Chapter 83: Challenging the Top Five!
In the cafeteria, Xiao Ze's words left the three opposite him momentarily stunned. Other students around, who had been paying attention to Xiao Ze, also looked at him in shock.
After all, Xiao Ze had been quite the talk of the town lately. Even some of the top-ranking students couldn't match the level of discussion surrounding him.
Some of the top-ranking students were currently immersed in seclusion, preparing for the upcoming inner courtyard competition. During their absence, Xiao Ze's popularity had overshadowed theirs.
The leader, Lin Hao, couldn't help but carefully observe Xiao Ze. However, Xiao Ze's aura was restrained, and even he couldn't gauge its depth.
Knowing that Xiao Ze was a Seven-Star Fighting Spirit, it was surprising that he couldn't even see through a newly admitted student to the inner courtyard.
This inevitably raised Lin Hao's estimation of Xiao Ze a few notches.
"Haha, I was just about to recruit you on behalf of the Blazing Sun Gang, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to challenge our leader," Lin Hao chuckled, finding the situation quite amusing.
"Why not?" Xiao Ze asked simply.
"Sure, of course you can, but our leader is one of the Top Five on the strength rankings. Not just anyone can challenge him," Lin Hao nodded repeatedly, admiring Xiao Ze's courage.
Even with a little understanding of the inner courtyard, even the most fearless newcomer wouldn't dare to arrogantly challenge the Top Five.
After all, these were the top-notch experts in the entire inner courtyard.
As a senior Fighting Spirit, Lin Hao was considered a high-ranking member within the Blazing Sun Gang. Otherwise, Lin Lieyang wouldn't have entrusted him with the task of recruitment.
After a moment of thought, Lin Hao proposed a condition.
"How about this: if our leader wins, you join the Blazing Sun Gang. Deal?"
"No problem," Xiao Ze replied decisively, leaving Lin Hao momentarily stunned.
Was it because he was confident in his own strength, or because Xiao Ze had already wanted to join the Blazing Sun Gang?
Regardless of the outcome, would it be a loss for him?
With doubts in mind, Lin Hao gestured for Xiao Ze to follow him.
"Let's go, our leader has been obsessed with the arena recently. He should be challenging the winning streak record there right now."
Xiao Xun'er and Little Doctor Immortal quickly followed, closely behind Xiao Ze, while nearby, there was a large group of students watching the commotion.
Although there were only about a thousand students in the inner courtyard, it was currently mealtime, and the cafeteria was bustling with students.
As the large group headed towards the arena, other students along the way realized that there must be something exciting happening.
They forgot about their own affairs and followed the crowd, asking for details.
When they learned that Xiao Ze, a new student, wanted to challenge the Top Five, they were shocked.
Although Xiao Ze was rumored to be a monstrous newcomer in the inner courtyard, he was still just a newcomer! He dared to challenge the Top Five after only a short time in the inner courtyard?
The Top Five were veterans who had been practicing in the inner courtyard for several years!
They possessed terrifying strength at the peak of Fighting Spirits!
As the large group flooded into the arena, the already heated atmosphere inside the arena came to a halt.
Although it was already nighttime, the arena was still brightly lit.
Everyone in the arena couldn't help but size up the large group of newcomers who had just arrived.
Some familiar faces quickly asked what was happening.
Lin Hao quickly approached a burly young man who frequented the arena and explained the situation concisely.
"Oh? You want to challenge me?"
Lin Lieyang turned his head to look at Xiao Ze, his majestic voice silencing the whispers in the arena.
Xiao Ze nodded.
At the same time, he couldn't help but size up this excessively burly young man.
This burly physique was unmatched even by some bear-like magical beasts.
Xiao Ze felt that this guy might be more suitable for natural body cultivation talent.
After carefully observing Xiao Ze's expression, Lin Lieyang confirmed that he wasn't joking and nodded.
"Since this is your decision, you must take responsibility for it. I hope you sincerely join the Blazing Sun Gang when the time comes."
After Lin Lieyang finished speaking, he turned and walked onto the arena.
Xiao Ze turned back and gestured to Xiao Xun'er and Little Doctor Immortal not to worry.
Although Lin Lieyang was confident and his words seemed to imply that Xiao Ze was bound to lose, things often didn't go as planned.
With a light leap, Xiao Ze ascended the arena.
An elder appeared out of nowhere. In the arena, there were elders responsible for management. After all, the arena was where life-and-death battles were most likely to occur.
The students admitted to the inner courtyard either had influential backgrounds or outstanding talents. Losing one's life, regardless of the student, was something the academy didn't want to see.
"I will preside over this battle. Do both sides agree?" Lin Lieyang said domineeringly. "I agree," Xiao Ze replied politely.
"The decision rests with the elder," Xiao Ze added.
The elder smiled slightly at Xiao Ze and then waved his hand, announcing the start of the battle.
Boom!
Before the elder's words had even finished echoing, Lin Lieyang's figure charged toward Xiao Ze like a raging beast.
