Chapter 137

The moment the battle broke out, Li Yuan intercepted Kimura Tatsuo, and this scene was naturally seen by the hundreds of thousands of spectators on the viewing platform.

After all, the biggest attraction of the 17th cage melee is Li Yuan and Kimura Tatsuo.

"Quick."

"Li Yuan directly intercepted Kimura Tatsuo; are they going to engage directly?"

"Could it be that the two are going to duel directly?" The entire viewing platform instantly boiled over.

In an instant, the huge broadcast light screens suspended high in the sky simultaneously displayed the scene of Li Yuan and Kimura Tatsuo engaging.

…… "Senior Brother is truly domineering."

"He went straight up to fight the strongest one."

"With Senior Brother's strength, defeating this Kimura should be easy." The students of Kunlun Martial Arts University also boiled over, all staring with wide eyes.

……

"Li Yuan provoking Kimura-kun right from the start is definitely a wrong choice."

"Kimura-kun is the strongest."

"Kimura is the strongest martial arts genius from our Sakura Nation this time; he will definitely be able to challenge for first place." A large number of students from the Sakura Nation were roaring crazily.

They even kept posting bullet comments, engaging in 'friendly exchanges' with the Xia Nation students.

They are few in number, but their combat power is very strong.

"It's not easy to fight."

"Li Yuan-kun's spear technique is very fierce; it feels no weaker than Tantai Feng's to me. Kimura-kun might not necessarily win." There were also a few Sakura Nation students who were very rational.

……

"Their duel should be the peak duel of the second round."

"Li Yuan is more domineering."

"But Kimura Tatsuo is not weak either." The vast majority of spectator students favored Li Yuan.

However, in the first round of the cage melee, Kimura Tatsuo's performance was also quite impressive.

In this battle, who can win?

……

"Li Yang." Morita Daikong, in the viewing space belonging to the teachers, looked down at this scene in the arena and glared at Li Yang.

"Don't blame me."

"I just relayed what you said to my student word for word," Li Yang said with an innocent face. "Then my student said he must ask Kimura Tatsuo for advice and learn from a master."

"Hahaha!" Dozens of teachers from various schools couldn't help but laugh.

"Just wait."

"Li Yang, don't be smug," Morita Daikong gritted his teeth and said. "Who wins and who loses is not yet certain."

"Mm-hmm, everything you say is right," Li Yang said with a smile. "Look, they've started engaging."

……

Li Yuan's actions attracted attention from all sides, but he himself did not have such awareness.

Li Yuan only knew that since his teacher had given the order, he had to try his best to complete the mission.

"Clang~"

The two long spears had thunderously collided, and then Kimura Tatsuo's spear danced, intending to divert the force of Li Yuan's spear to one side.

"What clever force." Li Yuan's eyes brightened slightly; as soon as they engaged, he felt the difference between Kimura Tatsuo's spear technique and his own.

His own spear is powerful and heavy, emphasizing stability like a mountain when defending.

One word: heavy.

But Kimura Tatsuo's spear technique is centered on the word 'entangle'; one spear strike is not finished before another is born, continuous and endless, as if infinite.

"Let's fight a bit longer; this kind of spear technique is rare to experience." Li Yuan's thoughts changed immediately.

He had originally wanted to resolve the battle quickly, but Kimura Tatsuo's spear technique gave Li Yuan many inspirations.

He wanted to try a bit longer.

As for the total points ranking? Tantai Feng's withdrawal just now made Li Yuan calm down a lot; is being first in the second round's points important?

Entering the top eight and being able to go straight into the fourth round is enough.

With the points Li Yuan got in the first round, as long as he survives to the end in the second round, he is basically guaranteed to step into the top eight.

"Clang!"

"Clang! Clang!"

Li Yuan's long spear danced like a giant snake rolling, countless spear gleams erupted, directly executing 'Star Enlightenment' and instantly forming a huge circle around him.

Stars like spheres! Spear tips drawing circles!

Time and again, he blocked Kimura Tatsuo's spear attacks; no matter how crazily he attacked Li Yuan, the spear gleams flickered, but it was difficult to shake Li Yuan's defense.

"Stable as a mountain, the long spear is like a circle." Kimura Tatsuo finally felt the terrifying aspect of Li Yuan.

The defense is impeccable.

No matter if he was thrusting, sweeping, or fiercely chopping, it would be easily blocked by Li Yuan and the force would be deflected, or even countered.

"Bang~"

Li Yuan's occasional counterattack made Kimura Tatsuo feel incredibly uncomfortable, and he had to fight desperately to block it.

"His skill, his excavation of body strength, is far above mine." Kimura Tatsuo was, after all, a mid-tier Fourth Stage expert, and he quickly understood this point.

Li Yuan was just using him as a whetstone.

"Are Xia Nation people all this strong?"

"That Tantai Feng is despairingly strong, and this Li Yuan is actually this powerful?" A trace of powerlessness arose in Kimura Tatsuo's heart.

But immediately, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes: "I'll fight it out; I don't believe it."

"Using me as a whetstone?"

"Be careful of chipping the blade and becoming my whetstone instead." Kimura Tatsuo also went crazy, attacking Li Yuan with all his might.

He also knew in his heart that with his points from the first round, it was enough to rush into the top 136.

Top eight? With Li Yuan blocking the way, there was simply no hope.

Then let's fight desperately and defeat Li Yuan.

"Boom! Boom!!" The two launched an incredibly crazy offensive and defensive battle; the collisions and exchanges of the two long spears were extremely sharp, causing other participants around them to subconsciously avoid them.

It was truly because the two were fighting too fiercely.

