Having surpassed Hu Yuntao, Song Hailong now occupied the second position on the track.

Yet, no joy graced his face; his gaze remained fixed on Yu Xinghan in the distance.

“That man…”

For Song Hailong, Yu Xinghan was his sole adversary in this competition.

At that moment, Song Hailong’s muscles contracted, making him appear noticeably thinner, exuding a streamlined beauty.

This transformation was achieved through his mastery over the Mimic-Beast musculature, allowing him to temporarily morph into a speed-oriented form.

The Mimic-Beast musculature, with its remarkable malleability, allowed students to gradually retract the bestial traits on their bodies as their control over their flesh increased after modification.

For Song Hailong, an academic powerhouse who had already undergone elephant musculature implantation, adapting to the Mimic-Beast musculature proved relatively easy. He could even temporarily alter his physique to enhance speed as his control over his body grew.

Though the resulting speed came in bursts and lacked controllability, rendering it useless in the previous stage, it was perfectly suited for the speed challenge of this one.

Each muscle fiber exploded after extreme contraction, like springs forged from steel, unleashing tremendous kinetic energy.

With each powerful thump of his heart, blood surged to every muscle, delivering vast amounts of energy and dispersing various medicinal properties throughout his limbs.

“But it’s still not enough.”

“To defeat Yu Xinghan, this is still not enough.”

Song Hailong recalled his failures over the past time, how he had repeatedly fallen before Yu Xinghan, succumbing to him in every aspect: Dao heart, magical power, athletics, martial arts, Daoist techniques… a complete and utter defeat.

He remembered the humiliation he suffered before the entire school, the shame inflicted upon him by that man.

He remembered the humiliation of kneeling, his father’s disappointment, his elder brother’s criticism…

But he knew that he could only endure for now.

“To defeat Yu Xinghan, I must pursue him step by step.”

“To dream of soaring into the sky and defeating him instantly is to disrespect both his talent and the wealth of a Golden Core True Person.”

“I will remember the failure of this competition.”

“I will surely defeat you in the future.”

For Song Hailong, securing second place in this competition was a failure, a disgrace worthy of being etched in his memory.

But a moment later, Song Hailong’s eyes suddenly twitched.

Out of the corner of his eye, he heard the sound of rushing wind, and two figures emerged from behind him, one on each side.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Thanks, Lao Song, for shielding us from the wind resistance behind you.”

“In the remaining distance, I will sprint at full speed.”

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, who had been conserving their strength behind Song Hailong, suddenly accelerated.

Watching Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen overtake him and surge forward like lightning, Song Hailong was taken aback.

“Their physical strength is clearly below mine, yet they can unleash such speed… they’ve surpassed… me!”

Song Hailong tried to catch up, but he couldn’t.

“Have I slowed down?”

“No, they’re accelerating! These two can go even faster!”

Song Hailong stared intently at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen ahead of him, at the rising and falling, contracting and expanding muscles on their bodies.

“Has Bai Zhenzhen been practicing a body refinement technique focused on speed?”

Observing her high-frequency body movements and the incredibly coordinated rhythm of her muscles, Song Hailong sensed an unparalleled lightness about her.

He had to admit that he could probably surpass her in strength, but he was behind in speed.

As for Zhang Yu…

Beneath the tight-fitting sportswear, Song Hailong could clearly see the contours of Zhang Yu’s muscles, the flesh from top to bottom like a unified whole, radiating a dazzling brilliance like a perfect work of art with every movement and burst of energy.

Only those with a level of control and physical strength like Song Hailong could appreciate the stunning brilliance, sensing the precision and fluidity of that body.

“Zhang Yu… he’s perfectly unleashing every inch of strength from his body…”

Zhang Yu’s physical strength might not be as great as his, but his control over his body, his mastery of his muscles, and the speed he unleashed at this moment made Song Hailong feel extremely dazzled.

It was as if everyone had electromagnetic force within them, but not everyone could fire a railgun.

And at this moment, Song Hailong looked at Zhang Yu, whose physical strength was slightly lower than his, and only felt a sense of power, a familiar sense of power.

“It’s… Yu Xinghan!”

“Zhang Yu’s mobilization of the power of his entire body… could it have reached the same level as Yu Xinghan?”

Watching Zhang Yu move further and further away from him, Song Hailong frantically swung his legs, but he could not catch up in the slightest.

It was the same feeling he had every time he tried to catch up with Yu Xinghan.

Unconsciously, the figures of Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan in front of him seemed to merge together.

No… they weren’t just merging together!

“Damn it… Zhang Yu is about to catch up with Yu Xinghan!”

In Song Hailong’s astonished gaze, Zhang Yu surpassed him, then quickly shook off Bai Zhenzhen, and continued to accelerate! Accelerate! And accelerate again! He began to approach Yu Xinghan.

His footsteps grew lighter and lighter, each moment traversing tens of meters, as if he were about to fly into the sky and pluck the stars ahead, and that glittering star that Zhang Yu was gradually closing in on was none other than Yu Xinghan.

Song Hailong’s heart shook: “He wants to challenge Yu Xinghan?”

Challenge Yu Xinghan? Challenge the absolute number one in overall physical qualities, who was superior to all the other contestants present?

On the other side, Yu Xinghan’s third eye at the center of his brow clearly saw the figure gradually catching up.

Yu Xinghan smiled. “Oh, he really caught up?”

At this moment, when everyone was moving forward at full speed, unleashing all their strength,

Yu Xinghan actually turned his head abruptly and looked at Zhang Yu, who was chasing after him.

He even spoke, sighing, “I know you.”

“You’re that guy I eliminated, right?”

