1. Han sen

The azure sky seemed like a gigantic blue

emerald, the midsummer sun seemed like

a huge fireball, hung on the top of this

huge emerald. Using the sun's position,

one could estimate it was around 3 PM.

Zhi-An region's 3rd high school.

[DING DING DING]

As the loud bell spread across the entire

campus, the campus suddenly arose with

commotion and ruckus. Each building

poured with students, laughing in groups

towards the school gate.

"Han sen brother! Han sen brother*!" a

thick voice said.

*This brother is one used in respect (not

blood related kind)

"Han, someone's calling for you"

In the midst of the group of students, a

teenager who was holding a bookmark

walked along with the students. He was

wearing a regular blue sports uniform and was around 175 cm, and was a bit skinny. At

this time, he hesitantly turned his head.

The person calling for him was a guy

around 190 cm with tiger-like shoulders

and a bear-like waist. His biceps were even

more brawny and astonishing.

"You are?" Han sen hesitantly watched his

approach, not recognizing who was in

front of him.

These two people: one sturdy and like a

brown bear, while "Han sen Brother" was

like a regular person.

And height...

The difference was immensely large.

However, this broad shouldered, large

waisted guy, seemed to display formality.

He carefully looked at the "Han Sen

Brother" he admired.

"Looks like the rumors were right. Han Sen brother is quite easy to talk to."

"Han Sen brother, I... I have something

that I need Han Sen brother's help with."

"With what?" Han Sen laughed.

"While I was training my fists, I felt like

there was something wrong when I

punched. I was wondering if brother had

any time to give me any pointers."

The burly guy continued,

"According to the dojo teacher, with my

strength, I should be able to release a

punch that is over 50% in power. However,

I can never reach that value at all."

The burly guy looked expectantly at Han Sen.

"Oh... I see." Han Sen paused for a moment,

nodding his head.

"Okay, this Friday during noon, find me at

the dojo."

"Thank you brother. Thank you brother"

The burly guy repeatedly thanked.

Han Sen laughed a bit and then left with

his friends.

Seeing that Han Sen has left, the burly

guy displayed his excitement. He clenched

his fist, and as his bicep's veins were

bursting, excitedly shouted out:

"SUCCESS!"

"Wow! Han Sen brother agreed that

easily?!" A boy wearing a school uniform

exclaimed.

"The rumors are indeed true; Han Sen

brother is easy to talk to and is a good

person" The burly guy grinned.

"But.... that's not right. In our 3rd high

school*, in the 5000 students, only three

are able to achieve the title of "Martial Arts

Elite Student". In those three students, the

other two are 'Zhang Hao Bai' and 'Liu

Ting', but they are too prideful and aren't

willing to use their time to guide us." The

boy wearing the school uniform said

doubtfully.

"But Han Sen brother is this kind?"

*3rd is just the number of the high school,

not their ranking or any of the sort.

At this moment, around the entire world in

each country's region, virtually every high

school student, while receiving a basic

education, joins a martial arts dojo to

unleash the power sleeping within every

human.

Zhi-An region's 3rd high school, with three

grades and around 5000 high school

students.

For the most part, are all beginners in the

dojo! Only an extremely small amount are

"intermediate members". And only three

can achieve the title of "Elite member"!

"Seeing is believing. Heh heh. See that?

Han Sen brother is different from the

other two." The burly guy curled his lips.

"Zhang Hao Bai and Liu Ting, their families

are all filled with wealthy people. Ever

since they were young, their families spent

an enormous amount of money to raise

and train them, which is why they are so

strong now. However, Han Sen is

completely different from them!"

The boy wearing the school uniform

nodded in agreement. "I also heard that

Han Sen brother's has a regular

background. He even lives in a low rent

house."

"Yes, for Han Sen brother to get to where

he is today, was entirely out of bitter

training. Relying on his fists and feet to

train. Totally different from Zhang Hao Bai

and Liu Ting."

The burly guy clenched his fist and took a

deep breath. "My goal is Han Sen brother,

and before I graduate from college, within

these four years, I will pass the dojo's test

and achieve the rank of "Elite member"!".

