12 Expulsion
A/N: I'll try and do at least four chapters a week for this story. Getting busy soon so I can't keep up the daily update rate.
Awakening from his slumber, Lin Feng scrunched his nose as a horrible smell entered his nose.
His eyes bursting open in an instant, he found himself gone from the room that he had been sleeping in previously and into another room.
Springing himself up to his feet, Lin Feng let out a groan as he saw the hologram stating [Start the Tutorial?] floating in front of him along with a long hallway awaiting him.
'What the fuck? Why is this so random?'
The moment these thoughts entered his head, a blue light flashed in front of his eyes. Lin Feng blinked once in confusion before he looked at the holographic message that had just appeared in front of his face.
Reading what was written on it, Lin Feng raised an eyebrow at what was written on it. It read:
[Choose to lower difficulty?]
[Yes?] [No?]
[Terms and conditions apply]
Lin Feng's finger instinctively flew towards the [Yes] option. However, just as his finger was about to land, he grabbed his offending limb with his other one.
He shook his head as he chastised himself for his impulsiveness. He had very nearly treated this entire thing like a game and just jumped the gun.
No, the safer thing to do here was check the terms and conditions first, no matter how boring it may be.
There may be some clauses in there that may fuck him over if he chose not to know about it beforehand.
Pressing on the terms and conditions option, a surge of information instantly rushed into Lin Feng's brain like a surging river.
Immediately, Lin Feng felt as if his brain was being crushed by a massive truck. His eyes burned red as tears leaked from his eyes.
Lin Feng dropped down onto his knees as he grabbed his head tightly. Groans came out of his throat as the nausea from the sudden rush of information slowly faded.
[Will has increased to Lv. 13]
[Pain resistance has increased to Lv 10]
These two notifications suddenly rang in Lin Feng's head.
Unfortunately, he wasn't particularly excited about this because of the new info that he had just gotten.
Looking at the options once more, Lin Feng's expression was grim.
Apparently, some random bunch of assholes decided that they would force him back into the Tutorial since they were bored at his cautious actions.
However, they understood that the Tutorial that they gave him was impossible as well. Hence, they gave him a choice.
To stay with the original mission or to go decrease the difficulty.
Nonetheless, there was a catch in this, something that Lin Feng had luckily taken account for.
If he were to choose to go for the easier mission, he would only have one life from then on. Every adventure he would have inside the Tutorial would be a life or death situation for him.
Lin Feng let out a sigh as he stood up. Making his decision, he pressed on the [Yes] option.
There was really no reason he wouldn't do so. The original mission was far too hard, so unless he grinded until he was at least rank 40, he wouldn't be able to complete it.
However, this ran with a very big downside. There was no way he would be able to get spirit rings of higher ages easily since there was no healing area along with the fact that he had to hunt for some spirit beasts himself.
There was no telling whether the spirit beasts that he hunted would be beneficial for his martial spirit or not.
His current action was throwing away his extra lives, but at least this way, he could possibly complete some of his Tutorials.
Despite his cautiousness, Lin Feng felt that this was a worthwhile gamble in order to increase his future potential with the rewards that the Tutorial may give.
The moment his finger connected with the [Yes] option, another hologram popped up in front of him.
[Tutorial 2/???
Description: Reach the end of the tunnel]
Well, well.
A familiar enemy indeed.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng's expression turned serious as he walked out of the [Healing Area].
Lin Feng had complete confidence in himself that he would completely destroy this stage.
— — — —
"Huh? The arrows are kinda easy to dodge…" Lin Feng couldn't help but comment as his spear redirected the path of an incoming arrow.
Another arrow came whirring at his head. However, Lin Feng simply tilted his head to the side to dodge it.
[Danger Sensing has increased to Lv. 10]
As Lin Feng continued through the path, he found that the various patterns and speed of the arrows were slowly increasing.
Nonetheless, perhaps it was because of how much Lin Feng grinded in the past, but he easily adjusted to all of these.
Letting out a breath of sweat as he received a moment of respite from the arrow hell, Lin Feng stabbed his spear to the ground.
"Why is it getting so hot?" Lin Feng complained to himself. The air in the surroundings was slowly getting warmer as time passed.
If it weren't for the fact that he was a Spirit Master, this change would definitely have gone undetected. But in Lin Feng's case, he was damn sure that it was.
Facing conditions like these, Lin Feng persisted on his journey, but the arrows began firing again.
— — — —
'Fucking hell…'
Lin Feng was gasping for air as he stumbled forwards. His spear had already been unsummoned, with him preferring not to carry it to save energy.
