Chapter 292 - 202: Crushing the Enemy, Going Godlike (Part 2)

Chapter 292: Chapter 202: Crushing the Enemy, Going Godlike (Part 2)

Even with the body of a fifth-realm Martial Artist, she couldn’t compete with the sheer hardness of Name-Slayer, let alone one that was enhanced with the Fortify trait.

Martial Artists of the middle three realms could begin to ignore some fundamental laws of physics, but they weren’t completely immune. Yu Fei played to his strengths and attacked her weakness. In that confined space, his lightning-fire sword strike crushed Hengji, breaking through her defenses like splitting bamboo.

The instant it hit, a wave of green light shielded her, absorbed the full power of Name-Slayer, and sent her flying.

Name-Slayer’s first battle was a success, having defeated a fifth-realm prodigy! ℯℯ𝑙.

Despite his victory, the residual Qi Jin made his hands tremble uncontrollably. Then, faint red lines within Yu Fei’s flesh and bones lit up, neutralizing all the backlash. His initial mastery of the Melt Gold Jade Body Skill already combined hardness with resilience; it made him not only a great fighter but also incredibly durable.

His figure flickered as he swapped places with his last decoy, leaving the collapsing high ground. He looked across and saw the third-year seniors staring dumbfounded at his position, as if they’d been certain of his defeat.

’The nerve!’

These people dared to underestimate him. Yu Fei slung Name-Slayer over his back, braced Soul-Devourer against his shoulder, and pulled the trigger on the seniors who were already celebrating across the field.

BOOM! BOOM!

Feng Hua froze when she saw the figure sent flying, her mind reeling in disbelief. ’The chief assault-type Martial Artist of our Salted Fish Assault Team was defeated in a direct confrontation?’

For a moment, her mind went completely blank, and she began to mutter to herself.

"This is impossible... How could this happen... He must be cheating!"

’Even I couldn’t withstand a frontal assault that Hengji had spent so long preparing. How could some freshman just take it head-on?’

’Is that guy really a freshman? Is he not some third-year playing a prank on us? Did the school change the rules for the military exercise?’

This momentary daze caused her to lose track of Yu Fei. Only Kang Ming’s desperate voice echoed through the mental network.

"Take cover...!"

Kang Ming had never let up his watch on the battlefield. A competent commander must always remain calm, even after the dust has settled.

He had spotted Hengji’s defeat the instant it happened. With no time for doubt, he immediately began searching for the enemy’s position. He then saw Yu Fei’s figure suddenly appear on the other side of the slope and was just about to plan the next wave of attack.

’Logically, even if he managed to defeat Hengji, he must have been heavily injured in such a brutal fight.’

But in the next instant, he saw Yu Fei raise a super-powered firearm and aim it at his gawking teammates. Panicked, Kang Ming hastily sent a warning through the mental network, but he was a step too late.

Flashes of fire flared five times in the distance. Green waves of light flickered throughout their formation as five people, as if struck by a hammer, were thrown from the high cliff.

"Ah Hua, charge!" He couldn’t let Yu Fei keep firing unopposed.

Feng Hua snapped out of her daze. White light flared beneath her feet as she carved a dazzling, zig-zagging path across the ground, charging straight for Yu Fei. She couldn’t let him keep shooting, or the team would collapse in an instant.

Less than ten minutes into the battle, they were already down ten members—more than twenty percent of their force. They had never suffered such devastating losses, not even on the most dangerous front lines. And to top it all off, they had zero kills.

’These five shots were the easiest I’ve ever taken.’ They were stationary targets, after all. With fifteen times his normal nerve response speed, hitting them was as simple as pissing into a toilet bowl. He didn’t even have to think about it.

After the last shot, he glimpsed the badass who had taken a bullet head-on charging toward him. The silver gem on her forehead was glowing brightly; it seemed their string of defeats had finally provoked her.

Feeling his nearly depleted Qi Sea, Yu Fei regretfully shouldered Soul-Devourer. He activated the Shrinking Earth Stepping Technique and, after a few leaps, cloaked himself in his Illusory Sword Intent and vanished into the vast night.

The night was his domain. With the Silent Hunter passive, Silent Stealth, combined with his Illusory Sword Intent, no one could find him.

Hengji felt light, as if she were floating. The moon above was big and white. Then there were two moons, then four, the sight making her dizzy.

