High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

The audience erupted in cheers.

Judging from this, Gu Changfeng is testing Song Chen's swordsmanship.

Everyone knows that Gu Changfeng never goes easy on students when he's testing them.

He uses a wooden sword, while the students can use real swords, but with his near-fifth-level qi and blood and the swordsmanship he has honed over decades, how could a student possibly defeat him?

Song Chen looked at Gu Changfeng and nodded: "Okay."

As he spoke, he stepped onto the martial arts stage and gripped the hilt of the Tianjun Blade at his waist with his right hand.

He didn't draw his sword, but simply held it, waiting for Gu Changfeng to make the first move.

Gu Changfeng held the wooden sword horizontally in front of him, channeling his fourth-level Qi and Blood into the blade, causing a faint blue light to shine on its surface.

The sword technique used is the Gu family's ancestral Po Jun sword technique, which is wide and powerful, with each strike carrying the momentum of Po Jun.

He taught swordsmanship at Tianhai University for fifteen years, and no student had ever lasted more than ten moves against him. Of course, he never used his full strength against his students.

But today, he decided to put in a little more effort.

"I won't let the water out."

"I know."

After speaking, Gu Changfeng made a move.

His speed was astonishing; the wooden sword drew a pale blue arc in the air, slashing straight at Song Chen's left shoulder.

He used 30% of his strength in that strike, which he believed was enough for a third-tier student.

But Song Chen did not dodge or block; he simply took a step forward and entered the inner circle of Gu Changfeng's blade.

The Heavenly Blade was drawn.

The dark silver blade gleamed with a serene light in the sunlight, and the edge of the blade rose from below, striking the wooden sword precisely.

The blade of the Heavenly Blade cut into the wood fibers of the wooden knife, cutting in just enough to catch the knife, and then stopped.

Gu Changfeng's wooden sword stopped in mid-air, still twenty centimeters away from Song Chen's shoulder, but could not go any further.

It wasn't that the strength was insufficient, but rather that the blade of the Tianjun Blade was jamming the wooden sword's body, like a lock locking a key.

He tried to draw his sword, but couldn't. He exerted his strength, and the pale blue light on the blade surged, but the Heavenly Blade remained unmoved.

Song Chen looked at him calmly, then loosened the hilt of the Tianjun Blade and took a step back.

The Heavenly Blade got stuck on the wooden sword and didn't fall off.

Gu Changfeng stared at the dark silver battle blade wedged into his wooden sword for three seconds, then paused. The blade looked somewhat familiar.

Then he gripped the wooden knife with both hands, pulled hard, and the blade came out of the wood, leaving a deep cut that almost severed half of the blade.

The training hall fell silent.

Gu Changfeng looked at the cuts on the wooden knife and fell silent. He then looked up at Song Chen.

"Who taught you your swordsmanship?" he asked.

"Hmm...it should be Principal Zhou."

Saying you're self-taught is a bit of an exaggeration; it's better to borrow someone else's coattails.

Upon hearing Zhou Wangyue's name, Gu Changfeng nodded, threw the wooden sword on the ground with a muffled thud.

Then he turned to face the more than two hundred students below the stage, his voice returned to normal, and even carried a hint of a smile.

"Today's lesson has been changed. We're not going to talk about the Breaking Army Saber Technique anymore; we'll talk about how to deal with opponents stronger than ourselves."

As he spoke, he glanced at Song Chen.

"Did you all see that move just now?"

"He didn't take my knife head-on. Instead, he moved inside my blade's circle, using the advantage of his weapon to block my blade, and then, that was it."

"His knife was on top of mine, my knife was immobilized, and his knife could stab me in the throat at any moment."

"If we were evenly matched, I would already be dead."

"This is not brute force, it is skill, judgment, and experience."

Gu Changfeng spoke these words with sincerity, then he turned around and looked at Song Chen: "Song Chen, your swordsmanship class is exempt."

"You don't need to come to my classes anymore; it's a waste of your time."

Song Chen nodded, sheathed his sword, and turned to walk towards the entrance of the training hall.

As he walked to the door, applause suddenly rang out behind him.

More than two hundred people clapped at the same time, and the applause echoed in the training hall like waves.

Song Chen didn't turn around, but simply raised his right hand and waved it lightly before walking out of the training hall.

He looked at the psionic particles floating in the sunlight and smiled.

This week, I killed thousands of alien beasts, earned 500,000 kill points, obtained an S-grade weapon, and became a disciple of a sixth-tier grandmaster.

He missed eleven classes, angered a professor, and then defeated him with a single blow in front of more than two hundred people.

This week has been very fulfilling.

Song Chen walked to the apartment building in the East District, pushed open the door, and went into the room.

He placed the Heavenly Blade by the bedside, leaned the Thunderclap Blade against the desk, and took off his combat uniform and threw it into the laundry basket.

He took a hot shower to wash away the dust and blood, and all the fatigue that had accumulated over the past five days.

Hot water sprayed from the showerhead, and steam filled the small space, as if washing away all the battles of the past few days into the sewers.

He dried himself off, put on clean clothes, and lay down on the bed.

The system panel has been opened.

[Kill Value: 502470 points.]

It's still broad daylight, there's no rush to use it, let's rest first.

Song Chen closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

……

Six hours later, Song Chen woke up.

The osmanthus tree outside the window swayed gently in the night breeze, and moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting a patch of silvery-white light on the floor.

He sat up, leaned against the headboard, and stretched his body, feeling quite comfortable.

Submerge your consciousness into the system space.

In the darkness, the system interface lit up.

A pale blue, semi-transparent panel floated in mid-air.

His gaze fell on the combat skills section.

The Thunderous Annihilation Blade is currently at the Great Perfection level. To upgrade it to the Grandmaster level, it would require a full 500,000 Kill Points.

A-level techniques consume a lot of energy.

He had saved up 500,000 over a long period of time, but upgrading an A-level combat skill from Mastery to Grandmaster would take away all of it.

Song Chen stared at that number for a long time.

He recalled Gu Changfeng's strike in the training hall today; if he wasn't mistaken, Gu Changfeng's Breaking Army Saber Technique was at the Great Perfection level.

If Gu Changfeng's swordsmanship were at the grandmaster level, the outcome of that strike today would have been different.

The Heavenly Blade might not be able to stop his blade, and even if it did, he could change his move in a fraction of a second.

The difference between Grandmaster and Master is not a quantitative difference, but a qualitative difference. Mastery means that one has mastered a sword technique to its extreme, while Grandmaster means that one has transcended the sword technique itself and entered the realm of "no moves are better than moves".

His current mastery-level Thunderous Annihilation Blade is practically invincible among its peers.

However, against the middle stage of the fourth tier, the upper stage of the fourth tier, or even the fifth tier, the master level is not enough; only the grandmaster level can contend with them.

However, spending 500,000 kill points on swordsmanship means that one's health and mental strength will stagnate.

He's already struggling to deal with the initial stage of the fourth tier; he needs to use his special abilities and strategies to even get by.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Song Chen closed the combat skill upgrade page and opened the potion bar.

He decided to focus on improving his qi and spirit first, and deal with the martial arts level later.