Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

A glint flashed in Chu Kuangren's eyes, and he actually didn't retreat even half a step, holding his arms horizontally in front of him, forcefully blocking Nefertiti's punch.

But the moment he blocked the punch, he inwardly cried out in alarm, because Nephalem's punch was lighter than he had imagined. This didn't mean that this legendary spy of the Seven Luminaries Empire was a soft-hearted person with a reputation that outweighed his strength, but rather that...

The Nephalem are about to change their tactics!

As expected, amidst the gasps of the audience, Nephalem changed his fist into a palm and suddenly grabbed Chu Kuangren's arm. At the same time, the foreshadowing from his earlier jump came into play; using Chu Kuangren's arm as a fulcrum, he flew into the air.

This scene is extremely entertaining.

At a certain point in time, the Nephalem happened to fly above Chu Kuangren. When Chu Kuangren looked up, the two of them were in a straight line perpendicular to the ground, connected by the Nephalem's arm, which looked extremely dangerous.

Chu Kuangren knew that Nefertari was trying to use the momentum to twist his arm off. However, he was extremely flexible and only slightly shifted his body. Even when Nefertari grabbed his arm and landed behind him, he couldn't twist it off.

It's worth mentioning that Nephalem never let go of Chu Kuangren's arm.

The two sides clashed again.

An inch shorter, an inch more dangerous.

The two fighters were adept at using their fists, palms, fingers, and claws. Nephalem changed his palm into a claw, and with a tearing sound, Chu Kuangren's clothes were ripped to shreds, leaving several bloody welts on his arms. However, Chu Kuangren was no pushover either. He found the right angle, expressionlessly exerted force, and forcibly dislocated his shoulder, escaping Nephalem's control. At the same time, he unleashed a powerful 360-degree spinning side kick in the direction he turned, sending Nephalem flying more than ten meters away.

The cheers from the crowd were deafening!

Clearly, this scene also ignited the audience's enthusiasm... a closely matched battle is certainly exciting.

The Nephalem sprang to its feet.

Chu Kuangren pressed his right hand against his dislocated shoulder, moved it slightly, and with a crack, his shoulder returned to its original position.

Both knew they had truly encountered a formidable opponent this time, so they didn't rush to fight. Instead, they watched each other intently and moved slowly, undisturbed by the cheers from the sidelines.

"That's pretty impressive..." Jiu Yi's heart skipped a beat. He was no match for Nephalem. If this person could go toe-to-toe with Nephalem, then even if he lost in the end, he would definitely not be a match for this person.

Ying Qin Guan nodded and said, "It's alright."

As the two were talking, Chu Kuangren seemed to have found an opportunity. He stomped his right foot on the ground, causing the ground of the arena to slightly collapse and dust to fly up. He shot out like an arrow!

Too fast!

Nephalem's pupils contracted; unable to dodge in time, he could only raise his arms to protect himself. At the same time, he channeled his inner energy and sank his feet into the ground.

But Chu Kuangren's charge was too fierce. He slightly shifted his body and struck out with a powerful palm!

Nephalem was knocked back more than ten meters by a palm strike, leaving deep furrows in the ground with his feet. He barely managed to regain his balance when Chu Kuangren was right in front of him again, throwing a vicious punch!

The relentless onslaught was breathless!

"Oh.."

Facing Chu Kuangren who was about to pounce on him, Naifeitian was not surprised but delighted. He suddenly pulled out his foot, and yellow earth mixed with dust rushed towards Chu Kuangren.

A martial artist of Chu Kuangren's caliber possesses an iron will, unbreakable. Even if steel needles were to fly at him, he could defy human instinct and keep his eyes firmly open, refusing to close them even if a needle pierced his eye. However, the swirling yellow sand did indeed obstruct his vision. After he broke through this barrier...

The Nephalem have disappeared without a trace!

With his vast combat experience, Chu Kuangren reacted instantly, looking up. But it was too late. The Nephalem slammed its leg down from above! A pale blue light shimmered, like a falling comet, and it struck Chu Kuangren's shoulder with tremendous force!

This kick directly broke Chu Kuangren's collarbone! If Chu Kuangren hadn't reacted quickly and knelt down in time to deflect the force, it's likely that even more bones would have been broken!

