Chapter 140

The participants who can reach the top sixteen are all the best of their time, mostly extraordinary, and the probability of becoming high-level Source Martial Artists or even top-level Source Martial Artists in the future is very high.

For example, Yang Hong and Wu Luo, if it weren't for Li Yuan's light covering them, they would be enough to stage a legendary 'Twin Star Hegemony' among the freshmen of Kunlun Martial Arts University.

But there is no doubt that being in the top sixteen, there are also extremely dazzling ones; Tantai Feng is in a class of his own, and the first duel of the top sixteen to top eight further verified this point.

And the four of them, Li Yuan, Garava, Yu Ming, and Guan Ying, are publicly recognized as the most powerful contenders for the top four.

This point can be seen from the total points of the four in the second round; their total points are all over 90.

But the vast majority of spectators did not expect that just in the top sixteen to top eight, Li Yuan and Garava would meet in advance.

"What's going on?"

"With their strength, they should have met at least in the top eight to top four; they actually met in the first match of the fourth round. Is it targeting someone?"

"The organizer is Xia Nation."

"Is it targeting Garava?" The hundreds of thousands of spectators on the viewing platform discussed for a while; most of them had not paid attention to the schedule in advance.

Or rather, the 136 elite students who rushed into the third round, even if they knew their 'schedule', would not leak it.

…… "Garava!"

"Defeat that Xia Nation person."

"Li Yuan!!" On the vast viewing platform, bursts of mountain-shaking sounds suddenly rang out; whether it was Xia Nation spectators or Tianzhu Nation spectators, both sides were cheering with all their might.

"Garava is the strongest."

"Li Yuan, beat that bastard."

"Li Yuan!!" On the viewing light screen, there was a massive amount of bullet comments frantically refreshing the screen, and the support for both sides was almost equal for a while.

No way, in terms of the number of spectators, the only one that can compete with Xia Nation is Tianzhu Nation.

One side has nearly 300,000 spectators, and the other side has more than 200,000 spectators; more than half of the entire viewing platform comes from these two countries.

Regardless of the reason, the duel between the two brought the atmosphere of the combat space to the peak.

Like Yu Ming, Guan Ying and others, they all stared at the two in the arena with wide eyes.

Even Tantai Feng, who appeared to be closing his eyes to rest, actually had a slit in his eyes, secretly watching.

Everyone knows.

Li Yuan VS Garava, this battle will definitely be a peak duel of the ten-school freshman battle.

……

The atmosphere outside the arena was burning, but the two in the arena appeared quite calm.

"Li Yuan, I didn't expect to meet you so soon."

"You are very strong, but I will definitely win," Garava's skin was dark, and he looked very ordinary.

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes revealed a powerful belief.

"Definitely win?"

Li Yuan smiled: "I think so too; I don't want to miss the heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

Rushing into the top sixteen, there is a 20 million Blue Star coin reward.

And according to the schedule, as long as they can win against each other, the next opponent in the top eight to top four will be very weak, almost impossible to stop them.

Once rushing into the top four, they can get the reward of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

For martial arts geniuses like them, this is definitely an amazing temptation.

Both are full of desire for victory.

Both can feel the powerful fighting spirit of the other, and neither spoke anymore.

The next instant, the battle erupted completely!

"Boom!" Garava rushed forward suddenly, his speed erupting to the extreme; wearing dark black battle armor, he was like a dark black afterimage, fiercely pouncing on Li Yuan.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan held his spear with both hands, his legs spread, his body leaning forward slightly, and he had already assumed a defensive posture.

"Ha!"

Garava roared suddenly, finally getting close, the long spear in his hand like a poisonous snake, like a whirlpool in the water, whistling as it thrust out.

The spear shadows changed, unpredictable, as if dozens of afterimages were formed, making it difficult for a while to distinguish which one was the real spear tip.

Completely enveloping Li Yuan.

Just this one move is enough to instantly kill any opponent below the Fourth Stage.

