Flying Ship

Thick waves of Origin Force emanated from the burly man, his terrifying aura distorting the very space around him and causing it to ripple.

"That is Lei Kai, the Vice Principal who manages our East Campus," Ling Fei said from the side, his eyes burning with the pursuit of great strength as he looked at Lei Kai.

"Rumor has it that the vice principals in this school are all Eighth-Order Intermediate Martial Venerables, while we haven't even reached the First-Order," Mu Qing said with a bitter smile.

This was his first time seeing the school's vice principal. The strongest person he had seen before was his class instructor, whose strength was equally terrifying—a Low-level Martial Venerable!

Every stage of improvement in Bloodline Power grants a person immense strength.

Among these, the First to Third Orders are Martial Practitioners, the Fourth to Sixth Orders are Martial Masters, and the Seventh to Ninth Orders are Martial Venerables.

It can be said that Martial Venerables are currently very powerful existences among humanity.

Only the top student classes in Senior Year are taught by Seventh-Order Low-level Martial Venerable instructors, while the regular Senior Year classes are taught by instructors with the strength of Sixth-Order Top-tier Martial Masters.

The other students in the Training Ground stopped their chatter after Lei Kai appeared, almost everyone looking up at him in mid-air with expressions of worship.

He stood steadily in the air, his feet treading on nothingness, his individual aura suppressing thousands of students with a heavy weight.

To be able to fly without relying on a hovercar is an ability that only a powerful Martial Venerable can achieve!

And Lei Kai, possessing the strength of an Eighth-Order Intermediate Martial Venerable, could naturally tread on the void with ease.

Lei Kai's gaze was like lightning, sweeping across the students. When he passed over Mu Qing, he paused for a moment, observing him carefully before shifting his gaze away.

As Vice Principal, besides leading all the Senior Year students to the mock exam, he had another task: to observe Mu Qing's performance.

The school leadership took the Mummified Corpse Incident very seriously. Although Mu Qing's suspicion had lessened for the moment, it was better to investigate it thoroughly.

"All students, board the flying ship! We are about to head to the mock exam location, West Lake Center!"

Lei Kai shouted loudly.

Following his command, a massive flying ship slowly approached from the distance behind him. The size of the craft covered more than half the Training Ground, resembling a terrifying beast of the sky, its body shimmering with a black metallic luster and flickering streams of light.

This flying ship was a large transport vessel. Although it lacked any combat capability, its construction cost was astronomical; West Lake High School only possessed five in total.

As the flying ship descended onto the Training Ground, a blast of air surged outward, blowing through the surroundings like a gale.

"Ah!"

Several girls screamed as their skirts were blown upward, their cheeks turning pink, while the boys nearby feasted their eyes and chuckled.

"What a massive flying ship." Mu Qing looked at the vessel not far away, feeling as small as an ant in comparison.

"This is just a flying ship meant for transport, with no combat power. Rumor has it that true Combat Warships require massive amounts of Origin Force to support them, and the power they unleash is truly astonishing," Ling Fei remarked with a sigh.

"You little brats! Stop shouting! Get over here!"

Lei Kai flashed through the air, arriving beneath the flying ship as if teleporting, and barked at the students who were still standing there in a daze.

The crowd snapped out of it and hurriedly ran toward the ship.

The boarding entrance of the flying ship was equally massive, so there was no fear of crowding. The three thousand-plus students were all inside the craft in less than half an hour.

After arranging seats for all the students, Lei Kai headed alone to the cockpit of the flying ship.

The cockpit was quite large. Although it was called a cockpit, this large flying ship flew automatically; one only needed to set the route.

Inside the cockpit, over a dozen people were already present. Each of them exuded a powerful aura from their bodies; they were clearly formidable Martial Practitioners.

If Mu Qing and the others were here, they would discover that their teachers were among this group. The others were also teachers; it seemed the entire faculty of the East Campus had gathered together.

Among them, four were Low-level Martial Venerable instructors who led the four top student classes, while the remaining nine were all High-level Martial Masters who served as instructors for the regular students.

"Well? Have you figured anything out?" Lei Kai asked with a heavy expression after entering the cockpit.

One instructor shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If even you, an Eighth-Order Intermediate Martial Venerable, can't figure out what's going on, how could we, a group of Seventh and Sixth-Order people, possibly see it?"

"That's right. The information we can gather from this video is far too little, and since we weren't there, we can't find any clues," another instructor said, shaking his head with a furrowed brow, feeling that the situation was thorny.

A light screen hovered among the teachers, playing the exact video that Ling Fei had seen at the Student Council.

On the screen, a top student from West Lake High School was walking down the road when the light in his eyes gradually faded. Without warning, he collapsed and fell to the ground.

The surrounding students gasped, and before they could react, the body of the unconscious student withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if some invisible, terrifying entity were draining his blood.

A few seconds later, the student had turned into a mummified corpse.

The video paused, then played again from the beginning.

In the few minutes of the video, this group of teachers had watched it countless times, yet they still hadn't discovered any anomalies.

