Chapter 159: Casually Pulling Out... a Seven-Star Sword Formation!
Fu Jian, wearing a classic black leather jacket, walked to the podium and nodded slightly to the crowd.
“Everyone, sit down.”
The group sat down in perfect unison.
They seemed to recall the standard military posture, their legs spread apart at about shoulder width, their hands placed flat on their knees, and their heads slightly raised to show their high spirits.
Fu Jian nodded in satisfaction and said slowly:
“I’m also here to listen to the class. In the classroom, everything is subject to Teacher Wang’s orders.”
“Yes!”
Fu Jian turned his head to wink at Wang Ji Xuan, then calmly walked to the corner and sat in the specially reinforced chair behind Zhou Zhengde.
Zhou Zhengde's body tensed, beads of sweat appeared on his nose, his Adam's apple trembled continuously, and he constantly sent Wang Ji Xuan SOS signals with his eyes.
And he's supposed to be the class monitor…
Monitor my ass!
Zhou Zhengde already missed his small prison room!
Wang Ji Xuan pretended not to see Zhou Zhengde's expression and almost laughed out loud.
“Then let’s choose a class committee member first to be responsible for printing materials for everyone… Zhengde?”
Zhou Zhengde immediately stood up and used his most delicate voice: “Teacher Wang, I think it would be more appropriate to entrust this matter to Major Ling Tong.”
Wang Ji Xuan pointed his index fingers over: “Then you will be the discipline committee member.”
“Thank you, Teacher Wang!”
Zhou Zhengde squeezed out a sentence between his teeth, then sat down as elegantly as possible.
Zhou Zhengde thought he would have a hard time enduring this first class, but as soon as Wang Ji Xuan started lecturing, he was quickly attracted by the content being taught.
Simply put, Teacher Wang really knew his stuff.
…
“Regarding the knowledge I’m about to impart, please don’t ask me where it comes from. If you insist on asking, I can only answer that it comes from the starry sky. I saw the stars twinkling, and all kinds of knowledge appeared in my mind.”
Wang Ji Xuan drew three circles on the blackboard, arranged in a triangular pattern. On the left, he wrote [Blade Beast], on the right, he wrote [Esper], and above, he wrote [Spiritual Cultivator].
“The relationship between these three is the focus we need to explore next.
“I won’t dwell on those conjectures that lack concrete evidence.
“This morning, we will first talk about the working mechanisms of Espers and Blade Beasts. This afternoon, we will conduct a martial arts enhancement course.
“First, let’s talk about Espers. I tentatively divide Espers into three basic types.
“First, [Basic Espers] who have successfully undergone infusion. They have spiritual energy in their bodies, but they rely entirely on their own exploration to find ways to use it. All eight of you here are of this type.
“Second, Espers who have lived for decades and have figured out how to use their spiritual energy, like Xing Dian. He has figured out certain methods, and so has Mo Feng, but Xing Dian has mastered far more abilities than Mo Feng.
“Compared to the first type, the amount of spiritual energy is about the same at the same level, but the combat power differs greatly. Whether you can use this power and how to use it makes a big difference.
“This training, for the Esper group, will teach you how to initially utilize your spiritual energy.
“Then you will become the third type, which is similar to Huo Rong—[Awakened Espers].”
Zheng Shiduo immediately raised his hand and said, “Should I change my position to a stronger one? Even if I awaken, I’m just a C-level awakening.”
“I have a way to help you improve your spiritual energy,” Wang Ji Xuan said with a smile, “but it requires a lot of resources. We’ll talk about that later, don’t interrupt my rhythm.”
“Teacher, please continue, please continue.”
Wang Ji Xuan pointed to the Blade Beast column and said solemnly: “The Blade Beast Tide is the main disaster that humanity is currently facing. I will introduce to you the weak points of the Blade Beasts, the gathering places of their souls, and how to effectively defeat the souls of ordinary Blade Beasts. If anything I say is incorrect, Commander Fu, please correct me in a timely manner.”
Fu Jian nodded and said, “Okay.”
The eyes of the crowd gained a bit more heat.
“Before introducing these, I need to convince everyone.”
Wang Ji Xuan said solemnly:
“I’ll do a simple demonstration… Team Leader Zheng, please come up to the stage.”
