The extraterrestrial enemies who descended upon Donghai Martial Arts Academy were more battle-hardened than any Jiang Wuming had encountered before, as he had sensed.
Upon their arrival, they showed no fear despite Jiang Wuming and the others' formidable strength. They completely disregarded the death of their leading red-armored warrior.
In fact, the moment their leader perished, they charged towards the student formation!
Whoosh!
Facing the charge of the extraterrestrial enemies, Huangfu Weixia did not foolishly try to fight a hundred at once. Instead, she swiftly retreated, gliding back to the front of the student formation.
Today, her role was different from her time in the Battle Dragon Squad. She needed to act as the main commander, the backbone of the students, leading all her classmates in the fight.
Swish, swish, swish…
Concurrently, all the teachers from Donghai Martial Arts Academy, including Xia Xueqin, flashed forward, rapidly moving towards the student formation.
Although they would not participate in the initial combat, they were instructed by Ren Xiaoyao to protect the students, ensuring they did not suffer grievous injuries, and certainly not death!
“Form ranks, defend!”
As the teachers from Donghai Martial Arts Academy converged at the front of the student formation, a red-armored warrior at the forefront roared.
The next moment, all the red-armored warriors halted their advance. Their ranks immediately reformed into a triangular shape, demonstrating exceptionally high tactical proficiency.
While the strength of these extraterrestrial enemies was not overwhelming, they were highly trained!
“Weixia, Xiao Han, you two will lead your respective squads and charge from the front in an arrowhead formation. Cao Fei, Liu Feng, you two will lead your squads in a pincer attack from the flanks of the enemy formation!”
Seeing the extraterrestrial enemies cease their charge, Jiang Wuming immediately issued combat orders.
Behind Huangfu Weixia, Xiao Han, Cao Fei, and Liu Feng, there was a column of students each.
Among the four, Huangfu Weixia was the strongest, followed by Xiao Han. Both were suited for a frontal assault, while Cao Fei and Liu Feng would flank from the sides, providing support—this was the optimal strategy.
“Yes, Teacher Wuming!”
Huangfu Weixia, Xiao Han, Cao Fei, and Liu Feng immediately acknowledged the order.
“Follow Teacher Wuming’s command, form an arrowhead, and follow me!”
After receiving the order, Huangfu Weixia immediately issued instructions to her and Xiao Han’s formations.
“Alright!”
The students behind Huangfu Weixia and Xiao Han responded promptly and quickly reformed their ranks.
Huangfu Weixia stood at the very front, serving as the arrowhead, with Xiao Han and a student at the eight-star Martial Master realm positioned behind her. The students following them were arranged according to their strength.
“Kill!”
Seeing the formation complete, Huangfu Weixia let out a great roar and led her squad in a charge towards the enemy red-armored formation.
At the same time, Cao Fei and Liu Feng, leading their respective student squads, commenced their flanking attacks from the sides.
Observing this, all the teachers, except for Xia Xueqin and another vice-dean named Zhang Guanzhong, followed behind the student formations.
Their strength was all below the three-star Battle God realm, meaning their true qi could not leave their bodies, making it impossible to rescue students from a distance.
Seeing this, Ren Xiaoyao immediately intervened:
“You all return. Let Xueqin and Guanzhong protect the students, and Wuming can assist.”
“Yes, Dean!”
The teachers responded instinctively to Ren Xiaoyao’s command and withdrew.
They all understood that if they stayed behind the students, the students would not achieve their purpose of tempering themselves.
Xia Xueqin and Zhang Guanzhong remained in place, circulating their true qi and intently observing the battlefield, ready to act at any moment.
Simultaneously, Jiang Wuming fully circulated his spiritual power, extending it across the entire battlefield, also preparing to intervene.
His current spiritual power cultivation had reached the two-star Battle God, sixth stage. Interfering with warriors below the one-star Battle God realm was effortless for him.
He could even use his spiritual power to instantly kill the red-armored warriors!
Soon, the frontal assault squad led by Huangfu Weixia was the first to reach the enemy red-armored warrior formation.
Swish!
Under the morning sun, Huangfu Weixia led the charge, her hands gripping her saber. She unleashed a saber strike at the closest red-armored warrior.
This red-armored warrior was the one who had previously ordered the halt of the attack and was considered the leader of the current red-armored warriors, possessing the strength of a nine-star Martial Master, ninth stage.
Hoo!
As Huangfu Weixia’s saber flashed out, her true qi surged, and the saber energy swept forward like a gust of wind.
With this saber strike, Huangfu Weixia employed the third stance of the God Severing Saber Art—River Sever!
She intended to use her strongest killing move to cleave through the enemy leader, creating a breach in the enemy formation for her classmates to charge through smoothly.
Facing Huangfu Weixia’s ferocious saber strike, the red-armored warrior did not flinch. Instead, he raised his saber to meet the attack directly.
Concurrently, two other red-armored warriors, also at the nine-star Martial Master realm, thrust their sabers towards Huangfu Weixia.
A fight to the death!
The red-armored warrior at the front, knowing he was no match for Huangfu Weixia, firmly believed that his comrades would seize the moment of his clash with Huangfu Weixia to kill her!
Clang!!
The next moment, two sabers collided, emitting a crisp sound and a shower of sparks.
Pfft—
Then, the sound of splashing blood echoed.
The saber in the leading red-armored warrior’s hand was knocked away. Huangfu Weixia’s saber, its momentum undiminished, directly split the opponent’s head in two.
Clang!
Clang!
Following that, two more crisp sounds were heard.
