Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

"The Ultimate Realm? You just said he's reached the Ultimate Realm? How is that possible? Just a few days ago he was only at the Eighth Heaven!"

"He reached the pinnacle of martial arts overnight. Is he a martial arts prodigy? The question is, where was he for the previous eighteen years? Why did his talent suddenly explode in these last few months?"

"I just heard yesterday morning that An Li had reached the Extreme Realm and become the top student among the seniors, and now Shen Bai has also reached the Extreme Realm today. What's going on? When did Jiangbei No. 1 High School start producing so many amazing people?"

……

A louder murmur quickly erupted in the classroom, with Qian Kai's voice the loudest: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Bai Qingqing sneered, "What's impossible? If he hadn't reached the pinnacle of his abilities, why would the teacher have sent him home to study on his own?"

Qian Kai simply couldn't believe that this loser, whom he usually bullied, had actually defeated him in actual combat, surpassed him in mock exams, and now outperformed him in his most prized martial arts skills in just over a month!

I spent a lot of money to take a first-level breakthrough pill!

Not only did Qian Kai not believe it, but none of the students in the entire class believed it. As the news spread rapidly, the only person in the entire Jiangbei No. 1 High School who believed it was An Li.

Although An Li was mentally prepared, Shen Bai's rapid catch-up with her cultivation level still made her proud heart feel somewhat overwhelmed.

Could it be that his talent was truly wasted due to malnutrition?

In that case, what does my prized talent amount to in front of him?

The school beauty, who always thought highly of herself, experienced what it meant to feel inferior for the first time.

Many more students at Jiangbei No.1 High School were also affected, and the news was even spread to students at Beijing No.1 High School by some busybodies.

Chu Chen and Ye Qianqian, who were far away in the capital, reacted differently upon hearing the news.

Chu Chen sneered, then asked the person who had delivered the message. Upon learning that An Li had also reached the Extreme Realm at the same time, he smiled with satisfaction: "So what if a mere poor scholar cultivates a little faster? It's just the Extreme Realm. An Li is quite good; I look forward to the day I reunite with her at the Dragon Tiger Sacred Academy."

"A hypocrite!"

Ye Qianqian couldn't help but complain, "I heard that Shen Bai almost got a perfect score in the second mock exam for humanities subjects, which is even higher than your score in the second mock exam for humanities subjects!"

"Hmph, just lucky!"

Chu Chen left in displeasure, while Ye Qianqian laughed happily.

Is that naughty boy coming to the capital?

I used to think he would at most be among the top fifty in the Hundred Great Dao Academies, but now he actually has the opportunity to be on par with me. It's truly amazing!

I hope that in the last 99 days you will break through to the Innate Realm.

……

Shen Bai was not unaware of his classmates' shock, because he had been receiving jealousy points.

Back home, he put his textbooks on the bookshelf and sat down to begin studying how to improve the ritual implements.

The fact that he was able to ambush Xuan Nie last time gave him a glimpse of the bright future that came with combining otherworldly weapons with weapon crafting.

Firepower is justice!

Large caliber is the way to go!

Unfortunately, limited by his knowledge as a formation apprentice and lack of spiritual power, the Desert Eagle and grenades were the limits he could produce.

All that can be done now is to improve and enhance the Desert Eagle formation, and optimize the activation speed and explosive power of the hand grenades.

Shen Bai spent the entire day optimizing the design drawings. This time, he didn't rush to make any changes, planning to wait until he returned from shooting with Shen Wenwen the next day before making further improvements.

With the Xuanhua Pharmaceutical incident concluded, the Night Fiend Hall's covert protection of Shen Bai and his sister also came to an end, so Shen Bai could now openly shoot guns outside.

The next day, the two of them, carrying backpacks, boarded a public transport boat and flew towards a mountain range called Yuping Mountain on the outskirts of Jiangbei City.

Because it was the weekend, many people went to Yuping Mountain for a spring outing, but most of them only explored the outer area and didn't venture any further, since they might encounter spirit beasts and monsters if they went any deeper.

Since the revival of spiritual energy, not only humans can cultivate, but all things can cultivate and all things can transform into spirits.

The difference between spirit beasts and demon beasts is that spirit beasts are mostly transformed from the original plants and animals of the Blue Star, while demon beasts come from various secret realms.

The appearance of monsters caused immense losses to humanity, destroying countless cities and claiming the lives of countless people.

That was the darkest period in Earth's history.

Later, as human sages grew rapidly, they gradually gained a foothold against the attacks of monsters and then launched a counterattack.

However, the strength of the demonic beasts has always been superior to that of humans, and they can never be completely eradicated. The only option is to repeatedly drive them back to the secret realm.

The Ten Thousand Mountains have now become the largest stronghold of demonic beasts in the Xuan Yuan Empire. There are also many demonic beasts in the mountains, forests and rivers surrounding all other cities.

The Night Demon Hall has been trying its best to eradicate them, but it can only ensure that there are no monsters invading the city's outskirts. For areas further away, it can only warn people not to approach them easily.

This led to the emergence of the profession of monster hunter.

Many independent cultivators often form teams to hunt monsters on the outskirts of cities, and then sell the monster hides, flesh, bones, and cores they obtain in exchange for cultivation resources.

There were no monster hunters on the flying boat that Shen Bai and Shen Wenwen were riding. They had their own flying boats or flying swords, and all they saw were people who were out for a stroll.

The two of them excitedly disembarked from the airship at the final stop, then stepped onto their flying skateboards and flew towards the depths of Yuping Mountain.

Now that he has more money, Shen Bai also bought Shen Wenwen a flying skateboard.

pink.

Soon, the two had left the other tourists far behind and arrived at a grove of trees. Shen Bai looked around and nodded in satisfaction: "This will do!"

Shen Wenwen cheered, put away her flying skateboard, and then pulled out her pink Desert Eagle from under her arm.

"Let's start with stationary targets, then I'll practice moving targets with you, and finally practice shooting at moving targets while on the move."

The three levels are actually not difficult for martial artists.

With keen intuition and strong muscle control, Shen Wenwen had already practiced on the fixed target in the basement. Now that she was outside the mountains, she was more interested in experiencing the effect of the natural wind on her shooting accuracy.

After firing a dozen or so shots, Shen Wenwen excitedly shouted, "Hurry up, get me the moving targets! The stationary targets aren't that difficult anymore."

Shen Bai had already collected a lot of stones and branches, and casually tossed them into the air: "Hit the branches!"

The moving target challenge involves not only hitting moving objects but also hitting specific objects. The difficulty is gradually increased as each object is thrown at a different speed, requiring Shen Wenwen to hit the corresponding items in a specified order.

Finally, it is upgraded to attacking a moving target while on the move.

If the difficulty level of moving target shooting for athletes in another world is 10, then the difficulty level set by Shen Bai for Shen Wenwen is 100, and the difficulty level set for himself is 300.

This is the only way to maximize the stimulation of a martial artist's intuition and reaction ability.

Only by reaching this level can one fight against martial artists of the same rank, or even fight against those of higher ranks!

"Bang bang bang!"

The continuous muffled sounds echoed through the mountains and forests, startling birds into flight and attracting something that was slowly approaching.