Deep under the sea, the Sword-Armored Flame Beast, which had completed its 'evolution', raised its head slightly, its pale golden vertical pupils looking coldly at the crack that had quieted down at some point.
The thousand-meter-deep deep sea is extremely dark. Except for the faint light emitted by the roiling magma and the gurgling sound of bubbles and mixed gases, it is completely silent.
A normal person would go crazy if they stayed in this kind of quiet and dead environment for long, and it is full of dangers.
I don’t know whether the unicorn killer whale escaped successfully or was killed by a more powerful mutant creature in the darkness.
Thinking of the strong battle waves coming from above at that time, the Sword-Armored Flame Beast shook its head and did not choose to leave. Instead, it rolled the sea water to the golden magma hundreds of meters away and swallowed the hot substances contained in the water.
After its physical transformation, the Sword-Armored Flame Beast gained the ability to devour 'heat'. At the same time, as it had just completed its bloodline evolution, it needed to replenish a large amount of hot energy.
Moreover, Chen Chu also wanted to see whether the Sword-Armored Flame Beast could convert the hot substances it swallowed into evolutionary value.
If hot matter can replace biological energy and its growth rate is no less than that of hunting mutant beasts, it can grow infinitely by finding a magma sea to sleep.
Soon, the seabed crack fell into silence...
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Chu walked out of Building C and prepared to go home.
The campus was relatively quiet at this time. A cold winter breeze blew, and Chen Chu couldn't help but take a deep breath. He immediately felt refreshed all over.
There's nothing I can do. Everything feels good when I'm in a good mood.
Today's harvest of the Sword-Armored Flame Beast made Chen Chu happy for the whole afternoon, and he still had a gentle smile on his face.
Just at this moment, a burly figure over two meters tall appeared in front of him and stood there looking at him quietly.
Looking at Li Hao who was obviously waiting for him, Chen Chu suddenly remembered that they had an agreed battle, and couldn't help but said: "I almost forgot that I had an appointment with you."
"How about we apply for the competition venue now?"
Different from the small-scale fights in the first heaven, the combat destructive power of practitioners in the third heaven is very strong, so when they want to spar, they either go to find an open space outside the city or apply for a professional venue in the school.
Otherwise, if anything is damaged in the battle, compensation will be required according to the price.
It just so happened that his strength attribute had recently broken through 500, and his basic arm strength had reached 10,000 kilograms, which is a terrifying 10 tons.
With such terrifying basic power blessed by Longxiang Zhenwu, Chen Chu's every move can unleash terrifying destructive power.
Therefore, even when facing this genius who was born with supernatural powers and perfectly matched his main strength training method, he was not afraid and even wanted to see who was more powerful.
But compared to Chen Chu's excitement, Li Hao said in a deep voice: "I am not here to spar with you today, but to postpone our fight."
"Postponed, why?" Chen Chu paused slightly.
Li Hao admitted generously: "Because I am not sure of defeating you now, I am going to wait until everyone breaks through the fourth level before fighting with all our strength."
Everyone knew that Chen Chu had killed a fourth-level blood envoy in the battle of Kailya, and most students thought that the blood envoy was in the middle stage of the fourth level.
But after Li Hao looked at the blood-envoy's body out of curiosity, he felt something was wrong.
As a genius born with supernatural powers, he was very sensitive to the strength of the physical body and could be sure that the degree of physical refinement of the blood messenger even exceeded the limit of the fourth level.
Although the reasons Chen Chu gave later were reasonable, Li Hao, who knew him a little, knew that it was not that simple.
It was obvious that Chen Chu had become stronger during the time he was silent after killing the golden-backed ape, so strong that he was not sure he could match it.
Therefore, he planned to postpone the fight because he wanted a thrilling and evenly matched battle.
At this time, Chen Chu narrowed his eyes slightly. He was not sure of beating him now, but he was confident that he could do it after breaking through the fourth level. It seemed that this guy was preparing some big move.
Chen Chu naturally didn't care about this question.
After Li Hao breaks through the fourth level, his combat power may increase explosively. Will he stop where he is?
"Okay, then we'll fight again after we reach the fourth level." Chen Chu nodded.