Xiao Han and another student at the eight-star Martial Master realm had both intervened, helping Huangfu Weixia fend off the attacks from the other two nine-star warriors.
The eight-star Martial Master student’s saber was almost knocked from his grasp. Just as the red-armored warrior’s saber was about to cleave his body, Huangfu Weixia kicked the red-armored warrior’s wrist.
Crack!
The red-armored warrior’s wrist shattered, and his saber was sent flying into the air.
Die!!
Seizing this opportunity, the eight-star Martial Master student tightly gripped his saber again and plunged it through the red-armored warrior’s throat.
A fatal blow!
Previously, during Huangfu Weixia’s engagement with the leading red-armored warrior, all the students had heard Jiang Wuming’s reminder and kept it in mind.
At the same time, Huangfu Weixia, with a single saber strike, killed the red-armored warrior in front of Xiao Han.
Witnessing this, Xia Xueqin and Zhang Guanzhong’s eyes lit up—Huangfu Weixia and the other two cooperated with more tacit understanding than they had imagined. In an instant, they had killed three nine-star Martial Master realm extraterrestrial red-armored warriors, successfully creating a breach in the enemy formation.
“Kill!!”
Huangfu Weixia roared and led her squad to continue their charge.
Concurrently, Cao Fei and Liu Feng also led their two other squads in timely flanking attacks.
Soon, the extraterrestrial red-armored warrior formation was broken. The students attacked from three sides, gaining a complete advantage and utterly crushing the enemy’s morale.
However—
Even so, the battle did not proceed smoothly.
Or rather, the battle was far from as easy as the students had imagined.
After their formation was broken, those extraterrestrial red-armored warriors showed no signs of confusion. Instead, they fought with murderous intent, fiercely battling to the death.
Apart from Huangfu Weixia, none of the other students had experienced such a situation.
Facing the desperate red-armored warriors, some students exhibited the nervousness and fear Jiang Wuming had previously mentioned, preventing them from unleashing their true strength.
Fortunately, they remembered Jiang Wuming’s reminder and maintained their formations, complementing each other’s offense and defense, thus preserving their advantage.
Twenty minutes.
The battle lasted for a full twenty minutes.
After twenty minutes, the students finally managed to kill the extraterrestrial red-armored warriors.
Thirty-eight students sustained minor injuries during the fight.
Furthermore, Jiang Wuming, Xia Xueqin, and Zhang Guanzhong each intervened more than ten times.
Except for Huangfu Weixia and Xiao Han, almost all the students had experienced the taste of death—they were pulled back from the brink by Jiang Wuming and the other two!
As a result, after the battle concluded, they were not as excited as before. Instead, they fell into silence.
Even though Huangfu Weixia and Ren Xiaoyao had warned them beforehand that the battle would be brutal, they only truly understood the meaning of brutality after experiencing it, and they now knew what a moment of life and death felt like!
Not only the graduating fourth-year students who participated in the battle, but also the first, second, and third-year students watching from the periphery of the training ground, including Chu Feng, were not shouting with the usual celebratory excitement.
Watching the battle up close was entirely different from watching it on video.
More importantly, when they watched the Battle Dragon Squad fight, the Battle Dragon Squad had largely crushed their opponents.
But the recent battle had been arduous.
In fact, they were all aware that if not for the intervention of Jiang Wuming, Xia Xueqin, and Zhang Guanzhong, their seniors would not only have suffered many casualties but might not have won the battle at all!
Seeing this, Xia Xueqin, Zhang Guanzhong, and the others felt a pang of heartache.
Even though these students were officially graduating from this day forward, in a sense, they were still children.
It was a cruel thing for them to undergo such a bloody battle without any prior preparation.
“Children, congratulations on completing your final graduation examination!”
Just as the students fell silent and the teachers felt their hearts ache, Ren Xiaoyao, his expression calm, raised his right hand and made a textbook-style salute to the students led by Huangfu Weixia.
Seeing this, Xia Xueqin and the other teachers, like Ren Xiaoyao, offered the martial artist’s salute to the students.
“Form ranks, return the salute!”
Huangfu Weixia gave the instruction upon seeing this.
Swish, swish, swish…
As if waking from a dream, the students lined up in formation on the battlefield and returned the salute to Ren Xiaoyao and the teachers like Xia Xueqin, simultaneously expressing their gratitude:
“Thank you, Dean Xia, Dean Zhang, and Teacher Wuming!”
“Children, today Dean Zhang and Teacher Wuming could protect you. In the future, when you go to the battlefield, you will rely on the sabers in your hands and the comrades by your side—go back and properly summarize today’s battle!”
Xia Xueqin said with earnest sincerity.
“Yes, Dean Xia!”
The students, with reddened eyes, responded loudly.
Hearing the students’ reply, Xia Xueqin said no more and turned her gaze towards Jiang Wuming.
“Everyone, exit the battlefield and attend to your injuries!”
Jiang Wuming issued the instruction with a blank expression, offering no further comment.
“Yes, Teacher Wuming!”
Huangfu Weixia and the others responded loudly once more, then lined up and left the battlefield in an orderly fashion.
Huh?
At the same time, Jiang Wuming’s expression drastically changed, and his brows instantly shot up!
“Wuming, what is it?”
Xia Xueqin, noticing the change in Jiang Wuming’s expression, asked.
Swish, swish, swish…
Hearing Xia Xueqin’s question, Ren Xiaoyao, the other teachers, and the students all turned their gaze towards Jiang Wuming.
“One enemy is missing!”
Under everyone’s gaze, Jiang Wuming spoke with a grave tone, and the thought from earlier resurfaced in his mind:
The enemies who descended this time are different!
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