Chapter 29

Outside Nanyuan City, in a small village.

A figure leaped up and quickly fled.

Just as he leaped, the figure suddenly froze. A massive iron-winged bird appeared before him, swooping down to kill!

Terrified, the figure instinctively dodged.

In mid-air, he quickly fell to the ground. At that moment, a metallic whistling sound came from one side.

"Ha!"

The imminent threat of death brought the middle-aged man to full alert. With a roar, he suppressed his fear, swung his knife, and slashed to the left!

Someone was ambushing him!

"The duration of the stun is so short..."

Nearby, Su Yu, who was ambushing in earth-grey clothes, had this thought flash through his mind. Even though it was a Thousand Jun realm expert, it was only a momentary reaction. Indeed, the illusion created by the divine script was still not strong enough, not real enough.

But he had struck first, attacking from the side. Although the opponent reacted quickly and swung his knife fast, he was still not as fast as Su Yu.

Puff!

A metallic sound of a blade piercing flesh was heard, followed by a crunch as bones broke. The man's left shoulder was directly severed, and his arm fell off.

But the next moment, the long knife in the man's right hand also fell toward Su Yu's neck.

Su Yu quickly retreated, continuously creating illusions in front of the man to distract him.

Hundreds of demon races pounced on the man. Even though he knew it was an illusion, the man, after all, was only in the Thousand Jun realm and couldn't remain completely unfazed. His body swayed slightly to avoid the charging demons.

With this slight dodge, Su Yu had already evaded the opponent's blade, his forehead covered in sweat.

Teacher, aren't you coming down to save me yet?

If this guy gets used to it, I won't be able to withstand a Thousand Jun. Unless I explode with the power of devouring essence blood.

If he had just used essence blood, he would have killed the opponent with one slash.

But as an Origin Opening realm practitioner, his power and speed were insufficient. Being able to sever the opponent's arm with one slash was already impressive.

Su Yu continued to retreat!

The intense pain brought the man to full consciousness. At this moment, the illusions were dissipating.

The man's eyes were blood-red, his left shoulder severed, blood continuously flowing.

With bloodshot eyes, he looked at the retreating Su Yu and let out a beast-like roar, "Die!"

Ignoring everything, the man crazily chased after Su Yu!

There was no way to live!

Already being hunted by the Feng Capture Hall, now with a severed arm, he had almost no chance of survival.

Since that's the case, he might as well kill this bastard who ambushed him.

Origin Opening!

He was actually ambushed by an Origin Opening practitioner!

"Suck, suck quickly!"

Su Yu turned and ran, manipulating the "Blood" character to start drawing blood. Even an injured Thousand Jun wasn't someone he could deal with.

Blood continuously spurted from the man's shoulder wound, faster and faster.

The man felt his life slipping away, and the speed of blood loss accelerating. With an angry roar, his speed increased by another three points, his eyes blood-red. He was going to kill that bastard ahead!

The more he exploded, the faster the blood flowed out.

But the distance between Su Yu and the man also rapidly closed.

Su Yu panicked. If the opponent didn't die soon, he would probably be cut to death.

"Buzz!"

The sound of a falling blade was heard. Su Yu reacted quickly, rolling on the ground to dodge the opponent's knife.

Being chased in dreams for so many years, he had learned some ways to escape.

Although the ultimate result was always being killed, Su Yu could roughly judge how the opponent would kill him even without looking back.

After rolling a few times on the ground, sharp stones scratched Su Yu's cheek, but he couldn't care less. He got up and continued to run.

The "Blood" character was still crazily drawing the man's blood.

The consumption of willpower made Su Yu's face pale, sweat dripping continuously.

Behind him, the man who missed his slash let out a shrill roar. His vision was already beginning to blur, too much blood had been lost.

"You... don't think you can escape!"

The man roared angrily, chasing after Su Yu again.

...

"Instructor Liu, aren't you going to take action yet?"

Not far away, the head of the Feng Capture Hall, Zeng Hua, looked at Liu Wenyuan. Now that the opponent was making a desperate last-ditch effort, he was determined to kill Su Yu. After all, Su Yu was only in the Origin Opening realm, and if this continued, it would be dangerous.

Liu Wenyuan remained silent.

