Chapter 68

On the arena, the battle was still continuing.

Li Yuan held the long spear, continuously attacking Wu Luo, who held a blade and shield.

"Bang~" A spear swept fiercely, forcing Wu Luo to stagger backward.

"Li Yuan, it's my fault. I didn't know you at first and shouldn't have attacked you." Wu Luo said hurriedly while desperately defending: "But if you entangle with me, it will only let others pick up the bargain."

As an expert whose blade and shield techniques had both reached Third-Stage Perfection, Wu Luo could still block a few of Li Yuan's moves when going all out.

"Pick up the bargain?" Li Yuan swept his cold gaze, and the other participants had already retreated very far away. Seeing this, they felt a panic in their hearts and retreated even further.

You know, in the process of chasing Wu Luo, Li Yuan had already killed five participants along the way.

Who wouldn't fear such dominance and strength?

Moreover, for the other participating students, Wu Luo was also a great expert. If he was solved by Li Yuan, their hope of rushing into the top ten would only be higher.

"This round!"

"No one is qualified to pick up the bargain." Li Yuan's voice was cold: "Go to hell!"

Did he have a grudge against Wu Luo before? No grudge!

But he always had to find an opponent, so why couldn't it be Wu Luo?

To Li Yuan, the others on the arena had no challenge.

Conversely, Wu Luo was the strongest and could still trade a few moves with him.

"Pfft!!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" Li Yuan thrust the long spear again, the spear shadows changing, spear after spear, fierce and violent.

"Ah ah ah! Damn it!" Wu Luo could only defend with all his might, feeling so depressed he was about to vomit blood: "This Li Yuan is simply a lunatic."

Logically speaking, with Wu Luo's strength, rushing into the top ten of the cage melee was easy.

"Clang!" The two clashed like lightning, Li Yuan's attacks swift and violent, like a tide, spear after spear.

Wu Luo's defense could be described as impeccable, but every clash made his arm numb, and defending became increasingly difficult. After twelve consecutive spears, he was still caught by Li Yuan, who directly pierced his throat.

Blood splattered.

"Still couldn't defend it. Is this fourth-stage spear technique?" Wu Luo's body instantly turned into nothingness.

"My attacks are much weaker than Wu Dongdong's and Tian Dazhuang's, especially a cut weaker than Tian Dazhuang's." Li Yuan watched Wu Luo's body gradually disappear, lost in thought: "Tian Dazhuang's Mountain-Opening Blade is extremely good at attacking, and his martial arts skill is indeed much higher than mine, probably around 20% of the fourth stage."

It was normal for the other party to have broken through at least three months earlier and have higher skills.

Moreover, what Li Yuan was best at was defense, not attack.

If he really had to fight Tian Dazhuang on the arena, Li Yuan asked himself that he also had a possibility of winning.

Third-Stage Perfection and Fourth Stage? It was a world of difference.

But 2% of the fourth stage and 20% of the fourth stage? Both could already achieve the unity of body, mind, and weapon; the difference was only the degree of excavation of physical strength, and the gap was not insurmountable.

"Kill!"

Li Yuan swung his spear and continued to kill others.

On the entire arena, few could block two of Li Yuan's spears, and they were killed one by one.

Besiege? Not to mention the difficulty of being of one mind, even if they could unite to besiege, they might not necessarily be able to kill Li Yuan.

The final showdown unfolded between Li Yuan and another student, Xiong Xiaocheng, who had been pre-selected as A-level by the five prestigious schools.

In fact, Li Yuan had intentionally avoided the other party, giving Xiong Xiaocheng the opportunity to chase and kill others.

"I'm already second."

"First? This Li Yuan is too fierce, my hope of winning is very slim." Xiong Xiaocheng stared fixedly at Li Yuan, feeling only a fierce tiger staring at him.

He was already covered in sweat.

"If I want to win, there is only one chance."

"Spare no cost, attack wildly, perhaps I can win." Xiong Xiaocheng made up his mind; he also practiced the long spear.

Since he was already second, he might as well go all out.

"Whoosh!"

Xiong Xiaocheng lunged at Li Yuan, the great spear in his hand thrusting fiercely at Li Yuan, swift and violent.

"'Gold-Splitting Spear Technique'?" Li Yuan instantly glimpsed a thing or two from the other party's opening move and force-exertion method: "Is he an expert who practices the 'Heaven-Splitting True Gold Method'?"

Like the Stellar Spear Technique, it was a second-stage spear technique that was very compatible with the 'Boulder Cultivation Method'.

The 'Heaven-Splitting True Gold Method', one of the seven great high-stage cultivation methods, naturally also had a second-stage spear technique that was extremely compatible and matching.

Li Yuan often fought on the Starry Sky Fighting Network and had seen many experts, so he could recognize some paths.

Especially since he had encountered a Meteor-rank expert, the 'Gold-Splitting Spear Technique' the other party executed was violent and crazy, leaving a deep impression on Li Yuan, who had reviewed the recording many times.

