Actually, I'm Super Strong

Jia Nan's words were highly rousing, instantly setting most of the students' blood boiling.

Qi Yuan even sensed a faint fluctuation of mental energy.

Did this old man use some kind of illusion technique?? Was he manipulating the students into throwing their lives away??

What Qi Yuan did not know, however, was that Jia Nan had no choice either.

Just a few days earlier, they had received news that a little less than half of Qing Province, one of the Nine Provinces, had fallen.

Reportedly, an S-Rank Secret Realm Space had fallen, unleashing large numbers of powerful demon beasts.

Wherever they went, disaster followed!!

Two Kings had died in battle in Qing Province alone.

Fortunately, reinforcements from the other provinces had arrived, saving the remaining half of Qing Province from falling!!

This had directly sparked concern and a sense of urgency throughout the Nine Provinces Alliance.

That was why Yu Province's higher-ups had urgently changed this Martial Trial to send the students straight into a Secret Realm Space for training.

The Martial Trials at several other Planetary Space entrances had been changed in the same way.

They needed these talented people to grow quickly to face the increasingly complicated situation!!

Yet some students remained utterly composed.

These included the children of family clans, especially people from King Family Clans like Xu Ying.

These King Family Clans enjoyed considerable privileges within the Nine Provinces Alliance, but those privileges came at a price.

The Xu Family, for example, guarded three A-Rank Secret Realm Spaces.

And A-Rank Secret Realm Spaces meant the presence of quasi-king beasts!

While enjoying their privileges, they also had to shoulder the corresponding risks.

Ordinary family clans, on the other hand, guarded B-Rank Secret Realm Spaces.

If they could not shoulder this responsibility, these family clans would be stripped of their status and reduced to cold-clans.

The privileges they enjoyed within the Nine Provinces Alliance would cease to exist.

That was why members of these family clans had witnessed the existence of demon beasts from a very young age.

A mere D-Rank Secret Realm was hardly worth making a fuss over.

On the contrary, some were extremely excited and genuinely considered this an excellent opportunity to train.

Yet despite how persuasive Jia Nan's voice was, quite a few still chose to withdraw.

After all, this was a matter of life and death.

Of course, once they withdrew, those elite universities would no longer value them, nor would they receive Yu Province's rewards!!

Soon, Jia Nan looked at the remaining students and continued, "I admire your courage. Does anyone else want to withdraw?"

"Think this through. There's still time to withdraw now. Otherwise, you'll be treated as deserters!!"

Jia Nan's words grew sterner again, and soon another group chose to withdraw.

Looking at the few hundred who remained, he slowly nodded. "In half an hour, Cao Yang's squad will lead you to that nearby Secret Realm Space!!"

"Oh, and let me emphasize this once more: only you students will enter. There won't be any other Guardians."

That meant a bunch of starter-village newbies would be exploring a Secret Realm Space alone!!

After saying his piece, Jia Nan vanished.

But the students below the stage remained unsettled for a long time.

Just then, Geng PePe Waccabrada from Shangcheng No. 1 Middle School looked at Qi Yuan and asked, "Are you really planning to take the Martial Trial?"

Qi Yuan looked at her in bewilderment. We hardly know each other, don't we?

Geng PePe Waccabrada sighed. "How about this? Once you enter the Secret Realm Space, stick with me."

"I'll keep you safe."

She had received the inheritance of Level 6 Grandmaster Kurenai Yuhi, and her strength had now reached the early stage of Level Three.

In her view, she possessed more than enough strength to protect Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan gave Geng PePe Waccabrada a strange look, until she began to blush.

Geng PePe Waccabrada hurriedly said, "Don't get the wrong idea. I just don't want Sister Qingqing to be sad if something happens to you!!"

Her current goal in life was to follow in Yan Qingqing's footsteps and get into an elite university just as she had.

"Besides, I don't like stinky men anyway. Don't get any ideas."

Qi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. So she was not lusting after his good looks.

After thinking for a moment, he understood the reason.

Teacher Geng and Yan Gang were colleagues, and Geng PePe Waccabrada knew Yan Qingqing too.

Judging by this, they seemed pretty close??

But the old Qi Yuan had been very withdrawn, so he had known nothing about this.

Just then, Wang Ke jumped out again. "Geng PePe Waccabrada, have you gone crazy? You're actually going to team up with this useless trash??"

Geng PePe Waccabrada raised her straight brows. "What business is it of yours who I team up with??"

"Of course it's my business. If you team up with him, that means leaving our Shangcheng No. 1 Middle School team."

Wang Ke sneered, then called loudly to those around him, "Everyone, you heard that. Geng PePe Waccabrada wants to team up with Qi Yuan."

"Our Shangcheng No. 1 Middle School team won't allow deadweight like him."

In this brief span of time, many people had already begun making plans.

And the best plan was to band together with people they knew.

That way, they could minimize casualties.

Shangcheng No. 1 Middle School thus formed one large circle, but now Wang Ke intended to exclude Geng PePe Waccabrada from it.

Qi Yuan frowned. He did not want to feel constrained.

With Geng PePe Waccabrada by his side, some of his abilities would actually be inconvenient to use.

So he said, "You should stay with the people from Shangcheng No. 1 Middle School. Thanks for the offer, but I don't need your help."

Yet Geng PePe Waccabrada insisted, "How will you survive without me? Put aside your male pride."

"Even if you received the Sharingan, you can't just give up on yourself!"

Suddenly, she stared at Qi Yuan with her large eyes. "Could it be that you intended to kill yourself all along??"

Qi Yuan looked at her speechlessly. How was this girl so good at dreaming things up??

Half an hour passed in a flash, and soon a squad of thirty Guardians appeared before them.

Cao Yang, who led them, roared, "Follow us! Move!"

While most of them were still standing there in a daze, the Guardians ran straight out of town.

And their speed surpassed the limits of ordinary people!!

Anyone who was not a ninja could not possibly keep up with them.

As though waking from a dream, the students hurried after the Guardians.

Geng PePe Waccabrada sped along and soon caught up.

She was now a Level Three Ninja, worlds apart from what she had been yesterday!!

Suddenly, she remembered something. "Oh no, I forgot Qi Yuan."

"How could that sickly body of his possibly keep up??"

Without warning, a voice sounded beside his ear. "Who's sickly? Is this how you bad-mouth me behind my back?"

Geng PePe Waccabrada glanced behind her to the left and was instantly startled.

She discovered Qi Yuan following behind her at an unhurried pace, without the slightest strain.

She was completely dumbfounded. Was the Sharingan's curse all a lie??

Right now, Qi Yuan was displaying a speed only ninjas possessed, and he looked utterly relaxed.

Qi Yuan raised a brow. "You didn't really think I was going there to die, did you!!"

"Actually, I'm super strong!!"

Geng PePe Waccabrada finally came to her senses, wondering whether the Sharingan's curse had been delayed??

After all, Qi Yuan had such high chakra affinity. Was that why receiving the Sharingan had been different for him than for others??

As for his last remark, Geng PePe Waccabrada ignored it entirely.

They passed through dense bushes, continually stepping off trees.

For the first time, many of them felt the power of a ninja, a world apart from their previous lives as ordinary people.

After running for roughly a full hour, the thirty Guardians ahead finally stopped.

The moment they stopped, many of those behind them dropped straight to their knees, panting nonstop!!

This was one of the signs of excessive chakra use.

Qi Yuan looked up and saw a door-sized, multicolored vortex flashing continuously a short distance ahead.

"Is that the entrance to the D-Rank Secret Realm??"