Stop pretending, I'm a security guard, a five-star general!

She instantly transformed from a cold and aloof iceberg into Qin Yu's possessive and obsessive simp.

The contrast is too great.

"Teacher, Gu Shanhe is very strong. Please be careful in this battle."

Shen Qishuang ignored the strange looks from the crowd and instead looked at Qin Yu with a serious expression.

"Huh? Do you think the teacher can't beat him?" Qin Yu glared at Shen Qishuang.

Shen Qishuang quickly shook her head: "No, teacher. I have always been very confident in your strength, but Gu Shanhe is also very strong. You could even say that his prodigious talent is no less than yours."

"Oh? This kid is that strong?"

Qin Yu raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "What's your odds against him?"

"If it's just a simple contest, I'd be 30/70 with him, but if it's a life-or-death battle, I'd be 0/10 with him, or even worse, I might not even last a single move against him."

Shen Qishuang said very sincerely.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu's usually calm gaze revealed a hint of surprise for the first time.

He didn't know much about this legendary number one on the War God Ranking, and thought that his strength was at most slightly stronger than Shen Qishuang, who was number two on the War God Ranking, and that he could still easily subdue her.

But looking at it now, this kid seems a bit strange too.

Qin Yu stroked his chin, his eyes lost in thought. After a long while, he asked again:

"Then let me ask you, what level of strength can this kid reach at his peak?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qishuang thought about it carefully for a moment, and then replied:

"He is currently a five-star Martial Marquis, but if the rumors are true and he has truly mastered the Mountain and Sea Sword Technique, his peak strength would probably be comparable to a half-step Martial King."

"What!?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu was immediately taken aback: "You mean his peak strength is comparable to a half-step Martial King!?"

Seeing Qin Yu like this, Lin Qingxue thought he was frightened and quickly comforted him:

"Teacher, don't worry, this is just my guess. In reality, he is at most an eight or nine-star Martial Marquis."

"No, you misunderstood. I'm just surprised that this kid is so weak." Qin Yu clicked his tongue.

Shen Qishuang: "Huh?"

Qin Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said somewhat speechlessly:

"Listening to how you were praising him so much, I thought his strength was already comparable to a Martial King or even a Martial Emperor. Turns out, his limit is only a half-step Martial King. This guy scared me so much that I'm sweating."

Everyone:? ? ?

Everyone was a little confused when they heard this.

What does the teacher mean by that?

Does he think that a half-step Martial King is weak?

"Um, teacher, if I may be so bold as to ask, what level are you at now?" Xu Hu couldn't help but ask.

"That's a Grand Martial Master."

Upon hearing this, everyone's lips twitched involuntarily. Judging from your arrogant tone just now, which completely disregarded even a half-step Martial King, one would think you were already a Martial King.

They had all been defeated by Qin Yu, so they naturally knew just how monstrous Qin Yu's strength was.

However, they absolutely did not believe that Qin Yu's strength had already surpassed that of a half-step Martial King.

After all, the next step above half-step Martial King is Martial King!

What does it mean to be a Martial King? Even within the entire Great Xia Dynasty, he would be considered a powerful figure, and in most ordinary cities, he would be qualified to be the lord of a city.

It is no exaggeration to say that one Martial King is comparable to a hundred Martial Marquises!

In fact, there's a saying in the martial arts world: "All those below the King of Martial Arts are but ants."

The reason is that entering the Martial King realm means that the cultivator has completely broken free from the mortal body and become a saint. If one does not enter the Martial King realm, one can only be considered a mortal.

Generally speaking, those who can reach the Martial King level around the age of thirty are already considered geniuses among geniuses, those who can reach the Martial King level at the age of twenty-seven or twenty-eight are even more monstrous, and those who can reach the Martial King level at the age of twenty-five or twenty-six are considered monstrous among monstrous, with a future ceiling of the level of a national general!

As for those who went further back, those who could become Martial Kings before the age of twenty-five, in the more than one thousand years of history of the Great Xia Dynasty, such people could be counted on one hand.

As for someone who could become a Martial King before the age of twenty, there was never such a person in the entire history of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Now, Qin Yu is only eighteen years old, and his strength has already reached the level of a half-step Martial King, which is already considered heaven-defying. If he could reach the level of a Martial King, they would never believe it even if they were beaten to death.

After all, even the most extraordinary talents have their limits.

The probability of a King Wu at eighteen years old happening is even higher than the probability of Newton coming back to life from his coffin.

What they didn't know was that while there might be limits to geniuses, there are no limits to cheating.

Qin Yu's current attribute panel value is already at the half-step Martial King level. If you add in the other miscellaneous skill boosts,

Let me just say, if you dare let me touch you, even the Martial Emperor could crush you!

Of course, the premise is that you can encounter it...

However, no matter what, dealing with weaklings below the Martial King realm is still a piece of cake.

Upon learning that Gu Shanhe's strongest strength was only at the half-step Martial King level, Qin Yu was completely unfazed. With his hands in his pockets, he leisurely walked onto the arena, then shouted towards the opposite contestant's passage.

"Senior Gu Shanhe, can you hurry up? I'm getting impatient waiting."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a sword shadow shot past through the contestants' passage in a flash.

A handsome figure dressed in white, his robes fluttering, stood atop the sword's edge, a slightly apologetic smile on his face as he looked at Qin Yu and slowly said:

"I'm sorry, junior Qin Yu, something came up on the way here and I was delayed for a while. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Qin Yu asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"I was practicing swordsmanship in a mountain range before, and I accidentally cleaved the mountain range in two with my sword because I used too much force. The forestry bureau caught me and made me pay a fine." Gu Shanhe said with a wry smile and a slightly helpless sigh.

Qin Yu: "..."

Is that you, you arrogant king?