“Is it dangerous?”
“A little bit, but who asked us to be so familiar.”
Zheng Shiduo grinned and jumped to the podium, raising his fists at Wang Ji Xuan’s signal.
Wang Ji Xuan said: “Hit me with a punch, just a normal punch.”
“No problem!”
Zheng Shiduo didn’t hold back at all, throwing a right hook straight at Wang Ji Xuan’s face.
Wang Ji Xuan kept his left hand behind his back and very lightly deflected Zheng Shiduo’s fist with his right hand, pressing his palm against Zheng Shiduo’s chest, using the magic power he could use during the severe injury recovery stage, and pushing slightly.
Zheng Shiduo’s body arched backward, and a phantom appeared behind him. The phantom looked down at its hands with surprise.
Everyone in the classroom suddenly widened their eyes.
‘Teaching Assistant’ Wan Xiaoqi, who was peeking in at the back door, exclaimed in surprise.
Wang Ji Xuan smiled and said, “Team Leader Zheng, say hello to everyone.”
Zheng Shiduo’s soul opened its mouth to shout, but no sound came out.
Wang Ji Xuan snapped his fingers, and Zheng Shiduo’s voice suddenly appeared in everyone’s minds:
“Holy crap! Holy crap! I’m dead! My soul is out!”
Peony raised her hand to indicate: “Teacher, except for me, the others in our group still can’t hear it.”
Wang Ji Xuan said solemnly: “Only with a soul can you hear it. You can be considered to have one now, but they don’t yet. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t have one later.”
The eyes of the seven new maids were full of light.
It was as if the pie Wang Ji Xuan drew was filled with meat.
Wang Ji Xuan raised his hand to guide;
Zheng Shiduo's soul returned to his body, and he kept panting heavily, raising his hand to touch his body in a flurry.
“Student Zheng, return to your seat.”
“Yes!”
Zheng Shiduo secretly glanced at Fu Jian and quickly returned to his seat, sitting upright.
Wang Ji Xuan said solemnly:
“Just now everyone saw that this is the soul, which is also a field that your technology rarely touches. The soul has a unique cultivation method.
“Similarly, Blade Beasts also have souls. Their souls match their strength. The mental shock released by Blade Beasts is the power of the soul combined with the spiritual energy of the crystal core, forming a resonance between the two.
“Semi-human mecha fighters are prone to sudden death after a long accumulation of combat time because their own souls are repeatedly impacted. Only those with strong will can persevere, but as long as you repeatedly strengthen your soul power, you will no longer have obvious weaknesses when facing Blade Beasts.
“Back to the souls of Blade Beasts.
“When Blade Beasts die, the crystal core will immediately confine their souls within it. This mechanism doesn’t seem like something that could arise from natural evolution.
“Everyone, take a look. This is an ordinary crystal core of a basic Blade Beast, and this is a crystal core of a general-level Blade Beast, with residual souls still remaining inside… Student Wu Man, prepare that incantation to attack the soul.”
He raised his hand to guide, and two crystal cores floated up from the corner, hovering in front of him, slowly rotating.
Wu Man walked to one side of the podium, took a deep breath, and the young man’s face was full of seriousness.
Wang Ji Xuan flicked his finger lightly, and a Blade Beast’s crystal core shattered, and a stream of spiritual energy diffused from within, and the Blade Beast’s remnant soul roared and jumped out.
Wang Ji Xuan’s right hand bloomed with cyan light, and he pointed forward with his sword fingers, easily pinching the Blade Beast’s remnant soul’s neck.
Wu Man chanted Buddhist scriptures, and a golden wave spontaneously bloomed. The mottled aura in his body was quickly mobilized, and the Blade Beast’s remnant soul roared and instantly shattered.
The general-level crystal core also emitted a roar, and the remnant soul within was severely hit.
“This is the Vajra Subduing Demon Sutra, which is also one of the ways I previously used to make pure crystal cores.”
Wang Ji Xuan said simply:
“This passage of scripture can mobilize the spiritual energy of telekinetic Espers to directly attack the souls of Blade Beasts, and the lethality of this passage of scripture to normal human souls is only 10% of its lethality to Blade Beasts.
“Wu Man will record this passage of scripture into audio later, and the Esper group will learn it on their own, but it is not allowed to be spread outside for the time being.
