If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

Dead silence.

A chilling silence.

The smoke and dust had not completely dissipated, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The once menacing, tertiary-level Shadow Leopard, capable of wiping out the entire student squad, was now lying quietly three meters away from Lin Yuan's feet.

To be more precise, it could no longer be called a complete "mythical beast".

It was like a leather bag filled with flesh and blood being smashed on the head by an invisible, massive hammer.

The Shadow Panther's tough fur, which it was so proud of and could withstand heavy machine gun fire, showed no signs of penetration.

But all the bones inside its body, including that enormous skull, had been forcibly crushed into powder in that instant!

Before the Shadow Leopard could even let out a wail, its internal organs turned into a puddle of flesh, and blood gushed wildly from its mouth, nose, and seven orifices, pooling into a small puddle on the broken asphalt road.

Lin Yuan slowly withdrew his fist, which was raised halfway.

He looked down at the pile of mangled flesh at his feet, a hint of astonishment appearing on his handsome face for the first time.

He didn't throw a punch at all.

He didn't even touch a single hair on this third-tier demon beast.

Just a moment ago, he merely slightly cracked the gate of "Extreme Qi and Blood" within his body, letting out a wisp of insignificant energy.

That was a terrifying mass compressed 100,000 times, causing a localized gravitational collapse of the surrounding space the instant it broke free from the constraints of the body!

"Is this all the power I have now?"

Lin Yuan clenched his right fist, feeling the metallic clang of metal clashing between his knuckles.

too frightening.

If he had truly unleashed that punch without reservation, the ruins within a radius of several hundred meters, along with the ground beneath his feet, would likely have been instantly vaporized by that terrifying recoil.

Humanoid nuclear bomb.

The word popped into Lin Yuan's mind.

He finally understood why, for the past three years, the Extreme Compression System had been like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring all his resources.

This is not martial arts training at all.

This is forging a miniature neutron star with flesh and blood!

"monster……"

"You...you monster!!"

A piercing, shrill scream filled with boundless terror abruptly shattered the deathly silence of the ruins.

Lin Yuan turned his head slightly.

Ten meters away, Liu Manman was slumped in a pile of rubble.

This usually aloof and arrogant class beauty was now uncontrollably shaking her legs wildly.

A foul-smelling, pale yellow liquid flowed down the leg of her expensive custom-made combat suit, staining the floor.

She was so scared she peed herself.

Liu Manman witnessed firsthand the terrifying scene that defied common sense and resembled the descent of a god.

That guy, who was universally recognized as a waste at the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm, just by standing there, exuded a pressure that made her soul tremble!

That third-tier demon beast, which even the arrogant class monitor at the peak of the ninth level of the Qi and Blood Realm had to flee in panic, was actually crushed into a pile of minced meat by this invisible pressure!

The intense visual impact and cognitive upheaval caused Liu Manman's psychological defenses to completely collapse.

"You're not at the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm!"

"You've been lying all along! What are you?!"

Liu Manman braced herself on the ground with both hands, desperately trying to back away, her beautiful face smeared with tears and snot.

Extreme fear caused her to lose her rational judgment.

She grabbed at Lin Yuan as if he were a lifeline and began to scream.

"I'm going to tell the principal!"

"I'm going to report you to the military! You're hiding your strength; you're definitely a mole sent by a cult!"

"Don't come any closer! I'm warning you, the Liu family is a powerful financial group in the Seventh Security Zone! If you dare to lay a finger on me, my father will never let you get away with it—"

Lin Yuan took a step and walked towards her.

His steps were steady, and he landed silently.

Looking at Liu Manman's face, twisted with fear and madness, Lin Yuan's eyes showed neither anger nor panic at having his secret exposed.

The absolute indifference to looking at a corpse.

In this dog-eat-dog world, the best way to keep a secret is to keep those who know it forever silent.

Keep this woman around?

Are they waiting for her to run back to school and spread rumors, attracting a full investigation from the conglomerates and the military, and then dissect her for research?

Or wait for her so-called tycoon father to send assassins to test her endlessly?

Lin Yuan doesn't like to cause trouble, but he's definitely not afraid of trouble either.

What's more, just a minute ago, this woman had viciously ordered Zhang Kuang to become bait to attract the strange beasts.

Lin Yuan walked up to Liu Manman and looked down at her.

His tall, slender figure blocked the light of the setting sun, casting a huge shadow over Liu Manman.

"Student Liu."

Lin Yuan's voice was calm and undisturbed.

"You just said that if I die in the mouth of a monster, the school will give my sick sister a compensation payment, right?"

