Martial Exam Warm-Up

Inside the martial arts class.

The Black Profound Spear collided with Blood Chant, spraying a shower of sparks.

Wang Qianjun retreated several steps, his expression turning solemn. "Body Tempering Fifth Layer... You really broke through?!"

How long had it been since their last fight?

Chen Yu had leaped directly from the Body Tempering Second Layer to the Body Tempering Fifth Layer. Such a rate of advancement was simply unheard of.

Wang Qianjun considered his martial arts talent quite good, and he trained far harder than most, yet even he was nowhere near as monstrous as Chen Yu.

"Teacher Fang said this is called late blooming." Chen Yu sheathed the Bloodsong Blade. Whenever people expressed surprise, he answered them all the same way: late blooming.

"Late blooming... Honestly, with your cultivation speed, I almost suspect you worship an Evil God like Xiao Feng did." Wang Qianjun shook his head, making a rare joke.

It was common knowledge that worshipping the Outer Evil Gods could raise one's strength by several levels in a short time.

"Don't say nonsense." Chen Yu hurriedly waved his hands. If he got tangled up with Evil Gods, nothing would be a minor matter.

He had no desire to invite that kind of trouble.

"Fine, let's not talk about that." Wang Qianjun understood this as well, so he changed the subject.

"With the potential you've shown now, you probably qualify to participate in the Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament a month from now."

The Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament?

This was Chen Yu's first time hearing of the event. He immediately asked in confusion, "What is that?"

"Right, your talent used to be average, and you're a Biohuman, so it's normal that you wouldn't know about it." Wang Qianjun came to his senses and explained.

"The so-called Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament is basically a competition held one month before the Martial Exam."

"It's conducted rather discreetly. During the tournament, quite a few people from martial arts universities will watch and sign exceptionally talented martial artists early."

"I heard that people from the Three Elite Universities may even come to watch. If you perform well, you might be signed directly by one of them without even having to wait for the Martial Exam."

At the mention of the Three Elite Universities, even Wang Qianjun, as steady as he was, could not keep a clear longing from flashing through his eyes.

The Three Elite Universities were gathering places for countless geniuses across Crimson Radiance Star. Every student who graduated from those three schools had a boundless future ahead of them.

They might even have a chance to go to New Moon!

Yet Chen Yu's attention settled on something else entirely.

"Wouldn't the Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament gather martial arts geniuses from all over River City?"

"Then if I want to fight those geniuses, wouldn't I not have to wait until the Martial Exam?"

Wang Qianjun was instantly dumbfounded.

"Why is that what you care about?!!"

He had explained for so long, even mentioning that the Three Elite Universities would attend and might sign promising students early.

Yet all Chen Yu cared about was whether he could fight other geniuses?!

Shouldn't a normal person's focus be on the "Three Elite Universities"?!

"What a Martial Arts Madman!"

For the first time, Wang Qianjun was utterly certain of it.

After learning about the Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament from Wang Qianjun, Chen Yu eagerly went to find Fang Xiong.

"Teacher Fang, I want to participate in the Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament a month from now!" he said bluntly.

Fang Xiong was stunned for a moment before seeming to suddenly remember it. He nodded.

"Kid, your cultivation has progressed quite quickly lately. If you can break through to the Body Tempering Realm Sixth Layer within a month, you'll indeed qualify for the Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament."

"But with only the Body Tempering Realm Sixth Layer, even with a Proficient Stage Thunder Extreme Saber, you probably won't achieve any impressive results."

Those participating in the Martial Exam Warm-Up Tournament were basically all renowned geniuses from River City.

There were plenty of Body Tempering Eighth Layer cultivators who had mastered Proficient Stage martial arts. Chen Yu's current strength truly was not much to speak of.

"It's fine, it's fine. I'm not afraid of embarrassing myself. I just want to fight geniuses and make up for my own shortcomings." Chen Yu hurriedly said. He did not care about winning or losing at all; copying Talents was what mattered.

What was face compared to Talent?

"Fine. You like fighting, so I won't stop you." Fang Xiong shook his head, then suddenly said,

"By the way, things may not be peaceful lately. The Evil God Cultists seem to be making some moves in secret."

"Be careful recently. You killed Xiao Feng last time, and no one can say for sure whether those madmen will come after you."

