Chapter 108: Battle Against Feng Ruyun

Chapter 108: Battle Against Feng Ruyun

"Even stronger than the newly promoted Gold Standard Human Level III!"

"This is... a rank beyond the textbooks."

He took a deep breath.

If Gold Standard Human Level III represented the theoretical limit of the human species under the current system,

then he had now shattered that limit!

He felt like a starry-sky giant beast that had just cracked out of its shell, still in the embryonic stage of development.

Though his strength was still meager, the very essence of his life had become utterly different!

"I need to test just how far my current strength has reached."

Suppressing the shock within him, Qin Feng made an immediate decision.

There was only one most intuitive and effective way to test—combat!

He opened his wrist terminal again, ready to enter the private network.

He noticed that his application for promotion to senior year, just submitted, had already been approved.

[Dear student Qin Feng, your academic promotion application has been approved. Your current grade is: Senior Year.]

[Your private network permissions have been automatically switched to: Senior Private Network.]

The Senior Private Network.

Here, the most elite and powerful geniuses of Qiming No.1 High School gathered.

Every single one was an extremely formidable veteran student.

A blazing fighting spirit ignited in Qin Feng’s eyes, and he directly pressed the match button.

[Matching opponent for you...]

[Senior Private Network.]

[Match range: All students in the senior year.]

The waiting time was longer than ever before.

Nearly half a minute passed before the cold prompt finally sounded.

[Match successful!]

The next second, the scene shifted.

Qin Feng’s figure appeared on a grander arena, a Roman Colosseum-style platform filled with an aura of iron blood and slaughter.

Opposite him, a tall and imposing figure slowly materialized.

The man held a long-handled saber, exuding a terrifying aura.

When Qin Feng recognized the face, his gaze sharpened.

He had seen that face before—beside Sun He.

As this thought flashed through his mind, the opponent’s information clearly appeared before everyone.

[Name: Feng Ruyun]

[Life Force Index: 30.14]

[Combat Arts: Blazing Flame Saber (Perfected), Iron Wall Fist (Perfected), Raging Wave Saber (Minor Mastery)]

On the grand Roman Colosseum-style arena, as Feng Ruyun’s figure fully solidified, his sharp eyes locked onto Qin Feng opposite him.

A flicker of obvious surprise crossed his face.

"Qin Feng?"

He recognized the newcomer king who had stirred up a storm among the veteran students.

"You’ve been promoted to senior year?"

Feng Ruyun was somewhat taken aback.

Just a few days, and he had already crossed the 20.0 Life Force Index threshold, stepping directly into the senior domain?

That speed was indeed a bit uncanny.

But surprise aside, a strong interest rose in Feng Ruyun’s heart.

He wanted to test with his own hands just how much weight this junior, described by Sun He as a "monster," really carried.

Without further words, he slowly drew the saber from his back, holding it with one hand, the tip angled toward the ground.

A terrifying aura, like a raging storm and crashing waves, erupted from him!

[Name: Feng Ruyun]

[Grade: Senior Year, Class One]

[Life Force Index: 30.14]

[Combat Arts: Blazing Flame Saber (Perfected), Iron Wall Fist (Perfected), Raging Wave Saber (Minor Mastery)]

At the same time, Qin Feng saw the opponent’s panel.

A Life Force Index of 30.14! A standard third-level martial artist!

Two perfected combat arts, one minor mastery combat art!

Qin Feng’s heart sank instantly.

This would be a crushing battle unlike any he had ever experienced.

But the fighting spirit in his eyes only grew stronger.

Without crossing swords with a true master, how could he know the gap and see the path ahead?

He gripped his long spear tightly, raising his own aura to its peak.

The battle erupted the moment their eyes met!

Feng Ruyun struck first!

The ground beneath him shook with a boom, and his entire body turned into a blurry afterimage, crossing dozens of meters in an instant.

His saber, with no flashy technique, came down in the most pure and domineering way—a straight overhead chop!

Before the blade arrived, the sharp wind pressure made the air scream in a piercing shriek!

This single strike seemed as if it would split the entire arena in two!

Qin Feng’s pupils contracted sharply.

Too fast! So fast his dynamic vision could barely track it!

Too strong! The sheer force pressing down made him feel as if he were facing a toppling mountain!

He had no time to execute any subtle moves. Relying solely on combat instinct, he raised his spear horizontally above his head, pouring all his strength into receiving this blow!

【A Thousand Troops Guarding】!

"Clang——!!!!"

A deafening, ear-splitting metallic explosion resounded through the entire arena!

Qin Feng felt an irresistible, terrifying force, like the main cannon of a starship, surging through his spear.

His arms went numb in an instant, his tiger's mouth split open, blood streaming down.

