Just then, Tang Xiao watched as his sister was knocked unconscious by an opponent's kick. The fat man froze in his tracks, and his eyes widened in shock.
Immediately after, a terrifying murderous aura burst out from his body.
Xiao Mi!
He screamed in his heart.
He charged at the An Lun soldiers who were charging at him.
He didn't care how badly he'd been beaten, Mika had seen it with his own eyes.
But Tang Mi couldn't. She was his sister!
His dearest sister.
Tang Xiao had heard from Jin Tao that Tang Mi had stayed by his side while he meditated. She hadn't said anything, but how could he not be touched?
He'd been the one to protect his sister since they were kids. Now she was all grown up and cared for him.
It was a feeling of affection that filled Tang Xiao's heart with warmth.
Now that he saw his sister beaten, the cunning in his heart turned to madness. He pounced on his opponent like a rabid tiger.
Even though the soldiers of the An Lun army were seasoned soldiers, the sudden change in their opponent's temperament was enough to surprise the soldier.
Tang Xiao's lunge didn't look like he had any sort of plan in mind. The soldier raised his leg and kicked at Tang Xiao's fleshy belly.
Pfft! A direct hit!
Tang Xiao, in his frenzied state, had no intention of dodging. However, the An Lun soldiers sensed something was amiss when he lifted his foot.
His opponent's belly was as soft as cotton. His ankle sank into it.
[⊙, w ¤ww.
He tried to kick Tang Xiao out of the way, but Tang Xiao's body pushed forward with all his might.
Generally speaking, a fat man was stronger than a thin man.
There was no harm in being strong.
Tang Xiao was fatter than the average man.
Not to mention.
His strength was also his forte.
Although he couldn't use his Discipline, he was still able to push the soldier off his feet.
The An Lun soldier didn't panic. His right foot, which had sunk into Tang Xiao's abdomen, pushed off, and he stood up straight. His other foot lashed out at Tang Xiao's shoulder.
He tried to pull his right foot out of his stomach by pulling it with force.
But Tang Xiao's reaction was completely unexpected. He leapt to his feet.
Although he was fat, his jump was really high.
Then, with the An Lun soldier in tow, he slammed into the ground.
His soft, cotton-like stomach clenched tightly around the soldier's ankle, preventing him from pulling away.
The An Lun soldier's eyes flashed. Seeing that he couldn't pull his ankle free, he reached out with his right hand and pulled a sharp blade from his thigh.
"Ah!" The spectating students let out cries of surprise.
Wasn't this bare-handed combat?
How does he use weapons?
They thought the soldier was going to attack Tang Xiao with his weapon. Tang Xiao was prepared to use his Discipline, but the soldier didn't hesitate to use his weapon against Tang Xiao.
The An Lun soldier didn't hesitate for a moment. His blade rose and fell, aiming for his ankle where Tang Xiao's stomach was.
There was no hesitation in the blade.
There was no hesitation in the slightest.
Sever the wrist?
This was just training!
"Enough!" A figure shot out from the side, quick as lightning. A hand grasped the soldier's wrist.
At the same time, it steadied the two falling bodies, allowing them to land safely on the ground.
Gao Lei looked at Tang Xiao, a strange light in his eyes. He nodded. "You win. Excellent!"
Tang Xiao released his grip on his stomach, but didn't even look at the soldier. He turned and ran in the direction of his sister.
The An Lun soldier's face was unsightly. Gao Lei raised his knee and slammed it into the soldier's stomach, causing him to scrunch up in pain.
"Carelessness in the face of an enemy. Had this happened on the battlefield, you'd be dead.
Don't you understand that a lion needs to use its full strength to catch a rabbit?
This is a warning. Repeat and I'll punish you. "
All of this happened very quickly. In just a few blinks of an eye, it was all over.
The NEU students, on the other hand, were stunned by what they saw.
These were the iron blooded soldiers of An Lun!
Even in training, they didn't hesitate to sever their wrists for the sake of victory.
If he hadn't stopped it in time, judging from the ferocity of that slash just now, he would have been crippled.
On the other side of the battlefield, Jin Tao and his opponent were still fighting.
By the time Tang Xiao had secured his victory, Jin Tao had been sent flying for the seventh time by his opponent. But each time he scrambled to his feet, like a cockroach that couldn't be killed. Every time, he continued to charge at his opponent.
