Chapter 118: Get Stronger, Young Man! (Part 1)

  The second update of the late comer, finally caught up... Came down from Lushan, so tired, went to sleep, will explode again tomorrow...

  A great fire is burning the mountain bandit village, with flames shooting up into the sky.

  In the midst of that fiery, scorching flame, a cold silver light suddenly flashed. Then, a figure flew out from the circle of flames, heavily crashing into the wooden fence of the village, breaking through it, and smashing onto a large tree. Qianqian, Yun, Xiaoyun, Fei, and others who were anxiously waiting outside the fence saw that it was Wang Ning! At this time, Wang Ning was extremely disheveled, with half his hair and beard burned off, and his entire face covered in soot. What was even more striking was the massive wound on his chest, which was still bleeding profusely. Qianqian didn't think twice before pulling out a roll of bandages and rushing over to stop Wang Ning's bleeding. But unexpectedly, Wang Ning pushed her away with one hand, saying coldly: "No need! Damn it! Whoever dares to hurt me, I'll definitely slit your throat and drain your blood."

  He gritted his teeth and finished speaking, then rushed back into the mountain stronghold surrounded by flames. As he charged in, Wei Ming's robust body flew out, rolling on the ground, and immediately fainted. A fist-sized blood hole was gushing fresh blood from his chest. Zeng Fei was shocked, "What are you standing there for, stop the bleeding!" Qian Qian hurriedly exclaimed "Oh" and ran over, quickly wrapping roll after roll of bandages around Wei Ming's chest. "Damn it! Can't even help with anything, why is it like this?!" Looking at Wei Ming who was still coughing up blood while unconscious, Zeng Fei gnashed his teeth and punched the ground fiercely.

  Zi Xiaoyun, Qiu Yun, and Pan Longtao remained silent, gazing at the mountain stronghold engulfed in flames, their fists clenched tightly.

  At this time, a loud shout came from the midst of the raging flames, "Yin Kuang!" This was Bai Jue's angry roar. "Don't mind me, kill him!!" Then, everyone saw a black shadow jump high and then slam down fiercely. A loud crash echoed out, with flames shooting in all directions. Next came another roar, incredibly again from Bai Jue?!

  However, just as Pan Longtao and others were anxiously waiting, several figures burst through the raging flames and appeared before everyone's eyes outside the mountain village. Yin Kuang, with a silver gun piercing his chest, was being carried by Li Shuangmu, who was covered in blood. Bai Gui, whose arm was twisted at an eerie angle, was being carried by Wang Ning. There were also Tang Rouyu and Ouyang Mu, who looked equally disheveled. As soon as they broke through the flames, they collapsed to the ground, gasping violently with their limbs splayed out in all directions. Zeng Fei and others rushed over immediately.

  "Save Yin Kuang!" Bai Jue shouted loudly without looking at them! At this time, Yin Kuang's entire right chest was pierced by the silver spear, and it was obvious that his lungs had been penetrated. It was already a miracle that he was still alive, thanks to his robust physique. However, saving him was now impossible. "What's going on?" Pan Longtao asked. Bai Jue pulled him over, his face twisted in rage, "What the hell are you talking about? I'm telling you to save him quickly! Damn it, damn it! Bastard, didn't we already kill that damn battalion commander? Why haven't you finished yet?! Flame Queen, get out here for me!"

  "Hmm!!"

  At this moment, a cold hum entered everyone's ears. Then, a dazzling flame not far away twisted and rotated, finally condensing into a human shape - the Flame Queen, their "Close Combat" course teacher. "Even if you're Bai Ao's brother, being disrespectful to your senior sister is enough reason for me to kill you, even if your brother can't do anything about it." The Flame Queen slightly tilted her head, indifferently looking at Bai Jue. As she spoke, she ignored Bai Jue and walked to Yin Kuang's side, reaching out to grab the silver spear piercing his chest, pulling it out with a "hiss".

