Chapter 53 : Chapter 53
Chapter 53. A Sixth-Rank Monster? I Can Still Fight It at the Fifth Realm!
Jiang Feng’s eyes were bloodshot with fury. He had always been the one to toy with others, and this was the first time he had ever felt what it was like to be played by someone else.
Ever since the graduation ceremony, and then that sudden jump to the fifth level of the Third Realm during the realm test... this man seemed to be slipping further and further out of his control.
But just a month ago, had he not still been Lin Wan’s obedient lapdog?
Flames of anger burned in Jiang Feng’s icy gaze as he slowly moved his hand behind his back and pressed the positioning controller.
“I will never allow anything beyond my control to exist. Man, just wait for your death.”
He slowly stepped back. This tracker could not only monitor candidates’ positions, it was also the switch that would release a peak sixth-rank monster.
In the Monster Battlefield, the strongest monsters were only at the initial stage of the fifth rank.
But after the plan at the graduation ceremony had failed, he had kept a trump card in reserve.
One at the peak of the Fourth Realm, and one at the fifth level of the Third Realm. No matter how powerful your battle armor is, you still cannot handle a monster that is nearly a seventh-rank Monster General.
“You dared slip out of my control, so now you can enjoy yourself properly.”
Jiang Feng piloted the Heaven-Shaking Battle Armor, started the engine, and flew into the distance.
Hearing the low hum of the engine, Jiang Yichen glanced sideways at him.
“A boring little trick.”
Under his powerful spiritual perception, Jiang Feng’s small movements had nowhere to hide.
A peak sixth-rank monster? Perfect. He could use it to stretch a little and see the results of these past five days of taking it easy.
Now that he had just advanced to a Supreme-grade Divine Mind Master, this was the perfect chance to test himself against a stronger monster.
Jiang Yichen swept his gaze over the Sky Eyes around him. The martial exam livestream probably was not going to focus on a candidate ranked exactly ten-thousandth, was it?
As long as it did not interfere with his taking it easy, that was fine.
“Brother Yichen, the martial exam ends in three more minutes. Let’s head to the teleportation entrance.”
Su Linyu’s voice was soft and sweet.
But Jiang Yichen shook his head. “There’s still one thing left to deal with. Give me the battle armor.”
A puzzled look appeared on Su Linyu’s face, but she obediently returned the Black God Suit to Jiang Yichen.
“Brother Yichen, what else is there to—”
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Before she could finish speaking, the ground in the valley suddenly shook violently. Loose rocks tumbled down the mountainsides into the valley, sending up sprays of water three meters high.
The monsters Su Linyu had beaten half to death immediately filled with terror. Dragging their battered bodies, they hurried toward the deeper parts of the cave, as though fleeing from some horrifying existence.
“What’s going on?” Seeing such a huge disturbance, Su Linyu suddenly grew tense.
Jiang Yichen, however, remained calm as still water. The Black God Suit spread across his body, Chaos Qi swirling around him, and his gaze settled on the black river below the valley.
“It’s here.”
Splash!
The moment he finished speaking, the water of the black river surged into the sky. Dark as ink, it cascaded down from a bulging, round head, forming a black waterfall.
As the black water streamed down, the eight massive tentacles beneath that round head, each as thick as a towering tree, gradually came into view.
“The Ink Venom Octopus!” Su Linyu cried out in alarm. “It’s as huge as a mountain. It’s already grown to the peak of the sixth rank. How could a sixth-rank monster appear in the Monster Battlefield?!”
“Brother Yichen, run!”
Her face filled with worry as she rushed forward, grabbed Jiang Yichen’s arm, and tried to pull him away.
She was only in the Fourth Realm. At most, she could fight a monster at the initial stage of the Fifth Realm by crossing realms, but there was no way she could defeat a sixth-rank Ink Venom Octopus.
It was said that once an Ink Venom Octopus matured to its peak stage, it became an eighth-rank Monster King. In the past, it had taken one eighth-rank Martial Emperor and two seventh-rank Martial Kings working together just to barely kill a peak-stage Ink Venom Octopus.
That alone showed how terrifyingly powerful it was.
“Brother Yichen, hurry! It’s looking at us!” Su Linyu cried anxiously when she saw the Ink Venom Octopus’s scarlet eyes turning toward them.
Jiang Yichen let out a sigh and patted her on the head. “You’ve had your moment. Now it’s my turn. Watch carefully.”
He shook off Su Linyu’s hand and, clad in the Black God Suit, instantly hovered in front of the mountain-sized Ink Venom Octopus.
Su Linyu was stunned.
Spatial teleportation.
And the aura Brother Yichen had just released... he was a Fifth-Realm Grandmaster!
Wasn’t Brother Yichen at the fifth level of the Third Realm? Then that aura just now was...
In shock, Su Linyu raised her little face and looked up. Purple-black energy swirled around Jiang Yichen, and behind the black-and-red battle armor it formed a purple-ink cloak, making him look like a Martial God descended upon the world.
“There’s no mistake. That powerful aura... Brother Yichen is a Fifth-Realm Grandmaster!” Su Linyu exclaimed in shock.
At that moment, the livestream also erupted into chaos.
“Holy hell! I thought the strongest monsters in the Monster Battlefield were only at the initial stage of the fifth rank. Where did this sixth-rank monster come from?”
