Chapter 111: A Cold Rainy Night

  His right shoulder sank, his right fist suddenly moved, but he couldn't see the shadow of the fist, nor could he hear the sound of the punch.

  In the martial arts arena, a flash of light suddenly appeared, breaking through the rolling river water, piercing into the night sky, competing with the bright moon, shaking heaven and earth.

  A wisp of floating light, accompanied by a faint golden color, directly attacked Lin Tianwang, no matter how shocking "Knife Fusing Jiang Yue" was, it couldn't hide the brightness of this wisp of light.

  Floating Light Shaking Heaven Seal!

  Bang!

  A dull thud, the wooden sword shattered into fragments and splashed everywhere. Lin Tianwang spat out a mouthful of blood, his body heavily injured, and he flew backwards in a straight line. He crashed into the guardrail at the edge of the arena, slowly sliding down, his black hair soaked with blood, looking extremely miserable.

  "Good punch!"

  Another mouthful of blood spurted out, Lin Tianwang raised his head with difficulty and said with difficulty: "The true meaning of Gejin is indeed invincible, I lost!"

  All around, an eerie silence.

  The crowd present stared at Sun Yan's back, each with a dull expression, as if they were seeing this young man for the first time.

  He rubbed his sore fist and turned to shout, "Elder Meng, this is your private martial arts arena, so you should be responsible for the injured, shouldn't you?"

  "Meng Dong Wang snapped back to reality, trying his best to suppress the shock and shook his head: "You little brat, you really don't know how to lose!"

  As he spoke, his figure flashed and he dodged to Lin Tianwang's side, taking out a bottle of gene repair liquid. Without giving him a chance to refuse, he poured it all down Lin Tianwang's throat in one go. Very quickly, Lin Tianwang stopped bleeding. However, looking at the young man's condition, he was probably going to need some good rest for a while.

  He stood up, Lin Tianwang nodded slightly and said: "Wait until my [Big Tyrant Sword] first three moves are successful, then we'll fight again!" With that, he dragged his battered body away.

  "Grandma's bear, you'll be beaten again later! Is this kid sick?" Sun Yan shook his head constantly, with a fighting spirit jumping in his eyes.

  Mu Tong had already rushed over, hugging Sun Yan and laughing uncontrollably. "Ah Yan, you're too awesome! I've decided to skip class tomorrow and personally attend the scene to see how you take down those two bastards, Qiu Shanlin and Mu Shan."

  "Sun Yan, my junior brother, I was worried about tomorrow's comprehensive assessment, but now it seems that I was overthinking." Meng Dongwang smiled and said, "However, I still want to remind you. As for Qiu Shanlin, it's best not to take drastic measures against him. Although he is a waste, he is the grandson of General Zhang Lie, so it's better not to make too big an enemy out of him."

  "Get out, Meng Dongwang! You're a member of the Elite Department Student Union, what right do you have to interfere with the Enforcement Team's affairs?" Feng Yan glared and shouted: "Ayan, tomorrow's freshman comprehensive assessment, we'll take down those guys completely. Don't worry, if anything happens, I'll take responsibility for you."

  Sun Yan smiled and said with a lowered brow: "Alright, I will strictly follow Old Man Feng's instructions."

  "You two guys..." Meng Dongwang shook his head in dismay, sighing inwardly. With these two unruly individuals joining the law enforcement team, he had no idea what kind of storm they would stir up in the academy.

  Thinking of tomorrow's new comprehensive assessment, Meng Dongwang was very clear that it would probably be like a storm passing by, stirring up a shocking wave. The young man in front of him, although still only a third-level warrior, already had the strength to stir up waves.

  At this time, Li Er walked over, and the shy young man's face had an inexplicable determination. He said in a low voice: "A Yan, thank you. Your battle with Lin Tian Wang made me understand a lot."

  "Hmm, we're all friends, why be so formal?" Sun Yan smiled and said, in his heart, that strange feeling became more and more apparent.

  The second battle with Lin Tianwang ended like this, and after a few pleasantries, everyone went their separate ways.