It was not yet time, and besides, with his Soaring Willpower, the opponent was less than a hundred meters away. With his strength, he could instantly immobilize the opponent, so he wasn't in a hurry.

He wanted to see how far Su Yu could go.

By now, Su Yu had already exceeded his expectations.

Ambushing and killing a Thousand Jun, and not just any Thousand Jun but one at the sixth level, and even managing to sever the opponent's arm, was already remarkable.

While Liu Wenyuan was thinking about these things, Su Yu was once again caught up by the opponent.

Liu Wenyuan was ready to intervene, but at this moment, Su Yu suddenly turned around, as if he was going to fight to the death.

"Getting impatient..."

Liu Wenyuan evaluated, and just as this thought flashed through his mind, Su Yu suddenly shouted, "Don't kill him, capture him alive!"

The man's long knife was already slashing toward him, but upon hearing this, he hesitated, and a whistling sound came from behind him.

Even though he was prepared to die, the presence of someone behind him made the man instinctively dodge. In front of him, Su Yu turned and ran again.

The man dodged slightly, but there was no further movement behind him.

In that moment, Su Yu used his willpower to simulate an illusion, slightly disturbing the air and creating a false impression.

Up ahead, Su Yu crawled and rolled, running another dozen meters.

"I'll kill you!"

The man roared angrily, realizing he had been tricked.

"Still have so much strength?"

Su Yu panted heavily. Despite losing so much blood, the man still had so much strength. Was a Thousand Jun really so hard to kill?

Didn't he kill one with just one slash last time?

Previously at the academy, he ambushed and killed two Thousand Jun, and he heard afterward that they were at the seventh level. He wasn't very afraid of Thousand Jun, but today... Su Yu realized he was wrong.

Without the burst from devouring essence blood, without the ambush, let alone the seventh level, even a third level Thousand Jun could kill him quickly.

"Hurry up and suck!"

Su Yu roared in his mind. The "Blood" character was too weak, even though it was a divine script!

Such a large wound, yet the blood-sucking was so slow. It was practically a useless divine script.

The "Blood" character divine script was also trying its best to suck, but it was too weak. Su Yu's willpower was too weak, and the nurturing time for the divine script was too short. After several bursts, the "Blood" character had dimmed significantly.

At this moment, the power of the divine script was much weaker than before.

Behind him, the sound of a knife cutting through the air was heard again.

Without thinking, Su Yu rolled again. The long knife struck the ground, scattering stones, and sharp stones cut across Su Yu's cheeks and neck, leaving bloody marks.

Su Yu didn't care about these at all, rolling madly for a while, using both hands and feet, abandoning his knife, and fleeing again.

In an extremely sorry state!

"Damn... it!"

The man, having missed several times, was also enraged. The opponent was only in the Origin Opening realm but was slippery as an eel. With his left shoulder severed and severely injured, the intense pain greatly slowed his reactions.

At this moment, the man felt his vision darkening. Too much blood had been lost.

Seeing the opponent running away again, the man let out a final beast-like roar!

In the next moment, the man stopped chasing!

With a "buzz," the long knife in his hand was thrown out!

As the long knife was thrown, the man looked ahead in despair, wanting to see the result, but he collapsed to the ground with a thud!

A sixth-level Thousand Jun was still human, not a god. Losing so much blood, the man couldn't hold on.

"Buzz," the sound of the knife breaking through the air came from behind.

This time, Su Yu had no time to react. He felt it, but his body couldn't keep up.

In the next moment, Su Yu felt the sharp edge of the knife touch his back.

It's over!

This thought flashed through his mind, and the next moment, the long knife stopped.

Not far away, Liu Wenyuan, satisfied but without a trace of joy on his face, walked out and frowned, saying, "You couldn't even deal with a severely injured, useless Thousand Jun. He's just a cannon fodder follower of the Ten Thousand Races Sect! He's not as good as a Feng Capture Hall peer, not as good as a City Guard peer... let alone a Prefecture Army, Dragon Martial Guard, or Frontline Corps!"

"Even soldiers from the frontline, even if they're weaker than him, would have no difficulty killing him!"

Liu Wenyuan looked very displeased!

Beside him, the head of the Feng Capture Hall couldn't help but smile wryly.

