A sharp pain coursed through his mind as he slowly opened his eyes. Xia Feng's eyelids fluttered as he took in his surroundings.
Loud chatter assaulted his ears, but he temporarily brushed it aside.
He looked around curiously and was surprised to see a group of young kids around him, chatting animatedly. However, none of their words made sense to him.
Martial Stage?
Graduation?
Which Dao Master was trying to deceive him?
'You're asking for death.'
He closed his eyes, ignoring the children who called out to him.
A few moments passed, and the surrounding noise gradually faded. However, a frown etched itself onto his face, and a serious expression replaced his previous confusion as he opened his eyes once more.
"Hey Xia Feng, why do you look so out of it?" a girl beside him asked. "Are you worried about Lin Jin?"
Of course, he didn't hear her.
Xia Feng's frown deepened as he sensed the absence of Spiritual Qi in the surroundings—or rather, the minuscule amount of it.
A cold sneer appeared on his face.
Excellent! Very good!
A murderous glint flashed in his eyes, and a hint of killing intent leaked out, silencing the once-bustling class and sending a chill through the air.
Everyone shivered in fear, glancing around in terror.
"Hey, what just happened?"
"Did you feel that too!? I nearly pissed myself!" a student exclaimed, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
The once-boisterous class now whispered in a hushed tone.
Just then the teacher entered the room.
Oblivious to the students panic he simply slammed the textbook in his hands on the table, "Quiet down! Graduation will begin in a month and I hope everyone is prepared. The Association's assessment will be ruthless and will definitely eliminate fifty percent of the class."
A depressing aura enveloped the class as students turned tense and forgot about the fear they just felt.
Instead stress and nervousness gripped the young kids' hearts.
Seeing this the burly middle-aged teacher's tone softened, "I know it's hard for you to accept this but that is how life is. Unfair and cruel! So my advice is to try your best and not to give up and even if you fail you still have a chance next year! Failure does not lead to ruin, giving up does!"
The teacher had an adept understanding of his students and his words lightened the mood.
"Now I'll display the list of the top ten students and distribute their rewards."
[1. Lin Jin (Martial Stage 6)- 10 Spirit Stones, ¥10000, Defense Talisman]
[2. Xia Qinqrou (Martial Stage 5)- 5 Spirit Stones, ¥5000]
[3. Xia Feng (Martial Stage 5)- 3 Spirit Stones, ¥3000]
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[10. Wang Lian (Martial Stage 3]- 1 Spirit Stone]
The Empyrean Sun Academy was one of the top three academies in the country and as such was very generous with their rewards.
But Xia Feng did not care for the academy.
At the moment his eyes shone greedily.
While the teacher was talking nonsense Xia Feng had already used his soul to devour the remnant soul of the owner of the body subsequently gaining quite a bit of memories.
He finally understood what had happened.
He was on a planet called Earth and it was the year 2134. The living beings in this planet were originally insects without a trace of Qi.
But in the year 2020 horrifying monsters and beasts invaded this peaceful planet. No one knew where they came from but everyone would soon realise the horrific consequences of their arrival.
Blood was bathed like water.
Earth had become hell.
But what impressed Xia Feng was that while these mortals lacked strength they had developed powerful weapons.
After scouring through the memories he just gained his lips twitched. These ants could actually kill a Nascent Soul Divine by using these bombs.
But using these bombs in huge numbers would just destroy the planet they were living in.
What was the point of defending themselves then?
But luckily they were able to keep the monsters at bay with their weapons for a few years.
And something incredible happened in this sparse years.
As beasts that could not even be killed with weapons appeared Hidden Martial Art Sects from all around the world emerged in full force to battle these beasts with their bodies!
Even guns could not harm these beasts were killed by Martial Artists!
This caused widespread shock and the reason was revealed soon after.
The Martial Artists had instantly felt the Revitalised Spiritual Qi in the surroundings and were able to gain superhuman strength by absorbing this Qi.
The arrival of doom also brought opportunity.
The previously useless cultivation techniques they had were fully showing their capabilities.
But these Martial Artists were limited and the beasts seem unlimited hence they passed down their cultivation arts to the public.
The internet was a miraculous thing.
It didn't take long before millions of martial artists emerged and Earth took on a drastic change of paths.
Martial Arts became supreme while those without talent were swallowed by beasts.
Thankfully the beasts were annihilated and peace returned to the planet.
But people with power beyond mortals were the new disaster.
Thankfully the governments acted quickly and created an Association to keep these new Martial Artists in line.
But as the pitiful people enjoyed the newly found peace only a decade later the beasts appeared again.
Not only did they come back with greater numbers but-
They came back stronger.
Earth became Hell once again!