The heat had really gotten insane some point ago. Lin Feng had originally thought that this was a test about perseverance, so he continued on.
He was wrong.
The major miscalculation that Lin Feng had made here was that this wasn't a test about perseverance at all. His body simply could not withstand this heat!
His legs were trembling as he tried to wet his cracked lips. He hurriedly backtracked as he attempted to return to the [Healing Area].
Having thought about it carefully, there was a chance that he could get a [Heat Resistance] skill in the near future. Hence, Lin Feng predicted it would be a better choice to try and grind for that skill first.
In all honesty, that was the only way that he could find a path for survival. There was no guarantee that he was reaching the end anytime soon.
Shwing.
The sound of a spring being triggered entered Lin Feng's ears as his [Danger Sensing] skill roared at him.
Gritting his teeth, he dodged the arrows as easily as he was breathing. He was close to a heatstroke, but his instincts were still as sharp as ever for some unknown reason.
As the [Healing Area] came into sight, Lin Feng felt his eyes blur. Blinking hard to snap himself out of it, he stumbled as he came crashing to the ground.
His knee scraped the floor, causing quite a bit of blood to come gushing out of it. Lin Feng had the [Pain Resistance] skill though, so the pain caused by this was negligible to him.
However, as a result of this sudden stop in momentum, Lin Feng found his body completely drained of strength.
Falling to the ground, Lin Feng smiled wryly. 'Did I make the wrong gamble? Am I really going to die this time?'
Just as he was about to succumb to hopelessness though, the sound of a trap being sprung resounded behind him.
Hearing this, Lin Feng's brain whirred into overdrive immediately as hope returned to him.
Using the last bits of his strength and willpower, he summoned his martial spirit before using it as a crutch to push his body up.
Lin Feng made use of his [Danger Sensing] skill in order to find out the location of the arrow as he pushed himself in front of it.
[Intelligence + 2]
The moment the arrow collided with his body, Lin Feng felt a deadly poison enter his body. Despite this, he couldn't help but smile with bloody teeth as he was sent flying tens of metres away.
When Lin Feng found himself crashing into the floor, he felt a dense surge of life energy entering him.
As he felt his wounds and status ailments leaving him, Lin Feng spat out a mouthful of blood.
Nevertheless, he had a massive shiteating grin on his face. 'Sometimes it pays for a Lancer to be able to be hit by projectiles.'
[God of Adventures is interested in you]
[God of Slowness is interested in you]
[God of Hope is interested in you]
Wut?
Gods?
Watafak are these guys doing here?
— — — —
"Xie Yue, is Lin Feng skipping class again?"
Xie Yue gulped as he faced the ferocious teacher, Teng Zun standing in front of him. He tried his best to cover for Lin Feng, but all his lies were ripped apart by Teng Zun.
He wasn't punished for this since he was the disciple of one of the Elders in the Spirit Hall but Lin Feng was completely fair game.
Snorting once more, Teng Zun recorded Lin Feng��s name as absent in his attendance book before he kept it in a drawer.
"If Lin Feng doesn't appear back in class by five days, he shall be expelled."
"But teacher—"
"Quiet Xie Yue. Lin Feng didn't even inform anyone before he decided to skip class. I didn't want to do this but according to school regulations, he will be given five days worth of grace period before the school takes action."
With those words spoken, Teng Zun walked out of class, leaving the students behind completely shell-shocked at his words.
[Martial Spirit: God Killing Spear (Sealed)]
[Cultivation: Rank 15 Spirit Master]
[Stat Points: 47]
[Strength : Rank 18 Spirit Master (7/15) > Rank 18 Spirit Master (9/15)
Agility : Rank 20 Spirit Master (10/30) > Rank 20 Spirit Grandmaster (15/30)
Endurance: Rank 17 Spirit Master (4/15) > Rank 17 Spirit Master (9/15)
Intelligence: Rank 16 Spirit Master (8/15) > Rank 16 Spirit Master (10/15)
Luck: 6]
[Skills: Concentration Lv. 13 (34%) > Concentration Lv. 16 (6%)
Will Lv. 12 (21%) > Will Lv. 16 (3%)
Observe Lv. 9 (2%)
Pain Resistance Lv. 9 (49%) > Pain Resistance Lv 10 (14%)
Spearmanship Lv. 15 (12%)
Danger Sensing Lv. 9 (51%) > Danger Sensing Lv. 10 (43%)
Poison Resistance Lv. 6 (15%) > Poison Resistance Lv. 7 (23%)
Cloud Step Escaping Technique Lv.6 (7%)
