Just when Chen Chu heard the roar of the giant mountain bear in front, a group of people in another direction also heard the roar of the mutant beast.

Five sophomores from Longshan Wugao High School stood on the hillside.

Everyone was wearing armor, and the armor on the leader was even more gorgeous. It was made from the scales of an unknown golden creature and emitted a halo.

It was obvious that it was an extraordinary armor with far stronger defense than ordinary armor.

The burly young man in the lead looked into the distance, his eyes narrowed slightly: "The roar shook the mountains, and the momentum was magnificent. The level of that mutant beast is at least level four, and it is estimated to be in the late level four."

Because he killed so many mutant beasts, Zhang Lin roughly estimated the level of the mutant beast through the powerful power contained in the roar.

The girl in red armor smiled: "I didn't expect to be so lucky today. I encountered a level 4 mutant beast before I even left the Nine Rings Mountains."

The Jiuhuan Mountains stretch horizontally for more than a thousand kilometers and are home to fifty-nine Wugao bases. The distance between adjacent Wugao bases is only a few dozen kilometers.

In addition, with tens of thousands of "geniuses" going deep into the mountains and hunting continuously, the number of high-level mutant beasts in the Jiuhuan Mountains is decreasing.

Within 200 kilometers around the base, there are basically ordinary mutant creatures of level one or two. Only after going three or four hundred kilometers deep into the Nine Ring Mountains can you encounter level three mutant beasts.

Level 4 mutant beasts are relatively rare in this area. If you want to find mutant creatures above level 5, you have to go into the farther Cloudy Mountains.

At the same time, as humans have continued to hunt over the years, many mutant beasts nearby have become more insidious and cautious.

High-level mutant beasts like this one that roar to claim their territory are rare. Generally, such mutant creatures come from other places.

After discovering that the living environment here was good, the mutant beast roared to claim its territory, and then...

It will attract talented martial arts masters to go out for training.

Thinking of this, the leader Zhang Lin said in a deep voice: "Let's go over and take a look. If we're late, the mutant beast might have been snatched away by someone."

"Yes, let's go."

The other four nodded, and followed Zhang Lin as they dived down the mountain.

Among the five, Zhang Lin, the leader, has the strongest momentum, and his realm is close to the peak in the late fourth level, followed by two in the middle fourth level, and two in the early fourth level.

Therefore, he did not take the mutant beast that was suspected to be in the late fourth stage seriously.

As geniuses in the second year of Longshan Martial Arts High School, each of them has refined their weapons into extraordinary combat weapons and has practiced more than two secret techniques.

In addition, after two years of practicing advanced skills and combat techniques, his combat power could at least surpass one small realm.

Not to mention Zhang Lin, who is on the battle record list. A month ago, he single-handedly killed a late-stage fourth-level mutant beast with a trace of king-level blood.

He even used the heart scales of the mutant beast and extraordinary materials to refine a set of extraordinary armor.

Just as they rushed down the hillside for a few kilometers, they heard the mutant beast's angry roar and screams in front of them, and their expressions changed slightly.

"Oh no, someone got there first."

"Quick, go and take a look!"

While talking, the girl named Tang Tian was the fastest. She was in the middle stage of the fourth level and was surrounded by green energy, like a wisp of wind flashing rapidly in the mountains and forests.

In just a few breaths, he rushed out of the forest and turned back to shout, "Zhang Lin, the mutant beast is just ahead, hurry up and catch up."

As she spoke, the sound of wind surrounded her, and her whole body turned into a green wind shadow that shot up along the rocks, crossing hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye.

But when she rushed up the hillside, her body paused.

In the valley below, the corpse of a 20-meter-long giant mountain bear was lying quietly on the ground, with its huge head and paws covered in blood.

The flowing bright red blood almost dyed the surrounding ground red.

Next to the mutant beast's corpse, a figure wearing ordinary dark red armor stood holding a halberd, with black and red light flowing on his body, emitting a heavy aura.

And just as she appeared on the hillside, the figure looked up.

"What's wrong, Tang Tian..."

As he spoke, Zhang Lin also rushed up the hillside, followed by the other three people behind him, and then they all saw the giant mountain bear that had been killed below.

"Sure enough, someone got there first." Zhang Lin sighed with a hint of regret.

Ding Chen, another mid-level fourth-level cultivator, looked solemn, "Which martial arts school is this person from? He is so powerful that he killed the mutant beast so quickly."

"It's really strong." Another person nodded.

It took only a minute or two from the time they heard the giant mountain bear's roar claiming its territory to the time it exploded across ten kilometers.

The opponent was able to kill him in such a short time, and the combat power he displayed could not help but make people look sideways. The most important thing was that the opponent's aura was also at the fourth level.

Zhang Lin said in a deep voice: "The nearest one in this direction is Nantian Wugao High School, and the one beyond that is Langshan Wugao High School, and it's somewhere in between."

"Let's go, this mutant beast already belongs to someone else." With that, several people prepared to turn around and leave.

As for looting, this rarely happens in the battlefield of exotic beasts.

One is that these geniuses are all proud, and it would be bad for their reputation if they robbed other people's spoils.

