Chapter 504: Strongest Civil Engineering Student (Thanks to 'Dugu Qiye' for Gifting)

Chapter 504: The Mightiest Civil Engineer (Thanks to 'Dugu Qiye' for the alliance-level tip)

A thunderous roar shook the earth.

As Zhang Yu was driven deep into the ground, Xiang Shan tore through the soil and stone, pursuing him relentlessly.

They clashed repeatedly beneath the surface, and seeing Zhang Yu falter under his onslaught, Xiang Shan sneered, "Still waiting for your teammates to build you a formation?"

"Don't bother."

"Every time we collide, every tremor I send through the earth, I amplify to the limit. They won't have a chance to build a thing."

After another violent impact, Zhang Yu’s figure stalled, then exploded into fragments.

In the heat of the exchange, Zhang Yu had somehow switched to using humanoid Qi avatars to mimic the Mountain-Moving Warrior style.

Because the Mountain-Moving Warrior technique he currently employed was a miniaturized version—hardly different from his own stature—he could afford to divert enough Qi to craft these decoys.

Xiang Shan scoffed, "Is that all you have?"

In the next heartbeat, he spun and threw a punch, striking the real Zhang Yu, who had been attempting a sneak attack.

Throughout the brawl, a humanoid Qi avatar was shattered by Xiang Shan every so often, serving as a shield for Zhang Yu’s true form.

Unbeknownst to them, their fierce struggle had carved a massive, hollow cavern deep underground.

Suddenly, the entire cavern shuddered. Countless chunks of earth and stone morphed into giant arms, forming fists and palms, closing in on Xiang Shan from all sides.

Mountain-Moving Nine Heavens! Thousand-Hand Holy Martial!

Rooted in the divine strength of mountain-moving and bolstered by the power absorbed through the Nine Heavens Cloud Void energy, he unleashed it all in one breath.

For a moment, Xiang Shan felt as if he were being besieged by a legion of masters.

Yet, facing hundreds, perhaps thousands of giant arms, Xiang Shan met fist with fist, shattering them one by one!

"Useless! Useless! Useless! Useless!"

Amidst his wild roars, the more his skin was struck, the more ferocious his offensive became, like a rampaging beast determined to tear everything in its path to shreds.

Beneath this savage exterior, however, his mind remained icy cold, his elephant trunk constantly venting demonic energy to saturate the environment with toxins.

"Demonic energy... an environment formed of various poisons and pollutants."

"For someone like me, raised in such conditions, it is like a fish returning to water."

"But for you humans, it is an unbearable burden..."

"It is hard to build in a constantly shaking environment, and this toxic atmosphere is an even greater weight."

Xiang Shan said calmly, "The environment is turning against you."

"Your frontal combat power is also being thoroughly crushed by me."

"How much longer do you intend to hold on with these hide-and-seek tactics... just to die?"

As he spoke, Xiang Shan’s ears pricked up, and he continued, "Can you hear that? The whole arena is waiting for my victory!"

"Behind me lie the hopes of countless demon-kin, and the sound of countless... spirit coins clinking!"

With a deafening boom, a series of numbers flickered above Xiang Shan’s head.

5.56 spirit coins!

12.34 spirit coins!

22.79 spirit coins!

Xiang Shan roared, "See that? These are the tips from the demon-kin watching live and online!"

"This is the bond of our kind!"

"My teammates sacrifice for me, my kin burn for me, my classmates throw their money at me..."

"In combat power, in environmental control, in the support behind me... you are inferior in every way. What the hell are you still fighting for? How much money do you plan to lose?!"

Simultaneously, messages from the Spirit Realm flooded the air above the arena.

"Don't worry about the post-match medical and maintenance fees! We support you!"

"Change the Heavenly Demons! Today is the day!"

"Devour these people!"

The next instant, Xiang Shan let out a thunderous shout, crushing another humanoid Qi avatar into dust.

While fighting, using verbal pressure to break his opponent was one of Xiang Shan’s signature tactics.

Though he appeared arrogant, his thoughts remained sharp, constantly hunting for a flaw in Zhang Yu’s defense.

"Found you."

Xiang Shan’s gaze sharpened. In the Spirit Realm, a swarm of elephant-demon soul cultivators surged toward Zhang Yu’s Dharma remains.

Carrying the hopes of changing the Heavenly Demons, the dream of Xiang Shan joining the school team, and visions of lower breeding taxes and higher incomes, they charged frantically into Zhang Yu’s Seven-Absolute Dharma remains.

But a moment later, they looked puzzled.

Xiang Shan asked: Why hasn't the opponent's Dharma remains collapsed yet?

The soul cultivators replied: The opponent must have spent a fortune in spirit coins; they are fighting desperately. It will take time.

