High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 78: The Shame of Talented Martial Artists, Tantai Yan’s Triumphant Advance

Chapter 78: Chapter 78: The Shame of Talented Martial Artists, Tantai Yan’s Triumphant Advance

In less than a minute, it’s over just like that?

The lobby on the first floor suddenly fell silent for a moment, followed by a lively discussion.

This situation isn’t happening for the first time. In fact, it’s occurred several times over the past three days, without exception, involving Talented Martial Artists, all during the process of these talents vying for the first dormitory.

Not every martial artist is like Xing Fang; in most cases, non-talented martial artists merely serve as stepping stones for the Talented Martial Artists.

Many trainees from the same city actually know each other, having even crossed paths before, naturally aware of who’s strong and who’s weak.

In such situations, voluntarily admitting defeat is wise; doing so only involves exchanging tokens, yielding the dormitory, but publicly accepting the challenge and losing would result in a loss of points.

"In such a short time, one party must have voluntarily admitted defeat. I guess another Talented Martial Artist arrived, but I wonder from which city?"

"Xing Fang just moved into the first dormitory; this person definitely came for Xing Fang."

"Yeah, which Talented Martial Artist isn’t proud?"

"Next, it’ll probably be number 50’s turn, and then it’ll be number one!"

Most people in the lobby were quite excited, full of anticipation for the upcoming intense battle. The Ling siblings and the fatty immediately guessed Su Mu had taken action, and they were thrilled.

Even the people in the ten dormitories on the fifth floor were very anticipatory, waking up from their cultivation state, ready to watch the showdown.

"You Ming from Shenjiang City?"

"Or Cui Jian?" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Or that monster Tantai Yan?"

Xing Fang’s eyes sparkled as he swallowed an elixir to restore Qi and Blood, wondering who would challenge him next. It was truly exciting.

Time passed slowly, yet number 100 didn’t directly storm towards number 50 as many had speculated, nor did it trigger a new round of contention for the first dormitory.

Number 100 just went silent.

"Not to be rude, but who exactly is this person?"

"What a weirdo, is this Talented Martial Artist content with residing in number 100?"

...

Let’s rewind time a bit.

The owner of dormitory number 100 angrily opened the room door, his expression changing upon seeing the visitor.

"Su Mu?!"

"Hong Yi."

Su Mu recognized the person in front was indeed the same Hong Yi who participated in the assessment together with him.

Seeing that the challenger was Su Mu, Hong Yi immediately gave up struggling and decisively took out his token, "Here you go."

"Alright."

After exchanging tokens, Hong Yi retrieved his personal belongings back into his Space Ring, and the two chatted for a bit. In the end, Hong Yi, full of anticipation, asked, "Su Mu, are you going to challenge Xing Fang?"

After the Linjiang Base assessment, Hong Yi searched for information on Martial Momentum, and the result was astonishing.

Martial Momentum is extremely powerful and the key to reaching the Grandmaster Realm.

The vast majority of Sixth Level Martial Artists stop at the Grandmaster Realm, with no hope for the rest of their lives, primarily due to their inability to comprehend Martial Momentum.

According to data, official Huaxia statistics show that out of a group of a thousand Sixth Level Martial Artists who received Third Level Sequence resource inclination, only five advanced to the Grandmaster Realm within ten years, with four more following within a twenty-year period.

The odds of a Sixth Level Martial Artist with Third Level Sequence resources advancing to a Grandmaster are less than one percent. In Huaxia, there are many with insufficient potential who can’t acquire sequence resources, and including these would make the probability even lower.

Praised as a late bloomer, Martial Saint Li Lang even only mastered Spear Momentum at the high-level Sixth Stage.

This demonstrates the difficulty of understanding Martial Momentum. It’s something that most martial artists on Blue Star can’t touch in their lifetimes, its power undeniable.

Yet, Su Mu shook his head.

Looking at the closed dormitory door, Hong Yi was bewildered. He had surrendered so readily because he had witnessed Su Mu killing City Lord Lu in front of a Grandmaster.

So he held high expectations for Su Mu.

But now, was Su Mu scared?

Suddenly, a feeling of anger and disappointment arose in Hong Yi’s heart, displeased by Su Mu’s lack of fighting spirit!