Whoosh!
A fist, larger than a sandbag, directly struck toward Xiao Ze's face.
Facing this fierce punch, Xiao Ze simply raised his hand, and a smooth water mirror appeared out of nowhere.
"Force Dissipation Water Mirror!"
The water mirror successfully blocked the fist. However, Lin Lieyang reacted swiftly, and a dark red aura emerged, directly breaking through the water mirror.
By this time, Xiao Ze had already distanced himself from Lin Lieyang. Lin Lieyang's expression remained calm as he charged toward Xiao Ze once again, and the two began to chase each other on the stage.
Meanwhile, when Xiao Ze used the water mirror combat technique, a student who frequented the arena all year round exclaimed in amazement.
"Xiao Ze is a water attribute practitioner? Wouldn't that mean he's severely disadvantaged against Lin Lieyang?"
He intentionally shouted loudly to attract the attention of the surrounding people, especially the two beauties beside Xiao Ze.
However, to his disappointment, the two beauties remained unfazed by his words, their eyes focused solely on Xiao Ze.
Their expressions were calm, as if they had absolute confidence in Xiao Ze.
Some of the surrounding onlookers, who were unaware of the situation, began to urge him to explain.
"Cough, Lin Lieyang's attribute is actually a mutant attribute, a flame attribute!"
"He combines the heaviness of the earth attribute with the ferocity of the fire attribute! He has an unparalleled advantage against water attribute practitioners!"
After hearing his explanation, the surrounding people suddenly realized.
Looking at the stage, they couldn't help but feel sorry for Xiao Ze.
Not only was his strength inferior to Lin Lieyang's, but his attribute was also severely countered.
If he had faced a different opponent, the situation might have been a bit better.
"Let's see how much Qi you have left to keep forming water mirrors!"
Lin Lieyang felt somewhat annoyed by the constant chasing.
"Hehe, don't worry, I'm quite confident in my Qi endurance," Xiao Ze stopped and finally changed his movements.
"Azure Sea Whirlpool!"
With the remaining water left behind by the water mirror, Xiao Ze immediately condensed a whirlpool, trapping Lin Lieyang within.
Sensing the hidden water blades within the whirlpool, Lin Lieyang didn't dare to be careless and immediately condensed his Qi armor.
With both the heaviness of the earth attribute and the ferocity of the flame attribute, his defense was also strong!
However, to Lin Lieyang's slight surprise, he had underestimated the power of the water blades!
After several rounds of water blade attacks, they actually broke through his armor!
The situation took a sudden turn!
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 84: Clash between the Blazing Sun Fist and the Azure Sea Shockwave!
Some sharp-eyed students in the audience had already noticed that Lin Lieyang's battle qi armor was damaged.
This truly surprised them.
Because Lin Lieyang, as a peak Dou Spirit powerhouse, had already mastered the condensation of battle qi into substance.
The battle qi armor he condensed was even more powerful than real armor in terms of defense.
Under such circumstances, it was actually broken by Xiao Ze's martial arts move!
This also made the students in the audience realize that Xiao Ze's strength might be even more exaggerated than rumored.
Lin Lieyang hadn't expected that dealing with a newcomer would actually cause his situation to take a turn for the worse.
Shouldn't he have been able to crush him all the way and subdue him successfully?
But the current situation made Lin Lieyang calm down again.
Realizing that Xiao Ze was not just an ordinary newcomer, but a strong opponent at his level!
Although it was hard to believe, it was the truth.
A newcomer who had just entered the inner courtyard was comparable to him, a veteran who had been immersed in the inner courtyard for several years.
It should be noted that the accelerated cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower was not something an ordinary person could make up for.
Several years of time, under the influence of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, was enough to create an irreparable gap.
And what he encountered happened to be such a monster!
The thought flashed through his mind.
Lin Lieyang immediately relied on his rich combat experience.
Realizing that although the Azure Sea Whirlpool had strong binding force, the hidden water blades within it also possessed extraordinary power.
But after all, it was a whirlpool.
If you couldn't break through around, then break through upwards.
He was not like those beasts that only knew how to charge forward blindly!
A large amount of battle qi gathered under his feet, bursting out suddenly, raging with a fierce fire attribute.
Under the eruption of fierce battle qi, Lin Lieyang actually broke through the binding of the Azure Sea Whirlpool.
His figure soared directly like flying, rushing towards the sky.
Boom!
"I admit that I underestimated you. I shouldn't have regarded you as just a newcomer, but a real challenger!"
"An opponent on par with me, I will go all out next!"
Lin Lieyang said solemnly.
His figure burst out, with dark red battle qi condensed on his fists.
A scorching breath swept over.
Xiao Ze hesitated for a moment, but decided not to use the power of the Difficult Poison.
This time it was a deterrence battle!
To establish his reputation, lest some people think he was taking advantage of the situation and develop the illusion of "if I can do it, so can I".
