The sky was a deep blue, like a giant piece of blue jade. The midsummer sun was like a huge fireball, hanging high within this vast jade. Judging from the sun’s position, it was probably around three in the afternoon.
Yian District Third High School.
“Ding ding ding…” As the loud bell rang through the entire campus, a burst of noise immediately rose across the school. Large numbers of students poured out from each teaching building in streams. They walked towards the school gate in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing.
“Luo Feng, senior brother! Luo Feng, senior brother!” A thick, deep voice rang out.
“Ah Feng, someone is calling you.”
Among the crowd of students, a young man walking with his classmates while holding books wore ordinary blue sportswear. He was about one metre seventy five tall and appeared quite lean. At this moment he turned his head in confusion to look. The one calling him was a male student about one metre ninety tall, with a strong build like a tiger’s back and bear’s waist. His arms were astonishingly thick and powerful.
“Who are you?” Luo Feng looked at the person in confusion. He did not seem to know the man in front of him.
One of the two was as sturdy as a black bear, while senior brother Luo Feng looked like an ordinary person.
In terms of height…
The difference between the two was huge. Yet this sturdy male student with the tiger’s back and bear’s waist seemed somewhat reserved. He looked carefully at the senior brother Luo Feng whom he admired, and thought to himself, “It seems the rumours are true. Senior brother Luo Feng is quite approachable.”
“Senior brother Luo Feng, I, I have something I would like to ask senior brother Luo Feng for help with.” The sturdy male said nervously.
“What is it?” Luo Feng smiled and asked.
“When I practise boxing, I always feel something is wrong with the way I deliver power in my punches. I wonder if senior brother has time to give me some guidance.” The sturdy male student continued, “According to what the martial arts hall teacher said, with my strength, in theory one punch should deliver fifty percent more power. But I can never reach that high level when I punch.”
The sturdy male student looked at Luo Feng with expectation.
“Oh, so that is the case…” Luo Feng paused briefly, then nodded. “How about this. This Sunday afternoon, come find me at the martial arts hall.”
“Thank you, senior brother. Thank you so much.” The sturdy male student quickly expressed his thanks.
Luo Feng smiled, then left together with his classmates.
Watching Luo Feng depart, the sturdy male student showed an excited expression. He clenched his fist hard, veins bulging on his arm, and let out a low excited roar. “Success!”
“Senior brother Luo Feng actually agreed so easily?” A male student in school uniform said in surprise.
“The rumours are indeed true. Senior brother Luo Feng is very approachable and a good person.” The sturdy male student grinned.
“But… that is not right. In our Third High School, among five thousand students, only three have obtained the title of advanced martial arts hall student. Among these three advanced students, the other two, Zhang Haobai and Liu Ting, are both very arrogant. They are not willing to waste time guiding us at all.” The school uniform male said in confusion. “Senior brother Luo Feng has such a good temper?”
Nowadays, in countries and regions around the world, almost every high school student, in addition to receiving cultural education, also joins a martial arts hall to develop the potential of the human body.
Yian District Third High School had three grades and nearly five thousand high school students in total.
The vast majority were beginner students at the martial arts hall. Only a very small number were intermediate students. Those who could obtain the advanced student qualification numbered only three in total.
“Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Heh heh, see that? Senior brother Luo Feng is different from the other two.” The sturdy male student curled his lip. “That Zhang Haobai and Liu Ting both come from wealthy families. They received large amounts of money from home since childhood for training, which is how they became so strong. Senior brother Luo Feng is different from them.”
The school uniform male also nodded. “I heard that too. Senior brother Luo Feng is like us, with average family financial conditions. He even lives in low rent housing.”
“Yes. Senior brother Luo Feng has reached this stage today completely through hard training. He achieved it with his own fists and feet. Unlike Zhang Haobai and the other two.” The sturdy male student clenched his fist and took a deep breath. “My goal is to be like senior brother Luo Feng. I must pass the martial arts hall assessment within four years, that is, before university graduation, and obtain the advanced student title from the martial arts hall.”