Secondly, there are more than a hundred satellites in the sky watching us, and the school has regulations prohibiting the killing of classmates.

Although the satellites are sometimes effective and sometimes not, so far no one has killed anyone for a hundred or two hundred contribution points, and there is no need to injure the other party and snatch the mutant beast's corpse.

It is easy to make deadly enemies.

Who knows if the genius whose spoils were robbed will one day explode in power, overtake others, and then seriously injure or even kill someone in revenge?

Therefore, the overall atmosphere for martial arts training in Dongxia is relatively "clean".

I'm not as ruthless and brutal as the mafia. Either you are targeting me or I want to suppress you.

However, no one is perfect, and some people are inherently vicious and evil.

Therefore, after entering the depths of the mountains more than a thousand kilometers away, without satellite surveillance, the danger after discovering resources is not only those powerful mutant creatures, but also having to guard against the people behind.

At this moment, Chen Chu suddenly said in the valley: "Longshan Wugao, Zhang Lin!?"

His voice was obviously not very loud, but the calm voice spread throughout the valley, causing Zhang Lin and the other four to pause.

Looking back at Chen Chu who was several miles away, Zhang Lin said loudly: "Yes, I am Zhang Lin from Longshan. I wonder which school this classmate is from?"

It was indeed him.

Chen Chu showed a hint of excitement in his eyes, and said politely: "Nantian Wugao, Chen Chu, classmate Zhang, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you are interested?"

"What's the proposal?" Although he asked, Zhang Lin already knew the other party's purpose.

Chen Chu said calmly: "I want to compete with classmate Zhang, using this level 4 peak mutant beast as the stakes. If I lose, this mutant beast and any life crystals that may exist in its body will belong to you."

Tang Tian shook her head: "Sure enough, another guy who wants to step on Zhang Lin to get to the top."

After Zhang Lin entered the thousandth place in the performance ranking last week, some classmates at the fourth level challenged him at the Longshan High Martial Arts Base.

After all, compared to slowly killing mutant beasts to accumulate points, it is faster to directly defeat Zhang Lin and get on the leaderboard.

But those students were defeated by Zhang Lin and lost a lot of bets.

Ding Chen looked a little serious: "I didn't expect that this mutant beast is actually at the peak of level 4. The opponent's combat power is quite strong."

As he said this, he looked at Zhang Lin and advised, "Zhang Lin, forget it. There is no need to spar with him for a peak level 4 mutant beast."

"Indeed." The other three also nodded.

For these geniuses, a ranking on the performance list is much more valuable than a few dozen or a hundred contribution points, or in other words, it is more prestigious.

However, Zhang Lin chuckled: "I decided to agree to him."

"What!" The other four were stunned.

Zhang Lin said slowly: "I already know who this person is, Nantian Wugao, Chen Chu, don't you think this name is a little familiar?"

After Zhang Lin reminded her, Tang Tian was slightly stunned, and then blurted out: "The sixth on the first-year genius list?"

Zhang Lin nodded: "Yes, it's him."

They returned to Longshan Base quite late last night and did not see the big red words flashing on the big screen at the base.

But later when I went to the cafeteria to eat, I heard from other classmates that there was a freshman who had directly jumped to sixth place on the genius list.

"It's actually him."

Zhang Feng, who was wearing red armor, narrowed his eyes slightly. "It seems that this freshman wants to learn from the guy named An Fuqing this morning and defeat Zhang Lin to enter the battle record list."

"This freshman must be very strong to dare to challenge you. Moreover, his ranking is higher than that of the freshman this morning. He should not be underestimated."

Zhang Lin nodded: "I know, but I am also somewhat interested in him. This is a challenge from the freshmen to the seniors, and I am not weak, am I?"

That's right. The other three nodded slightly.

As geniuses who have practiced for an extra year and have been in the alien beast battlefield for more than half a year, their accumulation is far beyond what Chen Chu, a freshman who has only practiced for half a year.

Especially Zhang Lin, whose cultivation level is close to the peak in the late fourth level, which is two small realms higher than Chen Chu.

Coupled with powerful extraordinary armor and extraordinary weapons, defense and attack are improved to the limit.

In addition, Zhang Lin also consumed nearly a thousand contribution points and cultivated the three secret techniques of increasing strength, speed, and sword energy to a small level of success.

Therefore, even though he is only in the late fourth level, his combat power has already surpassed the fifth level.

If it weren't for the restriction of realm, he would have entered the top 500 in the performance list long ago.

This freshman broke through to the fourth level in just half a year. They envied his speed of cultivation, but they still had to fight to know if he could defeat Zhang Lin.

Moreover, in just one semester, he might not have had enough time to learn the secret technique, and the weapon in his hand looked like just an ordinary alloy weapon, so Zhang Lin still had a good chance of winning.

Zhang Lin showed a confident smile on his face: "Don't miss the contribution points and life crystals that are delivered to your door. Let's go down and meet this genius of Nantian Wugao."

As they spoke, the five of them flew down the hillside one after the other, and in a few flashes they passed through the grove and appeared in the valley.