...

At this moment, the Han Sen brother they

are talking about is just following the

stream of people headed towards the third

gate with another boy in a sports uniform.

"Han, when that big blockhead who was

asking you for tips walked away, he was

praising you." The boy wearing the sports

uniform started laughing.

"Praising what a great person you are and

how you're so easy to talk to."

Han Sen laughed. "What, you jealous, Wei

Wen?"

"Jealous of you?" Wei Wen touched his

nose and laughed.

"In your dreams. I was sighing that the

blockhead doesn't even know 'Han Sen

Brother's' true side. But I remember in

vivid detail... that time on the dojo

competition platform, the 'Han Sen

Brother' he praises fought three people

consecutively. And those three high

schoolers couldn't even climb back up

again."

Han Sen laughed.

Indeed, that match was his rise to fame.

Han Sen hit Wei Wen's shoulder, "Let's go

home now."

Wei Wen's shoulder made an exaggerated

shake, "Han, lighter please. With that one

hit, my shoulder is about to shatter!"

"This again!"

Wei Wen is Han Sen's great friend who has

played with him ever since he was small.

Even though they aren't brothers by blood,

the feeling is close enough.

Elementary, Middle, High school.

Looking back, these two do indeed share a

deep bond.

"Eh?"

Wei Wen suddenly looks forward.

"Han, look, it's the one you have a crush

on!"

"Hm?" Han Sen also looks, and only s

the ponytailed girl with jeans and a white

polo T-shirt out of the entire crowd.

Han Sen's heart skips a beat.

A name swept across his heart -- Xu Xin!

Han Sen's crush on Xu Xin: Those who

know of this secret are small in number,

but good bro Wei Wen naturally knew ages

ago.

During his first year of high school, Han Sen and Xu Xin were in the same grade.

The first time Han Sen saw Xu Xin, he felt

like there was something bright in front of

him.

That said, during class time, with Han Sen

sitting in the back, for some reason,

cannot control himself: he unknowingly

looks towards Xu Xin's back. Just looking

silently.

He is satisfied with just looking at Xu Xin's

back.

Since the classes were scrambled again in

the second year, he and Xu Xin weren't in

the same grade anymore. However, every

time Han Sen sees Xu Xin, he cannot keep

his eyes off her.

"There is only one month left until exams."

Han Sen whispered to himself. "I had no

courage and no time for romance in the

past. In the final month, everyone is

frantically reviewing, and Xu Xin wants to

better herself. How can she distract

herself with romance? It is the same for

me, I cannot lose focus, or I will regret it

for the rest of my life."

"Whatever, this love... I'll just make it a

memory."

Romance....

Is bitter. The flower hasn't even bloomed

and yet has already withered.

Han Sen just wants to silently put all of

this at the bottom of his heart.

"You had your chance to go after her. Now

that there's only one month left." Wei Wen

shakes his head. "I'm afraid you'll never see

her again. In the future, it'll be too late to

even regret."

"Wei Wen" Han Sen shakes his head. "Stop.

Without achieving the title of "Fighter", I

will not distract myself with romance."

"Bro, you're quite cruel!"

Wei Wen raises his thumb. " 'Fighter' ? In

our entire school of 5000 people, not one

was able to achieve that rank. You dare say

that if you don't achieve the rank of

'Fighter', you won't "distract yourself with

romance?" Cow, you cow!"

"Hm?" Han Sen glances at a group of five

in the crowd outside the gate. "Zhang Hao

Bai?"

In the group of students outside the gate,

there are five people who are very

eye-catching, whose leader is at least 180

cm, wearing a white T-shirt, white and

long pants, and huge chest muscles. The

four people surrounding him, whether it

was brawniness or a scar on their face,

were just as fearsome. And that white

shirted teenager in Zhi-An section's 3rd

High School is indeed one of the three

with the title of "Elite" -- Zhang Hao Bai.

"Han Sen" snorted Zhang Hao Bai.

