After the Grain Rain, Liu Yuxin had already been promoted to the second year at the Elemental Academy. As usual, it was still Shen Feifei’s devilish morning run. However, they could now complete the morning run with ease. Shen Feifei would even add extra for them individually, and the muscles on the few young men had become much firmer, and they had also grown taller.
“Alright, that’s all for today’s morning run. See you tomorrow.” After Shen Feifei finished speaking, she flew out of the Elemental Training Ground. The students could now use some simple elemental abilities. Song Xiaoxiao, who mastered the Hydrogen Element, had also learned to fly. Wu Zijin, who mastered the Titanium System, had already learned elemental strengthening, and a few boys were sparring on the sports field.
Song Xiaoxiao flew up and snatched her friend’s hat. Her friend Li Yuting said angrily, “Xiaoxiao, you’re bullying me again.”
Song Xiaoxiao said dismissively, “If you have the ability, fly up and catch me.” Song Xiaoxiao flew very low, teasing Li Yuting.
Wu Zijin was sparring with Zhao Pengpeng. “I won’t go easy on you.”
Zhao Pengpeng, who mastered the Boron Element, said, “Who’s afraid of whom?”
Liu Yuxin, Mao Maoyu, Xiang Yuntian, and Wang Xiaoshi walked on the sports field.
“Sanjin, do you think our classmates are a bit too weak?” Mao Maoyu looked at the classmates who were still in kindergarten. They had been training with Liu Yuxin for the entire holiday. During the holiday, Liu Yuxin still maintained four to five hours of training time every day, be it meditation, practicing elemental strengthening and Element Invocation, or physical training. It was precisely these trainings that enabled them to complete that D-class mission.
“Keep a low profile. We can’t be complacent either, because pride leads to downfall,” Liu Yuxin said with feigned seriousness. Inwardly, he felt immensely pleased. “I can disdain these mortals now.” Of course, this was also related to Liu Yuxin’s self-discipline. Learning had never been a boring task for Liu Yuxin.
“Stop pretending. I saw you smiling,” Mao Maoyu patted Liu Yuxin’s butt. “Your brothers know what you’re thinking.”
“Alright, alright, we still need to keep a low profile and give our classmates some face, right?” Liu Yuxin said with mock solemnity.
“New semester, and they’ve added a new class, I think it’s called Mechanical Manufacturing Class,” Xiang Yuntian said.
“I’m really looking forward to it. I wonder if the new teacher will be a beauty?” Mao Maoyu said with a lovestruck expression.
“Tch, is that all you have, you flirt?” Liu Yuxin teased.
“Hmph, I’m happy to,” Mao Maoyu had completely admitted his flirtatious nature.
“By the way, isn’t the sports meet happening in a while?” Mao Maoyu asked.
“Indeed. Do you want to participate? I really don’t want to trample on weaker players,” Liu Yuxin said lightly.
“Who else? Who else?” Wu Zijin of the Titanium System stood in the center of the Elemental Training Ground. He was originally sparring with Zhao Pengpeng, but Zhao Pengpeng was quickly defeated by him. Then, the Elemental Training Ground became a small arena, and many people went up to challenge him. It wasn’t for any other reason than that this guy was too full of himself. He had said on the field, “Who else? I dare say the Titanium System is the strongest system.”
The point was, no one wanted to hear that their element was weak. Even if they weren’t as strong as the Titanium System, many people still went up to challenge him.
“Brother Xin, should we go and put him in his place? (meaning to slap his face).” Mao Maoyu really wanted to go and put him in his place; this kid was too arrogant.
“Forget it, let’s save him some face,” Liu Yuxin had always been a relatively humble person and didn’t really like to put others down.
Wu Zijin continued to shout, “Other Metal Element losers, isn’t anyone daring to come up?”
“Hey, hey, don’t be impulsive, Sanjin. If you go up there, won’t you cripple him?” Mao Maoyu, Xiang Yuntian, and Wang Xiaoshi restrained Liu Yuxin. The physical attack hardness and strength of the Titanium System might indeed be stronger than the Iron Element, but Liu Yuxin had kicked a Titanium Wolf to death and punched a Diamond Lion into pieces. If he went up, wouldn’t he cripple Wu Zijin?
“Who told you to egg him on? Now you can’t stop him?” Xiang Yuntian flew up and grabbed Liu Yuxin’s clothes.
“Don’t stop me, I’ll beat him to a pulp,” Liu Yuxin gritted his teeth in anger. The main reason was that the third-year students were too lazy to bother with him. However, among the first-year and same-grade students, no one could really defeat him. But his strength was only because the Titanium System’s strength was indeed relatively high.
