It was impossible for Shui Lei to convince himself that what he was feeling so physically was actually true. An ordinary warrior? Could an ordinary warrior even use the combat skills of a Burst Bear bloodline warrior? And with just one move of Ba Shan, he completely swept away two bloodline warriors! We are fourth-year warrior trainees!

The battlefield was uneven, dust and shattered branches littered the ground, and two bloodline warriors lay unable to rise.

Qian Jin nodded in satisfaction. Ba Shan was indeed formidable. If he could fully align the Battle Sequence within his Battle Heart, coupled with his brute strength, he might even have the advantage against a Burst Bear bloodline warrior.

"Two seniors, we should leave now." Qian Jin stepped forward, grabbed Shui Lei with his left hand, tossing him over his shoulder, then bent down and tossed Shui Jing over his other shoulder, heading towards the edge of the woods. "If no one comes here for a few days, you two will starve to death."

The two bloodline warriors tried to struggle, but besides the intense pain from moving their severely injured bodies, they genuinely lacked the strength to move. They closed their eyes dejectedly, allowing Qian Jin to carry them out of the woods.

"Look! Isn't that Qian Jin?"

"Yes! The people on Qian Jin's shoulders look awfully familiar."

"Those are the Shui brothers."

"The Shui brothers? They look heavily injured? Who hit them?"

"A few classmates." Qian Jin strode quickly toward the group of warrior trainees. "These two seniors challenged me for the Hundred Battles Ranking. To save time, I let them both come at me at once, and I accidentally injured them a bit too severely. Can you help me send them to the infirmary? I have other matters to attend to."

On the small path outside the woods, several warrior trainees who seemed to have also come to settle personal scores began coughing uncontrollably. Every single one of them choked on their saliva after being stunned by Qian Jin's few sentences, coughing repeatedly.

An ordinary warrior defeating two bloodline warriors? And seniors at that? The same ones who were seriously injured at noon? Normally, one bloodline warrior takes on a group of ordinary warriors!

How was it that these established iron rules became completely ineffective when it came to Qian Jin? Not only that, but he had completely inverted the iron rule! He defeats You Hun Ling Guan at noon, is severely injured by a Black Ape bloodline warrior, and then in the afternoon, seemingly fine, he enters a small wood to spar with two bloodline warriors, beating them to this state?

The trainees repeatedly scrutinized the Shui brothers, immediately drawing in sharp breaths again. He injured them this badly just by 'accidentally' not holding back? If he had intentionally gone a little harder, would these two even still be alive?

"I'll trouble you all," Qian Jin said, tossing the two bodies in front of the crowd. He bowed slightly, nodded, and walked briskly toward the academy gates.

The trainees turned to watch Qian Jin's retreating back. They stood stunned for a long moment until they heard the groans of the two bloodline warriors. Only then did they react to the injured men on the ground, and smiles broke out across their faces.

The news of Qian Jin’s injury at noon was known not only among the trainees but also among the instructors. The fact that two bloodline warriors came to challenge him in the afternoon clearly meant they intended to pick up an easy win, only to be beaten into this state instead.

"What just happened?" Isabella descended from the air, looking at the two heavily wounded bloodline warriors on the ground. Her expression turned cautious, and she gazed around vigilantly. "What is going on here? Who ambushed these two? Did the Demon Race sneak into our academy...?"

"Headmaster, we were injured by Qian Jin..." Shui Lei lay weakly on the ground, forcing his head up to look at Isabella. All he wanted was to leave this place as soon as possible; being stared at by younger, ordinary warrior students with mocking gazes was an extremely unpleasant experience.

"Qian Jin?" Isabella was so shocked her feet nearly left the ground. At noon, Qian Jin was severely wounded by Tie Nan, the Black Ape bloodline warrior, nearly landing him in the hospital. Now, he should barely have the strength to fight an ordinary Demon Quelling Warrior, so how could he have beaten these two so badly?

Shui Jing wept and nodded repeatedly. If the other academy warriors hadn't witnessed this humiliating defeat, he would never admit it.

Isabella felt her mind reeling again. Did the Hundred Battles Ranking she had worked so hard to establish amount to nothing? While these two bloodline warriors had poor character, they were still bloodline warriors, ranking thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth on the list.

A person suffering severe injuries at noon managed to beat two peak-condition bloodline warriors to the point where they couldn't even stand up.

Isabella's face was filled with disbelief. "This... How is this possible?"

"Yeah, how is this possible?" Shui Jing stared blankly at the ground, still unable to recover from the shock of being subdued by Qian Jin with just one hand. "Was he really injured? And how can he use the Burst Bear bloodline combat skill?"

