Forbidden Zone of the Human Race

Chapter 99 Combat Instinct

“Who did that?! Come out!” Wu Rui shouted and his aura exploded. The other squad members weren’t able to even move from the pressure.

“I’m your father!” 

“What?!” Wu Rui was temporarily confused, but soon he grew even angrier. “Come out, you asshole!”

Fury Points +455

Xiang Ning was somewhat satisfied by the Fury Points; as expected from a tier two martial artist. He had finally collected ten thousand points and upgraded Triple Slash to Peak Mastery.

Lu Shiyu was silently putting away her sniper rifle. She had acted under the command of Xiang Ning to fire that shot and kill the Tyrant Spider. Now, they were fifty thousand dollars ahead of Wu Rui’s squad.

Everyone was feeling pretty refreshed by how angry Wu Rui was, but they suddenly felt a subtle change in Xiang Ning.

“Xiang Ning… did you… have another breakthrough?”

“Yeah. I was looking at how angry he was and suddenly felt like something had changed. I was able to grasp the essence of the triple slash and it’s now at Peak Mastery.”

The other members of his team almost fainted on the spot. Peak Mastery was a level that everyone sought after in their life. To think that Xiang Ning, a sixteen-year-old student, had managed to achieve it twice! In the realm of martial artists, those who managed to attain Peak Mastery in their martial techniques were all on the level of a Sect Master. Even then, they had to spend their entire lives to achieve it.

“How the hell do you even cultivate?” Li Zimo felt utterly defeated. He knew that mastering the Mountain-Splitting Slash to Peak Mastery was maybe by luck, because the martial technique was compatible with Xiang Ning.

Li Zimo was just one step away from attaining the Awakened level, but before he even did so, Xiang Ning had already attained Peak Mastery level in the Triple Slash. To be a partner to a monster like that, he didn’t know whether he should feel happy or sad.

While he was thinking about it, they were hiding in the eighth story of an abandoned building. Three hundred meters away, Wu Rui was searching for whoever had fired that bullet. But Lu Shiyu’s attack was perfect. Her excellent sniping skills, her sniper rifle, and her silencer all turned her into a perfect assassin.

“Xiang Ning! Stop being a coward and come out!” Wu Rui was utterly agitated. He checked the ranking and saw that they had been overtaken. The first place was now Xiang Ning’s squad, and they were ahead by fifty thousand dollars.

“Hmm, it seems like they’ve found out. Don’t worry, let’s go and confront them!” Li Zimo was just about to head down, but was held back by Xiang Ning instead.

“Let me meet them first. I’ll anger them so much that they won't be able to think straight. If we just go down now, we’ll just be playing into their expectations.”

“Then what should we do?” 

“Easy, we just need to walk past them and look at them like cockroaches. Just follow my lead.” Xiang Ning patted Li Zimo’s shoulder.

“The rest of you, just follow us at the back. Let us guys handle this.” He knew what was appropriate. If the guys were to do it, at most Wu Rui would think that they were arrogant. But if even the girls did it, well, let’s just say the outcome wouldn’t be pretty.

“Xiang Ning, if you don’t come out in three minutes, that means you’ve forfeited the duel—” Wu Rui hadn’t even finished speaking before he saw five people slowly walking toward him.

“Xiang Ning!” Wu Rui was furious and immediately blanketed the area with his aura. Li Zimo was suppressed by him. Was he always this strong? This is beyond my expectations!

Fang Rou and Liu Ruoxue were also in pain. It seemed like they had underestimated the strength of a tier two martial artist. But even so, they did not reveal anything on their faces. Even Lu Shiyu was maintaining a poker face, but underneath that, a hint of taunting could be seen.

“Cough cough.” Xiang Ning was trying to get into character. Against Wu Rui, he just silently stood there. At that moment, Wu Rui thought that Xiang Ning was afraid of him. He laughed as if he had already won.

“This is the difference between you and me. You’re merely a tier one martial artist! I am already in tier two! I don’t want to bully you.…” Wu Rui felt refreshed. So this was how it felt to trample someone weaker. He felt like a ruler. But for the second time, he was interrupted. Fear started spreading on his face.

Xiang Ning had been thinking about how he should appear in front of Wu Rui to truly make him angry. He needed those extra Fury Points to increase his strength so that he could fight against Wu Rui. He was the reason why Hanwu Academy could hold onto the first place in the training session. Thus, he thought about a perfect scenario.

“Advancement.” Xiang Ning tapped the button in the system. He wanted to advance within the safety of the city. At least he could have lied and said that he advanced with the help of his ‘teacher’. But now he was left with no choice but to do this.

Congratulations on your advancement.

Level: Tier two, one-star martial artist (0/5000)

Mental Power: Tier two, one-star spiritual cultivator (200)

Congratulations on advancing into the next tier. 

Rewards: Combat Instinct (Exclusive Technique)

Combat Instinct: A technique that is superior to the sixth sense, allowing the user to grasp the rhythm and gaps during battle, drastically increasing the chances of survival through determining the correct choices. The technique becomes stronger the fiercer the battle is.

Looking at the exclusive technique, Xiang Ning was elated. In the middle of advancement, the enormous energy that he had received was at least three times stronger than what he had before.

“Combat Instinct, what a terrifying technique,” Xiang Ning mumbled. Even though it was a passive technique, everyone would freak out if they knew about it. This was something that only a veteran might possess after going through thousands of life-threatening battles. His body would react to danger and evade it automatically! It was a technique that would allow him to conserve his energy while fighting by removing all of his useless actions.

Back in the city center, everyone who saw him advance was left speechless. The changes in Xiang Ning were as bright as day.

“Dual breakthrough!” Wu Rui was a tier two martial artist, so he immediately knew what had happened and his pupils shrank in fear.