Victor’s order was executed imdiately.
The administrative staff of the Royal Martial Academy mobilized every available resource throughout the Moon Empire.
Elite hunters, military units, adventurer teams, and magical scouts were dispatched in every direction.
Their target was simple: five hundred Adept Realm monsters.
Since Victor specifically requested monsters with different elental affinities, the operation beca significantly more complicated.
Fortunately, the Moon Empire possessed sufficient manpower.
Only three hours later, the first teams began returning.
Then the second.
Then the third.
By sunset, all five hundred monsters had been successfully captured.
Inside a massive containnt facility constructed near the academy, creatures of every elental type could be seen, including fire wolves, earth bears, wind hawks, water serpents, tal beetles, lightning panthers, light deer, and dark shadowcats.
The collection was remarkably diverse.
Arthur looked at the imprisoned monsters and nodded.
"Everything has been prepared."
Victor stepped forward, his eyes sweeping across the monsters.
"Good."
He turned toward the academy staff.
"Extract every last drop of blood essence. Separate them according to elental attributes. Not a single drop is to be wasted."
"Understood, Headmaster."
The operation began imdiately.
Over the following hours, enormous quantities of blood were collected.
Each type was categorized carefully.
By the end of the process, thousands of crystal containers filled with different monster blood had accumulated.
Only then did Victor return to his laboratory.
The massive furnace awaited him.
Ancient runes illuminated its surface as mana flowed through countless inscriptions.
Victor took a deep breath, and then the refining process began.
For ten consecutive days, the furnace remained active, day and night, without interruption.
Large quantities of mana continuously flowed into the refining array.
The blood underwent countless transformations.
Impurities were removed.
Elental properties were strengthened.
The volatile energies within the blood were stabilized.
Ten days later, the process finally ended.
Thousands of refined blood essence vials stood neatly arranged inside the laboratory.
Victor picked up a crimson vial.
The energy contained within it was several tis purer than before.
A satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"The first batch is complete."
The next morning, Victor returned to the Royal Martial Academy.
The sight that greeted him was impressive.
Five hundred students stood in perfect formation, every one of them wearing academy uniforms and standing straight.
Most importantly, every one of them carried the sa expression: expectation, hope, and desire.
For years they had been considered worthless.
Failures.
People without elental affinities.
Individuals destined to remain weak for the rest of their lives.
Today that would change.
The mont Victor appeared, all five hundred students saluted simultaneously.
"Greetings, Headmaster!"
Their voices echoed across the training grounds.
Victor slowly walked onto the platform. His gaze swept across the crowd.
For several monts, he remained silent.
Then he spoke.
"You have all been labeled worthless by society."
The students clenched their fists. Many lowered their heads.
The words struck directly at old wounds.
Victor continued calmly.
"But that ends today."
Every pair of eyes imdiately focused upon him.
"I have opened a new path. I have paved the road before you."
His voice remained calm but firm.
"However, whether you reach the end depends entirely on yourselves. Talent alone is not enough. Resources alone are not enough. Only determination and hard work will allow you to walk this path."
The atmosphere gradually beca heavy.
Many students felt their hearts beating faster.
Victor looked toward the sky, then back at the students.
"Ethereum needs powerful individuals. It needs protectors. It needs pioneers. Beco strong as quickly as possible."
The speech was simple, yet its effect was trendous.
Many students felt their blood boiling.
They finally possessed an opportunity, an opportunity that had never existed before.
Victor raised his hand.
"You will each receive one vial of blood essence. You may choose the elental affinity that best suits you. You will also receive a corresponding breathing technique. Afterward, report to the training grounds. I will personally demonstrate the cultivation process."
For a mont, silence filled the area.
Then all five hundred students shouted simultaneously.
"Thank you, Headmaster!"
The academy imdiately beca busy.
Staff mbers distributed blood essence.
Others handed out cultivation manuals.
Countless students carefully studied their options.
Victor quietly observed everything.
To him, this was more than an academy project. It was an experint.
The results would determine the future of humanity.
If successful, martial cultivation would beco a worldwide system.
Anyone would be able to purchase blood essence.
Anyone would be able to cultivate.
Human civilization would enter an entirely new era.
Far away, hidden among the shadows, several figures silently observed the academy.
Their appearances remained concealed, yet powerful mana fluctuations surrounded them.
One of the figures spoke.
"The humans have recreated martial cultivation."
The others beca silent. A second figure nodded.
"We must act quickly."
A third voice followed.
"They cannot be allowed to beco stronger."
Silence returned.
Then the shadows disappeared.
One day passed.
The resource distribution process finally concluded.
The following morning, all five hundred students gathered once again.
Victor stood before them.
Today was the official beginning.
He held a blood essence vial in one hand and a cultivation manual in the other.
"Watch carefully."
The students imdiately beca attentive.
Victor began explaining the process step by step: how to absorb blood essence, how to circulate breathing techniques, how to guide elental energy, how to avoid damaging the body.