His entire body, as if struck by a high-speed train, flew backward uncontrollably, his feet carving two deep furrows into the alloy floor!

One blow!

His defense was nearly shattered completely!

But Feng Ruyun's attack came like relentless waves, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

Just as Qin Feng's body was still unsteady, Feng Ruyun followed like a shadow. He abandoned his glaive, his left hand suddenly thrust out, fingers spread, carrying a scorching aura straight for Qin Feng's face!

The perfected "Blazing Flame Blade" had long since merged its essence into his fists and palms!

Qin Feng's mental alarm bells rang loudly; he forcibly twisted his body, trying to parry with his spear shaft.

But Feng Ruyun's movements were faster!

That hand, burning with energy, suddenly changed mid-air, turning from a fist into a palm, bypassing Qin Feng's spear at an impossible angle, and slammed heavily into his chest!

"Iron Wall Fist Art"!

"Boom!"

A dull, thunderous sound.

The light armor on Qin Feng's body shattered on impact!

His entire frame, as if struck by lightning, spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flung backward once more.

Strength, speed, technique... a total crushing!

In mid-air, Qin Feng gritted his teeth against the pain, trying to adjust his posture for a counterattack.

But Feng Ruyun had already pronounced his death sentence.

Feng Ruyun gripped his glaive again, crouched slightly, then like a drawn bow, sprang up explosively, the glaive in his hand tracing a brilliant and deadly blue arc in the air!

The killing move of "Raging Waves Blade Art"—【Sea-Splitting】!

That blue blade light seemed to transcend space, instantly appearing before Qin Feng.

In Qin Feng's eyes, only that dazzling, desperate blue remained.

He couldn't even... raise his spear to block.

Eight seconds.

From the start of the battle to its end, only eight seconds had passed.

Qin Feng's figure, within that blue blade light, dissolved into countless specks of light, vanishing completely.

...

In another combat preparation room of the senior third-year private domain, Feng Ruyun slowly sheathed his blade and logged out of the private domain network.

There was no joy of victory on his face, only a hint of contemplation.

"Eight seconds..."

He murmured to himself.

"Strength and speed, roughly equivalent to an ordinary martial artist with a Life Force Index of 25. Spear art perfected, defense techniques solid, and combat will top-notch."

"This rate of progress is indeed very fast."

In Feng Ruyun's mind, Sun He's words surfaced again.

He shook his head.

"But to get the 'Dawn General Star' next year is still impossible."

"The gap is too big. By then, he probably can't even beat me, let alone those monsters ahead of me."

"At the very least... he'd have to wait until the year after next to have a chance."

Feng Ruyun knew well that with his two perfected killing techniques and one minor killing technique, he barely squeezed into the top ten of the current senior third-year class.

The competition for the "Dawn General Star" was far more brutal than anyone imagined.

...

B-17 Private Martial Arts Room.

Qin Feng's face was somewhat pale, but his eyes burned with unprecedented gravity.

A crushing defeat!

A total, hopeless, one-sided defeat!

Those eight seconds of experience were etched into his mind like a brand.

Before Feng Ruyun, his proud strength, speed, and technique seemed laughable and insignificant.

"The gap... is too big."

Qin Feng took a deep breath. Instead of feeling discouraged, a fiercer fighting spirit ignited within him.

He didn't rest; he sank his consciousness back into the private domain network.

【Start Matching】

Second match, opponent was a senior third-year senior sister using twin swords, Life Force Index 28.9.

The battle lasted fifteen seconds.

Qin Feng was left with hundreds of wounds from her dazzling swordplay before losing.

Third match, opponent was a burly man specializing in fist techniques, Life Force Index 27.5.

The battle lasted twelve seconds.

Qin Feng's spear was smashed away by the man's iron fists.

...

Fourth match, lost.

Fifth match, lost.

...

Thirty-second match, lost.

In one afternoon, Qin Feng suffered over thirty consecutive defeats.

After advancing to senior third-year, fighting in the private domain was far more brutal than when he advanced to senior second-year!

Back then, though he lost, he could occasionally trade blows with lower-ranked seniors using technique and experience.

Now, in the senior third-year private domain, he was almost completely helpless.

No battle ever lasted more than twenty seconds.

"Strength, speed, killing technique, combat experience... a gap in every aspect."

Qin Feng withdrew from the private network, gaining a clear understanding of the chasm between himself and the top geniuses of the senior year.

Yet he did not lose heart.

A gap meant a target to chase, a force to drive him forward.

He ceased the pointless private duels and, from Qiming First High's internal database, called up the 3D instructional video for the *Advanced Empire Body-Tempering Method*.

(End of chapter)