If you ask Zhang Hao Bai who he hates

most in this entire high school, the answer

will clearly be Han Sen!

Since one out of the three who have

earned the title of "Elite" is a girl, just the

two of those boys are "Elite" title

holders!

Also, Zhang Hao Bai comes from a rich

background while Han Sen is just a

regular person, living in a cheap, rented

home.

In grades-- Han Sen is way ahead of

Zhang Hao Bai!

In strength-- Both Han Sen and Zhang

Hao Bai have earned the title of "Elite", but

Han Sen once challenged three high

schoolers consecutively and beat them

until they couldn't even get back up. And

within these three, one of them was Zhang

Hao Bai. He even got a tooth beat out of

him that time!

And for conditions at home, clearly Zhang

Hao Bai has the money!

A good background, but comparing grades

and strength, Han Sen is far superior. In

school, whenever someone compliments

Zhang Hao Bai, someone would usually

bring up Han Sen to compare!

Resentment!

The resentment that Zhang Hao Bai holds

toward Han Sen is great.

"Let's go" Zhang Hao Bai licked his tooth,

which had a faint sense of pain. That time

he was beat until his mouth was full of

blood and lost a tooth.

"This Zhang Hao Bai, ever since that time

in the dojo, is much more well behaved

after receiving a beating. He won't ever

mess with you again." Wei Wen said

towards Han sen as he watched the group

of five get farther and farther.

Zhang Hao Bai?

Han Sen has never concerned himself

with such a person.

"I would rather deal with less than more"

said Han Sen as he walked home with Wei

Wen.

On the way home.

[drip, drip] on the street. The car's horn

sounded. As of now, all the cars use

electric energy, so at least there will be no

smell of gasoline on the street.

"Wei Wen, there is one more month until

the exam. During this month, let's put

forth our best effort." Han Sen and Wei

Wen walked on the street.

"At that dojo there, we can relax

temporarily. Do some restorative training

every day, while mainly concentrating on

culture studies. Our twelve years of work

were for this exam."

"Yea, twelve years of culture studies. This

exam determines our fate." Wei Wen also

sighed. "Exams, Exams. Just like an army of

ten thousand horses crossing a wooden

bridge*"

*AKA pain in the neck

"Yup." Han Sen nodded.

His home conditions aren't very good,

even though he has the title of "Elite". No

matter how poor his culture grade is, he

can always get a job of "Elite Bodyguard"

and easily earn a yearly salary of 20 to 30

thousand dollars. However, will Han Sen

be satisfied with just a job of being a

bodyguard?

At this time, around a thousand meters

above Zhi-An region.

A large, black-crowned golden eagle was

flying past the city. It's body was around

twenty meters long, like a huge fighter jet,

the feathers of its body had a cold,

metallic luster; the feathers on its head

were a secluded black, like a black crown.

Its huge talons were also golden.

A pair of sharp, blue, glowing eyes looked

down upon the human city, hiding a sliver

of killing intent.

"BOOM!"

The black-crowned golden eagle, who was

already flying super fast, suddenly

increased its speed exponentially, breaking

through the sound barrier within a

moment, reaching an appalling speed. At

the same time, an extremely high pitched

sound erupted from within the mouth of

the eagle. The frightening shockwave,

which could be seen to the naked eye,

spread rapidly downwards.

At Zhi-An's region's Zi-Tian road's

intersection, Han Sen was waiting for the

red light with Wei Wen.

Suddenly--

[AHN]

An ear piercing howl suddenly arose, but

this was not quite so like thunder.

Thunder's sound is great and deafening.

But this sound was ear piercing, Han Sen

felt a slight pain in his ear drums, with

some wrinkles of uncomfort arising on his

forehead. Many people on the street were

already covering their ears.

"That's the cry of a bird." said Han Sen as

looked up towards the sky.

"Hm?" surprised Han Sen.

Under the shock of the ear piercing howl,

a huge piece of glass in a skyscraper on the

neighboring street let out a deep [KA~~~

KA~~~] sound.

