Chapter 41: Chapter 41: The Untouchable Ahead

Translator: 549690339

Under normal circumstances, the strong would naturally pursue higher rankings, so the strength of the students defending the martial arts arenas towards the end would be weaker.

However, the overwhelming pressure displayed by Jack Clark didn’t seem like a weaker opponent.

Thus, after the second challenger was defeated, the students watching the surrounding two or three martial arts arenas hesitated for a moment, with no one stepping up.

In the martial arts arena, Jack looked around and asked, “Is there no one to challenge?”

“I’m in.”

At this moment, a male student carrying a huge sword like a door panel came over. Seeing that no one was coming up to the No.49 arena, he quickly jumped up in excitement.

“Class 1, Mullen Weisz.”

“Class 3, Jack Clark.”

The two of them politely introduced themselves and their classes. Then, Mullen Weisz reminded Jack while drawing his forty-centimeter-wide and over two-meter-long huge sword from behind him.

“Brother, my cultivation method is the advanced Imperial Capital Giant Sword, which overpowers people with force. You need to be careful.”

Unexpectedly, the opponent was so straightforward that he even revealed his cultivation method. Jack hesitated for a moment and introduced his own: “…I practice the low-level martial arts Dragon Elephant Power, mainly focusing on strength. My power is quite ‘big’.”

“What…low-level martial arts?”

Mullen Weisz was stunned, then a relaxed smile appeared on his face: “Brother, although I don’t want to take advantage of you, I have to take your rank for the extra contribution reward points.”

Jack looked at him weirdly, “It’s alright, if I lose, it just means my skills are not as good.”

“Let’s begin and decide the winner.”

As Mullen Weisz pointed his sword, his entire aura suddenly changed, with an oppressive feeling spreading and a strong momentum.

Such strength… Jack squinted his eyes, his expression becoming a little more serious, because he felt that Mullen Weisz might be as strong as Marcus Lee.

Boom! Mullen Weisz stomped on the ground, causing a slight tremor under the enormous force. He then charged towards Jack with his sword in hand. With one swing, the sword came crashing down.

Clang!

When the swords collided, sparks flew in all directions, and the invisible shock wave even swept the surrounding air.

How is that possible! Seeing Jack, who blocked his sword, Mullen Weisz was taken aback. Didn’t you say you practice low-level martial arts?

Out of respect for Mullen, Jack held the sword with both hands and blocked Mullen’s attack. He then used his Furious Power to repel Mullen.

Immediately after that, he swung his sword diagonally…clang! Sparks flew.

He swung his sword again.

He slashed with both hands and turned around to attack with full force…clang, clang, clang!!

After five consecutive slashes, Mullen was pushed back to the edge of the martial arts arena, and he was completely baffled by Jack’s overwhelming power.

Just then, another slash tore through the raging wind, appearing before Mullen’s eyes. Unable to dodge it, Mullen subconsciously blocked it with his sword horizontally.

Clang! Due to the tremendous force, Mullen fell off the martial arts arena.

Jack took a deep breath, put his sword away and stood still. Looking at the slightly confused Mullen below, Jack smiled and said, “Student Weisz, it seems that the No.49 rank still belongs to me.”

“I… Jack, do you really practice low-level martial arts?” Mullen Weisz was still baffled.

Jack nodded: “Yes.”

Mullen Weisz’s face immediately revealed an expression of agony: “Damn, if I had known, I wouldn’t have challenged you. I lost a lot this time.”

Initially, he saw that the students in the front martial arts arenas were quite fierce. So, without being completely confident, he intentionally came to the back to challenge.

He thought that the students defending these martial arts arenas would be weaker and that he could win easily. After all, the rewards for the top 50 were the same, and he didn’t care about his specific rank.

Who knew that he would randomly pick a martial arts arena and encounter a freak who practiced low-level martial arts but could crush him with absolute strength?

And since each person had only one chance to challenge, he could only watch the competition from the sidelines.

Thinking of this, Mullen Weisz felt even more upset.

But there was nothing he could do. He had lost, so he could only turn and leave.

After witnessing Jack’s strength, the students at the surrounding martial arts arenas dared not step forward. After waiting for a while, a female student arrived from the front.

This female student had a similar thought to Mullen Weisz. She wanted to take advantage of the situation by challenging the arenas towards the back. Seeing that there was no one in the No.49 arena, she jumped up in excitement.Then… Jack Clark sent him flying with three strikes.

