I possess boundless talent; even geniuses are no match for me.

......

"Have you heard? Chen Yu actually made a bold statement, saying he's going to launch a positional exchange campaign against the upperclassmen!"

"Every top-tier sophomore in the school who has free time has now received a challenge from Chen Yu."

"Even Senior Fang Lang is on Chen Yu's challenge list! He's a powerhouse ranked 52nd on the sophomore leaderboard!"

"Fang Lang? He's at the second level of Blood Exchange, and he's also mastered Qi and Blood Martial Arts. Has Chen Yu gone mad?"

"Ridiculous! Do they really think that just because they won the title of Wuhan University's Rookie of the Year, they can treat us upperclassmen like we're not human?"

"No matter how much potential he has, it's still just potential. Now is not the time for him to be arrogant!"

"As expected of a martial arts fanatic, he's really insane! Looks like he didn't get his fill in the university student exchange match!"

At this moment, the news that Chen Yu had challenged several strong second-year students had spread throughout the Huaying campus.

Not only freshmen, but also many sophomores, juniors and even seniors have heard the news.

Most people scoffed at this.

Chen Yu's talent is impressive, even surpassing that of the strongest contestants in the previous four generations of Hua Ying.

But talent is just talent; before it matures, talent cannot be equated with actual combat strength.

At this moment, many older students were already ready to see Chen Yu make a fool of himself.

Second floor of Huaying Cafeteria.

Zhao Tianyi, Hao Xi, and even Wan Jiahao and Tang Wan surrounded Chen Yu.

After the exchange competition among freshmen at Wuhan University, the two were completely impressed and naturally joined Chen Yu's small group.

"Chen Yu, are you really planning to team up and challenge the top sophomores in two days?"

"I heard there's also Fang Lang, and that guy is no ordinary person."

While showing off the food in front of him, Zhao Tianyi asked curiously.

When he first heard the news, he thought it was a joke, but after inquiring, he found out it wasn't.

"I think the captain just didn't get enough playing time. None of the freshmen are a match for him, so he can only look for sophomores, right?"

Jia Wanhao is now a complete "Chen Yu fanboy" and doesn't see anything wrong with it.

Chen Yu smiled and said, "It's just Fang Lang, not Wan Hengqian, who was ranked first in the second year. What's so surprising about that?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a furious shout suddenly came from not far away:

"What arrogance!"

Chen Yu looked up at the sound and saw two men and a woman slowly walking towards him.

Who are you?

He didn't know any of the three people at all.

"Who are we?" The leader's expression changed, then he was so angry he laughed, pointing to his own face and hissing:

"You challenged me yourself, and now you're asking who I am?"

"Hai Mingtao, ranked 66th on the sophomore list."

Chen Yu recalled that there was indeed such a person on his challenge list.

In order to secure his qualification to travel to the Astral Plane and also to replicate some of his talents, he naturally challenged everyone he could to a duel.

Hai Mingtao is one of them.

"Got it. I'll be waiting in line in two days. I need to improve my ranking before I can fight you."

Chen Yu waved his hand, indicating that he understood.

He had previously defeated Xu Changkong and ranked ninety-first on the sophomore leaderboard, but he was not yet qualified to face Hai Mingtao.

The reason for deliberately making this a big deal is to gather these top second-year students together so that they can challenge them one by one and save some time.

Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to report a single position change battle for three days.

This nonchalant attitude instantly turned Hai Mingtao's face green with anger.

He realized that Chen Yu didn't take him seriously at all!

"Well done, no wonder he's the newcomer king of Wuhan University this year!"

"Two days from now, I'll see if you have the ability to match your arrogance."

After saying that, Hai Mingtao left the cafeteria quickly with his men without waiting for Chen Yu's reply.

Hao Xi watched them leave, his expression somewhat serious as he reminded them:

"Chen Yu, this Hai Mingtao is ranked sixty-sixth on the second-year ranking list, and is a master of the second level of the Blood Exchange Realm."

"Be very careful in two days!"

Jia Wanhao nodded repeatedly and said, "Captain, be careful! We'll all be there to cheer you on!"

"Blood Exchange Realm Level Two..." Chen Yu's eyes flickered slightly.

He was only at the second level of the Blood Exchange Realm, far from being his match.

Hai Mingtao, in particular, although ranked sixty-sixth on the sophomore rankings, is no match for Fang Lang in terms of combat strength.

The core reason lies in the martial arts of Qi and Blood.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Chen Yu mastered the first strike of the Blood Thunder Three Blades in less than a month.

However, he possesses a purple-quality swordsmanship talent, a true genius that only hundreds of inhabited planets have the opportunity to nurture.

For most people, mastering martial arts techniques involving qi and blood is extremely difficult, even for students of Huaying Martial Arts University.

In a year, it would be difficult to even get to the basics of Qi and Blood Martial Arts.

"Talent... even the top-tier blue-quality talent in Jiangcheng seems incredibly ordinary given the sheer number of them."

Chen Yu sighed inwardly.

He possesses six purple-quality talents, and now, in his eyes, blue-quality talents are merely "ordinary" and not particularly outstanding.

For him, the only use of blue-quality talents now is as a consumable for forging to enhance other useful talents.

"The next step in forging the core should be to continue focusing on cultivating talent."

"With my current talent, my limit-breaking ability should be higher than Lao Fang's fourth rank, around the fifth rank."

"However, if one can reforge their top-tier martial arts foundation and elevate it to a higher stage, this limit can be increased once again!"

"Moreover, each upgrade of a high-quality talent has a terrifyingly large impact, at least raising my limit to the seventh or even eighth rank!"

Chen Yu pondered in his mind, estimating his current level of talent.

He now possesses six purple-level talents, making him naturally stronger than Fang Xiong was back then.

After all, he has everything Fang Xiong has, and he also has things that Fang Xiong doesn't have.

If his martial arts foundation could be strengthened even further, his talent would far surpass Fang Xiong's, reaching a level never before seen in the history of Crimson Star.

"However, once you start from purple quality, it becomes quite difficult to continue forging to higher levels."

Chen Yu glanced at the forging progress. He had previously used several blue talents, but the forging progress of [Martial Arts Supreme Root Bone] was still zero.

Clearly, the amount of smelting materials required for purple quality and above is extremely high.

Even blue-quality talents are now much less effective.

As for talents below the blue quality level?

The effect was practically negligible.

"Take it slow. After all, there are still so many geniuses on Crimson Star who haven't fought me yet."

"Moreover, if we can enter the Astral Plane, there are geniuses everywhere, and even geniuses from the Star Beast Clan."

Chen Yu wasn't in a hurry.

How many people's talents has he copied so far?

It probably doesn't even amount to a fraction of what Crimson Star possesses; sooner or later, they'll be able to stack up their [Top-Grade Martial Arts Bone].

If the quality isn't good enough, then make up for it with quantity!

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