The baffled students quickly switched their screens to the cameras on Meng Chao's shoulders and helmet, which showed the first-person view.
When the signal was strong and stable, all fighters could share the same view.
On one hand, it was easy for them to discover their comrades' problems in time and come up with rather complicated squad strategies.
On the other hand, it was the most effective way for them to increase their fighting strength by watching the dazzling performances of elites killing monsters.
The Supernatural Tower's official website and the livestreaming platform had first-person view videos of peerless fighters killing Hell Beasts and even Apocalyptic Beasts. They could be downloaded so that Dragon Citizens could increase their strength for free.
Just now, quite a number of people had switched to Wu Wu's first-person view.
But Wu Wu moved like a phantom and was as fast as lightning. Practically every second, she performed 360-degree 3D maneuvers in a small space. She jumped and shifted.
When they watched her first-person view, they felt like they were riding a roller coaster at three times the normal speed. It made them feel as if the world was spinning and they were riding on clouds. Their heads were muddled, and they could not see how she attacked.
In fact, some people only watched for a few seconds before they vomited because of the high-speed spinning video.
But Meng Chao had a completely different style.
If Wu Wu's fighting was amazing even though she did not understand it, Meng Chao's first-person view was unusually honest.
He didn't use any lightning-fast movement skills, nor did he use any treacherous and unpredictable attacks, nor did he use any dazzling and colorful moves.
He just used the most normal three basic force execution techniques, the One Hundred Saber Techniques, Army Fist, Thunder Rapier, Side Slide, and Rocket Rush. They were all basic martial arts that the elite youths in Dragon City came into contact with when they were in high school or even middle school.
His attacks were not fast, and his attack routes were not tricky either. The people could see them clearly, and they felt that any normal soldier who had been on the battlefield for a few days could execute them.
But the Wolf Crocodiles, Ghost-arrow Pigs, and Hundred-eyed Toads, which were incredibly cunning, brutal, and strong in front of the other students, seemed to be attracted by the light shining on his saber. They jumped up eagerly and took the initiative to crash into his saber, so every time he slashed, he could cut the monsters' throats with the least effort.
Of course, there were mud, weeds, and Water Monkeys under his feet.
There were also plenty of monsters sneaking up on him from behind.
There were no "Long-legged Spiders" around to help him monitor the enemy's situation, and the drone's vision and resolution were greatly limited.
But he still seemed to have seen through every detail of the battlefield. Every single time, he avoided the traps in the swamp with perfect timing and avoided the monsters' ambushes from behind by a hair's breadth.
In an instant, dozens of monster carcasses lay on both sides of his path.
Compared to the mangled corpses of the students, the wounds on the monsters killed by Meng Chao were no longer longer than the length of a pinky. They bled a lot, so it was very easy for him to harvest materials when he cleaned up the battlefield.
This meant that he had precise control over everything. When he killed these monsters, he still had strength to spare. In fact, he could even decide how to kill them.
When they saw how the monsters would "coincidentally" crash into his blade every single time, some people even had the misconception that he was dancing with them.
"Meng Chao?"
One hundred question marks appeared in the students' minds. Duan Lian was the first to lose his cool and ask, "When you were choosing your equipment just now, did you intentionally not choose the strengthened exoskeleton because of the weakness Ms. Li mentioned?"
"That's right."
Meng Chao took half a step to the right and tilted his upper body at a forty-five degree angle, allowing a Ghost-arrow Pig's venom-secreting spike to graze three millimeters away from his chest. Then, with a backhand slash, he used Surging Lightning, the saber specially made for the future One Hundred Saber Techniques. The blade looked as if it was spitting lightning, and it stabbed the Ghost-arrow Pig's neck. It was the only part of its body that was not protected by spikes. He did not stab it too deep. He only cut its throat and carotid artery. He did not even injure its cervical vertebrae. Then, he pulled his hand back and stabbed the head of a Hundred-eyed Toad that wanted to sneak up on him.
Before the Hundred-eyed Toad could use the pain it felt when it was about to die to shoot out all its acid, Meng Chao kicked it into the Wolf Crocodiles even further away.
The acid that the Hundred-eyed Toad spat out went into the Wolf Crocodiles' eyes.
Even though the Wolf Crocodiles' vision was only average and their eyeballs were corroded, they still struggled in pain and released Death Spin.
Unfortunately, they did not manage to bite down on any prey. They could only attack the weeds and Water Monkeys around them to vent their anger.
Meng Chao seized the chance and went forward to deliver three slashes. He used the crystals embedded in the saber and the runic symbols carved into the saber to form a spirit energy magnetic field that instantly heated up the saber glare of Surging Lightning to more than one thousand degrees Celsius. Then, as if he was cutting through tofu, he cut off the heads of three Wolf Crocodiles.
He only used ten seconds to finish all of this.
Each step was very clear, and he did not use any skills that were beyond the scope of his knowledge.
But when the students finished watching with dumbfounded expressions, they asked themselves if they could bring out such a miraculous effect from a seemingly normal skill.
At that moment, Meng Chao explained in detail, "Ms. Li mentioned just now that the current strengthened exoskeletons specifically used in urban warfare have a weakness, but even if the strengthened exoskeletons specifically used in swamps appear in the future, I might not use them."