…
At this moment, the senior brother Luo Feng they were discussing was walking with a male student in sportswear along the flow of students towards the Third High School gate.
“Ah Feng, tsk tsk. That big guy who asked you to guide him on punching power was still praising you to his classmate as he left.” The sportswear male could not help but laugh. “He praised you for being a good person and very approachable.”
Luo Feng smiled. “What, Wei Wen, are you jealous?”
“Jealous of you?” Wei Wen rubbed his nose and chuckled. “Dream on. I was just sighing that the big guy does not know the true face of the senior brother Luo Feng he admires. I remember it clearly… That time on the martial arts hall fighting stage, his admired senior brother Luo Feng challenged three people in a row and beat three advanced students so badly they could not get up.”
Luo Feng smiled.
That battle was indeed the one that made him famous.
Luo Feng patted Wei Wen on the shoulder and laughed. “Come on, let’s go home.”
Wei Wen exaggeratedly shook his shoulder and shouted, “Ah Feng, take it easy. With that pat, my shoulder is about to break!”
“Acting again!” Luo Feng curled his lip. Wei Wen was his childhood friend who had grown up with him since they wore open crotch pants. Although not blood brothers, their bond was almost the same.
Primary school, junior high, high school.
Along the way, the two indeed had a deep friendship.
“Eh?”
Wei Wen suddenly stared ahead. “Ah Feng, look, it is the one you secretly like!”
“Hmm?” Luo Feng also looked over quickly. In the crowd of students at the distant school gate, a girl with a ponytail wearing jeans and a light white polo shirt was walking along the roadside.
Luo Feng’s heartbeat quickened slightly.
A name flashed through his mind, Xu Xin!
He secretly liked Xu Xin. Very few people knew this secret, but his good brother Wei Wen had known it for a long time.
In year ten, he and Xu Xin were placed in the same class. The first time he saw Xu Xin, he felt his eyes light up… So during class, sitting at the back, for some reason he could not control himself and would unconsciously look at the back of Xu Xin sitting in front, just silently watching.
As long as he could see Xu Xin’s back, he was already satisfied.
In year eleven, due to class reassignment, he and Xu Xin were no longer in the same class for year eleven and year twelve. Yet every time he saw Xu Xin, he could not help looking over…
“Only one month left until the university entrance exam.” Luo Feng thought silently in his heart. “In the past I had no courage and no time to pursue girls and date. Now with only the last month left, everyone is busy with exam revision. Xu Xin is also a very ambitious girl. How could she get distracted by dating at this time? Moreover, in the last month before the exam, I cannot get distracted either, or I will regret it for life.”
“Forget it. This secret crush… just let it become a memory.”
Secret crush…
It was very bitter. It had not even bloomed yet, but it had already withered.
Luo Feng only wanted to keep all this quietly in his heart.
“You refuse to pursue Xu Xin when I tell you to. Now only one month remains until the university entrance exam.” Wei Wen shook his head. “In the future you might never see Xu Xin again. It will be too late for regrets.”
“Wei Wen,” Luo Feng shook his head, “do not say anymore. Until I obtain the warrior title, I will not get distracted by dating.”
“Brother, you are ruthless!”
Wei Wen gave a thumbs up. “Warrior title? In our entire high school of five thousand people, not one has obtained the warrior title. Yet you say you will not get distracted by dating until you obtain the warrior title. Awesome, you are awesome!”
“Hmm?” Luo Feng suddenly glanced at five other people at the school gate. “Zhang Haobai?”
In the crowd of students at the school gate, five people stood out. The leading youth was fully one metre eighty tall, wearing a white T-shirt and white trousers, with prominent chest muscles. The four around him were either strongly built or had knife scars on their faces, clearly fierce characters. The youth in white clothes and white trousers was one of the three advanced martial arts hall students at Yian District Third High School, Zhang Haobai.
“Luo Feng.” Zhang Haobai looked at Luo Feng and let out a low hum.
