Chapter 156: The Guidance Battle Begins

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

After Lin Mo posted, he ignored the cursing voices on the school forum and ran back to sleep comfortably. He slept until 8:30 in the morning before calmly getting up to wash up.

“If it weren’t for the guidance battle at nine in the morning, would I have woken up so early?” Lin Mo actually hadn’t slept to his heart’s content yet. However, he had no choice. At nine in the morning, it was the annual important program of Jiangnan Martial Arts University—the guidance battle!

The first round of the guidance battle was for the second-year students to guide the first-year students.

As for Lin Mo, he was ranked “second” among the first-year students. It would be his turn to appear almost immediately, so he had to arrive at the scene of the guidance battle on time.

For this guidance battle, the school had specially built 20 arenas.

Lin Mo was undoubtedly assigned to arena number one.

“Lin Mo!” Yan Yimo had already arrived. When she saw Lin Mo, she quickly walked forward to greet him. “To be honest, I’m a little nervous now!”

“You’re also in arena number one, and you’re the first to appear, right?” Lin Mo said.

“That’s right!” Yan Yimo smiled bitterly. “I’m ‘first’ among the first-year students! I don’t want to be first. When I go on stage, I’ll definitely be the first to be tortured!”

“Don’t think too much!” Lin Mo comforted him. “It’s normal for first-year students to lose to second-year students!”

“Are you the same?” Yan Yimo asked.

“Of course I won’t lose!” Lin Mo said confidently.

Yan Yimo couldn’t help but roll her eyes and say, “I believe you won’t lose to ordinary second-year students, but… Qi Fengbo is the top genius of the second years. His strength is not something ordinary second-year students can compare to!”

What she meant was that she believed that Lin Mo could win many gambling battles, but she did not think that Lin Mo could win the “guidance battle”.

“Besides, I heard that Qi Fengbo really wants to step on you to become famous!” Yan Yimo reminded him. “You’d better be careful and not be too arrogant! Even if you lose, you can’t lose too badly, right?”

Lin Mo couldn’t help but laugh.

Stepping on him to become famous?

‘Just Qi Fengbo?’

‘Is he worthy?’

“Yan Yimo, Lin Mo!” At this moment, the class teacher, Teacher Wei, walked over.

Teacher Wei first looked at Lin Mo in disappointment and shook his head helplessly. Then, he turned to Yan Yimo. “When you go to the arena later, remember to stabilize your defense. Don’t be greedy and advance rashly! The outcome of the guidance battle will definitely be defeat, so… as long as you can last as long as possible in the arena, it will be equivalent to a victory!”

“Teacher Wei, I understand!” Yan Yimo nodded solemnly.

“Yes! Go and prepare well! You’re this year’s number one freshman. The entire school will definitely focus on you!” Teacher Wei said again.

After Yan Yimo left, Teacher Wei looked back at Lin Mo.

“Sigh!” Teacher Wei sighed heavily. “Lin Mo, it wasn’t easy for me to get 90% of the students to be willing to cancel the gambling battle, but you posted on the school forum like this… I worked all night for nothing!”

“Teacher Wei!” Lin Mo said frankly. “I’m very grateful to you for working so hard for me, but… I’ll definitely win these gambling agreements!”

‘If he’s sure to win, why cancel the gambling battle?’

“Lin Mo, you’re underestimating the second-year students too much! But it’s too late to say anything now. Those second-year students will definitely not be willing to cancel the gambling battle again!” Teacher Wei sighed again. “When the guidance battle begins later, you’ll naturally know how strong the second-year students are when you encounter Qi Fengbo in the arena!”

Teacher Wei patted Lin Mo’s shoulder solemnly. “You learn from your mistakes! Take it as a lesson learned!”

“I…” Lin Mo wanted to defend himself, but after some thought, he decided not to.

In any case, he was going on stage to participate in the guidance battle in a few minutes. He might as well use his punching force to speak!

“Five-star martial artist!” Lin Mo felt the majestic power contained in his body.

‘Yes!’

Lin Mo’s punching force had already broken through 12 tons!

He had stepped into the category of a five-star martial artist!

As for his opponent, Qi Fengbo… his punching force was only a bit more than 3,000 kilograms!

The difference was three to four times!

“With such a huge difference in punching force, Qi Fengbo probably won’t even be able to withstand my punch, right?” Lin Mo couldn’t help but think.

‘How does he defend?’

‘With his life?’

… .

The twenty arenas for the guidance battle were directly lined up on the long road in the campus.

From arena 1 to arena 20; the further he went, the lower the rankings.

Therefore, other than the first and second-year students who were participating in the guidance battle, most of the spectators were gathered in arena 1. After all… the guidance battle in arena 1 was definitely the most exciting!

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the peerless geniuses selected from the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination being beaten up until they doubted their lives was already very eye-catching.

