I've Wanted to Beat You Up for a Long Time

Lu Chong woke up, and it was already past 2 PM on March 31st.

He was only at the Martial Disciple stage and hadn't reached the point of abstaining from food and sleep, so he still needed a certain amount of rest to maintain his condition.

After taking a bite of a nutrition bar, Lu Chong looked at the score leaderboard.

First place: Lu Chong, 680 points

Second place: Xiang Yueya, 635 points

Third place: Xue Cheng, 505 points

After a morning, Lu Chong remained in the top spot.

However, the students closely following him were catching up.

Especially Xiang Yueya, who was very efficient. Based on the trend of her score increase, Lu Chong judged that she must have reached the territory of the Stage Eight Shadow Cat.

He was currently in the Six-Stage Shadow Cat area. After sweeping through here in the latter half of last night, he had rested on the spot.

Without lingering, Lu Chong got up refreshed and headed straight for the Seven-Stage Area.

The deeper into the hunting grounds, the stronger the Shadow Cats became, and the fewer there were.

Correspondingly, the number of students also decreased, as not many had the strength to venture this deep.

As soon as he stepped in, Lu Chong felt a chill envelop him.

A black shadow darted out like lightning, aiming directly for the back of Lu Chong's head.

"Such good luck?"

Lu Chong was delighted rather than alarmed. Without turning his head, he flicked his leg backward with a Heart-Piercing Kick, accurately hitting the Shadow Cat's abdomen and sending it flying into the air.

The Shadow Cat cried out in pain. Before it even landed, it rolled its eyes and fainted.

Lu Chong reached out and grabbed the Shadow Cat, pulling off the locator on its neck.

On the score leaderboard, Lu Chong's score immediately increased by 64 points, reaching 744.

This updated score was quickly noticed by many people both inside and outside the hunting grounds.

"It's Lu Chong, he's started again. This divine being actually wasn't eliminated last night and is only making his move now," a student exclaimed in admiration.

In the resting area outside the hunting grounds, Chen Yufei laughed heartily, "See? Brother Chong is making a move again, and he's already hit the hot search on the campus forum."

"That's good, that's good. If it were any later, Xiang Yueya would have overtaken Brother Chong," a classmate beside him said with relief.

Chen Yufei stared at Xiang Yueya's name, a hint of conflict on his face, but he quickly let it go. "Forget it, how can a woman be more important than a brother? Brother Chong is awesome, don't hold back!"

In the hunting grounds, Lu Chong soon found two Stage Seven Shadow Cats by following their scent.

However, his luck wasn't great this time, as the locators on both Shadow Cats' necks had already been removed.

It was clear that someone had gotten there first and taken the locators.

"Instead of fighting with others here, it's better to go deeper and feast alone."

Lu Chong made up his mind and didn't continue searching for prey in the Seven-Stage Area. Instead, he headed straight for the territory of the Stage Eight Shadow Cat.

There would be even fewer students hunting in the Eight-Stage Area; it was reserved for truly high-level students.

However, after Lu Chong passed through the Energy Light Wall separating the two areas, he saw a student from Class 1 who, upon seeing him, turned and left without a word.

Lu Chong thought for a moment, recalling that the person should be a Stage Eight Martial Disciple from Class 1.

Without overthinking it, Lu Chong skillfully followed the scent, searching for the Stage Eight Shadow Cats here.

He had come all the way from the outer perimeter and was now very familiar with the area, confident in his ability to deal with Shadow Cats of the same level.

The Stage Eight Shadow Cats were faster, their claws sharper, and their intelligence higher.

Lu Chong even vaguely felt that the Stage Seven and Eight Shadow Cats had already learned some tactics.

They were like assassins in the night; if their first strike missed, they would immediately retreat and disappear, only to stalk and attack again when the opportunity arose.

Therefore, the Shadow Cats here were very difficult to deal with. Even if one had the strength to fight them, it was hard to capture them.

To deal with a Stage Eight Shadow Cat, one either needed the power to strike decisively in one blow or to be faster than the Shadow Cat; otherwise, at best, one could only ensure their own safety.

Soon, Lu Chong followed the scent and spotted a Shadow Cat crouched on a dilapidated roof.

It was basking in the sun from a high vantage point, lazily squinting its eyes.

Leaping over eaves and scaling walls were commonplace for Shadow Cats.

On the other hand, even with his perfected Nine-Shadow Step, Lu Chong found it difficult to gain an advantage in such complex terrain.

The best approach was to lure it down.

Lu Chong could already see that this Shadow Cat still had a locator hanging around its neck.

Meow!

Lu Chong had only glanced at it when the Shadow Cat, nestled on the eaves, opened its eyes with a hint of alertness and let out a meow at him.

Then, the Shadow Cat got up and stretched lazily, gazing at Lu Chong below without charging down. "So cautious," Lu Chong muttered to himself, deliberately ignoring it and walking past with swagger. As long as he could lure it down, Lu Chong was confident he could defeat it in one move. The Shadow Cat watched Lu Chong walk by and turn into a shadowy alley. It was clearly unwilling to let the intruder into its territory go. To Shadow Cats, humans were also good food, helping them to evolve faster. Without further hesitation, the Shadow Cat leaped silently from the eaves, landing on the three-meter-high wall. It then crept down the brick wall, silently pursuing Lu Chong. However, when it rounded the corner and poked its head out to find Lu Chong, it was met with a close-up, magnified smiling face. "I've got you." Lu Chong inwardly exclaimed, and a claw he had been readying shot out like lightning. Meow! The Stage Eight Shadow Cat felt the fierce power of the strike, let out a startled cry, and its black fur stood on end. It retreated rapidly, but found Lu Chong's hand following like a shadow, faster than its own retreat. Knowing it had nowhere left to retreat, the Shadow Cat flipped over and deliberately fell from the wall, intending to use the brick wall to block Lu Chong and cover its escape. Boom! The half-foot-thick brick wall collapsed, and Lu Chong burst through it. His hand, like an eagle's talon, remained locked onto the Shadow Cat as it rolled and got back on its feet. Meow! The Shadow Cat roared in anger, no longer evading. It bared its teeth, stood on its hind legs, and swiped at Lu Chong's hand with its front claws. "Good!" Lu Chong was unfazed. His palm seemed forged of steel as it met the Shadow Cat's claws head-on. Crack! A crisp snapping sound, accompanied by the Shadow Cat's pained yowl. Its claws had been snapped in half during the collision with Lu Chong. "Here you go." Lu Chong reached out with his other hand, took the tracker from the Shadow Cat's neck, and then kicked the Shadow Cat, which was about to bite him, away. Score +128 Lu Chong's total combat score reached 872, once again pulling ahead of Xiang Yueya. Clap, clap... Just then, crisp applause sounded from not far away, drawing Lu Chong's attention. Zhao Longfei approached, clapping and sneering, "Taking down a Stage Eight Shadow Cat by yourself, impressive, impressive." "Lu Chong, I have to admit, I underestimated you." "However, I also have to tell you that your simulated combat assessment ends here." Accompanying Zhao Longfei were four students from Class 1, who surrounded him from other directions. Each of them was at Stage Eight of the Martial Apprentice realm. Lu Chong, seeing this, was not surprised but delighted, thinking, "They've come to me. I've wanted to beat you up for a long time." .You are reading Global Cataclysm: My Martial Arts Automatically Cultivate by the great author Yunyou Shuhai.