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Chapter 233 Customized Mission (Two-in-One, 4.7K)

Chu Huaishan's spear skills were superb.

In his hands, the gun seemed less like a weapon and more like an extension of his body.

Thrust, flick, sweep, deflect – each move is fluid and natural, yet conceals deadly intent.

The shimmering white aura at the tip of the spear was incredibly sharp, each burst accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, leaving afterimages in the air.

Nolan Bach's double axes are equally ferocious.

His fighting style is wild and direct; every axe blow carries the force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks. The pale yellow glow on the axe surface bursts out suddenly when he strikes, making it incredibly powerful.

But hidden within this wildness lies subtlety. His double axes are both offensive and defensive, capable of launching continuous attacks and blocking Chu Huaishan's spear path at crucial moments.

Both of them are martial artists at the Innate Realm, and they have progressed very far in this realm.

Releasing their inner energy outwards is an instinct they can do effortlessly.

Both Chu Huaishan's spear light and Nolan Bach's axe light were refined to the extreme, far exceeding the level of ordinary innate realm martial artists.

Their strengths were very close, and they demonstrated extremely high levels of martial arts skill.

Spears and axes clashed fiercely, and the battle quickly reached a fever pitch.

In the fierce battle, both sides suffered losses.

Chu Huaishan's shoulder was grazed by Nolan Bach's axe wind, his martial arts uniform was torn, revealing his shoulder where a large piece of flesh had been cut off, and it was covered in blood.

At the same time, Nolan Bach also took a blow to the ribs from Chu Huaishan's spear, and his body staggered obviously, his martial arts uniform on his ribs instantly stained red with blood.

This exchange of injuries was just a microcosm of the duel. The two wounded fighters fought with increasing ferocity, continuing their high-intensity battle as if their injuries didn't exist.

Chen Mochuan, who was watching the game intently, had a look of amazement in his eyes.

Whenever the two displayed their exquisite moves, he would secretly praise them in his heart and verify them with his own knowledge.

These two senior students are far stronger than Chen Mochuan, who is still in the Transcendent Realm. Whether it is the exquisiteness of their martial arts skills or their control of the rhythm of the battle, there is much for him to learn.

The intense duel lasted for more than ten minutes.

Just when everyone thought the battle would continue to be deadlocked, the situation suddenly took a turn.

After a fierce slash from Gekernolan Bach, Chu Huaishan suddenly changed his spear technique.

Instead of creating distance to regroup, he pressed forward, his spear like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair, aimed straight for Nolan Bach's throat.

Nolan Bach reacted extremely quickly, using his left hand to block the gun's path with his short axe, while his right hand swung the short axe upwards, aiming straight for Chu Huaishan's jaw.

This move combines offense and defense, and can be described as exquisite.

However, Chu Huaishan's marksmanship was even more cunning than Nolan Bach had anticipated.

Just as the double axes were about to block the spear's path, Chu Huaishan flicked his wrist, and the spear tip trembled violently, managing to bypass Nolan Bach's left-hand short axe block at an incredible angle!

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The gun tip pierced Nolan Bach's left arm, and blood splattered everywhere!

One inch long, one inch strong.

Chu Huaishan made full use of the advantages of the spear, and his sudden change of move directly dealt a heavy blow to his opponent.

Nolan Bach grunted, and was about to retreat and regroup when the true energy emanating from the tip of Chu Huaishan's spear suddenly surged, striking him like a thunderbolt. His left arm immediately lost its strength, and a short axe slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

With his left arm severely injured and missing an axe, Nolan Bach's combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

Chu Huaishan naturally wouldn't let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He brandished his spear again, its blades flashing like a rain of pear blossoms, completely enveloping Nolan Bach.

Nolan Bach could only hold the axe with one hand, but without the cooperation of both arm and axe, his moves became vulnerable.

After exchanging only a few more blows, Chu Huaishan seized an opportunity and pierced his chest with a spear.