“If it weren’t for me, it seems you would have been accepted as a disciple by my master.”

“So… do you hate me very much?”

Hearing the powerful voice mixed in with the rushing wind, Zhang Yu did not answer.

He wasn’t wasting his energy on conversation; at this moment, all he wanted was victory.

Whether it was Song Hailong or Yu Xinghan, they were just opponents he needed to defeat.

“Beat them, win this competition.”

“Get into the Top Ten.”

“Climb to the second floor of Kunxu with A-Zhen!”

At this moment, Zhang Yu was simply unleashing the power of this body, just like running day and night in the past. Although he couldn’t use his magical power at this moment, he could still vent the power of his flesh and blood as he pleased.

And as if sensing the firmness in Zhang Yu’s eyes, Yu Xinghan smiled slightly and said, “Not bad, you really are a guy who has mastered the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Technique like me.”

“Then… I’ll play with you.”

In the astonished gazes of everyone, Yu Xinghan suddenly slowed down, and in contrast to Zhang Yu, who was chasing after him, he seemed to retreat backward in an instant, retreating to the same position as Zhang Yu.

Then, as Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu sprinted side by side, bringing with them a gust of wind, his right hand slowly extended three fingers.

Then two fingers.

Zhang Yu’s breath sank, and he gritted his teeth in his heart: “Countdown… this guy…”

Zhang Yu immediately understood that Yu Xinghan wanted to retreat to the same position as him and compete again.

In the next moment, the fingers Yu Xinghan extended became one.

Zhang Yu roared inwardly.

If he had been sprinting at full speed just now, then at this moment, every muscle, every strand of blood in Zhang Yu’s body was exploding under his precise control, overloading the system.

Although he couldn’t use his magical power at the moment, Runner’s Legs, Elevator Leap, the Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building, Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi… a series of level 10 skills, and countless physical experiences of rushing, were still brought into play by Zhang Yu at this moment, overloading the system.

The flesh and blood all over his body seemed to become an extension of his thoughts, frantically rushing forward under the command of his will.

For the competition team of Songyang High School, the muscular self-limitation that needed surgery to unlock was something that Zhang Yu could directly break through by relying on his powerful control over his body at this moment.

Under this overloaded burst, his muscles began to tremble, his internal organs seemed to groan, and his entire body burst out with speed beyond the limit.

But he no longer had the energy to pay attention to these things; all that was left in his eyes was Yu Xinghan, who was being held tightly beside him.

I can…

“I can defeat him.”

“My control over my body is stronger than his, I’m better at accelerating than him, and I can surpass my limits better than him.”

“Even if my physical strength is lower, I can still be faster than him!”

Under the shocked gazes of countless people on the scene.

Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan’s bodies accelerated repeatedly, like starting a race again in a race.

And the two figures were like two streams of light, suddenly shaking off everyone and streaking along the track.

Neck and neck!

“So fast!” Qian Shen murmured: “Can a high school student be this fast?”

In the resting area of Songyang High School, He Dayou, Qian Shen, Zhao Tianxing, and others were all shocked to see this scene, watching Zhang Yu actually running side by side with Yu Xinghan, the strongest player in the field, like two bolts of lightning traversing the track.

“With a physical strength of level 4.95, running side by side with Yu Xinghan, who is at level 5.07…” Wang Hai looked at Zhang Yu, who was moving at high speed on the big screen, with an excited face, and thought with a trembling heart: “That means Zhang Yu’s exploitation of physical strength… is above Yu Xinghan’s?”

But he quickly suppressed this incredible idea.

“No, it’s impossible. It should be some kind of potent drug that stimulates potential, right?”

“But to make Zhang Yu catch up with Yu Xinghan’s speed, the side effects of this kind of drug must be huge.”

Wang Hai looked at Zhang Yu on the big screen with concern: “Can he hold on?”

In the audience.

The streamer Gang Shan exclaimed: “This student from Songyang High School can actually keep up with Yu Xinghan’s speed! The level of these two is stronger than most high school seniors, right?”

Le Jingchen also looked at this scene with incomparable surprise, and thought to himself, “What on earth did Songyang High School do?”

He nodded: “He should have taken some kind of powerful drug to allow him to keep up with Yu Xinghan’s speed in a short period of time. It can be seen that under the action of new technologies and drugs, it is not impossible for ordinary people to challenge Golden Core disciples.”

As he spoke, he asked Gang Shan to point the camera at Le Mulan’s direction.

“He’s been warming up for so long, the drug’s effects should have fully taken effect. Mulan is about to unleash her power, right?”

On the track, Le Mulan, who had been in fifth place, suddenly accelerated, first surpassing Song Hailong in one breath, and then constantly approaching Bai Zhenzhen.

At this moment, her cheeks were flushed, her breathing was heavy, gusts of heat were constantly emitting from her flesh and blood, and the purple vertical pupil mark on her forehead also became more and more vivid.

What the coach had just said appeared in Le Mulan’s mind.

“This is the latest prohibited drug from the Ziyun Laboratory. One dose costs 100,000, and the drug is enough to burn out the internal organs of ordinary high school students.”

“However, you, who have undergone super metabolic surgery, can completely withstand it.”

“Because after the drug’s effects wear off, your flesh and blood will fall into a state of extreme fatigue, so you can only take it before this stage starts.”

“And after taking this drug, you need to run a warm-up to wait for the drug to take effect.”

“Then all you have to do is… run.”

“Before the drug’s effects wear off, run the rest of the way with all your strength.”

(There was a typo in the previous chapter. High school started eight and a half months ago, but I accidentally wrote seven and a half months. The relevant places in the front have been modified. I will explain it here again)