"What? Burst Bear bloodline combat skill?" Isabella rushed forward two steps, reached out, and felt Shui Jing's forehead. Then, she used her finger to pull open his eyelid and closely examine his pupils. Had this kid's brain been damaged by Qian Jin? Qian Jin was an ordinary warrior; how could he possibly use the bloodline combat skill of the Burst Bear bloodline family?

Since the existence of bloodline warriors and bloodline combat skills, only those whose bloodline corresponded to the combat skill could utilize it.

The other warrior trainees also looked at the Shui brothers with strange expressions. Had these two suffered too much mental trauma? Had their minds broken? They were claiming Qian Jin could use a bloodline combat skill!

"Sigh..." Isabella straightened up, looked at the two, sighed, and shook her head repeatedly. "It seems you were truly heavily injured and are now experiencing hallucinations. You really need proper rest."

"Hea... Headmaster..." Shui Lei looked up at Isabella in astonishment. "You... You don't believe what I'm saying?"

Isabella reached out and stroked Shui Lei's hair back and forth, like an elder comforting a frightened junior. "I know, I know. When warriors suffer severe mental trauma during combat, they sometimes experience illusions. I understand. You two just focus on resting..."

"Headmaster, we are truly not lying," Shui Jing suddenly looked up, widening his eyes at Isabella. Being defeated was embarrassing enough; now, no one even believed them.

"I know you didn't mean to..." Isabella gently patted Shui Jing's cheek. "Young man, it's natural after an injury..."

Shui Jing felt an urge to bash his head against a wall. He was telling the absolute truth, yet not only was he not believed, but he was also being treated like a fool. This feeling was far more humiliating than being beaten by an injured Qian Jin until he couldn't get up.

Shui Lei felt the strange glances from the surrounding warriors and finally understood why Qian Jin had agreed to fight in the small woods. The true Burst Bear bloodline combat skill is easily recognizable in real combat; he had done it intentionally!

"Jing, forget it..." Shui Lei sighed, seeing Shui Jing's resigned expression. "No one will believe us now, no matter what we say."

Shui Jing looked at Shui Lei's expression of conceding defeat, a bitter smile playing on his lips. Right! Qian Jin was an ordinary warrior. If this fellow actually used a bloodline combat skill, if someone else had told him that, he would have also mocked them for being out of their minds.

"Fine, let's go rest," Shui Jing gave up arguing and looked at Isabella. "Headmaster, I just have one last question."

Isabella looked at him with an expression that suggested he could ask.

Shui Jing showed a hint of unwillingness to give up: "Qian Jin, was he really so badly injured at noon that his entire body was spewing blood?"

"Of course." Isabella nodded sharply. "I saw it with my own eyes—his entire body was covered in blood, and his right arm suffered a severe injury. I suspect the bone might even be broken."

"Entire body covered in blood... the bone might even be broken."

Shui Jing's eyes were filled with blankness, confusion, doubt, and bitterness. How could a person so heavily injured become so powerful again after just a short afternoon of recovery? Did he possess some special combat skill for high recovery rates? Those were legendary Saint-tier combat skills! He'd heard that only families above the level of the Ten Great Bloodline Warrior Families possessed such Saint-tier skills.

"Why... Why... How could..." Shui Lei looked like a small white rabbit slapped by a great gray wolf. "Why do I feel like he only broke his right arm? His body seems completely normal, as if he suffered no injury at all."

Isabella watched the Shui brothers, whose mental state was clearly compromised, being carried away. In her mind, she replayed their words: Burst Bear bloodline combat skill? How could that be? Qian Jin was clearly an ordinary warrior; they must have suffered some mental blow.

However, the severe physical injuries these two sustained were clearly not fake. Qian Jin, in his noon condition, shouldn't have been able to defeat even an average Demon Quelling Warrior, let alone two Earth Rat bloodline warriors who already possessed a Battle Heart.

"To defeat them, his body must have recovered to at least seventy percent capacity," Isabella mused seriously, her slender fingers propping up her chin. "But in his condition, even with the appropriate healing potions supplied to a top-thirty ranking on the Hundred Battles List, it would probably take over ten days to recover... as for the broken bone, that would take well over ten days."

To recover to a state where he could easily knock two opponents down in a single afternoon suggested he must have recovered eighty or even ninety percent of his physical condition.

Isabella fell into thought, gently tapping her chin with her fingers. That rate of recovery was too fast! Did he possess some special Magitech Device or a bizarre Magic Scroll that could rapidly restore his body, only for him to revert to a severely injured state afterward?

"That's it! It must be!" Isabella clenched her right fist and smacked her left palm heavily. "It has to be! Otherwise, that kid Qian Jin wouldn't have needed to run off so quickly. By severely wounding those two, he was deterring others who might try to take advantage! This kid not only has considerable strength, but he also seems to have many secrets, and his mind is quite sharp! I need to find time later to observe him more closely. For now, I must prepare for the City Lord's banquet tonight."