High Martial Arts: Starting from the Strongest Junior High Student

This year's gathering of talents has come to a complete end.

The Lion Slash team remained silent.

After glancing at the few members of the Long family in front of her, Sun Yunling silently retreated and left first.

Looking at the four people standing on the podium with smiles on their faces, Long Shizhan and the other two felt an unprecedented sense of defeat rising in their hearts. The pain was so intense that it was hard for them to breathe.

He had imagined he might lose, but he never expected to actually lose, and in such a pathetic way. Chen Shi and Zhang Xuexin didn't even have to lift a finger; Wang Xueyou took down all four of them by himself.

Finally, Jacky Wong's devastating display of fireworks was even more despair-inducing; no matter how many times he reviewed it, he couldn't find any solution.

Absolute suppression, absolute power, 360-degree destruction without any blind spots, there was nowhere to hide. The sturdy gray weapon was as fragile as paper in front of that world-destroying white spark.

Next, the organizers announced that the runner-up, third place, and fourth place winners would come on stage to receive their awards.

The Lion Slash team didn't go.

Despite the pain of defeat, Long Shizhan silently left.

After returning to the Long family, he didn't even dare to look the other Long family disciples in the eye, keeping his head down the whole way, like a complete loser.

He was sitting in the training ground reserved for the captain of the Dragon Lion Team 3, surrounded by silence and darkness.

Then he took a bottle of strong liquor from the refrigerator, which was his only hobby.

After swallowing a mouthful of turbid wine, he finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

She entered the Long family at the age of eleven.

For nearly eight years, he persevered without the slightest slackening, practicing diligently day and night, yet ultimately suffered a crushing defeat.

What is the purpose of his existence?

What is the value of all this?

Extreme negative emotions assaulted his mind, and madness was writhing around him. His tearful eyes slowly became numb and dim, and then his face twitched uncontrollably, as if some kind of evil thing was about to emerge.

He is about to fall completely into darkness and become a cannibalistic monster.

Suddenly, his door was pushed open.

Long Tai walked over, sat down beside him, and slapped him on the back with a palm. The slap was not light, and it directly caused Long Shizhan to vomit blood and suffer serious injuries, becoming weak and listless.

Because only absolute power can crush the restlessness within him!

His madness had indeed subsided considerably, and Long Shizhan suddenly came to his senses, lying on the ground trembling as he said, "Great...Great-Grandpa."

Long Tai said calmly, "Wang Xueyou is not weak. His talent is better than all of yours, so it's not surprising that you lost to him."

"Besides, you didn't lose; you just came in second."

"A disciple of the Long family shouldn't be unable to accept something like this."

Grandpa's expression remained as cold as ever, but his words offered a slight comfort, because one of the reasons for Long Shizhan's breakdown was his fear of being kicked out and becoming a homeless dog.

Long Shizhan humbly knelt and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Grandfather."

Long Tai said calmly, "Don't give up, think of a way."

How can I become stronger?

"If you put your mind to it, you'll always find one or two solutions."

Upon hearing this, Lion Slash trembled, for he had long thought of that so-called method, a tiny possibility, but he dared not do it.

He cautiously probed, "You mean...another method of cultivation?"

Long Tai frowned: "Among the Long family disciples, Xiang Xi is the leader, and nearly half of them have chosen the path of internalization. We have never criticized them, so why are you so afraid?"

"I...I don't know..." Lion Slash shook his head. He just had a gut feeling that internalization was a heretical path.

Finally, Ryuta said calmly, "Want to give it a try?"

Dragon Lion Slash took a deep breath and said nervously, "I'll do anything to become stronger!"

"Okay, let's go somewhere to find Zhixian and Shixuan."

"What!?" Long Shizhan's eyes widened suddenly.

Long Tai didn't explain, but turned around and said, "Come to my office when you're ready."

"Alright, Lion Slayer understands!" Lion Slayer bowed respectfully and watched Lion Tai leave.

After leaving, Long Tai returned to Long Yichuan's side to report the situation, emphasizing the strange changes that occurred on Long Shizhan when he first entered the room.

Long Yichuan's expression was slightly solemn.