  "What are you doing..."

  Before the Flame Queen finished speaking, a burst of orange flames erupted from her hand and was slapped onto Yin Kuang's chest wound. In an instant, his face, which had been twisted in agony, relaxed. "Those I, the Flame Queen, want to kill, no one can save. Those I want to spare, no one can kill." With a casual push, she opened up a path through the crowd and said indifferently, "Class dismissed!"

  After a moment of silence, everyone shouted: "Goodbye, teacher!"

  A white light ball, flashing across the sky...

  ……

  The Flame Queen stood on the stage and said, "Although some of you have cheated, since no one has died, I won't bother with you. I'm just a teacher, I'll teach you what to do, but how to do it is up to you. As long as it doesn't affect my 'evaluation', that's fine. Remember, every Monday morning from now on will be my 'Close Combat' class. Next time, I won't provide you with weapons." With that, she walked away calmly.

  The Flame Queen left, and Bai Jing said: "Yin Kuang, are you okay?" Yin Kuang, who had recovered to normal, said: "Do I look like something's wrong? Don't forget that this is a university. However, the feeling just now was quite terrible. Besides the pain, there was also a kind of light and airy feeling that can't be described, hehe, it felt as if my soul was about to fly away."

  Although Yin Kuang's words were light, Bai Jue, Li Shuangmu, and Wang Ning all looked at him with different eyes. Bai Jue said: "Yin Kuang, thank you, really... If it wasn't for you blocking that bullet for me, I'm afraid the one who died would have been me. If it wasn't for you desperately grabbing that guy, we wouldn't have had a chance to kill him." Everyone listened and couldn't help but look at Yin Kuang with different expressions, but undoubtedly, they all felt deep respect for his selfless act of saving others.

  Yin Kuang shook his head and said, "No need to say such corny words. Don't forget, we're classmates. This time I saved you, maybe next time it'll be your turn to save me. In this dangerous place, anyone can die at any moment. Hehe, actually I'm also thinking of myself." Bai Jing shook his head and said firmly, "No matter what, thank you so much this time. This time I owe you one."

  Yin Kuang nodded, then looked at the crowd and said with a serious expression: "This time's course, although we successfully passed it in the end, but it also exposed our class's shortcomings. Firstly, most of us didn't reinforce ourselves. Perhaps, what Bai Jue said about premature reinforcement limiting future potential is true, but the cruel reality is that we can only take care of the present. If I can't even take care of the present, how can I talk about the future?"

  Li Feng looked at Yin Kuang and said, "Yin Kuang is right, we must strengthen ourselves as soon as possible. Since there are close combat courses, there must be long-range courses, if we don't exchange for strengthening, let alone exams, even daily course tasks can't be completed." He paused and continued, "After the last unified exam, although the basic reward was consumed during the class division, the total reward is still quite rich. So, I suggest that students with sufficient learning points give some to those who are short of learning points, at least everyone must exchange for a 'passing' level of strengthening."

  After listening to Li Shuangmu's words, Yin Kuang let out a bitter smile in his heart. "Alas, he has taken the lead again... Never mind, I'll take my time." With a flash of thought in his mind, Yin Kuang said: "I agree with Li Shuangmu's proposal. In future exams, whether we win or lose will largely depend on the overall strength of our class. While individual strength is important, the collective strength of our class cannot be ignored. Within my capabilities, I am willing to allocate a portion of the reward."

