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Two months without combat, two months spent only learning to hide—was this what Beiming Martial Arts University wanted?
The answer was definitely no!
Beiming Yan smiled mockingly. "You probably didn't research Beiming Martial Arts University beforehand, only thinking of it as a top university in Great Xia.
Beiming Martial Arts University's core philosophy is... breaking limits!!
No one has ever seen the end of the martial arts path, and a martial artist's potential is limitless. Therefore, Beiming Martial Arts University's training principle is to showcase everyone's limits and break them!
Qingxue and I were notified by the school before the semester even started that we must accept a challenge every three days. Do you really think that the resources we gain from winning and the small losses we incur are that important?
Winning allows us to acquire resources, while losing allows us to accept our failures, discover our weaknesses, fight stronger opponents to push our limits, improve our martial arts skills, and find ways to break through those limits.
The schools don't have time to waste. The three martial arts universities need to cultivate true powerhouses—not just Kings, not just Emperors, but Invincible Emperors. Only such powerhouses can secure the future of Great Xia!"
As the direct descendant of the Beiming family, how could Beiming Yan not see through Beiming Martial Arts University's actions?
She disliked challenges because losing was truly difficult to accept. Every loss reminded her that her talent was only average, but how could she bear to relinquish the title of 'genius' after being called that for so long?
However, once you got used to losing, it didn't seem like such a big deal anymore.
A calm sea won't produce excellent sailors!
The Martial Arts University wasn't a paradise for martial artists, but rather a prelude to entering the Outer Realm Battlefield, the first battlefield for these apprentice martial artists.
Xu Yunqing opened his mouth, seemingly realizing the naivety of his own thinking.
He gave a bitter laugh. "My loss wasn't without reason. As expected, those who rank first in the martial arts exams are no ordinary people."
He only grasped the keywords "two months," and his thoughts went astray, misled by Beiming Feng's final words.
The absence of rules was indeed the most terrifying rule!
Because it often required one to find the correct rules.
And Xu Yunqing, by believing in the wrong rules, suffered a crushing defeat.
Su Yan was completely numb.
But then he seemed to have a sudden realization!
Even if they didn't persist for two months, it wouldn't prevent them from getting high scores. As long as they demonstrated their limits, that was the passing standard. And breaking through those limits… this was the key objective of the training.
How could they break through their limits by hiding? They hadn't even touched their own limits yet.
One wrong step could lead to eternal regret!
"What's going on? Why can't these things be said directly from the beginning? Why do we have to guess? If we guess wrong, we're dead!" Su Yan complained.
Beiming Yan sneered. "It's not like every place is like school, where teachers tell you the rules. If you can't even grasp the basic rules, what's the use of being strong? Physical prowess is fundamental, but intelligence is equally important."
Someone lacks intelligence, but I won't say it outright.
So, scolding is pointless!
Su Yan's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He wanted to retort but didn't know how.
Fine, he'd been scolded for nothing.
However, after hearing Ling Qingxue and Beiming Yan's explanation, the two realized how terribly wrong they were.
They went completely in the wrong direction!
Even if they actually endured two months, they'd just get a passing grade for their efforts—or maybe not even that.
After all, they couldn't explain it by saying that they were exploring the limits of human survival, could they?
Xu Yunqing slowly raised his head.
"So you chose the island in the middle of the lake as a safe haven, and used slaying magical beasts and guarding the island as training—all of this to test your own limits and find an opportunity to break through them?"
Ma Rendong showed a smug expression.
"What else? You think pushing your limits is just about charging in and finishing? Don't you understand the principle of moderation?
Take our team members, for example. At the beginning, we only killed about a hundred insectoids a day. But as we adapted and our strength improved, we've come to kill about two hundred a day. That significant increase in kills—how can that not be considered an improvement?
Being able to defend the island against an attack from a Sixth Rank early-stage Steel Giant is also proof that we've broken our limits. So what if we could only hold out for a month? Our achievements are still higher than yours!"
Su Yan suddenly looked like an aggrieved child.
If he had known all this beforehand, would he have bothered hiding?!
After spending over half a month as a corpse, he was told he'd played the game wrong—he'd played like a complete idiot!
However, he was equally shocked by the strength of Ling Qingxue and the others.
They even slayed a Sixth Rank early-stage Steel Giant; that was simply too insane.
Previously, their team of nearly eighty people, even combined, couldn't defeat a Fifth-Rank late-stage magical beast.
Seeing that things had gone well enough, Ling Qingxue continued.
"As you said yourself, we're competitors, so you have to leave the island!"
Su Yan's face darkened. "Unity is the key to survival. Our initial choice was indeed wrong, but can't we change it now?"
Ling Qingxue glanced at him. "Usually, I don't show mercy to my opponents. If we can't be friends, we can only be enemies. This is the path you chose for yourselves, and I don't need to pay for your incompetence."
Xu Yunqing's team members all blushed, too embarrassed to speak.
They had indeed chosen the wrong path.
They needed to pay the price for their choice.
Xu Yunqing sighed. "Thank you for telling us all this. Military training isn't over yet; we still have a chance!"
There was still over a month left. As long as they performed well, passing military training shouldn't be difficult.
The hardest part was the initial choice. Losing the fighting spirit of a martial artist, hiding and trying to get by during military training, was the inevitable path to failure.
Meanwhile.
The Golden Centipede crawled back to its lair.
It had been humiliated by a group of two-legged beasts and a giant black beast, and in the end, it couldn't even get revenge!
It's true, the more you endure, the angrier you get; the more you back down, the more you feel cheated.
But when it returned to its lair and saw the Heavenly Spirit Spring completely emptied, leaving not a trace, it fell into deep thought.
Where is my enormous Heavenly Spirit Spring?!
Wrong home?
No, damn it, this was its home!!
The Golden Centipede began to roar in fury, causing the entire mountain to tremble.
Those two-legged beasts not only humiliated it but also stole its treasure; they were practically treating it like a dog!
How could it tolerate this?
This was simply unbearable!!
"Roar!!" (Minions, prepare for battle! Follow your leader to avenge us!!)
The roar echoed in all directions, the ground trembled as if an earth dragon were turning over, and Golden Centipedes started to crawl out from a distance. There were Fourth and Fifth Ranks, and a dense, overwhelming number of low-rank ones.
In less than ten minutes... an army of Golden Centipedes had formed!