Su Ye had no idea how excited Principal Zhang was in the monitoring room, or how stunned the other teachers were.
Right now, he was lost in the thrill of the slaughter.
Swish, swish, swish—
[Slaughter Value +5.4] [Slaughter Value +5.1] [Slaughter Value +3.1] [Slaughter Value +5.7]
Another field mouse fell.
Su Ye looked around. Apart from the field mouse corpses covering the ground, not a single one was left alive.
And this round's Slaughter Value...
It had risen by a full 119 points!
[Slaughter Value]: 212.3
He could add points twice more.
With his Basic Blade Technique improved, both the speed and efficiency of his killing had soared.
He could now kill far more field mice in the short interval between their waking up and fleeing.
"A'Su, you're a monster!"
Xia Zhiqiu bounded over and threw an arm around Su Ye's shoulders.
"Look! We've climbed another spot. We're third now!"
"And the video of you killing those field mice was picked as a highlight and pushed out to everyone. A'Su, you're famous!"
Su Ye glanced at Xia Zhiqiu's phone.
Sure enough, their group had moved up another place.
He also saw his video.
Hmm.
He looked pretty cool.
"There are only fifty people in the Elite Class. How famous could I get?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. A'Su, you don't get it. The Elite Class might have only fifty people, but they're all big names at Second High School. Who knows how many people are following what we do? I bet the slightest thing that happens here gets posted to the school Forum right away. So you're definitely famous across the school now."
Xia Zhiqiu grinned, proud of his friend's success.
How could he not be happy when his brother was famous?
Zhang Xuan walked over.
He waved the smart wristband in his hand.
The Light Screen showed Second High School's Forum.
Just as Xia Zhiqiu had said, someone had already reposted the video of Su Ye's frenzied slaughter there.
Countless people were lining up in the comments to worship him.
"Whoa, a legend!"
"Isn't that Su Ye from Class Seventeen? He's that fierce?!"
"Mom, come look at God!"
"I used to sit in front of Su Ye. Is it too late to ask him to take me under his wing?"
Su Ye's video shot to the top of the Forum, and the replies kept piling up.
Part of it was how thrilling the slaughter looked. The other part... was probably that good looks drew attention like nothing else.
Su Ye certainly looked better on camera than Meng Li and Shangguan Lin.
But Zhang Xuan wasn't interested in the adoring comments. He pointed at the person who had made the post.
"Xia Zhiqiu, the poster called 'Grandpa Xia is Super Fierce' is you, isn't it?"
While Su Ye and the others joked around,
the rest of the Elite Class saw the highlight the school had pushed out.
Watching Su Ye cut down field mice in a frenzy, one per strike, quite a few of them frowned.
Meng Li, ranked first in the Elite Class, leaned on his thick Iron Pillar and studied the video.
"What a fast blade. How come I've never heard of him before?"
Shangguan Lin, the swordsman of the Elite Class, watched Su Ye's blade technique with shining eyes.
"So someone else in the Elite Class is practicing a blade technique in the Kaiyuan Realm—and he's this skilled. If I get the chance, I have to spar with him."
On the other side, Liu Shanzhen burst out laughing as he watched Su Ye.
"I knew Student Su would make a name for himself. So he uses a blade, too. Good thing he didn't bring one out during our match on the Challenge Platform."
Otherwise, Liu Shanzhen might have lost even more badly.
At that moment, he actually felt a little relieved.
Whatever anyone else thought,
Su Ye burned another two hundred Slaughter Value and added points twice.
A flood of knowledge about Basic Blade Technique poured into his mind, deepening his command of it.
His proficiency tier, however, did not change. It remained at Mastery.
Su Ye wasn't surprised.
He simply cultivated in silence, quickly replenishing the Star Power he had spent and preparing for the next round of slaughter.
Killing field mice earned Slaughter Value far faster than working at the Golden Moon Seafood Restaurant.
Su Ye wanted to make every second count and earn as much Slaughter Value as he could.
Besides, killing field mice also came with cash prizes and ranking rewards.
He kept at it until evening.
Kill field mice... cultivate and recover... kill field mice... cultivate and recover...
The cycle went on and on.
They even had to replace the Luoluo Beast Meat twice after its scent faded.
Su Ye's Slaughter Value rose sharply once again.
[Slaughter Value]: 334.9
I can add points again!
[Burned 100 Slaughter Value. Basic Blade Technique proficiency +1] [Burned 100 Slaughter Value. Basic Blade Technique proficiency +1]
[Martial Skill]: Basic Blade Technique · Mastery → Perfection
After burning two hundred Slaughter Value, he had finally raised Basic Blade Technique to the next proficiency tier.
Counting the two times he had added points earlier,
that means it takes four additions to go from Mastery to Perfection.
One, two, four...
Su Ye began to see a pattern.
Does each proficiency increase take twice as many additions as the last?
If that's true, would it take eight additions to raise a Martial Skill from Perfection to the next tier?
Is there another proficiency tier after that? If there is... would sixteen more additions push it to the highest tier?
But by that reckoning, maxing out a Martial Skill would cost far more Slaughter Value than simply raising his Cultivation Level!
If that was really the case, and he only killed fish part-time at the Golden Moon Seafood Restaurant...
How long would it take him to max out all three Martial Skills and break through to the Extraordinary Realm?
Su Ye shook his head.
"Too slow."
Beside him, Xiao Qiyue looked over curiously.
"What's too slow? Our group's already climbed to second place. You're still not satisfied, Su Ye?"
"Uh, we could go a little faster. Let's do another round!"
"Another one?!"
Xia Zhiqiu let out a startled cry.
"A'Su, your stamina is ridiculous!"
Despite his words, everyone got up and opened the box of Luoluo Beast Meat again.
So they had to keep grinding.
They could handle that.
But...
When the drone transmitted footage of Su Ye's group back,
Principal Zhang, Lan Jingfei, and the others in the monitoring room shot to their feet.
"Basic Blade Technique at Perfection!!!"
"Perfection... in a single day?!"
Xiao Qiyue and the others hadn't noticed yet, but Principal Zhang's group had been watching Su Ye closely. They immediately saw that his blade technique had improved again.
The generous and wealthy Class Teacher of Class Six clutched his chest.
"Less than a day—from a complete beginner to Perfection. This Su Ye... he's a monster!"
This time, everyone around him nodded without thinking.
That was right.
He had to be a monster!
Otherwise, there had to be something wrong with their eyes.
No one could believe a person could train a Martial Skill to Perfection in less than a day.
After all... plenty of students entered university without bringing even one Martial Skill to Perfection.
Principal Zhang took a deep breath.
Then he stood up.
"No. I have to report this immediately!"
The talent Su Ye had shown was terrifying.
They had to report it and notify the Patrol Bureau. Once the higher-ups heard about someone like him, they would surely devote more resources to training him!
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