ocean-life Chapter 253 - 145: Single-handed Suppression, Who is the Monster?
Chapter 253 - 145: Single-handed Suppression, Who is the Monster?
The astonishment on Su Yunjin’s face grew even more pronounced. "He’s going to challenge an instructor directly?!"
RUMBLE!
Before Su Yunjin could even finish speaking, a dull clap of thunder exploded without warning across the spacious testing field.
Lin Ye’s pupils instantly shrank to the size of a pinprick.
A short distance away, the muscular youth holding the halberd had transformed into a blindingly brilliant streak of silver lightning. Wreathed in the force of a thousand thunderbolts, he shot toward the instructor.
This wasn’t just a metaphor for his speed.
Instead, Lin Ye saw with perfect clarity that his body’s surface was erupting with countless frenzied arcs of electricity. The man himself seemed to be transforming into lightning—the most tyrannical form of energy in the world.
Lin Ye halted, stepping back to the entrance of the passage to watch with keen interest.
The challenged instructor’s expression changed dramatically.
’How could I have ever imagined I’d one day run into a monster who would directly challenge me, an instructor at the Late Stage of the Gang Condensation Realm!’
Facing the lightning that seemed like divine punishment descending upon the world, he didn’t dare show the slightest hesitation. The Gang Sha within his body erupted in an instant, holding nothing back.
VMMMM!
An incredibly thick, earth-yellow Gang Sha Shield abruptly materialized before him. On its surface, the phantom image of a mountain range even appeared.
However, in the next moment!
BOOM!!!
The silver lightning and the earth-yellow shield collided violently!
The moment it made contact with the lightning, the seemingly indestructible Gang Sha Shield shattered like glass struck by a hammer.
Frenzied arcs of electricity flew in all directions, scorching the surrounding alloy floor with blackened marks.
The instructor let out a muffled grunt as he was blasted backward by this frenzied power, each step stamping a deep footprint into the hard floor.
He stared in utter horror at the youth who was slowly pulling back his halberd.
One strike!
A single strike had shattered the Gang Sha defense he had powered with all his might!
"Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison... You’re the genius of this generation’s Dongfang Family?!" The instructor’s voice was strained.
Dongfang Zhen’s smile didn’t waver.
"Again!"
Before the word was even out, he moved again!
He leaped high into the air, the halberd in his hand transforming into a bolt of lightning that seemed to tear the sky asunder as it came crashing down.
The entire underground space was bleached a deathly white by the blinding flash of lightning.
The instructor’s expression was grim to the extreme. He clasped his hands together, and the earth-yellow Gang Sha gathered frantically.
RUMBLE—!!!!
The impact this time was several times more powerful than the last!
A frenzied shockwave of energy erupted from the point of impact, sweeping out in all directions!
Everyone else fighting in the field was sent tumbling by the aftershock.
When the dust settled, everyone saw the instructor half-kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath. The sleeves on the arms he’d used to block had been turned to ash, and the arms themselves were covered in blackened electrical burns.
Dongfang Zhen, however, still stood proudly where he was, halberd in hand, with lightning coiling around his body.
"I concede."
The instructor forced out the two words, slowly getting to his feet and moving aside to clear the passage behind him.
"Dongfang Zhen, qualified."
The entire field fell deathly silent.
No one could quite process what had just happened.
’You can... do that?’
’Too disdainful to fight the puppets.’
’So you just beat the hell out of the instructor guarding the gate and pass the test?!’
’That’s insane!’
Waves of shock rippled through Lin Ye’s heart as well.
’So strong!’
’Unreasonably strong!’
’So this is the strength of the province’s number one!’
’This Dongfang Zhen... who’s stronger, him or me?’
Lin Ye wasn’t sure.
After all, he also had a few aces up his sleeve he hadn’t played yet.
As Lin Ye was lost in thought, Dongfang Zhen was already striding over to him.
"Hey man, I’m Dongfang Zhen. What’s your name?"
Lin Ye could sense that the young man before him held not a shred of malice—only an extremely pure desire for battle.
"Lin Ye," he answered succinctly.
"Mr. Lin! Great! I know the layout of the training camp. The first Cultivation Technique class is starting at the Martial Arts Hall on the mountainside."
Dongfang Zhen enthusiastically slung an arm around his shoulder.
"Let’s go together!"
Without waiting for Lin Ye’s reply, he began half-pushing him into the dark passage.
The two figures quickly vanished at the far end of the passage.
The geniuses left standing dumbstruck on the field looked as if all the strength had been drained from their bodies, their faces ashen.
They swallowed hard, looking from the puppets still patrolling the field to Lu Jiuxiao, who was being carried away.
’What kind of monsters are these...’
’Forget about whether we can even pass this hellishly difficult test.’
’Even if we get lucky and pass, we’ll have to be in the same training camp as monsters like that.’
’Will we... actually survive until graduation?’