"Why?" Duan Lian completely got rid of the thought of competing against Meng Chao and treated him as a monster at the same level as Wu Wu. But this was good. He could ask for guidance humbly and if he did not understand anything, he could ask. "Can't strengthened exoskeletons increase our fighting strength?"
"That's right, but if we use extra strength, we'll have to pay an extra price."
Meng Chao recalled the experience from his previous life. "No matter what, strengthened exoskeletons can't break free from the limitations of machines. The joints that are said to be able to turn 360 degrees have blind spots, and it's impossible for them to turn as fast as a human's execution speed, especially when it comes to the speed of an elite's execution.
"And once you get used to the illusion of the strength amplification system, it'll be easy for you to become dependent on it and become muscle memory. Once your fighting style and execution system are adjusted along with the strengthened exoskeleton without you realizing it, if the strengthened exoskeleton breaks during a fight, your fighting strength will plummet by leaps and bounds.
"Besides, we're one-star superhumans who have just awakened. We still have a long way to go. No one knows what sort of miracle we can create. And if we use mass-produced strengthened exoskeletons, their speed, mobility, and maximum execution are limited. It'll be easy for them to turn into shackles that will bind us.
"Normal soldiers don't have any hope of awakening to supernatural abilities. Their speed and strength are weak, so it's only natural that they can use strengthened exoskeletons to increase their fighting strength.
"There are peerless fighters known as Armadominators who can create superweapons. They can use the bones of Apocalyptic Beasts, the spirit marrow from the spirit meridians underground, and all sorts of space metals that fell into the Other World from the ancient era to create all sorts of unique strengthened exoskeletons for them. That's another matter.
"As for me, I like to imagine myself fighting in a bad environment where I'm isolated and have no reinforcements. I don't like machines, monsters, and unmanned aerial vehicles assisting me."
The students looked at each other at a loss.
Not only were they shocked by Meng Chao's words, but they were also shocked by the fact that while Meng Chao spoke confidently through the first-person view, he did not remain idle with his saber. He killed four monsters in one go!
"You …"
Duan Lian was stunned for a long time before he said, "How did you manage to kill dozens of monsters in an instant and surpass Wu Wu's killing efficiency? I saw that she's a few times faster than you. Did she poison them again?"
The students nodded.
They were all convinced by Meng Chao's skills in poisoning, squatting down, setting up traps, launching surprise attacks, and all sorts of cunning tricks.
"I didn't kill dozens of monsters in an instant, and I didn't poison them either. The monsters we'll be fighting against today all have a certain degree of poison and corrosive properties. Of course, they also have poison resistance. The small amount of poison I smeared on the saber wasn't enough to kill them."
Meng Chao paused for a moment before he said, "Perhaps it's because the wounds I left on the monsters are rather small, and many of the monsters are still unaware of their fatal injuries. They jump around for a long time before they die from internal bleeding or their hearts exploding. The unmanned recon drones are high in the sky, so we can't see them clearly. That's why the data is delayed."
"That's …"
Duan Lian could not believe it. "I was just about to ask you. The wounds you left on the monsters are small, so how did you guarantee that you could hit their vitals?"
"It's a very normal skill. Everyone can do it," Meng Chao said seriously.
"As long as you're like me and become a part-time harvester, you can carefully dissect thousands of Wolf Crocodiles, Ghost-arrow Pigs, and Hundred-eyed Toads. Then, you'll know their muscles, blood vessels, and organs like the back of your hand. You'll be able to easily hit their vitals like a butcher dissecting a cow."
"…"
The communication channel fell silent for a few seconds.
"Why does it seem like you have eyes on your back … No, it's not just your back. You even have eyes on the soles of your feet. You can see everything on the battlefield and avoid the monsters ambushing you from behind and the man-eating swamps that pretend to be on the ground?" Xie Feng asked in Duan Lian's place.
"This is all thanks to the Ultimate Style. Through cultivating 1,024 branch meridians, my senses have reached the limits of Spirit Tattoo Realm. I can sense the fine differences between the swamp and the ground through my combat boots, smell the blood of Water Monkeys mixed with the smell of mud, and even hear the breathing and heartbeats of monsters," Meng Chao said.
"Such sharp senses aren't very useful in noisy, polluted cities with reinforced concrete everywhere, but in the wild, there aren't many people around, and it's quiet, so I can increase my chances of survival on the battlefield.
"I once performed the wonders of the Ultimate Style for everyone in the university. I had the coin move from the instep of my left foot to the spirit meridian and circulate it through my entire body before it landed on the instep of my right foot. I also used the fine control of my muscle fibers and the disturbance of spirit energy to tie my leg hair into knots. At that time, many of the students thought that I was a maniac. What was the point of tying leg hair into knots?
"Now, you should know. Since I can tie my leg hair at will, it's only natural that I can sense faint killing intent and the fine changes in the grass and swamp. It's like a radar, and it allows me to escape danger half a second earlier!"
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Have you watched The Avengers before? In the movie, when Spiderman sensed Thanos' arrival, his hair instantly stood on end.
Meng Chao's sensing ability to tie his leg hair had already surpassed Spiderman's. This was definitely a very useful and serious ability!
Also, even though he had only uploaded two chapters the day before, it was better for Old Bull to ask for monthly votes. His monthly votes were in the top one hundred, and he was about to drop out of the top ten. How could they bear to see Old Bull with such watery eyes?
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