“Never mind, it’s not too late to slap his face during the sports meet in a couple of days,” Liu Yuxin and his group walked towards the classroom.
“Hey, you, aren’t you from the Iron Element? You’re the only one in our year who can fight. Come up and challenge me.” Wu Zijin was being excessively arrogant.
“Let’s go. I know what you want to see. I can’t stoop to the level of an idiot. Otherwise, wouldn’t I become an idiot too?” Liu Yuxin didn’t go up to confront him but pretended not to hear and walked past.
Invisible disdain was the most fatal.
“Besides, I’m genuinely worried that I might hurt him if I go too hard. Although we can afford the compensation, it’s not worth it.” (Last time, everyone who participated in the beast tide battle received a bounty from DD.)
As the three of them were walking towards the Mechanical Manufacturing Class classroom, “Huh? Where’s Shi Tou?” Xiang Yuntian suddenly realized Shi Tou was gone.
“Ah, this kid really doesn’t make us worry less,” Mao Maoyu looked around, searching for Shi Tou’s figure. “That’s strange, he was just here.”
They saw a crowd gathered in the center of the sports field, and Liu Yuxin and the other two also squeezed in. “No way, no way, could someone really have gone up to challenge him?” Mao Maoyu squeezed his way up, and Xiang Yuntian flew directly over to see.
To the great surprise of the three, the person who went up to challenge him was none other than Wang Xiaoshi, and Wu Zijin was lying on the ground, unconscious.
“It’s over. If I had known, I would have gone up. Maybe I could have at least left him with a breath,” Liu Yuxin commented.
“It’s over, brothers. Shi Tou has stolen all our glory,” Mao Maoyu teased.
“Well done, Shi Tou. I’ve had enough of this guy for a long time,” Xiang Yuntian laughed.
“It’s clearly because you couldn’t beat him,” Mao Maoyu added.
“Don’t mention my shortcomings, okay? I’m also forced to play support right now,” Xiang Yuntian said helplessly. He could only deal damage when his level was higher or he awakened his second element.
“Stop talking, take out the money. Let’s send him to the hospital,” Liu Yuxin said with a pang of pain.
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On the road…
“Shi Tou, why did you beat him up like that? Didn’t we agree to keep a low profile?” Liu Yuxin asked helplessly, but in his heart, he had already said a hundred times, “Well done.”
“Shi Tou didn’t mean to. He just came over to threaten me and said if you didn’t come to fight, he would hit me. I accidentally swung my arm, and then…”
The three looked at each other and smiled. “This guy is indeed the son of a B, who gave birth to a B, and he’s the top B.” Actually, if they were to say who among the four of them was the most difficult to mess with, it wasn’t Liu Yuxin at all, but Shi Tou. Generally, Carbon Element Warriors of D-class would find it difficult to achieve Diamond Reinforcement due to insufficient mental control. The structure of diamond was far more complex than graphite, but Shi Tou’s talent was indeed extraordinary. A Carbon Element Warrior with Diamond Reinforcement, how many people of the same level could defeat him?
The farce was over, and the group returned to the Mechanical Manufacturing Class classroom. The three exclaimed, “Woc, it’s you?” Only Wang Xiaoshi politely said, “Hello, Uncle Sima.”
“Yo, the profiteer has changed careers?” Mao Maoyu teased.
“Next time you need any materials, just tell us. We’ll give you the market price,” Liu Yuxin smiled. With Sister Heimei evaluating the value for them, this guy wouldn’t dare to default. He was simply an ATM.
Xiang Yuntian didn’t say much, and symbolically said, “Hello, teacher.”
Seeing that the other students hadn’t arrived yet, Sima Zhao said with a bitter expression, “If it weren’t for earning some private money, I wouldn’t be here teaching. Your good days are over. Mechanical Manufacturing Class is the hardest class to learn. Everyone study hard, or you won’t graduate.”
“Be nice to us, or we’ll tell Teacher Yuan Yuan,” Mao Maoyu threatened.
Sima Zhao sighed, “Another bitter day.”
Wu Zijin walked into the classroom. Sima Zhao asked, “Hey, isn’t this Zijin? What happened? Are you injured?”
Wu Zijin had a large bandage wrapped around his head. “N-nothing, I just fell down accidentally while walking today.”
Liu Yuxin and the others suppressed their laughter. “Is this the legendary ‘pride comes before a fall’?”