High Martial Arts: Liver Becomes the Master of the Universe

Chapter 117 The Return of the Rookie King Causes a Shock!

Upon hearing this explanation, Qian Duoduo and Shi Potian finally came to their senses, and their faces immediately lit up with the joy of reunion.

"You little rascal! You're finally back!"

Qian Duoduo rushed forward and gave Qin Feng a big hug.

The three sat down and began to talk about their experiences over the past year.

Qin Feng briefly recounted the events.

"Teacher Lin Yue took me away to carry out a long-term combat mission. On a planet called Purgatory-VII, I fought with the greenskins... for a whole year."

"They fought the green-skinned bastards for a year?!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Duoduo and Shi Potian both gasped in shock.

Although they had never been to a real racial battlefield, they had learned about the terror and difficulty of the Greenskins from various sources.

"No wonder you exude such a murderous aura."

Qian Duoduo suddenly realized, "Then your current strength... vitality index should be around 30.0, right?"

Qin Feng nodded.

"And what about you two?"

He asked rhetorically.

"Oh, forget it."

Qian Duoduo looked utterly hopeless. "I'm busy with club battles and private domain battles every day, working so hard, and my vitality index is only 18.21. Compared to you, I can't even survive."

Qin Feng's gaze then turned to Shi Potian.

Shi Potian succinctly stated, "24.3."

This number is already quite astonishing.

Clearly, Shi Potian had not relaxed in the slightest throughout the year.

"Have a show?"

Shi Potian looked at Qin Feng, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, "Imperial Arena, let me see just how strong you really are now."

"it is good."

Qin Feng readily agreed.

"Let's go! Let's watch the game!"

Qian Duoduo immediately became excited, "Let me tell you, Lao Shi's rank in the Imperial Arena is even higher than Lao Qin's a year ago! He might just crush Lao Qin!"

The three immediately entered their respective rooms and connected to the Imperial Arena.

A friendly sparring match ensued.

The battle began quickly and ended even faster.

Shi Potian launched his fiercest attack right from the start.

His Nine-Fold Thunder Blade was even more ferocious and swift than it had been a year ago.

However, no matter how ferocious his attacks were, they were all easily neutralized by Qin Feng, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

Qin Feng didn't even move an inch. He simply stood in place, casually parrying and deflecting Shi Potian's attacks with his spear, thus neutralizing them all.

Just one minute later, Shi Potian stopped his attack, took a step back, and said decisively:
"I surrender."

He knew that continuing the fight was pointless.

The gap between them was greater than he had imagined.

The three withdrew from the arena.

Looking at the calm Qin Feng and the thoughtful Shi Potian, Qian Duoduo guessed, "I reckon Old Qin's killing techniques must be fully perfected by now, otherwise he couldn't have defended against them so easily."

Upon hearing this, Shi Potian shook his head. He looked at Qin Feng with a hint of shock and deep respect in his eyes.

He slowly uttered two words.

"Control."

"what?"

Qian Duoduo was taken aback.

"It's the 'Control' realm."

Shi Potian explained, "During the battle just now, I couldn't tell at all whether he was using the Thousand Army Spear or the Ferocious Bird Fist. Every move he made seemed simple and unadorned, yet it was perfectly smooth, effortless, and left no trace. The only explanation is that he has cultivated both killing techniques to the point of 'mastery' and has incorporated his own ideas into them."

Upon hearing Shi Potian's analysis, Qian Duoduo's mouth gaped open in an "O" shape.

Seeing the shocked expressions on their faces, Qin Feng smiled and said modestly:
"Well, we managed to get it under control by luck."

"..."

Silence fell over the dormitory once again.

Qian Duoduo and Shi Potian exchanged a glance, both seeing endless emotions in each other's eyes.

They didn't need to think to know how much effort Qin Feng had put in and how much cruel hardship he had endured behind that simple word "luck".

That was forged bit by bit, through sheer willpower and sheer willpower amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
"go!"

After a while, Qian Duoduo suddenly jumped up from the sofa and said loudly.

"Let's go! Let's eat in the cafeteria! To celebrate the triumphant return of the Qin king!"

"It's been so long since we ate together!"

"go!"

Qin Feng and Shi Potian also stood up with smiles on their faces.

The three of them walked side by side, pushed open the door, and strode towards the familiar cafeteria. The central cafeteria of Qiming No.1 High School was still the most popular and noisiest place on the entire campus.

Tens of thousands of students come and go here, picking up food, eating, and chatting loudly, full of youthful energy.

When Qin Feng, Qian Duoduo, and Shi Potian carried the three pure black B-grade energy meals—representing top-tier treatment—to a window seat, a strange "silent circle" with a radius of about ten meters appeared around them amidst the surrounding noise.

The students who were heading towards this area stopped abruptly the moment they saw Qin Feng, as if they had bumped into an invisible wall of air.

Their faces showed confusion and fear, and then, without prior arrangement, they chose to take a detour to a more distant location.

