You dare to cultivate without money?!

In just a brief moment of exchange between Zhang Yu and Wuying, the ground cracked layer by layer with their collisions.

The terrifying force continuously twisted and shattered the earth with each strike, turning into clouds of dust that shot up into the sky, scattering in all directions, gradually covering the entire battlefield.

Several clusters of blood mist erupted from Zhang Yu's body, although severely injured repeatedly, he managed to endure with the powerful defensive capabilities of the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering.

"Oh?" Wuying, witnessing this scene, grew increasingly surprised, saying with some astonishment, "It seems I'll have to spend a little more time to subdue you without killing you."

Zhang Yu's gaze grew deeper, his whole being like a silent abyss.

He understood that with a Foundation Establishment battling a Golden Core, there was absolutely no chance of winning.

Just like Qi Refinement battling Foundation Establishment, the gaps between the realms were simply too vast.

In terms of basic stats alone, the opponent far surpassed him, and with the special techniques of the Golden Core, Zhang Yu had even less chance of victory.

The few instant collisions confirmed this point even more for Zhang Yu.

"I must use the Divine Spirit Root, otherwise I won't last long."

"This is already a choice with no retreat."

The surrounding dust continued to spread wildly under the control of the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power, layering over the battlefield.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If I'm to use the Divine Spirit Root, with the dust and Gang Qi as cover, I should be able to conceal it to the greatest extent..."

Even though the Spirit Realm was cut off at the moment, Zhang Yu felt no surveillance from the Evil God's detection ritual.

But with so many people, so many eyes watching, even if he planned to use the Divine Spirit Root, Zhang Yu still had to conceal it as much as possible.

At the same time, the upcoming battle plan was already set in his mind.

"Use the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power to manipulate the dust formed from ground fragmentation, combined with Gang Qi and the Divine Spirit Root, to engage with the opponent as much as possible."

"Simultaneously, focus on damaging the surrounding environment to create an opportunity to retreat."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "After all, compared to fighting a Golden Core, I'm better at construction and modifying the environment."

At the same time, numerous structural diagrams appeared in Zhang Yu's mind, all notes from his past involvement in construction on the 666th, 667th, 668th floors, and so on, level by level.

Even though the current floors are different, Zhang Yu knew the general structure of each floor in the University City was the same.

In his eyes, many weak points on this battlefield were clear as day.

"As long as I create a chance to retreat, once everyone scatters and escapes, I'll be even more flexible alone."

And just as Zhang Yu was struggling internally, finally deciding to unleash the Divine Spirit Root, those around him watching Zhang Yu's unwavering stance against the Golden Core were moved.

With teeth gritted, Yu Xinghan forced himself to control his fear of the Golden Core Cultists.

Watching Zhang Yu still fighting desperately, he felt admiration, envy, and a sense of shame for his own fear.

"This guy... where does that courage come from? Clearly also in Foundation Establishment, yet he dares to stand alone in front of us—does he not fear death?"

"Especially now, without the Spirit Realm's support, if he dies... it really means death, soul dispersed..."

At this moment, Yu Xinghan seemed to see that figure who had faced President Wang in the live stream, relentlessly charging forward just as now.

Meanwhile, in the few brief clashes, Yu Xinghan quickly understood the current situation.

"As long as one person joins the Demon Sect, the rest are either silenced or must join as well."

"Either die or join the sect, this Golden Core of the Demon Sect... simply won't give us any other choice."

But to join the sect? To abandon past efforts and accumulation and join the Demon Sect?

Yu Xinghan was a thousand times unwilling in his heart.

He had paid so much, spent so much money, and risked everything to reach this point, how could he possibly join the Demon Sect in the end?

At this moment, he heard Zhang Yu's voice coming from within the layers of dust: "I'll do my best to create some opportunities, once you find them, run quickly."

While speaking, Zhang Yu thought to himself: "Once you run, I'll have even less concern using the Divine Spirit Root..."

Upon hearing these words, everyone was shocked.

Yu Xinghan was slightly taken aback, looking at the figure blocking the Golden Core from the Demon Sect, something seemed to ignite within him.

The next moment, he mentally shouted: "Damn it! Let's fight!"

Relying on the Three-Eyed Divine Power's enhancement, Yu Xinghan learned martial arts remarkably quickly.

And when he massaged the Civil Engineering upperclassmen, or the competition team members such as Shi Huaiyu and Su Yanyang, he found he could feel their muscle and Mana wear and tear changes through the subtle perception granted by the Three-Eyed Divine Power.

And as the Three-Eyed Divine Power continued to upgrade, as he experienced these internal changes of the overtime upperclassmen again and again, combined with ongoing observation, he found he seemed to gradually learn the martial arts from them, the cultivation techniques he originally wasn't qualified to learn...

He cautiously kept this secret, not daring to reveal it to anyone.

Until this very moment, seeing Zhang Yu still fighting on, Yu Xinghan unleashed his long-hidden trump card.

With a change in his palm pattern, the Small Three Harmonies was suddenly activated.

Amidst the pervasive dust, the ground rumbled loudly, and suddenly undulated like an enraged dragon, sweeping towards Wuying.

The first to react was Shi Huaiyu.

As someone who had practiced the Small Three Harmonies for several years, this senior civil engineering student was all too familiar with the mannerisms it brought.

Almost instantly as Yu Xinghan activated it, Shi Huaiyu looked at him with immense surprise.

She hadn't expected Yu Xinghan had secretly mastered the first three Extremes of the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering, nor had she expected him to dare to display it publicly.

