Chapter 292: Broken Army Five Stars, Gu Yuexi is a Female Slaughter God?

Su Yingxue’s words voiced the thoughts of the vast majority of people present.

In an instant, countless gazes filled with accusation and contempt shot toward Gu Yuexi like daggers.

However, Gu Yuexi remained as calm and unfazed as ever, not even bothering to turn around.

Just then, Chu Sheng, who was perched on her head, moved.

BUZZ BUZZ. ’A medal? That little piece of bronze? I think I have one too...’

With a thought, Chu Sheng retrieved the Bronze Medal the Military Department had previously awarded him from his Lifebound Space.

He flew up unsteadily. The moment the medal appeared, it was as if all the light in the Martial Arts Hall was drawn to it.

Under everyone’s stunned gaze, the tiny mosquito gently and steadily placed the medal on Gu Yuexi’s shoulder.

HUMMM—!

When the medal was revealed in its entirety, it was as if the mute button had been pressed on the world.

In that instant, everyone’s pupils constricted to pinpricks!

It was also a bronze-colored Broken Army Medal, but the stars carved on it were not one, not two... but a full five!

Broken Army... Five Stars!!!

Silence!

A deathly silence!

The thousand-plus students in the hall, including the arrogant prodigies, all stood frozen as if petrified, their minds completely blank!

How... is that possible?

Broken Army Five Stars?! What did that even mean?

If a Broken Army One Star represented courage and strength...

Then,

A Broken Army Five Stars represented absolute power, a terrifying combat record worthy of being called a "walking catastrophe"!

It meant the wearer had to have personally killed over five thousand mature Alien Race members! And on top of that, they must have independently slain at least one Monarch Level Alien Race member!

A Monarch Level Alien Race member!

That was a terrifying existence equivalent to a Ninth-Grade Powerhouse of the Human Race!

How could this be? It’s absolutely impossible!

At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

Everyone’s gazes toward Gu Yuexi instantly transformed from initial contempt and disdain to utter shock, awe, and even... fear!

This girl, who looked even younger than them, was actually a Female Slaughter God who had fought her way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood?!

...

Amidst the deathly silence, Gu Yuexi herself frowned slightly, a trace of shame in her heart.

’This medal should rightfully belong to Chu Sheng.’

The incident with the Evil God’s descent in Sui Ming Province—though the details were classified as top secret—involved a contribution so immense it couldn’t be measured by a simple kill count.

Chu Sheng, by his own power, had eliminated the avatar of the Evil God’s Will, saved the lives of millions in the city, and prevented a catastrophe that could have swept across all of Great Xia.

For such a meritorious deed, even a higher-level Godslayer Medal would have been more than deserved, let alone a Five Stars Broken Army Medal!

In fact, the Military Department had been somewhat stingy by only awarding a Broken Army Five Stars.

Sensing the fleeting thought in Gu Yuexi’s mind, Chu Sheng, still perched on her shoulder, buzzed twice:

"BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ..." ’Alright, alright, what’s with the formality? What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is... still mine! Hehe. Go on, use it to flex.’

The corner of Gu Yuexi’s mouth curved up imperceptibly, and the awkwardness in her heart vanished.

However,

While they were calm and collected, the impact on everyone else was nuclear!

"It’s... fake, right? This has to be fake!"

Finally, someone snapped out of their utter shock and voiced their doubt with a trembling voice.

The one who spoke was none other than Su Yingxue.

Her face was as pale as a sheet, completely unable to accept what she was seeing.

The very thing she had been so proud of, the weapon she used to attack Gu Yuexi—Qin Wudao’s Broken Army One-Star Medal—now seemed utterly ridiculous in front of Gu Yuexi’s Five Stars Medal, like a firefly trying to outshine the moon!

She didn’t believe it! She absolutely refused to believe it! How could a girl her own age possibly have achieved such a terrifying military honor?!

Inside the Martial Arts Hall, quite a few people shared Su Yingxue’s skepticism.

After all, it was just too unbelievable!

Killing five thousand Alien Race members, including one at the Monarch Level!

This... This was something no one present could even dare to imagine!

Hearing her accusation, Gu Yuexi finally turned around slowly, her cold gaze landing squarely on Su Yingxue’s face for the first time.

Her red lips parted, and her voice, though not loud, carried clearly throughout the Martial Arts Hall:

"Are you suggesting that someone would dare to forge a military service medal?"

Her words were like a bucket of ice water poured over Su Yingxue’s head.

Su Yingxue’s mind went completely blank, and the blood in her veins seemed to freeze solid.

Only then did she realize that, in her agitation, she had said something incredibly foolish and fatal!

Forging a military service medal? What kind of crime was that?

It was tantamount to treason! The gravest of all military crimes. If confirmed, the annihilation of one’s entire family for nine generations would be considered a light punishment!

And what was the nature of publicly questioning the authenticity of a military service medal without any proof?

That was equivalent to publicly insulting the Military Department! Insulting all the heroes who shed their blood and laid down their lives on the battlefield against the Alien Races!

This was also a felony serious enough to get her immediately expelled from Jing University, and even tried by a military tribunal!

"I... I didn’t..."

Su Yingxue’s lips trembled. She wanted to explain herself but found she couldn’t utter a single word.

Under Gu Yuexi’s icy gaze, she felt a chill shoot up from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head, her limbs turning cold.

After that, no one else dared to utter another word of doubt.

No one there was a fool; they knew exactly what this meant.

The medal couldn’t possibly be fake! Gu Yuexi would never risk forging a military service medal.

Therefore, no matter how impossible it seemed, it was real!

This realization completely changed the way everyone looked at Gu Yuexi.

All their previous contempt and accusations had turned into deep reverence.

They finally understood. She wasn’t posturing, she wasn’t arrogant... she was simply disdainful!

A Female Slaughter God who could earn a Five Stars Broken Army Medal—her level, her perspective—was already in a completely different dimension from students like them, who were still squabbling over petty jealousies on campus!

But among everyone present, the most shocked was, without a doubt, Qin Wudao.

As someone who had personally experienced the brutality of the battlefield, he knew better than anyone what an impossible task it was to kill five thousand Alien Race members and slay a Monarch Level one!

The Qin Family was a distinguished Military Family!

He knew perfectly well how much of his own Broken Army One Star was due to his family’s resources and the protection of powerful figures, and how much was due to a sliver of luck.

But this woman...

How in the world did she do it?!

Qin Wudao stared intently at Gu Yuexi, the storm raging in his heart refusing to calm.

But then, this overwhelming shock transformed into something more pathological, a more fanatical possessiveness!

Strong!

So incredibly strong!

’This woman is even stronger, more mysterious, and more intriguing than I ever imagined!’

Far from feeling defeated, Qin Wudao grew even more excited.

’As expected of the woman I, Qin Wudao, have set my sights on!’

’Only a woman this powerful is worthy of me! Only she is fit to be my, Qin Wudao’s, partner!’

He screamed frantically in his heart, his gaze on Gu Yuexi becoming more feverish than ever before.