Chapter 279: Chapter 237: Gao Neng’s First Time

"Have you ever thought about the consequences of challenging Wang Nanlin right now?" Gui Zian truly hadn’t expected his own advice to "play it safe" would give Gao Neng such a creative idea.

"Are you afraid of the consequences, Teacher?" Gao Neng asked in return.

"Nonsense! What consequences would I be afraid of?"

"Since you’re not afraid, Teacher, neither am I. People have to go through storms in life. As the saying goes, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing the rain? I don’t mind standing at the center of the storm," Gao Neng said in a firm tone.

"Well said! I, Death God Fang Tangtang, want to face the storm too!" Fang Tangtang was instantly "shaken" by his words. "After you’re done with him, I’ll go up and challenge him right after!"

"Alright." Gao Neng didn’t mind.

"You two... are you really not afraid of being beaten to death by the people from Beihai Military Academy?" Gui Zian was at a loss for words. Faced with two people who could frame their shamelessness in such noble terms, he felt he’d lose face to admit they were his students.

"With Teacher Gui here, I’m not afraid!"

"I’m not afraid either!"

"..." What could Gui Zian say? 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

He couldn’t say a thing.

’Right now, he could only hope the people at Beihai Military Academy were rational. Since his name is listed on the Dragon List, you can’t just decide you can’t be challenged again just because you’ve been beaten once, can you?’

Gui Zian looked up at the sky... A storm was brewing!

...

That evening, Gao Neng received an unexpected call from Li Tiannan.

Li Tiannan said only one sentence.

"If you don’t make it into the top 300 of the Dragon List within a month, I’ll kill you!"

’How can a teacher say something like that so casually? Besides, the requirement is so low...’ Gao Neng felt no pressure at all.

Now, all that was needed was the opportune moment to strike!

Then, the next morning...

The east wind began to blow.

Yes, a real east wind, blowing from the east.

Gao Neng took it as a good omen.

So, he immediately sent a message to Xiao Keke, then set off for Beihai Military Academy with Gao Xiaomeng and Fang Tangtang.

When Gui Zian heard the news, he was stunned on the spot.

’Those two brats, they actually went! This is bad, I have to follow them, or something terrible will happen!’ Gui Zian knew the temper of Beihai Military Academy’s principal all too well.

He was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

Moreover, the most important thing was that the principal of Beihai Military Academy had the surname Wang... the same Wang as Wang Nanlin!

...

The wind blew and blew.

Fang Tangtang’s motorcycle riding was as crazy as ever.

A few hours later, they arrived at the main gate of Beihai Military Academy.

Beihai Military Academy was located in the very center of the North District, backed by the Northern Alliance Military District. The architectural style of its main gate was actually somewhat similar to Eastern Capital Military Academy’s.

Gao Neng immediately felt a sense of familiarity.

Furthermore, he discovered that the students of Beihai Military Academy were quite enthusiastic. The moment he and Fang Tangtang arrived at the main gate, a crowd of students surrounded them.

"Wow, Gao Neng, we’re pretty popular," Fang Tangtang said, her face flushed with excitement.

"Mm, yeah!" Gao Neng nodded. Then, he spotted a familiar figure in the crowd—it was the internet streamer, Xiao Keke.

Xiao Keke had arrived a little earlier than Gao Neng and Fang Tangtang.

Before the two of them got there, Xiao Keke had already started her livestream and had made a preliminary announcement that Gao Neng would be coming to Beihai Military Academy to issue a challenge.

As for who he was challenging...

Gao Neng hadn’t said.

So naturally, Xiao Keke didn’t know either.

But she was clever. She played up the mystery on her stream and even started a guessing contest, which, for a time, actually caused the hype to increase rather than die down.

"Does anyone know this Gao Neng?"

"What’s his strength level? How dare he go to Beihai Military Academy to challenge someone at their own gate?"

"I’ve heard of him. I think he’s a first-year freshman from Eastern Capital Military Academy. I forget his exact strength, but he’s either Tier One or Tier Two..."

"That weak? Isn’t he afraid of being beaten to death?"

The bullet comments flooded the screen, one after another.

Xiao Keke’s face was also a little flushed. She genuinely didn’t know Gao Neng’s strength, and it wasn’t until she saw these bullet comments that she realized the problem.

’A first-year freshman, coming to Beihai Military Academy to issue a gate-challenge?’

’What on earth was Gao Neng thinking?’

"Hey, beautiful Keke!" Unaware of Xiao Keke’s thoughts, Gao Neng greeted her the moment he saw her in the crowd.

"Hello, Student Gao Neng!" Xiao Keke snapped back to reality and walked gracefully up to Gao Neng. She then aimed the camera at him. "Student Gao Neng, as a first-year freshman from Eastern Capital Military Academy, have you come to Beihai Military Academy today for the purpose of a friendly spar?"

"Of course it’s a friendly spar!" Gao Neng nodded.

"..."

"So it’s just a friendly spar!"

"He’s not here for a real challenge? And we were just making bets!"

"What a letdown! Goddess Keke, I heard there’s a challenge going on over at Southern Alliance Military Academy. If you hurry, you might still make it."

"Yeah, yeah, don’t waste any more time on this guy."

The bullet comments flooded the screen again.

Xiao Keke’s expression soured as she read the comments. However, Gao Neng was handsome, and on that point alone, she wouldn’t pay any mind to this unruly mob.

