"Alright!"
Surging Lightning was custom-made for the future One Hundred Saber Techniques, and Meng Chao had quite a lot of shares in it, so he naturally had to test it personally.
"Also, when you fight at the northern frontlines, make sure to fight beautifully. Upload a lot of videos online to create hype for Surging Lightning and yourself. It'd be best if you don't use your account to upload them. Get a few classmates and pretend that they accidentally recorded it. Make the title a little shocking, like 'Shocking! A freshman actually did this to a monster! 'That's how you can attract attention, understand? "
Luo Hai said. "If you don't have any suitable people on your side, I can contact a team and film it from multiple angles to the post-production. There's also the copywriting and ghostwriters. We can handle everything in one go.
"If the saber's performance is really good and the battle results are fruitful, my dad is also planning to shoot a documentary about your story. He will carefully package it and make you an internet celebrity. Won't he be able to sell the saber while he's at it?"
Meng Chao was a little stunned. "Why me and not you, his son?"
"Because you're a hot topic!"
Luo Hai said matter-of-factly. "What's so special about the son of Soul Breaking Saber knowing a powerful saber technique? But a poor boy who walked out of a public renting house relied on his own strength to climb to the top. Along the way, he even came to understand a miraculous saber technique. That's the news and selling point. After all, the main customers of the youth version of Surging Lightning are the normal people. It's only natural for them to package you as their idol! "
"Makes sense. We'll talk about it later."
Meng Chao declined to comment. He smiled and rubbed the teeth-like lines on the saber. As he stared at Luo Hai, his gaze gradually turned sharp. "If you're really going to film a documentary, what do you think about this opening? A poor boy who walked out of a public renting house fights fiercely against the son of Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu, a superhuman at the peak of Heaven Realm. He holds Surging Lightning and fights fiercely in a cultivation room. In the end, he even beats up the superior son of a rich family."
Luo Hai instantly understood what he meant.
He laughed and got up swiftly. He placed the saber on his shoulder, and spirit flames instantly surged out of his body. The spirit tattoos on his body were even finer and more dazzling than two months ago. "Alright. Even though I'm not a rich family, if you want to fight, then let's fight. Come, let me see just how much you've improved compared to when you just awakened!"
Ten minutes later.
The two of them lay in the cultivation room that was in a mess. They were exhausted, gasping for breath, and allowed their sweat and blood to drown them.
There was a terrifying gash on Meng Chao's chest. His flesh was first cut, then burned by hundreds of degrees Celsius. If he moved even the slightest bit, his skin would crack again, and it would make people's skin crawl.
Luo Hai's body was also covered in dense, tiny wounds that looked like the lips of a baby. Although none of the wounds were fatal, they were very close to his tendons. If he moved another half an inch, one of his limbs might be crippled.
The two of them couldn't move at all. Even their sabers had been knocked out of their hands in the fierce collision a moment ago. They could only stare at each other with wide eyes.
Now, it all depended on whose recovery speed was faster.
Luo Hai shut his eyes and used the Tiger Soul passed down in his family to speed up his spirit energy circulation so that he could quickly build up his stamina.
However, right when he regained control of his upper body, Meng Chao had already crawled to the two sabers and grabbed them. He observed the cracks on the blades and gasped in amazement. "Not bad. Just now, I delivered 1,154 slashes at you, and you also delivered 825 slashes at me. Among them, 122 of our slashes clashed against each other, and the cracks on the blades are completely acceptable. It's a good saber!"
Meng Chao tossed Luo Hai's saber back to him and extended his hand to help him up.
If they were in a real fight, it would not be impossible for him to stab Luo Hai's heart with his saber.
Luo Hai was stunned for a long time before he shook his head and smiled wanly. "My dad was right. He told me not to fight against a monster like you, or else, it would only affect my confidence in my cultivation.
"I thought that after training madly for nearly two months in Dragon City University's martial arts course and being repeatedly trampled on by those monster-level geniuses, my strength had increased by leaps and bounds, and I thought that I would have a chance to turn the tables.
"I didn't expect that you'd be so crazy even in Agricultural University's martial arts course. You're practically on par with the most terrifying monsters in our course!"
Meng Chao smiled in slight embarrassment. "Your fighting strength has indeed increased by a lot. If your saber had gone half an inch deeper, my sternum would have been crushed, and the outcome of the battle would have been completely different. Is there anyone in Dragon City University's martial arts course who can trample on you?"
"Of course there is. I'm only ranked around the twentieth to thirtieth place among the freshmen in Dragon City University's martial arts course. The people in front of me are all terrifying monsters. There are already three specially recruited students in our course this year. I'm stuck in the middle of these monsters, and they trample on me every day. Seriously, this is completely different from the university life I imagined," Luo Hai said with a bitter expression.
"I'm starting to wonder whether my decision to apply for Dragon City University's martial arts course was the right one. I should have applied for Agricultural University's martial arts course like you and Xie Feng and been the 'chicken head' there, enjoying the attention of ace lecturers and a lot of cultivation resources. That would have been great!"
