Half-Step World-Ending

Specter energy surged through this specter domain!

Xin Yang and the other Glory University teachers stood at the edge of the specter domain, watching the deans and vice deans of the various academies face off at its center.

Bi Zhenglin, vice dean of the Defense Academy, launched an attack in an instant.

In a flash, Bi Zhenglin's fist flew straight at Su Shixiang, vice dean of Primordial Academy.

"Oh? You're picking me first?"

Su Shixiang glanced at Bi Zhenglin, the corner of his lips curling up. "Fine. I'll fight you."

Before he could finish speaking.

Bi Zhenglin's fierce fist wind came roaring at him.

Su Shixiang's pupils abruptly contracted, and a powerful sense of danger surged within him.

Behind him, a pitch-black figure flashed over like a ghost, arriving in the blink of an eye!

"Fast!"

The Primordial Academy teachers watching from the perimeter turned pale.

"That Ge Shimin has no sense of fair play."

In the distance, the teachers from the other academies were equally dumbfounded.

"Holy shit! Ge Shimin is already this strong!?"

Wang Xianhua, dean of the Defense Academy, showed a trace of excitement in his eyes. "Damn! So Ge Shimin had been hiding his strength all along!"

"Did he use an ability? How could he be this fast?"

The Technology Academy teachers were utterly shocked.

Even the usually impassive dean of the Auxiliary Academy had a grave look in his eyes.

Almost instantly.

Other than Xin Yang, who had not seen what had happened at all.

Everyone watching the match from the perimeter was stunned.

Watching from outside the battlefield, with a god's-eye view, they naturally saw the scene just now far more clearly.

The instant Su Shixiang finished speaking.

Ge Shimin immediately launched an attack at Su Shixiang's back.

He was so fast that even the Disaster-rank teachers caught only a fleeting black afterimage.

"Dean Ge is so strong!"

Lu Hua could not help swallowing. "Is this Dean Ge's current strength?"

"Good grief, Lu Hua. Where did you get the nerve to say you'd surpass Dean Ge in five years?" a Battle Academy teacher mocked.

Beside him, Qu Chengzhong's mouth hung open.

"Could Ge Shimin already be half-step World-Ending?"

In a shadowed corner of the specter domain, hidden from everyone's sight.

The principal, dressed in brocade, watched the scene with interest.

Then he shook his head and spoke regretfully. "It's just a pity, Old Ge. Your bonded specter's potential has already run dry. For a bonded specter with a serial number in the three hundred thousands to take that step is as hard as reaching the heavens."

Beside him.

A specter shadow stood alone in proud isolation.

Suddenly, the principal glanced at the specter shadow and smiled. "Don't you think it's a bit of a pity that you didn't come see it in person? I wonder how you, the main body, are doing now."

Specter World

A certain specter dynasty

A World-Ending-rank specter watched the specters kneeling in worship below its throne.

The corner of its eye suddenly twitched slightly.

After Ge Shimin succeeded in one strike and defeated Su Shixiang, he did not pause in the slightest. In the blink of an eye, he charged before Wang Xianhua, dean of the Defense Academy.

A cold glint flashed in Ge Shimin's aged, clouded eyes as his fist shot toward his opponent's vital point.

Wang Xianhua suddenly felt as though a great terror had engulfed him.

But just then—

Whoosh!

Several people suddenly appeared around Wang Xianhua before Ge Shimin.

Together, they defused Ge Shimin's attack.

"Whew! Thanks."

Having escaped danger, Wang Xianhua immediately let out a huge sigh of relief.

Ge Shimin's savage attack had caught him completely off guard. He had not had time to react at all.

"We weren't trying to help you. Teacher Ge truly deserves to be an old monster from the same era as the principal. He really has reached half-step World-Ending..."

"Let's join forces and defeat Teacher Ge first. Otherwise, we'll definitely be the ones who lose," another Logistics Academy vice dean said with a sigh.

"You brats, are you going to use what I taught you back then against me now?" Ge Shimin laughed as he scolded them.

While the other deans were shocked by Ge Shimin's strength, they could not help feeling regret. These deans and vice deans would surely enter the World-Ending rank and join the Council of Elders in the future. Once they stepped into the World-Ending rank, others would take over their positions.

However, Ge Shimin had forcibly reached half-step World-Ending by relying on a bonded specter with such a low serial number. They all understood now that half-step World-Ending might be Ge Shimin's limit.

Old Ge had shown many people that there were no useless bonded specters in this world—only useless people.

Half-step World-Ending... was enough to prove Ge Shimin's hard work and other talents.

Many academy teachers had once been Ge Shimin's students. Although they were each fighting for their own academies over Xin Yang.

The bond between teacher and student, forged over a lifetime, would not break over such a small matter.

Fortunately, Ge Shimin had not lost his composure.

"Then let your teacher see how much your strength has improved over the past few years."

When his strike failed, Ge Shimin immediately withdrew and widened the distance between himself and the others.

"Teacher, excuse us..."

A fierce glint flashed through the eyes of those deans and vice deans.

They formed a small formation and surrounded Ge Shimin.

Several hours passed.

The battle inside the specter domain had already ended.

At this moment, Ge Shimin was the only one still standing.

"Ow, that hurts!"

"Teacher, couldn't you have gone a little easier on us?"

"Teacher, why have you been hiding your strength all these years?"

No one knew whether those deans and vice deans had held back.

Still, according to the rules, the Battle Academy had indeed won.

Upon seeing this outcome, the principal in the shadows vanished in an instant, unnoticed by anyone...

"You brats, keep training. One day, you'll surpass me."

Ge Shimin spoke gently.

"While I still can, I'll keep you down for a few more years."

"Xin Yang belongs to our Battle Academy..."

Many years later

This was how the history textbooks recorded it.

When Glory University began its school year in 12222, something very strange happened.

Ordinarily, after the annual freshman assessment, there would be an awards ceremony and class assignment ceremony.

Classes would begin immediately afterward.

However, that year, the professors and teachers of every academy at Glory University, which had always acted with swift decisiveness, seemed to have vanished collectively for a full three days.

Only three days later did Glory University's teachers reappear before the students.

Many archaeologists were unable to explain the strange phenomenon of that year.

Three days later...

Xin Yang entered the Specter Technique Combat Division of the Battle Academy.

He also obtained a top student slot in Glory University's 12222 Specter Technique Combat Division, along with a huge pile of resources.

Xin Yang looked at Qu Chengzhong and Lu Hua, who were presenting his award with broad smiles, as if they were his best brothers.

Could these people all change faces like that?

Qu Chengzhong and Lu Hua passionately recited the lines they had memorized long ago before the cameras.

Their words made the Battle Academy students' blood boil.

The awards ceremony ended quickly.

Then came the class assignment ceremony.

Yet Xin Yang's class had only twelve students.

When Xin Yang saw the list of those twelve names, he could not help feeling somewhat shocked.

A new day had begun, brothers!