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

Mutant Forest No. 043, Deep Danger Zone.

The towering ancient trees, like black pillars reaching for the sky, completely blocked out the sunlight. The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood and the lingering poisonous miasma.

Roar--!

With a deafening roar, a Tier 3 beast, the "Ironclad Bear," over seven meters long and covered in thick black scales, suddenly leaped out of the bushes.

Its scarlet eyes were fixed on the burly human wearing a pale white mask in front of it.

In this region, it is the absolute ruler. Any creature that dares to set foot here will become its meal.

boom!

The armored bear stood upright, like a heavy tank, wielding its paws, each the size of a millstone, and with a violent whistling sound that tore through the air, it slammed down on Lin Yuan's head!

The force of that slap was enough to turn an armored vehicle into a pancake.

however.

Faced with this overwhelming blow, Lin Yuan didn't even try to dodge.

He simply raised his arm, which seemed incredibly slender compared to the bear, his fingers spread, and casually slapped it against the enormous bear paw.

There was no fluctuation of true energy.

Only pure, outrageous physical mass, bursting forth instantaneously during the contraction of muscle fibers!

boom--! ! !

A terrifying explosion, like the detonation of a powder keg, reverberated deep within the forest.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Before the several-ton-heavy Tier 3 Ironclad Bear could even let out a scream, its proud steel paw exploded into a cloud of blood mist the instant it made contact with Lin Yuan's hand!

But this terrifying physical shock did not stop; instead, it spread wildly upwards along its arm!

Click, click, click!

The bear's indestructible bones shattered inch by inch. Its massive body was as if it had been struck head-on by a ten-thousand-ton hammer, sending it flying dozens of meters away, crashing heavily into three towering trees and turning into a pile of muddy minced meat.

Sold out instantly.

A decisive physical crushing defeat.

"The meat quality is barely acceptable."

Lin Yuan strode to the bear's corpse, plunged his hand into the pile of rotten flesh, and precisely pulled out an earthy yellow crystal core radiating rich energy, as well as a large piece of the fattest core meat.

He lit a campfire, and without adding any seasoning, roasted the piece of meat until it was half-cooked before swallowing it in large mouthfuls.

As the bear crystal core was chewed up and swallowed.

The dark blue system panel in Lin Yuan's mind began to pulse wildly once again.

[Absorbing the energy of a Tier 3 alien beast...]

[Impurities removed... Physical compression in progress...]

[Current compression count: 105,100!]

"happy!"

Lin Yuan wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, his dark eyes flashing with a fervent hunger.

Finally, I don't have to eat those industrially synthesized junk meat chunks in the camp anymore.

This deep, dangerous zone was practically a buffet tailor-made for him by God!

"continue."

Lin Yuan stood up, clapped his hands, and his burly body transformed into a black afterimage, like an out-of-control human bulldozer, continuing to push deeper into the forest.

……

at the same time.

Starry Sky Training Camp, Central Monitoring and Command Center.

On a giant holographic radar screen that occupies an entire wall, hundreds and thousands of light spots flashed densely.

The green dots represent students taking the assessment on the periphery.

Those glaring red dots represent high-level beasts lurking in the deeper danger zones. The larger the red dot, the higher the beast's rank.

The head instructor held a cup of strong tea, his eyes fixed on the green dots around the edge of the screen, occasionally offering a few comments.

"Although the overall quality of this year's students is not good, there are a few promising talents among them."

"Look at Sector D! That five-person team is cooperating well and has successfully hunted down a Tier 1 mutated wolf."

The atmosphere in the monitoring room was relatively relaxed.

After all, there are strict red lines that must not be crossed in the deep zone. As long as the students don't do anything reckless and run in, there shouldn't be any major casualties.

Didi... Didi...

Just then.

A faint electronic alert suddenly sounded from the upper right corner of the radar screen, in the S-level danger zone deep within the mutated forest.

The adjutant in charge of monitoring Sector S glanced at it casually, but his eyes suddenly froze.

"what?"

The adjutant rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

"Chief Instructor! Come and take a look!"

The adjutant's voice carried a hint of barely concealed surprise and doubt.

The head instructor put down his teacup, frowned, and walked over: "What's all the fuss about? What's wrong?"

"Sir, just now at coordinates S-03, there was a medium-sized red dot representing a Tier 3 Ironclad Bear, and it suddenly disappeared!" The adjutant pointed to a blank area on the screen, his voice tense.

"It's normal for beasts to fight each other. What's so strange about a Tier 3 Berserker Bear dying?" The head instructor said dismissively.

"But...but it disappeared too quickly!"

A layer of cold sweat appeared on the adjutant's forehead as he rapidly typed on the keyboard, pulling up the radar playback video from earlier.

"Sir, look!"

"This Tier 3 Berserker Bear was moving at high speed just a second ago, its vital signs were incredibly strong. But the next second, its life signal suddenly dropped to zero!"

"There was no sign of any fighting! No energy bursts or stalemates!"

"It's like... it was instantly killed by something!"

boom!

The head instructor's pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression instantly became extremely solemn.

One-hit kill on a Tier 3 Armored Berserker Bear known for its defense?!

Could it be that a master at the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm, or even the Profound Sea Realm, has infiltrated the forest?

Before the head instructor could even order a thorough investigation...