"You're the chicken head!" Meng Chao did not know whether he should laugh or cry.
But he was also shocked by the foundation and strength of Dragon City University's martial arts course.
Luo Hai's raw strength was about the same as his.
He only had the slight advantage of cultivating 1,024 branch meridians and recovering slightly faster.
There were around thirty people who were stronger than Luo Hai in Dragon City University's martial arts course, and three of them were specially recruited students?
It has to be known that Agricultural University only had two specially recruited students this year.
Aside from Wu Wu, there was another student who was said to be born with the ability to hear the whispers of the Other World plants. He was snatched away by the ethereal plants course, and he should be able to become an outstanding ethereal plants master, but he did not have much fighting strength.
They had more specially recruited students in their course than Agricultural University. It was as expected of the strongest fighting course in Dragon City!
'My opponent is really strong!'
Meng Chao mumbled in his heart. 'This is … great!'
His fighting spirit grew stronger.
'But the feeling of fighting against you is different from being trampled on by those monsters.'
Luo Hai recalled the intense fight a moment ago, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. 'When I fought against the monsters in Dragon City University's martial arts course, I knew which part of them was stronger, and I also knew why I lost. I could see the difference between us clearly, and even if I died, I died knowing why.
'But when I fought against you, I felt like I was blocked in every aspect, and my attacks were dragged out. There were a few times when I wanted to create my spirit energy magnetic field, but you interrupted me. Even when I died, I died in a daze.
'This is the Ultimate Style?'
The Luo family was also one of the investors in the Ultimate Style.
Luo Hai naturally knew about the Ultimate Style.
Meng Chao did not hide it from him. He nodded and said, "Yes. A few days ago, the Ultimate Style achieved initial success. Now, it can be considered a beta version, and it's time for us to test it in real battles."
"You're really efficient. I knew that investing in you was definitely the right choice."
When Luo Hai said this, he hesitated for a moment. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words.
Meng Chao frowned a little. "What are you trying to say?"
Luo Hai said hesitantly, "So, this is the reason why you attacked Duan Lian and the other students? To leave a deep impression of the Ultimate Style in them? "
Meng Chao was a little stunned. "You know about it too? That makes sense. Duan Lian graduated from Construction High. Last time, I even asked you about him. Besides, you're close to Xie Feng, and you have quite a number of high school classmates in our course. It's only natural that I couldn't hide it from you. "
"Why are you so ruthless? I don't think that doing this is good for promoting the Ultimate Style. Other people won't think that your martial arts are great. They'll only think that you're despicable, crazy, and even a pervert," Luo Hai asked.
Meng Chao shrugged. "Otherwise, how am I supposed to resolve the conflict between me and Duan Lian? You're high school classmates, so you know him very well. Even if I defeat him ten times in a fair fight, do you think that he will be convinced and let the matter rest? "
Luo Hai thought about it carefully and shook his head. "I don't think so. He'll only think that he's embarrassed himself ten times, that the audience laughed at him ten times, and that all of this is because of you. He'll hate you even more."
"That's right. I've been thinking about it, but I can't really kill him, so I can only try this stupid idea. That's the only way I can turn enemies into friends," Meng Chao said in resignation.
"What about the other nine students?" Luo Hai asked. "They didn't provoke you."
"I didn't harm them. Instead, I saved them," Meng Chao said faintly.
"If they don't destroy all the student thoughts in their minds as soon as possible and toss aside all the laws, rules, principles, and habits, when they go into the wild, they won't even know how they died.
"Fighting in our own city and fighting in an away game near a monster's nest are two completely different concepts. I'm despicable, crazy, and perverted? Those monsters are definitely ten times more despicable, crazy, and perverted than I am! If they can't accept this fighting style, they should just stay in the university and enter the martial arts lab to do theoretical research. Why should they run into the wild, lose their lives, and even drag other people down with them? "
"You …"
Luo Hai stared at Meng Chao for a long time with a complicated expression. Then, he exhaled and said, "Alright, I understand your good intentions, but as a friend, let me give you a word of advice. Next time, could you pay more attention to the way you do things? Do you know what Duan Lian and the others are saying about you? "
"No way." Meng Chao could not help but laugh. "Duan Lian is so stubborn. Isn't he done messing around?"
"No. He's completely convinced and won't dare to provoke you again," Luo Hai said.
"Duan Lian said that you have a split personality. On the surface, you look like a normal university student, but in the depths of your heart, there's a crazed lunatic. He's … a veteran who seems to have been through hundreds of battles and has been tortured. He's suffering from War Syndrome and might go overboard at any moment. He's a merciless assassin and a killing machine without any humanity.
"Honestly, I think he's right. You might not have noticed it, but after you awakened to supernatural abilities, you've changed even more. The presence you gave off when you attacked just now and those eyes of the God of Death were completely different from the one I saw during the practical test of the national college examination.
"Even though all superhumans will go through some changes after they awaken to supernatural abilities, they usually won't become completely different from you.
"Meng Chao, are you … alright?"
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