Mingyin believed that the Nephalem could defeat the elderly sword saint and had a certain probability of dodging Ying Qin Guan's consciousness slash. Such combat experience was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Nephalem kicked Chu Kuangren to his knees, but the latter did not give up his counterattack. He suddenly reached out and grabbed Nephalem's ankle, pulling him hard, trying to disrupt his balance before Nephalem's other foot landed.

His fighting spirit was indeed tenacious. Even after his collarbone was shattered and he was forced to kneel on the ground, he was still able to react quickly and launch a highly feasible counterattack.

If Yu Xietian and Jiu Yi were here, they would usually relax a little after this successful attack, and he might have succeeded. But Naifeitian had fought countless battles, and his reaction time was far superior to theirs. He actually fell down with the momentum, then braced himself against the ground with his hand. At the same time, he bent his left leg, using his strong knee to block Chu Kuangren's punch, and used the reaction force from his brace to propel himself forward!

A punch landed on Chu Kuangren's face, sending him flying five or six meters away!

The Nephalem landed on the ground, slapped the ground again, and used the reaction force to flip over and stand up.

"What?! Still want to fight?!"

Chapter Forty-Nine: The Money-Powerful One

The cheers in the arena gradually quieted down.

Chu Kuangren exhaled a breath of turbid air and got up from the ground.

His face was covered in blood, but for a martial artist of his caliber, it was merely a superficial injury. In fact, although his collarbone was broken, his combat ability wasn't significantly affected; if it really came down to it, he could still put up a fight.

But he sighed, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "You showed mercy... I lost."

Yes, he lost.

The Nephalem had held back with that kick; it only hit his collarbone. If it had hit his skull instead...

Even if the head is fine, the neck will be ruined.

During the initial exchange, Chu Kuangren hadn't considered all of this, but now that he'd calmed down a bit, he understood the key points and admitted his defeat.

"Thank you for your kind offer." Nephalem clasped his hands in a fist salute, turned around gracefully, and walked towards the passageway to the Great Arena.

A thunderous cheer erupted from the audience.

Chu Kuangren intends to emulate Ye Jiaofang by challenging the leaders of various schools of martial arts. He has already achieved nineteen victories, but now he has suffered a setback at the Seven Luminaries, which naturally brings pride to the people.

Amidst the thunderous cheers, the Nephalem calmly withdrew, likely having more bragging rights for future social gatherings.

In contrast, Chu Kuangren, as the loser, received little attention. He left the Grand Arena in a sorry state, and no one cared about him.

Ying Qin Guan rested his chin on his hand, glared with dead fish eyes, and said with dissatisfaction, "Damn it, he got away with it."

Jiu Yi, who had lost money, sighed, feeling both happy and regretful. He repeated, "Damn it, he managed to trick me."

-

Meanwhile, at the Yorozuya, Shinshin opened a book.

"This is certainly not a wise move..."

More than twenty years ago, the Seven Luminaries Empire faced enemy armies from all sides. In this time of crisis, the former emperor of the Seven Luminaries, in an effort to boost morale, toured the capital giving speeches, but was assassinated and lost his life. His son then ascended the throne.

The late emperor's son ascended the throne in a time of crisis, but he was young, only in his early twenties. He couldn't swallow the insult of his father's assassination, and in a fit of rage, he summoned Mu Huai-ren, ordering him to lead three hundred men to meet the enemy's seventy thousand-strong army.

His meaning should not be repeated here.

Historical records state that Mu Huai-ren "wanted to speak but hesitated, then closed his eyes and said yes," meaning that Mu Huai-ren wanted to say something, but ultimately closed his eyes and answered "yes."

Shen Xin guessed that he probably wanted to refuse, after all, who wants to lose their life? But if nothing unexpected happened, the Seven Luminaries Emperor was completely enraged at this moment. After all, according to records, he had a very good relationship with his father, and now that his father had suddenly passed away, it was impossible for him not to be angry. If Mu Huai Ren were to say "no" at this moment, it would really be like setting off a powder keg.

Shenxin closed the book, sensing that something was amiss, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. The whole affair seemed eerie, as if a deception was hidden within, and many things felt off, especially this Mu Huai Ren...

