"Still not dead? What a tenacious will! But it's useless! Willpower can't represent everything. Do you see this gun barrel radiating the aura of death? It's 2014 now—technology is the true force that rules this world. The era belonging to you martial artists is over!"

……

"Bang!"

Chapter One: This Is Not the End

"This is not the end!"

"Whoosh!"

A moment ago, Evan Grant, who had just regained consciousness, was still lying unconscious on the bed. Now, he suddenly sat up, startling the young girl leaning beside him into a scream.

But when she came to her senses and clearly heard what the young man in front of her said, she immediately became furious, her pretty face covered in frost.

"It's not over yet!? It's over, OVER! It's over forever!"

"This is not the end!"

Evan Grant muttered these five words, one by one. Simple as they were, each word was filled with a sharpness that would slay gods and Buddhas alike!

"You..."

The girl beside him, hearing his resolute attitude and stubborn refusal to repent, instantly flushed with anger!

"You really won't turn back until you hit a dead end... No! Even after hitting the wall, you still won't turn back! Can't you see that Hannah Cooper is playing with you? She said that if you caught a Blood Howl Eagle in the Nightblood Forest, she'd agree to let you pursue her. That was just a trick—she was toying with you, just making fun of you! Do you know that? She just wanted to mess with you and watch you become a laughingstock with the other students!"

Derek turned his head, following the sound coming from the bedside.

It seemed...

Someone was talking to him!

"How could you believe such a simple prank and actually go there? If it weren't for Dragon Knight Ziche Fu happening to pass by that area, discovering you and having the guards bring you back, you'd already be a corpse in the wilderness by now! Derek, you're already an adult—can't you let me worry a little less in the future!"

Sitting beside him was a girl of about sixteen or seventeen, her hair tied in a neat ponytail, two locks of black hair hanging down from her fair ears, giving her a lively and valiant air.

"Don't get distracted! Did you hear what I just said? From now on, stop pestering her!"

Evan Grant frowned. He was certain he didn't know this girl!

"Derek, are you even listening!"

Moreover...

Looking around at the room arranged like an infirmary, Evan Grant couldn't understand why he had suddenly appeared here. His last memory was clearly of that major general pulling the trigger!

"Possession!?"

As this thought flashed through his mind, Evan Grant immediately threw off the blanket covering him, wanting to get out of bed and see what was going on!

As soon as he moved, the girl cried out in alarm and snapped angrily, "What are you doing, Derek? Sit down and stay in bed! Don't move around! If you don't want to end up disabled for life, you'd better lie down!"

"Disabled for life!"

Evan Grant hadn't yet figured out what his moving around had to do with being disabled for life when a wave of intense pain suddenly spread throughout his body, flooding every bone and limb in less than a breath!

Only then did he realize...

He was seriously injured!

And the injuries were extremely severe!

"What on earth is going on!"

Evan Grant opened his mouth, asking the first question since arriving in this world, his tone unfamiliar even to himself!

"Don't worry about what happened. Just rest and recover. I've already taken care of your leave from the academy. Stop overthinking—if you're bored, read a book! If you really like Hannah Cooper, read more, absorb more combat experience and techniques from books. Once you're healed, train hard and reach above the fourth rank as soon as possible! In this world, strength is everything. With fourth-rank cultivation, you'll be able to break into the first level of the Moon God Realm—won't there be plenty of girls chasing after you then?" As she spoke, the girl gave him no chance to resist, pressing him back onto the bed and covering him with the blanket again!

"It's almost time for class. I have to go! Just stay in bed and don't move around during this time!" With that, the girl didn't care whether Evan Grant agreed or not. She stood up and left the room. In no time, the ward was quiet, with only him left.

Lying in bed, Evan Grant was still struggling to process the bizarre experience of being reborn in another's body!

However, as a competent swordsman, a calm mind and a thorough grasp of his surroundings were essential at all times. He quickly composed himself from his confusion!

He had once fought alone against a modern army of six hundred men—what in this world could possibly shake his mind now?

Once calm, the first thing Evan Grant addressed was the condition of this body!

Relying on his powerful spiritual perception, the state of the entire body immediately appeared in his mind!

This body had suffered severe trauma that day. Although it had undergone a series of treatments, it was still gravely injured, with some wounds that could easily be fatal!

After a moment of sensing, Evan Grant was already able to confirm!