  Outside, the rain grew heavier and heavier, as if it was going to submerge the entire Imperial Wind Academy.

  ……

  Back in his room, Sun Yan couldn't fall asleep for a long time, still immersed in the battle just now.

  Recalling the battle just now, Sun Yan couldn't help but sigh in admiration. The "Great Overlord Sword" was indeed a supreme technique on the Godly Skills Ranking, with its destructive power being astonishing and unmatched. If he hadn't grasped the true meaning of the Golden Revolution, the outcome of the battle would have been uncertain once again.

  However, as Mu Tong said before, the ultimate martial arts in the Divine Rank must be a titled warrior to truly exert its power. Lin Tianwang is a rare talent in knife practice, but after all, he is only a third-class warrior and cannot exert the power of [Dabawang Knife].

  In the future, when Lin Tianwang's Bawang Jian has achieved its first three forms, it will surely be another fierce battle.

  What delighted Sun Yan the most in this battle was that under the pressure of "Knife Fusion River Moon", he finally grasped the entrance to the "Floating Light Shocking Heaven Technique". This mysterious combat skill has finally entered the initial stage.

  It's just the initial stage of the "Floating Light Sky Shattering Technique", its power is already far beyond the "Tiger Demon's Deathly Killing Blow". This makes Sun Yan very expectant, once this combat technique reaches perfection level, it will definitely become his trump card.

  "Tomorrow is the new student comprehensive assessment. Qiu Shanlin, Xu Xuyao, and Mù Shān, you just wait." Sun Yan's eyes burst out with cold light.

  Although warned by Mu Linfeng and Meng Dongwang, Sun Yankuo had no intention of stopping at this point. In tomorrow's comprehensive assessment, he would definitely severely punish these people.

  "In a few more days, Ling Xue, Chen Wang and Chang Cheng will also be back, I wonder how they have been doing for the past few months?"

  "Hehe, when they see me, they will definitely be shocked."

  Lying in bed, tossing and turning, Sun Yan couldn't fall asleep no matter what. As soon as he thought that in a few more days, he would be able to see Feng Lingxue, his heart felt a different kind of emotion. What expression would that clever girl have when she saw how much his abilities had improved?

  In a daze, a faint sound entered his ears, and Sun Yan immediately woke up. He jumped off the bed quietly and walked to the window, only to see that in the heavy rain, a burly figure had gone out, heading towards the end of the street.

  "Li Er, what's he doing going out so late?" Sun Yan furrowed his brow.

  With his current eyesight, he could identify Lian Er's figure at a glance. However, it was almost midnight now, and the heavy rain was pouring down. Why did Lian Er go out alone?

  For some reason, the unease in Sun Yan's heart became clearer and clearer. From the afternoon when he saw Lai Er, he had a kind of illusion, as if that shy boy was going to leave forever.

  Standing by the window, after a long while, Sun Yan felt his heart was vexed and his eyes wandered, he noticed that the lights of a nearby restaurant were still on.

  "Anyway, can't sleep, go find Uncle Iron Spoon to chat."

  Dressed and ready, Sun Yan walked out of the gate and arrived at the entrance of a restaurant, where he heard the sound of clinking and banging coming from inside.

  Pushing open the door, Sun Yan shouted, "Uncle Tie Sheng, are you there?"

  "Oh, Ayu, it's so late, why haven't you gone to bed yet? Come in." Iron Ladle Uncle's voice came from the room inside.

  As he walked through the hall, Sun Yan went in and saw the scene in the room. He couldn't help but stiffen all over, and a chill rose inexplicably from the soles of his feet.

  All that was seen in the room was Iron Spoon Uncle holding a hammer, with a long nail clenched between his teeth, nailing up a black coffin.

  Coffin!

  Looking at this strange scene, especially in the dead of night, Sun Yan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and asked hesitantly: "Uncle Tie Sheng, what are you doing?"

  "What are you doing?" Iron Ladle Uncle looked up and said matter-of-factly: "Didn't you see? I'm making a coffin."

  "......" Sun said, speechless for a moment, then continued: "Uncle Tie Sheng, you're still strong and healthy, it's not time for you to prepare your own coffin yet, is it?"

