Chapter 149

"So, so powerful holy aura!"

On the arena, looking at the huge holy warhammer smashing toward her rapidly, Song Xialan's expression was shocked.

For professions like Paladin or Priest, there is a very simple way to judge strength.

That is to observe the intensity of the holy aura attached to the skills!

Generally speaking, for skills released by such holy professionals, the stronger the holy aura, the more powerful the resulting attack.

And the attack Zhou Yi unleashed by erupting with his full strength was clearly already beyond her capacity to bear.

"Such strength... is Zhou Yi really a freshman this year just like me?

It's simply too absurd..."

In an instant, Song Xialan had already sighed many times in her heart.

However, at this point, she could only bite the bullet and go for it:

"Eight Trigrams Protective Array!"

Unlike the Swordsman profession, the sword in her arms is not used as a weapon for attacking in most cases.

Instead, it is like a mage's staff, providing a medium for releasing Daoist arts.

Therefore, the moment she shouted, the sword in her arms bloomed with a violent energy fluctuation.

Subsequently, on the arena floor at Song Xialan's feet.

With her as the center, a Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams array suddenly unfolded, then generated an extremely thick black barrier, protecting her within.

Bang!!

The huge golden warhammer smashed onto the black barrier, instantly shattering it!!

It could be seen that shattering the barrier caused the radiance of the entire holy warhammer to weaken significantly.

But the holy warhammer still did not dissipate, and with its remaining momentum, it still smashed onto Song Xialan!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!......

The holy aura raged, and the automatically triggered shields provided by the Daoist robe, necklace, and pendant she wore were shattered in an instant by the vast holy power!!

By the time this strike passed, the equipment on her whole body that could provide protection had almost all been triggered...

It was precisely because there were so many pieces of equipment providing shields that Song Xialan, apart from looking a bit disheveled, did not suffer too much damage.

"Hoo, hoo..."

Song Xialan gasped heavily.

Although the magic shield helped her resist most of the damage brought by the holy power, the force brought by the energy impact was all applied to her body.

At this moment, she felt pain all over her body.

One can imagine that if it weren't for the protection of this equipment, she would probably have been seriously injured and fainted on the spot under this strike!

Suddenly......

She sensed again that the slender and tall figure opposite was starting to condense holy power.

Again?

She was startled and shouted quickly:

"Don't! I concede!"

The free challenge tournament doesn't just have this one match.

If she continued to fight Zhou Yi, she might end up with the same serious injury as Shen Lingfeng.

And next, she would likely face challenges from others; to preserve her strength, she couldn't continue fighting!

Besides.

Just from this one skill, she knew that the two were simply not on the same level...

She was indeed convinced of her defeat.

"Winner, Zhou Yi!"

The referee mentor below, hearing this, also announced the victory of this match.

"Is this Zhou Yi's full strength? Too powerful!!"

"This holy aura permeating his whole body, the momentum is more than twice as strong as before!!"

"Tsk tsk, it seems that even if a provincial top scorer comes, they can't avoid the outcome of being crushed."

Looking at Zhou Yi on the stage, surrounded by various holy auras, his momentum climbing to the peak.

All the freshmen had an illusion that they were indeed freshmen who had just enrolled, while Zhou Yi seemed like a senior who was unreasonably strong...

This point, even for the specially admitted students, was the same.

"Zhou Yi has all his buffs active now; no one should choose to challenge him at this time, right."

"Zhou Yi's buff duration is very long; if you want him to completely exit the buff state, it should be more than ten minutes later."

At this moment, Zhou Yi, with all buffs active, stood on the arena like a god of war.

All the freshmen guessed that no one should dare to choose to challenge at this time.

However, at this moment, a graceful figure walked out of the crowd, aiming straight for the arena in front.

This was a young girl wearing tight black leather armor.

Her figure was graceful, and the curves of her body outlined by the leather armor were full and alluring.

A flawless, delicate face seemed to have a captivating charm, making many people's hearts flutter.

"It's the second-ranked Jiang Churan; she actually chose to go on stage at this time!"

Spirit-Driving Swordsman Jiang Churan, with that perfect figure and appearance, as well as the iconic black long sword on her back, left a deep impression on many people.

At this moment, as soon as she went on stage, she immediately received everyone's attention.

"Speaking of which, this incredibly beautiful Jiang Churan came with Zhou Yi; could there be something going on between the two..."

"Ah? No way!!"

Before Jiang Churan even got on stage, some people started spreading gossip about the two.

It is worth mentioning.

Although today was Jiang Churan's first appearance in front of many ordinary freshmen, she already possessed quite a bit of popularity.

"Jiang Churan is on stage."

"Choosing to go on stage at this time, it seems she is also extremely confident in her own strength."

On the distant ceremonial platform, all the mentors nodded in approval.

Zhou Yi is now fully buffed, and his strength is at its peak.

Very few students would choose to challenge Zhou Yi at this time.

And Jiang Churan is clearly an exception.

Of course, her behavior of facing difficulties head-on also won the approval of all the teachers.

"But wanting to defeat Zhou Yi is probably difficult."

"That's not necessarily true; the Spirit-Driving Swordsman's powerful sword techniques, plus the captivating charm brought to her by the Succubus bloodline, if Zhou Yi gets distracted in the battle, it might be troublesome."

A mentor denied.

Compared to the Flame Dragon bloodline, the boost of Jiang Churan's Succubus bloodline to her physique might not be very obvious.

But that charm aura that is constantly emanating also needs extreme caution.

If one relaxes their vigilance, they might be charmed and lose their focus, thereby exposing flaws.

This point had already been reflected several times when Jiang Churan cleared the Abyss-level dungeon.

Countless Bear Monsters had their heads cut off before they could even react.

"People from the Jiang family of Sichuan Province, this is quite interesting."

On the side, Principal Wang Hui showed an interested expression.

He knew that a few days ago in the Gale Mountains, this girl seemed to have already been with Zhou Yi.

"I'm here..."

Accompanied by a melodious voice, Jiang Churan walked onto the arena, her beautiful eyes looking at Zhou Yi standing not far away.

Although she knew she couldn't beat Zhou Yi.

But at this moment, she still couldn't help but walk up.

Both sides were in place; the referee mentor, knowing they would only get the same answer, didn't bother asking Zhou Yi if he wanted to rest and directly pressed the start button of the arena.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Start!"

After the countdown to the start of the battle ended.

— Author's Notes —

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