Li Hao said in a deep voice: "I will not hide it from you. After absorbing the King-level blood essence of the Golden-backed Violent Ape King, I am confident that I can condense the Bull Demon Battle Body in the fourth heaven."
"Combat body." Chen Chu's expression suddenly became serious.
The battle body, similar to the Zhenwu phantom, is a symbol of high-level practitioners, and one must break through the eighth level before one can condense the Zhenwu battle body.
Of course, the Bull Demon Fighting Body that Li Hao mentioned is definitely not the True Martial Fighting Body of the Eighth Heaven, otherwise it would be too exaggerated.
It should be somewhat similar to the Dominant Body of the advanced Dragon Elephant Skill, but the Dominant Body can only be achieved after practicing to the sixth level, and this guy...
Chen Chu spoke slowly: "I didn't expect that the king-level blood essence would have such a strong effect on you."
As if afraid that Chen Chu would mistakenly think that he had taken advantage of him that time, Li Hao said in a deep voice: "That strand of king-level blood essence is only one of the factors, not all."
"My physique is naturally special, and it is perfectly compatible with the Bull Demon Shaking the Mountain. After continuously absorbing the essence and blood of the completely mutated black bull and the golden-backed violent ape, my physique has completed the first stage of transformation."
"Next, I want to condense the second stage of the Bull Demon Battle Body, and exchange it for eight kinds of supporting high-level resources, which is expected to cost more than 600 contribution points."
"So I have applied to go to the Alien Beast Battlefield tomorrow."
In fact, Chen Chu didn't care if Li Hao didn't explain. He had gained a lot from hunting him that time. He directly condensed the remaining talisman of Zhenwu, and the power of his martial arts increased greatly.
As for the fact that others can make ten times the effect of one resource, that is their ability and he doesn't think too much about it.
However, this also indirectly shows that Li Hao is worth making friends with.
Chen Chu showed anticipation on his face: "I didn't expect you had such a trick up your sleeve, but it doesn't matter, by then my strength will also be stronger than it is now."
Seeing that Chen Chu didn't think much about it, Li Hao nodded and turned to leave. His steps were heavy, like an ancient giant full of oppression.
Watching Li Hao's back as he left, Chen Chu said softly, "I didn't expect this guy's physique would undergo a second qualitative change. It's true that we can't underestimate the world."
The practice of Zhenwu is a process of changing one's physical constitution, allowing weak humans to gradually become extraordinary and evolve in the direction envisioned by the creator of the technique.
For example, the Dragon Elephant Skill is to transform Chen Chu's physique into that of a sixth-level mutant beast, the Tyrant Elephant. When it is fully developed, he will be as powerful and well-defended as a Tyrant Elephant.
Of course, this strength is only within the range of low-level skills.
Chen Chu’s current combat power far exceeds his realm mainly because his basic attributes are too terrifying.
The advanced skills are aimed at top-level behemoths. Once the second transformation of the physique is successful, Li Hao's combat power will definitely be able to rival that of a fifth-level practitioner.
Thinking of this, Chen Chu couldn't help but turn his head and look back, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
Li Hao, who ranks second, is so monstrous. How strong must the girl who has been suppressing Li Hao and all the freshmen of Nantian Wugao's generation be?
The official classification of mutant beasts is one, two and three are low levels, and four, five and six are high levels.
The mutant beasts after level seven are about fifty to sixty meters, or seventy to eighty meters long, and can be called behemoths. The strongest ones at level nine are called top behemoths.
As for those above level nine, they are called king-level behemoths just like human strongmen.
After dinner in the evening, Chen Hu ran up to the second floor and shouted outside: "Brother, let's go fishing tonight."
"fishing."
Chen Chu opened the door, looked at him curiously and asked, "When did you start liking fishing?"
"I don't like fishing either."
Chen Hu explained: "A month ago, the city government launched a fishing prize activity. If you catch a big fish that is over 1.5 meters long and weighs over 50 kilograms, you will get a reward of 500 yuan."
"In addition to the money, the government will buy back the fish at a fair price, which means that a big fish is worth one or two thousand yuan, so the riverside is full of people this month."
A month ago, the Sword Armor Beast had just broken through, and then there was a reward for fishing. Chen Chu narrowed his eyes slightly.