  "Shut your crow's mouth!" Just as he was about to swallow a long nail, Iron Spoon Uncle laughed and scolded: "I'm still in my prime, even if I live another 200 years, I'll still be vigorous. You little brat, don't curse me like that, okay?"

  Suddenly, Sun Yan was confused and pointed at the black coffin, puzzled: "Then who is this coffin prepared for? Is Iron Spoon Uncle not only opening a restaurant, but also doing a side business as a coffin maker?"

  "Nonsense! Nonsense!" Iron Spoon Uncle cursed repeatedly. "You little brat, stop pushing people around, got it?"

  As he spoke, looking at the coffin, Iron Spoon sighed and said: "In my lifetime, I've only made two coffins. One was 10 years ago, and the other is this one now. And what's even more unexpected is that these two coffins were prepared for a pair of brothers."

  "A pair of brothers? 10 years ago?" Sun Yan suddenly had a bad feeling, his face changed, and he asked: "Uncle Tie Sheng, who is this coffin prepared for?"

  After a moment of silence, Iron Spoon Uncle said in a low voice: "This is prepared for Little Li."

  At that moment, the atmosphere in the room dropped to freezing point. Sun Yan thought about coming back and Lai Er's various abnormalities, and he couldn't help but lose his color: "Where did Lai Er go? I'll go find him now."

  Put down the hammer, Iron Spoon Uncle gestured to Sun Yan to sit down and said: "You don't have to go find him. From the moment he arrived at Emperor Wind Academy, I've already advised him many times. This is Xiao Li's own choice."

  "Uncle, what's going on?" Sun Yan asked in a low voice as he sat beside him.

  "This thing, it's a long story." Iron Spoon Uncle picked up his long pipe, took a hard drag, and a nostalgic look appeared on his face as he muttered: "This thing, started 10 years ago."

  "Just as the development of science and technology is constantly advancing, martial artists have never given up on their pursuit and research of martial arts. 10 years ago, the high-level officials of the Imperial Wind Academy passed a special martial arts research project, with the goal of allowing those martial artists whose internal yuan cultivation had stagnated to obtain even greater combat power through other means of cultivation. This method of cultivation is known as body refinement, which simply involves tempering the body, making the strength of the muscles far surpass that of ordinary people, and thus unleashing a terrifying destructive power."

  "After determining this research project, the Imperial Wind Academy made an exception and recruited a batch of students. These students were all congenitally deficient in their Yuanli cultivation and could at most only cultivate to become second-level warriors. Then, the academy's martial arts masters created many combat techniques suitable for body refinement, allowing these students to cultivate them, with the goal of opening up a brand new path to becoming a powerful warrior."

  Here is the translation:

  At this point, Uncle Iron Spoon sighed and said: "This idea is undoubtedly good, but reality is cruel. Two years after these students entered school, the teachers were disappointed to find that no matter how they tempered their bodies, their actual strength was still no match for their peers' martial arts geniuses. In other words, this research project had already ended in failure.

  "Afterwards, the college side wanted to end this research project and also promised to give these students future guarantees. However, some of the students were determined and firmly believed that as long as they persisted, the path of physical repair could also produce extremely strong warriors."

  "In order to appease these students, the academy's high-level officials collectively passed a trial. As long as there were students who could continuously defeat 99 elite students from the Submerged Dragon Institute, they would be allowed to continue staying in the academy for cultivation and enjoy the treatment of elite seed students. This trial was called - Leaping Dragon Gate."

  Upon hearing this, Sun Yan's face turned extremely ugly, and he slowly said: "Lai Er's older brother, was it him who died in that trial?"

  "That's right, the only one who really participated in this trial is Lì èr's older brother - Lì Shèng Běi." Tiě Sháo Dàshū sighed, "In the past, I was the one who helped make Shèng Běi's coffin. Who would have thought that now it's Little Lì's turn? These two brothers are just as stubborn..."

  Bang!

  The door creaked open and Sun Yan had vanished, leaving only the sound of swift footsteps fading away, soon drowned out by the torrential rain.