17: Chapter 17 New Mission Released! New Talent Unlocked?

At this moment, Teacher Cao Yun was already on the verge of death, having been beaten by the crowd for a full half hour.

If not for the sake of Deputy Mayor Zhu Wu, he would likely already be a corpse.

Only then did Zhang Ruxue say to Li Mo, "Are you alright?"

Li Mo shook his head and said, "I'm fine."

To be honest, even if Teacher Cao Yun had laid a hand on Li Mo, he wouldn't have done much to him; at most, he would have just knocked him unconscious and taken him back to the university.

But now, he had brought this upon himself.

Starting a fight in The Military is practically no different from going against the entire military.

At this moment, the instructor from before whispered to Zhang Ruxue, "Company Commander, we can't keep hitting him! If we beat him to death, I'm afraid we won't be able to answer to Deputy Mayor Zhu Wu."

Zhang Ruxue scoffed, "He struck first! So what if we beat him to death? These people from the Martial Arts University are becoming increasingly arrogant! The Military doesn't hold it against them, yet they keep pushing their luck!"

"Even if Deputy Mayor Zhu Wu were here in person, I would still have it out with him! Is someone in my military unit something he can just send over or take away whenever he pleases?"

That said, Zhang Ruxue knew it was impossible to actually kill Teacher Cao Yun here.

After all, he was a teacher at Starry Sky University, and there was also Deputy Mayor Zhu Wu's order to consider.

The relationship between the Great Xia military and political circles is intricate and complex; many of Zhang Ruxue's superiors might have good relationships with Deputy Mayor Zhu Wu.

As a second lieutenant, Zhang Ruxue was well aware of these stakes.

Thus, Zhang Ruxue waved her hand to signal everyone to stop, then looked down at Teacher Cao Yun, who looked like a dead dog.

"Spare me! Spare me!" Teacher Cao Yun had been beaten to the point where he could only beg for mercy.

But he was still smart enough not to choose to fight back.

Because once he chose to fight back, Zhang Ruxue would have a reason to beat him to death, and even if Deputy Mayor Zhu Wu arrived in person, he would have nothing to say.

Zhang Ruxue said coldly, "Get out! Remember, if I see you in my camp again, your fate will be execution on the spot!"

Teacher Cao Yun dared not say anything else; he understood perfectly well which was more important: keeping his job or keeping his life.

After recovering for a while, he immediately limped out of The Military camp.

After this battle, Teacher Cao Yun would likely never dare to come to The Military camp to demand anyone again.

Head Instructor Su Xiaoxiao spat lightly and said, "This Starry Sky University is truly shameless! They either send us trash, or when we finally get a few talented ones, they want to take them back! What do they take The Military for?"

Zhang Ruxue sighed softly, "Sigh, there's no help for it. Who told our military leaders to be so mild-mannered? National policies also favor those Martial Arts Universities, so naturally, they are incredibly arrogant and imposing."

At this moment, Zhang Ruxue came to Li Mo again and said earnestly, "Continue training. Remember, as long as you don't want to leave, no one in this military camp can take you away."

"This isn't because I treat you differently due to your high talent! Even if you were an ordinary soldier, I would still say the same."

Li Mo had suffered all kinds of disdain and humiliation at the Martial Arts University, but it seemed he had found compensation for all of that in The Military.

Although he had been in The Military camp for less than a week, Li Mo truly felt simple emotions and genuine care here.

He even couldn't help but think, if only he hadn't forced himself into Starry Sky University and had instead signed up for the army directly; perhaps there wouldn't have been so many twists and turns.

"Yes!"

Li Mo replied, then quickly hurried off to train.

By now, Li Mo had already undergone nearly five days of hellish training. His devour points were slowly rising every day due to his sparring with the virtual AI robots, and at the same time, he could feel his base attributes constantly improving.

Perhaps due to the passive attributes of the Devouring Emperor Body, Li Mo could clearly feel that his cultivation speed and the results of his physical training were much stronger than before.

After a day of training ended, Li Mo glanced at his system panel, his expression quite satisfied.

System Name: Supreme Martial God System.

Host: Li Mo.

Military Rank: Recruit.

Strength Value: 190.

Speed: 210.

Vitality Value: 100.

Talents: [Deep Blue Cold Fire] [Devouring Emperor Body]

Weapon: Spear (Proficiency: Basic)

Cultivation Method: [Weituo Heavenly Patrol Sutra] (Proficiency: Unfamiliar)

Combat Technique: [Fire Snake Whirlwind]

devour points: 1850.

Points: 0.

In just five days of training, Li Mo's base attributes had skyrocketed by a significant margin.

Of course, this was also partly due to the function of the cultivation method, Weituo Heavenly Patrol Sutra, because one of the effects of this cultivation method was to significantly boost base attributes.

Especially speed; originally, Li Mo's speed was slightly slower than his strength, but now his speed was much higher than his strength.

This was actually a good thing; as the saying goes, under heaven, all martial arts can be broken, only speed cannot.

The faster one's speed, the more one can gain the upper hand in battle.

Moreover, just because Li Mo's speed was higher than his strength didn't mean his strength was weak.

A strength value of 190 was also much higher than the vast majority of seventh-grade Hidden Edge Realm martial artists!

As long as he sped up his cultivation and increased the proficiency of the Weituo Heavenly Patrol Sutra even higher, his base attributes would be even higher.

Before obtaining the Devouring Emperor Body, although Li Mo was diligent and hardworking, sometimes even after cultivating for ten days or half a month, he might not necessarily see any significant improvement.

Now it was different; Li Mo could almost feel his improvement every single day quite clearly.

This made Li Mo feel an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.

Just at this moment, a system notification suddenly sounded in Li Mo's ears.

"Ding! System mission [Cultivation Improvement] released. You can view the mission content via the system panel. Completing this mission will grant a large amount of devour points and a small amount of points, as well as the right to unlock a new talent!"

It was already late at night, and Li Mo didn't expect a new system mission to appear at this time.

But listening to the system's prompt, it seemed the rewards for this mission were quite substantial.

devour points and points were things Li Mo was currently in urgent need of.

Most importantly, he could choose a new talent again. Undoubtedly, any new talent chosen from system missions could be evolved into an SSS-rank top-tier talent through the Devouring Emperor Body.

Thus, Li Mo immediately checked the content of this system mission.

[Cultivation Improvement]: Time-limited mission. Within one month, reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Mission Success Reward: 5000 devour points, 1000 points, one unlock right for a new talent.

Mission Failure Penalty: Cannot obtain devour points for half a month.

Since it was not a beginner mission, this mission had a failure penalty.

The mission failure penalty was that Li Mo would be unable to obtain devour points for half a month.

This penalty actually wasn't considered heavy; it just meant Li Mo would be unable to obtain devour points, but he could still continue to cultivate and improve.