Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Chapter 40 Heavenly Law
Ninth Middle School, Martial Arts Hall.

Today is match day. The Ninth Middle School is playing against the First Middle School, which is the top-ranked team in the Dongjiang Middle School Martial Arts League.

Han Yang, in particular, is known as the top student in Dongjiang Middle School, and is extremely impressive.

Gao Wu defeated two high-level martial artists in a row the week before last, and his reputation is soaring. Many people say that he is even more powerful than Han Yang.

Fans of both sides are now arguing fiercely online.

Today's match between the two martial arts teams is a perfect opportunity to determine who is superior. This match has become the highlight of the middle school league.

The official website of the Dongjiang Middle School Martial Arts League Organizing Committee also broadcasts this match.

However, Gao Wu did not appear.

Coach Huang Hai only said that Gao Wu had something to do, but he couldn't explain the specifics. This left the teachers and students of No. 9 Middle School extremely disappointed.

The visiting martial arts team members were also very disappointed. They were all very interested in Gao Wu, especially Yang Ru, who was thinking of defeating Gao Wu in the ring and showing Han Yang how powerful she was.

At 2:30 PM, Gao Wu still hadn't appeared. The first person from No. 9 Middle School to take the stage was Zhou Yi. He was an intermediate-level martial artist, usually taciturn, with solid martial arts skills, but his stubborn personality made him quite unpopular.

If the martial arts team hadn't been short of members, Zhou Yi wouldn't have been chosen as the vanguard.

The student from No. 1 Middle School was Yu Rulong. He had long arms and a narrow waist, white hair, and a handsome appearance. He stood in the center of the arena wearing a black martial arts uniform, looking very spirited.

In terms of appearance and presence alone, Yu Rulong completely outshines Zhou Yi.

Before the two had exchanged more than three blows, Zhou Yi was struck on the chin by Yu Rulong's "White Ape Offering Fruit" and immediately lost consciousness.

The teachers and students of No. 9 Middle School, who were cheering Zhou Yi on, suddenly fell silent.

Next, Yu Rulong lost three players in a row, and Huang Long, as the main general, was the fifth to appear.

Seeing that Huang Long was the commander, Yang Ru said disdainfully, "No way, even Gao Wu doesn't dare to show his face. That's too cowardly!"

Song Minglin chimed in, "This kid not only refuses to go on stage, he doesn't even dare to come to the event. His character is really terrible!"

Han Yang shook his head slightly: "I think his fighting style is very fierce, it's not that bad."

Although he was confident that he could easily defeat Gao Wu, he could also see how formidable Gao Wu was.

Although Yang Ru, Song Minglin, and Yu Rulong are all advanced martial artists with their own exquisite lineages, it is difficult for them to defeat high-level martial artists.

Judging from Gao Wu's past performance, there's no way he would avoid fighting.

It's just a middle school martial arts league. Losing is nothing. The real disgrace is not daring to step onto the stage.

“Second brother, you don’t understand. Those at the bottom are just that despicable and cunning…” Yang Ru said.

Han Yang didn't want to talk about these things, so he changed the subject and said, "Don't worry about these trivial matters. Our goal is the Qilin Cup next April, and our opponents are the elite geniuses from various cities in Beizhou..."

"Yang Ge and Gao Wu only have an excuse if they don't come. If they come but don't perform, it will confirm that they are cowardly and guilty..."

Song Minglin looked down on Gao Wu, who had suddenly risen to prominence. He had been eager to teach Gao Wu a lesson, but Gao Wu never showed up. This made him both angry and disdainful, and he felt that he had seen through Gao Wu's cowardly nature.

Han Yang smiled. Although he disagreed with this statement, he couldn't very well refute Song Minglin. After all, they were teammates, and he had to save face for the other party.

As for what exactly happened with Gao Wu, that's not important.

In fact, many people share the same view as Song Minglin, and most of the teachers and students from No. 9 Middle School present at the scene also thought so.

When they saw Huang Long, the last to take the stage, many students whistled or booed, and quite a few were shouting, "Gao Wu, Gao Wu..."

Some people shouted, "Gao Wu coward! Gao Wu coward!"

This voice received a lot of responses, and the voices became more and more unified and louder...

The school leaders of No. 9 Middle School looked rather grim. Whether they won the competition or not was not important. This competition had received a great deal of attention in Dongjiang, but the students' behavior on site was very inappropriate, which made the leaders lose face.

Vice Principal Jiang Tao then went to find Coach Huang Hai to inquire about Gao Wu's situation.

Huang Hai shook his head: "I can't get in touch with Gao Wu. I don't know what happened to him."

Viewers watching the live stream were also very dissatisfied with the absence of the protagonist, Gao Wu, from the battle, and countless people were criticizing him, causing the viewership to plummet.