If he had known Su Mu lacked such motivation, he wouldn’t have surrendered so readily.

Hong Yi descended to the lobby in frustration, where someone recognized him.

"Hey, isn’t this the guy who exchanged blows with Lu Qing on the first day, seems like he’s from Shenjiang City?"

"That’s right, I remember him too. Many faced with Talented Martial Artists choose to surrender voluntarily, but he didn’t give in directly to Lu Qing, the Talented Martial Artist from the same city; they both wield spears!"

"Now that you mention it, I remember, he managed to withstand ten moves from Lu Qing. Strange how he’s just conceded this time. Who’s in room 100 now?"

Someone immediately stepped forward to inquire about the identity of number 100, but Hong Yi gave no answer.

Nevertheless, someone guessed from Hong Yi’s anger that he knew the person in room 100, deducing that number 100 was likely also from Shenjiang City.

Thus, Tantai Yan was ruled out, as a genius from South China Martial Arts University would never settle for less.

This narrowed the scope further.

"Is it You Ming with Speed Talent, or Su Mu with Power Talent?"

"I get it, it’s definitely Su Mu. Someone was just discussing him, mentioning he’s already in the Training Camp."

"Su Mu from Shenjiang City? The oldest in this Training Camp batch, a Talented Martial Artist at thirty-three years only at the Fourth Level? Apart from Spiritual Talent’s Tantai Yan, he’s the only Fourth Level Talented Martial Artist this time!"

"So it’s him. No wonder he’s so low-key, barely a ripple since he arrived at the camp."

"Hahaha, low-key? I think he’s just scared. A Talented Martial Artist daring only to challenge room 100, opting specifically for someone from the same city?"

"This guy is simply a disgrace to Talented Martial Artists. If I had talent, I’d vie for the dormitory!"

Momentarily, Su Mu’s name echoed throughout the Three Cities Training Camp, spreading among the trainees, even overshadowing Xing Fang, who just secured the first dormitory.

...

The clamor in the lobby didn’t reach his ears.

After activating the Spirit Gathering Inscription, Su Mu’s eyes fixed solely on the Red Sun Saber on his knees. His hands caressed the saber, continuously channeling Sword Momentum into the blade as Blade Qi filled the dormitory,

Come afternoon, Shu Hong from Qianhai City arrived to challenge Xing Fang but failed. Xing Fang’s reputation grew stronger after defeating two Talented Martial Artists consecutively.

Time traveled to the day before the Training Camp began.

You Ming from Shenjiang City initiated the intense contention for the first dormitory.

Relying on Speed Talent, he defeated Xing Fang. Subsequently, another Talented Martial Artist from Qianhai City and Gao Xiaoyu from Gaoshan City appeared one after another, all bested by You Ming.

"In the world of martial arts, speed breaks all... Speed Talent is truly formidable, deserving of Wang Heng’s high expectations."

In the crowd, Su Mu silently watched the challenge before returning to his dormitory to continue nurturing Blade Qi. Over these two days, he observed all the battles for the first dormitory.

Know yourself and your enemies, you will be invincible in a hundred battles.

It was just that no one noticed him, nor realized he was the notorious disgrace among Talented Martial Artists.

In the afternoon, You Ming, in whom Wang Heng placed high hopes, fell. Gaoshan City’s strongest this year, Cui Jian, appeared. Sharing Speed Talent, Cui Jian wielded a long sword, driving You Ming back step by step, pretty much dominating him on the battlefield.

...

"So scary. Did I lose my way? I miss school."

Under the night sky, a woman dressed in a light yellow dress arrived, her face filled with nervousness, holding a token numbered 300.

"Tantai Yan is here!"

With outstanding looks and the reputation of a Spiritual Talent, Tantai Yan became the center of the fortress upon appearance, her ranking advancing rapidly with continuous token exchanges through numbers 250, 200, 150.

"Thank you for your token." Tantai Yan expressed gratitude each time she exchanged a token.

"Haha, interesting. Now Tantai Yan will seek the disgrace of Talented Martial Artists!"

"Something exciting is about to happen."

"I bet the first Talented Martial Artist to voluntarily surrender is about to appear!"

A crowd followed behind Tantai Yan, eager to witness the true face of the notorious figure in room 100 and the ensuing drama.