“It’s even the king of monsters, the Ink Venom Octopus. No wonder the river in the valley turned black. So there was a sixth-rank monster hiding there the whole time.”
“Huazhong University really has some nerve. They let a sixth-rank monster into the martial exam grounds. They’re seriously treating the candidates’ lives like nothing.”
“Look! What’s that black dot in front of the Ink Venom Octopus?”
“...”
In the livestream footage, a purple-ink figure appeared in front of the Ink Venom Octopus in an instant.
As the Sky Eye zoomed in, everyone saw clearly.
“It’s the Jiang family’s sixth-generation battle armor. That’s... that’s Young Master Jiang?”
“Huh? But isn’t Young Master Jiang only at the fifth level of the Third Realm? No matter how strong the sixth-generation battle armor is, there’s no way he can beat a peak sixth-rank Ink Venom Octopus.”
“Exactly. Back then, it took an eighth-rank Martial Emperor from the Chu family and two seventh-rank Martial Kings just to barely kill an eighth-rank Ink Venom Octopus. And you, a Third-Realm cultivator, are charging up there to die?”
“Haha, a Third-Realm cultivator trying to fight a sixth-rank monster? Is Young Master Jiang planning to be melted down and remade from scratch?”
“...”
Shen Qingyue and Su Zhan, who were both watching the livestream, were stunned as well.
“That damned brat, is he trying to get himself killed?!”
Shen Qingyue immediately panicked. She had just been happy that her son had passed the martial exam.
But she had never imagined that a sixth-rank monster would appear right before the exam ended, and that Xiao Chen would overestimate himself enough to go fight it.
She quickly stood up and looked at Zhou Mingyuan, who had just returned from the Monster Battlefield.
“Principal Zhou, after the martial exam is over, I want an explanation for this sixth-rank monster.”
“Open the teleportation entrance to the Monster Battlefield right now. I’m going in.”
Xiao Chen was her only son. No matter how untalented he might be, she could not just watch him die.
Zhou Mingyuan glanced sideways at Jiang Dongnian, who blinked at him.
He immediately understood. Before the graduation assessment, Jiang Dongnian had said that Jiang Feng would deal with Jiang Yichen during the martial exam.
A plan instantly formed in his mind, and he rose to his feet to placate her.
“Madam Shen, the school has rules. Anyone entering the Monster Battlefield has to follow procedure.”
“What did you say? My son’s life is in danger right now, and you’re talking to me about procedure?!” Shen Qingyue exploded with rage.
“There’s nothing I can do. I’m the principal, so I have to lead by example.”
Zhou Mingyuan sighed. “I want to save Yichen too, but rules exist for a reason. Before the martial exam began, we already reminded all candidates that the Monster Battlefield involved mortal danger and unforeseen incidents, and that they should participate with caution.”
If Jiang Yichen died in the martial exam grounds, then at most the matter could later be treated as negligence in supervision.
Besides, the Jiang family’s sixth-generation battle armor could exceed the speed of sound, so escaping would not have been a problem at all. If Jiang Yichen insisted on rushing off to die, that was his own choice.
Once Jiang Yichen was dead, their plan to win over the Su family could proceed smoothly.
“Sister-in-law, Principal Zhou isn’t having an easy time either. He manages such a huge school. How can there be order without rules?” Jiang Dongnian chimed in from the side.
A cold, murderous light flashed in Shen Qingyue’s eyes. “I’m counting to three. If either of you dares stop me again, I’ll reduce Huazhong University to rubble.”
The moment she finished speaking, the pressure of a peak eighth-rank expert swept across the entire martial exam plaza.
Zhou Mingyuan and Jiang Dongnian’s expressions changed at once. They both knew perfectly well what kind of temper Shen Qingyue, the Sichuan-Chongqing Tyrannosaur, had.
The two of them exchanged a glance at the livestream and immediately changed their approach.
“If Madam Shen insists on breaking the rules, then I can only cancel Jiang Yichen’s martial exam results,” Zhou Mingyuan said sternly.
“Do whatever you like.” Shen Qingyue only cared about her son. What was a martial exam result worth to her?
A sneer appeared at the corners of Zhou Mingyuan’s and Jiang Dongnian’s lips as they opened the teleportation entrance to the Monster Battlefield.
Shen Qingyue immediately turned into a blur and vanished from the spot.
Su Zhan calmly watched all of this without speaking up to stop her.
He could understand Shen Qingyue’s panic, but he truly had no faith in Jiang Yichen.
In his eyes, Jiang Yichen was nothing more than a man with no ambition, someone who had refused to work hard in the martial exam and had instead dragged his daughter into idling around with him. All Su Zhan felt toward him now was disgust.
It worked out perfectly. Once Jiang Yichen’s martial exam qualifications were revoked, he could go straight to the Jiang family and cancel the engagement between the two of them.
He had completely lost faith in Jiang Yichen.
“Holy hell! The system has detected that Jiang Yichen’s realm has reached the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster!”
But just as Zhou Mingyuan and Jiang Dongnian were congratulating themselves and Su Zhan was silently observing, Professor Ma suddenly shouted from the livestream.
The moment the three of them heard that, their expressions froze, and all of them turned at once to stare at the livestream.