.

Time slowly passed. Another half hour went by, and Lin Mu stopped once more.

A system notification sounded at that moment.

"Completed Weighted Assault Training. Obtained 117 times efficiency."

Lin Mu immediately felt much lighter, and the blood qi in his body was noticeably fuller than before.

He took a deep breath and looked at the distant figures. Then his legs drove fiercely against the ground as he shot forward.

He was faster than before, and his breathing was steadier as well.

For a time, the distance between him and those people gradually closed.

When the mentors flying in the air saw this, their expressions visibly changed.

"He can still accelerate? What's going on with this guy?"

"What astonishing endurance. He can actually accelerate under such circumstances—his constitution is anything but ordinary!"

"Before, he was only a little faster than Qian Mu. Now he's at least a third faster! I'm starting to suspect he's been playing the pig to eat the tiger all along!"

"Very possible! With this kind of endurance, he can already compare with those few!"

"..."

They discussed among themselves.

Their attention toward Lin Mu had clearly increased.

Qian Mu also noticed Lin Mu accelerating once again, and his expression changed slightly.

His Blood Qi Value was clearly higher than Lin Mu's.

Yet in many respects, he was inferior to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu's figure continued moving forward, and his speed kept increasing.

About ten minutes later, he caught up with those people.

There were men and women among them. Without exception, the blood qi on each of them was exceedingly powerful.

The man at the very front had dark skin and a sturdy build. There was an exceptionally distinctive tattoo on his arm.

As he ran, the tattoo on his arm flickered with a faint glow, appearing and disappearing, while his entire aura resembled a primordial savage beast.

Lin Mu's expression changed noticeably.

He had not even felt such an aura from Qian Mu.

These people were definitely far from simple!

That dark-skinned man in particular was exceptionally extraordinary.

It seemed that they had noticed Lin Mu's figure, as several gazes turned toward him.

The leading man remained calm and did not pay him much attention.

But one person narrowed his eyes slightly, seeming to reveal a trace of hostility.

Lin Mu found it rather strange. He did not know this person at all, yet the other party was looking at him like that.

But he did not dwell on it, merely adjusting his breathing and continuing to run.

His current speed was slightly faster than theirs, but as they neared the final twenty kilometers, their speed gradually rose.

Before long, they were running level with Lin Mu, with signs of accelerating further.

"What a bunch of freaks!" Lin Mu thought to himself.

After running with them for another five kilometers or so, he stopped. A system notification followed.

"Completed Weighted Assault Training. Obtained 152 times efficiency."

Lin Mu let out a light breath, excitement gleaming in his eyes.

He had completely adapted to the weight on his body, and his Blood Qi Value was extremely abundant.

He wanted to see whether, in this state, he could surpass these geniuses.

His figure moved, and he launched into another assault run.

This time, he was much faster than before, and he continued accelerating.

Before long, he caught up with those people again.

And he kept closing in on them.

Some of them seemed to notice this and picked up their speed.

But they discovered that Lin Mu accelerated even faster.

Not long after, Lin Mu drew level with them. Then, after only a minute or two, he overtook them.

The dark-skinned man's expression changed somewhat.

He let out a roar, and streaks of blood-red light flashed across the tattoos on his body.

The blood qi around him grew even more vigorous.

He became like a Fierce Beast driven mad.

His figure charged forward, vaguely seeming as though he was about to overtake Lin Mu.

But he had not expected that just as he was about to reach Lin Mu's side—

Lin Mu accelerated once again.

He was far faster than the man. In the blink of an eye, he had thrown him dozens of meters behind.

And he maintained that speed as he sprinted toward the finish line.

When the mentors hovering in midair saw this, shock filled their eyes.

Those people were Li City's most outstanding geniuses.

Every one of them had a Blood Qi Value above 8.5.

Moreover, they had received excellent training since childhood and were strong in every aspect.

Especially the man at the front. He possessed the bloodline of the Barbarian Star Race and had been naturally far stronger than ordinary people, yet near the finish line, Lin Mu had overtaken him.

If they had not seen such a thing with their own eyes, they would never have dared believe it.

"Are you sure he's from Third High School? He isn't the descendant of some great lineage?"

"That's insane! Is he an electric motor or something? He can still accelerate!"

"Not simple. Being able to accelerate under such circumstances is absolutely not something an ordinary person can do."

"..."