It seems that the authorities have been paying close attention to the changes in rivers. Are they preparing to kill the mutated big fish in advance to inhibit their growth?
"You want to make money fishing?"
"Yes, I asked my mother for money to buy a fishing rod and fishing line, and went fishing by the river at night."
"A few days ago, I caught a big fish weighing more than 60 kilograms. The prize money from selling it was more than 1,400 yuan." When he said this, Chen Hu couldn't help laughing. He was very happy.
Chen Chu looked Chen Hu up and down and praised him, "Not bad, I didn't expect you have a talent for fishing."
What he praised was not Chen Hu's fishing ability, but his behavior of going to school during the day and going fishing at night in order to earn money to support his family.
"But there's only one fishing rod. What am I going to do?"
Chen Hu was well prepared, and he said, "Didn't I make some money a few days ago? So I bought one for you today, brother. Let's go together."
"...Okay." Chen Chu nodded.
It’s not that he was interested in fishing, but he just didn’t want to dampen Chen Hu’s excitement of showing off his achievements in front of his brother.
After all, compared to the money he earns from fishing, when he goes out and kills a level 2 mutant beast later, it will start at 100,000.
In the evening, the sky gradually darkened. When Chen Chu followed Chen Hu, who was carrying a fishing rod and a bucket, to the creek, he saw that both sides were filled with people fishing at night.
Most of them are middle-aged.
"Brother, there aren't many people there. Let's use this to make a nest first. I've used small live fish as bait. You watch this fishing rod while I watch that one..."
After fishing for a month, Chen Hu performed very professionally.
But I don’t know if there are not many big fish in this river, or if there are more people than fish, but I only caught a few grass carps weighing ten or so pounds when I went back at twelve o’clock.
This made Chen Hu, who wanted to show off, very disappointed.
…
Time passed in the blink of an eye. For the next two days, Chen Chu repeated going to school to eat, and at the same time paid attention to the Sword-Armored Flame Beast swallowing the hot substance.
"Morning, Chen Chu."
"Brother Chu, I heard that you have already broken through to the third level."
"Well, it was a lucky breakthrough."
"That's amazing. We are only in the second level."
"Li Zilong, you are doing great. You have already broken through the second level. I am still at the peak of the first level. I don't know when I can gather my true strength."
On the third day, Chen Chu walked into the school and met many acquaintances from his class along the way, as well as an ordinary classmate from the next class whom he had met a few times.
It’s just that this time, everyone was more enthusiastic when they met than before.
Chen Chu politely responded to all the classmates who greeted him, and did not appear arrogant just because his strength far exceeded theirs.
Soon Chen Chu mixed in the crowd and arrived outside the service hall on the first floor of Building C.
"Chen Chu, here." On the distant steps, Luo Fei waved to him slightly.
Standing next to her were the sisters Lin Xue and Lin Yu. Not far away, Xia Youhui, Bai Mu, Liu Feng, and Li Meng had arrived early and were whispering something.
Yi Rui from the class was also not far away, chatting with Hong Tianyi, who was ranked third.
Classmates who used to have a good relationship with Lin Xue, such as Lu Haitao, Qi Lei, and Li Wenwen, were also around her, but they seemed a little restrained.
In addition to them, Chen Chu also saw many familiar faces, all of whom were classmates who participated in the trial. These people formed small circles and talked with each other.
It was obvious that they had left their classmates far behind.
After returning from this trial, almost half of the students who had participated had broken through to the third level, and the others who had not broken through were in the late or even peak stage of the second level and could enter the third level at any time.
In addition, having experienced blood and fire, they all exude a calm temperament and their eyes are sharp and aggressive.
Compared with them, those students who stayed in school or had not yet broken through to the second level seemed a little immature, both in mentality and strength.
Although two months have passed, the more than one hundred "geniuses" who built their foundation in one week have almost all broken through to the second level.
In addition, some students have caught up with the others due to their accumulated experience.
But including Chen Chu and others, there are only about 160 freshmen above the second level of Nantian Martial Arts High School, and the other students are still struggling in the first level.
Moreover, during this period, the number of people who built their foundation only increased by a few dozen, and the total number was about nine hundred.
This was the result of Lin Xiong's "passionate" speech, which made some unconvinced freshmen finally persevere and successfully build their foundation in three or four months.