And then keep bothering him with challenge invitations!
Xiao Ze didn't retreat, and similarly condensed a thick water attribute battle qi on his fists.
Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, Xiao Ze and Lin Lieyang engaged in close combat.
They couldn't understand why Xiao Ze gave up his advantage in martial arts skills and chose to fight Lin Lieyang in close combat.
After all, just by looking at the difference in their body sizes, one could tell that Xiao Ze wouldn't gain any advantage in close combat.
But what happened next surprised them even more.
Under the assault of those fists as big as sandbags, Xiao Ze's palms came up and effortlessly dissipated their force.
'Using force against force!'
Immediately after, he counterattacked, exchanging blows with Lin Lieyang.
Even some weaker students could see it.
Xiao Ze's close combat skills were extremely high! Every time they made contact, the force on Lin Lieyang's fists would be reduced.
And those students did not notice that Lin Lieyang's expression became more and more serious.
Not only because of Xiao Ze's superb close combat skills.
But also because Xiao Ze's continuous consumption of battle qi had not been exhausted at this moment!
It should be noted that he, as a practitioner of fire attribute battle qi, had a great advantage over practitioners of water attribute battle qi.
Every time Xiao Ze's fists came close to him, a large part of his battle qi would be consumed.
However, under the situation of battle qi being consumed exponentially.
Xiao Ze remained calm, showing no signs of battle qi depletion.
Lin Lieyang knew that Xiao Ze's previous claim of having a vast amount of battle qi was probably not an exaggeration!
Xiao Ze keenly caught Lin Lieyang's sudden distraction.
Seizing upon his momentary distraction, Xiao Ze's hands emitted a faint blue light.
'Yan Counterattack!'
Boom!
Lin Lieyang retreated dozens of steps in a row, his palms trembling as he looked at Xiao Ze.
He could feel that this was a martial arts move of considerable rank.
It could completely return his force.
And it also added some of Xiao Ze's own strength, causing his arms to tremble.
This short and intense close combat ended with an outcome that no one had expected.
All the students watched as Lin Lieyang retreated, and Xiao Ze stood motionless in place.
The shock in their hearts was beyond words.
The difference in their body sizes, yet the final result was Lin Lieyang retreating dozens of steps!
In fact, none of the people present realized that even if Xiao Ze's skills were amazing, he wouldn't be able to unleash them without a solid physique.
For this close combat to achieve such a result, Xiao Ze's terrifying physique was indispensable.
However, under Xiao Ze's extremely outstanding skills, his strong physique seemed somewhat inconspicuous.
Of course, this was also a situation deliberately concealed by Xiao Ze.
After all, a sudden surge in physique wouldn't be easy to explain in front of Xiao Xuner and Xiao Yan.
The Diamond Qi Pill really only had one pill!
"Endless means... if we continue like this, I'm afraid our roles will be reversed, and I'll become the challenger."
"Let's decide the outcome with the next move!"
Lin Lieyang said, his fists also beginning to condense a deep red battle qi.
The temperature on the field also gradually rose, and even the water stains at Lin Lieyang's feet evaporated into water vapor due to the high temperature.
"This martial arts move of mine is my strongest move—Blazing Sun Fist, with extraordinary lethality. I hope you'll be careful..."
"Just what I wanted!"
Xiao Ze also felt that this battle was dragging on a bit.
It was time to strike the hammer of judgment!
His fair fingers quickly formed seals, moving so fast that it made people feel dizzy.
As Xiao Ze made his move, the energy of the heavens and earth in the arena began to riot!
Lin Lieyang's expression became extremely serious.
He had long heard that Xiao Ze had a ground-level martial arts move, but seeing it with his own eyes was still very shocking!
But when it came down to it, he couldn't back down either, gathering all the battle qi in his body and punching out!
A huge dark red battle qi fist, carrying a scorching breath, flew towards Xiao Ze.
"Blazing Sun Fist!"
"Azure Sea Shockwave!"
With one before and one after, the two low shouts resounded, and the shockwave collided with the blazing sun fist!
After a brief stalemate, the Azure Sea Shockwave, with an unstoppable momentum, overwhelmed the blazing sun fist!
Even with the protection of the battle qi armor, Lin Lieyang was still slammed by the shockwave against the wall, unable to help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
The elders had already evacuated the students before both sides used their martial arts techniques.
Now that they were settled, they returned to the arena.
The elder looked at Xiao Ze with some surprise. The power of this blow was something he dared not underestimate.
"In this match, Xiao Ze wins!"
"At the same time, Xiao Ze replaces Lin Lieyang and becomes the fifth on the strong ranking list!"
With the elder's announcement, those students who were still in shock all turned their gazes to Xiao Ze.
A brand-new fifth on the strong ranking list.
There was still a lingering sense of unreality and disbelief in their eyes.
After all, this was a newcomer who had just entered the inner courtyard.
And he had already made it to the top five on the strong ranking list!
Then what did their cultivation as old students count for?
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