Chapter 26: Dealing with such a villain doesn't require discussing the righteousness of the martial world.

A week has passed.

As the external situation stabilizes, teachers from the family's private school have gradually returned to teaching. Most of these teachers are in their fifties or sixties and only focus on delivering the curriculum, without considering whether the students are interested or not. Their teaching standards are far below those of Sister Yuexian.

As a result, many students have started to skip classes, knowing they can cram the textbook before the exams in the last week.

Cheng Jinyang managed to maintain a complete attendance record, mainly because Cheng Yuexian warned him that his future prospects were not limited to this, and it was necessary to lay a solid foundation.

Therefore, he didn't miss any basic theory classes or brain domain development classes.

Another group with perfect attendance was led by the renamed student Cheng Ziang, known as the "Ah Zhi Goddess Sect."

The reason is simple: during the brain domain development class, they could legally gang up on Cheng Jinyang under the guise of "practical exercises."

Although most of the time they ended up being killed by him instead, there were also a few occasions when they managed to kill him through teamwork, giving them a sense of achievement akin to finally defeating a boss in a game dungeon.

Hmm, this sense of achievement is quite mysterious.

Cheng Jinyang has been very troubled recently. Nightmares have returned to Wujiang Town, Su Lili still hasn't shown up, and the ghost-level monsters are still unbeatable, resulting in various forms of torture.

During the day, he is surrounded and bullied by a group of licking dogs. He can't go to Sister Wu's clinic for psychological treatment, and he can't contact Princess Sister either.

He feels that the pressure of life is increasing, and he could enter a state of self-destructive collapse at any moment.

Fortunately, with the development of brain domain, sealing corresponding memories has significantly reduced the occurrence of depression and hallucinations.

With Miss Ah Zhi and Miss Wang by his side, when he really can't hold on, he can also confide in them and vent his frustrations.

For his negative emotions, Xing Yuanzhi always calmly analyzes the situation for him, while Wang Wanrou always arrogantly proposes solutions and sarcastically mocks him and Ah Zhi.

Both girls are very good people, and without them, Cheng Jinyang wouldn't know how to hold on.

It can only be said that life is unfortunate, but having you both is fortunate.

In the nightmare instance of Wujian Town, the bloodline growth value is almost around 10 per night.

Therefore, after this week, the three people's bloodline concentration has increased by about 70 Ma.

Now Cheng Jinyang's bloodline concentration is already 574 Ma, only 226 Ma away from "Ninth grade Peak", which is almost half a month away.

Promotion to the ninth grade peak realm allows one to attempt using the "Qiong Biluo" algorithm, thereby gaining the ability to fly freely. Thinking about it this way, there's a glimmer of hope, albeit barely.

This morning, Cheng Jinyang arrived at the classroom early and saw Cheng Ziang leading the members of the Ah Zhi Goddess Sect sitting neatly in the back row, staring at him with some kind of profound and unfathomable smile.

Hmm, they're probably planning some new trick again.

In the past week, these guys have been trying all sorts of strategies... I won't go into specifics, but basically, they're treating me as a boss level monster in a game.

Although most of them didn't succeed, occasionally one or two sneaky tactics caught me off guard, which was really disgusting.

However, the significance of practical sparring lies precisely in this. After all, when facing real opponents, one cannot expect them not to resort to despicable tactics. So, Cheng Jinyang didn't go to his cousin to complain, but silently defended himself, adapting to the situation as it unfolded.

The professor teaching the brain domain development course is surnamed Cheng... but that's not the point.

Professor Cheng is a nearly sixty-year-old man with graying beard. His eyesight seems to be quite poor; every time he debugs the server, he does so slowly and cautiously, making everyone wait in silence.

After about 20 minutes of debugging the server, the students eagerly drank water, took their medicine, and then put on their helmets to lie back in the holographic simulation apparatus.

As neural signals begin to connect, people's consciousness gradually shifts to the virtual world constructed by the Brain Domain Development Platform.

Outside the classroom, Cheng Yuexian is leading her father, the senior member of the Cheng family, Cheng Qingyuan, inside.

She introduced, saying:

"This year, apart from Cheng Jinyang, there are indeed several promising talents. Overall, the talent is better than last year, and they are more diligent. I looked at the attendance records, and the attendance rate for the Brain Domain Development course is the highest, indicating that everyone prefers practical combat practice."

"Well, your third uncle also told me that the business orders from the Tianluo department have been increasing recently, so we plan to recruit a new batch of students." Cheng Qingyuan said with satisfaction, "Both your me and your uncle agree, so let's first see the quality of our students here."

"Tianluo?" Cheng Yuexian worriedly said, "With our students' qualifications, would that be suitable?"

"Just freshmen," Cheng Qingyuan said with a smile, "Your third uncle plans to use a scheme of full capacity plus extras for training. In simpler terms, tasks that originally required two Tianluo are now assigned to two Tianluo plus one freshman. This way, freshmen start by handling tasks like intelligence gathering and negotiations, without needing to engage in actual combat right away."

"So, they'll start with odd jobs to adapt, and then select the best for further enrollment?"

"Exactly," Cheng Qingyuan nodded, "If it doesn't work out, they can return to school for further study."

"Okay then..." Cheng Yuexian hesitated and nodded, then greeted Professor Cheng at the podium before adjusting the large screen.

"Let's first see how their practical sparring is going," she said.

As the signal connected, the dark screen lit up, followed by a flash of white light.

Cheng Yuexian: ???

Cheng Qingyuan: ???

In the virtual environment of brain domain development, everyone was already engaged in intense sword fighting, resembling a scene from the depths of hell.

"Against this villain, there's no need for righteousness; everyone, shoulder to shoulder!" Cheng Ziang pointed his sword towards Cheng Jinyang, who was still fighting in the distance, shouting hoarsely.

Behind him, countless resurrected students emerged from beams of white light, drawing their swords from the ground and fearlessly charging forward.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield ahead, Cheng Jinyang fought like a demon, swinging two long swords relentlessly. With every strike, surrounding students screamed as they were struck down and turned into white light.

After a week of experimentation, the members of the Goddess Sect had confirmed that Cheng Jinyang couldn't be defeated with direct confrontation.

Because the opponent's reaction speed, computational power, and combat experience far exceed that of ordinary people, engaging in a direct confrontation feels like trying to use rifles against a machine gun; when they line up for a coordinated attack, the opponent easily dodges, then swiftly retaliates, taking down six or seven of their people.

The reason for being able to dodge is the age-old flaw of insufficient initial velocity due to gravitational force.

To counter this, going against the grain, if the initial velocity is too slow, then wouldn't close combat nullify the opponent's advantage of ranged attacks?

Thus, the "cold weapons tactic" was born: everyone engaging in close combat with swords to limit Cheng Jinyang's mobility and the acceleration distance of his ranged attacks using the sheer numerical advantage, rendering him unable to freely evade and attack.

For Cheng Jinyang's side, since the opponent shamelessly abandoned their abilities and opted for numerical superiority to besiege, he has no choice but to counterattack, focusing on clearing the surrounding minions while constantly maneuvering to find weak points in the encirclement formation, avoiding being trapped in a situation where he is simultaneously attacked by three people.

The swordsmanship I've been practicing diligently for three years gives me the ability to hold my own even against demons and monsters. I'm not someone you young pups can easily deal with!