Liu Manman's screams stopped abruptly.

Her eyes widened as she stared into Lin Yuan's deep, dark eyes, devoid of any human emotion. An unprecedented shadow of death instantly gripped her heart.

She finally realized how foolish she had just said.

Enrage a monster who can easily kill a third-tier demon beast, and use your family to threaten a ruthless person who is not even afraid of exotic beasts!

"No...no!"

Liu Manman shook her head frantically. Her survival instinct made her instantly abandon all dignity and rush forward to hug Lin Yuan's leg.

"Lin Yuan! Brother Lin! I was wrong!"

"I swear I didn't see anything! I'll give you the money! The Liu family has a lot of Qi and Blood Powder, I'll give you it all!"

"Please, please let me go. I'll do anything for you, I'll be your slave—"

Lin Yuan remained unmoved.

He slightly raised his right foot, aiming it at Liu Manman's fragile neck.

"No need for that."

Lin Yuan said calmly.

"Dying in the mouth of a strange beast, given the power of the Liu family, the compensation the school will give you should be much higher."

The moment the words fell.

boom!

A dull thud that made your teeth ache.

Lin Yuan stomped down with his right foot without any mercy, without using any extra force, just the most basic downward step of his body.

Click!

Liu Manman's pleas for mercy were abruptly cut off in her throat.

Her fragile cervical vertebrae snapped instantly like rotten wood, and her trachea and carotid artery were simultaneously crushed.

Liu Manman's eyes suddenly bulged out, staring intently at Lin Yuan. Her limbs twitched violently on the ground a few times before she completely lost consciousness.

Clean and neat.

Without any hesitation or delay.

Lin Yuan slowly withdrew his foot, glanced at the bloodstains on the sole of his shoe, and frowned slightly.

He had to hurry and clean up the scene.

Although this is the ruins outside the safe zone, it is still the combat assessment area of ​​Gaowu No.1 Middle School, and it is inevitable that drones will patrol or other teams will pass by.

Lin Yuan turned and walked towards the dead shadow leopard.

He crouched down, ignoring the pungent smell of blood, and skillfully used the rusty iron dagger to pry into the gaps in the Shadow Leopard's shattered skull.

Among a pile of red and white paste, Lin Yuan pulled out a multifaceted crystal about the size of a pigeon egg, emitting a dark luster.

Tier 3 Beast Crystal Core!

A flicker of passion finally flashed in Lin Yuan's calm eyes.

This is a real gem; it could fetch at least 150,000 Federal Dollars on the black market!

That's enough for him to buy two whole boxes of Qi and Blood Powder on the black market, giving the Extreme Compression System another good meal.

Lin Yuan casually wiped the bloodstains on the crystal core with the hem of his school uniform and then carefully put it away close to his body.

He then grabbed the Shadow Panther's right forepaw, which was sharper than steel.

Tear it apart!

Lin Yuan dragged his heavy leopard paws to Liu Manman's corpse.

His eyes were cold as he gripped the leopard's claws and viciously slashed several deep, bone-revealing lacerations across Liu Manman's already crushed neck.

Next, he fabricated multiple marks on Liu Manman's chest and thighs, showing signs of being frantically torn apart by the sharp teeth and claws of a strange beast.

Blood splattered.

Lin Yuan even deliberately damaged the surrounding load-bearing walls and moved several huge rubble stones to press down on Liu Manman, creating a scene of her fighting desperately and being killed by the monster in the ruins.

After doing all this.

Lin Yuan took two steps back and carefully examined the scene.

Apart from the shadow leopard whose death was somewhat bizarre, Liu Manman's cause of death perfectly matched that of a standard wild beast attack.

This is the true law of the wilderness.

There is no surveillance, and no law.

All that exists is the law of the jungle, and the darkness of those who devour people without spitting out their bones.

Lin Yuan put the rusty iron dagger back into his waistband.

He dusted off his school uniform, turned around, and looked at the end of the ruined street.

That was the direction Zhang Kuang had fled in, tumbling and crawling.

Liu Manman is dead, and the scene was perfectly staged.

However, one witness is still alive.

Zhang Kuang was terrified and fled frantically, so he probably didn't see how easily he crushed the Shadow Panther.

But this is ultimately a hidden danger.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes, a chilling killing intent flickering deep within his pupils.

Should we chase after them and physically exorcise their arrogance in this desolate area?

Or... should we keep this fool for now and use him as a pawn to attract the attention of higher-ups?

Lin Yuan's gaze flickered uncertainly in the shadows of the ruins.