“Everyone, look at the internal structure of the crystal core… Pass this around for everyone to see. Each corner of the crystal core is clearly designed. These corners hide some tiny reliefs, which are similar to the reliefs that appear on the stone walls representing the Spiritual Cultivator civilization.
“Ji Xiao has already drawn the stone wall of the Spiritual Cultivator civilization. Pass it around as well…”
The eyes of the eight front-line Espers gradually became hot.
The classroom quickly became quiet and noisy.
Noisy because of the rustling of book pages, and quiet because of these listening human elites.
It was as if a mysterious door behind Wang Ji Xuan was slowly opening to them.
…
One morning, Wang Ji Xuan frantically instilled various new concepts into everyone.
The peculiarities of Blade Beasts, the internal structure of crystal cores, the weak areas where Blade Beast souls are located;
The mysterious stone walls of the Esper infusion ceremony, the resonance methods by which Espers themselves use their spiritual energy, and the analysis of Huo Rong's techniques for controlling spiritual energy;
Etc.
This was just the first day of ‘cultural class’. On the second day, Wang Ji Xuan planned to talk about ‘spiritual energy weapons’ and ‘crystal core weapons’. On the third day, it would be ‘how semi-human mecha can effectively improve the strength of their own souls’. The fourth day would be spiritual energy training.
He wanted to comprehensively strengthen the combat power of this group of people, and then have this class radiate outward, directly increasing the strength of D5.
Morning was for cultural class, and afternoon was naturally for ‘physical education class’.
Daoist Wang gave everyone a half-hour break for lunch and would teach at the fully enclosed training ground on the fourth floor at 2:00 PM.
The students only felt dizzy, and even the energetic Espers had arrived at the venue early after lunch and found a place to sleep for a while.
By a little after one o'clock in the afternoon, everyone had basically gathered.
Wang Ji Xuan didn't show up directly but took a walk with Fu Jian outside the training ground.
The surrounding area had been cordoned off, so it seemed quiet here.
“What are you planning to teach this afternoon?”
Fu Jian asked slowly:
“I can feel that this is just a tiny bit of the knowledge you possess.”
"This isn't just superficial knowledge," Wang Jixuan said, taking a sip of water and smiling. "This is my research on Blade Beasts and Espers. The foundation of this research is all of my knowledge."
Fu Jian reminded him, "Your magical paper and the formations that can summon lightning."
"Those can't be revealed for the time being," Wang Jixuan said seriously. "Even if the Blade Beasts are dealt with and the Espers all become good people, these things can't be spread."
"Why?"
"The law is not lightly transmitted."
"Huh?"
"Because no one can know whether these abilities, which can easily surpass ordinary people, will become a butcher's knife in the hands of villains, or whether they will be monopolized by them."
Wang Jixuan admired the ceiling of the fourth floor, which had many light guide panels.
He said casually:
"If a disciple commits evil, the master shares the blame. Cleaning up the sect is often painful."
Fu Jian nodded slowly, "In the current situation, humanity should share resources… I can understand that you can awaken Espers. If these abilities of yours were passed on to Esper City, it would cause the Espers in Esper City to greatly increase their strength, which would completely cause the situation to get out of control."
"What I'm taking out today has already taken this into consideration."
Wang Jixuan shrugged:
"There's no way around it. Risks and opportunities coexist. The current D5 needs to improve its combat power against Blade Beasts and Espers."
"Today, I'm teaching these high-end combat forces combined attack techniques. Later… we'll talk about later."
Fu Jian became interested, "Combined attack techniques?"
"That's right. It's too troublesome to explain. I've already prepared the tutorials, starting with the basics. It should take about a week to teach the beginner-level combined attack techniques."
Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows slightly:
"Don't bother learning it. Let the young people play around with it. Just give them some practice later."
"Young people," Fu Jian chuckled, "You're just a slippery twenty-something."
Wang Jixuan curled his lip, raised his hand to check the time, and smiled, "Give them a little more rest time. The morning lecture was too long."
Not far away, Mudan led the maid corps, carrying bundles of large Demon-Breaking Daggers and Crystal Core Greatswords without embedded crystal cores. Wan Xiaoqi drove the supply vehicle to the edge of the field.
