Chen Jia was once again enveloped in an orange glow.
With just one look, it gave off an incomparably heavy feeling.
It was as though the power of this punch weighed as heavily as Mount Tai.
"Interesting!"
At the sight of it, dazzling light burst from Lu Chen's eyes. He was thrilled beyond measure.
"Boom!"
Another head-on clash of fists.
Both of them took a step back.
Chen Jia's expression turned grave, and she did not dare let down her guard in the slightest.
She had awakened the Mutated Strength Attribute and was the most sensitive to differences in combat power.
In that punch just now, Chen Jia had already used eighty percent of her strength.
She could already be certain.
The Lu Chen before her was absolutely a martial artist who had completed Skin Refining.
Otherwise, even an ordinary Peak Fourth Rank would not possess such combat power.
"A mutated strength type is pretty good. But... if that's all you've got, it's a little too unimpressive."
Lu Chen let out a sinister chuckle and attacked again.
Chen Jia narrowed her eyes, utterly fearless. "Hmph! Then come again!"
"Boom boom boom—"
In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged several more punches.
Each punch was heavier than the last, their oppressive force radiating in all directions.
"I didn't expect Chen Jia's strength to surpass even Peak Fourth Rank."
Watching from the side, Lin Mo was somewhat surprised as well.
Previously, Chen Jia's combat power had been decent, but she had still been holding back with ease.
Now, this was her full strength!
As for Lu Chen, he was also immensely powerful, not falling behind in the slightest.
The longer Lin Mo watched, the tighter his brows drew together.
Something was wrong!
"Lu Chen still hasn't gone all out!"
Although Chen Jia and Lu Chen appeared to be trading blows evenly, as though neither could gain the upper hand—
It could be heard from their breathing.
Chen Jia's breathing had already begun to grow disorderly, and every so often, she had to take a deep, ragged breath.
Yet Lu Chen's breathing remained steady from beginning to end.
Clearly, he had not reached his limit and was still concealing his strength.
Suddenly, Lu Chen's speed surged, and his strength multiplied several times over in an instant.
"Bang!"
Caught off guard, Chen Jia was sent flying. She staggered back more than ten steps before barely managing to steady herself.
Yet even Lu Chen was surprised that Chen Jia did not cough up blood after taking that punch.
"I didn't expect your ability to take a beating to be this strong. Hahaha, let's see how many more punches you can withstand."
Lu Chen laughed loudly, giving Chen Jia no chance to catch her breath as he closed in on her.
"Hmph!"
Chen Jia clenched her silver teeth and charged forward again despite the churning blood and qi in her chest.
But this time, she had underestimated Lu Chen.
In that instant, she felt the terrifying, overwhelming force of Lu Chen's strength.
Merely blocking one punch made the bones in her palm and even her arm ache with piercing pain.
It felt as though they were about to suffer a comminuted fracture, and her face immediately turned pale.
But Lu Chen had no intention of stopping. Punch after punch came crashing down, forcing Chen Jia back again and again.
Suddenly, Chen Jia stumbled beneath her feet and was about to fall.
Lu Chen's next punch had already arrived, about to strike Chen Jia's head.
"Not good!"
Seeing Chen Jia in danger, Lin Mo cried out inwardly. In the next second, he had already flashed to her side.
At that moment, another figure appeared before Chen Jia even faster.
"Bang!!"
Lu Chen's attack was blocked.
"Oh? Instructor?"
Upon seeing the newcomer, Lu Chen broke into a wicked smile.
"Lu Chen, what are you trying to do? This is an assessment. You are forbidden from endangering the lives of other students. Are you ignoring the rules?"
The instructor glared at Lu Chen with anger in his eyes and spoke coldly.
Earlier, when he had seen Lu Chen fighting Chen Jia and the others, he had not intervened because he had not detected any danger to their lives.
But just now, Chen Jia's old strength had run dry while her new strength had yet to arise.
