"Zhou Renlin, from the No. 1 province in Northeast China, broke through to the intermediate martial artist level at the age of 15. Now at 21, his apparent cultivation level has reached the eighth stage of the advanced martial artist level. He once had a record of taking a single blow from the Mountain and Sea Realm without sustaining any minor injuries..."
Judging from the written materials, Zhou Renlin's talent was no less than Wang Shuo's.
The two martial artists who broke through to the next level were roughly the same age.
He once ranked 87th on the Rising Dragon List, which, from an official perspective, means he was one of the top 100 students in all martial arts colleges across the country.
They also have a history of fighting against Shan Hai.
Although we don't know what the situation was at the time, it was already quite remarkable that the opponent was able to withstand a move from Shan Hai.
It was only after condensing his spiritual core and perceiving more things that Shen Qian realized just how vast the gap was between ordinary martial artists and those from the Mountain and Sea realms.
Shen Qian silently closed the documents in his hand, his eyes turning indifferent.
"Shen Qian, you should stop now."
At some point, Zhou Renlin slowed his pace and said calmly, "Destroy the stone tablet, apologize, and leave. You've already swept through the first-year students of Suzhou University of Science and Technology. What more do you want?"
Whispers arose from the surroundings.
Many people don't understand why Zhou Renlin still tried to persuade Shen Qian; why not just take him down directly?
Only Zhou Renlin was inwardly smiling bitterly.
Only he knows how much pressure he is under right now.
As he drew closer to the sinking point, he inexplicably felt a sense of suffocation.
The figure standing with a pestle and knife is gradually transforming from insignificant to towering.
Gradually, Zhou Renlin could no longer hear the sounds around him; all the figures were blurring, and all the scenery was receding into the distance.
In this world, only his slow, deliberate steps remained, and...
Standing dozens of meters away, the sunken figure seemed like a mountain.
Sweat beaded on Zhou Renlin's forehead, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
This feeling gradually stirred up some of his memories.
It seems like he's experienced this feeling somewhere before.
But where is it?
When Zhou Renlin finally recalled it, all that remained in his heart was a raging storm.
Mountains and seas!
This is a feeling one can only experience when facing a martial artist from the mountains and seas who is hostile.
The same vastness, the same sense of powerlessness.
Everyone says he took a direct hit from the Mountain and Sea Warrior and only suffered minor injuries, but no one knows that it was because the Mountain and Sea Warrior did not use his full strength.
That nightmarish feeling remains vivid in my memory.
He was caught up in that feeling again, but... how could this be!
Zhou Renlin kept telling himself it was all an illusion, but the suffocating pressure that was coming at him continued to intensify.
Zhou Renlin stopped.
At this moment, all that could be seen in the eyes of everyone outside was the fading of color from Zhou Renlin's face. His whole body was soaked in sweat, and even his calves were trembling slightly, as if they could no longer support his entire weight.
"What's wrong with Senior Zhou?"
"His expression doesn't seem quite right..."
"Could it be that his hidden ailment flared up at this time? That's too outrageous!"
Not only were the students from Suzhou University of Science and Technology baffled, but the mentors from the higher-ups watching the battle were also baffled.
At this moment, among the thousands of people present, only Tian Liqing, the president of Suzhou University of Science and Technology, who was standing at the highest point, saw something.
"How is this possible..."
For a moment, Tian Liqing lost his composure and murmured the same question as Zhou Renlin on the field.
"No, no, if that's the case..."
Taking a deep breath, Tian Liqing regained his composure. After a brief moment of thought, he vanished into thin air, but did not reappear on the square, seemingly disappearing to do something else.
Below.
Zhou Renlin began to gasp for breath.
He frantically tried to convince himself that this was just an illusion created before he fell, but he was acutely aware that...
If he doesn't act now, he might never have another chance.
"ah!"
Zhou Renlin let out a roar, his body color turned light gray, as if covered with a layer of lime, and charged forward towards the sinking.
Unfortunately, his steps were unsteady and his movements were slow, as if he were drunk. No matter how hard he tried, he could only gather a small portion of his vital energy and could not even fully unleash his martial arts skills.
Even now, he is not as good as the senior martial artist who made the first move.
Thump!
As he finally roared and approached Shen Qian, Shen Qian, with a cold expression, kicked out and easily struck him in the abdomen.
A sound like the beating of drums rang out, and Zhou Renlin was sent flying backward, falling thirty meters away, his face quickly turning ashen.
He did not faint or suffer serious injuries, but his eyes became unfocused and lifeless, clearly indicating that he had lost his will to fight.
Shen Qian stood quietly in place, like a statue, with no joy of victory on his face, as if he had only done a trivial thing.
But his inner thoughts were quite different.
Unfortunately, Shen Qian can't make any expression right now.
When fighting Qu Xiangyun, the system had already taken over his body and activated the most energy-consuming auto-play mode.
Just like the "ladder to heaven" experience during the college entrance examination.
Let him learn, let him understand.
To be honest, I really had my eyes opened before I went down the drain.
So this is the correct way to understand the spiritual core that can only be condensed from mountains and seas.
With just that concentrated "momentum," he almost rendered Zhou Renlin powerless.
He stood there silently, lost in thought, while the crowd in the square was making a ruckus.
Another trick...
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