Evil God Cultists!

Hearing those words, Chen Yu's expression grew more solemn. These people were genuine lunatics.

"I understand."

Chen Yu nodded heavily, unable to resist touching the Bloodsong Blade at his waist.

If the Evil God Cultists came looking for him, he did not know whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing.

After all, Evil God Cultists also possessed Talents he could copy.

Heaven-Bearing Estate.

"Teacher, I used the moves you taught me against him, and now Wang Tianxing has become my defeated opponent." Luo Ming looked extremely excited, but then added,

"Still, that guy probably won't let this go. He'll most likely ask his own teacher to teach him new moves. So... what do you think?"

Chen Yu listened quietly, unsurprised by the outcome.

After all, his saber Talent had been copied from Fang Xiong. A Purple-Quality Talent was rare across all of Crimson Radiance Star.

In little River City, when it came purely to martial arts Talent, no one was his match.

"Don't worry. Your teacher had already guessed that. I directly predicted their prediction..."

Chen Yu smiled softly and began simulating the possible countering methods of Wang Tianxing's teacher, whom he had never met.

"This time, I'll teach you three sets of countering methods. When the time comes, switch between them according to the situation."

"Good, good! Three sets are great!" Luo Ming was instantly thrilled.

He could hardly wait to see Wang Tianxing's unwilling yet helpless expression after being defeated again!

Hehe.

Luo Ming was extremely serious, firmly committing the three sets of countering methods Chen Yu taught him to memory.

After teaching him those, Chen Yu officially began the lesson and continued explaining the intricacies of the Thunder Extreme Saber.

Luo Ming's Thunder Extreme Saber was currently still at Minor Mastery. Chen Yu hoped to raise it to Greater Mastery before the Martial Exam, so that he would not have failed to earn his pay.

Besides, Luo Ming's saber Talent was not bad either, at least Blue-Quality Talent. His improvement was extremely fast.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as Chen Yu was preparing to leave, a child's voice suddenly rang out from outside the villa.

"Luo Ming, come out and take a beating!!!"

"Wang Tianxing!" Luo Ming instantly recognized who had come and hurriedly said to Chen Yu,

"Teacher, don't leave yet. Watch me use the countering methods you taught me to beat him!"

Chen Yu was somewhat curious as well, so he walked to the window and looked down. A short-haired boy was standing at the villa gate, blocking the entrance and shouting provocatively.

Soon after, Luo Ming appeared outside the gate as well.

After the two faced off for a moment, they attacked at the same time.

"This sword technique... He really did learn new techniques, and it seems he even predicted my prediction!"

The moment Luo Ming and Wang Tianxing exchanged blows, Chen Yu spotted a clue.

Wang Tianxing's teacher seemed to have anticipated that Chen Yu would predict his countering methods, so he had taught Wang Tianxing some additional things based on the original plan.

"Unfortunately, he's only on the second level."

The corners of Chen Yu's lips curled upward.

He had taught Luo Ming three sets of countering methods precisely to guard against this situation.

The current situation was essentially two people who had never met using Luo Ming and Wang Tianxing as chess pieces to play against each other.

The result was obvious: Chen Yu had come out on top!

As expected, when Luo Ming noticed something was wrong, he decisively switched to the second set of countering methods. He did not even need to use the third before easily defeating Wang Tianxing.

"Haha, you're too weak!" Luo Ming looked incomparably smug as he knocked Wang Tianxing to the ground with a slash.

"How could this happen?!" Wang Tianxing looked dejected, as if he had never expected this outcome.

His teacher had clearly told him that he would definitely win this time!

Just then, a figure hurried over to Wang Tianxing's side and helped him up.

"Teacher, I lost again." Wang Tianxing was deeply upset.

Especially because he had lost to Luo Ming in front of his own teacher, Wang Tianxing felt that his own ability was insufficient.

"It's fine. I was careless this time. Next time, I'll teach you a few new moves." Wang Tianxing's teacher sighed. He had not expected this outcome either.

He had predicted his opponent's prediction, yet unfortunately, his opponent had still predicted that.

That was the core reason Wang Tianxing had lost.

Meanwhile, Chen Yu, watching the two children fight from the window, was momentarily stunned.

"Wang Tianxing's teacher is actually him?!"