Chapter 46 : Chapter 46
Chapter 46. The Black God Suit Debuts and Shocks the Entire Internet
Huazhong University's martial exam livestream.
As the martial exam began, a male host and a female host appeared in the stream to provide commentary for the viewers.
"Hello, everyone. Allow me to introduce the person beside me. This is Professor Ma, an expert in martial cultivation systems..."
Dressed elegantly and speaking in a sweet voice, the host introduced the honors and achievements of the slightly balding Professor Ma beside her.
Listening to her, Professor Ma beamed with pride.
"Damn, that's Professor Ma? The one who has published multiple academic papers on martial cultivation systems and won all kinds of awards in China? This year's martial exam is a pretty big deal."
"More than that. I heard the Su family's Martial God and the person in charge of Jiang Group both came too. This is a major event!"
"I'm getting excited just hearing that. Hurry up, hurry up! Professor Ma, give us your take on the rankings!"
"..."
"Professor Ma, let's start with first place." The host pulled up Chu Xingchen's martial exam footage.
At that moment, Chu Xingchen held a white jade flexible sword in his hand. In front of him, a three-meter-tall black bear pounded its chest twice and roared at him.
There was not a trace of fear in Chu Xingchen's eyes. A faint purple demonic aura slowly climbed into his pupils, and in an instant, every weakness of the fourth-rank black bear was laid bare before him.
Then his sword moved with his will. He dodged two of the giant bear's hammering blows in succession, and his longsword pierced the black bear's heart with flawless precision.
Boom!
The fourth-rank black bear slowly collapsed, kicking up dust from the ground.
Chu Xingchen turned his wrist with the sword, slid it back into its sheath, and walked away with a flick of his sleeve.
"Ahhh! Hero Chu is still as handsome as ever! I've decided, I'm going to become a sword cultivator too."
"That was absurdly cool. His movements were graceful and nimble. It was practically flawless."
"No wonder he's first on the leaderboard. He deserves it."
"..."
The livestream chat exploded, and Professor Ma nodded with a smile as he explained,
"Chu Xingchen's swordsmanship is incredibly refined, and with his SS-grade Demon Eyes detecting weak points, he can defeat an enemy in a single strike. It is practically perfect."
"I believe that aside from the young lady of the Su family, whose martial talent is SSS-grade, no one here can match him."
The host nodded in agreement, and as the screen scrolled down, the footage for second place appeared.
Jiang Feng, dressed in a custom-tailored suit, swept his gaze over the groups of third-rank Ironhide Crocodiles in the swamp, the corner of his mouth curling into a smile.
He slowly snapped his fingers and said disdainfully, "You think you can block my path without my permission?"
"Domineering Domain, rise!"
An invisible force field spread out from around him, instantly covering a hundred-meter radius.
At first, the Ironhide Crocodiles, their hide as hard as iron armor, still lunged at Jiang Feng with their jaws open viciously.
But the instant the Domineering Domain activated, the entire pack snapped their mouths shut and froze in place, unable to move even a single step.
Fear appeared in their eyes, as though a mountain were pressing down on their bodies, weighing on them with unbearable heaviness.
Smiling, Jiang Feng took out a sixth-rank dagger from his Spatial Bag and slowly walked up to one of the Ironhide Crocodiles.
He did not kill it immediately. Instead, he set down a vintage phonograph, and a gentle melody drifted into the air.
Jiang Feng closed his eyes and savored the moment as he drove the dagger into the crocodile's neck. Then he casually flipped it over and checked whether it was male or female.
When he saw that it was a female crocodile, he smiled faintly. "Woman, this is the price of disobedience. Do you understand?"
The people in the livestream could not help but shake their heads and sigh at the sight.
Elegant. Too elegant!
Just as expected of the legendary domineering CEO of the Jiang family!
"Young Master Jiang Feng's martial talent doesn't look any weaker than Chu Xingchen's, does it, Professor Ma?" the host said, giving him a meaningful look.
This livestream hosting job was not as simple as it seemed.
She had been given a task by the principal. She had to use public opinion to exaggerate Jiang Feng's prowess while belittling Jiang Yichen, the heir to the Jiang family.
Professor Ma understood at once and said with a smile, "Yes, yes. Jiang Feng also possesses SS-grade martial talent. The difference is that this 'Domineering Domain' is an area-of-effect skill."
"Any demonic beast weaker than Jiang Feng becomes completely incapable of action within the domain. It truly is overbearing beyond compare!"
"When it comes to killing demonic beasts and earning points, he has an enormous advantage. I believe it will not be long before Jiang Feng rises to first place."