The students already seated near this area unconsciously lowered their voices. Their gazes would glance, with a mixture of respect and awe, at the black-haired boy quietly slicing the steak, before quickly shifting away.

The entire process was quiet and harmonious, with no one issuing any instructions.

This is a biological instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.

Because, at this moment, although Qin Feng had tried his best to restrain himself, the tangible killing aura that he had condensed on the planet Purgatory-VII after a whole year of bloodshed and life-or-death battles was still like a leech, impossible to completely conceal.

It was a pure, cold, terrifying aura that seemed ready to erupt at any moment and devour its inhabitants.

He simply sat there quietly, like a prehistoric beast lurking among a flock of sheep, completely out of place with the peaceful and serene atmosphere of the campus.

"Teacher Lin Yue is right."

Qin Feng felt the fearful gazes around him, and then looked at his right hand, which had instinctively tightened its grip on the knife after hearing the sound of a plate falling to the ground at the next table. He couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation.

"It seems that I really need to rest for a few days and completely relax the tense killing intent and spirit I have on the battlefield."

He found that he could no longer completely separate his "combat state" from his "daily state".

The experiences of this past year have etched vigilance and a thirst for killing into his very bones.

"hey-hey."

Qian Duoduo, standing to the side, seemed to be enjoying the feeling of being the center of attention.

He straightened his back, deliberately pushed his B-grade plate forward, and smugly enjoyed the awe-inspiring gazes of the students around him, as if to say, "See that? This ferocious beast is my brother."

Shi Potian showed no reaction to this. He simply ate his meal quietly, as if everything around him was irrelevant.

Of course, there were also quite a few bolder students, or those who recognized Qin Feng, who pointed at him from a distance and whispered among themselves.

"That...that person, is it Qin Feng? The rookie champion from a year ago?"

"It looks like him! Wasn't he missing for a year? Why is he suddenly back?"

"My God, his aura is terrifying... I felt a chill run down my spine just from looking at him."

What exactly did he experience this past year?

Curiosity, shock, fear... all sorts of emotions spread rapidly like ripples in the cafeteria.

……

at the same time.

The campus forum of Qiming No.1 High School, a place where all students exchange information, was instantly ignited by Qin Feng's return.

Within five minutes of him stepping into the cafeteria, a bold, highlighted, and pinned hot post shot up to the top of the forum's homepage at lightning speed.

[Hot Post 1: The King Returns! Rookie King Qin Feng, who disappeared for a year, reappears in the central cafeteria!]

The poster is a second-year high school student with the ID "Cafeteria Observer".

Main content:

"Brothers! Something big has happened! I just saw a legendary figure in the cafeteria—last year's Rookie of the Year, Qin Feng!"

He sat with his two senior classmates, Qian Duoduo and Shi Potian, and they were also eating a B-grade energy meal.

But that's not the point! The point is, what kind of feeling he gave me!

My God! I swear, I've never seen such a terrifying person in my life! He was just sitting there quietly eating, but even from more than ten meters away, I felt like I was being stared at by a demon that had crawled out of hell! Every hair on my body stood on end!
That aura... it doesn't seem like that of a student at all!

Attached is a candid photo taken in the distance; you can get a feel for the atmosphere! (Image)
I now strongly suspect that during his year-long disappearance, he was secretly conscripted and sent to the real battlefield of all races!

This post, like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirred up a thousand waves.

Reply:

"Holy crap! First! Is what the poster said true? That monster is back?!"

"I can vouch for you! I was in the cafeteria too! What the poster said is absolutely right! There's practically a vacuum zone within ten meters of Qin Feng! Nobody dares to get close!"

"My goodness, just looking at the photos, I can feel the pressure. Are these really students from our school?"

"Has he become so terrifying after just one year? What has he been through in the past year?"

"It's terrifying to think about... Does his return mean... he'll be participating in this year's 'Rising Star' competition?"

This post instantly ignited the enthusiasm of all the senior high school students.

They flocked to the post, sharing their observations and speculations, pushing the post's popularity to a new peak.

Immediately afterwards, a second and a third hot post emerged like mushrooms after rain.

[Hot Post 2: In-depth Analysis! Why is Rookie King Qin Feng still on a B-level contract a year later? Is it due to stagnant skill or something else?]

This post takes a more unconventional approach, directly addressing the core of the issue.

Main content:

"Everyone, I've noticed a detail. According to the poster's description and photos, Senior Qin Feng is still eating B-grade energy meals. This means that his resource contract is still B-grade."

This is very interesting.

As we all know, given Qin Feng's performance and talent last year, as long as he continues his training step by step and accumulates points, it will be no difficult for him to upgrade his contract to A-level within this year.

But why didn't he?
I boldly guess that there are two possibilities:
First, he encountered a bottleneck this year, his strength stagnated, and he was unable to obtain enough performance points to upgrade his contract.

Second, he wasn't even at school that year! The tasks he performed might not be linked to the school's GPA system!
What do you all think?

(End of this chapter)