A sixth-level Thousand Jun!

What realm was Su Yu in?

The Origin Opening realm, and not even the eighth level, but the seventh level. He almost killed a sixth-level Thousand Jun, and yet this one was still not satisfied.

And comparing with frontline soldiers!

What a joke, without at least the fourth level of Thousand Jun, it would be almost impossible for frontline soldiers to kill such an opponent.

### Physical Fitness, Reaction Speed, Explosive Power - Su Yu Was Far Behind His Opponent

If it weren't for his numerous tricks, Su Yu would have been chopped down the moment he attempted an ambush, not to mention killing anyone.

At this moment, Su Yu was in a sorry state, panting heavily, his body covered in wounds. He responded with a bitter smile, "Teacher, phew... his vitality is too strong. He didn't die after so long. I had no chance to strike him a second time."

"You only have one chance!"

Liu Wenyuan remained indifferent, "A weaker person wanting to kill a stronger one has only that moment of opportunity! If, at the moment of your ambush, you had struck his head instead of his shoulder, he would already be dead!"

"Do you think on the battlefield, the enemy will give you a second chance?"

"In that fleeting moment, if he doesn't die, you will!"

"So either you don't ambush, or you prepare thoroughly for a one-hit kill! Don't gamble with your life!"

Liu Wenyuan spoke sternly, "So it's still your own judgment that's lacking. If it weren't for my intervention, you would have been killed by his dying strike!"

Su Yu nodded with a grimace, acknowledging this.

"A mid-stage Thousand Jun is worth two merit points, but since I intervened at the end, you get one merit point this time. Any objections?"

"None!"

Su Yu shook his head. Earning one merit point wasn't bad.

A late-stage Thousand Jun was worth three merit points, early-stage only one, which meant he effectively killed an early-stage Thousand Jun.

Only now did Su Yu realize how difficult it was to earn merit points.

Previously, learning a language would reward one point, albeit time-consuming, but killing... that required risking one's life!

If the same rules applied at the Civilization Academy, expecting students whose willpower hadn't even materialized to earn merit points, how many could actually kill a Thousand Jun?

Even on the battlefield, soldiers in the same realm found it hard to kill an enemy of the same level.

Licking blood off the blade, killing one earned only three merit points, which showed how hard they were to obtain.

Liu Wenyuan showed a faint smile, quickly suppressed, and continued, "When you can single-handedly kill a mid-stage Thousand Jun, that will count as your graduation! Not like today, almost getting killed!"

"In battle, you can use any means necessary!"

"This is a life-and-death battlefield, not a sparring contest, so don't worry about the methods, we only care about the results!"

Liu Wenyuan greeted Zeng Hua and, while walking, said, "When creating illusions, why do you always think of using beasts to kill him? There are many kinds of illusions, not everyone fears beasts."

"You could create a beautiful woman, without clothes... ahem, you know what I mean!"

"You could also simulate my appearance. I'm a Soaring... of course, I'm not famous enough. You could simulate the City Lord's appearance. He should recognize him. Do you think he would be scared if he saw a Soaring?"

"There are many ways to create illusions, don't be limited. I noticed your thinking is rigid, only knowing to simulate beasts biting him, that's too uncreative!"

Su Yu pondered, then softly said, "Teacher... um... beautiful women without clothes... ahem, I haven't seen them, so simulating wouldn't be realistic. Should I..."

"Nonsense!"

Liu Wenyuan reprimanded, then coughed lightly, "I was just speaking casually, don't take it seriously! Don't get any funny ideas!"

Liu Wenyuan regretted his words. What was he thinking?

If this kid really went to such places, and his father found out, would his father come back from the frontline to settle accounts?

Su Yu obediently agreed, his eyes flickering, then said, "Teacher, do you think if I simulate the Xia Mansion Master next time, would anyone believe it?"

"..."

Liu Wenyuan glanced at him. This kid was quite bold.

Xia Longwu was the Lord of Great Xia Prefecture, and this kid had no sense of reverence.

Su Yu continued, "Do you think if I simulated the Mansion Master, the opponent would be scared to death? Or wouldn't dare believe it? How about... adding a woman beside him? The Mansion Master dating a woman, and the opponent encounters it, would he be scared stiff?"

