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Chapter 200: Forced Challenge, Second Turn in the Air (7k)

The moment he saw Chu Mu, Constantine's good mood disappeared. The scene of Chu Mu taking away his 100 secret weapon points when handing over the training room was still vivid in his mind.

100 secret weapon points are nothing to Constantine.

But from childhood to adulthood, no one has dared to take advantage of him!
In just a moment, Constantine's expression darkened. He strode towards Chu Mu, "How dare you appear in front of me!"

"This is a training area. Why shouldn't I dare to come here in public?" Chu Mu grinned when he saw Constantine.

After all, he was a good man who gave me 100 secret weapon points, so I had to give him a smile.

I, Chu Mu, am so dedicated!
With a casual glance, he saw that the training room with the door open behind Constantine had returned to its original state, and his smile deepened.

"These 100 Secret Weapon Points are worth spending, right?"

In Chu Mu's opinion, the benefits Constantine gained from using the training room he had used were actually greater than 100 secret weapon points, so he had no other intention in saying this, he was just being realistic.

However, the same words took on a completely different meaning when they fell into Constantine's ears.

At this moment, he still firmly believed that Chu Mu just happened to find a training room with problems, and directly took Chu Mu's words as a mockery.

You extorted 100 secret weapon points from me, and you still dare to mock me?
“Empty, empty, empty—”

A low explosion sounded around Constantine, and the thick golden source power surged, causing the surrounding void to tremble slightly.

With his golden hair standing upright in the wind, he looked like an angry lion, and his pair of blue eyes were covered with a layer of golden light.

"Chu Mu, I remember I said that."

"My Constantine's things are not so easy to take!"

"I was eager to use the training room before and didn't have time to argue with you. I didn't expect that after I finished my training, you would dare to appear in front of me and take the initiative to provoke me."

"Do you really think that I, Constantine, am made of clay?!"

Chu Mu's eyebrows couldn't help but jump.

This guy...why is he going crazy for no reason?

The two of them just made a deal, but now this guy is acting like he robbed him of his money. It's really...

and many more…

A flash of inspiration flashed through Chu Mu's mind, and he suddenly realized something, and his expression became strange.

Could it be that this guy still hasn't realized that the reason why the cosmic energy in the training room has become so abnormally dense is because of him?
If that's the case, everything makes sense.

Chu Mu naturally would not take the initiative to explain anything, after all, this involved the source-devouring skill.

So, looking at the furious Constantine, Chu Mu coughed lightly and said, "According to the camp rules, students are prohibited from fighting privately."

"Constantine, do you want to be kicked out of training camp?"

Constantine's expression suddenly darkened, but his emotions calmed down from his previous anger.

Indeed, this is a training area and no action is allowed.

However, this does not mean that he is completely helpless against Chu Mu.

"According to the camp rules, if students have a grudge, one can challenge the other to a sparring match, and the other cannot refuse." Constantine hummed, "Now, I, Constantine, challenge you."

Chu Mu couldn't help but let out a soft "tsk".

Constantine was certainly not stupid, as he was able to secretly purchase the Seven-Star Tokens of other students during the re-screening just like Tu Shanming. He used the camp rules as a weapon, and the other party immediately thought of a way to deal with it.

This rule does exist.

The camp does not allow students to intentionally harm or frame other students, so it provides a way to resolve the hatred between the two sides, which is forced competition and challenge, and it is not a virtual battle, but a real battle.

Through fighting, both sides can resolve their hatred.

If a strong student keeps forcing challenges on a weaker student, is this another form of bullying?

This possibility exists, but compulsory competitions will have a coach as the referee to ensure that the weaker students will not suffer serious injuries. This can also be considered an encouragement to the weaker students to some extent.

If they were really hit to the point of collapse, that kind of psychological quality is not what the camp trainees should have.

Moreover, the challenged party is not completely at the mercy of others.

"According to the rules of the compulsory challenge, the duration of the competition is decided by the challenged, but it cannot exceed seven days?" Chu Mu said calmly.

"That's right." Constantine hummed, "Given the difference in strength between you and me, delaying time is meaningless for you."

"No matter what, I'm the one who'll beat you!"

"That's not necessarily true." Chu Mu smiled strangely, "Let's set it for four days later."

After saying that, Chu Mu waved his hand casually, found a practice room, opened the door and walked in.

"If there's nothing else, I'll practice first."

"Click——"

The door of the meditation room was closed.

