10: Chapter 1 Sorry, my skills are not yet proficient.

"Huh?"

Li Hu was still in a state of extreme shock and confusion, unable to react for a moment.

A warm smile remained on Ning Yuan's face, as if he didn't care about anything around him at all.

Just then, the few youths from the Stone Python Clan finally snapped out of it, pointing at Ning Yuan and shouting angrily.

"Audacious human! How dare you sneak attack the genius of my Stone Python Clan!"

"Brother Tian! Brother Tian, wake up!"

"Kid, don't you dare leave if you have the guts! When Brother Tian wakes up, he'll definitely show you why the flowers are so red!"

Hearing this, Li Hu's expression changed. Ignoring his need to answer Ning Yuan's question, he hurriedly lowered his voice and said:

"Brother! Thank you for your help! But they have strength in numbers. You should retreat quickly, my brothers and I will cover you!"

Although they didn't know who this classmate who dropped from the sky was, they couldn't leave such a kindness unreturned.

Out of all the human students on the plaza, only he had stepped forward.

They absolutely could not let him be harmed because of this.

At that moment, Shi Tian, who had been knocked unconscious by Wang Zai's backside, slowly woke up.

He was initially dazed, but then he heard the tearful complaints of his clansmen nearby, and a towering rage instantly swept away his rationality.

With trembling hands, he touched the back of his head and his cheeks, which were wet. An indescribable, foul stench rushed straight to his head.

For someone with a cleanliness obsession like him, this was more painful than being killed!

"HumanKid, you... deserve... to... die!"

Shi Tian squeezed these words out through his gritted teeth one by one, his eyes instantly turning blood-red.

He suddenly leaped up from the ground, and two grayish-white beams of light abruptly shot out from his cold, vertical pupils, heading straight for Ning Yuan's back!

At the same time, he also lunged forward like an enraged beast, carrying an astonishing momentum!

Someone in the crowd cried out in alarm.

"It's the Stone Python Clan's innate divine ability, the Petrification Light!"

"Heavens! This guy is definitely a genius of this generation of the Stone Python Clan! His bloodline grade is extremely high, to have awakened an innate divine ability at the third rank—he's very likely a descendant of a King or even an Emperor!"

"That student is in danger!"

The power system of the non-human races, before the King-sealing level, is divided into ranks one through nine.

Among them, ranks one to three correspond to the human levels of Junior Martial Artist to Senior Martial Artist.

Li Bao shouted even more anxiously, "Brother, watch out!"

However, Ning Yuan acted as if he had eyes in the back of his head and didn't even bother to turn around.

Inside his body, the dormant Dragon-Elephant Power roared, and the Dragon Elephant Particle vibrated accordingly!

He simply threw a punch backward.

There were no fancy moves, only pure, extreme power!

Terrifying vitality blood energy condensed on his fist, instantly shattering those two beams of Petrification Light!

The ferocity on Shi Tian's face instantly froze, replaced by endless horror.

The power of that punch continued to strike forward with undiminished force.

He felt as if he had been hit head-on by a high-speed star, his body flying backward completely out of control.

Bang!

With a dull thud, he was pinned against the wall of a distant building like a mural, leaving a clear human-shaped indentation before slowly sliding down, his bones shattered as he fell into a complete coma.

The entire scene instantly fell into a dead silence.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and not a sound could be heard.

This... where did this powerhouse come from?

To one-shot a genius of the Stone Python Clan with just a single punch?

Ning Yuan withdrew his fist and muttered with some dissatisfaction.

"So weak. If I'd known, I would have used even less force."

Five million catties of immense force was truly terrifying.

With that punch just now, he hadn't even used half of his strength.

The few Stone Python Clan youths who had been clamoring for revenge were now stiff all over, trembling like they had seen a ghost.

This was a ruthless person!

An absolute ruthless person!

Others might not know, but they knew very well.

Brother Shi Tian's vitality blood strength was already at 1.5 million catties, far exceeding the limit of an ordinary human Senior Martial Artist!

Yet in front of this human youth, he couldn't even withstand a single punch!

The three Li brothers were so excited their bodies were shaking, and they couldn't even speak clearly.

"This... this..."

Ning Yuan turned around, his face once again returning to that harmless smile.

"Classmate, you haven't answered my question yet."

Li Hu took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, and quickly answered respectfully:

"Dean Jiang Baihe's office building is in Building A of the academy's central district, very close to here. You can reach it directly by taking an unmanned drone, classmate."

Ning Yuan nodded.

"It's my first time here, and I'm not very familiar with the place. How about I trouble you to take me there?"

