Chapter 108: That ruthless from the very beginning?

Half an hour later, Wen Jingxuan and Hu Yu had finally absorbed the energy within their bodies after a round of cultivation and strength training.

Lin Xiao looked at them and sighed.

“You two are way too weak. As second-tier awakened ones, you still need this long to digest second-tier beast meat. Looks like I’ll have to put you through a proper training program.”

Wen Jingxuan and Hu Yu exchanged a glance. Though unwilling in their hearts, they did not dare say much.

Sun Bin immediately burst out laughing at them.

“Haha, I told you before to train with me. You refused, didn’t you? Regretting it now, huh?”

“Shut your mouth. You’re only a tiny bit stronger than them. You need training too!”

Sun Bin instantly fell silent, though unlike the other two, he did not resist training at all.

Because of the two of them, what had originally been more than enough time suddenly became tight.

The four hurriedly changed into their military training uniforms and headed for the assembly point.

The assembly point was the school field, and they quickly found their class.

By then, the instructors had not yet appeared. The girls were gathered in groups, discussing whether their instructor would be a handsome guy.

Among them, Lin Xiao spotted Luo Yao at a glance.

Sensing his gaze, Luo Yao’s face immediately turned red.

Lin Xiao knew at once that the one present now was her first personality.

He did not shamelessly go over to greet her, afraid that the second personality would be provoked without warning.

If that happened, they might end up fighting again on the spot.

On a September morning, the air was filled with a faint warmth, as though sunlight were lightly pulsing beneath the skin.

Quite a few people had already begun to sweat. Who knew how sweltering it would be by noon and afternoon.

There was no need to guess: in a month’s time, most of those present would have a new skin.

As time passed, the instructors finally entered the field in neat formation.

They soon dispersed and found the classes they were responsible for.

Lin Xiao’s class was an elite class at Capital City Spirit Martial Academy, so naturally the one teaching them was also the best instructor.

Their instructor was the leader of that group of soldiers.

He was tall and upright, broad-shouldered and solid, his military uniform pressed impeccably against his body, lending him an air of formidable authority.

His bronze skin shone with a healthy luster, and between his brows there was resolve and decisiveness.

Many of the girls in the class could already no longer stop themselves from swooning.

“Wow! So handsome, so handsome! He’s exactly my type!”

“He looks so young. He feels about our age!”

“Look at his epaulets—one bar and three stars. He’s such a young captain!”

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Amid the girls’ chatter, the officer walked straight to the front of Lin Xiao’s class.

Though he said nothing, the commanding presence about him was enough to make the students fall silent.

“Hello, classmates. My name is Murong Jing. Level five, SS-rank metal element. For the next period of time, I will be your military training instructor!”

As soon as Murong Jing’s voice fell, the students immediately applauded him.

Lin Xiao was also somewhat surprised. He had not expected their instructor to be a level-five powerhouse.

And an SS-rank metal-element user at that. How had such a strong individual not gone to a spirit martial university, but directly entered the army?

At that moment, Lin Xiao suddenly understood why, when he asked Chu Wentian to help him secure a recommendation slot for the army, Chu Wentian had flatly refused.

If even a random instructor was a level-five SS-rank metal-element user, then a mere request for one recommendation slot from him would definitely not be accepted by the military.

Murong Jing’s gaze swept over everyone. When it landed on Luo Yao, a flash of amazement passed through his eyes, though he quickly concealed it.

When he saw Lin Xiao, his gaze lingered on him for a moment.

He had already recognized him—the little fellow he had seen training on the field when they first arrived at the school.

Interesting.

“Which one of you is the class monitor? Step forward and take attendance. Check whether anyone is absent. If anyone is missing, their military training score will directly be a fail!”

Murong Jing’s words struck everyone like a hammer blow. Was he this harsh?

Absent once and it’s an immediate fail?

Xu Jingyi immediately stepped forward.

“Reporting, Instructor. I am the class monitor.”

Murong Jing tossed the roster in his hand to Xu Jingyi, and she immediately began calling names.

“Bai Zixuan.”

“Here.”

“Louder! Have you not eaten? Bai Zixuan!”

“Here!”

Lin Xiao curled his lips. As expected, it was the same old military training routine.

The roll call ended quickly. No one was absent on the first day of training. Each time a name was called, Murong Jing would fix his gaze on that person for a while. Once everyone had been accounted for, he finally told Xu Jingyi to return to the ranks.

“Attention!”

“At ease!”

“Dress right!”

“Eyes front!”

“At ease!”

It had to be said that being able to become top students at Capital City Spirit Martial Academy meant their basic qualities were still there. They could complete simple commands quickly enough.

Murong Jing was fairly satisfied with their performance.

“I hear you’re the elite of Capital City Spirit Martial Academy. Are you?”

“Yes!”

“Yes, my ass. In my eyes, everyone here without exception is trash!”

Murong Jing was not polite in the slightest. The chosen heirs of heaven all turned red with embarrassment.

“What, not convinced? If you’re not convinced, then endure it. If you want me to admit you’re not trash, prove it to me. Don’t just know how to rage helplessly. First, I’ll introduce your training content from here on out.

Surely no one thinks the purpose of this military training is to teach you to march in step and stand at attention, right? If so, you’re dead wrong!

The standards I’ll use to train you will be those of a special operations superhuman unit, including physical conditioning, firearms training, and more. Let me say this in advance: if you fail even one item, your final score will be a fail!”

Hearing Murong Jing’s words, Lin Xiao felt a little surprised. This military training seemed rather different from what he had imagined.

“Good. Next is the first exercise: a ten-kilometer weighted run. Men carry twenty-five kilograms, women ten kilograms. Everyone must finish. Anyone who cannot finish gets a failing score from me directly! What are you standing there for? The weights have already been prepared. Start running!”

The students were all stunned.

This was military training?

Starting off this brutal?

Ten kilometers?

With weights?

If you can’t finish, you fail?

While many of them were still lamenting, Lin Xiao had already rushed over, picked up a twenty-five-kilogram weight, and started running.

Just ten kilometers? With twenty-five kilograms?

Easy.

He had already run at least four ten-kilometer stretches in the two hours that morning.

After him, Luo Yao was the second to step forward. She did not choose the ten-kilogram weight for girls, but instead took a twenty-five-kilogram one as well.

That caused Murong Jing to look at her a little more highly.

Interesting. This batch of freshmen seems stronger than I expected.