Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 247 Ye Lianka's Defenses Are Breached
A few days later, the college returned to normal.

Although the students' protest was quite large, after one or two of the ringleaders were forcefully expelled from the college, the rest scattered like birds and beasts.

Ultimately, whether or not one stays at the academy can even determine their survival under certain rules.

Just like during the Blood Plague era, if you weren't an academy student and couldn't get high-standard protective equipment immediately, you would really die if you got infected.

Because of that experience, most students know what to do when faced with the consequence of being expelled.

However, since this incident, the college has strengthened its management and increased the enforcement of its rules and regulations.

After that, although the students would still discuss the matter and whether Shen Yun's appeal could overturn the verdict, it remained just a discussion and there would be no further extreme behavior.

Two days after the first-instance verdict, the online public opinion quickly cooled down, perhaps because the official departments activated a one-way mirror system.

In short, starting from the third day, the trending topics all changed to Mind Network, the ranking of combat power in the variety show "The Ultimate Ascension", and so on.

"The North Star authorities certainly have enough guts."

In the small courtyard with red tiles and white walls, Sgorchin said as he put Yelena's protective gear into her backpack.

"That young man named Shen Yun, I heard, has a very high mental strength value, ranking among the top in the academy. Such a talent, and he's just been buried like that."

Yelena agreed with the verdict: "Doing nothing is short-sighted. Without the support of the people, the government will find it difficult to implement anything in the future."

Sgorchin looked at Yelena thoughtfully, wondering if she would govern Sisya in the same way if she succeeded in the competition.

After the protective gear was packed, Sgorchin handed the backpack to Yelena.

"Your Highness, it's already September. To be on the safe side, we need to return to Sisia before the next apocalyptic rule is announced. Please complete your cultivation goals as soon as possible."

"Ok, I know."

Yelena left her residence and headed to the academy.

When she arrived at the classroom, she heard people discussing matters related to the faculty and staff.

"Yesterday afternoon, someone saw counselor Fang Qian officially resign and leave the college with her belongings."

"...Now that I think about it, she was just following orders from her superiors."

“I also think it was unnecessary. It was a bit much to cause trouble in the dormitory that day. I heard that when Teacher Guan arrived, they all ran away.”

"Actually, Senior Fang is a really nice person. She was the one who greeted me when I enrolled. I asked a lot of questions, but she was never impatient and answered them all for me."

"If you ask me, the dean and the department head also bear responsibility, but they are all afraid of being expelled, so no student dares to question them."

stomping on...

As Guan Tong entered the classroom, the students immediately fell silent.

In just over a month, Guan Tong had established his authority in the classroom, and all the troublemakers had been subdued and dared not cause any trouble.

"Attend class."

……

After the morning and afternoon classes ended, Yelena went to the training room and put on the protective gear that Sgorchin had prepared for her.

When Guan Tong arrived, she noticed that the woman was wearing a dark red light armor and asked curiously, "Why are you wearing this?"

"Aren't we supposed to be doing strike training?"

"So you're wearing a full suit of armor?"

"...This is specially made protective gear, not armor."

Guan Tong stepped forward for a closer look, then reached out and pinched one of the shoulder pieces; the material was indeed somewhat unusual. It looked like armor, but was actually very light.

"Alright, then wear it. For the next half hour, I will be launching attacks with my mental power. All you have to do is concentrate your mental power on defense."

Guan Tong took a few steps back and said, "I will keep increasing the speed during this time, so your reactions must keep up. But I have one additional requirement: you cannot move during this time."

"Can't move?" Ye Lianka looked puzzled.

“Yes. I know you have systematically trained in combat, and you should also be able to see that I don’t know combat. So my attack methods are not sophisticated, they are crude, and they are easy for you to break through.”

"..."

Although Yelena didn't say anything, her eyes told everyone that it was true.

"In this way, if you keep using the methods you're good at to break blocks, the training of your mental defense will only focus on the arms and legs you use to break blocks. Other parts of your body won't get any training. Do you understand what I mean?"

"clear."

If you constantly use your arms to block attacks, your mental energy will only be concentrated in your arms, naturally reducing the concentration and proficiency in other areas. Therefore, to develop a defense that leaves no blind spots, you must abandon your habitual defensive stances.

“Considering the differences between men and women, it would actually be better if Shi Jingyi conducted this training,” Guan Tong said. “But she hasn’t returned yet, and you’re in a hurry to leave, so I have to do it. However, I will try my best to attack using non-contact, externally projecting mental energy. Is that alright?”

"no problem."

"Then you should get ready."

Ye Lianka took a deep breath, composed herself, and nodded to Guan Tong.

Guan Tong began her attack.

His attack method involved continuously releasing mental energy to attack Yelena's body from all directions. Initially, it was just one area, like the shoulder. Then, over time, he gradually increased the intensity, moving from attacking one area to simultaneously attacking two, three, and four.

At first, Yelena was able to handle the situation calmly, quickly channeling her mental energy to block the attacks. However, as more areas were attacked simultaneously, she began to become flustered, and her breathing became erratic.

Guan Tong reminded him, "Keep your breathing steady, don't rush. If you can't defend against everything at once, focus on defending the key areas!"

"Just now I attacked your calf and heart at the same time, and you actually prioritized using your mental power to defend your calf. What were you thinking? Is your leg more important than your life?"