Xiang Shan: Desperate? More desperate than you?

In the Spirit Realm.

Zhao Tianxing roared internally: "To hell with the tribe, the university, the major... I'm doing this for my own job!"

Mo Tianyi: "I finally found a good company! A good job! Don't you dare ruin this for me!"

Ying Xin’s grandfather: "What kind of bullshit school team... we are here to join the Artifact Refining Department with Zhang Yu! All you civil engineering dogs can go to hell!"

Che Yufei: "We are soul cultivators who want to work for the Artifact Refining Department!"

Hu Yuntao: "We finally found a human company that doesn't discriminate against demon-kin! Get lost, you stinking monsters! Don't stand in front of our boss!"

...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the construction site, deep beneath the battlefield.

A patch of earth hovered inches above the ground, like a floating island, shielded from the tremors.

Under the influence of Zhang Yu’s Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving power, vast amounts of soil and stone were being integrated into this floating site.

At the same time, Xiao Yunjie on the floating island transformed into a train, lightning-fast in transporting the materials Zhang Yu sent from afar to every corner of the site.

Su Yanyang and Shi Huaiyu joined forces to cast the Small Triad, constantly forging frames and perfecting the overall structure.

"Faster! Faster! Faster! Faster!" Shi Huaiyu shouted, "Zhang Yu can't hold on much longer!"

Xiao Qingxuan, wielding dragon-shaped Qi, moved like a dozen workers at once, finishing the steel and concrete within the structure.

The long-hoarded ashes of the winners were scattered into the mix, filling every corner of the floating island.

Shi Huaiyu raged, "Su Yanyang! Pick up the pace!"

...

On the battlefield, Zhang Yu’s Qi grew weaker in Xiang Shan’s perception. At the same time, the soul cultivators in the Spirit Realm surged forward, on the verge of paralyzing Zhang Yu’s Seven-Absolute Dharma remains.

Sensing all of this, Xiang Shan said coldly, "It is time to end this."

But in the next instant, he jerked his head up to see a massive floating island soaring into the sky, crashing down toward his position.

Xiang Shan’s gaze sharpened: "A floating island? Anti-gravity arrays? At this scale... I see. While Zhang Yu was fighting me, he was also providing remote support to the construction site?"

"No wonder this guy spent most of the time just taking hits without fighting back."

Meanwhile, the sky-obscuring floating island, carrying the force of a collapsing firmament, had already slammed down upon Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan tried to dodge, but felt a gravitational source dragging him down with a death grip.

"You!" Amidst Xiang Shan’s look of surprise, Zhang Yu, in the final moment before his Seven-Absolute Dharma Skeleton was paralyzed, released the long-accumulated Abyss of Eternal Tribulation, temporarily pinning Xiang Shan in place.

With a thunderous boom, the entire floating island crashed down.

By the time Xiang Shan broke free from the Abyss, he had already been driven deep into the earth.

He let out a roar, his arms surging with power as he tried to tear the floating island apart, only to be met with astonishing hardness.

The entire island pressing down on him felt like countless layers of armored structures stacked together, possessing a solidity far beyond ordinary earth and stone.

Xiang Shan frowned: "Over-engineered construction, reinforced by multiple protective arrays, and... some kind of bone ash? Blood sacrifice?"

Under his exertion, only a small portion of the structure shattered, causing him to be driven into the interior of the island like a needle.

With a violent shout, he spread his arms, struggling to destroy the layers of structure before him.

At the same time, the Soul Cultivators returned to report the results.

"The Seven-Absolute Dharma Skeleton has been paralyzed."

"But that Zhang Yu voluntarily detached from the skeleton."

...

Above the floating island, the members of the Wanfa team exerted their strength in unison, pouring layer after layer of reinforced concrete, while the power of the Small Triad shifted and connected the spiritual veins...

Su Yanyang sensed the situation below and exclaimed in shock: "It’s too fast! Xiang Shan is breaking through too quickly! We can't hold him down..."

Slap!

Shi Huaiyu struck Su Yanyang on the head and roared: "Stop the damn whining! Where is your fighting spirit from before? Hold the line for me!"

Su Yanyang took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and pressed his palms together. The earth beneath his feet surged under the influence of the Small Triad, wrapping around layers of steel and concrete to form a shape.

"Faster! Go faster!" Xiao Yunjie flashed through the air, transporting materials to various parts of the floating island at high speed.

Xiao Qingxuan furrowed his brow, sensing Xiang Shan advancing through the interior of the island at a speed far exceeding their construction rate.

Just as everyone was filled with tension, the sky suddenly darkened.