Lots of glass cracked open, and dozens of

glass fell from the high sky. Some smashed

against the pedestrian path, or hit people,

or even smashed against the lights on the

street.

[PAI!] [PENG!] [PIPA (crackling

noises)!] .....

There were bursting noises for a while.

And one of the glass fell against a

streetlight that was right next to Han Sen.

"Wah!" Wei Wen rapidly stepped back two

steps, dodging a piece of shattered glass.

And one of the glass shattered against the

ground and a piece was flying straight

towards Han Sen like a knife.

"Hm?" Han Sen saw out of the corner of

his eye.

However, there was no dodging. He just

stood there calmly. In an instant, his right

hand, like lightning, caught the piece of

glass that was flying towards him.

The piece of glass reflected Han Sen's

look. He tapped it twice and then

randomly threw it. Like a hidden weapon,

the piece of glass flew straight towards a

far away trash can and accurately went

inside the opening.

On the street, the cars that were affected

at first quickly went back to normal. And

the people on the street were having a

discussion. Some unfortunate ones were

injured, but most of them had no injury at

all.

"What strength." Han Sen looked towards

the sky.

"So much power in just one howl. It

must've been a powerful beast. Wei Wen,

weren't you good with beasts? Do you

know what kind of beast this is?"

Wei Wen squinted; a light of excitement

was within in the slit of his eyes.

"Sen, there is a defense system 500

meters above this city. This beast was

definitely flying above 500 meters. Even

with such distance, it's howl could still

have so much power. And regular beasts

wouldn't even dare howl above a human

city!"

"With such strength and arrogance, and

according to the sound... If I'm correct, this

should be one of the terrifying "black

crowned eagles!" said Wei Wen solemnly.

"Black crowned eagle?" Han Sen's eyes

flashed.

Of course he has heard of the infamous

black crowned eagle.

"The black crowned eagle is ranked three

out of the Diao species monsters." Wei

Wen's eyes shined.

"A grown black crowned eagle's body is

around 21 meters in length. Its wingspan is

around 36 meters and its flight speed

could reach up to 3.9 mach, which is 3.9

times the speed of sound. Using 340 m/s

as the speed of sound, that is 1326 meters

per second, which is 4774 kilometers in an

hour."

Han Sen knew that the black crowned

eagle was powerful, but once he heard the

extreme speed of 1326 m/s, he held his

breath.

One second, which is just one blink, and

it's already a thousand meters away.

"The black crowned eagle's feathers are

even harder than diamond. It probably is

as tough as a third-grade Ke Lei alloy." Wei

Wen excitedly added.

"There are videos online. The black

crowned eagle has followed hordes and

met armies. It has received fire from a

20mm fire-god cannon. A fire-god cannon

could shoot 7000 bullets per second. 7000

bullets per second is a stream of bullets!

And each bullet could pierce through a

50mm thick steel plate. However... even

under the fire-god cannon's barrage, the

barrage couldn't even hit one feather off of

the black crowned eagle."

"After that, a mysterious martial artist,

holding a Ke Lei alloy battle knife, made a

stream of light and cut the black crowned

eagle in half!" Wei Wen passionately said.

Han Sen's heart was also beating faster.

That video was spread around all over the

place, so he has seen it too.

"The title of fighter, I will definitely

achieve it some day... I want to become like

that senior*, able to hold a battle knife and

cut open monsters like the black crowned

eagle and the powerful devil gorilla." Han Sen thought to himself in his heart. Every

teenager has this dream, so of course it is

Han Sen's dream too!

*Senior like upperclassman not old man.

However, according to the internet, that

mysterious powerful fighter who cut the

black crowned eagle in half, is

internationally in the top 100; a super

fighter!

"Sen, Sen, what are you doing? We're

already home" Wei Wen shouted.

From this, Han Sen emerged from his

deep thought, looking at the sector made

up of a lot of tube-shaped buildings.

--Small South Coast sector һ The

government built this small, cheap rental

area. And Han Sen has been living in this

area for 18 years.