Nolan Bach's figure suddenly stiffened, then he turned into a white light and disappeared from the arena.

Only Chu Huaishan, his clothes soaked in blood, stood proudly on the arena, holding a gun in one hand.

"The victor is Huaguo, Chu Huaishan!" The referee's voice resounded throughout the stadium.

As the exciting battle came to a close, Li Biao excitedly shouted, "As expected, Chu Huaishan from our country is still the best! Two championship favorites clashed, and he turned out to be the real demon king! Maybe he really has a chance to win the championship!"

Chen Mochuan nodded in agreement.

Although he couldn't personally feel the aura emanating from the two men through the screen, he could tell from the details he observed with his own eyes that even though Chu Huaishan and Nolan Bach were young, their strength was not weak among all the martial artists in the Innate Realm.

If we were to encounter the Tier 2 Bone-Splitting Mastiff on the eighth level of the Beast Hunting Trial, we could probably kill it in just a few moves.

However, Chu Huaishan, who is stronger among them, may still have a chance to win the championship.

Just then, Li Biao suddenly turned his head and looked at Chen Mochuan with a smile.

"Brother Chuan, by this time next year, you should be able to participate in the Hidden Dragon Tournament. Let's get a good ranking in our first year and test the waters."

He paused, his eyes filled with anticipation, "And then another year later, when you're a junior, you'll definitely sweep everyone and win the championship!"

Chen Mochuan was taken aback at first, then chuckled, "I didn't expect you to have so much confidence in me."

Li Biao nodded quickly, "Of course, you can create miracles!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mochuan's lips curled up slightly. This time, he didn't feign modesty. "Thank you for your kind words."

He didn't say anything grand or ambitious. He simply turned his gaze back to the screen, watching Chu Huaishan raise his spear and receive cheers from the crowd, a hint of longing flashing in his eyes.

Hidden Dragon Race —

That's for next year.

Before that, what he needs to do is continue to be down-to-earth and become stronger step by step.

After the slow-motion replay and analysis of key details of this pivotal match, another round of 32 matches will follow.

The duel was between a dashing Chinese woman wielding a long sword and a bald monk from Bharata with dark brown skin and a staff.

Although the two contestants were not considered favorites for the championship, those who made it to the top 32 of the Hidden Dragon Tournament are considered top figures among the younger generation of Blue Star, and they presented Li Biao and Chen Mochuan with a wonderful duel.

Just as the two were engrossed in watching, Xiaoyun's phantom appeared in the living room, indicating that Li Cheng had come to visit outside Chen Mochuan's villa.

Soon, Li Cheng entered the living room under Xiao Yun's guidance.

"The Hidden Dragon Tournament?" Upon seeing the images on the projected television, Li Cheng's attention was immediately drawn, and he quickly moved closer to Chen Mochuan and the other man to watch the match together.

When the Chinese female swordsman, with her valiant and heroic bearing, unleashed a swift and deadly sword strike, severing all the joints of the Bharata monk's two arms, the outcome of the battle became crystal clear.

Li Cheng immediately laughed and said, "Our country performed really well today, winning two games in a row!"

He had obviously watched the earlier match between Chu Huaishan and Nolan Bach.

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that he had come to see Chen Mochuan, and quickly slapped his forehead, "I almost forgot the important thing—Brother Chen, I just saw an assistance mission from the military in the mission hall, which I'm sure you'll be interested in."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mochuan turned down the TV volume, signaling Li Cheng to continue.

He was no stranger to the mission system of Yunhan Martial Arts University.

Unlike the simple coursework of high school, Yunhan Martial Arts University does not assign any mandatory tasks during the first month of freshmen's enrollment. After that, students are required to complete a certain amount of fieldwork every period of time.

Such measures aim to tell students that they cannot simply study in isolation, but encourage them to step out of the campus, engage with the outside world, test what they have learned in practice, and accumulate experience. Otherwise, they may become disconnected from society, and working in isolation is not the result that the school wants to see.