Although all participants had the same physical fitness, Li Yuan and Kimura Tatsuo were one approaching the Fourth Stage perfection and the other approaching the Fourth Stage high-tier, and their excavation of body strength far exceeded them.

The power and speed of their long spears did not look like 10.0-level physical fitness at all.

Time passed.

The number of people in the arena kept decreasing: 180, 150, 120... but Li Yuan was still fighting Kimura Tatsuo fiercely.

Their battle.

Also caused the entire viewing platform to boil over completely, and countless spectators were shouting excitedly.

"Too fierce; this is a duel between experts."

"Haha, of the ten-school freshman battles so far, this is the most intense one."

"Li Yuan's defense is impeccable, and Kimura Tatsuo's attack is also violent." Countless spectators were discussing.

"This shouldn't be! With Li Yuan's strength, he should be able to resolve Kimura Tatsuo quickly." Many powerful people were full of doubts.

With the strength Li Yuan showed in the first round, he should have easily crushed him.

……

"I said it, Kimura-kun is the strongest, actually forcing Li Yuan to defend with all his might."

"Kimura is sure to win." Many Sakura Nation spectators kept posting bullet comments.

Many Sakura Nation spectator students did not have a high enough vision and naturally concluded that the attacking side was stronger.

Suddenly—

"Bang~" A dull sound.

Li Yuan, who had been defending with all his might, suddenly turned his long spear, and the moment he deflected Kimura Tatsuo's spear, the spearhead was like a dragon hidden in the deep sea of stars, suddenly erupting, its speed soaring to the extreme.

It pierced straight into Kimura Tatsuo like lightning, and the terrifying impact caused Kimura Tatsuo to fly backward thunderously.

He fell heavily to the ground, blood spilling from his mouth.

"You!" Kimura Tatsuo struggled to hold onto his spear to prevent it from being knocked out of his hand, staring at the suddenly erupting Li Yuan in disbelief.

"Thank you."

"Without your spear technique, perhaps I wouldn't have figured out the key to my spear technique so quickly," Li Yuan said, holding his spear in his right hand, quite: "It's just a pity that your spear technique is not strong enough."

If Kimura Tatsuo's spear technique were Fourth Stage high-tier, Li Yuan believed he would have gained even more.

It's a pity Kimura Tatsuo was not that strong.

"If my spear technique were stronger, you wouldn't necessarily be able to defend," Kimura Tatsuo gritted his teeth.

"Is that so?"

"I hope you can defend against my spear attack," Li Yuan smiled, not bothering to talk nonsense anymore.

Boom!

Li Yuan moved again, the silver long spear in his hand erupting like a silver stream of light, whistling as it pierced over.

"Ha!"

Kimura Tatsuo had blood on the corners of his mouth, also let out a loud shout, and rushed up thunderously, waving his long spear in an attempt to block.

"Bang~"

The spear bodies collided.

Li Yuan's long spear pressed down, and a twist of his waist caused the spear to erupt with even greater impact, actually directly knocking Kimura Tatsuo's spear away.

"Not good." Kimura Tatsuo's expression changed drastically.

Boom! Following that, a smear of spear shadow swept past, like a rolling star crushing and erupting, killing him directly.

Star Spear Technique Fourth Form—Falling Star Descent.

Li Yuan's set of moves changed too fast; compared to when he defeated Fang Kui in the first round, his spear technique was even smoother, and its speed was so fast that Kimura Tatsuo could not block it at all.

He didn't even have time to retract his long spear and could only subconsciously raise his left hand to block.

"Crack!" The sound of an arm breaking.

The terrifying impact carried by the spear body sent Kimura Tatsuo flying backward, and the spear tip swept across his face from top to bottom.

Before Kimura Tatsuo could land, he had already disappeared from the arena.

Defeated!

He didn't erupt until he did, and once he erupted, he defeated Kimura Tatsuo in just a few moves.

"Hmm?"

"Only seventy-something people left?" Li Yuan's gaze swept across the entire arena: "Enough."

"This battle with Kimura Tatsuo is worth more than my own contemplation for a long time," Li Yuan felt quite joyful in his heart: "Less points, so be it."

Skill cultivation is just like this.

Sometimes, burying your head in hard work and thinking for a long time yields nothing, but an occasional battle or seeing a certain scene can lead to sudden enlightenment.

"End it early, so I can go back and practice the spear; maybe I can fully comprehend it."

Boom! Li Yuan's figure moved and he rushed out, his long spear dancing out streaks of spear shadows, causing a large amount of blood to fly in the air, and one participant after another fell to the ground.

His points were skyrocketing.

……

"Won!"

"Li Yuan is amazing."

"Li Yuan." The hundreds of thousands of Xia Nation students on the entire viewing platform became excited, cheering and rooting for Li Yuan.

First defeated Fang Kui, then defeated Kimura Tatsuo.

The opponents in the two battles were different.

But no matter which battle it was, once Li Yuan started his eruptive attack, no one could withstand a few moves.

……

"Lost just like that?"

"Once Li Yuan erupted, Kimura couldn't even defend for ten spear strikes?"

"Is the gap between Kimura-kun and Li Yuan that big?" The large number of Sakura Nation students who originally supported Kimura Tatsuo were dumbfounded; they all found it hard to accept this scene.

"Li Yuan-kun's spear is so fierce; he is the true genius of the spear path."

"It's a pity that such a Li Yuan-kun is not a genius of our Sakura Nation."

"With Li Yuan's strength, he will definitely be able to win the championship."

"It's not that Kimura-kun is weak, but that Li Yuan is too strong; he is strong without any weaknesses, simply a hexagonal warrior." Quickly, many Sakura Nation students began to flatter and support Li Yuan.

Only the strong are sought after by them.

"First place." Thousands of students from Kunlun Martial University who came to watch are excited.