While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

The two students used their shields to deflect the armor-piercing bullets, and in a flash, they were in front of the lieutenant, slicing the shotgun in two with a single blow.

When human speed and strength exceed a certain limit, firearms become essentially useless.

The lieutenant tried to draw his sword, but it was too late; he could only unleash a full-force punch.

He had already broken through to the upper third rank of cultivation, and his punching power had reached 7 jin, which was higher than that of many captains.

However, both students had a punching power exceeding 22 jin.

The two fists collided with a loud bang, and the lieutenant's body was sent flying more than ten meters away, smashing the glass of a clothing store.

"My arm, my arm, it's broken."

The two students remained unharmed.

"They actually dared to try and fight us with their fists, how foolish."

The gap between ranks is huge. If you want to beat someone of a higher rank, you can only rely on techniques, weapons, and tactics. You will never win by relying on brute force.

Many law enforcement officers did not reach the third rank, so they dared not act rashly.

Because of Zhou Ruoxi's warning, the two students did not continue to fight; a stalemate was all that was needed.

Twenty or thirty people dared not mess with two students, so Yang Ding found it boring and moved the spatial rift into the Chengxin Bookstore.

A strong musty smell wafted through the air, and the bookshelves were covered in cobwebs, with many rotten books on display.

The cultural achievements of humankind over thousands of years are gradually being forgotten.

Although, as required by the Queen of the Empire, every student was to take cultural courses and learn about human history.

But many students are just wasting their time; they just want to wake up as soon as possible or spend their whole lives doing manual labor.

"Captain, they're here!"

As soon as the student finished shouting, he was surrounded by bookshelves on all four sides. The books inside the bookshelves suddenly burst into flames and rained down on his head.

He was at least a fourth-grade lower realm cultivator, and he wanted to force his way out, but the temperature of the flames instantly soared to 2000 degrees, and the burning pain on his skin made him hesitate and take a few steps back.

In just five seconds, the burning bookshelves on all sides engulfed him, and the blue-white flames reached a temperature of 3000 degrees Celsius, turning blue-purple.

The damp, moldy wood was now burning, sizzling and billowing thick smoke!

The desperate cries for help shattered the deathly silence of the shopping mall.

"Captain...save me!"

Without a water system of equal strength, it would be impossible to extinguish the intense flames before us.

As Jiang Zhaolong rushed forward, he suddenly realized that one of the two parasitic beasts was an A-level fire-type.

In this enclosed space, filled with combustion media, the bones and muscles of a fourth-grade martial arts practitioner simply could not withstand the scorching heat of three thousand degrees.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

The temperature inside the bookstore suddenly rose, and flames burst forth from all directions.

The ten students also realized something was wrong and rushed outside like arrows.

Even from the toll booth outside the mall, Yang Ding could feel the high temperature through the spatial rift.

He was shocked to discover that Hu Feng had emerged from a corner with a girl and was running away among the students.

The students and law enforcement officers outside also felt the high temperature and ran faster than rabbits.

Jiang Zhaolong and his nine teammates rushed out of the bookstore and jumped directly to the first floor.

Still shaken, he quickly scanned his classmates with his headlamp.

"Is everything alright?"

"Except for Fan Wei, who was burned to death, everyone else is fine."

Jiang Zhaolong only realized something was wrong after he had finished sweeping.

"How many of us went in just now?"

"Eleven."

"There should have been ten, why are there two more?"

"Where are the two extra ones?"

When the headlamp shone on Hu Feng, who was hiding behind it, ten balls of flame suddenly appeared and shot towards the ten students.

Hu Feng took the girl and ran away, jumping into the elevator shaft and going to the basement.

Jiang Zhaolong cleaved the fireball in two, shouting, "Chase!"

"Everyone else, follow me to the basement. There's probably a big shipment there."

The voice of his uncle, Jiang Dawei, came through the earphone: "Zhaolong, don't go to the basement. Wait for me to bring troops to surround and wipe them out."

"These guys killed my classmate, we can't let them get away."

"The basement might be dangerous."

Jiang Zhaolong was arrogant and thought he was second only to Zhao Zekai, the student council president, so he wouldn't listen to his uncle's advice.

So far tonight, we've still come up empty-handed, though one of our team members has been burned to death. If we don't make a big splash, how can we leave the second and third place teams behind? Where will we put our pride then?

Moreover, he needs to obtain beast crystals in order to catch that thief from last time, skin him alive, and get his million points back.

"Brother Ding, Brother Ding, these guys went to the basement, I don't want to go."

Huang Bingbing reported through the earpiece.

"If you don't want to go, then get out of my group. What's the point of marrying a disobedient coward?"

When it comes to PUA tricks, Yang Ding, who has traveled from the modern world, not only understands them but is also very good at them.

Applying the same language used to describe green tea to green tea will instantly maximize the effect.

"Fine, I'll go. Aren't you worried about my safety?"

"Didn't you brag about your powerful family background? Don't you have anyone protecting you?" Yang Ding asked.

Huang Bingbing had no choice but to change the subject, muttering to her sister Huang Aqing, "Sis, have you caught up yet?"

"Don't follow anymore. Tonight, the parasites are clearly planning a counter-hunt."

"No way, I refuse to believe I can't handle Yang Ding."

"You used to use these tricks to get men, but did any man ever manage to win you over?"

"Do those scumbags compare to my beauty and family background?"

"You 24K pure idiot," Huang Aqing cursed.

The older brother, Huang Agui, also angrily said, "Azi, if you don't listen to me, I'll break your legs."

"Just follow me, stop talking nonsense."

Worried about Hu Feng's safety, Yang Ding quickly connected the spatial rift to the basement.

Hu Feng led the girl into a supermarket called "Yonghui". Behind the shelves on both sides of the entrance, there were densely packed heads, probably hundreds of people.

"Chief, they should be catching up soon."

The leader was a lean, middle-aged man wearing work clothes from a Xinyang farm.

He was terminally ill and ready to die, but unexpectedly, he was possessed by a parasite and seemed to come back to life.

He now possesses an A+ level metal-type ability and a mental strength of 8 points. He is still a long way from S- level, but in Jiangling City, he is already considered an absolute master.

"Xiaomin, how is this fat guy doing?" the leader asked.

"Leader, he's very strong. He just burned a senior college student to death with 3000-degree flames."

"3000 degrees? You've already reached A- grade?"

Hu Feng shook his head. "I'm Grade A."

"Haha, another high-level parasite has arrived. From now on, you'll follow me, and together we'll rule the entire Jiangling City."

As the two were talking, they saw Jiang Zhaolong lead sixteen team members into the supermarket.

The parasite leader and his men blocked the gate, looked at them, and asked, "You're the students from Class A-3, who are at the top of the defense rankings?"

Jiang Zhaolong gripped the knife hilt tightly, fearing it would be snatched away.

"That's right, who are you?"

"Everyone in the top ten of the list must die."

The team members panicked when they saw the hundreds of parasites.

"Captain Jiang, it seems we've been ambushed."