Chapter 19

"Wan Xiao and Zhou Qi and the others are all big mouths." Li Yuan felt quite helpless in his heart.

On the day he and Lin Luanyue made the appointment to fight, before the end of the evening self-study, the news had spread throughout the entire third year.

Lin Luanyue was a celebrity, and Li Yuan also had some fame.

There were all kinds of rumors.

The most important reason was that in the past few years, Lin Luanyue had never made an appointment to fight with other classmates, and Li Yuan was the first.

At first, Li Yuan held the idea that "the innocent are innocent" and couldn't be bothered to pay attention, but later he realized he was naive.

Today, more than 300 people came to the Starry Sky Fighting Network to watch their battle, basically all classmates.

And it was constantly approaching 400.

This was already a staggering number; after all, it was just a personal duel, and no one was live-streaming.

"Brother Yuan, look at how awesome I am, I pulled the whole class to cheer for you!" Zhou Qi, with a yellow afro and wearing leather pants, waved and shouted on the spectator stand.

The 70% realism of the virtual network made the entire ring almost exactly the same as reality, and hundreds of people gathered around the ring, which was already extremely lively.

"Come on."

"Brother Yuan, your big spear must be thirsty."

The noisy voices, many people even took out banners and glow sticks; these were all props given away for free by the system.

Quite a few supported Li Yuan.

But most of the audience still supported Lin Luanyue; good grades and being beautiful were very popular... mainly popular with boys.

Most boys are very single-minded, only liking beautiful eighteen-year-old girls.

Not to mention Lin Luanyue was only seventeen.

...On the ring.

"Ready." Li Yuan’s mind moved.

He saw the ring with a diameter of about 30 meters, and the surrounding lights instantly changed from red to green.

Li Yuan and Lin Luanyue’s virtual bodies instantly disappeared.

At the same time, above the ring, a huge countdown display appeared: 30, 29, 28...

"Neither side of the duel has reached the Meteorite rank, the system rules the combat physical fitness to be 8.0."

"You have 24 seconds, please select your weapon; if time expires, it will be automatically selected according to your habits."

In the preparation space, the system voice echoed in Li Yuan’s ears.

"8.0 physical fitness." Li Yuan felt the changes in his body’s strength and was already very used to it.

"Weapon Plan No. 1." Li Yuan said directly.

As an "old bird" who had mixed in the Starry Sky Fighting Network for thousands of games, when facing different combat types and different opponents, the weapon plans chosen were all different.

Li Yuan had set up five weapon plans.

"Selected weapon: No. 9 standard long spear, length 2.3 meters, weight..."

"Protective gear: No. 4 standard light armor, weight..." A large amount of data flashed before Li Yuan’s eyes.

The 2.3-meter long spear belonged to the shorter long spears; if Li Yuan dueled with other long spear masters, he would be at a disadvantage.

An inch longer is an inch stronger.

Lin Luanyue used a sword, so if the spear body was too long and not flexible enough, it wouldn't necessarily have an advantage... a slightly longer weapon would do.

"A lion fighting a rabbit also uses its full strength, and besides, there are 2,000 Blue Star coins." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Li Yuan never wasted.

The crowd around the ring surged, and the number of spectators had exceeded 400, and not all were students; there were also a few outsiders.

For example—Teacher Xu Bo, Principal Tan Zhenlong.

"Quite lively."

Principal Tan stood in the corner, wearing a hat; his appearance was different from his real appearance, and no student could recognize him.

"It is lively." Xu Bo laughed: "Look, it’s about to start."

Principal Tan nodded; he was dragged here by Xu Bo, mainly because he had nothing to do.

As the number one seed in the third year, Principal Tan naturally paid some attention to Lin Luanyue.

On the ring.

Countdown 3, 2, 1... Whoosh! Whoosh!

Li Yuan and Lin Luanyue appeared on both sides of the ring again, both wearing battle armor and holding weapons.

What was most eye-catching was the golden sign above their heads.

"Gold rank?"

"Gold master?"

"Both of them are Gold rank?" In an instant, a burst of exclamations erupted around the ring.

"Brother Yuan reached Gold rank? When we were in the battle royale together last time, he was still Silver rank." Zhou Qi, Wan Xiao, and the others all widened their eyes.