"What exactly is wrong..."

Everything Mu Huai-ren did seemed a bit off. But there was no way to verify this. A person facing death is capable of anything, so trying to extract anything from him would be difficult.

Fear is the ultimate goal; there's no way around it.

Besides these, there are two other targets that might be encountered during a fear-inducing event.

First, Wang Qiushui, who is suspected of intervening in the second incident.

Second, the Joker, who is suspected of being involved in the third incident.

These two are the most suspected. In contrast, no one can be blamed for the meteorite that fell in the first incident. Because no one could have done that on their own, it can only be attributed to the power of fear.

"Looks like I'll have to start gathering information on these two guys..."

Shen Xin got off the sofa and paced back and forth in the room for a while before finally deciding to go to the Royal Academy. The library there had a rich collection of books, and as one of the magicians who had been granted divine status, Wang Qiushui must have had a biography written about her.

Yu Xietian and Shen Xin went out together and took a taxi to the Imperial Court.

Shen Xin's brows furrowed.

"What exactly is wrong..."

-

The board game arcade was completely empty except for the owner.

He held the silver-gray pipe and tapped it rhythmically on the table, one tap at a time.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a code or a secret mechanism; it's just something the boss does when he's thinking.

A few days ago, Nocturne expressed concern about the frightening incident, and then she used a little trick to successfully pique the boss's interest in the matter as well.

But the boss isn't a god; he's just an ordinary businessman with a little bit of money. Even with so many people like Mu Nandong, Ye Qu, and the Shen sisters, Shen Xin and Shen Jiu, they still couldn't get close to the truth, let alone the boss.

But... he's rich.

Having money means the world is in easy mode.

The boss picked up the documents in his hand... This was the result of nearly ten days of work by many people he had mobilized. These people traversed the empire, from the legendary place where the Mu family ancestor discovered fear, to that huge meteorite crater, to the battlefield where everyone mysteriously disappeared, and the location where the late emperor was assassinated, as well as Mu Huai Ren's movements back then...

From fear to the clown, from the clown to Wang Qiushui, and even Wang Qiushui's best friend Mingxuan Hou was not spared.

Tracing back through time, searching for traces, surveying the geography, and detecting radiation.

Few people would spend so much money, so much effort, and mobilize so many people to do something that may not yield any reward.

Even the Seven Luminaries Empire didn't put in this much effort back then. The economy was strained after the war, and there wasn't enough money for these things. Later, when they had the money, they felt that it was too old, and that the Clowns and the Fears were both ancestral alien races that couldn't be found at all, so they only did a token effort.

Or perhaps... Qiyao investigated, perhaps they found out, perhaps they didn't find out, it's hard to say, but one thing is certain, that is, they didn't say anything.

But the boss clearly didn't care about this; he always did whatever he wanted.

Ultimately, all the intelligence was condensed into this thick volume of data, some useful and some useless, all contained here.

The boss opened the document; the first page contained what the intelligence personnel considered the most important points.

[“After Fear was used for the first time, various groups came to spy on it, but the Mu family kept quiet. It is suspected that the specific information about Fear was leaked from the royal family, and that someone in the royal family was pulling the strings behind the scenes.”]

"More than twenty years ago, near the location of Mu Huai-ren's army, two strangely shaped corpses were identified. The corpses were bizarrely shaped, with ruptured blood vessels all over their bodies, and blood flowing back into their hearts... It was determined that 777 years ago, the Joker used a similar skill. Perhaps the Joker was indeed present more than twenty years ago."

[“After fleeing, Mu Huai-ren rode back to the capital. He was spotted by several people along the way, each with a different expression—some calm, some crazed. He must have already gone mad by then.”]

"The crater from the first use of Fear... Several mages were consulted, and they all believed it was beyond human capability; no one but an ancestral alien race could have accomplished such a feat. Even the Ring of Truth, with its three god-level mages, Burning Demon and Gazing Autumn Water, could not achieve it."

"In addition, some unrelated points: regarding Bo Xun and Shenxian San No. 2, there seems to be more to the story..."

Chapter Fifty: Sins and Merits

When people come into this world, they want to leave their own mark, to tell future generations that such a person once lived in this world.