Sudden Change! Ruthless Killing!

"However, our Southern Province has a few very strong ones in this batch."

Huo Zihao didn't notice the strange reaction from Lu Chen and his group at all, continuing to speak to himself.

"Oh? How strong?"

Hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Lu Chen's eyes. He kept his hand on the hilt of his blade, making no other movements.

"Sigh, it's embarrassing to say. I've been humbled by them a few times."

"Oh? Stronger than you? Tell me about them."

Lu Chen seemed to have taken an interest; he pulled his hand away from the hilt, stroked his chin, and looked at Huo Zihao with keen curiosity.

"It's like this..."

And so, Huo Zihao began to embellish the stories of Lin Mo, Chen Jia, Xiao Ya, and Liu Peipei, conveniently ignoring Lin Dabao entirely.

Naturally, the parts where he had brought trouble upon himself were heavily modified.

As for the parts where he had lost face, he omitted those even more thoroughly.

In his version of the story, these individuals were all arrogant and unruly, relying on their formidable strength to lash out at the slightest provocation.

"Besides them, there are a few others who aren't bad. I feel like they're about as strong as I am. They are..."

Lu Chen listened to Huo Zihao with great patience, the glint in his eyes growing even sharper.

"Less than 600 in Vitality, yet they can crush you? A Strength-type mutation? A Psychic Master? A Light Element Awakened?"

Lu Chen muttered these words to himself, a wicked smile spreading across his face.

Licking his lips, Lu Chen seemed somewhat excited.

"Brother Chen, I have a small favor to ask." At this moment, Huo Zihao suddenly spoke up.

"Speak."

"Can you help me settle the score?"

"You mean, you want me to deal with Lin Mo and the others?"

"Yes, they've gone too far. I just can't swallow this insult." Huo Zihao wore a look of sorrowful indignation and reluctance.

"Fine, since you're my brother, I'll take this on. But, you should introduce me to those other people you mentioned as well? You know where they are, right?"

Lu Chen nodded, smiling as he looked at Huo Zihao.

"No problem! I know roughly which direction they're in; it'll be easy to find them."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Huo Zihao felt a bit puzzled.

He wondered why Lu Chen wanted to find the others he had mentioned later.

However, he couldn't be bothered to care; the fact that Lu Chen was willing to help him deal with Lin Mo and his group was enough.

"Then... let's go." Lu Chen was quite decisive.

"Going now? Are your mission points already full?"

Although Huo Zihao was happy, he hadn't gathered enough points yet.

Venting his anger was one thing, but if he didn't collect enough points and failed the assessment, it would be a tragedy if he couldn't enter the camp.

"How much time does it take to teach those people a lesson? Are you worried you won't have time to collect points?"

Lu Chen said this with an air of indifference, though a flicker of impatience flashed through his eyes.

However, he quickly masked it.

"Uh, alright then, follow me!"

Huo Zihao nodded, thinking that made sense.

He was well aware of Lu Chen's strength.

His father and Lu Chen's father were old family friends.

Lin Mo and his group were troublesome, especially that Xiao Ya.

But he knew Lu Chen had nothing to fear.

For others, a Psychic Master was indeed a nightmare before they had completed Skin Refining and Bone Refining.

But Lu Chen had long since completed Skin Refining; he was an absolute monster.

He hadn't mentioned this during his introduction, but he knew it clearly in his heart.

Otherwise, the title of Fourth-grade alone wouldn't be enough to make him the number one in Ning Province.

Ning Province was vast and rich in resources, making it much more prosperous than the Southern Province.

Therefore, the overall strength of its martial artists was significantly higher than that of the Southern Province.

To put it bluntly, not a single genius selected from the Southern Province in any given year had ever ranked in the top 1,000 at the Martial Alliance Elite Camp.

It was precisely because of this that Lu Li valued Lin Mo so highly after discovering he had become a Thunder Element Awakened with such monstrous combat power growth.

However, his request was merely for Lin Mo to break into the top 1000 of the Martial Alliance Elite Camp.

That was because the reserve of geniuses in several other provinces was terrifying, constantly producing monstrous freaks.

Even with geniuses like Lin Mo, Chen Jia, and Xiao Ya who were already monstrous enough, Lu Li still had no confidence at all!

Not long after, their group found a small squad.

Zhang Qi, who was in the squad, was the very genius Huo Zihao had mentioned who possessed strength comparable to his own.

"Huo Zihao, what are you doing?"

Seeing that Huo Zihao's group had 15 people, and that 10 of them were complete strangers, Zhang Qi and his companions could not help but become guarded.

Those 10 people clearly were not from their Southern Province.

After all, the students from the Southern Province who had come to participate in the Martial Alliance Elite Camp had all met each other at the Southern Province Military Department plaza.

Among them, these 10 people were not present.

"Zhang Qi, there's no need to be nervous; I just have a friend who wants to meet you."

Seeing this, Huo Zihao said with a chuckle, preparing to introduce Lu Chen to him.

However, before he could even explain, Red Hair Lu Chen stepped forward. "You are Zhang Qi?"

"Yes, and you are... what are you doing? You bastard."

Zhang Qi had intended to say a few words, but he found that the moment he opened his mouth, Lu Chen instantly drew the curved blade at his waist and charged toward him.

A hideous, strange smile filled Lu Chen's entire face.

At this moment, he moved like lightning, reaching Zhang Qi's side in the blink of an eye.

"Puchi~"

Without any hesitation, the curved blade slashed out several blinding silver arcs, sweeping across the joints of Zhang Qi's four limbs.

Several streaks of blood sprayed into the air.

"Ah... you..."

Zhang Qi instantly collapsed to the ground, in extreme agony.

The joints of his four limbs had been severed, causing him to lose the ability to move.

The piercing pain turned Zhang Qi's face deathly pale, his head drenched in sweat.

Yet now, he was left with only the ability to groan in pain.

He could not utter a single word.

His eyes were filled with disbelief and terror.

Zhang Qi's teammates, and even Huo Zihao's squad, all stared at this scene in stunned silence.

The entire scene was devoid of any sound other than Zhang Qi's pained groans.

"Bastards! How dare you commit such a vicious act!"

After several breaths, Zhang Qi's teammates finally reacted and immediately began to curse in rage.

Several of them rushed to Zhang Qi's side to check his injuries.

Their eyes were filled with nothing but hatred and wariness toward Lu Chen and Huo Zihao.

"Huo Zihao, you bastard, to think you would bring people here to ambush Zhang Qi; we will definitely report this situation to the instructors of the Elite Camp!"

Seeing that Zhang Qi's four limbs were now crippled, his teammates immediately cursed at Huo Zihao.

"I... I... this has nothing to do with me."

Huo Zihao was also completely bewildered at this moment; he had never expected Lu Chen to commit such a vicious act.

His main purpose in calling Lu Chen over was merely to crush Lin Mo and the others to vent his frustration.

Ideally, he wanted to make Lin Mo and his group lose their qualifications to enter the Elite Camp.

But no matter what, he had never intended to cripple their limbs.

As for the Zhang Qi before him, he held no grudge against him at all, and it certainly didn't warrant such an outcome.

Huo Zihao looked at Lu Chen with shock and suspicion; at this moment, Lu Chen felt incredibly like a stranger.

Is this still the Lu Chen I know?

However, facing the angry shouts of those people, Lu Chen spoke coldly: "Report me? You won't get the chance."