  This time, Yin Kuang really made a fortune. First, he escaped the three designs of the god of death and already had 3500 points of academic credits. Adding to that, he saved Sam for the third time, earning a reward of 2500 points. Even after deducting the 1000-point basic reward, he still had 6000 points of academic credits, 3 F-level assessments, 2 E-level assessments, and 30 comprehensive assessment points. It's said that wealth makes one arrogant, but at this moment, Yin Kuang really felt a sense of arrogance. He couldn't help but say that having money feels great! As for the others, they also made a lot of money. According to Yin Kuang's calculations, Tang Rouyu had 3500 points of academic credit rewards because she saved her bald boss and Eyes Sister once each, and saved the female lead, Mulan, for the third time, not counting the deducted 1000 points, exactly 3500 points. And Ouyang Mu, who seemed to have performed mediocrely, should also have 3000 points of academic credits. Bai Jue should have 2500 points, Zeng Fei 2000 points, and Wei Ming and Pan Longtao each had 500 points. It can be said that this time, class 1237 really made a fortune. The rest of the people, after deducting the 1000-point basic reward, had no progress at all. However, what made Yin Kuang curious was that it seemed like Li Shuangmu didn't receive any rewards this time.

  Regarding the reward, Bai Jue became excited and said: "As for me, because Yin Kuang successfully designed the Death God, thanks to his blessing, I successfully saved Nathan for the third time and earned 2500 learning points. Except for 1000 points to upgrade the werewolf bloodline to 'good' level and 500 points reserved, I can spare 1000 learning points." It's clear that Bai Jue also agreed with Li Shuangmu's proposal. However, his casual remark helped Yin Kuang a bit, which was "thanks to Yin Kuang designing the Death God". Then Ou Yang Mu also said: "I'm willing too. Because Yin Kuang created the opportunity for salvation, I also earned 3000 learning points." As he spoke, Ou Yang Mu's cheeks flushed red with excitement.

  Then, Tang Rouyu, Zeng Fei, Wei Ming, and Pan Longtao each reported their own reward numbers, and indeed, as Yin Kuang had speculated. As a result, everyone was grateful to Yin Kuang, which made him feel embarrassed. However, he was overjoyed in his heart. At least, he had suppressed Li Shuangmu by one head. When his gaze turned to Li Shuangmu, the two of them glanced at each other and quickly looked away, as if they shared a tacit understanding.

  Then, Yin Kuang took the opportunity to say: "So, if it's allocated, everyone can at least exchange for a 'passing' level of bloodline enhancement. In this way, our class's overall strength will be elevated by one level, and at least temporarily coping with course tasks should not be a problem. However, before the enhancement, I still have something important to say. Wang Ning, perhaps you'd also like to stay and listen."

  King Ning, who had been quietly cracking melon seeds on the side, seemed to have lost interest and got up to leave, but was unexpectedly called back by Yin Kuang. So he shrugged his shoulders, sat back down in his chair, and continued cracking his melon seeds, which still seemed to be banana-flavored.

  "I just said that our biggest weakness is the lack of coordination. Earlier, when we were fighting against the mountain bandit leader, I, Lian Shuangmu and others were basically fighting separately, sometimes even accidentally attacking our own people, without any coordination at all. Bai Jue and Wei Ming only knew how to charge forward, Wang Ning was hiding in the dark waiting for an opportunity to ambush, Tang Rouyu and Ouyang Mu were almost useless, my combat skills are extremely poor, so it was basically just Lian Shuangmu holding on alone. It's already a miracle that no one died. If I hadn't held onto him with all my might, who knows how much longer it would have taken."

  "Hmph!" Wang Ning snorted, "It's obviously you guys who are holding us back." Gua Zi Xie spat on the ground. Bai Jue and Wei Ming looked a bit embarrassed, while Tang Rou Yu and Ou Yang Mu shook their heads in dismay, as they were not skilled in close combat to begin with.

  "What do you think we should do?" asked Bai Jing. Yin Kuang said, "Of course, we need to strengthen our cooperation. However, before that, I think it's best if we first share our skills, special abilities, and what we're good at." As he spoke, Yin Kuang couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile, "To be honest, we don't even know each other's abilities, so how can we cooperate? It's a matter of life and death, shouldn't everyone be open with each other?"

  At this time, Yin Gang first showed his own attribute panel, and even made it fully visible...

  "Whether you agree or not, I'll take the lead first."