"The only thing we can be sure of now is that the so-called killer seems to be targeting top students," said an instructor with the strength of a Seventh-Order Low-level Martial Venerable.

"Or rather, the killer is mainly targeting students at the Blood Qi Fifth Rank. Perhaps to that killer, only students at the Blood Qi Fifth Rank can be killed silently and drained of their blood. If they were to strike at us teachers, they would likely expose themselves."

Another Seventh-Order instructor spoke, deducing more information. He speculated that the reason the killer didn't target them was perhaps because the killer's strength was inferior to theirs.

Yet, by only preying on weak students, the killer could act silently, to the point where even powerful vice principals couldn't detect the situation.

"That makes sense." After a moment of contemplation, Lei Kai nodded and said, "This time, not only those of you present, but the other three campuses will also be observing in secret, attempting to uncover the killer during the mock exam. Even the Principal will make an appearance."

It turned out that the mock exam being moved forward wasn't entirely because of Mu Qing.

Once the mock exam began, all Senior Year students would be gathered together. All the teachers, the four vice principals, and even the Principal—who was rumored to have reached the level of a Top-tier Martial Venerable—would be observing from the shadows.

One must know that even the weakest teacher had a Sixth-Order cultivation, and the strongest, the vice principals, possessed Eighth-Order strength. Under the Mental Power observation of all of them, every action taken by the students during the mock exam would be crystal clear.

If the culprit were to target the students, they would know immediately, and the terrifyingly powerful Vice Principal would rush over at once.

They did not believe that the culprit could hide from them right under their noses.

"I am only worried that the culprit knows our intentions and will not strike during this Mock Exam," an elderly man sighed.

He was also a teacher with Seventh-Order strength!

"The Mock Exam lasts for three days. Even if the culprit does not strike, we can guarantee the safety of all Senior Year students during these three days," another Seventh-Order teacher said; he was the teacher of Mu Qing's class.

"It is laughable. With so many powerhouses at West Lake High School, we still do not even know what the culprit looks like, or even if it is a human at all. It might even be the work of an unknown Fierce Beast," the elderly teacher sighed, feeling a sense of frustration.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around felt a jolt in their hearts.

Indeed, the ability to silently drain a person's blood until they were completely dried up did not seem like something a human would do.

Of course, it could not be completely ruled out that it was not a human. After all, humans cultivate bloodlines, and the Blood Spirits they awaken are strange and varied; perhaps some kind of Blood Spirit possesses such a terrifying ability.

"What about that student named Mu Qing? Lei Kai, have you investigated him?" Suddenly, the elderly teacher changed the subject and asked Lei Kai.

"I have probed that person, Mu Qing, with my Mental Power, and he is a bit strange..." Lei Kai pondered, then turned to the teacher of Mu Qing's class and asked, "When was the last time you recorded his cultivation level?"

Senior Year teachers basically do not need to teach much; they only help students resolve their doubts when they take the initiative to ask about cultivation problems. Usually, the teachers' task is to record the students' cultivation levels every once in a while.

"Three days ago," Mu Qing's teacher replied. "I recorded Mu Qing's cultivation three days ago. It is strange to say, but Mu Qing's cultivation speed used to be among the top few of all the Top Students, yet he was always unable to break through to Blood Qi Fifth Rank."

"It was precisely because he could never break through that I even asked Vice Principal Lin from the West Campus to come over and observe him secretly. He did not detect any problems; Mu Qing's cultivation was indeed Blood Qi Fourth Rank."

Upon hearing this, Lei Kai stroked his chin, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

"What is it, Lei Kai?" Mu Qing's teacher asked in return.

During this period, the attention of this group of teachers had been focused on the Mummified Corpse Incident, and they had not paid attention to the news on the school's official website.

Therefore, Mu Qing's teacher did not yet know that Mu Qing had already broken through to Blood Qi Fifth Rank.

"That Mu Qing is now at Blood Qi Fifth Rank. The Blood Spirit he awakened is a section of Purple Bamboo, Lightning Element, and he has even cultivated the Advanced Martial Skill Thunderstorm Fist to the third level," Lei Kai said in a low voice.

Mu Qing's teacher was shocked and said, "Really? I remember that no matter how he tempered his body before, he could not break through to Blood Qi Fifth Rank. Why would he break through at this time?"

"Vice Principal Lin is an Eighth-Order Intermediate Martial Venerable; his detection results cannot be wrong. That kid happened to break through just when the Mummified Corpse Incident occurred, which is indeed a bit suspicious. Even the Advanced Martial Skill Thunderstorm Fist has been cultivated to the third level," a light suddenly burst forth from the elderly teacher's cloudy eyes.

"Even when I was at Blood Qi Fifth Rank, I could not have cultivated the Thunderstorm Fist to the third level within three days," Lei Kai said. Then, a flash of lightning sparked in his eyes, and he shouted, "Regardless, Mu Qing is a key subject of observation for this Mock Exam!"

The others all nodded.

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