"He wasn't at Skin Refining—he was a Peak Fifth Rank Bone Refining warrior!"
Xiao Ya stared at Lu Chen in shock, suddenly understanding.
No wonder her attacks just now had failed to harm him.
So that was it.
"Hahahaha, I never expected this haul to be so great. Southern Province has actually given me so many surprises."
Madness filled Lu Chen's face as he laughed wildly.
This time, he had come with a mission and had killed the real Lu Chen and the others long ago.
He had suppressed his strength all the way, disguised himself as them, and infiltrated the examinee group.
To make things easier, he had even arranged for the ten accompanying instructors to be killed.
His goal was to eliminate and cripple as many geniuses as possible.
To reduce the Martial Alliance Elite Camp's reserve strength and slow the growth of these geniuses.
But they had never expected to encounter an extraordinary genius like Xiao Ya here.
Nor had they expected Southern Province, which had never produced especially outstanding results in any previous year, to produce such geniuses this time.
An eighteen-year-old Psychic Master, an eighteen-year-old mutated strength-type berserker, and even an ability user who had awakened the rare Light Element.
Naturally, their Heretics organization could not allow people like these to grow.
Otherwise, they would surely become a thorn in their flesh and a splinter in their bones.
Simply crippling them was no longer enough to achieve their goal.
These people had to die!
Even if it meant exposing their identities.
As long as they could kill these absolute geniuses, it would be far more worthwhile than eliminating a few more ordinary geniuses.
"Not good!"
Seeing Lu Chen charge toward Xiao Ya, the two instructor Captains, Liu Sheng and Wang Gan, were frantic.
Xiao Ya was the monstrous genius Southern Province had focused on the most this time!
She was also the young lady of the Xiao Family, Southern Province's foremost martial family.
And she was the daughter of the director of the Southern Province Branch of Martial Alliance.
If anything happened to her, one could well imagine how severe the consequences would be.
"Stay!"
Liu Sheng and Wang Gan tried to shake off their opponents and rush over to save her.
But their opponents were also Sixth-grade warriors. Like them, they were merely Bone Refining Sixth-grade warriors.
For the moment, there was simply no way to break free.
Their team members were in even worse shape.
The weakest of the people Lu Chen had brought were all Peak Fifth Rank Skin Refining experts.
Yet these accompanying instructors were only mid-Fifth Rank Skin Refining warriors.
The gap in rank had all of them suppressed, struggling bitterly to hold on.
"Bastards!"
Seeing that they could not provide aid, the two Captains were anxious as ants on a hot pan.
One of them even directly sent out a distress signal.
Everything had happened too quickly.
They had not had time to send a call for help in advance.
Now, trying to mend the fold after the sheep were lost was already too late.
"I'll fight you to the death!"
In an instant, the two Captains began Burning Vital Blood, prepared to risk their lives.
Violent auras swept over everything like a surging tide, their strength soaring in an instant.
"Want to risk your lives? Who's afraid of whom?"
What they had not expected was that these Heretics were even crazier.
As Liu Sheng and Wang Gan began Burning Vital Blood, their enemies did the same—and far more thoroughly.
The two Captains had only burned part of their vital blood, hoping to shake free and rescue Xiao Ya.
But their opponents had burned at least half the vital blood in their bodies.
They seemed utterly unconcerned that burning too much vital blood would exact a crushing price.
They said Heretics were mad. Seeing them today, it was indeed true.
One had to know that burning such a massive amount of vital blood would, at best, cause their strength to regress and their foundations to be damaged, leaving them unable to advance another inch in future cultivation.
At worst, they would be paralyzed afterward and bid farewell to their martial careers forever.
"Madmen!"
Liu Sheng and Wang Gan's eyes nearly split open with fury, yet they could only watch helplessly as Lu Chen charged toward Xiao Ya not far away.
"Hahahaha, die!"
This time, Lu Chen was no longer playing cat and mouse as he had before.
With all his strength unleashed, he was unstoppable.
The powerful aura he released alone made Xiao Ya, Chen Jia, and the others unable to even look directly at him.
The absolute suppression of rank and strength left them unable to muster even the slightest power to resist.
"We'll risk it!"
Xiao Ya and Chen Jia exchanged a glance, both utterly resolute.
At that moment, dazzling red light erupted from Chen Jia's entire body. Her trump card was about to erupt.
Invincible! Three seconds of invincibility, enough to let her withstand every attack.
Meanwhile, three purple-gold lotus flowers appeared beside Xiao Ya. Their buds were tightly closed as they floated in the air, spinning continuously.
As they spun, the lotus petals slowly began to unfurl.
But with every fraction they opened, an unnatural flush appeared on Xiao Ya's face, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Clearly, using this ultimate trump card was still extremely taxing for Xiao Ya at her current level.
"Let me handle this!"
At that moment, a familiar voice rang out.
Before the two women could react much, a figure appeared before their eyes. It flickered, then charged straight toward Lu Chen.
Boom!
Their fists collided.
A heaven-shaking blast erupted.
The figure did not move, while Lu Chen staggered back more than a dozen steps before barely managing to steady himself.
"What?!"
That scene drew cries of shock from everyone present.
It even caused everyone locked in fierce battle to pause for a moment.
They truly had not expected anyone to be able to take Lu Chen's punch.
No, it was not merely taking it—this was complete domination!
"Peak Fifth Rank?"
After steadying himself, Lu Chen stared at that figure in disbelief.
That punch just now had possessed at least the combat strength of a Peak Fifth Rank warrior.
Otherwise, how could it possibly have sent him flying back?
Huo Zihao, who was sprawled limply on the ground nearby, had only just regained some of his senses.
But upon seeing this scene, his mouth fell open, as though he were dreaming.
When had this hateful brat become Peak Fifth Rank? Impossible!
Still, his feelings at that moment were extremely complicated.
Someone capable of contending with Lu Chen had appeared. He should have been happy.
After all, this Lu Chen was a Heretic in disguise.
If no one could contend against them, everyone present would have only one outcome: death!
But... the person who had stepped forward to contend with Lu Chen was actually Lin Mo.
For a moment, he felt deeply displeased and jealous.
"You're Lin Mo? I never expected it, I truly never expected it. So you were the greatest surprise of all."
After his initial shock, delight and fervor gradually appeared on Lu Chen's face.
He had thought Xiao Ya, Chen Jia, and Liu Peipei were the greatest surprises this time.
He had not expected an even more powerful monstrous genius to be hidden here.
Eighteen years old, with strength comparable to a Peak Fifth Rank warrior.
Moreover, Lu Chen could sense that this kid still had strength to spare.
Lin Mo glanced at him without saying a word.
Instead, he answered with his actions.
Whoosh!
His figure flashed. When he appeared again, he was already in front of Lu Chen.
One punch!
Overbearing beyond compare!
There was no possibility of dodging it at all.
"Kid, you're far too arrogant!"
Lu Chen sneered.
He had not used his awakened power in that previous exchange.
This time, he directly unleashed it.
Crackle—
In an instant, white electric currents wrapped around Lu Chen's entire body.
"Not good, it's the Thunder Element!"
With a single glance, Liu Sheng and Wang Gan cried out.
The Thunder Element was the strongest elemental force of slaughter.
They had never expected Lu Chen to have awakened the exceedingly rare Thunder Element power.
"It's over!"
Seeing the two about to collide, the hearts of the two Captains thudded, and they inwardly cried that things were bad.
Yet the next second, silver-purple electric currents erupted from Lin Mo's body.
"Holy shit?"
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