Constantine was silent for a moment.

He always felt that Chu Mu's calm reaction seemed as if he was the weaker one.

"Damn, I've been tricked." Veins bulged on Constantine's forehead.

The two things he could not tolerate the most in his life were, first, being blackmailed, and second, others being more pretentious than himself.

At this moment, the man named Chu Mu touched his reverse scale!

"Four days later, right?" Constantine turned and walked out. "This time is good for me."

"I have completed two one-star missions. In four days, I should be able to complete a two-star mission. The camp points I earn will be enough for me to upgrade again."

"Besides, this is enough time for me to build momentum."

Constantine's blue eyes flashed with confidence.

The mandatory challenge is judged by a coaching teacher, whose strength far exceeds that of the students. The loser will at most be slightly injured and will be able to recover quickly.

Chu Mu was only slightly injured, which did not allow him to vent his anger.

Since we can't severely injure his body, let's strike down his spirit!
When the students in the camp saw Chu Mu's miserable appearance under his powerful strength, it must have been a heavy blow to Chu Mu!

Thinking of this, Constantine, who was walking in the corridor, couldn't help but cover half of his face and let out a villain-like "hehehe" laugh, which made the passing students look at him sideways with strange expressions.
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"Four days is enough for me to break through to the second level of the Soaring Realm."

Sitting cross-legged in the training room, Chu Mu began to think silently.

According to his estimation, he should be able to make a breakthrough in two or three days, so a little more time is just in case.

As long as he breaks through the second level of the Soaring Realm, the solidity of the source power will be raised to a higher level. What will follow is a comprehensive improvement in overall strength. The increase in the total amount of source power will also allow Chu Mu to use source skills more easily.

"Lepani's martial arts momentum is half a step into the third level, and he is only one opportunity away from a breakthrough." Chu Mu's eyes flashed with thought, "Constantine's initial screening ranking is one place after Lepani, and his strength should be about the same as his."

"So, Constantine's martial arts potential should not have reached the third level yet."

“As for my martial arts power…” Chu Mu clenched his fists, and a mantis beast with a faint blue light flashing all over its body was vaguely outlined behind him. The tyrannical aura of a ferocious beast instantly enveloped the training room.

"From the time I entered the third level of experience till now, my martial arts momentum has been growing visibly every day." Chu Mu's eyes gradually became sharper. "I can roughly feel that according to this trend, I will be able to break through to the third level of entry level in at most one month."

"It's worthy of being the star beast with the fastest improvement speed. If other star warriors were to improve at this speed, no matter how talented they are, they would never be able to achieve it." Chu Mu grinned.

Because there was no reference for comparison, Chu Mu did not know that even those star warriors who had comprehended the power of star beasts before did not have such a speed of improvement!

Chu Mu was able to do so not only because he could sense the power of star beasts, but also because he could transform into a mantis beast!
No matter whether it is comprehending all things or comprehending the power of star beasts, what one is comprehending is external objects, but Chu Mu is comprehending himself!

Only in this way can we achieve such a terrifying improvement speed!

"As long as Constantine hasn't broken through the third level, I don't need to be afraid of him in terms of martial arts." Chu Mu's eyes were full of confidence, "The rest is the comparison of strength in other aspects."

"In terms of realm, Constantine is at the third level of the Soaring Realm!" Chu Mu touched his chin. "The more condensed the source power is, the more difficult it will be to completely fill the sea of ​​qi, so the speed of cultivation will be slower as time goes by."

"In four days, it is unlikely that Constantine will break through the fourth level."

"So by then, I, who have broken through to the second level of the Soaring Realm, will only be one level away from his realm."

"In terms of source strength, Constantine's family is about as strong as Erpang's Tushan family, so we can definitely get him third-class source blood. For the time being, my source strength is not as strong as theirs."

"However, I should have the advantage in terms of source skills." Chu Mu quickly thought of his own advantages.

Can Constantine have four source skills?
not much hope!

But he does.

Moreover, there are two methods that can be called killer weapons.

As long as it is used properly, it is not impossible for the weak to defeat the strong.

Chu Mu then analyzed the techniques, secret methods, etc., and finally came to a conclusion.

After breaking through the second turn, he has a hope of defeating Constantine.

"The difficulty of the last mission was much greater than expected due to an unexpected incident. The new source skills I mastered after the source power was increased had almost no effect." Chu Mu's eyes flashed, "Calculating the time, I haven't used my full strength for a long time."