Liu Wenyuan stroked his beard. Well, the kid learned to draw inferences!

But this kid was courting death, did he know?

Of course, this kid was still far from Xia Longwu, but if someday Xia Longwu saw it... Liu Wenyuan didn't dare to imagine the consequences.

"Ahem, do as you please!"

Liu Wenyuan didn't want to say more. He just hinted, and the kid was already creating his own scenarios. What more could he say?

As he thought, Su Yu didn't continue on this topic and returned to the main point, "Teacher, I checked this year's assessment process yesterday. The War Academy's first place has three drops of Origin Qi liquid..."

Liu Wenyuan looked at him. What did he want to say?

"Do you think if I take both assessments and get first place in the War Academy, will I get the Origin Qi liquid?"

He meant first place in Nanyuan.

The small city first place, the Origin Qi liquid reward was provided by the Nanyuan City Lord's Mansion, not the War Academy.

The War Academy didn't care much about small city first places, unless it was the entire Great Xia Prefecture first.

Liu Wenyuan was speechless, "You want to cheat for rewards?"

"Teacher, it's not cheating. The assessment process doesn't say you have to attend if you pass. If I pass and don't go, it's still passing, right?"

"Are you so sure you can take first place?"

Nanyuan is small, not many geniuses, but... this kid does seem to have a chance of taking first place.

It's just Nanyuan, not some other big city.

At Kaiyuan seventh level, it's more than enough.

Liu Wenyuan glanced at him again, recently feeling like his student was becoming more carefree.

He even dared to cheat for rewards!

Liu Wenyuan fell into deep thought, when did this start?

Oh, it seemed to be when he told him he was too indecisive. After that, the kid changed. Now, he's not indecisive at all, shockingly straightforward, even cheating for rewards hadn't crossed his mind.

"Suit yourself!"

Liu Wenyuan didn't want to say more, "But don't let it interfere with the Civilization Academy's assessment, and remember, if you cheat for the reward, Wu Wenhai won't mind, but the one who comes second might hate you enough to want to kill you."

Su Yu didn't care, three drops of Origin Qi Liquid, his entire fortune was just enough to buy three drops, why not take it for free.

"The assessment times are staggered, I checked, I can take both."

Su Yu calculated and felt it was manageable.

If it wasn't possible to take both, the academy wouldn't have allowed students to register for both assessments, it was an opportunity for students.

And Su Yu, having registered for both the Civilization Academy and the War Academy, was eligible to take the exams.

Today was already June 1st, the assessments weren't far off.

For the past ten days, he had been following Liu Wenyuan around, hunting down cult members of the Ten Thousand Races. Although Su Yu hadn't done much himself, he felt he was close to reaching Kaiyuan eighth level.

Maybe with a few more sessions of cultivation and a few drops of essence blood, he could advance to Kaiyuan eighth level.

At Kaiyuan eighth level, who in Nanyuan could be his opponent?

First place, secured!

Why not take the three drops of Origin Qi Liquid for free.

Liu Wenyuan fell silent, feeling like he was leading his student astray!

Such a pure child, now learning all sorts of tricks, all because of him. Hopefully, this kid doesn't start going to those kinds of places, looking at those scantily-clad demonesses.

Liu Wenyuan felt worried, would he actually go?

"Su Yu, before your willpower manifests, it's the easiest time to be swayed. Once you're close to women, you're almost ruined, understand? That's why I haven't married, you must be aware of this!"

Su Yu blinked, is that so?

Never heard anyone say that!

Of course, he only knew two Civilized Masters, Liu Wenyuan and Bai Feng. Bai Feng only taught him for a day. Since Liu Wenyuan said so, there was no way to refute it.

"Got it. If anyone tries to seduce me, I'll cut her down!"

Su Yu nodded seriously. Before manifesting, anyone who dares to disrupt his willpower, he won't show mercy!

"..."

Liu Wenyuan felt he misspoke again!

"As a teacher... I really need to be careful with my words. This kid... if he can't find a wife in the future... never mind, I'll introduce someone to him myself if it comes to that!"

Liu Wenyuan felt powerless. A teacher shouldn't lie. Next time, he must be careful with what he says to this kid.