"Boom!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" Li Yuan, having gotten into the killing mood, had the long spear in his hand whistling, attacking with attacks. After only three clashes, he shook Xiong Xiaocheng's great spear away.

"Pfft!"

The spear tip grazed past, the head flew up, and the figure turned into nothingness.

On the entire arena, only Li Yuan remained.

……

"Such a steady spear, what he is good at should be defense." Tian Dazhuang on the viewing platform stared at Li Yuan, his eyes burning: "Another fourth stage!"

"I was still sitting in a well looking at the sky; Senior Dragon's words cannot be fully believed."

"Just in Jiangbei Province, including me, there are four fourth stages. Are there any hidden ones?"

"How many must there be in the whole country? What about the world?" Tian Dazhuang thought secretly: "Li Yuan?"

"I've remembered you."

……

Whoosh!

Li Yuan's figure appeared in his seat, immediately attracting the attention of hundreds of students around him, all looking at him.

"Li Yuan?"

"From the Jiangcheng urban area, there's a Wu Dongdong, and there's also a Li Yuan. Worthy of being the provincial capital."

"But before, I had never heard a teacher mention this name."

"Maybe others deliberately hid their strength in the January assessment?" Many students whispered.

The three fourth-stage experts who went wild in the first three rounds, Tian Dazhuang, Wang Yu, and Wu Dongdong, were actually famous.

Many people didn't know their appearance, but they had heard their names.

Only Li Yuan.

His total martial arts score was only ranked over two hundred in the Jiangcheng urban area, indeed too inconspicuous.

After this battle, Li Yuan was destined to become famous among the students at the invitation event.

"Li Yuan, awesome." Gu Qianghan had already turned around, shouting excitedly.

Li Yuan smiled.

"Li Yuan, amazing, I underestimated you before." Wu Dongdong stared at Li Yuan as if he had discovered a treasure, curious: "You are fourth-stage spear technique, and I am also fourth-stage spear technique. I will definitely find an opportunity to spar with you later."

"Good." Li Yuan naturally had no objection.

Instead, it was Lin Lanyue who only smiled slightly: "Congratulations, you got first place, 500,000 Blue Star coins, you have to treat us later."

"Sorry." Li Yuan smiled: "I didn't tell you in advance before, my spear technique only broke through yesterday."

"Oh?"

"Only broke through yesterday?" Lin Lanyue realized: "So, you fainting in the martial arts room yesterday also had something to do with your spear technique breakthrough?"

"Yes!" Li Yuan nodded.

……

The fifth and sixth cage melees proceeded one after another.

However, no super experts with a cliff-like lead similar to Li Yuan and Tian Dazhuang appeared again.

But in a sense, this made these two melees even more exciting, giving most participating students more room to play.

Six rounds ended.

Of the ten students from the First High School of Guanshan District, except for Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue who got first and second.

None of the other eight students could rush into the top fifty.

This also made Dong Haifeng and the others realize the gap.

Perhaps, in terms of total martial arts score, some of them relied on 'spirituality bonus points' to slightly exceed Li Yuan in the January assessment.

But the real strength gap was huge.

In the 'Jiangbei Martial Arts University Invitation Event', which represented the highest level of high school seniors in Jiangbei Province, Li Yuan was still the most dazzling.

And they were already just ordinary members among the thousands of elite students.

……

"I announce that the cage melee is over." The big man in black's voice was still powerful: "The sixty students who received rewards can check their accounts respectively."

"All Blue Star coin rewards have been issued."

The end of this event also meant that the first day's itinerary of the invitation event was all over.

……

Virtual network, inside the personal space.

"500,000 Blue Star coins, received." Li Yuan had already received the bank account reminder and couldn't help but smile: "The efficiency of Kunlun Martial Arts University is high."

The most timely feedback is what stimulates people's motivation the most.

……

Exiting the virtual network pod, Li Yuan chatted with Gu Qianghan while taking a can of cola from the refrigerator.

"Beep~"

"Beep~" At the door of the martial arts room, the doorbell rang.

"So late, why is someone still coming?" Gu Qianghan looked puzzled: "Who is it!"

"I'll go open the door." Li Yuan smiled and went straight to open the door.

Opening the door, appearing in front of Li Yuan were a bald, burly man and an old man in a black robe.

"Who are you?" Li Yuan felt slightly hesitant; he could feel the aura emanating from both of them.

Moreover, Li Yuan had subconsciously probed, and both of their life layers exceeded the probe limit.

This meant that the two people in front of him were at least Source Martial Artists.

"Student Li Yuan."

"I am the Vice Dean of the Sixth Academy of Kunlun Martial Arts University. My surname is Li." The bald, burly man in the lead smiled slightly: "I came because I want to represent Kunlun Martial Arts University and formally issue you an S-level special training invitation."

"Can we talk alone?"

(End of chapter)