Looking at the tall figure more than ten meters away, Zhang Lin said in a deep voice: "Chen Chu, I'll ask you again, are you sure you want to fight me?"

"My current cultivation level is at the late fourth level. I have practiced three secret techniques and possess extraordinary battle armor and weapons. If you lose, don't say I bullied you."

Zhang Lin was very open and honest and stated all his advantages.

"Senior Zhang, you are joking. I was the one who proposed this. If I lose, it's because I am not as skilled as you."

Chen Chu said modestly: "I just came to the alien beast battlefield and I am not familiar with everything here. I happened to meet a senior today so I wanted to see the strength of the genius of the previous grade."

"I want to see how big the gap is between you and me, so I can work harder to catch up afterwards."

Chen Chu's attitude surprised Zhang Lin and others. They originally thought that this genius who challenged others as soon as they met was very arrogant, but they didn't expect him to be so humble.

Seeing this, Zhang Lin smiled and nodded, "Okay, no matter whether we win or lose today, I'll make friends with you. I'll come to Longshan Base when I have time."

Chen Chu also smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will definitely come to Longshan Base if I have the chance."

After they finished talking, the atmosphere between them suddenly became solemn. They both tapped their wrists, and when the virtual touch screen option popped up, they clicked to lock the location.

In an instant, at an altitude of tens of thousands meters, a high-definition satellite camera was slightly adjusted to capture the scene happening in the valley below.

Of course, this satellite can only capture a rough image of the two people, just as a witness to this challenge.

Because after Chen Chu and the other person's positions were locked, their detailed information was also synchronously transmitted to the supercomputer, and they were assumed to have entered the 'competition' state.

If Chen Chu wins, he will replace Zhang Lin's ranking. As for if he loses, nothing will happen.

Tang Tian and the others looked grim upon seeing this and retreated away from the battlefield.

boom!

A strong golden energy burst out from Zhang Lin's body, and the patterns on the golden scales on his body lit up one by one. The golden light formed a layer of five-centimeter-thick transparent armor.

Under the double-layer protection, a sense of immovability, heaviness and solidity permeated. The powerful aura squeezed the surrounding air and turned into a strong wind that blew up the dust within a few meters around.

Then, a three-meter-long black sword as wide as a door panel appeared in Zhang Lin's hand. There was also a faint golden light flowing on it, exuding a sharp aura.

As a genius who had accumulated experience for a year, Zhang Lin also exchanged for the Sumeru bracelet.

"Brother Chen, the Zhenwu I practice is called Eight-Armed Vajra, which has a matching advanced combat skill called Eight-Armed Wheel Slash, which is mainly based on fierce and domineering slashing. Be careful later."

"Thank you for the reminder, senior. I am practicing the Dragon Elephant Tyrant Body, and my combat skill is the Eight Desolate Purgatory. My style is also mainly domineering and heavy." As he spoke, a black and red true energy burst out from Chen Chu's body.

boom!

Under the pressure of the domineering and tangible power, the air around Chen Chu almost solidified, and the ground within three meters under his feet sank slightly by an inch.

Facing a senior genius like Zhang Lin, Chen Chu did not dare to underestimate him. At this moment, with the explosion of the Dragon Elephant True Power in his body, the muscles all over his body swelled up, filled with a sense of oppression.

Especially the ferocious dragon power, which was not known whether it was from absorbing the essence and blood of high-level dragons or being tainted by the soul of the clone after evolution, made him look like an awakened dragon beast at this moment.

The invisible aura of dragon power made Zhang Lin and others breathe faster.

"How is it possible? Isn't he a freshman in the early stage of the fourth level?" Tang Tian, ​​who retreated a hundred meters, turned slightly pale and looked at Chen Chu in the distance with some surprise.

As a senior student in the middle stage of the fourth level, she was actually frightened by the aura erupting from Chen Chu.

Suddenly, Chen Chu and Zhang Lin both moved with a loud bang, the soil under their feet exploded, and the two of them instantly turned into two rays of light, one black and red, and one golden, and shot out.

clang!

The Eight Desolate War Halberd instantly collided with the golden war sword. The black and red halberd light and the golden sword energy wrapped around it were in a slight stalemate, and then it exploded like a high explosive.

Boom! In an instant, the ground around the two of them shook, a black and gold halo exploded, and the violent burst of true power squeezed the air to create a circle of white shock waves, sweeping across a range of more than ten meters.

Amid the howling wind, Chen Chu stood still, as heavy as a mountain, like a dragon and elephant, full of domineering and ferociousness.

On the other side, Zhang Lin was shining with dazzling golden light. The tremendous force coming from the opposite halberd only made his body sink slightly before being blocked by the golden true power.

This attack was just a test by both sides, so neither side dodged.

Feeling the heavy and domineering power as heavy as a mountain on the opposite side, Zhang Lin's face showed excitement.

Before, he was worried that this first-year genius lacked foundation. What if he hit too hard and injured the opponent? Now it seems that the opponent is still very strong.

Chen Chu on the opposite side was also a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, under his halberd with three-tenths of strength, the opponent's body just shook. The combination of that extraordinary armor and martial arts seemed to have very strong defense.

This way he can increase his strength.