"Too slow! Your performance is even worse than when you first started. Are you getting worse with practice?"

"If I were your enemy, you would have died seven or eight times by now. Didn't I just say that if there's no time, prioritize defending vitals? You need to use a combat mindset, not a training mindset, to deal with this!"

After half an hour of continuous mental attacks, coupled with constant verbal corrections, Guan Tong really went all out this time.

Yelena only maintained her composure for less than three minutes. For the next twenty-seven minutes, she was in complete chaos. Even when she managed to stabilize, she would fall into chaos again within a minute or two.

In particular, Guan Tong not only constantly manipulated her mental power to attack in all directions, but also continuously used verbal attacks. Although Guan Tong's words did not contain any swear words, poking at people's weaknesses was more psychologically damaging than cursing. Even though she had always been in a good mood, she was starting to feel the strain now.

When her mental energy was completely depleted, and she was panting heavily, leaning on her legs, she finally couldn't help but say to Guan Tong, "Can't you...can't you say less?!"

This was the first time she had ever lost her temper with Guan Tong, which showed that she was truly somewhat vulnerable.

What angered her most was that Guan Tong was standing with his arms crossed, and the calm expression on his face was even more infuriating than mockery.

"You can't stand this?" he said. "If I were your enemy, it would be too good to pass up to you and disrupt your rhythm with just a few words without swearing."

Yelena retorted, "If it were the enemy, they couldn't possibly attack so many places at the same time!"

During the training session, the most she had ever sensed was Guan Tong simultaneously attacking fourteen points on her body with his mental power. This seemed unbelievable to her, and she subconsciously felt that no one else could possibly do such a thing.

"Are you sure?" Guan Tong asked seriously. "Are you sure there's only one enemy fighting you one-on-one? What if ten people attack you at the same time?"

"..."

“Stasia, if you start making excuses, the training won’t be as effective. I know you’re leaving this month, and I just want to fulfill my responsibility as your teacher and help you leave with as much knowledge and experience as possible.”

Yelena felt a tremor in her heart, her silvery-white eyelashes drooped, and she whispered, "I'm sorry, teacher. I'm too weak."

"That's not the case."

Ye Lianka looked up at Guan Tong and saw him smiling as he said, "It's just that you're so much better than the other students that you're a little unconsciously proud. As long as you can keep a calm mindset and focus on training, you'll definitely succeed by the end of the month."

Ye Lianka rarely saw Guan Tong with a smile on his face. She felt that he had always had a calm or somewhat indifferent expression, so many students in the academy had given him the nickname "Guan the Unsmiling".

If Guan Tong knew that his students called him that behind his back, he would definitely cry foul. He had tried teaching with a smile during his first class, but the students didn't buy it at all, so he gave up on pretending.

After the students accepted his teaching methods, he got used to them, but as a result, he was given this nickname.

After a slight pause, Yelena nodded: "Um... I understand."

Perhaps it was because of Guan Tong's smile that Ye Lianka suddenly felt that her relationship with him had become much closer, and she couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, I would like to ask you a question."

"what is the problem."

How did you manage to train your mental energy circulation to be so good?

Ye Lianka hadn't thought about it carefully while she was focused on defense. Now that she's resting, she realizes how amazing it is that Guan Tong can simultaneously manipulate more than ten streams of mental energy.

Especially since this mental energy is being projected outwards, the difficulty is even greater. Not to mention that Guan Tong, while attacking, also had the energy to continuously launch verbal attacks; thinking about it, it's absolutely terrifying.

Guan Tong thought for a moment and said, "It's probably related to the fact that I've been practicing manipulating things for a long time."

Ever since he first encountered the rules and gained a shadow, he practiced this skill day after day without interruption. Therefore, after mastering the flow of mental energy and sharing experiences, he could say that he effortlessly gained the ability to manipulate multiple energies simultaneously.

Moreover, this is still far from his limit. Based on his experience of manipulating hundreds or thousands of shadow lines, if he wanted, he could double the amount of mental energy he could control at the same time.

Ye Lianka was very clever. Upon hearing Guan Tong's words, she blurted out, "It seems that your mental power tool or ability is related to manipulating other objects, Teacher?"

She only realized after asking the question that it was inappropriate, as it was a matter of privacy for the sublimated individual.

However, Guan Tong didn't mind, knowing that this was a question that naturally arose from the previous conversation, and nodded, saying, "I guess so."

"I see."

Ye Lianka breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Guan Tong wasn't angry. At the same time, she understood Guan Tong's secret... well, it was really nothing more than "practice more".

If her ability were manipulation-based, she might have been able to utilize her experience to manipulate mental energy, just like Guan Tong, thus making rapid progress. But unfortunately, her ability doesn't lie in that area.

"That's enough training for today," Guan Tong said to Ye Lianka, seeing that she had rested enough. "If you have time later, I can do special training once a day."

"I have time, thank you, teacher." Yelena was about to leave, so she was naturally more than happy to accept this offer.

"You're welcome. See you tomorrow."

After Guan Tong finished speaking, he left the training room. Ye Lianka walked to the window and watched Guan Tong's figure gradually disappear into the distance.

A somewhat vague idea swirled in her mind.

If only the teacher could go to Sisya with me...

She snapped out of it the next second, shaking her head to extinguish that inappropriate thought.

(End of this chapter)