"Let me use Constantine to prove how strong I am now!"

Chu Mu slowly closed his eyes and quickly entered a state of cultivation. Mist began to gather in the training room, increasing in number until it formed a thick white mist-like energy.
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"What the hell?!"

Seeing the cosmic energy in the training room that was so dense that it turned into substance, even Tu Shanming, who was knowledgeable, couldn't help but stare wide-eyed.

Not to mention the C9-level training room, he has even seen the B9-level training room.

But even in a B9-level training room, there wasn’t this kind of noise!
"Don't just stand there like an idiot." Chu Mu pulled Tu Shanming in and then closed the door of the practice room. "The energy of the universe has all gone."

“Oh oh…” Tu Shanming nodded like pounding garlic, his expression became a little numb, and he couldn’t help but look at Chu Mu deeply.

Before Chu Mu started practicing, he was told to stop practicing for the time being and to use Chu Mu's practice room after he finished practicing.

It is impossible to predict such things, so the rich cosmic energy in this training room must be directly related to Chu Mu.

Everyone has their own secrets, and Tu Shanming would certainly not be stupid enough to find out Chu Mu's secrets for no reason.

He just suddenly felt that Chu Mu was more mysterious than he had expected.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Chu Mu waved his hand and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Tu Shanming suddenly thought of something and hurriedly pulled Chu Mu, "I almost forgot something."

His expression quickly turned serious, "Mu Mu, have you offended Constantine?"

"This guy has issued a mandatory challenge to you and has already publicized it."

"Now all the students in the Beidou camp have heard about this matter and know that your battle will be held in two days."

"This guy did it on purpose." Tu Shanming became a little angry. "He knows that it is impossible to be cruel to you through a forced challenge, so he plans to attack you spiritually!" "Yeah, I know." Chu Mu smiled.

Although he didn't know about this before Tu Shanming told him, he could probably guess that such a situation would occur.

"It's okay. After these two days of practice, I have successfully broken through to the second level of the Soaring Realm." Chu Mu smiled confidently. Seeing that Tu Shanming was still worried, he knew that in his eyes, he still had no chance of winning after the breakthrough.

It's useless to say anything if you haven't taken any action yet.

So Chu Mu just patted Tu Shanming on the shoulder and said, "Think about it from another angle. Even if I lose, I can hold my own against Constantine for a while. Isn't he the one who is embarrassed?"

"He was the fourth-ranked genius in the initial screening."

"As for me, I am unknown."

Tu Shanming thought about it and it seemed to be the same. He relaxed a little, but still patted Chu Mu on the shoulder, "We all know that you are actually very powerful, Mu Tou."

"Let's not talk about this. Just concentrate on your practice." Chu Mu smiled silently and quickly left the practice room.

Having just broken through to the second level of the Void Realm, he had many other things to worry about than the battle with Constantine.

Chu Mu returned to his dormitory and turned on the communicator as soon as possible. He found that each of the seven members of the team had tried to contact him during this period. They must have received the news of the forced challenge.

Even Lepani, who rarely spoke, sent him a message saying "If you lose, I will fight him", which made Chu Mu laugh and feel warm in his heart.

"I may not lose~" Chu Mu murmured softly, meditating and looking inward, his eyes cast towards his qi sea.

At this moment, the source power in the Qi Sea was almost the same as when entering the C9 level training room, with only seventy pulses, which made the Qi Sea barely half full.

But Chu Mu knew that this was different.

Because these seventy sources of source power have undergone a transformation and compression, the remaining source power is left.

After the Qi Sea was filled, a single compression directly caused Chu Mu's total source power to drop by half.

But the remaining half of the source power is far more condensed than before.

The reason why those who are strong in the Tengkong Realm can possess terrifying power far exceeding that of the Nayuan Realm with just a move of their hands is because of the source power.

Source power is the foundation of strength.

Therefore, changes in source power will directly lead to changes in strength.

Chu Mu roughly estimated that his strength had increased by 50% compared to before!

Whether it is the source power intensity brought by the quality of the source blood, or the bonus brought by the compatibility of the skills, or all the techniques mastered by Chu Mu, they are all included in this list, and all will be increased by 50%!
And this is only part of the changes after the second level of the Soaring Realm.

"The Nine-Layered Mountain has also broken through." Chu Mu raised his hand, and four almost overlapping shadows of source power quickly merged, and then quietly dissipated.