The missions are all issued from the school's mission hall. Apart from missions assigned by the school itself, most of them are assistance requests issued by the military, police and government departments in various parts of Songjiang Province, and there are also a very small number of missions from outside the province.

However, these cross-provincial tasks usually require higher-level approval and the process is more complicated, so students rarely have access to them.

The missions are mostly combat-related, with the majority being hunting ferocious beasts, though occasionally missions related to cults will appear.

Completing these tasks not only meets the school's practical requirements for each semester, but also earns corresponding Yunhan points and some additional rewards.

The value of Yunhan Points at Yunhan Wuhan University far exceeds that of Blue Star Coins.

With Yunhan Points, students can redeem various cultivation resources on campus, ranging from basic Qi and Blood Tonics and Recovery Medicines to advanced cultivation qualifications, rare and precious materials, and even extra usage time for special facilities such as Gravity Chamber and Spirit Waterfall.

Therefore, for students of Yunhan Martial Arts University, earning points and improving their strength are equally important.

Some tasks with generous rewards or that are easy to complete are often claimed by students as soon as they are released, and there are no more if you are not quick enough.

Over the past two months, Chen Mochuan has also completed several tasks in order to meet the school's minimum standards.

He was wondering what kind of mission would make Li Cheng make a special trip when he saw that the other party had already operated his personal terminal and projected the mission information.

Li Biao also came over, craning his neck to watch the excitement.

【Mission Name: Wilderness Extermination (Antu City)】

[Mission Description: Recently, the ferocious beasts in the wilderness area of ​​Antu City have shown unusual behavior, with small-scale gatherings already occurring. To prevent the beasts from gathering excessively and forming a large-scale beast tide, the Antu City garrison base is preparing to intervene in advance and clear out some of the small-scale gatherings of ferocious beasts.]

[Task Difficulty: Tier 1 ★★★★★]

[Number of participants: 10 (must be full)]

[Mission Restriction: The team must have at least 3 locals from Antu]

[Task Reward: 200 Yunhan Points (per person)]

[Note: During the mission, the garrison will provide necessary equipment support and logistical support.]

Judging that Chen Mochuan and the other man had already finished reading the mission information, Li Cheng said with a somewhat strange expression, "Why do I have the feeling that this mission was specially tailor-made for you by the Antu military?"

Li Biao nodded in deep agreement, "Indeed—although the mission difficulty is marked as five stars, which looks quite scary, the danger can be shared by a team of 10 people, and it requires that there must be a Antu person, and the reward of Yunhan points is so much—isn't this just giving away benefits?"

It has been three and a half months since the students enrolled. The new students have all done some tasks, but the ordinary tasks only reward twenty or thirty Yunhan Points, and the more difficult ones only reward around fifty points.

If a task with 80 or 100 points is offered, as long as the difficulty isn't too outrageous, it will immediately be snapped up by the new students.

Li Biao had never seen a task like this before, which offered a reward of 200 points and was so clearly targeted at a specific group.

Li Cheng laughed and said, "I must say, the military in Antu City is indeed quite generous; they'll have to spend at least 2000 on this mission."

"The exchange of resources from Dianyunhan points with our school must have cost you a lot; you're really being kind to us."

Li Biao feigned gratitude and remarked, "It's always good to be from the same hometown. They've considered the difficulties faced by us students and are making a special effort to help us out."

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng rolled his eyes.

Because of Chen Mochuan, he had a lot of contact with Li Biao and liked his straightforward personality, so the two became very close.

"The main reason is that this task rewards enough points," Li Cheng continued. "According to the school's regulations, once you complete it, you will directly meet the practical requirements for this semester. You won't need to do any other tasks after that, and you can focus on your cultivation."

He was very envious.

