High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

Two seconds felt like an eternity.

Chen Mo gritted his teeth, but still couldn't stop his hand from moving closer to the table.

Just how strong is this old man?!

"Wasn't it said that Principal Shi had lost his Grandmaster origins?"

At first, Chen Mo didn't think there was much of a gap between himself and Principal Shi, who had lost his Grandmaster origin and was roughly equivalent to a level twelve martial artist.

But now it seems that the difference between the top four levels of martial artists is like heaven and earth!

"You've got incredible resilience, kid." Even Principal Shi was surprised by Chen Mo's strength.

Putting aside physical strength, Chen Mo's physical strength is also frighteningly high.

He was now using considerable force; a normal level six martial artist's hand would have been crushed into a pulp, and their arm would have been broken.

But apart from the cracks in the steel sheet, the boy in front of us showed no signs of collapse anywhere else.

Logically speaking, even the strongest body of a level six martial artist wouldn't be this strong, especially with newly forged steel bones; it should break under this force.

Principal Shi was unaware that Chen Mo had already created the Indestructible Golden Bone, and Chen Mo would not emit any aura unless he activated the Golden Bone.

"Time's up!"

Gu Feng, who had been staring at the time, suddenly narrowed his eyes and shouted, pulling the two of them back to reality.

"Good lad, no wonder Song Bin likes you so much."

Principal Shi laughed heartily, not caring that he hadn't overpowered Chen Mo in two seconds.

"What's wrong with your body? It's too strong for a level six martial artist, but it doesn't seem like that of a level four martial artist."

"Oh, my bones have mutated; it seems I've forged an indestructible golden body in advance."

Chen Mo activated his Golden Bone at the opportune moment, releasing waves of Grandmaster-level pressure.

"I see..." Principal Shi suddenly realized, no wonder his body was so resilient.

"Song Bin has taken on a good disciple; don't disgrace your master's name."

"Of course, I will only become stronger than Uncle Song!" Chen Mo nodded. His goal was not just to become a Grandmaster, but to reach a realm beyond Grandmaster.

"Alright, this old man is going to rest now. Goodnight!"

Principal Shi waved his hand, and Chen Mo and the others flew out of the courtyard.

Gu Feng plopped down on Liu Yun's head, who had just bought braised large intestines, and Yang Zuo casually put the braised large intestines away.

This is good stuff, I'll save some to eat with rice later...

"Wait a minute, where's the treasure you promised?" Chen Mo scratched his head. This old man couldn't go back on his word, could he?

That's not fair!

How can you go back on your word!

"What treasure?" Liu Yun scratched his head; that butt was hard enough just now.

"Principal Shi just said that if we can arm wrestle with him for two seconds, he will give us his treasured possession."

Chen Mo sighed, realizing that he had been fooled by the old man.

"I held out for two seconds, and he just said 'goodnight' and threw us out."

"Ah, where did the old headmaster get this treasure?"

Liu Yun sighed, dusted himself off, and stood up.

"Oh no, where's my large intestine?"

Yang Zuo put his hands behind his back, pretending to be lost in thought.

"You don't know, the reason why Shancheng Martial Academy has been able to persist until now is not only because it acquires materials in the Abyss Rift, but also because of the old principal's assets."

"The former principal donated all his belongings before he came to guard the tomb; they were worth over 170 billion at the time."

"..." Chen Mo's face darkened; the old man was indeed trying to fool him.

"The old headmaster's favorite thing is to tease you young people; he doesn't mean any harm."

"Chen, what do you want...?"

As Liu Yun was speaking, she suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Mo with disbelief.

"You mean you arm wrestled with the old principal for two seconds?"

"When I visited the old principal last time, I also had my arm broken."

Liu Yun glanced at them and saw that, apart from He Miao, whose arm injury had not yet healed, the others were all unharmed.

At most, my hands will just be a little swollen.

"People are different from each other, Lao Liu."

Chen Mo patted Liu Yun, who was lost in self-doubt, and turned to leave.

Gu Feng and the others followed closely behind, all patting Liu Yun on the shoulder and shaking their heads, just like Chen Mo.

After Yang Zuo finished taking a picture of Liu Yun, Liu Yun couldn't help but wrinkle her nose.

"Why do I smell braised pork intestines...?"

"When did the old headmaster acquire this skill?"

Liu Yunning would rather suspect that the old principal was just craving braised intestines than suspect that Yang Zuo had taken his three jin of braised intestines.

After all, Yang Zuo's usual image is too serious, and he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would be obsessed with braised intestines.

......

As time went by, more and more students from the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy joined the exploration of the Abyss Rift.

The entire Mountain City Martial Academy is thriving, and even those students who used to be academics have begun to try their hand at combat.

They discovered that combat provided a far greater boost to martial arts than simply focusing on intensive training.

Moreover... their unique fighting spirit, inherent to martial artists, was fully ignited in battle after battle.

The entire Mountain City Martial Academy is now like it's gone berserk, with wave after wave of people entering the abyss to hunt abyss beasts.

"Principal, why don't we just surrender?" Sun Liguo said somewhat naively.

So far, only one in ten students from the academic school remain; they have all turned to the practical approach.

Even some of the instructors who joined the academic school for profit have joined the practical school.

"Let's give the principal's position to someone with practical experience. I'm afraid that if we struggle for it, in the end, it'll just be the two of us left."

"If you can't speak properly, then shut up and stop disturbing my thoughts!"

Wu Yaozu was now extremely worried. At this rate, they would soon be kicked out of the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy.

It's impossible to get to Chen Mo through him, since he has at least two Grandmasters, Song Bin and Qiu Wushuang, behind him.

This doesn't even include the thirteen violent freaks from the Great Xia Grandmaster Academy.

"Fine, you're right. Let's write the resignation letter first; at least we can keep our pension..."

Wu Yaozu sighed, took out paper and pen and began to think about how to gracefully withdraw.

Behind him, Sun Liguo, who had always been simple-minded, suddenly became clear-eyed, and a sinister smile that shouldn't have appeared on his face appeared.

...

"Forty-nine percent!"

In the middle of the night, Chen Mo swallowed five grams of energy liquid and continued to temper the muscles of his upper body.

With only a few days left before the end of this exchange program at the Mountain City Martial Arts Academy, he was determined to complete the muscle-tempering task before it concluded.