Seeing this scene, many Xia Nation spectators couldn't help but exclaim.

Garava took the initiative to attack, performing too fiercely.

"Swish! Swish, swish! Rip!" Li Yuan's footwork changed, retreating like lightning, while the long spear in his hand danced, the spear tip tracing amazing arcs around his body, forming a huge spear circle, completely enveloping himself.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The two long spears collided like lightning in mid-air, countless spear shadows crossed, the engagement was too fast; in the eyes of many spectators, it was as if five or six long spears were fighting and colliding.

"Stars like circles."

"Spear tip drawing circles." Li Yuan was extremely composed; the long spear in his hand struck time and again, seemingly flustered and busy blocking Garava's attacks.

But in reality, whether it was thrusting, blocking, lifting, chopping, or pressing, Li Yuan's attack range was always maintained within an arc.

Within this range, no matter how Garava attacked fiercely, it was difficult to advance an inch.

"Sure enough."

"Just as I expected, as long as I defend with all my might, this Garava cannot shake me in the slightest," Li Yuan was calm and composed, his heart peaceful.

He had long thought that if he attacked with attacks, facing Garava, he would also have a high probability of winning.

But this is not Li Yuan's goal; his true goal in his heart is Tantai Feng.

Garava? In Li Yuan's eyes, he is just another whetstone.

If he can't even hold off a Garava, how can he talk about holding off Tantai Feng's saber?

"Bang! Bang~" Garava thrust and chopped time and again; his fighting style is completely different from Kimura Tatsuo's.

He pursues violent attacks, crushing opponents with absolute power and speed.

In the past, when facing experts from the same school, this set of his was invincible.

But facing Li Yuan, all his attacks returned without success.

"They say that long defense leads to loss."

"How can he defend to this extent?" Garava was in disbelief, his heart gradually sinking to the bottom.

Attack! He had already attacked to the extreme, still unable to do anything to Li Yuan.

"Comfortable!" Li Yuan felt more and more comfortable defending.

At this moment, amidst the shouts of hundreds of thousands of spectators, in this special environment, Li Yuan vaguely had a feeling that he was getting closer and closer to completely grasping that special charm.

…… On the viewing platform, hundreds of thousands of students from major martial arts universities were shocked by the duel between the two.

Before, whether it was Garava or Li Yuan, they were sweeping all the way in the second round, and no one could withstand their two spear strikes, but now that the two met, they could fight to this extent.

One spear technique was violent and fierce, truly interpreting the reputation of the spear as the king of the battlefield.

The other defended throughout, like an immovable mountain, blocking the opponent's wave after wave of bombardment.

"Garava!!"

"Forcing Li Yuan to only defend, strong!" Tianzhu Nation's audience cheered excitedly.

"Li Yuan!"

"Li Yuan!"

"In every battle, as long as Li Yuan can hold on, once he counterattacks, he will easily defeat the enemy." Xia Nation's spectators firmly believed this.

……

"Garava is going to lose," a top-level Source Martial Artist teacher on the high viewing platform said softly: "Long defense leads to loss; in a spear duel, the attacking side should have an absolute advantage, but he simply cannot shake Li Yuan's defense."

"Li Yuan's skill level is clearly much higher," more teachers commented.

"Stars like circles."

"Li Yuan's spear technique already has a few true rhymes of the Star Spear Technique; this kind of progress is too scary."

"Genius!"

"His spear technique defense gives me the illusion that it can't be broken at all; the data says he only crossed into the Fourth Stage of skill in March this year? Too outrageous." These teachers are at least at the subtle skill level, and many are at the Fifth Stage of skill.

And how many spear techniques have they seen? Their vision is too high, and they quickly saw the actual situation in the arena.

"Li Yuan's spear."

"Star rhyme?" Li Yang, as Li Yuan's teacher, felt a bit incredible: "His spear technique has improved by a large margin compared to before?"