Hearing this, a warm current welled up in the hearts of the three Li brothers.

They understood that this powerful classmate was worried they would face retaliation afterward, which was why he said that on purpose.

"No problem! Brother, I'll lead the way for you!" Li Lang patted his chest and responded loudly.

The four of them were preparing to leave.

However, the remaining Stone Python Clan youths plucked up their courage and tremblingly blocked their path.

Seeing this, the Heaven Swallowing Beast, Wang Zai, let out a low growl from its throat, and the murderous aura of an ancient ferocious beast faintly emerged.

The legs of those few people went weak from fear.

"You... you hit someone and think you can just leave like that?"

One of them gritted his teeth and forced the words out.

Although they were afraid, they also knew that their status as non-human exchange students was a protective charm within the Great Xia Martial Academy.

Hearing this, Ning Yuan slapped his forehead as if suddenly realizing something.

"Oh right, I almost forgot, there's still you guys."

Under everyone's stunned gazes.

His figure flickered, fast as lightning, as he threw out several punches in succession.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Instantly, several more fresh human-shaped holes appeared on the wall.

"Oh dear, my skills aren't quite there yet. I still haven't mastered controlling this power very well."

Ning Yuan said with a look of annoyance.

Immediately after, he took out a jade bottle from his dimensional bracelet and poured the precious earth nectar inside onto the unconscious Stone Python Clan youths like he was throwing away trash.

"Forget it, consider this as your medical expenses."

Back on Thunder God Mountain, Ning Yuan usually used this stuff as footbath water.

*Hiss—*

The surrounding crowd collectively sucked in a breath of cold air again.

Rich!

Simply inhumanly rich!

Under countless gazes of awe, worship, and shock, Ning Yuan leisurely departed with the three Li brothers.

It wasn't until their figures completely disappeared that a mountain-shaking wave of discussion erupted on the plaza.

"My god! When did another peerless Prodigy like this come to the Martial Academy!"

"The Martial Academy has really been getting more and more lively lately. Not only have many of our human geniuses arrived, but those non-human races have also sent many young experts."

"I feel like... something big is about to happen."

"The Stone Python Clan can at least rank in the top thirty among the Ten Thousand Races of the Starry Sky. I remember there's an even stronger Stone Python Clan genius over at the Transcendent Academy. This matter probably won't be settled so easily."

...

While everyone was discussing animatedly.

A powerful figure descended upon the plaza.

The newcomer was none other than the Director of the Martial Academy's Discipline Department, Wang Huan.

When he saw the Stone Python Clan youths embedded in the wall in such a miserable state, his expression instantly changed.

"Who did this?" he shouted in a deep voice, scanning the surroundings.

"The academy has repeatedly ordered us to live in harmony and help each other with our non-human friends. How could someone commit such an act of harming fellow students!"

However, the surrounding human students all shook their heads in unison, choosing a tacit silence.

Wang Huan snorted coldly, stepped forward, and woke up the Stone Python Clan youths.

After some questioning.

Shi Tian, who had been on the verge of death just a moment ago, suddenly seemed to have found his support and began to complain with exaggerated embellishments.

"Director Wang! You must seek justice for us!"

After listening, Wang Huan looked in the direction where Ning Yuan and the others had left and flew into a rage.

"Rest assured! I will definitely investigate this matter to the end and give you a satisfactory explanation!"

After saying that, he left in a huff.

A smug, cold smile appeared on the faces of the surviving Stone Python Clan youths.

The spectating human students were all angry but didn't dare to speak out.

The Great Xia Martial Academy was good in many aspects, but there was one point: for some reason, some of the high-level officials were exceptionally biased toward these non-human exchange students.

...

In the central district of the Martial Academy, outside Office Building A.

"Brother Ning Yuan, Dean Jiang's office is on the top floor of this building."

After saying that, the three Li brothers bowed deeply to Ning Yuan simultaneously.

"Regarding today's matter, thank you, Brother Ning Yuan, for getting us out of that fix! Great kindness cannot be expressed in words!"

Ning Yuan waved his hand casually and smiled. "It was just a small matter. I was just asking for directions along the way; there's no need to be so polite."

The three of them shook their heads, firmly engraving this kindness in their hearts.

They weren't fools; there was no such thing as such a coincidental "asking for directions."

"Alright, let's all add each other on Heavenly Communication. Let's get together again when we have time."

Ning Yuan waved his hand coolly and strode into the office building.

He was now filled with anticipation.

As long as he finished the enrollment procedures, he should be able to complete the system task.

What would the reward be this time?