Drop drop drop!

On the radar screen, something unexpected happened!

Less than five kilometers from coordinates S-03, three more medium-sized red dots representing third-tier alien beasts began to go out one after another in a chilling pattern!

disappear!

disappear!

Disappeared again!

Each red dot goes out within three minutes!

Moreover, everything was instantly wiped out, without any struggle or lingering!

Holy crap!

The instructors in the entire monitoring room were all alarmed and gathered around. Looking at the bizarre scene on the screen, they felt a chill run down their spines and straight to the top of their heads.

"Those three red dots... are a pack of Tier 3 Gale Wolves!"

"They were social beasts, incredibly fast! How could they all be wiped out in a minute?!"

The head instructor stared intently at the large screen, his hands involuntarily clenching into fists.

"This is definitely not some kind of monster devouring each other!"

"Even a fourth-tier beast king couldn't possibly wipe out a third-tier wolf pack so easily and silently!"

"An unknown, terrifying entity is frantically clearing out the deeper areas!"

The adjutant swallowed hard, his voice trembling uncontrollably:

"Sir... that movement trajectory seems to be heading towards the core of the forest, the fourth-tier lord's territory. Should we... should we send a drone over to investigate?"

"Absolutely not!"

The head instructor refused without hesitation, shouting sternly, "A being capable of causing such a crushing massacre is definitely not someone we can afford to provoke!"

"Immediately activate the highest level of red alert!"

"Order all students on the periphery to cease their assessments and retreat to the camp! No one is to approach the deeper areas without my order!"

The entire monitoring room was filled with panic and oppression.

They simply couldn't imagine the monster that created paranormal events on the radar and ruthlessly harvested high-level alien beasts like the Grim Reaper.

That's the "useless student" they see as someone who only knows how to sleep.

……

Deep within the mutated forest.

A stunningly beautiful white figure, like a nimble bird, darted swiftly through the thick canopy of trees.

Su Qinghan was wearing a pair of specially made military goggles.

In the field of vision, the pale blue trail of "Shadowless Fragrance" fluorescent light was extending all the way into the deeper areas.

"This guy really was hiding his strength."

Su Qinghan was secretly surprised.

As she continued her pursuit, the miasma ahead grew increasingly dense. Even at the early stage of the Bone Forging Realm, she needed to constantly circulate her true energy to resist the toxins.

But the owner of that fluorescent trail seemed completely unaffected, moving at an astonishing speed.

Sudden.

Su Qinghan stopped and landed lightly on a thick tree trunk.

Her clear, beautiful eyes, peering through the dense foliage, were fixed on the mess below.

It was a completely destroyed empty space.

Everywhere there were broken ancient trees and huge craters, as if a small meteorite impact had just occurred.

In the middle of the open space.

Lying there was a huge mass of minced meat, like a pile of mud.

Judging from the remaining black scales and shattered skull, it was clearly a Tier 3 Ironclad Berserker Bear, capable of dominating the outskirts of the forest!

Su Qinghan jumped down from the tree trunk, walked to the pile of minced meat, and examined it carefully.

The more she looked, the more intense the shock became in her eyes.

"No residual true energy remains."

"All the bones and internal organs were shattered by a devastating, purely physical force!"

Su Qinghan gasped.

This violent method of killing is exactly the same as the way that pale-faced grandmaster shattered the four Xuanhai Realm assassins last night!

The only difference is.

The most precious and vital parts of the bear, its core crystal, were brutally stolen.

There was also a pile of ashes from a recently extinguished campfire nearby.

"It's him!"

"Lin Yuan is definitely that grandmaster's personal disciple!"

Su Qinghan trembled slightly with excitement, her mind once again caught up in a frenzy of imagining things.

"This terrifying destructive power of pure physical strength is something that, apart from the true teachings of a grandmaster, there could be no one else in the world who could master it!"

"He deliberately pretended to be a useless person so that he could undergo this most brutal and bloody trial of life and death in this unknown, deep area!"

Su Qinghan took a deep breath, suppressing the fervor in her heart.

She glanced at the trail of fluorescent light that continued to extend forward in her goggles, and without hesitation, she followed it again.

She was determined to witness firsthand the true brilliance of this grandmaster's successor!

however.

Su Qinghan was unaware of this.

While she was tracking Lin Yuan.

In another forest less than ten kilometers away from her.

An aged figure shrouded in a black robe drifted silently through the woods like a ghostly black mist.

Dark Spirit Society, Grandmaster-level Elder!

He was ordered by the archbishop to personally infiltrate this mutated forest in order to investigate the truth behind the annihilation of the Xuanhai Realm team last night and to find the "Grandmaster of External Strength" hiding in the shadows!

"Um?"

The black-robed elder suddenly stopped in mid-air, his withered, skeletal nostrils twitching slightly.

His cold, sinister eyes, hidden beneath his hood, instantly locked onto a spot several kilometers ahead.

"Such a strong aura of beastly blood!"

"Moreover... within that blood energy, there seems to be a faint, yet extremely pure, trace of human blood energy!"

The black-robed elder's lips curled into a cruel, cold smile.

"I've finally caught the mouse by the tail."

Whoosh!

The black mist churned, and the Grandmaster Elder transformed into a black lightning bolt, heading straight towards the direction where the blood energy soared into the sky.