Chapter 67: Sweeping the Arena

"Is that Wu Luo? This is bad." Lin Lanyue's expression shifted slightly on the viewing platform; she, too, had noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong, Sister Yueyue?" Wu Dongdong asked.

"Beside Li Yuan is Wu Luo from Hanshui Province, who scored 394 points in the January Martial Arts Technique assessment," Lin Lanyue said solemnly.

"394?" Wu Dongdong said dismissively, "Didn't you say Li Yuan scored 389? They should be about the same."

"I'm just afraid of an accident," Lin Lanyue frowned.

She knew the importance of this invitation event to Li Yuan, and she was also aware that 500,000 Blue Star coins were very important to him.

"Sister Yueyue, does he know Wu Luo's strength?" Wu Dongdong asked in return.

Lin Lanyue nodded: "He knows; I told him."

"Then that's that," Wu Dongdong said, being uncharacteristically serious. "Sister, I have to criticize you. I know you want to help Li Yuan."

"But he has to be worth helping."

"He already has the advantage in intelligence and every hope of seizing the initiative. If he still can't win?" Wu Dongdong said dismissively, "Then that's his own problem."

Lin Lanyue remained frowning, lost in thought.

"Sister Yueyue." Wu Dongdong waved her hand in front of Lin Lanyue's eyes.

Lin Lanyue looked at her.

"You have to think about it from a different angle," Wu Dongdong asked. "Difficulties are sometimes opportunities."

Lin Lanyue felt puzzled.

"Him meeting Wu Luo is indeed a major threat," Wu Dongdong said. "But if he can defeat Wu Luo, in the eyes of the observers from the five prestigious universities, wouldn't his evaluation be even higher? Wouldn't the possibility of receiving a special training invitation be higher?"

Lin Lanyue was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Dongdong, I didn't think as thoroughly as you."

"Mm, then let's leave it to Li Yuan himself." Lin Lanyue's gaze fell on Li Yuan in the arena.

"Concern leads to chaos," Wu Dongdong giggled. "Sister Yueyue, I helped you, so you have to treat me when we go back. I want the food Uncle Liu makes."

"Fine, whatever you want to eat is fine," Lin Lanyue laughed. "I'll have Uncle Liu prepare it then."

"Sister Yueyue." Wu Dongdong pointed at the arena: "It's starting!"

……

"Wu Luo."

"In this arena, there shouldn't be many who are Wu Luo's match."

"Perhaps he can rush to be the first in this round." Some students from Hanshui Province also held expectations for Wu Luo.

…… Cage Melee, Round Four.

"Begin."

The man in black stood high in the air, his deep voice echoing throughout the combat space.

The 200 people in the arena were immediately released from their suppression, and the battle erupted in an instant.

Having seen the cage melees of the first three rounds, the students participating in the fourth round all understood that if they wanted to survive longer:

First, they had to eliminate the opponents around them as quickly as possible.

Second, they had to appear fierce enough so that those around them would think they were a tough nut to crack and wouldn't want to provoke them.

If they ran away at the start? They would only be treated as soft persimmons by everyone and be besieged.

"Boom!" "Clang!"

"Thud~" Figures were incredibly swift, and the sounds of blades, spears, staves, and hammers colliding echoed incessantly.

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!" From the left and right, two opponents simultaneously launched an attack on Li Yuan.

"Wu Luo? 394 points in the January assessment? The first place in the January assessment for Hanshui Province?" Li Yuan had long since recognized the opponent on his right.

As for the other person? He didn't know them!

In reality, having reached Li Yuan's realm, one could roughly judge a person's skill level through an instantaneous observation of their explosive speed and footwork.

With the same physical fitness, the higher the skill, the stronger the explosive speed and power generated through the excavation of physical strength.

Especially after reaching the fourth stage of skill, with the same body, fighting ten or even a hundred enemies was by no means a fantasy.

"Solve the weak one first, then test this Wu Luo. He has a certain probability of having stepped into the fourth stage." This was Li Yuan's subconscious decision.

"Whoosh!"

The moment Wu Luo and the others moved, Li Yuan's muscles and bones resonated in unison, his feet shifted slightly, and his entire aura changed instantly, giving people the feeling of an indestructible giant rock.

