Chapter 17: Champion

"First match of the semi-finals, Li Fei versus Zhou Yishan."

On the arena, the referee announced loudly.

"Xiao Fei, be careful, don't trade blows head-on with him."

Li Tianyu exhorted Li Fei.

Li Fei smiled at her: "Don't worry, watch me avenge you."

Having said that, he turned and stepped onto the arena.

Li Tianyu looked at the confident Li Fei stepping onto the stage, feeling that this younger brother who had grown up with her was indeed different now.

On the other side, Zhou Yishan confidently said to Chen Lixin:

"Watch me beat the shit out of him!"

Soon, the two stood on the arena.

Zhou Yishan's body completely overshadowed Li Fei; standing together, the contrast in their builds was very obvious.

"Begin!"

The referee announced the start of the match.

As the words fell, Li Fei and Zhou Yishan stepped forward almost simultaneously, colliding with each other with their bodies.

Mountain-Collapsing Stance, Stepping Mountain-Collapse!

"Court death!"

Seeing Li Fei choose the same move as himself, Zhou Yishan sneered in his heart.

The next second, their bodies collided.

Bang!

A dull thud rang out on the arena.

Zhou Yishan felt as if he had collided with a mountain; although he practiced the Mountain-Collapsing Stance, it didn't mean he could truly collapse mountains and rivers.

Thus, something that left everyone present dumbfounded happened: Zhou Yishan was knocked back by Li Fei!

"No way..."

Li Tianyu off the stage widened her eyes.

She had personally experienced how strong Zhou Yishan's strength was, and she was also crystal clear about how strong Li Fei's strength was, so she really couldn't understand why the person knocked back was Zhou Yishan?

After Li Fei used the Stepping Mountain-Collapse, he immediately advanced to throw a punch, still the Mountain-Collapsing Stance.

A flash of ferocity crossed Zhou Yishan's eyes; he actively retreated to dodge Li Fei's punch, and just as Li Fei followed up with another Mountain-Collapsing Stance move, he suddenly lifted his leg, whipping a high kick toward Li Fei's head.

He was too familiar with the Mountain-Collapsing Stance and had anticipated Li Fei's move, thereby seizing the initiative.

Slap!

The air exploded, and Zhou Yishan's whip kick landed solidly on Li Fei's head.

"Bad!"

Li Tianyu off the stage changed color immediately; even with protective gear, Zhou Yishan's kick could knock someone unconscious!

On the stage, after being kicked, Li Fei only tilted his neck slightly, his body not even swaying; he immediately kicked out his right leg, hooking the opponent's supporting left leg like a sickle cutting grass.

Bang!

Zhou Yishan fell heavily to the ground.

"Wow—"

There was an uproar off the stage.

Even the Zhige Academy teachers standing in the four corners of the arena showed expressions of astonishment.

Just how formidable must one's ability to withstand strikes be to ignore Zhou Yishan's attack like this?

Li Fei looked calmly at the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl:

【Level: 3, 3%

Blood Soul: 15 + 91%】

Zhou Yishan's strength was indeed not bad; the damage one kick caused him was more than what others caused in an entire match.

But that was all.

Even if Li Fei stood still and let the opponent kick him, the opponent would have to kick him over a hundred times to knock him down.

"Come again."

Li Fei crooked his finger at Zhou Yishan.

Zhou Yishan looked at Li Fei with a surprised face and stood up again:

"How did you do it?"

Li Fei didn't answer him, continuing to step forward and throw punches, answering with the Mountain-Collapsing Stance!

Zhou Yishan gritted his teeth, refusing to believe it, and continued to throw punches, trading blows with Li Fei.

Bang bang bang bang—

The two threw punches like the wind, standing straight without dodging or evading, trading punches in the simplest and crudest way!

Both of their fists landed on each other like raindrops; this fighting style, where every punch hit flesh and was simple and crude to the extreme, left the students off the stage dumbfounded.

Because the person Li Fei was trading punches with was Zhou Yishan!

From the day Zhou Yishan enrolled, no student in this year's Zhige Academy had dared to fight him in this way; yet now, he felt like he was hitting a slowly moving mountain, forced to retreat continuously.

Seeing that he was inching closer to the edge of the ring and knowing that if he retreated any further he would lose, Zhou Yishan took the initiative to step back a few paces, then lunged forward, roaring as he charged at Li Fei. With the veins on his neck bulging, he exerted all his strength, resembling a runaway wild bull.

Li Fei stood in place, employing the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body, waiting for Zhou Yishan to collide with him.

Bang!

Zhou Yishan collided with Li Fei but couldn't shake him; his figure was forced to stop, and then he felt a huge counter-shock force, involuntarily retreating backward.

Li Fei continued to step forward and throw punches.

From the start of the battle until now, he hadn't retreated even half a step!

Bang!

Li Fei's left hook hit the protective gear on Zhou Yishan's head, followed immediately by a right punch to the abdomen, and a left straight punch to the face...

Zhou Yishan subconsciously fought back, but it couldn't affect Li Fei at all.

When Zhou Yishan was forced to the edge of the arena, Li Fei used a turning elbow strike to fiercely hit Zhou Yishan's chest, knocking him off the arena!

"Li Fei, wins!"

The referee announced the result.

Li Fei came to the edge of the arena, gave Zhou Yishan a thumbs-up, and then slowly turned it downward.

In his previous life, he was accustomed to being cautious in everything he did; now, winning on the arena with this rigid and overbearing fighting style, he felt a long-lost hot-bloodedness and had some youthful spirit.

"This feeling is not bad."

