48-Blood Slaughter God To Take a Disciple?
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With one hour left in the national exam, every major news outlet was glued to the rankings.
But right then, a verified account on Great Xia's official channel—tagged as Tu Hongwu—dropped a bombshell:
"I'll take this year's top scorer as my disciple!"
The second that hit, even folks who'd ignored the exam were floored.
Who's Tu Hongwu? The Blood Slaughter God!
A bona fide God-rank powerhouse—and he'd just popped up claiming the top scorer as his apprentice!
In an instant, news blasts flooded Great Xia—no, the whole damn world—stunned by Tu Hongwu's disciple announcement.
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Fifty minutes later, Su Mo's attribute points broke 1,000 again.
Less than 10 minutes remained in the national exam.
Even second-place Chu Tian trailed him by 3,000 points on the leaderboard.
Knowing the last 10 minutes wouldn't let him push all stats past 1,000 no matter how hard he tried,
Su Mo hesitated, then bumped his crit chance to 1,000. The leftover 556 free points? He mulled it over and dumped them into mental.
"Open attribute panel!"
[Name: Su Mo]
[Level: 9] (Experience bar at 320%—currently sealed, unable to level up!)
[Awakened Abilities: Absolute Defense, Heart of Slaughter]
[Strength: 1,016]
[Defense: MAX]
[Speed: 1,000]
[Physique: 1,000]
[Critical Chance: 1,000%]
[Mental: 582]
[Skills: Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter (Upgradable), Devastating Strike (Upgradable)]
[Free Attribute Points: 0]
Once his mental hit 580, Su Mo felt a rush of clarity.
His eyes sharpened, and stuff he'd never figured out clicked into place.
He could sense everything within a 100-meter radius around him—crystal clear in his mind.
Not telekinesis, no object-moving tricks, but damn good for scouting.
Only then did he get it—mental wasn't just about raw brainpower.
It wasn't only useful for mages either.
Maybe classroom BS had skewed things—mages and warlocks chased mental hard, so warriors thought it was useless.
Fair enough—your average warrior struggled to break 1,000 in physical stats, let alone a "pointless" one like mental.
It was the best call when free points ran short.
But Su Mo? No such limits.
Especially seeing the "Upgradable" tags on his two skills—pure excitement.
He'd been wondering how to level them up since getting them.
Take [Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter]—in this dungeon alone, he'd used it over 500 times.
Yet no upgrade XP. Frustrating as hell.
Now he got it—upgrading skills wasn't just spamming them. You needed enough mental stats too.
He mentally tapped [Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter].
[Description: Powerfully swing your weapon, dealing massive damage to enemies in a 20-meter cone ahead, with an earthquake effect that knocks them off balance.] (Upgradable)
[Upgrade Effect: Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter Lv2—Powerfully swing your weapon, dealing massive damage to enemies in a 40-meter cone ahead, with an earthquake effect that knocks them off balance.]
Upgrade doubled the range.
Still a cone shape—not what he'd hoped for—but he clicked it anyway.
A golden flash washed over him, and his skill panel updated—[Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter] now sported an "Lv2" tag.
He hefted the 10-ton Yue-Breaking Fang Tian Halberd and slammed it down, earthy yellow light flaring as he unleashed the skill.
[Rumble rumble~]
A cone-shaped shockwave blasted forward, stretching 40 meters before stopping.
Where it passed, the ground sank three meters like it'd been plowed, rocks in the dirt shattering to dust.
Wider reach, stronger punch—way better than before.
Testing done, Su Mo grinned, satisfied, then checked his skill panel again. His face fell.
Both skills had been upgradable, but after picking [Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter], [Devastating Strike]'s "Upgradable" tag vanished.
[Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter] still showed it could level up, but it stung a bit.
For now, a 40-meter group attack felt decent.
Problem was, it didn't radiate outward from him—it was a damn cone.
He wanted a burst skill to shred bosses harder.
With 1,000 points in crit chance and [Devastating Strike] tripling his strength instantly that's 30x damage.
30x? Even the Furious Tusk Duke would drop in one swing.
Since he'd picked wrong, no fixing it—he kept upgrading [Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter].
[Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter Lv3: Powerfully swing your weapon, dealing massive damage to enemies in a 120-meter cone ahead, with an earthquake effect that knocks them off balance.]
[Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter!]
[Rumble rumble~]
One skill carved a massive canyon ahead—groundwater gushed in, filling it fast.
The cone shape looked odd, sure.
But 100 meters deep? That's a canyon alright.
Seeing that damage, Su Mo was floored.
120-meter range—and you didn't mention it'd scale height, width, and depth?!
How the hell am I supposed to use this in real life?
One-on-one, it's useless. Group fights? One cast digs a giant pit.
He shook his head—skills were a post-exam chat with his master for something better.
Just then, a white light flared in the sky, and the world froze like a lagged-out game.
Next moment, a flash—and Su Mo was back in Tianfu High's plaza.
National exam over. Su Mo topped tens of thousands with a monstrous 14,100 points.
He'd barely materialized when a swarm of mics nearly choked him. If his mental stat hadn't spiked, he might've reflexively popped a [Mountain Collapse, Earth Shatter].
"Student Su Mo, congrats on topping the national exam again! Any confidence you'll hold first in the ranking exam and become the Blood Slaughter God's disciple?"
"Student Su Mo, what's your take on the Blood Slaughter God? Ever thought about being his disciple?"
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