Chapter 2

Her name is Sandra Cooper, the number one beauty of Nancheng Martial Academy!

Among the top ten junior martial academies in the entire Luyang Prefecture, she ranks third on the beauty list. Not only is her martial arts talent impressive, but she also studies alchemy, making her a true beauty with both talent and looks.

Unfortunately, such a delicate and stunning flower has long since been claimed!

Every time the boys in the class think of this, they go crazy with jealousy, their anger having nowhere to go.

The boys’ gazes would sweep past Sandra Cooper, occasionally landing on her deskmate, William Harris.

Whenever this happened, their expressions would instantly turn cold, filled with icy disdain and a deep, unvented hatred.

If Sandra Cooper’s boyfriend were someone else, they might not be so jealous.

But it just had to be William Harris!

The student who ranks at the very bottom of the entire class.

That such a beautiful and delicate flower as Sandra Cooper would be paired with such a pile of cow dung—how could they not gnash their teeth in envy and go mad with frustration?

At this moment, Sandra Cooper seemed preoccupied, holding a book on herbs in her delicate hand, but unable to focus on reading.

She pressed her red lips together, hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind. She turned to William Harris at the next desk and said, “William Harris, I have something I want to tell you!”

William Harris was reading intently. Hearing her, he looked at Sandra Cooper in confusion.

Today was the last day for their group of third-year martial students at Nancheng Martial Academy. Tomorrow would be the joint exam for the top ten martial academies of Luyang Prefecture.

This exam would determine whether they could advance to the Luyang Prefecture Academy—it could be said to decide their future prospects and fate.

Time was extremely tight now, and William Harris didn’t want to waste even a second, not even for Sandra Cooper, his girlfriend.

That’s right.

Normally, with his meager abilities, it would have been impossible for him to win over someone as stunning as Sandra Cooper, who ranks among the top three beauties in the ten major martial academies of Luyang.

But the two of them had been neighbors since childhood, childhood sweethearts, with a bond formed from a young age.

Later, William Harris devoted himself to martial arts, and together with Sandra Cooper, they were admitted to Nancheng Martial Academy, one of the top ten junior academies in Luyang Prefecture.

However, after entering Nancheng Martial Academy, their fates began to change in subtle and awkward ways.

William Harris’s talent was too low.

Even though he worked extremely hard, he inevitably ended up at the bottom among all the students at Nancheng Martial Academy.

He had trained at the academy for three years and was still only at the first level of martial artist, showing no progress at all.

Sandra Cooper, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She was very talented and grew stronger with each passing day, now one of the top students in the class.

In the past two years, the gap between them had only grown wider.

Her increasing indifference and distance pained William Harris, making him even more determined to work hard.

“Shanshan, what is it?”

William Harris asked calmly.

Sandra Cooper gazed deeply at William Harris with her beautiful eyes, struggled internally for a moment, and said, “Let’s break up!”

Boom!

It was like a bolt from the blue, stunning William Harris.

He was completely dazed, his body stiff, hands and feet cold.

“You’re… not joking, are you? Wh-why? We’ve been childhood sweethearts for nearly ten years, and studied together at Nancheng Martial Academy for three years. Besides, we’re about to graduate and take the Luyang Prefecture Academy entrance exam together. Why break up now?”

There was a hint of bitterness in William Harris’s voice.

“I’m serious. Let’s break up!”

Sandra Cooper repeated solemnly, letting out a long sigh. “As for why? You know the reason better than anyone. You won’t get into the Luyang Prefecture Academy!”

After she finished, she looked at William Harris with deep disappointment and said, “You only have a little more bloodline talent than those who can’t even step onto the martial path at all. You’re just not suited for martial arts! How long are you going to keep deceiving yourself? Can you really keep up with me?”

“Is… is that so…!”

William Harris’s youthful face instantly turned deathly pale, his thin body trembling uncontrollably.

On the Divine Martial Continent, the first major realm of martial arts is the Martial Artist stage.

At this stage, the focus is on tempering the body and bone marrow, and generating vital blood essence. The more blood essence in the bone marrow, the greater the strength.

Only those with bloodline talent can produce blood essence.

The maximum bloodline talent is one hundred points.

Ordinary students at Nancheng Martial Academy generally have bloodline talent above ten points. A few martial arts geniuses have bloodline talent as high as twenty or thirty points.

But his bloodline talent was only one point!

How useless was that?

With a bloodline talent of one, it couldn’t get any lower—calling him the bottom of the barrel would not be an exaggeration.

“What? They broke up?”

The entire class was shocked by Sandra Cooper’s words, and everyone looked over at the two of them.

“Oh wow, is this a graduation breakup?!”

Not far away, a well-dressed young man crossed his legs and laughed loudly with a gloating smirk.