The next instant.

"Boom!" "Boom!" Li Yuan's legs had already exerted force, and he shot toward the opponent on the right like a cannonball leaving the chamber, his speed terrifyingly fast, a cut faster than Wu Luo, who had moved first.

"So fast?" Wu Luo's expression changed immediately: "Fourth-stage skill? Who is he?"

Wu Luo's skill was already at the third-stage perfection; how could he be a cut faster than him?

Not just Wu Luo.

On the viewing platform, many students from Jiangcheng City were actually paying attention to Li Yuan.

In the conference room of the war fortress, many of the observers from Kunlun University also noticed this scene of Li Yuan's explosion.

His figure flashed.

His burst speed was far faster than the others.

"Hm?" The student who tried to attack Li Yuan panicked the moment he saw Li Yuan explode, subconsciously swinging his battle blade to hack at the black figure rushing toward him.

"Clang!"

The long spear was like a great dragon suddenly rising, unstoppable, directly knocking away the hacking battle blade, followed by the spearhead driving straight in, carrying an incredibly astonishing impact force, directly piercing through the opponent's neck.

"Pfft~"

This participant holding the battle blade was instantly blasted away, a horrifying wound torn in his neck, blood splattering.

His body turned into nothingness in mid-air.

One spear strike, life lost!

Armor protection?

With Li Yuan's spear technique, fourth stage hitting second stage, he didn't care about the opponent's armor at all; he was destined to strike the vital points with every spear strike.

This scene shocked even Wu Luo, and suddenly, he saw Li Yuan, who had turned his head to glance at him, his eyes cold.

"Run!" Wu Luo's expression changed drastically, and he turned to flee: "This is definitely a fourth-stage expert."

"Running?" Li Yuan, having powerfully killed one person, had an aura that soared to the heavens, charging toward Wu Luo without mercy.

"Just now, it seemed like you wanted to kill me."

Boom! Boom! The two chased and fled, directly rushing nearly twenty meters toward the center of the arena.

How big was the entire arena?

"Whoosh!" A participant saw Li Yuan sweep past him and subconsciously swung his blade at Li Yuan.

Among martial arts beginners, blade practitioners were the most numerous.

"Scram!"

Li Yuan only glanced at him, his long spear instantly raised, executing 'Settling the Universe', his entire body's strength unified, the spear shaft, especially the spearhead, exploding like a giant rock.

He swept fiercely toward the opponent.

If it were an opponent of the same cultivation realm, Li Yuan would easily be caught and killed if he were to unleash this move directly.

But Li Yuan's strength was far too strong compared to the vast majority of participants who were at the second-stage high-tier or third-stage initial-tier.

It was simply not on the same level.

The blade hadn't arrived, but the spear had!

"Bang~"

The 30-kilogram metal spear shaft instantly smashed into the shield the participant had hurriedly raised, and accompanied by a loud noise, he was smashed directly backward, his arm directly fractured and broken.

"I..." This participant spat blood, and just as he was about to speak, a spear shadow had already swept past.

It directly swept past his neck, and his body turned into nothingness.

"Pfft!"

Li Yuan's long spear whistled, and after killing this participant, he stepped forward, taking advantage of the momentum to thrust forward, once again piercing through the chest of a participant fleeing in panic.

In one encounter, he killed two people in a row.

"Holy crap, retreat!"

"Is he on the same level as Tian Tian Dazhuang and Wu Dongdong? Full marks in skill?"

"There were already three, and now another one?"

"Are there so many full marks in skill this year?" The surrounding circle of participants were all stunned, their expressions changed, and they retreated behind them like a tide.

After the cage melees of the first three rounds, almost everyone understood that, theoretically, a hundred people could besiege and kill someone with full marks in skill at the cost of dozens of deaths.

The key was that people were not united.

No one was willing to truly risk their lives to make wedding clothes for others, so it was destined that those with full marks in skill would slaughter in all directions.

Secondly, the dominance and strength Li Yuan displayed were also one aspect, making others feel fearful.

"Let's fight for second place."

"Let's avoid him." This was the thought of most participating students.

…… On the viewing platform.

"Holy crap!"

"This one named Li Yuan?"