After winning four matches in a row, Jack Clark firmly secured the 49th ranking.

Phew!!

At the Number 50 Arena next door, Zac Lyons, who had just defeated a challenger, gasped for breath and admired Jack Clark from ten meters away, “Dude, you’re really awesome.”

In contrast to all his exhausting victories, the expert on the other side was like the autumn wind sweeping away dead leaves, taking down all challengers in just a few strikes.

Jack Clark grinned modestly, “Not at all, it’s just that my luck is better than yours.”

Zac Lyons rolled his eyes, “Brother, don’t be so modest, we all saw how fierce you were just now.”

“Brother, why don’t you go to the front?” Zac Lyons was curious.

Jack Clark shook his head modestly, “The students ahead are too strong, I don’t think I’m their match, so it’s nice to be able to mix in the back ranks.”

“I don’t want to talk to you anymore.” Zac Lyons was speechless, placed his weapon down, and sat down cross-legged to recover.

As in the first round, there was a short break after each battle to recover strength.

Standing on the stage, Jack Clark looked into the distance, where the competition was still fierce. It was estimated that it would take another half an hour for the second round to end.

While waiting idly, Jack Clark silently analyzed today’s gains.

Although most of his opponents were easily dealt with, their reactions and tactics during the battle were helpful from another perspective.

On top of that, the reason he could do so easily was that his strength had improved these days, with his power attribute reaching 68 points.

His current arm strength was about 450 kilograms, which was nine times that of an ordinary person – not the six times shown on the data.

It seemed that the higher the Four Major Attributes were, the greater the growth in all aspects, rather than increasing according to normal multiples.

In the audience seats, Justin Welan was numb, looking suspiciously at Jack Clark on the Number 49 Arena, “What’s going on? How did Jack become so powerful all of a sudden?”

He knew that there were more than a hundred ordinary ‘geniuses’ in the whole school who had breakthroughs within a week. Most of them, except for a few with bad luck like him, made it into the top 200.

In this situation, Jack Clark’s overwhelming strength shown by dealing with four challengers in a row was enough to enter the top ten of the grade.

Was this still the Jack Clark he knew? The good friend who had barely managed to establish his foundation in half a month and cultivated two low-level martial art techniques?

Or was it that Jack Clark was just playing him during their sparring a few days ago?

Freya Louise smiled slightly, whispering, “It’s because of the True Martial Compatibility. He said that when he practiced Dragon Elephant Power these days, his strength doubled strangely.”

“… True Martial Compatibility, no wonder.”

Justin Welan suddenly realized, “I remember when Jack was establishing his Foundation, his compatibility with physique and strength-enhancing skills was very high. I didn’t expect that…”

As Justin Welan said this, he paused, and then his face showed a look of regret.

That’s because the Dragon Elephant Power was just a low-level martial skill with limited potential.

Even if Jack Clark could make rapid progress in the First Layer Heaven and Second Layer Heaven due to his high compatibility, the gap between him and those who practiced advanced techniques would still be huge.

This gap wasn’t just about the upper limit of martial skills, but also the amplification and burst moves.

At the First Layer Heaven, there was no True Strength, and the True Martial Arts skill only condensed the power, so the gap between the low-level martial arts and the advanced ones was not very obvious.

At this time, the low-level martial arts had an amplification of one time, while the advanced ones were about 1.5 times.

But after cultivating True Strength at Second Layer Heaven, the low-level martial arts only had a two-fold increase, while the advanced one started at three times.

Some people with high compatibility could even burst out four times or even five times the amplification.

It meant that in the early stage of Second Layer Heaven, when everyone’s basic strength was 400 kilograms, the strength-type low-level martial arts could burst out with more than 2,000 kilograms of impact.

But under the amplification of high-level martial arts True Strength, that basic strength could easily burst out with over 3,000 or even 4,000 kilograms of power.

And this was just the basic strength, not to mention the burst moves that came with advanced martial skills.

So after the Second Layer Heaven, the gap between the two sides would widen rapidly.

In addition, breaking through the Second Layer Heaven with advanced martial skills would allow faster refinement of Heavenly Energy, more refined True Strength, and other advantages…

Thinking of this, Justin Welan couldn’t help feeling regretful.

If Jack’s initial talent had been better and he had established his foundation within a week, he would have been able to cultivate an advanced martial skill, but now… sigh!