"Secretly ranking up behind our backs?" Yan Zhou said: "Next time we must let Brother Yuan take us to the battle royale together."

"Gold master? Both are Gold?" Li Tianyou stood in the corner, looking at the signs of the two on the ring: "Luanyue also reached Gold rank?"

Lin Luanyue didn't know Li Tianyou.

However, it didn't prevent Li Tianyou from falling in love with Lin Luanyue at first sight.

There were quite a few third-year boys like him who had a crush on Lin Luanyue, but not many dared to truly confess.

"Holy crap, Li Yuan is also Gold rank?" Gu Qianghan stared at the sign on Li Yuan’s head: "No wonder Teacher Xu praises Li Yuan so much."

Both sides of the duel were Gold rank, instantly pulling the atmosphere to the max.

"Oh? Both are Gold rank?" Principal Tan was also slightly surprised: "I don't know if they have reached 500 points; if they have, they are enough for special admission qualifications."

"Old Tan, I said, these two students are not ordinary." Xu Bo laughed: "Otherwise, why would I drag you here?"

Let alone third-year students.

Even students in martial arts universities, many don't reach Gold rank.

"You reached Gold rank?" Li Yuan held the long spear, staring at the red-haired Lin Luanyue, feeling quite surprised.

The Starry Sky Fighting Network is divided into nine ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Meteorite, Bright Moon, Eclipse Sun, Extraordinary, Legendary, Martial Saint.

It is extremely rare for minors to reach Gold rank.

Even many big streamers who claim to be martial arts masters are mostly at the Bright Moon rank, and very few reach the Eclipse Sun rank.

Extraordinary rank and above? Those who can reach it are already top martial arts powerhouses in reality and cannot possibly come to live-stream.

At least, when Li Yuan browsed live streams, he hadn't seen masters at the Extraordinary rank.

At most, he had seen them in some combat videos.

"Only you can break through?" Lin Luanyue looked at Li Yuan, her voice cold.

Lin Luanyue wasn't surprised that Li Yuan reached Gold rank; she had expected it long ago.

"Hostile to me?" Li Yuan vaguely sensed it.

The next instant.

"Boom!" Lin Luanyue moved.

The light armor on her body was also fiery red, and she was like a ball of fire, rushing towards Li Yuan like lightning.

8.0 physical fitness, explosive speed is 18 meters per second, standard punch force is 800 kilograms.

And the ring diameter was only 30 meters.

From start to close combat, Lin Luanyue could kill Li Yuan in at most 2.2 seconds.

"Swish~" A fiery red long sword struck Li Yuan like lightning.

"Rip~"

Li Yuan grinned, gripped the long spear, his body moved instantly, and he suddenly thrust it straight out.

Middle-level stance!

"Clang!" The fiery red long sword and the long spear collided, the long spear actually trembled and tilted directly to one side, while the long sword in the air looked back like a poisonous snake, turned, and thrust over again.

"This sword technique."

"It’s a bit weird, the explosive power is actually so strong, even stronger than my straight spear thrust; is it a move attached to a high-level cultivation method?" Li Yuan was surprised in his heart.

He had long heard that Lin Luanyue was cultivating the "Fiery Heaven Burning Cultivation Method," one of the seven high-level cultivation methods.

Every cultivation method is divided into many parts such as pile cultivation, breathing method, and fist techniques.

Li Yuan hadn't come into contact with high-level cultivation methods.

But he knew this was an advancement of the "Fiery Cultivation Method," one of the seven basic cultivation methods.

"The 'Fiery Cultivation Method' is good at attacking, this high-level cultivation method should be the same; frontal attack is not my strength, her sword technique level is also the third stage." Li Yuan’s spear technique changed instantly: "Must be careful."

The long spear was suddenly retracted, no longer attacking actively, but changed to blocking.

At the same time, Li Yuan began to move his body, using footwork to unload force.

"Clang!" "Clang!" Sword light and spear shadows changed and collided; in the blink of an eye, there were more than ten moves.

"His footwork and foundation, how can they be so stable?" Lin Luanyue was also surprised: "I used the move 'Fire Sea Sinking Boat,' and it was actually unloaded by him with one spear."

