Chapter 19: Gold Master

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

On the day he and Lin Lanyue agreed to the battle, before evening self-study ended, the news had spread throughout the entire senior grade.

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

There were all kinds of rumors.

The most important reason was that in these years, Lin Lanyue had never agreed to a battle 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, the number of people watching their battle on the Starry Sky Fighting Network had exceeded 300, 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 his yellow explosion hair and wearing leather pants, waved and shouted on the spectator stand.

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

"Come on."

"Brother Yuan, your large spear must be hungry and thirsty."

Noisy voices, many people also took out banners and glow sticks; these were props given away for free by the system.

There were quite a few supporting Li Yuan.

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

Boys were mostly very single-minded, only liking pretty eighteen-year-old girls.

Not to mention Lin Lanyue was only seventeen.

... On the ring.

"Ready." Li Yuan moved his mind.

Only to see the ring with a diameter of about 30 meters, the surrounding lights instantly changed from red to green.

Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue's virtual bodies instantly disappeared.

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

"The duel rank of both sides does not reach the Meteor rank, the system ruling combat physical fitness is level 8.0."

"You still have 24 seconds, please select a weapon, if you exceed the time, it will automatically select according to your habit."

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

"Level 8.0 physical fitness." Li Yuan felt the change in body strength, already very used to it.

"Weapon scheme number one." Li Yuan said directly.

As an 'old bird' who had mixed in thousands of matches on the Starry Sky Fighting Network, facing different combat types and different opponents, the weapon schemes chosen were all different.

The weapon schemes Li Yuan set were as many as five types.

"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 a relatively short long spear. If Li Yuan dueled with other long spear masters, he would be at a disadvantage.

One inch longer, one inch stronger.

Lin Lanyue used a sword, so the spear body was not flexible enough if it was too long, not necessarily occupying an advantage... the weapon just needed to be slightly longer.

"A lion fighting a rabbit also uses its full strength, not to mention, there are 2,000 Blue Star coins." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Li Yuan never wasted.

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

For example—Teacher Xu Bo, Principal Tan Zhenlong.

"Quite lively."

Principal Tan stood in the corner, wearing a hat, his appearance 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 pulled by Xu Bo, mainly because he had nothing to do.

Lin Lanyue, as the number one seed in the senior grade, Principal Tan would naturally pay more attention.

On the ring.

Countdown 3, 2, 1... Swish! Swish!

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

The most eye-catching thing was still the golden sign on their heads.

"Gold rank?"

"Gold master?"

"Both are Gold rank?" In an instant, bursts of exclamations rose around the ring.

"Brother Yuan reached Gold rank? Last time during the great escape, 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 for a great escape."

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

Lin Lanyue didn't know Li Tianyou.

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

There were quite a few senior boys who secretly loved Lin Lanyue like him, but not many dared to truly confess.

"Holy crap, Li Yuan is also a Gold rank?" Gu Qianghan stared at the sign on Li Yuan's head: "No wonder Teacher Xu praised 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: "Don't know if they reached 500 points; if they did, they have the qualification for special recruitment."

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

Let alone senior 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 Lanyue, feeling quite surprised.

The Starry Sky Fighting Network is divided into nine stages: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Meteor, Moon, Sun, Transcendent, Legend, Martial Saint.

For minors, reaching Gold rank is extremely rare.

Even many martial arts masters who claim to be anchors are mostly Moon rank, and those who reach Sun rank are few.

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

At least, Li Yuan hadn't seen a Transcendent rank master when browsing live streams.

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

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

Lin Lanyue wasn't surprised that Li Yuan reached Gold rank; she had expected it early on.

"Hostility toward me?" Li Yuan vaguely sensed it.

The next moment.

"Boom!" Lin Lanyue moved.

The light armor on her body was also fiery red, and the whole person was like a group of flames, rushing toward Li Yuan like lightning.

Level 8.0 physical fitness, explosive speed is 18 meters per second, standard fist power is 800 kg.

And the ring diameter is only 30 meters.

From starting to closing in, Lin Lanyue could kill in front of Li Yuan in at most 2.2 seconds.

"Shhh~" A fiery red long sword attacked Li Yuan like lightning.

"Tear~"

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

Middle-flat style!

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

"This sword technique."

"A bit weird, the explosive power is so strong, even stronger than my spear technique straight stab, is it a move attached to a high-stage cultivation method?" Li Yuan was surprised in his heart.

He had long heard that Lin Lanyue practiced 《Blazing Heaven Cultivation Method》, one of the seven high-stage cultivation methods.

Every cultivation method is divided into many parts such as pile practice, breathing method, fist technique, etc.

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

But he knew this was an advancement of the 《Blazing Cultivation Method》, one of the seven basic cultivation methods.

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

The long spear was suddenly withdrawn, no longer actively attacking, but changed to blocking with the spear.

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

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

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

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

Couldn't break in at all.

"So fast!"

"This kind of confrontation, Lin Lanyue's sword after sword, how did Li Yuan block it?"

"Awesome!"

"His footwork is so exquisite."

"Li Yuan's spear technique, so steady." Most of the watching students looked surprised.

They mostly watched higher-level live duels and image battles.

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

"Know what number one in martial arts skills in the grade means?"

"I said early on, Lin Lanyue is not Brother Yuan's opponent."

"Brother Yuan, hurry up, do her."

"Brother Yuan's large spear has always been persistent!"

"Even Teacher Xu's attack, Brother Yuan could block a few moves, not to mention Lin Lanyue?"

Students from Senior Class (2) said excitedly.

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

"Defense is indeed not bad."

"This sword technique should be a change from 'Sea of Fire Sinking Boat', the attack is fierce." Principal Tan was also commenting, slightly amazed: "Li Yuan actually blocked it, his spear technique is indeed steady, should have realized a defensive killing 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 closed his mouth.

"Hmm?" Xu Bo laughed and said no more, continuing to watch the battle, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he shook his head again: "Lin Lanyue is careless."

On the ring, Lin Lanyue continuously executed sword techniques, the sword technique like raging flames, pressing step by step.

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

Li Yuan's long spear, either sweeping, or picking and chopping, or footwork retreating, occasionally stabbing straight to force her to retreat.

Lin Lanyue was never able to get close.

After realizing the move 'Rock Pillar', Li Yuan focused on defense, and it already had the charm of being as steady as a rock.

"Fifty-seventh sword."

Li Yuan counted silently in his heart: "She has been attacking, physical strength consumption is great, sword momentum is weakening."

"She is a bit anxious."

"Life and death battle, as long as you are anxious, it's easy to make mistakes, wait."

Fifty-ninth sword, Li Yuan keenly captured the slight change in the momentum of the other party's sword technique.

Sixty-third sword.

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

Lin Lanyue 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, always defending.

"It's now!" Li Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up,

"Boom!"

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

Spear technique killing move—Dragon Hidden in the Rock Ravine!

"Not good!" Lin Lanyue's pupils shrank instantly, only feeling that Li Yuan's momentum had changed instantly, just like a sleeping beast revealing its fangs.

The momentum was astonishing.

"Too late to retreat." Lin Lanyue noticed this point, cold light burst from her eyes, without any hesitation.

Didn't retreat, but stabbed with the sword even more fiercely.

"Plop!!"

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

Light armor couldn't block Li Yuan's large spear at all.

"Tear!"

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

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

On the ring, only the injured Li Yuan remained.

"Spear is longer than sword, my reaction time was just 0.1 seconds more." Li Yuan shook his head, then revealed a smile again.

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

"So cool!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====