At Anjing University, thousands of miles away, Shang Qingjun frowned deeply. She knew Gao Wu very well; for such an important competition, Gao Wu would crawl to the martial arts hall even with a broken leg, and would never give up easily. Gao Wu's absence could only mean one thing: something had happened to him.

Shang Qingjun sent Gao Wu a message via Fetion, but received no response. She also couldn't get through to his phone. She was genuinely worried and hesitated, wondering whether to ask her grandfather for help.

My pretty roommate leaned over and asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why isn't our little brother playing? Isn't this match against Dongjiang's number one team?"

"I don't know what went wrong..." Shang Qingjun's gentle eyes revealed a hint of worry.

Shang Qingjun's beautiful roommate felt sorry for her and put her arm around Shang Qingjun's shoulder to comfort her softly: "What could possibly happen? Don't scare yourself."

Shang Qingjun forced a smile. She was genuinely worried, and afraid that Gao Wu was dealing with personal matters, and that asking her grandfather would be bad for him...

Shen Yue, who was watching the game live, was the most anxious because the students around him were hurling very harsh insults.

Many people know that he is Gao Wu's good friend. When they found out that Gao Wu did not play, many people asked him what was going on, and some even made sarcastic remarks.

Shen Yue had no idea what was wrong with Gao Wu. Surrounded by people asking questions and scolding him, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

He took out his phone and sent countless Fetion messages to Gao Wu, but never received a response.

On the stage, Huang Long was forced to retreat step by step by being beaten. Suddenly, Yu Rulong used a single whip hand move. He swung his hand like an iron whip and struck Huang Long's ear. Huang Long was so shocked that his whole body stiffened, his eyes rolled back, and he stood there motionless for a moment.

The referee quickly stopped Yu Rulong, and the battle ended there. Yu Rulong won five consecutive matches, securing a great victory.

Yu Rulong raised his hands to greet the audience, but a chorus of boos erupted from the crowd, followed by various curses directed at Yu Gaowu.

They were all teenagers, their loves and hates were very simple. Gao Wu's inability to perform at the crucial moment caused No. 9 Middle School to lose face, and also made the students of No. 9 Middle School harbor great malice towards Gao Wu...

Just as Shen Yue was feeling down, a message suddenly came through on Kuaiyin. When he opened it, he found it was a message from Gao Wu's alternate account: forwarding a video.

The seemingly random sentence left Shen Yue completely baffled. He typed a string of question marks but received no response.

The video, titled "Where is Justice?!", left Shen Yue completely bewildered.

Upon opening the video, Shen Yue saw Gao Wu confronting a tall man in black, both of them holding long swords.

The overhead shot is slightly distorted, but the wide perspective captures the mountains, snow, distant cities, two opposing opponents, and the gleaming swords in their hands.

The mountains are vast and desolate, snowflakes dance wildly, and a distant city stands quietly in the gloom. The two people facing each other are like swordsmen dueling in ancient times, making the scene full of tension.

As a semi-professional editing expert, Shen Yue felt that the background music was missing. It would be best to use traditional instruments such as the xiao or xun, whose deep and long tones would enhance the atmosphere.

The video quickly switched to a first-person perspective, where the black-clad man's face, covered in pustules, was magnified considerably, making it even more visually terrifying.

The man in black yelled, "You little brat, I'll make sure you die knowing why!" But Gao Wu responded politely, even friendly, and reminded the man in black to go to the hospital.

From this angle, Gao Wu was not visible, but Shen Yue was extremely familiar with Gao Wu's deep, hoarse voice and knew his speaking style, so he was certain that it must be Gao Wu speaking.

Seeing this, he already had a bad feeling. Could something have happened to Gao Wu?
Then the man in black prayed to the demon god, his body swelled and grew larger, and he raised his sword to slash fiercely at Gao Wu.

"Cultists of the Demon God!" Shen Yue immediately sensed something was wrong. Cultists of the Demon God had no reason; the situation was dire!

The action camera automatically runs at high speed after capturing the high-speed movement of the sword blade, producing a remarkably clear image of the blade slicing down.

The falling blade tore through the cold wind, scattering and shattering the swirling snowflakes beneath it. The microphone picked up the sharp, piercing whistle of the blade cutting through the air.

Through a first-person perspective, the audience can fully experience the terrifying power of this sword that can split mountains and shatter rocks.

Shen Yue, though lacking in martial arts skills, could still sense the terrifying power of this sword strike. His heart tightened; was Gao Wu going to die?

The two swords clashed, and a broken sword flew through the air. The video then switched to an aerial view, showing the two swordsmen exchanging blows before each striking backhand.

The man in black rushed out a few steps before pausing, and then the mosaic suddenly obscured his image.

Even with the mosaic obscuring the image, Shen Yue could clearly see that the man in black had been cut in two diagonally...

"Holy crap!" Shen Yue couldn't help but exclaim.

The video showed a few lines of text: "The boy was forced to kill the cultists, but was detained on charges of intentional homicide. Where is justice?"
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