Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast

Chapter 259: Unmatched Prodigy, Top-Level Secret Scripture (I)

The final battle had just concluded, and the brightly lit military base center had just finished watching the live broadcast filmed by the Chongzhou School teachers.

As they watched Chen Chu's figure disappear from the big screen, the high-ranking military officials present remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, a senior colonel sighed. "After this, the geniuses on our battlefield will either find an explosive motivation to cultivate even harder or be completely demoralized."

"There's no need to worry about that. When they realize that none of them could withstand even a single move from Chen Chu, they'll comfort themselves, thinking that the problem lies with him and not them."

Someone laughed heartily. "Haha... Indeed, we humans are quite adept at adjusting to external pressure."

A middle-aged man remarked with suspicion, "Did you all notice something strange about the battle will that this young fellow condensed? We couldn't sense it through the screen, but from the visions caused by his condensation, it seems to be related to slaughter. Such a force of will usually requires killing at least a million enemies to condense."

A major hesitated. "Didn't he mention earlier that this aura came from the mutated creatures he had killed before?"

"Since he started cultivating, his recorded number of mutated creature kills is less than two hundred. How could such a small number accumulate such a vast blood aura?" Someone questioned, furrowing their brows.

"Indeed, it's very peculiar."

After Chen Chu's stunning rise to fame a couple of days ago, they had all reviewed the records of this sudden prodigy. Overall, his story was quite inspirational and traceable; his performance after arriving in Kyrola was especially notable, where he usually acted cautiously but became decisively ruthless when necessary, similar to today.

However, according to the records, the number of rebels and demon cultists he had killed in Kyrola was only one or two hundred. Even when including the hundred or so low-level mutated creatures he had killed during purge missions, and the high-level mutated beasts he had killed over a month on the mutated beast battlefield, it still wasn't a large number.

So where did this heavy an aura of blood slaughter come from?

Ling Yi, seated in the main seat, spoke slowly. "It should be related to the Blood Moon. The day after, he returned carrying a heap of mutated beast carcasses.

"According to the head of logistics at Nantian base, this young fellow was emanating an astonishingly bloody aura at the time. Even after washing his battle armor, it made people feel breathless.

"That night, he must have gone through a brutal battle, killing countless mutated creatures and accumulating a significant amount of the aura. It’s likely that he reached the threshold of the battle will, and sealed that aura within himself until it was triggered again today. Here's an image for reference."

As Ling Yi swiped a few times on the touch screen on the table, an image of countless white bones appeared on the big screen.

"One of the special ops teams who had gone into the Yunwu Mountains discovered this yesterday morning, located near the edge of the range. Tens of thousands of mutated creatures died around this cliff slope, mostly level 2, with a few level 3 and 4 creatures.

"From the state of the decay, they estimate that these creatures died about ten days ago, and the cause of death was all due to powerful heavy weaponry. I am certain that this is the source of his aura."

"...So many corpses." As they looked at the image taken from afar, many high-level experts of the Sixth and even Seventh Heavenly Realms were secretly shocked.

No one expected Chen Chu to be so formidable as to kill so many mutated creatures in a single night. No wonder he could defeat the entire southern battlefield today.

The so-called aura equivalent to a million men’s blood didn’t mean he had to actually kill a million people. Typically, a level 1 mutated creature's blood aura was dozens of times that of a normal human, and the blood aura of level 2 and 3 beasts was even stronger.

This really would explain why Chen Chu's aura of blood slaughter was so intense. However, this method of condensing battle will was not something the average person could learn.

Killing tens of thousands of mutated creatures solo would be enough to exhaust any high-level cultivator. Even one at the Seventh Heavenly Realm couldn't sustain fighting for that long.

This feat showed Chen Chu to be an anomaly, exhibiting far superior combat strength than his level would suggest. What was terrifying was the endurance this implied, like a divine elephant that never knew fatigue.

Of course, a performance that dazzling also warranted a similarly thorough investigation. When faced with such a genius, the authorities would grant more access, information, and precious high-quality resources. Naturally, they didn’t want to risk this on someone ungrateful or, worse, an enemy spy.

Once it was confirmed that Chen Chu posed no issues, the next step would be to discuss his treatment and access privileges.

Meanwhile, the red letters flashing on the screens in all of the school bases also changed.

"Chongzhou Martial Arts High School, Chen Chu has defeated the top twenty-three ranked fighters on the Achievement List despite their combined effort, claiming the title of the number one young cultivator in the southern cultivation world. He has become the first freshman to top the Achievement List, displaying unrivaled divine might and extraordinary talent."

At first, everyone waiting tensely at the school bases fell silent, tens of thousands staring in disbelief at the flashing red letters on the big screens. They then erupted in amazement.

"What? It was a joint attack!"

"Unbelievable, to defeat over twenty late stage and even peak Fifth Heavenly Realm experts in a joint attack? He really does deserve the title."

"Is this guy really a freshman, and not a king reincarnated?"

At the Nantian base, Xia Youhui clenched his fist tightly, shouting excitedly, "Ah Chu really did it this time! The number one of the young generation in the south!"

"Yeah, I thought he was joking at first." Yuan Chenghuang’s face was flushed with excitement.

Liu Feng, full of envy, said, "I'm just interested in whether there were any girls screaming at the scene."

Bai Mu, with a sour tone, retorted, "We’re all cultivators, not the lovesick girls outside. How could there be any screaming?"

Just as he finished speaking, a second-year girl nearby let out an excited scream. "Ahh! Chen Chu is so handsome, I really like him!"

"Hahahaha..."

Immediately, Xia Youhui and the others burst into laughter, vigorously patting Bai Mu on the shoulder.

In the distance, the sisters Lin Xue and Lin Yu stared in awe at the flashing red letters, too shocked by this achievement to find the right words.

"Brothers, let's go! To the BBQ street behind the mountain. Today, I, Chen Dahu, am thrilled. All Green Scale Rabbit meat is free! Eat to your heart's content!"

"And my secret braised bear paws are free today too. There are five left from yesterday, first come, first served."

"Damn, you're actually bringing out leftovers from yesterday?"

"Why not? I freeze them immediately after cooking. They're clean and fresh when someone orders."

"Haha... Not bad. Everyone's in a great mood today. My stall’s super roast pig trotters are twenty percent off."

"Twenty percent off? You might as well not bother."

"Exactly, Chen Dahu and Zhang Tie are giving theirs away for free today. You're so stingy."

"Nonsense. Theirs are only level 1 mutated creatures. How can they compare to my level 3 Mountain-Shaking Armored Pig? My pig trotters are as big as a water tank. If I gave them away for free, I'd go broke."

"Come on, let’s have a drink together."

"Tonight, we drink until we drop."

"Just say you want to eat BBQ all night. Drink until we drop? It's all ten percent fruit wine, hardly enough to get anyone drunk."

"Hahaha..."