Professor Ma's status spoke for itself, and the audience found his analysis convincing.
"Yeah, in terms of killing demonic beasts, Young Master Jiang Feng's domain really is more efficient than Chu Xingchen's."
"I'm from North China. Is this really the level of Huazhong martial exam? You don't even have a single SSS-grade martial talent?"
"You dog from North China, what are you barking about? Just wait until our number one campus beauty from Huazhong University, Goddess Su, shows up. She'll scare the guts out of you!"
"Exactly, exactly. Host, hurry up and show Goddess Su's footage."
"..."
Seeing that things had developed just about enough, the host exchanged a look with Professor Ma and clicked on Jiang Yichen's martial exam feed.
With those first two as a comparison, once the viewers discovered that the heir of the nation's foremost family was only at the fifth level of the third realm and could not even defeat demonic beasts, public opinion would naturally begin to pressure the Jiang family.
At that point, Jiang Feng would be able to take the heir's position smoothly.
The principal's assignment would also be considered complete.
Facing the camera with a smile, the host said, "Dear viewers, there was a technical error in the control room just now, so next we will first show the martial exam footage of Jiang Yichen, heir to the Jiang family, the foremost family in China."
"I'm sure he, too, will bring us something extremely exciting—"
But halfway through her sentence, her expression froze instantly. Professor Ma beside her also went blank for a moment.
The livestream completely exploded.
"Damn! That's the battle armor with a speed faster than sound! It looks incredible!"
"What?! That's Young Master Jiang's battle armor? The most advanced battle armor I bought from Jiang Group last time only reached two-thirds the speed of sound!"
"Don't tell me Jiang Group has already released sixth-generation battle armor? Damn it, I need to ask right now. A battle armor faster than sound? I don't care how expensive it is, I'm buying one!"
"Stop talking, stop talking! Young Master Jiang is about to kill a demonic beast. Watch!"
"..."
On the exam feed, Jiang Yichen was shown floating in midair in the Black God Suit, holding Violet Lightning, Azure Frost.
Then came a sudden hum, and space rippled.
The black-and-red battle armor appeared on the ground in an instant, sword withdrawn as it stood in place, while the two Ridgeback Lizards had already been chopped into pieces on the spot.
Dead silence.
The livestream, with over a hundred thousand viewers, fell so quiet it was terrifying. Even the scrolling comments seemed to have had the pause button pressed on them.
The host and Professor Ma's mouths twitched. What was this? Hadn't they been told Jiang Yichen was only at the fifth level of the third realm, and that airing his footage would make him embarrass himself?
How had this turned into such an overwhelming display instead?
"Damn! The realm display above says Young Master Jiang is only at the fifth level of the third realm, but that battle armor actually let him kill a fourth-rank Ridgeback Lizard across realms?!"
"Not just that! Did any of you even see Young Master Jiang make his move just now?"
"No! He flew over in the blink of an eye. Before those two Ridgeback Lizards had even fully burst apart, he had already unleashed that many slashes. That's terrifying!"
"No, no, no, that speed wasn't right. I think that was some kind of spatial traversal ability."
"What?! Damn! Don't tell me that black battle armor also has a spatial traversal function? Hell with it, I'm returning the Zhou family's fifth-generation battle armor right now and buying one from the Jiang family!"
"..."
The two of them looked at the flood of comments, their expressions turning grave in a way that was almost impossible to notice.
They had come here to belittle the Jiang family's heir and use public opinion to pressure the Jiang family.
But how had they ended up helping advertise the Jiang family's battle armor instead? This month, the Jiang family's battle armor sales would probably multiply several times over.
Their minds raced as they desperately tried to think of a way to salvage the situation.
Just then, they noticed that on the screen, after Jiang Yichen used the Void Eye to cover the monster battlefield, his face had turned pale and his body looked extremely weak.
Professor Ma's eyes lit up, as though he had seized a lifesaving straw.
"Dear viewers, don't get excited too soon. Take a look at Jiang Yichen's current state."
"High-level battle armor may be incredibly powerful, but it also requires strength to match it. Otherwise, you end up like Jiang Yichen here, weak and exhausted, unable to make another move."
"He's only just managed to enter the top ten thousand in the rankings, but with thirty thousand examinees in total, I'm afraid he will drop out again in less than a minute."
The host immediately echoed him and said with a smile, "Professor Ma makes a very good point. If the heir of the Jiang family, the foremost family in China, actually fails the martial exam, that would be rather hard to explain, wouldn't it?"