They saw Zhang Yu using golden astral energy as temporary limbs, grabbing vast amounts of earth, stone, and living piles from afar to provide support.

"After Zhang Yu detached from the Seven-Absolute Dharma Skeleton..." Su Yanyang’s eyes lit up: "He went and transported the earth, stone, materials, and living piles from the Sky Demon University side?"

With Zhang Yu’s logistical support, and as each living pile was driven into the earth, the efficiency and quality of the entire site skyrocketed.

Xiang Shan, trapped inside the floating island—or rather, the floating mountain—gradually began to feel that something was wrong.

The entire mountain mass was becoming harder and heavier.

And though he had broken through hundreds of meters, he still hadn't reached the end...

"No! I cannot be trapped here!"

Xiang Shan roared, gathering all his strength to break through once more.

But at this moment, he suddenly realized... when it came to demolition and construction, the military-grade Dharma Skeleton on his body was of no help at all.

Meanwhile, the construction site above grew increasingly fervent.

"Steel, now!" Xiao Qingxuan shouted, driving large sections of rebar into the modules.

With Su Yanyang’s Dharma Skeleton operating at 100% capacity, concrete flooded the sky like a mountain torrent, encasing countless steel bars.

"Hold on! He’s slowing down!" Shi Huaiyu excitedly channeled the spiritual veins, adjusting the external support of the mountain as the internal structure was destroyed.

In the sky, the earth and stone from the entire arena flew over, and under Zhang Yu’s Sky Kunlun Mountain-Moving divine power... they either fell into the site as materials or filled the mountain at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xiang Shan felt the weight pressing down on his head growing heavier, and his movements becoming slower.

The military-grade skin of his Dharma Skeleton could not increase his efficiency in demolishing the mountain; instead, it consumed his mana at every moment.

In this instant, a realization flashed through his mind: "In terms of raw combat power, I am above them. The logic is simple, like the most basic math problem... two military-grade powers are greater than one."

"But when it comes to construction efficiency, like the modifications to this mountain right now..."

Xiang Shan’s face turned grim, his eyes filled with unwillingness: "I might actually be inferior to them? The Tribulation Flow King Type-4 is not a construction skeleton, but a combat skeleton... absorbing power, suppressing the Sky Kunlun Mountain-Moving power—none of these help me tear down this mountain right now... Could it be that I..."

"Impossible!" Xiang Shan roared: "I sacrificed so much? How could I fall here? How could I fall here!"

The mountain shifted; under the tug-of-war between the two sides, the interior constantly collapsed while the exterior was continuously filled and reinforced.

When light finally appeared before him, Xiang Shan’s hands grasped at empty air, realizing he had finally broken through the entire mountain and reached the outside.

But before a smile could form on his face, the notification of the match’s end appeared on his eye-skeleton.

Match Ended

Wanfa University Completion: 43%

Sky Demon University Completion: 0%

Just before the match ended, Zhang Yu used his Sky Kunlun Mountain-Moving divine power to shift the buildings on the site to the designated positions, gaining an absolute advantage in completion.

As for the Sky Demon University site, it had long since been destroyed by his material transport.

Xiang Shan stood stunned for a moment, watching the Wanfa students cheer and embrace one another.

All around, the living piles crafted by the demon descendants stood silently on the earth, just as they had for countless years.

A trace of resentment welled up in Xiang Shan’s heart, his eyes fixed on Zhang Yu.

He had sacrificed his teammates, sacrificed his clansmen, yet now he could only watch as Zhang Yu and his companions stepped onto the throne of victory.

Meeting Xiang Shan’s gaze, Zhang Yu thought to himself: "Xiang Shan... perhaps you truly have a reason you cannot afford to lose, even if it means sacrificing your companions to climb higher."

"But I also cannot betray the trust of my employees and teammates; I want to lead them forward."

Fu Ji smiled: "The Kun Ruins are like this—gathering everyone who wants to risk their lives, then the strong fall, and the stronger win. Isn't this exactly the 'survival of the fittest' that these demon descendants believe in?"

In the Spirit Realm’s spectator stands, Director Gao, watching this scene, said calmly: "Xiang Shan has strayed from the true path of civil engineering. Relying on a piece of military-grade Dharma Skeleton to boost combat power—even if he can break through the civil engineering test and enter the school team... what does that have to do with the Civil Engineering Department? What does it have to do with construction?"

"After students from other departments pass their certifications, can’t they also wear that military-grade skeleton you’re wearing?"

Director Gao looked at Zhang Yu again and nodded with satisfaction: "Zhang Yu has already grasped the essence of civil engineering. He can be called the current... strongest civil engineering university student."

Mo Shangjin sent a message to Zhang Yu, asking: Where is my Seven-Absolute Dharma Skeleton?