27. Weapon Selection
The students were instantly frustrated by Bai Heng's remarks. With the exception of Chu Yan and a few classmates, the majority of them have never encountered monsters before.
Excellent. Not one of you quit. Individuals like you can be regarded as excellent ones!" stated Bai Heng.
"The next topic I want to discuss with all of you is about weapons. As all of you know, practitioners above Martial Student Realm mainly used weapons in battle. The reason is because humans bodies are not strong enough to deal fatal damage to monsters."
"However, what gives humans advantages is that they're intelligent, especially when using weapons. Although it is difficult for humans to injure monsters, we can use all kinds of tools to make up for the lack of firepower."
"This explains why both liberal and martial arts are supported by modern human civilization. There is never a way out for a brutal man who only knows how to fight and kill."
"It is important for everyone of you to thoughtfully think about the weapons you choose. You have permission to use the basic weaponry and martial arts training that our school provides. Of course, you'll have to pay for them if you want to acquire stronger martial arts techniques."
In this modern society, basic and low-level martial skills could be learned by anyone. But for the higher grades, it was strictly guarded and not allowed for outsiders to learn.
The Federation created such a rule to prevent any evil person from possessing power that can bring harm to humankind. Another reason is that the martial skills were also very comprehensive and extensive for ordinary people to understand.
While many students are unclear about which weapon is most suitable for them, Chu Yan is not like that. His major weapon is obviously a sword, since the sword can deal great damage to enemies due to its swiftness and sharpness.
In addition, the other reason he chose the sword due to his trump card comes from the Gale Wind Sword Technique.
Afterward, the majority of students, especially male students, choose a blade or spear. The reason is only one: because it is cool!
"All right, you guys are free to select the type of weapon you want to use. You will receive weapons from the school if you submit them to me tomorrow. The Federation supplies funding for each of them. Naturally, these weapons are of mortal grade. It's okay if you people want to obtain your own guns, but the price is your own money," Bai Heng remarked.
"Next, I'll talk about a matter that's related to who you are. Although you're all the elites of the third grade of high school, based on the principle of selecting the best out of the best, a top 10 will be selected amongst two classes. The top 10 will at least receive a high-grade yellow level of Lesser Body Strengthening Elixir, a potion mainly used for Martial Master experts."
Therefore, I hope that more than a few of you will be able to take the top 10 spots. At the very least, we can't allow Class 1 to take all the spots." Bai Heng looked toward a few in the crowd, especially Chu Yan.
"Apart from the selection, the first actual combat will be in half a month. During this period of time, everyone should make good use of their time to cultivate," said Bai Heng.
"Now that I've covered everything I wanted to, let's move on to the following lesson. I'll go over the many kinds of monsters that are out there and the overall scenario with you. This can be thought of as broadening your perspectives," stated Bai Heng.
"Even though we humans have advanced rapidly in the past hundreds of years, there are still countless monsters that require us martial artists to defeat. In order for all of you to understand more about monsters, I will explain the rank of monsters first.
The current ranks can be divided into four levels: servant, warrior, commander, and great commander rank. This rank corresponded to the level of our martial art cultivation, which is martial student, martial artist, martial master, and martial grandmaster.
There are monsters that have a have a higher level than the great commander rank, but this level of knowledge is only available for you guys at university."
Bai Heng's words caused an uproar among the students. The current rank that they know at most is commander rank. The commander rank is like a demon king to all of the students, and now there is a monster stronger than the commander rank?!
And what did Coach Bai say? Is there still a being that surpasses the rank of great commander?
Right now, what fills the entire atmosphere of the class is not excitement but panic and fear.
Seeing the expression of the students, Bai Heng said, "Of course, the human races also have the super being that surpasses the martial grandmaster realm; in fact, the battle of the higher being is still in human favor, so all of you don't have to worry too much."
At this moment, a student raised his hand and asked, "Coach Bai, why is there no news of higher beings fighting while there is still some news of martial grandmasters fighting?"
Hearing this, Bai Heng replied, "Well, this knowledge is forbidden for anyone to know, since you guys will actually learn it sooner or later. The reason there is no news about higher beings is to prevent civilians from feeling fear.
The battle between higher beings can be considered a catastrophe. The aftereffects of the battle itself were enough to cause the city to crumble. Therefore, the federation only let the news of martial grandmaster and below to the citizens."
Hearing these statements, all the students, including Chu Yan, were shocked. The aftereffects of the battle capable of destroying the cities are already beyond their comprehension—how powerful is their true strength?!
Chu Yan immediately clench his fist.
'No! Martial Grandmaster is not enough! I at least need to become a being that surpasses the Martial Grandmaster to protect myself and my family!'
Right now, the mentality of Chu Yan's aura slowly changes without him noticing.