Unfortunately, he was not a native of Songjiang Province. Even if a similar mission were issued in his hometown, the mission center of Yunhan Martial Arts University was unlikely to accept assistance requests from other provinces. After all, the school had the closest cooperative relationship with the military and police system of Songjiang Province, and the process of connecting with other institutions was much more complicated and the approval cycle was longer.

This kind of benefit usually only applies to certain specific student groups in Songjiang Province.

Chen Mochuan, who had been silent and simply listening to their conversation, was secretly making plans in his mind.

He looked at Li Cheng and asked, "We have nine fellow villagers from Antu and Yunhai who are acquainted with each other, and our team is short one person. Would you like to join this mission?"

Li Cheng came over just to remind Chen Mochuan, to tell him this as a funny story. He thought that the locals on the other side must have already filled all the spots, and it would be inconvenient for him to get involved. He didn't expect this unexpected surprise, so of course he readily agreed.

"That's wonderful! I'd be more than happy to benefit from your kindness!"

Although the five-star mission is difficult, as long as it is still within the first tier and the team has a powerful figure like Chen Mochuan in charge, nothing unexpected is likely to happen.

In addition to himself and Zhong Xu, two high-end combatants, he had also met An Tu and Yun Hai's classmates, who were all quite strong and would at least not hold him back.

In this way, the 200 points are practically free.

Chen Mochuan smiled and nodded, then immediately contacted his fellow villagers through his personal terminal.

He first sent Zhong Xu a message, briefly explaining the situation. Zhong Xu's reply was as concise as ever: "Okay."

Subsequently, their old classmates Jiang Hao and Su Zhining, as well as the Xia siblings, Ding Muzhi, and An Chiyu, all responded enthusiastically.

The team of ten was quickly assembled.

As the temporary team leader, Chen Mochuan confirmed the team roster in the mission system and accepted the mission.

The system immediately displayed a notification: "Mission accepted successfully. Please report to the military base in Antu City within three days. Failure to do so will be considered an automatic abandonment of the mission, and you will be unable to accept other missions for the next ten days."

"Alright," Chen Mochuan shut down his personal terminal, looked at Li Cheng and Li Biao, "Let's get ready. We're leaving for Antu tomorrow!"

That night, Chen Mochuan sat in the study of Chenxing No. 1, with several holographic projection screens floating in front of him.

One map showed the wilderness area related to missions in Antu City, and the other was a summary of information about the recent abnormal activity of ferocious beasts, which he retrieved from the school's database.

"Small-scale gathering of ferocious beasts — unusual activity —"

Looking at the intelligence summary, Chen Mochuan frowned slightly.

In recent years, abnormal behavior of ferocious beasts has not only been observed in the wilderness areas around Antu City, but such situations have also occurred more frequently in various parts of Songjiang Province than in previous years.

For some reason, Chen Mochuan thought of the spatial rift he had seen through the memory fragments of the brown-skinned horned rat, and felt a vague unease in his heart.

But he quickly suppressed those emotions.

If he could discover the problem through incomplete and fragmented information, those in higher positions must have known about these anomalies long ago. This is not something a freshman at the Transcendent Realm should be concerned with.

"Perhaps we can ask Master then—"

However, Fu Dongliu left Yunhan Martial Arts University more than half a month ago, seemingly to take care of some important business. Before leaving, he specifically told Chen Mochuan that he would not be able to come back for a while and that he should not worry about him and should focus on his cultivation.

After turning off the screen, Chen Mochuan got up and walked to the window.

Outside the window, the moonlight, like water, spilled onto the rooftops of the villas in Chenxing District, casting a cool, silvery glow.

"An Tu————"

He murmured the familiar name, a strange emotion welling up inside him.

It has been almost half a year since I left my hometown in June.

Although I frequently video-called my parents during this time and knew they were doing well, I still missed them somewhat.

"I wonder if I'll have time to go back and visit after the mission is over —"

He shook his head, temporarily suppressing these thoughts, and turned to walk towards the underground martial arts room.

We're setting off tomorrow, but we can't neglect today's practice.

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