In Lin Luanyue’s feeling, Li Yuan, who was focused on defense, was like a turtle.

She couldn't break in at all.

"So fast!"

"In this kind of confrontation, Lin Luanyue’s sword follows sword, how did Li Yuan block it?"

"Awesome!"

"His footwork is so exquisite."

"Li Yuan’s spear techniques are so stable." Most of the watching students looked on in surprise.

They had mostly watched higher-level live duels and video battles.

But in their subconscious, those were martial arts masters, and classmates shouldn't be this strong.

"Do you know what it means to be number one in martial arts skills in the grade?"

"I said earlier, Lin Luanyue is not Brother Yuan’s opponent."

"Brother Yuan, hurry up, do her."

"Brother Yuan’s big spear has always been persistent!"

"Even Teacher Xu’s attacks, Brother Yuan could block a few moves, let alone Lin Luanyue?"

The students of Class 2, Third Year shouted excitedly.

Their skills weren't high, but they also knew a simple martial arts principle: the side that attacks for a long time without success often consumes more physical strength.

"The defense is indeed not bad."

"This sword technique should be a variation of 'Fire Sea Sinking Boat,' the attack is fierce." Principal Tan was also commenting, slightly surprised: "Li Yuan actually blocked it; his spear techniques are indeed stable, he should have realized a defensive ultimate move."

"Xu Bo, you taught a good disciple." Principal Tan laughed.

"Old Tan, since you said so, hurry up and approve his first-class scholarship." Xu Bo laughed.

Principal Tan immediately shut up.

"Huh?" Xu Bo laughed and didn't say more, continuing to watch the battle, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he shook his head again: "Lin Luanyue was careless."

On the ring, Lin Luanyue continuously used sword techniques, the sword technique like a raging fire, pressing step by step.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"

Li Yuan’s long spear either swept, picked, or split, or his footwork flashed back, occasionally thrusting straight to force her to flash back.

Lin Luanyue was never able to get close.

After realizing the move "Rock Pillar," Li Yuan’s defense was focused, and it already had the charm of being as stable as a rock.

"Fifty-seventh sword."

Li Yuan counted silently: "She has been attacking, her physical strength is consuming a lot, and her sword momentum is weakening."

"She is a bit anxious."

"In life-and-death combat, as long as you are anxious, it’s easy to make mistakes; wait."

The fifty-ninth sword, Li Yuan keenly captured the subtle change in the power of the other party’s sword technique.

Sixty-third sword.

"Whoosh!" Sword light like fire, fierce and incomparable.

Lin Luanyue was still attacking fiercely, wanting to break Li Yuan’s defense, her sword technique was sharp, but unknowingly she had relaxed her defense.

After all, from beginning to end, Li Yuan hadn't attacked, only defending.

"It’s now!" Li Yuan’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"Boom!"

Li Yuan completely ignored this sword of Lin Luanyue, the long spear in his hand suddenly shook, like a giant dragon hidden in ten thousand rock ravines, suddenly bursting out and thrusting out.

Spear technique ultimate move—Rock Hidden Dragon!

"Not good!" Lin Luanyue instantly sensed something was wrong; she only felt that Li Yuan’s momentum had instantly changed, just like a sleeping beast revealing its fangs.

The momentum was staggering.

"Too late to retreat." Lin Luanyue realized this, cold light erupted in her eyes, and she didn't hesitate at all.

She didn't retreat, but instead swung her sword to thrust even more fiercely.

"Thump!!"

The long spear like a dragon pierced through the armor and directly pierced through Lin Luanyue’s chest, blood dripping, and her body instantly turned into nothingness.

The light armor couldn't block Li Yuan’s big spear at all.

"Rip!"

The next instant, the violent long sword also pierced Li Yuan’s shoulder, blood splashing.

"Clang~" The long sword fell to the ground.

On the ring, only the injured Li Yuan remained.

"The spear is longer than the sword, my reaction time was only 0.1 seconds more." Li Yuan shook his head, then revealed a trace of a smile.

"One minute, 2,000 Blue Star coins in hand."

"So cool!"

(End of chapter)