Li Fei thought to himself, a smile appearing on his face.

After doing all this, he turned to look at Chen Lixin, whose expression was uncertain:

"I said, the match isn't over yet."

After saying that, he walked off the arena calmly.

"Damn, you're too cool, how did you do it?"

After getting off the stage, Li Tianyu asked impatiently.

"Used the hard-training kung fu that Mr. Hao taught me."

"What hard-training kung fu can be this powerful?"

"Perhaps it's also because I have a tiny bit of talent in this area."

"Hahahahaha, awesome, this time you must win the championship!"

"Okay."

While the two were talking, Chen Lixin had already gone up to compete.

Relying on the secret martial arts of the Chen family, he didn't spend much effort knocking his opponent off the arena and entering the finals.

Fifteen minutes later, the finals began.

"I really didn't expect that you could actually make it to this step."

On the arena, Chen Lixin said to Li Fei.

"There are still many things you don't expect."

Li Fei said calmly.

Chen Lixin revealed a sinister expression: "People like you always fail to recognize reality. In this world, some people are born in the clouds, while others are born in the mud; everyone is simply not on the same level, yet you always think that if you stand on your tiptoes, you can reach the sky!"

Li Fei was silent.

To some extent, what the other party said wasn't wrong; it was the same principle as the 'small-town test-takers' of his previous life.

In his previous life, he worked hard in the system, but wasn't his promotion speed still slower than those second-generation kids?

However, in this life, Li Fei no longer believed in such principles.

"My teacher told me that if it's not in your fate, you must strive for it."

He looked at Chen Lixin and said calmly.

Chen Lixin sneered:

"Then today I will tell you that there are some thresholds in this world that you will never be able to cross in your entire life!"

As the words fell, his breathing became rapid, and his complexion became ruddy.

Li Fei guessed that the other party was about to use some secret technique, so he decisively stepped forward and actively launched an attack.

However, Chen Lixin didn't have obvious shortcomings like Zhou Yishan; his movement techniques were only slightly worse than Li Tianyu's, and he dodged easily on the arena.

Ten seconds later, his body became hot and burning, his blood circulated rapidly, and his heart rate was twice as fast as before!

The Chen family naturally had implants, but they couldn't compare to the Zhige Academy of the twelve universities; in order to let Chen Lixin build a good foundation, the Chen family didn't give him an implant.

However, Chen Lixin still mastered some power that could allow him to surpass ordinary people.

The breathing technique he was using at this moment was a secret of the Chen family, capable of stimulating his own potential in a short time, allowing him to burst out with power far exceeding his own limits!

This was the threshold brought by family background that he had just mentioned to Li Fei!

After using such a secret technique, Chen Lixin would have to soak in a medicinal bath for several days to recover; the cost of the medicinal bath far exceeded the prize money of this championship, so doing this was actually a loss, and he wouldn't use this secret technique in school assessments on ordinary days.

However, Chen Lixin had his own calculations; in order to maintain the face of the Chen family and to let out this breath of his, this price was worth it.

Today, he just wanted to let this pair of siblings from the Li family know why the Chen family was the number one family in Xingcheng, and why the Li family was nothing!

"Give it to me and lie down!"

After completing the secret technique, Chen Lixin fiercely punched Li Fei.

Li Fei blocked it in time with the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body, but still felt a great force surging over.

He roughly estimated that this strength was much stronger than Zhou Yishan's!

With the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl sharing the damage, Li Fei could still manage to hold on without retreating; after all, 99% of the impact was absorbed.

However, he still chose to retreat a few steps.

He could appear very powerful, but he couldn't appear very abnormal.

Seeing Li Fei finally being beaten back, Chen Lixin revealed an excited expression and immediately chased after him, throwing punches one after another.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dull explosions rang out on the arena, as if a big drum was being constantly beaten; Li Fei held his arms in a frame, protecting his head, and was beaten back continuously.

He looked at the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl:

【Level: 3, 6%

Blood Soul: 15 + 11%】

In just this short while, Chen Lixin had knocked off more than half of his Blood Soul; the offensive was indeed very fierce.

If an ordinary person were to have 'one-tenth of their blood' knocked off, their injuries would already be quite serious; if 'one-third of their blood' were knocked off, they would likely be seriously injured and unable to get up.

Reality, after all, is not a game where you can still show off your operations with low health.

However, for Li Fei, who possessed the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, even if he only had one Blood Soul left, he could still continue to show off, so although Chen Lixin's offensive was fierce, it couldn't scare him at all.

He calmly waited for the opportunity, retreating bit by bit to the edge of the arena.

Everyone felt that the outcome had been decided.

"Get down!"

Chen Lixin had completely gone wild, excitedly kicking Li Fei's lower abdomen.

Slap!

Li Fei actively thrust forward, and he, who had been retreating step by step, suddenly caught Chen Lixin's kick.

Chen Lixin widened his eyes, feeling that something was wrong, but before he could retract his leg, Li Fei had already swept his supporting leg with a sickle-hook kick.

Chen Lixin's body immediately lost balance, tilting to the left.

Li Fei quickly stepped forward, grabbed Chen Lixin's arms with both hands, twisted his waist and hips, and fiercely turned to throw the other person out!

Bang—

Chen Lixin fell heavily outside the arena.

"..."

The scene was silent; everyone hadn't reacted yet.

"Li Fei, wins!"

It wasn't until the referee announced the result loudly that everyone woke up like a dream.

Li Fei looked at the crowd off the stage, raised his right hand high, held up one finger, and a bright smile appeared on his face:

Me, champion!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 18 =====