CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 173 YOU ARE ALREADY SURROUNDED BY ME

A deathly silence.

Everyone’s face showed an almost dazed expression.

Then...

"Hahahaha!"

The three of them burst into a fit of crazy laughter.

"Do you know who we are before you decide to rob us?"

"There are three of us, and you want to rob all three of us alone?"

"Madman, if you get lost now, we’ll spare your life."

Amid their laughter, the three couldn’t help but quietly start being on guard.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to teach the kid a harsh lesson, but that eerie mask was too creepy. The Blast Lion instinctively didn’t want to get too involved with him.

Anyway, they had already robbed quite a few people. As long as they could rob Li Ziran here, they’d have a bounty rich enough. They had been tailing him for some time, and naturally knew that this kid had quite the luck and plenty of gains, so there was no need to make complications.

"That’s right, you’re surrounded by me now. So, obediently hand over all your valuables."

Xu Lingjun said: "I don’t know who you three are, but do you three know who I am? If I rob you, you can’t do anything about it..."

The three stopped laughing and fell into an eerie silence.

To be admitted into the Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion, everyone was a talent from various cities, none of them were madmen.

Those who appeared insane likely had enough cards to play and courage.

This kid, going solo, dared to act so wildly, must have some real skill to back it up...

"Forget it; there are plenty of prey in the Secret Realm. No need to lock onto one and risk it. Even if we win, what if we get injured by him, wouldn’t that just let others take advantage?"

Finally, caution prevailed.

Although students weren’t allowed to kill each other, demon beasts didn’t follow rules. Getting injured here could cost one a life.

The death rate in the Secret Realm was quite high.

Azure Wolf angrily spat on the ground, glanced coldly at Li Ziran, and sneered: "Consider yourself lucky; grandpa spares you today."

With that, the three carefully backed away.

But who would have thought Xu Lingjun would still press the issue, stepping forward two steps, saying: "Didn’t you hear me? You’ve been surrounded by me. If you want to escape... you must first leave behind all your gains."

"Don’t push people too far!"

"But wasn’t it clearly you who were bullying others?"

Xu Lingjun assumed a stance and looked back at Li Ziran, saying: "You don’t need to be afraid, I’ll protect you."

Startled again by Xu Lingjun’s face, Li Ziran nodded timidly...

He felt like he had just left the wolf’s den only to enter the tiger’s lair.

"Damn, this is a madman, let’s fight him."

"Break his limbs and toss him by the river to fend for himself, I want him to not even be able to press the Spiritual Protection Device."

The three initially wanted to let things go, but who would have thought instead that the opponent would persist...

All ruthless men, who knows how long they’ve been lurking in this Miwu Ghost Forest, the ferocity in their hearts was long rooted. It wasn’t apparent in the Martial Mansion, but here, they just didn’t want to take risks, not that they couldn’t afford them.

"Waste him!"

"At least make him lose 200 Academic Credits."

The three charged at Xu Lingjun from three different directions.

Speed was extremely fast.

Punches, palms, kicks...

Facing an unknown, audacious enemy, they each unleashed their most adept secret martial skills.

To have become Second stage Students, they had naturally been in the Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion for at least a year...

With over a year’s accumulation, their strength was formidable, and their foundations solid. Engaging in robbery in this Secret Realm relied not on teamwork alone but because each one of them was tough as nails.

Their cooperation only made them tougher.

Unexpectedly, though, the full-force punches, palms, and kicks all missed.

The other side didn’t even seem to position much. The body just floated back one meter...

All three attacks missed completely.

The three were clearly an old team that knew each other well from within the Martial Mansion and were highly skilled in the art of combined attacks, obviously having put in hard work into it.

Missing an attack, they immediately changed formation...

Beard Dog and Azure Wolf leapt up, lunging at Xu Lingjun from behind, while the Blast Lion, clearly taking a heavy and forceful route, stepped forward rapidly, encircling Xu Lingjun.

Transforming Truth Realm, where True Qi had been refined into substance.

In this realm, martial artists began to truly showcase their strength...

Possessing truly terrifying destructive power that even an ordinary human wielding standard thermal weapons couldn’t inflict.

The three united, going all out, almost entirely sealing off Xu Lingjun’s space to evade.

Fist force roared, palm wind was sharp, leaving pits and craters in their path, as if gnawed by dogs.

"Careful!"

Li Ziran intended to help, this later comer was certainly terrifying, but unlike those three, he said he’d protect him...

Though his tone was super creepy, at least he showed some goodwill towards him.

If that can be called goodwill...

"You don’t need to come over."

