Killing Field Mouse Ranking, Fifth Place

The performance of the students in the elite class was being monitored by drones.

Principal Zhang, rubbing his thinning hair under the bright lights, chuckled.

"As expected, you need some real action to get these kids excited... but this isn't quite enough stimulation. Let's add some fuel to the fire."

With that, Principal Zhang issued a command to his smart watch.

"Send the real-time scores of each group to those kids below. Oh, and throw in a few highlight clips!"

Principal Zhang's smart watch flickered.

Soon.

"Beep."

"Beep beep."

The students below suddenly felt their communication devices vibrate.

Many of them pulled out their phones to check the messages.

"Holy crap!"

Xia Zhiqiu exclaimed.

"You guys gotta see this! The school actually made a rat-killing leaderboard!"

"Our group isn't even ranked first, we're only fifth!"

Hearing this.

The others also started checking.

Xia Zhiqiu clicked on a highlight video, about to share it with everyone.

Then he saw...

Xiao Qiyue, Mu Wanrou, Zhang Xuan, and even Su Ye, all had the latest model smartphones. Zhang Xuan was even showing off, summoning a light screen.

Xia Zhiqiu: "..."

Well, well, so he was the odd one out.

"A'Su, even you've switched to a smartphone. Can we still have fun together?"

Su Ye casually pulled Xia Zhiqiu over to watch the light screen in front of them together.

"This was issued by the Patrol Bureau. I wouldn't buy one myself, it's too expensive... But once you get into university and become a Transcendent, the school will naturally equip you with a smartphone too. I'm just a little ahead of the curve."

"That's right, once I become a Transcendent, I'll get a real smartphone too. This light screen is so cool, much bigger than a phone screen!"

Xia Zhiqiu quickly cheered up again, watching the light screen with Su Ye.

Just as Xia Zhiqiu had said, Su Ye's team had killed 17 field mice, ranking fifth among the ten groups.

The first-ranked group had already killed 32.

Xiao Qiyue spoke up to encourage them.

"We're behind for now, but that's because we spent time eating and waiting for the Luoluo beast meat to arrive."

"Now that we have everything we need, every time we use the Luoluo beast meat, it attracts quite a few field mice. We can harvest a lot in one go. If we do this two or three more times, I believe our ranking will definitely improve."

Mu Wanrou nodded in agreement.

"Qiyue is right. With the Luoluo beast meat, our efficiency in killing field mice is something no other team can match."

Zhang Xuan, however, couldn't help but frown.

"Have you guys watched those highlight videos?"

"Not yet, what's wrong?"

"Then I suggest you watch the first and third videos."

Zhang Xuan wouldn't say something without reason.

Everyone clicked on the videos and started watching.

The first video opened, and the protagonist was Meng Li.

Watching Meng Li shake the field mice out of the ground with a single punch, watching the iron rod in Meng Li's hand swing with great force.

Su Ye couldn't help but sigh.

Indeed, his strength was immense.

Shaking the field mice out of the ground like that, Su Ye didn't have that kind of power.

And the third video...

The person in the video was Shangguan Lin, the number one in martial arts from the original second class.

He had the same cultivation as Meng Li, Ninth Level of Kaiyuan.

What made Su Ye's expression change was... Shangguan Lin was holding a gleaming cold sword in his hand.

As his companion poured water into the field mouse hole, the moment a field mouse poked its head out, Shangguan Lin beheaded it with a single sword strike.

"Such a fast sword!"

Su Ye couldn't help but exclaim.

Xia Zhiqiu shook his head, "A'Su, that's too humble. Your saber skills are clearly not slow either."

"No, this is different."

Su Ye's saber techniques relied more on his own strength, speed, and agility.

But Shangguan Lin...

"That's because Shangguan Lin not only cultivates Basic Combat Technique but also a second martial skill, the Thousand Jun Sword Technique," Xiao Qiyue explained as she walked over.

Su Ye asked in confusion, "Sword techniques? Don't cultivators in the Kaiyuan realm only train combat skills?"

The Kaiyuan realm, as it was called, was about continuously tempering the body to allow it to contain more star energy from the world.

Generally speaking, practicing combat techniques allowed every muscle in the body to be trained.

Techniques like saber or sword arts were usually only practiced after entering the Transcendent realm.

Xiao Qiyue smiled slightly.

"The Shangguan family is a martial arts family, cultivating swords for generations. The Thousand Jun Sword Technique that Shangguan Lin is currently practicing is a martial skill specifically for the Kaiyuan realm. It not only tempers the body and cultivates the Thousand Jun Strength but also allows him to familiarize himself with sword techniques in advance. When he enters the Transcendent realm in the future, he can directly switch to cultivating the Shangguan family's advanced martial skill, the Kirin Sword."

"So that's how it is."

Su Ye and the others couldn't help but nod.

So there were sword techniques specifically for the Kaiyuan realm, which truly broadened their horizons.

Xia Zhiqiu couldn't help but sigh.

"No wonder Shangguan Lin's sword techniques are so fast."

"This is bad. With his sword techniques, if his teammates fully cooperate with him, won't they be able to kill field mice very quickly? If we don't speed up, we might not be able to catch up to them!"

This thought immediately instilled a sense of urgency in everyone.