If one asked whom Zhang Haobai hated most in the entire high school, it was obviously this Luo Feng!
After all, among the three who obtained the advanced martial arts hall student title, one was a girl. Among the boys, only the two of them were advanced students!
Moreover, Zhang Haobai came from a rich family, while Luo Feng was from an ordinary family living in low rent housing.
In academic results, Luo Feng surpassed Zhang Haobai.
In martial strength, both Luo Feng and Zhang Haobai had obtained the advanced student title, yet Luo Feng had once fought three advanced students in the martial arts hall in succession and beaten them so badly they could not get up. Among those three beaten, one was Zhang Haobai. That time he lost a tooth!
In family conditions, Zhang Haobai’s family was clearly wealthy!
With better conditions, yet both academic results and martial strength were suppressed by Luo Feng. In school, whenever someone praised Zhang Haobai, people would often bring up Luo Feng for comparison!
Resentment!
Zhang Haobai’s resentment towards Luo Feng was truly too great.
“Let’s go.” Zhang Haobai licked his teeth. His teeth seemed to ache faintly. That time he had been beaten until his mouth was full of blood and lost a tooth.
“This Zhang Haobai, since that time at the martial arts hall when he got beaten, has become much more obedient. He no longer comes to provoke you, Ah Feng.” Wei Wen watched Zhang Haobai and the others leave, then smiled and said to Luo Feng.
Zhang Haobai?
Luo Feng had never taken this rich playboy to heart.
“Better to have one less problem than one more.” Luo Feng said as he headed home with Wei Wen.
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On the way home.
“Beep, beep.” Car horns sounded from time to time on the streets. Nowadays, cars used electric energy, so at least there was no petrol smell by the roadside.
“Wei Wen, there is only one month left until the university entrance exam. This month, we all need to work hard seriously.” Luo Feng and Wei Wen walked on the pavement. “We can relax a bit at the martial arts hall. Just do some recovery training every day. Focus your energy mainly on cultural studies. The university entrance exam is very important after all. We have studied for twelve years. It all comes down to this.”
“Yes, twelve years of cultural study, all decided by this one exam.” Wei Wen also sighed. “The university entrance exam is truly like thousands of troops crossing a single log bridge.”
“Yes.” Luo Feng nodded too.
His family’s financial conditions were not good. Although with his advanced martial arts hall student title, even if Luo Feng’s cultural results were poor, he could still get an elite bodyguard job with an annual salary of two or three hundred thousand without problem. Yet… how could Luo Feng be content with just being a bodyguard?
…
At this time, about one thousand metres above Yian District.
A huge black crowned golden eagle was flying past high above the city. Its body was about twenty metres long, like a large fighter jet. Its feathers faintly glowed with a cold metallic sheen. The feathers on its head were dark black, like a black crown. Its sharp, huge talons were golden yellow.
A pair of sharp, cold eyes glowing with blue light overlooked the human city below, carrying a faint trace of killing intent.
“Boom!”
The black crowned golden eagle, which was already flying very fast, suddenly increased speed dramatically. It instantly broke the sound barrier and reached a terrifying speed. At the same time, an extremely high pitched eagle cry erupted from its mouth. The terrifying sound wave actually produced visible shock waves that rapidly spread downwards.
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At a crossroads on Baitian Road in Yian District, Luo Feng and Wei Wen were waiting for the traffic lights.
Suddenly,
“Ang~~~”
A piercing cry suddenly rang out. This sound was different from spring thunder. Thunder was loud and deafening! But this high pitched cry was piercing. Luo Feng felt his eardrums faintly hurt and could not help frowning in discomfort. Many pedestrians on the road covered their ears.
“It is the cry of a flying beast.” Luo Feng could not help looking up at the sky.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng was startled.
Under the vibration of the high pitched piercing cry, large pieces of glass on a skyscraper by the roadside made low “crack, crack” sounds. Many panes cracked, and more than ten pieces even fell from high up. Some glass smashed onto the pavement or hit people, while others hit roadside streetlights.