The third mountain!

Each move can cause 247.2% power!
"With each advancement of the Nine-Layer Mountain Secret Technique, there will be a qualitative leap in strength, but at the same time, the difficulty of breaking through will also increase." Chu Mu said softly, "After breaking through the second level of the mountain, I estimated that it would take at least three months to break through the third level of the mountain."

“But now, it only takes a dozen days.”

"The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the source power has become more condensed after the transformation, and it is easier to control." Chu Mu paused slightly. "But on the other hand, I can roughly feel that it is related to the rapid improvement of my martial arts momentum."

"Strange... The power of martial arts and the control of strength should not be related." Chu Mu pondered, "What is the special about the power of star beasts?"

After thinking for a long time without any idea, Chu Mu shook his head and gave up thinking, "Anyway, the breakthrough in the secret method before the battle with Constantine is an unexpected surprise."

"And the improvement of my source skills..." Chu Mu smiled, "This is the most important thing."

After reaching the second level of the Soaring Realm, because the source power is more condensed, the source power consumed by the use of source skills is greatly reduced.

Therefore, although Chu Mu only had more than seventy sources of energy left, he could use source skills more easily than when his Qi sea was close to being full.

"Although the second level of transparent vision cannot be used throughout the battle, it has become much easier to use it intermittently. The consumption in a battle can be ignored." Chu Mu murmured in a low voice, "Besides, I have a feeling now."

"Transparent vision, there is a third gear!"

The second level of transparent vision is consistent with the effect used by the mantis itself, so how powerful will the transparent vision be when it reaches the third level?

Just thinking about it, Chu Mu felt excited and expectant.

But he could only think about it now.

Although he could feel that there was a higher level of transparent vision, his current source of strength was not enough to open it.

"Perhaps... when the second-level Qi Sea is full again, there is hope to activate the third level of transparent vision?" Chu Mu speculated, "And concealment, although I haven't felt the follow-up yet, it may also have a third level."

With this breakthrough, the cost of using the second level of stealth has also been reduced. Now Chu Mu is able to achieve the second level of stealth followed by a burst attack, which will surely give Constantine a surprise.

As an explosive attack of the fourth source skill, Chu Mu does not have the ability to activate the second level yet. This source skill is indeed powerful, but the consumption is also really high. Fortunately, it is enough now.

As for the third source skill, Devouring, it was another surprise after this breakthrough.

"Devouring source skill, second level." Chu Mu's expression was a little strange, because the effect of this second level was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"The first level can only absorb cosmic energy, but the second level can absorb the source power of star warriors?"

There is no way to verify it at the moment, but Chu Mu can vaguely feel that at this moment, as long as he has direct contact with other star warriors, he can use the source swallowing skill to directly devour the opponent's source power and transform it into his own source power.

As for the specific effects and limitations, you can only know them through actual use.

"Just like the first gear, the current source swallowing skill is still a bottomless pit." Chu Mu felt it, his eyes flashing, "The more source power is consumed, the greater the swallowing power."

"This source skill seems to be a little different from other source skills."

"The level of the other three source skills depends entirely on how much source power I inject. When a certain limit is reached, the source skills will be strengthened and have new effects."

"This change is not directly related to my realm."

"For example, when the fourth source skill exploded, I could barely use the first gear in the middle of the first transformation. Now that I have broken through to the second transformation, I can still only use the first gear."

"And the first source skill, Transparent Vision, can be activated to the second level after one rotation. Now I can even vaguely feel the third level, but as long as I inject the least amount of source power, the first level will be activated."

"But the Devouring Source Technique is not like that."

"When I turn it, even if I pour all my source power into it, it can only have the first gear effect, but the force of swallowing will become extremely powerful at that moment."

“But after I broke through the second level, even if I only injected the smallest amount of source power, the effect was only at the second level, and I couldn’t go back to the first level.”

"The level of this source skill completely corresponds to my realm!"

“Could it be… because the Devouring Source Skill is the ability of the Mantis Beast that awakens on its own, and the other three Source Skills come from the cosmic treasures devoured during advancement?” Chu Mu’s heart was slightly shaken, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess made sense.

"Because of the diversity of source skills, the Alliance's research progress on source skills can be said to be the slowest." Chu Mu's eyes flickered, "But I believe that the advancement of source skills is not an isolated case. The Alliance must have done research."