"Named Li Yuan! He's first in the arena!"

"Li Yuan? Never heard of him."

"From today on, you have."

"Another full mark in skill?" Elite students from all over Jiangbei Province had all discovered that figure holding a spear and traversing the arena, and they were all shocked by it.

Others were still entangled in battle, but Li Yuan had already killed three people in a row—no, he had killed another one by now.

He had killed four, fierce to an incredible degree.

"Sister Yueyue!"

Wu Dongdong, who hadn't cared much before, had her eyes light up instantly: "Is Li Yuan also a fourth-stage expert? Good! Good! Good! You were deliberately lying to me just now, looking all worried."

"Holy crap!"

Gu Qianghan, who had been lying on his chair with his limbs spread out, jumped up instantly, shouting excitedly: "Awesome! Li Yuan is awesome!"

"That's my brother, Li Yuan." Gu Qianghan waved his fists, instantly attracting the attention of many surrounding students.

"That's my brother, Gu Qianghan's brother!" Gu Qianghan shouted excitedly, as if it were he who was slaughtering in all directions in the arena.

While roaring.

Gu Qianghan also turned back and shouted: "Sister, I was wondering why your attitude toward Li Yuan changed; turns out you knew he had broken through to the fourth stage long ago."

"Me?" Lin Lanyue was also stunned. She wanted to explain, but found she had no way to explain.

Moreover, she was also extremely shocked in her heart.

"Fourth stage?" Lin Lanyue stared at the figure in the arena.

Li Yuan had already caught up to Wu Luo, spear strike after spear strike, forcing Wu Luo to retreat step by step.

"Li Yuan, when did he break through to the fourth stage?" Lin Lanyue was puzzled: "Does Teacher Xu not know either? Why would he tell me to help Li Yuan?"

"With this kind of strength, what do I need to help him with?"

Lin Lanyue knew the difficulty of breaking through from the third stage to the fourth stage in skill.

"That's fine too!"

"Fourth-stage skill." Lin Lanyue suddenly smiled: "Li Yuan's special training list is definitely no problem. It just depends on which university is willing to give an A-level special training contract."

She didn't know about Li Yuan's spiritual power talent.

"Li Yuan?" His classmates from the same school were all shocked, dumbfounded.

"Li Yuan? This!" Dong Haifeng stared wide-eyed, and the little thoughts he had in his heart were instantly extinguished.

Compete?

Compete with what!

……

War fortress, inside the conference room.

"That student?"

"Fourth stage!"

"Definitely fourth-stage skill! Named Li Yuan? Why is there no information about him on my pre-invitation list?" The dozens of observers, who had been very relaxed, were all shocked.

"Not even B-level?"

"He's only seventeen and a half?"

"Hasn't awakened martial arts spirituality? So he's not on the list?"

"Trash! The intelligence collection personnel in the admissions office are a bunch of iron trash! Just based on fourth-stage skill, so what if he hasn't awakened martial arts spirituality? At the very least, he should be A-level." Many observers began to panic and record quickly.

Fourth-stage skill!

Whether a student with this level of skill can be born is very much a matter of luck.

Sometimes, a province doesn't have a single one.

Sometimes, like Jiangbei Province, four or five can pop up this year.

Looking at the world, normally, in this age group, only about two hundred are born a year.

"Fourth stage?"

"It's actually so much stronger than the intelligence Dean Zhao gave me?" Fan Jin felt a thud in his heart, feeling both excited and a little panicked.

Because, if Li Yuan's skill was only third-stage perfection, then the other five prestigious universities might not want him.

Fourth-stage skill?

Even if he hasn't awakened martial arts spirituality, he is destined to be fought over, and at the very least, they would all be willing to give a special training invitation.

"Old Fan." A voice rang in Fan Jin's mind.

"Dean Li." Teacher Fan Jin looked at the bald, burly man not far away who hadn't said a word.

"When the meeting ends, come with me immediately to invite Li Yuan. Before other schools know about his spiritual power, give him an S-level special training contract directly." The voice continued: "And promise him."

"It doesn't matter if he hasn't awakened martial arts spirituality; my Kunlun Martial Arts University will do everything to help him become a Source Martial Artist and create his own cultivation method."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 68 =====