Her breathing was rapid and disordered, and after exchanging punches, the arm she had used had visibly drooped.
The bones in her hand had clearly suffered a severe injury.
If he did not intervene, Lu Chen's next punch would very likely be fatal.
"Rules? Is she dead?"
However, Lu Chen merely looked at the instructor playfully and asked in return.
"Bastard! If I hadn't stepped in, would she not have died if that punch hit her head?"
The instructor was instantly furious at Lu Chen's attitude.
"Only if she's dead does it count!"
Lu Chen said carelessly, enunciating every word, his attitude incomparably arrogant.
"You... Hmph! Ning Province's instructors, show yourselves!"
Seeing this, the instructor was beside himself with rage and directly shouted toward the surroundings.
Every student had an accompanying instructor hidden in the shadows to protect them, lest these students lose their lives.
Even if they were ultimately not selected, with their talent, they would still achieve outstanding results after entering Martial University. They were all pillars of the nation and naturally could not be allowed to die.
But... after waiting for a while, there was no response at all.
The instructor immediately frowned, an ominous premonition rising in his heart.
"You're looking for our accompanying instructors?"
At that moment, Lu Chen stared at the instructor with a strange smile.
"Come on, show him!"
With a wave of his hand, the two people behind him stepped forward and opened the large backpacks on their backs.
"Thud thud thud—"
Several heads rolled out of the backpacks.
Every head had its eyes wide open, its face frozen in terror and disbelief.
Clearly, they had experienced something horrifying before they died.
"Who exactly are you people?!"
In an instant, the instructor swiftly assumed a fighting stance, alert to the extreme.
The ten heads before him represented ten instructors.
Clearly, they had been the accompanying instructors of Lu Chen and his group.
They had actually all been killed by them? How was that possible?!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
Nine more people suddenly appeared in the arena.
They were the accompanying instructors of Lin Mo's and Huo Zihao's two teams.
Together with the instructor who had appeared first, the ten of them instantly surrounded Lu Chen and the others.
"Who are we? Hahaha, kill them!"
Surrounded on all sides, Lu Chen merely swept his gaze over them before bursting into wild, arrogant laughter.
As his words fell, his nine subordinates immediately charged at the instructors.
"Impudence!"
"Seeking death!"
Each team of accompanying instructors had one Sixth-grade Captain and four Fifth Rank members.
Such a combination was enough to handle any situation.
Seeing Lu Chen's people launch a counterattack, they flew into a rage.
But the moment they exchanged blows, they were shocked!
"Peak Fifth Rank!"
They had never expected that the nine people Lu Chen had brought along had all concealed their strength before this.
Now that battle had begun, they unleashed their full combat power, revealing Peak Fifth Rank strength without reservation.
What terrified them even more was that among these nine people, there were actually two Sixth-grade martial artists.
"Heretics!"
The Captain among the accompanying instructors shouted at once.
By now, they naturally understood where these people had come from.
Only Heretics could possibly disguise themselves so thoroughly and launch an assassination attempt against genius students.
"It... it has nothing to do with me!"
At that moment, Huo Zihao collapsed to the ground, his legs going limp. He understood as well.
But his heart was filled with extreme terror.
He had merely asked an acquaintance to help teach Lin Mo, Xiao Ya, and the others a lesson for humiliating him.
Who could have imagined that this "Lu Chen" he knew was actually an impostor?
And a Heretic at that!
He had brought these people here. Once he became associated with Heretics, he would be finished!
"Hehe, you lot, prepare to die!"
His subordinates had already held back those accompanying instructors, while Lu Chen turned to look at Xiao Ya, Chen Jia, and the others.
Only killing geniuses like these could bring him pleasure and earn the approval and appreciation of those above him!
As his words fell, "Lu Chen" erupted with his true strength.
An aura that made everyone present feel suffocated burst forth.
"Bone Refining!"
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