The Biggest Surprise! (Seeking good reviews, seeking tips)

"He's not Skin Refining—he's actually a Peak Fifth Rank Bone Refining!"

Xiao Ya stared at Lu Chen in shock, realization dawning in her heart.

No wonder her earlier attacks hadn't harmed him at all.

So that was it.

"Hahaha, I never expected such a haul this time. The Southern Province has given This Seat so many surprises."

Lu Chen's face twisted with madness as he laughed wildly.

He had come with a mission, having long since killed the real Lu Chen and his companions.

Suppressing his strength all along, he had disguised himself as them and infiltrated the examinee ranks.

To make things easier, he had even schemed to kill their ten accompanying instructors.

His goal was to eliminate or cripple as many geniuses as possible.

To reduce the reserve strength of the Martial Alliance Elite Camp and slow down the growth of these prodigies.

But they never expected to run into an outlier genius like Xiao Ya here.

Nor did they anticipate that the Southern Province, which had never produced any standout results in previous years, would suddenly yield such talent this time.

An 18-year-old Psychic Master. An 18-year-old mutated strength-type Berserker. And even a rare Light Element awakened ability user.

To their Heretics organization, these people naturally couldn't be allowed to grow up.

Otherwise, they would become a major thorn in their side.

Simply crippling them was no longer enough to achieve their goals.

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 extra ordinary talents.

"Not good!"

Seeing Lu Chen charging at Xiao Ya, the two instructor captains, Liu Sheng and Wang Gan, panicked.

Xiao Ya was the most closely watched monstrous genius of the Southern Province this time!

She was also the daughter of the Xiao Family, the premier martial clan in the Southern Province.

And the daughter of the Southern Province Branch Director of the Martial Alliance.

If something happened to her, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Stay right there!"

Liu Sheng and Wang Gan tried to break free from their opponents to rescue her.

But their opponents were also Sixth-grade, and like them, only at the Bone Refining stage of Sixth-grade.

For the moment, they simply couldn't break away.

And their team members were in even worse shape.

The people Lu Chen had brought were all at least Peak Fifth Rank Skin Refining experts.

But the accompanying instructors were only mid Fifth-rank Skin Refining.

The gap in rank left them all suppressed, barely holding on.

"Bastards!"

Unable to help, the two captains burned with anxiety.

One of them immediately sent out a distress signal.

All of this had happened too fast.

They hadn't been able to send a distress signal in advance.

Now, mending the fold after the sheep are lost was too late.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

In an instant, both captains burned their Vital Blood, ready to go all out.

A violent surge of aura filled the air, their strength skyrocketing in an instant.

"You want to fight to the death? Who's afraid of who?"

To their surprise, these Heretics were even more insane.

The moment Liu Sheng and Wang Gan burned their Vital Blood, they did the same—and went even further.

The two captains only burned part of their Vital Blood, hoping to shake off their opponents and rescue Xiao Ya.

But their opponents burned at least half of their Vital Blood.

As if they didn't care at all about the heavy price of burning too much.

They say Heretics are mad. Seeing it today, it was certainly true.

To think that burning so much Vital Blood could, at best, cause a regression in strength and damage one's foundation, making future cultivation impossible to advance.

At worst, it could leave one paralyzed afterward, forever bidding farewell to the life of a martial artist.

"Madman!"

Liu Sheng and Wang Gan's eyes split with fury, but they could only watch helplessly as Lu Chen charged toward Xiao Ya from not far away.

"Hahaha, die!"

This time, Lu Chen wasn't toying with them like a cat with a mouse.

With all his strength unleashed, he was unstoppable.

The sheer imposing aura he radiated made it impossible for Xiao Ya and Chen Jia to even look at him directly.

The absolute suppression of rank and power left them unable to muster even a shred of strength to resist.

"Let's go all out!"

Xiao Ya and Chen Jia exchanged a glance, their resolve firm.

At that moment, Chen Jia's entire body erupted with dazzling red light—this was her trump card, ready to be unleashed.

Invincible! Three seconds of invincibility, allowing her to withstand any attack.

As for Xiao Ya, three purple-gold lotuses appeared beside her, buds yet to bloom, floating in midair and spinning continuously.

With each rotation, the lotus petals slowly opened.

But with every bit they opened, Xiao Ya's face flushed with an unnatural red, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

Clearly, this ultimate move was still a great strain for Xiao Ya to execute at her current level.

"Let me handle this!"

Just then, a familiar voice rang out.

Before the two women could react much, a figure flashed before their eyes, blurred for a moment, and then charged straight at Lu Chen.

"Boom!"

Fists clashed.

A thunderous sound erupted.

The figure stood unmoved, while Lu Chen stumbled back a full dozen steps before barely steadying himself.

"What?!"

This scene drew gasps from everyone present.

It even made all those locked in fierce combat pause for a moment.

None of them had expected that someone could actually block Lu Chen's punch.

No, not just block—this was a crushing blow!

"Peak Fifth Rank?"

Lu Chen, having steadied himself, stared at the figure in disbelief.

That punch just now had at least reached the combat power of a Peak Fifth Rank.

Otherwise, how could it have repelled him?

Huo Zihao, who had been slumped weakly on the ground, was just starting to come to his senses.

But then he saw this, and his mouth fell wide open, as if in a dream.

When had that damn brat become a Peak Fifth Rank? Impossible!

Yet, at this moment, his feelings were complicated.

The appearance of an opponent who could match Lu Chen should have made him happy.

After all, this Lu Chen was a Heretic in disguise.

If no one could stand against them, then everyone present would only end up dead.

But... the one who jumped out to counter Lu Chen actually turned out to be Lin Mo.

For a moment, it filled him with resentment and jealousy.

"So you're Lin Mo? Who would have thought, who would have thought—you were the biggest surprise all along."

Amid his shock, Lu Chen's face gradually lit up with delight and fervor.

He had originally thought Xiao Ya, Chen Jia, and Liu Peipei were the greatest surprises this time.

He never imagined there was an even more monstrous prodigy hidden here.

Eighteen years old, with strength rivaling a Peak Fifth Rank.

And Lu Chen could sense that this kid still had more in reserve.

Lin Mo swept a glance at him, saying nothing.

Instead, he answered with action.

"Whoosh!"

A flicker of movement, and he had already appeared before Lu Chen.

A single punch!

Overwhelmingly domineering!

There was simply no chance to dodge.

"Kid, you're far too arrogant!"

Lu Chen sneered.

He hadn't used his awakened power just now.

This time, he directly unleashed it.

"Crackle~"

In an instant, Lu Chen's entire body was enveloped in white electric currents.

"Not good, it's the Thunder Element!"

At a single glance, Liu Sheng and Wang Gan cried out in alarm.

The Thunder Element was the strongest elemental force of slaughter.

They hadn't expected that Lu Chen had awakened the extremely rare Thunder Element power.

"It's over!"

Just as the two were about to collide, both squad leaders' hearts sank, sensing trouble.

Yet, in the next second, silver and purple intertwined currents burst forth from Lin Mo's body.

"What the hell?"