Half an hour later, the afternoon's teaching officially began.
"Attention! At ease! Sit down!"
With Ling Tong's two shouts, four rows of students sat upright on the lawn.
The Fortress Governor and Commander had already gone to the edge of the field to sit with Fu Jian.
Wang Jixuan didn't waste any time and said directly:
"The afternoon's teaching is just two words—Sword Formation! Although it's called Sword Formation, it can actually be a Cannon Formation or a Blade Formation! The purpose is to allow you to form a group of seven and exert a combat power greater than the sum of seven people!"
"This is to allow you to deal with S-class Espers and King-level Blade Beasts!"
"The difficulty of the afternoon's teaching is lower for the Buddha Hall Squad. You only need to know the basic formation movements."
"The Demi-Human Mecha Group has the highest difficulty. You must master the nine changes of this formation! When you use this formation to achieve victory on the battlefield, I will allow you to teach the first three changes to other Demi-Human Mecha Groups!"
"The Peak Maid Corps has the lowest difficulty because they only need to record all the formation changes once in their programs to master them."
"Xiaoqi, release the drones!"
"Roger!"
Wan Xiaoqi shouted, chewing on a lollipop. Eight spherical drones flew over the left lawn with a buzzing sound, casting eight beams of light.
Seven white beams of light were distributed in a Big Dipper pattern.
One red beam of light remained steady.
Wang Jixuan raised his hand and took a steel pipe as thick as a thumb, a kind smile appearing on the corner of his mouth:
"Esper Group, enter the light beams. Each light beam has a number, from '1' to '7'. Choose one each and remember it. This will be your number from now on! The first change has a total of seven points. Each person has to change positions seven times! Infinite loop!"
"When the light beam changes, you have to jump directly to it. You must be precise and fast. If you can't complete the action within three seconds, I will give you physical punishment."
Shen Hai raised his hand to remind him, "Teacher! That's a reward for Zheng Shiduo!"
A group of people laughed.
"Huh? Did I not make myself clear?"
Wang Jixuan smiled amiably:
"If one person makes a mistake, seven people will be punished. The same goes for your group later."
Shen Hai immediately shut up.
Zheng Shiduo, who was preparing to welcome the stick, immediately cheered up.
Wang Jixuan waved the steel pipe: "Everyone has been through battles. Don't look too bad. The Commander-in-Chief is watching you from the side."
A group of people cheered up again.
Seven people stood in the light beams.
Wang Jixuan walked around outside with the steel pipe, issuing instructions: "One!"
Wan Xiaoqi pressed the button on the control interface. The preset program ran automatically, and the seven drones quickly changed positions, while the red light beam remained steady.
The seven people jumped around in a panic.
"Punishment!"
The steel pipe in Wang Jixuan's hand flew out directly, hitting the backs of the seven Espers in turn.
The seven people took deep breaths. They didn't know what method Wang Jixuan used, but their backs weren't injured, but they were burning with pain.
Their faces were even hotter, and a long-lost sense of shame stimulated their spirits.
It's just…
Zheng Shiduo's face was red, and he almost cried out.
"Return to your original positions! Prepare… One!"
The seven people's jumps became crisp and neat.
Inside the training ground, Wang Jixuan kept shouting, and the seven people's jumps became faster and more accurate. Wang Jixuan also began to raise the requirements, requiring them to always face the red light beam.
At the edge of the field, Fu Jian tilted his head and watched this scene.
Dongfang Zhenghong muttered, "Commander-in-Chief, is this really reliable? Can this fight an S-class?"
"Not sure," Fu Jian said slowly. "According to what Wang Zheng said, Shen Hai and Ling Tong will be sparring partners for the Esper Group later. When today's course is over, I will be a sparring partner for the Demi-Human Mecha Group…"
The Fortress Governor put down the document in his hand and smiled bitterly: "Please be gentle when you strike. The resources required to modify a Demi-Human Mecha are too much."
The strength of the Demi-Human Mecha mainly depends on the degree of modification. The disadvantage is that the higher the degree of modification, the easier it is for brain death.
The Devil Commander-in-Chief nodded slowly.
With a completion rate of 98% and a super weapon system, he didn't believe that he would be hurt by these seven or eight new-generation and next-generation Demi-Human Mechas today, not even a screw.
