Chapter 28: Champion

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

On the ring, the referee announced loudly.

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

Li Tianyu cautioned Li Fei.

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

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

Watching Li Fei step onto the stage with confidence, Li Tianyu felt that this younger brother she had grown up with was truly different now.

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

"Watch me beat the crap out of him!"

Soon, both stood on the ring.

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

"Begin!"

The referee announced the start of the match.

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

Mountain-Crushing Style, Stepping Mountain-Crush!

"You're courting death!"

Seeing Li Fei choose the same technique as himself, Zhou Yishan sneered inwardly.

The next second, their bodies collided.

Bang!

A dull thud echoed across the ring.

Zhou Yishan felt as if he had slammed into a mountain; although he practiced the Mountain-Crushing Style, it did not mean he could truly crush mountains and rivers.

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

"No way."

Li Tianyu's eyes widened off the stage.

She had experienced firsthand how strong Zhou Yishan's power was, and she knew perfectly well how strong Li Fei's power was, so she truly could not understand why the one knocked back was Zhou Yishan.

After using Stepping Mountain-Crush, Li Fei immediately stepped forward and threw a punch, still the Mountain-Crushing Style.

A flash of ferocity crossed Zhou Yishan's eyes; he actively retreated to dodge this punch. Just as Li Fei followed up with another Mountain-Crushing move, he suddenly raised his leg and whipped a high kick toward Li Fei's head.

He was too familiar with the Mountain-Crushing Style and had predicted Li Fei's move, thereby seizing the initiative.

Snap!

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

"Oh no!"

Li Tianyu's expression changed instantly off the stage; even with protective gear on, Zhou Yishan's kick could knock a person out cold!

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

Bang!

Zhou Yishan fell heavily to the ground.

"Whoa—"

There was an uproar off the stage.

Even the teachers from the Martial Defense Department standing at the four corners of the ring showed expressions of astonishment.

How formidable must one's resistance to strikes be to ignore Zhou Yishan's attack like this?

Li Fei calmly checked the Myriad Blood Bead:

【Level: 3, 3%

Blood Soul: 15 + 91%】

Zhou Yishan's power was indeed impressive; one kick dealt more damage to him than others had dealt 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 in surprise and stood back up:

"How did you do that?"

Li Fei did not answer him, continuing to step forward and punch, answering with the Mountain-Crushing Style!

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 blows in the simplest and most brutal way!

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

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

Since the day Zhou Yishan enrolled, no student in this year's Martial Defense Department had dared to fight him this way. Yet now, he felt like he was hitting a slowly moving mountain and was forced to keep retreating.

Seeing himself getting closer to the edge of the ring and knowing he would lose if he kept retreating, Zhou Yishan stepped back a few times, then stepped forward, roaring as he charged at Li Fei, veins bulging on his neck, using all his strength like an out-of-control bull.

Li Fei stood his ground, manifesting his Heavenly Steel Tyrant Body, waiting for Zhou Yishan to collide with him.

Bang!

Zhou Yishan slammed into Li Fei but failed to shake him. His figure was forced to a halt, and then he felt a massive rebounding force, causing him to stagger backward involuntarily.

Li Fei continued to step forward and punch.

From the start of the fight until now, he had not retreated a single 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 to the face.

Zhou Yishan subconsciously fought back, but it had no effect on Li Fei at all.

When Zhou Yishan was forced to the edge of the ring, Li Fei delivered a fierce spinning elbow strike to Zhou Yishan's chest, knocking him off the ring!

"Li Fei, winner!"

The referee announced the result.

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

In his past life, he was accustomed to being cautious in everything he did; now, winning on the ring with this fierce and overbearing style, he felt a long-lost sense of hot-bloodedness and a touch of youthful spirit.

"This feeling isn't bad."

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

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

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

After saying this, he walked off the ring with composure.

"Damn, you were so cool, how did you do that?"

After getting off the stage, Li Tianyu asked impatiently.

"I used the hard-body training techniques Master Hao taught me."

"What hard-body training can be this powerful?"

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

"Hahahaha, amazing, you must win the championship this time!"

"Okay."

While the two were talking, Chen Lixin had already gone up for his match.

Relying on the secret martial arts of the Chen family, he knocked his opponent off the ring without much effort and entered the finals.

Fifteen minutes later, the finals began.

"I really didn't expect you to make it this far."

On the ring, Chen Lixin said to Li Fei.

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

Li Fei said calmly.

Chen Lixin revealed a sinister expression: "People like you always fail to see reality. In this world, some are born in the clouds, and some are born in the mud. We aren't even in the same league, yet you always think that if you stand on your tiptoes, you can reach the sky!"

Li Fei was silent.

In a way, what the other party said wasn't wrong; it was the same logic as the 'small-town test-takers' of his past life.

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

But in this life, Li Fei no longer believed in such logic.

"My teacher told me, 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, 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 turned flushed.

Li Fei guessed that the opponent was about to use some secret technique, so he decisively stepped forward and took the initiative to attack.

However, Chen Lixin did not have obvious shortcomings like Zhou Yishan; his movement technique was only slightly inferior to Li Tianyu's, and he dodged on the arena with great ease.

Ten seconds later, his body grew hot and feverish, his blood circulated rapidly, and his heart rate doubled compared to before!

The Chen family naturally possessed implants, but they were not as good as those in the Stop-Conflict Department of the twelve universities; to allow Chen Lixin to build a solid foundation, the Chen family did not let him use implants.

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

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

This was what he had just told Li Fei: the threshold brought about by family background!

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

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

Today, he was going to let this pair of siblings from the Li family know why the Chen family was the number one noble family in Xingcheng, while the Li family was nothing!

"Get down!"

After completing the secret technique, Chen Lixin slammed a punch toward Li Fei.

Li Fei used the Heavenly Steel Tyrant Body to block it in time, but he still felt a great force surging in.

He made a rough estimate; this power was much stronger than Zhou Yishan's!

With the Ten Thousand Blood Bead sharing the damage, Li Fei could still manage to take it head-on without retreating; after all, 99% of the impact was absorbed.

However, he still chose to take a few steps back.

He could appear very powerful, but he could not appear very abnormal.

Seeing that Li Fei was finally beaten back, Chen Lixin revealed an excited expression and immediately chased after him, throwing punches in succession.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Muffled explosions rang out on the arena, as if a large drum was being constantly beaten; Li Fei held his hands in a guard to protect his head, being beaten back continuously.

He took a look at the Ten Thousand Blood Bead:

【Level: 3, 6%

Blood Soul: 15 beads + 11%】

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

If an ordinary person were to lose "one-tenth of their blood," their injuries would already be quite serious; if they lost "one-third of their blood," they would likely be severely injured and unable to stand.

Reality, after all, is not a game where one can still show off skills with low health.

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

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

Everyone felt that the outcome had been decided.

"Get off!"

Chen Lixin was completely hyped up and excitedly kicked toward Li Fei's lower abdomen.

Slap!

Li Fei took the initiative to lean forward; he, who had been retreating step by step, suddenly caught Chen Lixin's leg.

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

Chen Lixin's body immediately lost its balance and tilted to the left.

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

Bang—

Chen Lixin fell heavily outside the arena.

"..."

The scene was silent; everyone had not yet reacted.

"Li Fei, winner!"

It was not until the referee announced the result loudly that the crowd woke up as if from a dream.

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

I am the champion!

(End of this chapter)