He had previously determined that Li Yuan could not win because he had just finished teaching Li Yuan on September 30th, and felt that Li Yuan was still far from spiritual subtlety.

How long has it been? One week!

"He is a true fighting genius; the more battle and pressure, the more his potential can be stimulated," Xu Yuanzhang said softly: "Li Yang, you really picked up a treasure; this student of yours is a truly incredible spear-path genius."

"He has grasped the essence of the star artistic conception; give him time, he will definitely reach spiritual subtlety."

"If there was no hope of beating Tantai Feng before, then now... there is a 30% chance," Xu Yuanzhang affirmed.

"30%??" Li Yang nodded slightly.

He knew very well that Xu Yuanzhang was a Fifth Stage high-tier expert, very close to becoming a Flying Martial Artist.

His judgment of vision is more precise than his own.

"He's going to win soon," Xu Yuanzhang said suddenly.

Not far away.

"Garava." The black-robed old man 'Ba Qiang' looked at the fierce engagement in the arena and sighed in his heart: "Pity, actually met Li Yuan."

As Garava's teacher, a top-level Source Martial Artist, he could see Li Yuan's terror.

That kind of immovable defense.

Long spear like a circle, stable as Mount Tai, really too stable, completely restraining Garava.

The restraint conversion of offense and defense often depends on who is strong and who is weak.

"Going to lose," black-robed old man Ba Qiang felt quite helpless in his heart; he felt that if Garava met Yu Ming or Guan Ying, he would have a chance of winning.

Only when meeting Li Yuan.

"This Li Yuan has a chance of winning even against Tantai Feng," Ba Qiang sighed secretly.

……

"Garava is going to lose," some contestants in the preparation area also noticed this point.

"This spear technique?" Tantai Feng had opened his eyes unknowingly, his eyes shining with light: "Star artistic conception?"

"Interesting!"

"Kunlun Martial Arts University actually emerged with such an expert? Finally not wasting my time."

For Li Yuan's appearance, Tantai Feng had no worries, more of excitement.

Expectation for a duel between experts.

……

In the arena, Garava became more and more panicked and shocked as he fought, because he found that Li Yuan was defending more and more composedly.

He had already started to counterattack!

No! To be precise, it was not Li Yuan counterattacking, but the instinctive change in the conversion of Li Yuan's spear momentum.

The core of the Star Spear Technique is not rigid defense, but attacking through defense.

But it was Li Yuan's casual defensive counterattack that made Garava more and more embarrassed.

"I want to win," Garava gritted his teeth, he was still trying his best to attack, hoping to find a glimmer of life.

But as time passed, his physical strength began to decline.

As the attacking side, physical strength consumption is always greater, and his spear speed had already slowed down unconsciously.

Suddenly.

"Puff!" As if it were a tacit understanding, or an instinctive action, after blocking Garava's attack again, Li Yuan's long spear suddenly converted, erupting and thrusting straight over.

From defense to offense!

Perfect!

This spear strike, the force Li Yuan mobilized was much stronger than any previous time, and he had mobilized some of the most subtle forces in his body.

The situation changed in this instant.

The speed of this spear strike instantly soared to a terrifying level.

"Puff!"

A spear strike tore through the long sky, and the next second, Garava's figure had become illusory.

"Amazing." Garava opened his mouth, and his figure dissipated completely.

One spear strike!

Garava, defeated!

"Star artistic conception." Li Yuan held his spear, standing quietly in place, whispering to himself: "When defending, it cannot be shaken, like the vast earth."

"When attacking, it is like a star bursting, unstoppable."

After this battle with Garava, Li Yuan's realization of the star artistic conception had taken another step forward.

His peripheral vision glanced at a column in the Divine Palace panel:

Skill Realm: Spear Technique (Fourth Stage 85%), Movement Technique (Fourth Stage 73%), Fist Technique (Fourth Stage 86%)

…… Li Yuan took the second spot in the top eight.

(End of chapter)