"I don't know if Mr. Song Wenchang has done any research. I just happened to be looking for him to check the civilization decryption data of the Shenxuan Star Alliance..." Chu Mu's eyes flickered slightly, "After the battle with Constantine, I'll go ask him."

"As for now..."

"There are still two days left before the competition. I should be able to make some improvements during this opportunity." Chu Mu opened the list of secret weapon points exchange and the exchange list in the camp, exchanged a batch of cultivation resources in one go, and began to consolidate his newly broken cultivation.
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Two days passed quickly.

Time came to the day when Chu Mu and Constantine fought.

In the past few days, the battle between Chu Mu and Constantine has been widely reported and has been discussed a lot among the students in the camp.

On the one hand, the rule of forced challenge applies to students who have personal grudges. This is the first time someone has initiated it since the camp opened.

It is human nature to eat melons, and everyone is curious about what kind of grudge these two people have that requires a fight to resolve.

On the other hand, it is because of the people who are sparring with.

Don't get me wrong, Chu Mu doesn't have that kind of fame and attention yet.

But Constantine did.

As the heir of the Eaton family, the first family in the Eastern European Province of the Earth, his family's strength is not inferior to that of the Tushan family. They have considerable fame in the territory of the alliance. Moreover, Constantine himself was ranked fourth in the initial screening, and his strength is among the strongest among the students in the same camp.

Many people want to see how strong he is.

In addition, the time for the first biweekly assessment is not far away. The students who have formed teams to complete the camp tasks in the early stage have reached a period of rest and improvement. There are a large number of students in the camp.

For various reasons, when Chu Mu arrived at the open-air training ground, he was surrounded by seven or eight hundred spectators, and even many instructors were there to watch.

"There are more people than I thought." Looking at the sea of ​​heads in front of him, Chu Mu couldn't help but take a breath.

"Constantine, that's a bit too much." Song Yan said sullenly, clenching his fists, "It's just a competition, but so many people were called in."

"Mu Tou, you better not lose too badly." Lin Changfeng crossed his arms over his chest, and a gloomy look flashed across his eyes when he saw this scene. "As long as you can last 20 rounds, it shouldn't be too embarrassing."

Chu Mu looked at Lin Changfeng with a helpless look.

20 rounds?
Doesn't this guy really look down on him?
"Speaking of which, where is Er Pang?" Lin Changfeng looked around and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why isn't he here?"

"Er Pang is now in the critical period of breaking through the second level of the Soaring Realm." Chu Mu smiled, "I told him to practice well."

Because Tu Shanming was using his practice room, if his practice was interrupted, the room would be used by other people and he would not be able to enjoy the high concentration of cosmic energy inside, so he had no way to leave midway.

Lepani was rarely distracted. He held the sword in his arms, his eyes fixed on Chu Mu. After a moment, he turned to Constantine who had already come on stage.

"It doesn't matter, I will take action."

This is intended to challenge Constantine after Chu Mu is defeated.

Chu Mu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry again.

Thank you, I feel comforted, but did you really never think about me winning?
"I collected some of Constantine's past public battle videos." Xu Yuncan took out a document. "This is some analysis I made based on the videos. You can take a look at it before the battle. It should be helpful."

In the past few days, he used the camp points he earned to exchange for the teacher's guidance. His skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he was getting closer and closer to flying. However, knowing that Chu Mu was going to fight Constantine, he still took the time to study it.

Chu Mu reached out to take the information, but before he could pick it up, it was taken away by another hand.

"Not perfect." Yu Qianqian took a quick glance and quickly added, "Constantine has second-class source blood, and the method he practices is the "Sacred Lion Martial Arts". He has three source skills, two of which have the effects of mental shock and accelerated self-healing, and the third one is unknown."

Several people fell silent at the same time and looked at Yu Qianqian in surprise.

Things like source blood grade and source skill effects are relatively secretive. How did Yu Qianqian know about them?

"Are you familiar with this guy?" Lin Changfeng couldn't help but be curious.

"So-so." Yu Qianqian glanced at Constantine on the stage. "He is pursuing Zhuang Ling. He revealed these things himself in order to show off in front of Zhuang Ling."

"It just so happened that I was there at the time."

Ok?
Chu Mu paused slightly as he walked towards the fighting stage.

An extremely delicate face flashed through his mind.

Chu Mu couldn't help but look up at Constantine, who was standing on the stage with his hands behind his back and a proud look on his face.

For some reason, my hands are itching.

(End of this chapter)