Chapter 155: Fighting Explosions with Explosions

In the following matches, aside from Li Er easily defeating a senior in his third year, the rest were without suspense, all resulting in the outcomes the general audience had anticipated.

In the blink of an eye, after two rounds of the Individual Tournament, it was already noon.

The matches continued after a short lunch break.

As the Individual Tournament entered the third round, it also meant the Individual Tournament was nearing its end.

It was also the most exciting time of the Individual Tournament.

Because those who could enter the third round of the Individual Tournament were often the strongest among the contestants.

The first match of the third round featured Zhou Chu against a senior in his fourth year named Lin Yue.

Lin Yue was the runner-up of the previous Elite Tournament, and his Soul Profession was "Thunder Flame Controller".

His ability was the ability to freely manipulate the two elements of lightning and flame.

At the same time, he could also combine these two elements for use, thereby producing different explosive effects.

Its power was even more astonishing than when using lightning or flame skills individually.

Therefore, people gave Lin Yue the nickname "Explosives Expert".

Although he was bound to a Soul Power System profession, he privately had quite a bit of research into various bombs, so in addition to his main Combat Department, he also engaged in a relatively niche major—the Demolition Department!

It is said that this department was even more niche than the Mechanical Department that Zhou Chu was minoring in; the entire Shenxia University Demolition Department had only one student: Lin Yue.

Because the Demolition Department was opened by the school specifically for him based on the characteristics of his profession.

Therefore, the Demolition Department was also the youngest department in the entire Shenxia University.

As the only proud son of heaven in the Demolition Department of the whole school, Lin Yue was quite knowledgeable about both the fusion of his own Soul Power for explosions and the explosive equipment made from materials.

So, unlike most Soul Power System professions, Lin Yue did not wear Magic Robe-type equipment; instead, he wore a special outfit, like that of an explosive ordnance disposal soldier.

Moreover, in the ammunition pouches at his waist and on both sides of his thighs, all kinds of explosive equipment were tucked away.

He even had a launcher in his hand similar to an anti-tank grenade launcher, with a red warhead installed on it.

Just hearing the name Thunder Flame Controller, Zhou Chu's first reaction was that it was a Mage-type Soul Profession, which had nothing to do with demolition at all.

Seeing Lin Yue's outfit, it was even more beyond Zhou Chu's expectations.

This didn't look like a traditional Mage who manipulated elements at all; it was clearly an explosive ordnance disposal technician armed to the teeth.

Lin Yue looked at Zhou Chu, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a confident smile, as if victory were already in his grasp.

He raised the grenade launcher in his hand, aimed it at Zhou Chu, and said loudly, "Zhou Chu, to be able to make it to this round, you can be considered to have some ability. However, meeting me, you are destined to stop here today!"

Zhou Chu felt that people who said such things were either mentally ill or had ruined their brains from studying too much; how could he be so certain that he would win?

Was it just because of the rocket launcher in his hand, or did he have some other way to deal with the Undying Curse?

The audience off the stage couldn't bear to watch at this moment, and some even covered their eyes.

"Senior Lin Yue, this blockhead, must have just come out of the research lab and signed up for the competition. Doesn't he know how formidable Zhou Chu is?"

"Sigh, you're right. When eating just now, I saw him rush out of the Experimental Building, shovel down a few bites of food at the cafeteria, and head straight for the registration point."

"Then it's over. If Zhou Chu continues to use Mental Spell, Senior Lin Yue is definitely done for; he might just end up like Senior Shi Yu, firing a shot at his own head."

"I just want to write a big, miserable 'tragedy' on Senior Lin Yue's forehead right now!"

However, Zhou Chu did not know that Lin Yue had not been at the competition venue earlier and had just signed up for the competition.

After the referee on the field gave the start command, he hurriedly activated the Teleportation Stone in his hand and flew out of the arena.

Clearly, he knew the power of Lin Yue's explosions well and also knew that this would be a duel where it would be hard not to get caught in the crossfire, so he escaped the Arena in advance.

Zhou Chu had wanted to use the Undying Curse again to send Lin Yue out of the arena without drawing blood, but upon second thought, that was also quite boring.

So he immediately summoned a Rot-Exploder from the Contract Pool.

Wouldn't it be more interesting to fight fire with fire—or rather, explosions with explosions?

Seeing the strange-looking Rot-Exploder that Zhou Chu summoned, a hint of surprise could not help but appear on Lin Yue's face.

At the same time, his gaze was instantly attracted by the Rot-Exploder, as if he were examining this foul-smelling undead creature from a professional perspective.

"What is this?"

Lin Yue observed for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly; the ugly creature before him clearly exceeded his scope of expertise.

Zhou Chu smiled and introduced, "You have bombs, and I have bombs. This is naturally my bomb."

After hearing this, Lin Yue curled his lips in some disdain and said, "You call this a bomb? It doesn't look special at all; it's clearly just a deformed product of a deformed brain's imagination. Compared to my Thunder Fire Bomb, it's far inferior."

"Oh? Then let's compare and see whose is more powerful: your Thunder Fire Bomb or my deformed bomb!"

Lin Yue didn't say another word and immediately nodded: "Fine, let's compare. But let's agree beforehand: if we're going to compare, we each take one hit, and we cannot dodge in between; we can only take it head-on with our bodies. How about that?"

Zhou Chu smiled: "No problem!"

"Good, who goes first?" A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Lin Yue's face.

Zhou Chu shrugged and stretched out a hand: "Senior, you go first. I'd like to experience the power of the Thunder Fire Bomb first."

"Good! Then here I come!"

Lin Yue was not polite, and his heart was even more overjoyed.

Clearly a greenhorn who had never seen the power of his Thunder Fire Bomb, wanting to take it head-on with his body—is he a fool?

Kid, then you really have no chance!

After speaking, Lin Yue shouldered the launcher, aimed it at Zhou Chu again, and pressed the launch button.

That red warhead, wrapped in the power of thunder and fire, shot toward Zhou Chu like a small meteor.

As the warhead flew, the surrounding air was torn apart by lightning, emitting a crackling sound, while the flames illuminated the surroundings in a deep red, releasing astonishing heat.

Only a loud "Boom—" was heard, and the explosion, mixed with scorching flames, engulfed Zhou Chu's entire body.

Rolling thick smoke rose up, flames raged and surged on the Arena, and the intense shockwave spread in all directions, causing the Protection Barrier around the Arena to ripple.

The firelight illuminated Lin Yue's slightly smug face; he even took a cigar out of his pocket, lit it on the tip of the launcher where a spark was still flickering, and then calmly put it in his mouth.

Then, he turned his head to look at the big screen not far away, only to find that it did not display the match result.

Could it be that the kid hasn't been eliminated yet?

That's impossible; even a Third Turn Soul Professional couldn't take one of his Thunder Fire Bombs head-on with their body and still be alive.

Lin Yue was startled and hurriedly cast his gaze toward the center of the arena, which was filled with thick smoke.

Just then, a bone-chilling cold wind suddenly blew up, rapidly dispersing the thick smoke.

He saw wisps of cold air lingering over Zhou Chu's body, and he was standing there completely unscathed.

He turned his head to glance at the health of the Corpse Exploder, and surprisingly, nearly half of its health had been depleted.

It seems the power of this Thunder Fire Bomb isn't very good.