If You've Got the Guts, Go Find Chen Yu!

"Chen Yu, you've gotten stronger again."

Wang Qianjun held the Black Profound Spear and glanced at Pan Wei, who was lying on the ground groaning in pain, his expression somewhat complicated.

Pan Wei might have been arrogant, but his strength was undeniable. He was already among River City's top fighters.

Yet now, he could not even withstand a single move from Chen Yu.

And that ghostlike movement technique—Chen Yu had not displayed it at all during the Warm-up Tournament. It was likely one of his hidden trump cards from the beginning.

"No wonder he had dared to work with Zhao Tianyi and me during the Warm-up Tournament. So he still had something up his sleeve."

Even if Zhao Tianyi and he had not ambushed the others, with that trump card in hand, Chen Yu might still have been able to turn the tables and kill them all.

At that moment, aside from admiring Chen Yu's strength, Wang Qianjun admired even more how calculating and mature Chen Yu was.

"On the path of martial arts, if you don't advance, you fall behind." Chen Yu did not explain much.

At that moment, Pan Wei struggled to his feet and looked at Chen Yu. "Kid, I admit you're stronger than me."

"But I'm not the only one who came to River City. Plenty of people are stronger than me, so don't get cocky!"

"What the hell?" Chen Yu was utterly confused. Even now, he had no idea what was going on.

Still, it was worth mentioning that he had actually copied a [Blade Art Prodigy (Blue)] talent from this guy.

"What's this guy babbling about?" Chen Yu looked at Wang Qianjun, hoping for an explanation.

"This guy... he came from the Imperial Capital..." Wang Qianjun began explaining the whole situation to Chen Yu.

"Tsk, so there's this kind of nonsense too." Chen Yu curled his lip, though he had never expected anything to be fair in the first place.

So he was not particularly angry at the geniuses from the Imperial Capital, Upper River, and Huaying.

On the contrary, he was rather pleased.

"So when the Martial Exam comes, I'll get to fight these experts and copy plenty more talents."

Chen Yu thought to himself.

He had been worried because he had already copied the talents of all the geniuses in River City, and no new geniuses had appeared recently.

Now that people like Pan Wei had arrived, it was truly timely help.

"Hey, get up quickly. Don't hurt yourself." Thinking of this, Chen Yu hurriedly helped Pan Wei up and brushed the dust off him.

"Remember to tell those stronger than you that I'll be waiting to fight them in the Martial Exam."

"It doesn't matter if there are more of them. They can gang up on me then. Otherwise, it won't be fun enough."

Chen Yu's intentions were good. He simply wanted to spar with these geniuses and copy some useful talents.

But to Pan Wei, those words were nothing less than a blatant provocation.

"You River City bumpkin, you've never seen the world. You have no idea how strong the experts outside are."

"Just wait... you'll regret this during the Martial Exam."

Pan Wei shook off Chen Yu's supporting hand and limped out through the doors of the Martial Arts Class.

"Tsk, no appreciation for good intentions." Chen Yu shook his head, lamenting how people had changed.

Wang Qianjun was already used to Chen Yu's state of mind.

His expression turned somewhat worried. "Chen Yu, places like the Imperial Capital are different from River City. There are more geniuses there, and they're stronger."

"Pan Wei will probably spread what you just said everywhere. Be careful."

Although Wang Qianjun disliked what those people from the Imperial Capital were doing, he did not doubt their strength in the slightest.

After all, compared to those places, River City's martial arts environment truly lagged far behind.

"It's fine, it's fine." Chen Yu chuckled.

The bad mood Pan Wei had caused him had mostly returned to normal because of the news Pan Wei had brought.

River City No. 1 High School.

"Body Tempering Ninth Layer!"

A flash of astonishment passed through Hao Xi's eyes. Feeling the burning pain in her chest, she could not help but feel discouraged.

Wang Zhe crossed his arms, unsurprised by the result.

"Hao Xi, strength like yours would be considered top-tier even in River City. Unfortunately, you weren't born in Upper River."

"That means that even if your talent is roughly equal to mine, your strength is still far inferior."

"But I heard that you obtained a C-Rank Contract from Huaying Martial University. In the future, you can use it to escape this backwater."

"River City's limit is right there."

Hao Xi's eyes dimmed. Since she had lost, she naturally had nothing to say.

But at the mention of River City, she suddenly raised her head and slowly said, "Wang Zhe, there's one thing you got wrong."

"I got something wrong?" Wang Zhe raised a brow, somewhat surprised.

"The strongest person in River City isn't me. It's the Martial Madman, Chen Yu." Hao Xi enunciated every word.

"Wait until you defeat Chen Yu before saying those things."

"The Martial Madman? Chen Yu?"

Wang Zhe's gaze flickered as he fell into thought. Then he suddenly smiled.

"Interesting."

Jiang City No. 7 Middle School.

"Yu Guihong, I lost." Zhao Tianyi felt the chill against his neck, a bitter smile appearing on his lips.

"According to our agreement, the position of class monitor for Seventh High School's Martial Arts Class is yours now."

Yu Guihong lowered the longsword in his hand, disdain written across his face. "What class monitor position? I have no interest in such worthless titles."

"The only reason I defeated you was to tell you that Biohumans should act like Biohumans."

"Don't think that having a little martial arts talent means you can defy fate and rise to greatness."

"In the Imperial Capital, trash like you wouldn't even be qualified to walk the same road as me."

It had been a long time since Zhao Tianyi had felt what it was like to be looked down upon like this.

Ever since his martial arts talent had awakened, he had rarely encountered an opponent in River City. During the Warm-up Tournament, he had even defeated a group of Natural Humans and claimed second place.

Second only to Chen Yu.

Now, facing Yu Guihong's mockery, Zhao Tianyi was unwilling to accept it, but what could he do when he was weaker?

At that moment, a figure appeared in his mind, and he blurted out, "Yu Guihong, my good brother Chen Yu is also a Biohuman. You might not be his match."

"Chen Yu?" Yu Guihong's lips curled upward. "The one who took first place in the River City Preliminaries?"

"When the tiger's away, the monkey becomes king."

"To think a Biohuman was allowed to stand over their heads. River City's Natural Humans truly are a bunch of useless trash!"

Just then, Yu Guihong's Terminal suddenly lit up. The sender was named "Pan Wei."

"Hehe, looks like the Chen Yu you mentioned has already been dealt with by someone from my Imperial Capital."

Yu Guihong smiled, then opened the Terminal and showed the message to Zhao Tianyi.

Zhao Tianyi's heart sank, but he still silently glanced at it. Then an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, why don't you take a closer look at what this guy actually sent?"

"Hm?" Seeing none of the expression he wanted on Zhao Tianyi's face, Yu Guihong froze.

He then glanced at the message on the Terminal. His expression immediately changed, and he shut it off as he cursed under his breath.

"That useless Pan Wei."

Zhao Tianyi chuckled softly. "Looks like the Natural Humans from your Imperial Capital..."

"Aren't much either."

At that moment, the same scene was playing out repeatedly in major high schools across River City.

One after another, experts from the Imperial Capital, Upper River, and Huaying defeated River City's top local fighters, only to receive the same response—

What's so impressive about beating us? If you've got the guts, go fight the Martial Madman, Chen Yu!