Arrogance Has Its Reasons

[Ding!]

[You completed a punch. Its power was: 61%!]

[You gained 1 Martial Value!]

[Your realm has advanced!]

[Current Realm: Mud Embryo Realm · Twenty-Third Tier!]

Ye Xiao had grown used to advancing in realm every time he threw a punch.

And with every advancement, he could feel the strength within him growing much more solid.

His Martial Path foundation was becoming increasingly firm as well.

For ordinary people, once they reached a bottleneck in their realm, their strength would grow at a much slower rate.

They had to break through that bottleneck—that is, advance to the next major realm—to overcome it.

But Ye Xiao clearly had no such problem.

At present, he could keep advancing through the minor tiers!

And each time his strength grew, there was no sign of it slowing down.

Gao Yao was completely dumbfounded.

He pushed up his glasses, staring at the scene before him in disbelief.

When Wang Lei was knocked down by Ye Xiao's punch right before his eyes,

his mind went blank.

Ye Xiao walked toward him.

Gao Yao instinctively backed away, gradually retreating to the edge.

"You just said I only beat Zhang Qiang because I resorted to a sneak attack."

"What about now?"

Ye Xiao had beaten Wang Lei fair and square, head-on!

At that moment, Gao Yao's knees gave way, and he actually fell to his knees on the platform in front of everyone.

But Gao Yao hadn't wanted to do that.

His body had simply betrayed him. Faced with Ye Xiao's overwhelming confidence and presence,

he had crumpled on the spot!

Seeing this, Ye Xiao let out a cold, mocking laugh.

"That's it?"

The students below fell silent.

Gao Yao lowered his head in humiliation, not daring to look at the people around him.

Then,

Ye Xiao swept his gaze across his classmates and spoke coldly.

"Anyone else want to come up and challenge me?"

At this,

the students of Ordinary Class 9 were all too terrified to make a sound.

They had witnessed it with their own eyes.

They had seen how this famous E-Grade "good-for-nothing"

had beaten Zhang Qiang and Wang Lei, then cowed Gao Yao into kneeling on the platform with his sheer presence.

All three of them were C-Grade professionals, and all had reached the Second Realm!

Even with their professional and realm advantages,

they had still lost so miserably!

The others were all cowed, too. Who would dare go up and challenge Ye Xiao?

Someone stole a glance at Ye Xiao. As soon as they saw his gaze shift their way, they hurriedly looked elsewhere.

Wang Lei was still sprawled on the ground. Though he'd mostly recovered, he was still pretending to vomit and writhe in pain.

Zhang Qiang sat on the protective mat with his back to Ye Xiao, both hands covering his bloody nose, looking very busy.

Gao Yao was on his knees on the platform, wishing he could bury his head in the floor.

Meanwhile, their homeroom teacher, Zhou Ming, stood below the platform, staring at Ye Xiao's back with a complicated expression.

"Ye Xiao, have you trained before?"

Ye Xiao thought for a moment and shook his head.

"No."

Zhou Ming looked surprised.

"Those punches you threw just now showed real talent."

Ye Xiao smiled faintly.

"Thanks for the compliment."

"But I really haven't trained in boxing."

"Actually, it's not that I'm strong. They're just too weak."

Zhou Ming looked at Ye Xiao's "arrogant" attitude.

Then he laughed.

"Interesting."

The other students on the platform

all looked utterly despondent.

Even though Ye Xiao was still just as "arrogant,"

he now had every right to be.

Homeroom teacher Zhou Ming spoke up.

"Since no one dares challenge Ye Xiao, he wins the challenge round!"

"Ye Xiao earns 10 class resource points!"

At that,

quite a few students looked shocked.

"Teacher Zhou, yesterday at the Awakening Test Hall, the dean said Ye Xiao would only attend classes with us and wouldn't use any of the class's cultivation resources..."

But the next moment,

Zhou Ming immediately shot back.

"Since ancient times, cultivation resources have belonged to the strong!"

"Of course, if anyone disagrees, they can challenge Ye Xiao!"

"Anyone who defeats him can take these 10 class resource points."

Zhou Ming looked toward Ye Xiao. "Ye Xiao, do you have any objections?"

Ye Xiao shook his head. "None."

But in the end, not a single person dared to say a word.

Then,

Zhou Ming continued arranging for the others to defend the platform and issue challenges.

The injured Wang Lei and Zhang Qiang were sent to the infirmary.

As for Gao Yao, he slunk off to sit alone in a corner.

Ye Xiao, meanwhile,

was called aside by Zhou Ming.

"Teacher Zhou, did you need something?"

"Ye Xiao, I've noticed that your way of cultivating is quite different from your classmates'."

"I guess so." Ye Xiao nodded.

Zhou Ming said, "You're an E-Grade professional, but I can see qualities in you that the other students don't have."

"Perhaps you really can succeed on the Martialist path—the very path everyone looks down on."

Ye Xiao smiled faintly, showing that he had taken Zhou Ming's words to heart.

Zhou Ming continued.

"Normally, it's too early for you to use the Gravity Training Tower."

"After all, it's a course that doesn't open until your third year."

"But I think that for you, now is the perfect time to start cultivating inside the Gravity Training Tower."

The Gravity Training Tower?

When Ye Xiao heard the name of the building,

a puzzled yet curious look appeared on his face.

Zhou Ming explained, "As the name suggests, once you enter the Gravity Training Tower, you'll feel powerful gravitational pressure. That's how it helps you cultivate."

"Inside the Gravity Tower, every living thing is subjected to an even gravitational force—from bones to blood, from internal organs to the soul. Nothing is spared. Spells are suppressed, the flow of spiritual energy slows, and the body bears an enormous burden."

"Under extreme conditions, the intense gravitational pressure keeps pressing down on your body, stimulating your vital energy and steadily increasing the density of your muscles and bones."

"In the Gravity Training Tower, there's no shortcut and no technique. You just have to endure."

After Zhou Ming finished explaining, Ye Xiao had a thorough understanding of this so-called "Gravity Training Tower."

"Teacher Zhou, I understand."

"So how do I get into the Gravity Training Tower?" Ye Xiao asked.

Just then,

Zhou Ming took out a silver card that shimmered with a metallic sheen.

He handed it to Ye Xiao and said, "This is my Gravity Training Card. It has 100 hours of use on it each month. Take it and use it for now."

Ye Xiao paused, staring at the words "Zhou Ming" and "Teacher" on the "Gravity Training Card."

Clearly, Zhou Ming was offering Ye Xiao something of his own to use.

"Teacher Zhou, I'm not sure that's appropriate..." Ye Xiao didn't take it right away.

Zhou Ming smiled and said,

"This month is the first-year students' orientation month, and I'm your homeroom teacher. I'm so busy with work—when would I have time to cultivate in the Gravity Training Tower?"

"Besides, the cultivation hours on this card refresh automatically every month. If you don't use them in time, they won't carry over to the next month. They'll just go to waste."

"Anyway, kid, don't tell me you think you can use up all 100 hours?"

Ye Xiao asked curiously,

"Is the Gravity Training Tower that tough?"

Zhou Ming gave him a mysterious smile.

"You'll find out when you go."