So, Xiao Keke quickly adjusted her mood.

"Even if it’s just an ordinary spar, let’s still cheer for Student Gao Neng. By the way, Student Gao Neng, I heard that Beihai Military Academy also has a first-year genius named Li Xiaolan. Are you preparing to spar with Li Xiaolan?" Xiao Keke had clearly done some homework before coming.

"Who’s Li Xiaolan? I don’t know her. I’m planning to spar with Wang Nanlin!" Gao Neng shook his head.

"Oh, so it’s Wang Nanlin. In that case, let’s all cheer for Student Gao... wait. Student Gao Neng, who did you say you were going to spar with?" Xiao Keke nodded, and then immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Who was Wang Nanlin?

The number one student at Beihai Military Academy!

Although, a few days ago, someone had broken his leg.

But his name was still known by all.

"Wang Nanlin. The Wang Nanlin who’s ranked 312th on the Dragon List," Gao Neng confirmed.

"Mhm, that’s right, we’re here to challenge Wang Nanlin. After Gao Neng is done with him, I’m going to fight him too! Hello everyone, I’m Death God Fang Tangtang. You can call me Queen Tangtang!" Fang Tangtang quickly leaned in as well.

"WHOA!"

The livestream chat immediately exploded.

Wang Nanlin had a broken leg right now.

It was fractured.

As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone... Even though an Energy Warrior’s recovery ability was stronger than an ordinary person’s, it would still be difficult to fully recover in less than a month or two.

Gao Neng was planning to take advantage of the situation.

How shameless!

"Is this guy for real? He’s actually challenging Senior Brother Wang Nanlin while his leg is broken? Could anyone be more shameless than this?"

"Even with a broken leg, Senior Brother Wang Nanlin could still beat him, right?"

"Exactly, he’s just a first-year freshman. How strong can he be?"

"But this kind of behavior is just despicable... The moment Senior Brother Wang Nanlin breaks his leg, he comes to challenge him. He has no moral compass whatsoever!"

The bullet comments in the livestream exploded.

Xiao Keke’s face paled, then flushed. However, she wasn’t worried that Wang Nanlin would be beaten, but that Gao Neng would be beaten to death by Wang Nanlin.

After all, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse!

Wang Nanlin was a former top-300 on the Dragon List. Even injured, he wasn’t someone a first-year freshman from Eastern Capital Military Academy could handle.

"Student Gao Neng, Senior Brother Wang Nanlin is very strong. Do you really want to challenge him?" Xiao Keke had now swapped the word "spar" for "challenge."

Battles involving the top 500 of the Dragon List.

There were no friendly spars.

Only real, earnest challenges.

This was because every battle would receive official attention and would affect the Dragon List rankings. They were absolute spectacles that drew everyone’s eyes.

"Mm, the stronger the person, the more pressure there is in challenging them. I like pressure, because only pressure can make a person feel truly alive!" Gao Neng affirmed.

"..." Xiao Keke, an internet streamer, was actually at a loss for words.

’Was Gao Neng taking advantage of the situation? A first-year freshman from Eastern Capital Military Academy challenging the number one student of Beihai Military Academy—could that really be considered taking advantage? But if he wasn’t... why was his target specifically Wang Nanlin, who had just had his leg broken a few days ago?’

Seeing that Xiao Keke had fallen silent and glancing at the screen full of curses on the livestream phone, Gao Neng figured he had stirred up enough hype.

’Hmm...’

’Then it’s time to start blocking the gate, right?’

As for blocking the gate, Gao Neng didn’t really have much experience with it, but he roughly knew the procedure. It was nothing more than standing at the gate of Beihai Military Academy and cursing.

Keep cursing until Wang Nanlin was forced to come out. That would achieve the desired effect.

It was a very direct and quite aggressive method.

The five youths from yesterday had used this very method, standing at the gate of Eastern Capital Military Academy and cursing wildly, which ultimately drew Lin Ying out.

"Fang Tangtang, let’s begin!"

"You got it!"

"You first or me first?"

"Let’s go together!"

"Alright!"

The two agreed to do it together.

Gao Neng and Fang Tangtang cleared their throats in unison, and then began: "Wang Nanlin, you piece of trash, get your ass out here!"

"WHOA!" The onlooking Beihai Military Academy students erupted.

"So this is Eastern Capital Military Academy! Real classy!"

"Gao Neng, you dare to stand at the gate of our Beihai Military Academy and insult the president of our student council? Do you have a death wish?"

"Everyone, let’s get them! Kill these two!"

"Beat them to death!"

The crowd was incensed.

In an instant, dozens of Beihai Military Academy students surrounded Gao Neng and Fang Tangtang, their faces filled with rage, all of them cracking their knuckles.

Gao Neng froze for a moment.

’Huh?!’

’How come this isn’t going according to the script?!’

He remembered that yesterday, Feng Xing and his group had cursed just like this at the gate of Eastern Capital Military Academy, but not a single one of the onlooking Eastern Capital students had made a move.

Moreover, Song Tianyun and the others were there at the time, and they didn’t even try to stop them.

’So what’s going on today?’

’How come when it’s my turn, the Beihai Military Academy students are ready to fight at the slightest provocation?’

’Where’s their decorum?!’

’What happened to the famed decorum of a military academy?!’

’You people are just...’

’...not good!’