After Long Xiangnian and the others mastered the beast transformation, he understood that this should be the demon transformation of Huiwu, similar to Xiahou Hongtian's transformation at that time. Although there was a clear qualitative difference, it was still a significant step.

Today, the Dragon Lion Slash almost took its second step.

Ultimately, Ryuta called a halt to this step.

Because everyone feels that once this step is taken, there is really no turning back.

Dragon Lion Slash will transform into a complete beast, losing its human self, which also confirms what everyone felt when cultivating the Primordial God Blood—as if they were nourishing a monster with their own flesh and blood.

Internalization is the exact opposite path—completely taming and mastering that monster.

This is perhaps the struggle between humanity and bestiality.

There are many dark aspects to human nature, but in the eyes of the Human Emperor, they are manifestations of the loss of personal will. For example, in the past, when people were extremely hungry, they would lose all morality and ethics, and even exchange children to eat. Those people did not want to do this, nor did they like it, but survival is the greatest instinct of animals, forcing them to do so.

People are happy to see these things, thinking that they can judge the good and evil of human nature by seeing them. But in the eyes of the old man, everything in this world is in a state of binary opposition and contradiction, which means that since there is darkness, there must also be light that is its opposite.

Take Jacky Wong for example. His extremely strong personal will led him to create the unprecedented skill of "Fireworks". What that will was, others do not know, but from Jacky Wong's bright smile, it can be seen that it was not something dark, but something glorious.

There's also Shih-hyun's attitude towards swordsmanship; his piercing eyes when he holds a sword speak of a passion that goes beyond mere biological instinct.

He could go for days and nights without eating or sleeping to practice swordsmanship. But eating and sleeping are animal instincts, and in the face of extremely strong personal will, those instincts were completely suppressed.

He didn't even feel pain; on the contrary, he enjoyed it. If a normal animal saw this, it would surely say, "This is really strange; this person must have mental problems."

This is the path to internalizing the blood of the Primordial God.

He suppressed the beastly nature in his blood with extreme personal willpower, thereby completely mastering that power. Moreover, it can be seen from Xie Zhixian's changes that the power is not mass-produced, but rather varies from person to person.

It's impossible for every fully internalized Extreme God to wear the same black lotus dress as Xie Zhixian.

Shih-hyun looks so strange dressed like that.

Therefore, it was a personal choice, a manifestation of the power of humanity completely suppressing and mastering the blood of the Primordial God.

These events can all be considered experimental reports of the Primordial Divine Blood.

But the report was too cruel for Long Yichuan, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

because.

How many people like Xie Zhixian and Long Shixuan can emerge from among the 108 disciples of the Long family?

Is it the Lion Slayer Society?

If he doesn't possess a strong enough human strength, his ultimate fate will be to become a ghost.

In the future, most of the Long family disciples will become such ghosts.

This is an indisputable fact.

Once all this has happened, what happens next?

What should he do?

This time, he saw the future again, but once again he was at a loss.

At this moment, his adoptive father's teachings echoed in his ears once again.

I'm gradually coming to understand those words that I couldn't understand before.

"Those who are self-righteous always think of sacrificing a few to save the majority, so that they can become great people in people's eyes. But it is often those people who bring huge disasters to the world."

"No matter what difficulties we face, we must never have the mentality of solving them by sacrificing something. Everything is precious because it is scarce. If the word 'sacrifice' is frequently mentioned or even used to make a point, it will not only make people disgusted with the word, but it will also drag down the heroes who were forced to sacrifice themselves during those difficult times."

"Only sacrifices made when all hope is lost are true sacrifices; voluntary sacrifices are foolish, and intentionally sacrificing others is a capital offense."

The spirited young Long family member of that time couldn't listen to these words, but his adoptive father's tireless nagging always made him remember them. It wasn't until such a thing happened again in the human world that the echo of his teachings resonated in his mind.

His heart remained unsettled for a long time, not only because he was a heinous criminal, but also because he realized that he seemed to lack self-awareness.

This made him a little uncomfortable, because his favorite saying was that the most valuable thing about a person is to have self-awareness, and he felt that he had a particularly good sense of self-awareness!

Before difficulties arise, one assumes to know everything.

It wasn't until I found myself in a predicament that I realized how little I knew about humanity, the world, and even myself.

Unfortunately, no sword that has been released from its bow can turn back.