At that very moment.
Qinglong High School, the principal's office.
Bangs rang out all around as several giant mountain cats repeatedly rammed the glass windows before them.
Inside the principal's office, Principal Wang frowned slightly as he watched the increasingly bloodthirsty giant mountain cats.
Ever since the Spiritual Energy Revival, giant mountain cats like these had been growing more numerous and more powerful.
A week earlier, the giant mountain cats had only been half the size of a person, and their strength had only been D-rank. But a week later, every one of them had reached Class C.
Some giant mountain cat kings had even reached an astonishing Class B rank!
Once a demonic beast reached Class B, it was equivalent to a hundred Class C demonic beasts, enough to destroy half a city in half a day.
"Requesting backup from the shelter guards!"
"Yes, Qinglong High School!"
"At least a hundred Class C Primordial Mountain Cats!"
"Yes, that's right!"
"Our teachers and students have all just finished logging into 'Hokage World'!"
Watching the giant mountain cats still battering the windows outside, Principal Wang hurriedly called the shelter guards for backup.
As the principal, he knew all too well that if the guards arrived even a little late, there was no telling how many students at Qinglong High School would die. They were the nation's hopes for the future.
Although he did not know why the demonic beasts were evolving so much faster, he clearly had no time to think about that now.
Carefully packing away the many Explosive Tags he had collected from "Hokage World" that lay beside him, Principal Wang was about to open the door and lead the teachers of the various classes in fighting a bloody path out.
After all, the students were this nation's hope. The lives of old folks like them could be sacrificed!
Suddenly, several teachers behind Principal Wang, who were likewise fully armed, pointed out the window. "Principal Wang, look!"
"Hm?!"
Principal Wang froze, then quickly looked where the teachers were pointing. Only then did he notice, to his astonishment, a young boy rapidly forming hand seals in front of a classroom.
As an enormous fireball spewed out, several giant mountain cats before him were instantly reduced to charcoal.
The boy's eyes in particular gleamed with a soul-seizing light. Even a glance from afar was enough to make one's hair stand on end.
"Th-that's B-rank ninjutsu?! The Great Fireball Technique?!"
"But that kid's Great Fireball Technique is clearly several times bigger! What's going on?!"
"Look, that kid... he's forming hand seals so fast that even my eyes can't keep up!"
Several teachers spoke over one another, their eyes filled with horror.
Principal Wang looked even more astonished. He had never expected someone like this to emerge at Qinglong High School.
The sheer size of that great fireball was enough to show that this person was anything but ordinary!
"What's that student's name?!" Principal Wang hurriedly asked.
"I don't know. I don't really remember him..."
The other teachers all hurriedly shook their heads.
Soon, under the teachers' stunned gazes, the young boy rapidly formed hand seals and, in an instant, turned into several boys.
"M-Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
"M-Multiple Shadow Clone Technique?!"
"Is-isn't that a forbidden technique?!"
Countless teachers cried out in shock. Some even stood rooted to the spot, dumbfounded.
They had access to more information about ninjutsu than most, but the more they knew, the better they understood that no one could even gain access to a forbidden technique like the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, let alone train in it!
"A genius like this, right here at my Qinglong High School..."
Principal Wang could no longer concern himself with much else. He flung the door open with a clang and hurled out several Explosive Tags from his hand, then used the Substitution Technique to evade the ferocious attacks of several giant mountain cats.
Principal Wang's use of ninjutsu was undeniably impressive, but compared with the young man in the distance, it paled into insignificance!
Awooo!
A cold glint flashed across the sharp kunai, and a streak of white light suddenly lit up the dark sky, making it as bright as day.
The next moment, a young man stood in front of a giant mountain cat and came to a quiet stop.
Then the giant mountain cat gave Ning Feng a cold look, as though it wanted to say something, but its wound was already gushing so much blood that it could no longer speak.
Amid wretched howls, the giant mountain cat died, thoroughly and utterly.
Ning Feng glanced calmly at the giant mountain cats lying around him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
When the giant mountain cats had suddenly attacked and invaded Qinglong High School, Ning Feng had decided to deal with them.
And so, while the students in his class were still occupied with their various thoughts, he had rushed out and slain these giant mountain cats.
He had not done this to show off his strength. Rather, Liu Yue and the others had stood up for him so staunchly, and he did not want Liu Yue to get hurt.
Of course, he had another purpose as well: he wanted to see whether the stats in the online game truly strengthened him in reality, and roughly what proportion carried over.
After that battle, Ning Feng discovered that this online game really was incredible. It strengthened him in reality by a full 100%.
The strength he gained in Hokage World would carry over into the real world at 100%.
The feeling was unbelievably satisfying.
What made Ning Feng frown slightly, however, was that the giant mountain cats lunging at him were fast, intelligent, and highly capable of learning. Often, his first move worked, but the second was much less effective.
If all of humanity faced such terrifying demonic beasts, it probably would not be long before humans faced a true crisis.
The crisis of demonic beasts rapidly evolving and growing stronger!
As Ning Feng pondered this, a bead within one of the dead giant mountain cats before him suddenly shone with a brilliant, dazzling light.
"Hm?!"
Ning Feng carefully picked up the bead. It then turned into a faint light that surged into every part of his body, cleansing him throughout.
The next moment, Ning Feng felt as though his whole body was brimming with strength, and his Chakra Limit seemed to have increased considerably.
"These beads..."
Only then did Ning Feng realize that slaying these demonic beasts could also increase his strength.
Unfortunately, the drop rate for beads like that one was simply far too low!
"Young man..."
Suddenly, a shrill whistling sound rang out, and Principal Wang appeared behind Ning Feng.
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