She heard a sound like rolling thunder. Hengji was confused. ’Why would it be raining at night?’ she wondered. Then it hit her—that was the sound of a sniper rifle.

’That’s right... I charged the sniper, and he pulled out a greatsword. He sent me flying with a single swing... it hit so hard my bones felt like jelly, and I felt so light...’

Hengji remembered the owner of the greatsword was a handsome man. The sword was huge. Powerful. So manly!

THUD!

She crashed onto the ground and lost consciousness.

Feng Hua didn’t spare a glance for the fallen Hengji. She bounded up the slope in a single leap, only to be met by the vast, empty night. There wasn’t even a shadow in sight.

Her expression grew grim. ’The freshman class has a monster,’ she thought.

’This is big trouble!’

After a long time, seeing no further sign of Yu Fei, the members of the Salted Fish Team finally gathered at the edge of the collapsed slope. Only now had they officially left their safe zone and entered the battlefield.

But the mood was grim. A frustrated anger smoldered in everyone’s heart.

Last year, the third-years had wiped the floor with them. This year, they had been eager to redeem themselves, only to run into some freak of a freshman who single-handedly held up their 45-person team, took out ten of them, and then vanished without a trace.

Thankfully, this was just a military exercise. If this had been the front lines, it would have meant the Salted Fish Assault Team had just permanently lost ten teammates. How could they not be filled with anger and grief?

Under the mournful moonlight, Feng Hua’s eyes were red. She gripped her Shadow Blade so tightly she could barely control her emotions.

"I swear, I will find you! I absolutely will!"

Kang Ming walked over, patted her on the shoulder, and said calmly,

"Ah Hua, come here. We need to discuss tactics."

A short while later, the remaining 35 members gathered together. Kang Ming began the debriefing.

"Linghu, maintain surveillance on our perimeter. Watch for him bringing in other members of the Yulin Army."

Feng Hua retorted angrily, "Let them come! I refuse to believe every one of them is a monster like that kid!"

Kang Ming simply stared at her in silence. Feng Hua immediately shut her mouth.

The strangest thing about the Salted Fish Assault Team’s internal dynamics was this: Feng Hua was their strongest member in terms of overall combat power and their nominal leader, but Kang Ming was the team’s true decision-maker. During missions, everyone had to follow Kang Ming’s orders. If anyone dared to object, Feng Hua would be the one to discipline them.

And only Kang Ming could handle Feng Hua. The relationship between the two core members of the Salted Fish Assault Team was strange. They weren’t a couple, yet they were closer than most friends. At times, they would have explosive arguments that even came to blows.

Kang Ming’s steady voice broke the silence. "We were too careless in this battle. All of us, myself included, assumed that dealing with freshmen would be a walk in the park, and we paid a heavy price for that arrogance."

It was the truth. Chi Yu was normally very cautious, but this time, he clearly hadn’t taken his opponent seriously. After Linghu reported no signs of an ambush, he had carelessly exposed himself and been killed instantly.

Kang Ming continued, "After Hengji moved in, everyone assumed victory was guaranteed. All tactical discipline broke down. No one even maintained basic watch. Frankly, the last five people who got picked off were eliminated for no good reason."

"From now on, I need everyone to be at one-hundred-and-twenty percent focus. Forget that our opponent is a freshman!

"We know he has top-tier sniping and stealth abilities, some kind of teleportation or position-swapping skill, and his direct combat power is terrifying. He defeated Hengji at her absolute peak in a snap engagement. No one in our entire sophomore class can do that!

"Therefore, we must assess our target as a sixth-realm Gang Qi Martial Artist—and a titled one at that. This operation will be extremely difficult. We are facing the risk of total annihilation. Do you understand?"

Kang Ming’s point-by-point analysis drove home the severity of the situation.

Hearing his breakdown, the others recalled Yu Fei’s terrifying performance. Everything Kang Ming said was true. They couldn’t help but adjust their mentality and listen intently for his tactical plans.

"For now, we’ll give this person the codename ’Lone Wolf.’ He has to be the Yulin Army’s squad leader, with over forty people under his command. Lone Wolf’s objective is simple: he wants to whittle down our numbers to create an advantage for the eventual main engagement. And what Lone Wolf wants is precisely what we must stop."