Yet who would have thought, Xu Lingjun, surrounded in the middle, was neither out of breath nor panicked, and no matter how intense or ferocious the opponent’s assault was, the trees and ground around him were battered beyond recognition, but never once touched him.

He was like a leaf drifting in the air, undisturbed no matter how terrifying the opponent’s fist wind or palm force was.

Their trio’s onslaught was indeed impenetrable, leaving no room for evasion.

But Xu Lingjun had already dodged before they attacked, with their fists not even reaching before he started to evade...

Clearly like a nimble bird, no matter how the opponent laid their net, if the net fell he’d have no escape, yet he always managed to swiftly slip away just as they were pulling out their net.

Then he’d fly in front of them, constantly taunting them to catch him, catch him...

Driving them to smoke from their seven orifices in anger, yet they were helpless against him.

Downright arrogant.

"Damn it!!!"

The Blast Lion roared repeatedly in frustration, yet unable to do anything to Xu Lingjun... especially for martial artists like him, who consumed a lot of True Qi.

After throwing out dozens of moves, not only did he fail to hurt the opponent in the slightest, he actually ended up consuming fifty to sixty percent of his own True Qi.

Oh no, could this kid be planning just this?

The three exchanged a glance, knowing this kid was likely specializing in a Light Body Technique, and probably at a high level...

If this drags on, their True Qi consumption would be too great, and they might end up losing here instead.

This is already not a safe place, within the Secret Realm, not even a seventy percent chance of win guarantees safety, because danger doesn’t only come from what’s in front of you.

"This kid’s Light Body Technique is formidable, let’s retreat!"

At this point, they tacitly launched a full attack on Xu Lingjun, but just as Xu Lingjun dodged, they each turned around, jumped out of the combat circle, retreated a dozen steps, and then quickly turned and fled without hesitation.

They decided to leave with such decisiveness, escaping a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

The Blast Lion was still running while shouting, "Don’t let me catch you next time!"

But before the words finished leaving his mouth.

Behind him, Xu Lingjun had already closed in on the Blast Lion like a gust of wind, his short-distance dodging and weaving exquisite, and his long-distance pursuit surprisingly fast.

So fast that the Blast Lion couldn’t react at all.

Xu Lingjun stayed silent.

Unleashing the Flame Slaying Wave Dragon Ascending Fist.

He fully understood the essence of concealing one’s identity within the Secret Realm, suppressing the urge to shout out the move’s name...

A silent punch seemed even stronger, it rose from below and slammed into the Blast Lion’s back.

How strong was Xu Lingjun’s power now?

Even he didn’t know.

He only knew that as his strength increased, as the Infinite Divine Demon Body Refining Technique progressed,

his transformations became greater and greater.

His external skin improved significantly, even to the point that Sister Yaya expressed enviously in a video that next time she wanted to use his facial cleanser as a face mask...

Stop using excuses like you don’t use facial cleanser on me.

Anyway, next time I meet you I want to use it, figure it out yourself, hiding things from me is too much...I’ve already said my face is small and won’t use much, are you afraid I’ll deplete all your stock?

But compared to the external changes... what truly surprised Xu Lingjun, was the internal changes.

With the increase in power, the mystical nature of the Infinite Divine Demon Body Refining Technique had begun to manifest.

His internal organs were covered with a layer of blood membrane.

Granting him the ability to rebound attacks.

Previously, when Jin Zhenggang had punched with full force, his own chest had broken Jin’s hand bones, that was the power of the blood membrane.

At the same time, his strength had increased tremendously...

This punch.

Accompanied by the explosive Flame Force bursting out, the overwhelming power was unstoppable, the sound of bones cracking echoed.

The Blast Lion screamed as his entire body was sent flying a dozen meters ahead, flailing about.

Violently crashing through several trees, then collapsing like a pile of noodles.

"Old Yan!!!"

The Azure Wolf and Beard Dog shouted in panic, not imagining this person’s Light Body Technique to be so fast, catching up in an instant.

Even more unexpected, this person’s strength was so extraordinary, that with one move he seriously injured the informal leader among them.

Xu Lingjun’s heart couldn’t help but tremble slightly, watching the Blast Lion twitch on the ground, thinking did I kill him?

Could it be that I just entered school for a month and I’m going to be expelled?

Wasn’t he supposed to be arrogant? How could he be so fragile?

If he’s so fragile, how dare he be so arrogant?

Li Ziran shouted, "When you’re being robbed, especially when surrounded, you have unlimited retaliation rights, even if you kill him it’s no problem, you’re the one being surrounded, at most you’ll be penalized a few hundred academic credits, but you won’t be expelled, the Martial Mansion is quite understanding about this."

"So that’s how it is."

Xu Lingjun suddenly realized, responding, "So, I was the one being surrounded?"