The An Lun soldier's eyes shone with surprise. This student's tenacity was impressive!
His ability to take hits was impressive as well. Although he'd been sent flying each time, he'd always managed to protect his vitals. This was training, after all. The An Lun soldier couldn't really hurt him.
Again and again, the time it took him to repel Jin Tao grew longer and longer.
Three minutes was almost up.
Gao Lei returned to his original position, and the sparring resumed.
Combat was a direct test of a person's strength, speed, mental fortitude, and reflexes.
Even people with the same level of martial prowess would have different results if their mental fortitude differed.
The more Gao Lei observed, the more surprised he became. These students were different from what he'd imagined.
Their tenacity alone was shocking enough, not to mention the physical prowess they'd displayed.
Not a single student had cried out in pain since the start of the fight. Not a single one had admitted defeat.
This was a rare sight, even in the military.
Tang Mi's collapse and Tang Xiao's explosive power were like a shot of adrenaline. Every single one of them was as ferocious as ever.
Their fundamentals were good, and they were physically fit. When they fought with their lives on the line, the An Lun soldiers found it difficult to trample them, even if they couldn't kill them.
The duration of the battles also began to grow longer.
Even elites from other places couldn't match up to them, could they?
Gao Lei's disdain faded, and he nodded from time to time.
As expected, these students could be considered as moldable talents, especially since they were still young.
The marshal was right, they were worth nurturing.
With enough time, they'd become qualified soldiers.
Most of the students who'd lost didn't stop until they fainted. None of them admitted defeat.
The main reason was that they didn't feel the pain of being beaten.
As long as it wasn't a particularly heavy blow, they'd get up and continue.
Compared to the month of torment they'd endured, this little pain was nothing.
Jin Tao was the oddest of them all. He was still fighting when the other teams were done.
The An Lun soldiers across from him were sweating profusely, their breaths labored.
But Jin Tao still looked excited every time he crawled to his feet.
It'd been more than ten minutes!
In the end, Gao Lei had no choice but to give him an excellent grade and let him finish the endurance course. The kid had a natural advantage in this subject. His endurance was even better than the An Lun soldiers.
Lan Jue stood there in silence. He didn't say anything.
That was, until Zhou Qianlin fainted …
Zhou Qianlin was the last of the female students to fight. Tan Lingyun rushed to Lan Jue's side and whispered to him that Zhou Qianlin wasn't part of the fighting team. Lan Jue shook her head, telling Tan Lingyun that Zhou Qianlin had made her own choice. She wouldn't be standing here otherwise.
Zhou Qianlin didn't know how to fight, but she was surprisingly calm.
Her pair of slender arms could always cleverly protect the vital parts of her body. Although she only lasted for a minute before being knocked unconscious, from the perspective of an ordinary girl, she was already stunning enough.
But the moment she fell to the ground, Lan Jue's hands clenched into fists.
It took half an hour for the endurance course to be completed. Seventeen of the fifty-one students had passed. They'd all lasted more than three minutes.
That was only a third of the students.
But the contempt in Gao Lei's eyes was gone.
He could see the potential in these students. They didn't need much. With enough training, they could complete this course.
"Drillmaster Lei Feng, do you and your assistants need this course of training?" Gao Lei turned to look at Lan Jue, who had remained silent throughout.
Lan Jue turned back to him. "Commander Gao, would you like to instruct me?"
Gao Lei's eyes flashed. "Of course."
"Good." Lan Jue nodded and walked to the center of the field.
The students who'd fainted earlier had woken up by now. Lan Jue and Gao Lei hadn't kept their voices down, so of course they'd heard.
What?
The demon drillmaster was going to fight the An Lun army's commander?
They forgot the pain in their bodies, their eyes wide with shock.
They could still vividly remember how the demon drillmaster had used a swordsman mecha to crush them all.
But they'd never seen the demon drillmaster's true power.
After all, there was a difference between combat and mecha. Would he be able to defeat Commander Gao?
Lan Jue walked to the center of the field. She turned to face Gao Lei. "One side surrenders?"
Gao Lei nodded. "Correct."
Lan Jue nodded. "Alright. Come on."
Gao Lei frowned. "Why don't you go first."
He didn't say it, but his expression said 'if I make the first move, you won't stand a chance.'
Lan Jue didn't say another word. He stepped forward with his left foot, and suddenly whipped his leg toward Gao Lei's side.
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