“Look, that’s Lin Mo who spouted nonsense on the school forum!”

“I heard that Lin Mo signed more than 200 gambling battle agreements in one go yesterday! His class teacher, Teacher Wei, appeared overnight to mediate for him. It wasn’t easy for him to persuade many people to cancel the gambling battles, but not only did Lin Mo not repent, but he also continued to clamor and provoke in the forum!”

“He really doesn’t know his limits! His class teacher is unlucky to have such an arrogant and ignorant student!”

“After all, he’s the uncrowned king of the first-year students! It’s understandable for him to be a little arrogant! However… he’ll soon pay a heavy price for his arrogance!”

Around Arena No. 1, many voices did not discuss the protagonist of the first guidance battle, Yan Yimo. Instead, they discussed Lin Mo. Among these people, not many had signed a gambling agreement with Lin Mo. After all… the second-year students in Arena No. 1 were all relatively top students! They had sufficient martial arts resources, so they usually disdained to bully the first-year students through gambling battles.

“Let’s not talk about Lin Mo first! The opening battle of this year’s guidance battle is about to begin. Let’s watch first!”

At this moment.

In the arena.

Yan Yimo was waiting solemnly. Her opponent was a second-year boy in white.

The white-robed boy’s face was cold, as if nothing could cause his expression to change. He just glanced at Yan Yimo indifferently and said, “You’re an illusionist, right? Just attack casually. I won’t interrupt your illusion technique!”

“You want me to attack casually?” Yan Yimo couldn’t help but be a little unconvinced.

One had to know… in an arena battle, the biggest flaw of illusionists was that there was not enough time for them to use powerful illusions. If illusionists were allowed to use illusions at will, they could completely fight above their level!

“He actually let an illusionist casually use illusions?” Yan Yimo was a little angry.

She was the only person in Xia country to become an illusionist before the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination in recent years! Moreover, she was a fourth-rank illusionist!

How could her illusion be underestimated?

“How dare you be so arrogant… Then I’ll let you know that I’m not to be trifled with!” At this moment, Yan Yimo couldn’t help but look forward to it. “Maybe I’ll have a chance to defeat this stoic man?”

Thinking of this, Yan Yimo’s fingers instantly danced as she constantly formed seals in the air. Clearly, she was preparing some powerful illusion technique.

“Abyssal Oblivion… The preparation process of this profound illusion technique is too complicated. I don’t have a chance to use it in actual combat at all! Since someone is a target, I’ll show him the power of an illusionist!”

After more than a minute, Yan Yimo was ready.

“Fall into oblivion!” Yan Yimo threw out an illusion technique. At the same time, she rushed towards the expressionless man in white without hesitation. She wanted to seize the opportunity to win in one fell swoop before the expressionless man broke free from the illusion.

Swish—

Yan Yimo looked weak, but her punching speed was also extremely fast! After all, she was also a one-star martial artist with a punching force of more than 2,000 kilograms!

However, in the next second… Yan Yimo was stunned!

The white-robed stoic man who had been affected by the illusion technique did not react at all. The powerful “Abyss Fall” that had been accumulating strength for more than a minute was thrown at him like a rock sinking into the sea, without even causing a splash.

Bang!

The white-robed man easily caught Yan Yimo’s punch.

“That’s it?” The white-robed man was still expressionless. He grabbed Yan Yimo’s arm and threw her out of the arena.

Less than two seconds after Yan Yimo attacked, the outcome of the first guidance battle was decided.

“I…” Yan Yimo was in disbelief. “How can the illusion I painstakingly cast be useless?”

The man in white ignored Yan Yimo’s shock.

Teacher Wei walked forward and comforted him. “It’s normal… After an entire year of bitter cultivation, the second-year students are already very strong in all aspects. There are almost no shortcomings! Your illusion technique is still too tender for him!”

Many of the surrounding spectators shook their heads.

“Yan Yimo is still too naive!”

“She just entered a university and can already use a profound illusion technique like ‘Abyssal Oblivion’. It’s really commendable! If she was given some time, she would definitely be able to become a top illusionist. Unfortunately… she still has a long way to go in martial arts!”

“Although this guidance battle ended instantly, Yan Yimo must have sensed the gap between her and the second-year students! She must have gained something!”

“Let’s see the situation of the next guidance battle! The next battle will be that arrogant Lin Mo!”

“Yes! I really want to see Lin Mo’s expression after the guidance battle.”

“His arrogance is actually only because of his ignorance! This guidance battle is enough to cure Lin Mo of all his arrogance!”

Thousands of spectators looked forward to Lin Mo being defeated.

Lin Mo’s opponent, Qi Fengbo, also stepped onto the arena immediately. He had been looking forward to this guidance battle for a week!

“Lin Mo!” Qi Fengbo formed a sword with his fingers and pointed it at Lin Mo. “Come up! If you need me to give you a few free moves, feel free to ask!”