Chapter 613 - Heart of Winter (1/2)

Apart from the clubs, the various classes of the Top Military Academy also competed against one another. Eventually the rankings came out. The command faculty placed second after suffering a begrudging defeat at the hands of the mech combat faculty.

Nie Yan had zero interest in these sorts of competitions.

“Welp, my bad guys. If I hadn’t slightly messed up there, we could’ve definitely beaten the mech combat faculty.” Fu Guangtao glanced at the several classmates in his team, an arrogant gleam in his eyes.

“The mech combat faculty is only slightly stronger than us. If we raise our levels and get a few more pieces of good equipment, we can definitely beat them. If we had Xia Tianyu, the mech combat faculty wouldn’t have stood a chance. What a shame.” Bai Jun sighed.

“Hmph! So what if we don’t have him? It’s not like the Earth will stop spinning. We just need to try harder next time. Then we can definitely beat them!” Zhao Shiyu felt quite pleased with herself after being voted the leader of the group.

Fu Guangtao started boasting about the weaknesses of the several experts in the mech combat faculty.

Several people in the team couldn’t stand Zhao Shiyu, Fu Guangtao, and Baijun, but they kept quiet.

Listening to the so-called strategies Fu Guangtao spewed out, Nie Yan couldn’t help but chuckle to himself. They were too vague and general and would have zero practical use on the battlefield.

Against players like Fu Guangtao, even if several dozen came at him, Nie Yan would still wipe the floor with them.

“Tsk, you guys are really good at believing your own bullshit. The mech combat faculty was hardly even trying. You think you could’ve beaten them? Hah! I’ve never seen a group so full of themselves,” Xia Tianyu sarcastically smiled. He was fed up with listening to Fu Guantao stroking his own ego.

Fu Guangtao’s face flushed red with embarrassment. “Xia Tianyu, you bastard! I dare you to say that again!”

“You want to hear it a second time? Sure! Bring out the replay of the match! Why stop at just twice? I’ll say it again a thousand times, ten thousand times, no problem!” Xia Tianyu shot back.

After hearing Xia Tianyu’s words, Xie Yao giggled and turned to Nie Yan. “Your friends sure are interesting.”

Nie Yan shrugged. Even he didn’t expect Xia Tianyu to have such a sharp tongue.

“Fuck you!” Fu Guangtao rushed forward. He wanted nothing more than to give Xia Tianyu a good beating. However, he was held back by Bai Jun and the others.

“Forget it. Nothing to get worked up over. We’re all still in the same class,” Bai Jun said.

With some placating from his fellow classmates, Fu Guangtao finally calmed down. After glaring at Xia Tianyu, he snorted and walked away.

The Top Military Academy’s gathering finally came to a close. Azure Windchime had come out of it the biggest winner. Many students made use of their connections to reach out to Undying Scoundrel and the others for a recommendation into Asskickers United or possibly an opportunity to participate in an entrance test. God Executioner Sword had also gained quite a few new members.

Nie Yan coldly eyed Fang Rujie and Qi Han leading a crowd of new recruits away. He urged Guo Huai to closely monitor God Executioner Sword.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao left the arena together.

Xie Yao resumed her search for the remaining pieces of the Saintess Christina Set and figuring out a way to resurrect her phoenix.

Guo Huai had already done all he could in helping Nie Yan gather items that could increase his Ice Resistance.

After bidding farewell to Xie Yao, Nie Yan went his own way.

Checking his personal storage, Nie Yan found two books for passive skills that increased his Ice Resistance and an item called the Heart of Winter; it was a dazzling snow-white orb about the size of a fist.