Every detail was explained personally.
The students listened with absolute focus.
Then suddenly, boom!
A terrifying aura descended from the sky.
The entire training ground shook violently.
Many students collapsed instantly.
Others turned pale.
Victor’s expression changed.
His Mana Sense activated imdiately.
At the sa ti, Space Sense expanded outward.
His eyes narrowed.
Three powerful presences had entered the academy.
Sages.
Not only that, their mana signatures were completely different from humans.
Atlantians.
Arthur sensed them at nearly the sa mont.
The President instantly appeared above the training field.
Boom!
His own Sage aura erupted.
The oppressive pressure imdiately weakened.
Arthur’s eyes turned ice cold.
"What is the aning of this?"
His voice echoed throughout the academy.
"What are Atlantian Sages doing within human territory without permission?"
A sinister laugh echoed from above.
"Permission? Hahahahaha!"
The surrounding space distorted.
Three figures appeared. Each was clad in full body armor.
Not a single part of their faces could be seen.
The leader stepped forward.
"We did not co here for aningless conversation."
His voice carried absolute arrogance.
"Hand over the blood essence production thod. Hand over all breathing techniques. Do that and we will leave."
Silence filled the academy.
The students stared in disbelief.
They had arrived solely to steal the martial cultivation system.
Victor narrowed his eyes.
These Atlantian bastards were truly arrogant.
Before Arthur could respond, a mocking voice suddenly echoed across the training ground.
"Huh?"
The three sages turned.
Victor stood calmly among the students.
His expression remained indifferent.
"So oversized fish are trying to negotiate with humans?"
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"Perhaps if you kneel and lick our boots, we might consider your proposal."
The entire academy froze.
Even Arthur nearly burst out laughing.
The students looked horrified as they stared at Victor. Those were Sage Realm experts standing before them. They were beings capable of destroying cities and deciding the fate of nations. Yet Victor had just insulted them directly without the slightest hesitation.
Arthur reacted imdiately.
Whoosh!
His figure blurred and instantly appeared beside Victor.
As the president of the Ethereum Alliance and one of humanity’s strongest protectors, it was his responsibility to safeguard humanity’s greatest hope.
The three Atlantian sages remained silent.
For several seconds, they simply stared at Victor.
They genuinely had not expected such a reaction.
A re novice mage had actually dared to mock them.
Then—
Boom!
One of the sages vanished.
He was an assassin.
The surrounding space distorted as his body disappeared from sight.
His target was Victor.
The attack was so fast that even Arthur’s expression changed. The assassin’s speed had exceeded his expectations.
"No!" Arthur roared.
A blade appeared where Victor had been standing.
The weapon pierced directly through Victor’s body.
At least, that was what everyone believed.
Then confusion appeared.
There was no blood.
No corpse.
No flesh.
Nothing.
The assassin’s expression changed imdiately.
A voice suddenly echoed from the side.
"You really are fish."
Everyone turned.
Victor stood fifty ters away, completely unhard.
The assassin froze.
Victor slowly shook his head.
"I expected better cognitive abilities."
His expression was calm.
"You cannot even maintain a proper conversation."
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Nobody understood what had happened.
Not even Arthur.
How had Victor evaded the attack of a Sage Realm assassin?
The Atlantian experts imdiately beca serious.
Their relaxed expressions disappeared.
Then suddenly—
Boom!
Another powerful aura descended from the sky.
A second aura followed imdiately afterward.
The atmosphere instantly beca violent.
Two figures appeared.
Elyndros.
And Diana.
The mont Diana arrived, she moved. She appeared directly beside Victor.
Her gaze locked onto the three Atlantian sages.
"Do you want war?"
Her voice was cold.
The temperature throughout the entire academy dropped noticeably.
Even the Atlantian sages beca cautious.
The leader quickly regained his composure.
"For what?"
His voice once again beca mocking.
"Trying to kill an insignificant insect?"
His eyes shifted toward Victor.
In his mind, the young man had rely survived by using so ancient treasure obtained from a forgotten ruin.
That possibility only increased his greed.
If Victor possessed such an artifact, Atlantis would eventually take it.
A cold smile appeared beneath the leader’s helt.
"Actually, we have changed our minds."
His gaze settled firmly upon Victor.
"Now you will hand over the technology."
His voice beca colder.
"You will hand over the breathing techniques."
Then he slowly raised a finger and pointed directly at Victor.
"And you will hand over that boy as well."
The atmosphere instantly froze.
Arthur’s expression darkened.
Diana’s killing intent exploded outward.
Beside them, Elyndros silently tightened his grip around his weapon.
The Atlantian Sage continued speaking.
"For disrespecting three Atlantian Sages..."
A cruel smile spread across his hidden face.
"We consider this an act of provocation."
His aura surged violently. Dark clouds gathered overhead.
"If our demands are not t..."
The sky darkened.
The pressure in the surroundings increased dramatically.
"We will begin a war."
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