David Clark patted his shoulder. “But you really are amazing. With just one finger, you shattered Sengloro’s evolution armor. He’s a Tier-3 Evolution Warrior, tsk tsk!”

Up ahead, Sophia turned her head and asked, “Henry Bennett, how’s your injury?” Henry Bennett shook his head. “It’s nothing serious.” At lunch, he’d gone to the restroom to check and found a bruise on his stomach that hurt when pressed, but it wasn’t a major injury.

The afternoon class was Armor Energy Cultivation. Henry Bennett was a bit distracted at first, his mind preoccupied with Glorin’s situation, and he didn’t take in anything the teacher was saying. But after all, he was still young. After worrying for half an hour, Henry Bennett let it go: There’s always a way out. I’m just a prospective citizen, living in a federal government relief community, with nothing to my name—what more could they do to me?

In addition to various cultural courses, the biggest difference between the Federal Secondary Academy and the Primary Academy was the addition of evolution armor courses. These courses mainly included three aspects: first, theoretical knowledge, which covered the history of evolution armor, cultivation insights from heroic predecessors, and the code of conduct for evolution warriors. Second, cultivation, including armor energy cultivation and armor cultivation. Third, practical combat training, where teachers taught students how to use their armor to enhance their combat abilities.

Among these, armor energy cultivation was the foundation of all courses. Without powerful armor energy, nothing else could be achieved.

Henry Bennett also knew the first class was important, so he set aside his distracting thoughts and began to listen attentively.

“…Now, please begin armor energy cultivation under the teacher’s guidance. First, everyone needs to understand that the heart is the warehouse of armor energy. The starting and ending point of the armor energy’s hot current circulating in the body is our heart. Please focus your attention on your heart. Do you feel a swirling hot current circling around your heart?”

Many students felt it, but Henry Bennett felt nothing at all. He was already used to his bad luck, so even though he didn’t feel anything, he wasn’t panicked. If he couldn’t feel it in class, he’d try again at home.

“Very good. Now let’s move to the second step: armor energy circulation. The process of circulating armor energy is the same as the circulation of blood in our bodies. Please adjust your armor energy. The circulation starts at the left ventricle. Get ready—when your heart beats, the armor energy and arterial blood flow out together from the aorta of the left ventricle, then pass through all levels of arteries, flow into the body and various organs, and after a full cycle, enter all levels of veins, then the main vein, the superior and inferior vena cava, and finally return to the right atrium. From the right atrium to the right ventricle, into the pulmonary artery, into the pulmonary capillaries, then into the pulmonary vein, then back to the left atrium, and finally back to the left ventricle. This completes a full circulation process.”

“Please note, the first time you circulate armor energy, it’s impossible for the speed of armor energy circulation to match the speed of blood circulation. If one day you feel your armor energy circulation is synchronized with your blood circulation, congratulations—you’ve become an advanced evolution warrior.”

“All right, now if anyone has questions, you may ask…”

Even with the most advanced teaching equipment, capable of fully simulating the entire process of armor energy circulation, students still had many questions during their first attempt at armor energy cultivation. Many students raised their hands to ask questions, and the teacher was overwhelmed.

Henry Bennett sat in his corner, persistently trying to sense his armor energy over and over again. Unfortunately, he felt no warmth in his heart at all. As for the so-called armor energy circulation, it was out of the question.

Sophia raised her hand. For a student with a potential value of 180, any teacher would be happy to give special attention. The teacher immediately walked over. “Sophia, do you have a question?” Sophia asked, “Teacher, once the armor energy enters my internal organs, I can’t control it anymore. It always circles inside several times before coming out. Why is that?”

The teacher’s expression grew serious. “It circles inside your organs several times? Exactly how many times?” Sophia sensed it again. “Four times.”

The teacher immediately pulled her up. “On your first cultivation, your armor energy can automatically circle four times inside your organs? Sophia, you are the most talented student I’ve ever seen. Do you know that even most advanced evolution warriors can hardly make their armor energy circle four times inside their organs? Quick, come with me to see the principal…”

The whole class stared in shock as the teacher whisked Sophia out the door like a gust of wind. Henry Bennett felt relieved: Good thing I didn’t sense any armor energy—better that than being left behind by the teacher halfway through cultivation like those classmates.

During the process of armor energy circulation, having the armor energy make several extra cycles inside the internal organs is an effective way to increase the armor energy’s capacity. Advanced evolution warriors always try to make their armor energy linger longer in their organs. This also greatly enhances the function of the internal organs, significantly increasing the body’s load limit and greatly improving the organs’ resistance to injury.