“Pa!” “Bang!” “Crack!”…
For a moment there was a series of shattering sounds.
One piece of glass smashed onto the streetlight next to Luo Feng and shattered, sending fragments flying in all directions. This caused many pedestrians to dodge quickly.
“Wow!” Wei Wen quickly retreated two steps to avoid the broken glass.
One shard of glass, like a knife blade, shot towards Luo Feng.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng swept his gaze over.
He did not dodge but stood calmly in place. His right hand shot out like lightning and instantly caught the flying shard. The glass fragment faintly reflected Luo Feng’s appearance. He weighed it twice, then casually threw it. The broken glass shot like a hidden weapon straight into a distant rubbish bin with a clang, accurately entering through the bin’s opening.
On the road, the affected traffic flow quickly returned to normal. However, the pedestrians on the pavement discussed it animatedly. Some unlucky people were injured, but most had no injuries at all.
“Very powerful.” Luo Feng could not help looking up at the sky. “A cry from high altitude had such power. It is probably an extremely powerful flying monster. Wei Wen. You are very familiar with all kinds of monsters. Do you know what monster this is?”
Wei Wen narrowed his eyes, excitement shining through the slits. “Ah Feng, our city has a defence system at five hundred metres altitude. This flying monster must be above five hundred metres. From such a distance, the sound it made still had such great power. Moreover, ordinary monsters would not dare to be so arrogant above a human city!”
“So powerful and so arrogant. Based on the sound, if my guess is correct… it should be the extremely terrifying black crowned golden eagle among flying monsters!” Wei Wen said seriously.
“Black crowned golden eagle?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.
He had of course heard of the black crowned golden eagle’s fame.
“The black crowned golden eagle ranks third among eagle type monsters.” Wei Wen said with shining eyes in a low voice. “An adult black crowned golden eagle generally reaches twenty one metres in body length, with a wingspan of about thirty six metres. Its top flight speed can reach 3.9 Mach. That is fully 3.9 times the speed of sound. If sound speed is calculated at three hundred and forty metres per second, that is one thousand three hundred and twenty six metres per second, or four thousand seven hundred and seventy four kilometres per hour.”
Luo Feng knew the black crowned golden eagle was powerful, but hearing the limit speed of one thousand three hundred and twenty six metres per second still left him breathless.
In one second, which is just the blink of an eye, it would be one thousand metres away.
“The feathers of this black crowned golden eagle are harder than diamond and should reach the hardness of third grade C alloy.” Wei Wen continued excitedly. “There are videos online. The black crowned golden eagle once followed a monster horde to attack the army and endured fire from 20mm calibre Vulcan cannons. The Vulcan cannon fires seven thousand rounds per minute, seven thousand rounds! That is a metal stream of bullets! And each round can penetrate fifty millimetre thick steel plates. Yet… the crazy bombardment from the Vulcan cannon hit the black crowned golden eagle and did not even knock off a single feather.”
“Later, it was a mysterious powerful warrior who held a C alloy war blade, turned into a streak of flowing light, and split the black crowned golden eagle in two with one slash!” Wei Wen spoke with boiling blood.
Luo Feng’s heartbeat also accelerated, his blood surging!
That video had spread widely online, and he had seen it too.
“Warrior title. I will definitely obtain the warrior title. One day… I also want to be like that senior, holding a war blade and splitting monsters like the black crowned golden eagle and the powerful demon ape in two.” Luo Feng thought silently in his heart. Every young person has a dream in their heart, and Luo Feng had exactly such a dream!
Although…
Online reports said that the mysterious powerhouse who split the black crowned golden eagle in two with one slash ranked in the top one hundred super warriors internationally!
“Ah Feng, Ah Feng, what are you thinking about? We are home.” Wei Wen could not help calling out.
Only then did Luo Feng recover from his surging thoughts. He looked up ahead at the residential area composed of many tube shaped buildings, Nan’an District. It was a low rent housing area built by the government. Luo Feng’s home was in this district, a place where he had lived for eighteen years.