Invincible through Touching Corpses

Once everyone had gone to the locker room and dried their clothes, Jian Hua gathered them all together.

"Alright, first of all, congratulations to everyone for successfully breaking through to the Blood Qi Realm. As for how much you’ve all gained from the Creation Blood Pool, I’m sure you’re all well aware."

"I won’t elaborate on that. Instead, let’s go over the academic arrangements for what’s next."

"As you all know, our East Sea Academy has a very flexible course schedule. In fact, all courses are electives. It doesn’t matter whether you attend class or not."

"However, in contrast to the classes, our examination system is extremely strict. In one month, you’ll have a monthly exam. And whether it’s the monthly exam, the midterm, or the final, the scores will all be factored into your overall grade."

"Your total score at the end of the semester will determine your ranking for the next academic year."

"The top 10 students in the overall rankings will become next semester’s Special Class Students. Meanwhile, the bottom 10 students in our class will be removed from the First Class Student roster and become Second Class Students."

"Conversely, the top 10 Second Class Students will be promoted."

Hearing this, a small stir went through the crowd. Some people’s faces clearly showed unease, but others were starting to look eager to prove themselves.

Jian Hua continued as if he hadn’t seen their reactions, "I should also remind you all that theory only accounts for a small portion of your grade. The vast majority is based on actual combat. Therefore, besides attending classes and Cultivation, practical combat is also essential."

"You can go to the academy’s mission office to accept missions based on your individual circumstances. In addition to gaining combat experience, you can also earn some extra Credit Points and Huaxia Coins."

"Of course, don’t lose sight of your priorities. Don’t take on missions too frequently. Keeping it to about one mission per week is a reasonable pace," Jian Hua instructed carefully.

After he finished speaking, he gestured for everyone to leave.

Many of the students, who had been feeling joyful just moments before after their breakthrough, now started to feel tense. In fact, aside from someone like Lin Xinghai who was supremely confident in himself, most of them felt at least some pressure after hearing those words.

Those with lower rankings were afraid of being eliminated and demoted to Second Class Students, while the high-achievers were gearing up to charge for a spot among the Special Class Students.

"Dammit! Can’t they even let me be excited for a little while?" Little Fatty said, rubbing his face in annoyance.

He was self-aware enough to know that becoming a Special Class Student next semester was out of the question for him. The most important thing now was to hold on to his spot as a First Class Student.

He definitely didn’t want to drop straight into the ranks of the Second Class Students.

Beside him, Jin Tong also wore a grim expression. His circumstances were even worse than Little Fatty’s.

Little Fatty at least came from a wealthy family and didn’t lack Cultivation Resources, which could make up for his lack of talent to a large extent. But Jin Tong was different.

It wasn’t just the two of them. Most of the members in the Xinghai Squad were under immense pressure.

After all, many of them hadn’t even qualified to enter East Sea Academy on their own. They had gotten in solely because Lin Xinghai gave them an Energy Ball during the assessment.

Seeing the serious expressions on everyone’s faces, Lin Xinghai clapped his hands to get their attention. "Alright, don’t overthink it. At least for now, we’re still ahead of the curve. We just need to maintain that advantage."

"Everyone, relax for the day. Starting tomorrow, go to the academy and collect this month’s Cultivation Resources. But don’t be frugal with them. I’m giving you one week to consume all the resources on hand and use them to increase your strength."

"A week from now, I’ll take you out on missions to earn money and improve your strength. Don’t worry. As long as you work hard, I can ensure you’ll all remain in the first class next semester."

Hearing Lin Xinghai say this, the group’s tense and anxious mood immediately dissipated quite a bit.

They had watched Lin Xinghai create one miracle after another. As long as he was willing to help them, they truly felt they had nothing to worry about.

Next, under Little Fatty’s arrangements, the group first returned to their dorms to change their clothes. Then, he arranged for vehicles to take them to the busiest district in East Sea Base.

Eating, shopping, watching boxing matches, playing holographic simulation games, and singing their hearts out at a KTV.

Toward the end, Little Fatty even called in a group of hired hostesses.

However, at this point, Liu Miaomiao blushed and pulled Lin Xinghai away.

Of course, the two of them didn’t go straight back to the academy. Instead, they went to a hotel.

After a day of relaxation, everyone was fully refreshed and back in top form the next day.

After having breakfast with the others, Lin Xinghai returned to his dorm and entered his private Cultivation Room.

The Cultivation Room was no longer as empty as it was before. While he was out shopping with Liu Miaomiao yesterday, he had also used a channel introduced by Little Fatty to purchase a batch of training equipment.

Training equipment for an ordinary person would only cost two or three thousand to buy in bulk.

However, the training equipment in Lin Xinghai’s Cultivation Room had cost him a full 200,000 Huaxia Coins.

The reason it was so expensive was that all of this equipment was custom-made, specifically for the use of Body Shaping Realm powerhouses.

Considering his own rate of progress, Lin Xinghai had decided to buy the highest-level equipment available to take care of it once and for all.

As for training equipment for someone at the Divine Demon Realm, that couldn’t be bought off the shelf. It would have to be custom-ordered from specialized companies.

After all, at the Divine Demon Realm, a person’s physical strength is beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Their training equipment is made from the same Biological Alloy used to manufacture Legendary Level Mecha.

"Time to test my current combat power!" Lin Xinghai said, walking up to a speed-testing machine gun.

This type of speed-testing machine gun had a target-locking function. Of course, it didn’t fire bullets, just metal balls, so it wasn’t as lethal.

Its main purpose was to test Speed and reaction time.

Lin Xinghai first made some adjustments to the firearm, then slowly backed away to a distance of 5 meters.

A red light on the muzzle of the speed-testing machine gun lit up, and the number 1 appeared on the LCD screen above it.

This indicated the machine gun’s Level 1 firing rate.

Instantly, a stream of finger-sized metal balls shot toward Lin Xinghai.

Lin Xinghai immediately began to dodge and weave within a very small area. At first, the machine gun’s firing frequency wasn’t high, launching only about one metal ball per second, and the projectile speed wasn’t fast either.

If one could evade them, their dodging ability would be considered passable for the Blood Qi Realm Early Stage.

Under these conditions, Lin Xinghai could easily dodge just by relying on his 200 points of Speed.

However, when the metal-ball gun was adjusted to the Level 2 firing rate, Lin Xinghai began to struggle. This level required speed and abilities equivalent to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage to handle, and he was nearly hit by the metal balls twice.

When the machine gun’s firing rate was adjusted to Level 3, Lin Xinghai no longer dared to be careless and immediately executed the Phantom Body Technique.

His Speed instantly soared from a base of 200 points to 400.

Relying on the incredibly nimble evasion of the Phantom Body Technique, Lin Xinghai managed to endure the machine gun’s Level 4 firing rate test.

However, when the speed-testing machine gun’s red light flared and it shifted to the Level 5 firing rate, the fired metal balls were hardly any slower than projectiles from a normal firearm.

Under such conditions, a Blood and Qi Realm Martial Artist would be completely unable to dodge.

And the Level 5 firing rate was meant for testing Martial Artists at the Body Shaping Realm Early Stage.