Even though the Spirit Realm is cut off at this moment, even though facing the Golden Core demon sect followers means there's no retreat, even though Zhang Yu standing in front is so dazzling...

"This is infringement!"

Yu Xinghan didn't care how many people noticed he was mastering Small Three Harmonies at this moment, instead he shouted, "What are you all staring at? No Spirit Realm! No surveillance! If you don't fight for your lives now, do you really want to join the demon sect?"

Shi Huaiyu gritted her teeth, stared tightly at the demon sect's Golden Core, and thought angrily, "Damn! I'm going to blow you up!"

Shi Huaiyu's palm seal changed, and she blasted a palm through the air towards the demon sect's Golden Core enveloped by the clouds of dust.

In an instant, waves of Earth Evil Gravity roared in, like an invisible giant hand firmly grasping Wuying.

As a senior in the seventh grade, a disciple of Tu Lishan, and one of the top competitors, Shi Huaiyu, followed Zhang Yu's department transfer, gradually becoming a focus of training for the Civil Engineering Department's War Faction.

First in the class five times, and after the loosening of the seven trials of Civil Engineering, she successfully mastered the last of the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering this year.

And in the process of cultivating this last Extreme, in the daily labor on the construction site, Shi Huaiyu gradually discovered the connections between the Extremes.

Day after day of cultivation and application tightened that connection, and when she came to her senses, a wisp of Earth Evil Gravity was already rising within her.

Shi Huaiyu hurried to disperse it, fearing this would be discovered, without a military certificate, she dared not attempt any activation of Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power.

But with the continued cultivation of the last Extreme, the feeling of inevitability lingered.

Shi Huaiyu could only endure, only repeatedly interrupt the link between the Cultivation Techniques of the Seven Extremes.

Yet the power of the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power did not weaken, instead, it continually increased with the level of her cultivation of the last Extreme.

She could feel this improvement, but dared not activate it, even stopping the last Extreme's cultivation for a time.

Shi Huaiyu knew she possessed talent, but this talent offered her no help in her situation, she could only use the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering to compete, to work, to work overtime...

It was like a repressed air stagnating in her chest, leaving her feeling suffocated even in the University City's towering 670-story complex.

Thus, she worked, worked overtime, traded currencies, bought stocks... hoping to quickly earn money, to soon obtain a military certificate, to escape this suffocating feeling.

Yet the arrival of the economic crisis made her feel even more suffocated.

And until this moment, accompanying Shi Huaiyu's angry roar, she unrestrainedly unleashed all the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power within her.

The violent Earth Evil Gravity smashed towards the opponent, as if releasing all the pent-up frustration, anger, reluctance, fear… at once.

"Huh?"

Feeling his body unexpectedly affected by two bursts of Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power, Wuying's gaze turned unexpectedly towards the direction of Yu Xinghan, Shi Huaiyu, and others.

Meanwhile, he saw Shi Yunxiang and Ying Xin swiftly rush out, madly digging towards the ground on both sides.

"Except for the two who want to escape, the rest really want to face me directly?"

"Can't even make basic strength judgments... How did you become a top ten?"

With a loud bang, the ground Yu Xinghan had raised coiled Wuying like a giant dragon.

Seeing Yu Xinghan and Shi Huaiyu's full-force release controlling Wuying, Zhang Yu let out a long howl, carrying golden, blood-colored Gang Qi, once again initiated Mountain Shifting Warrior.

And the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power that Zhang Yu had accumulated during the battle... also fiercely erupted from Nine Heavens Cloud Sky Force.

With both palms blasting out simultaneously, one hand rooted in Nine Heavens Cloud Sky Force, crowned with the white comet of the Ten Stars Alignment.

Another hand purely driven by Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power, raising Earth Evil Gravity to devour everything, transforming into a dark domain.

Nine Heavens Mountain Shift — Comet Strike and Star Dust Bind!

Amidst an earth-shattering loud noise, Yu Xinghan and Shi Huaiyu just felt the power controlling Wuying be shattered.

Wuying's body also leaned backward under Zhang Yu's strike, retreated suddenly.

One step, two steps, three steps...

He stopped, patted the dust off his body, and said calmly, "So, this should make you understand the gap, right?"

"The difference between Golden Core and Foundation Establishment isn't something you can break through."

"Can you think properly about joining the sect now?"

Speaking, Wuying pointed a finger at Zhang Yu's right arm again.

With a bang, a large spray of blood mist burst, causing Zhang Yu to feel the fracture in his arm bones.

But in the next moment, just as Wuying was about to continue his attack, he realized Zhang Yu's figure had disappeared into the dust, making him lose all sense of it.

"Huh?" He was startled, "What kind of movement technique is this? Or is it the function of a Magic Treasure or Magic Remains?"

Just as Wuying intended to clear away the dust, an incredible aura forced him to turn his head.

Xiao Qingxuan's eyes repeatedly flashed through the dorm room's life these days, flashed through Zhang Yu standing in front of the demon sect's Golden Core, flashed through Yu Xinghan, Shi Huaiyu's successive outbursts...

He murmured to himself, "Sigh, that ancient old ghost's values start influencing me again."

"Damn it... I truly went crazy."

"I shouldn't have kept the Golden Core you gave me back then..."

Speaking, a golden pill had already been swallowed by him, and terrifying pressure erupted from within him.

The surging Gang Qi completely enveloped his figure, making it impossible to discern his features.

Feeling Wuying's gaze, Xiao Qingxuan calmly said, "Almost forgot."

"It seems I am also a Golden Core."