Seeing Chu Qiuhe defeated by Zhang Yu, Qian Shen exclaimed in surprise, “Zhang Yu won!”

Zhao Tianxing had been observing the battle, but he couldn’t quite understand it. He asked, puzzled, “How did he suddenly win? It felt like Zhang Yu was constantly being suppressed.”

Qian Shen pondered, “Although Zhang Yu was constantly being suppressed, if you think about it carefully… he actually blocked almost all of Chu Qiuhe’s attacks.”

“On the contrary, Chu Qiuhe relied on his superior strength and physique, and almost only attacked without defending.”

Qian Shen said uncertainly, “And then it seems like Zhang Yu just happened to hit his vital point?”

He sighed, “I heard that the previous college entrance exams were purely arena battles, but there were too many accidental factors in battles, and relying solely on combat couldn’t select the most outstanding talents, so it was gradually revised into the current six-subject, 700-point system.”

He Dayou said gloatingly, “With Chu Qiuhe’s loss in this match, he’s finished at White Dragon High School.”

Zhao Tianxing said, “It’s just losing one battle, it can’t be that exaggerated, right?”

He Dayou: “What are the consequences if you lose to an ordinary high school?”

Zhao Tianxing immediately frowned: “What do students from ordinary high schools know about cultivation? How could I lose to them?”

He Dayou said blandly: “What if you do lose?”

The sky would fall, the shame of Songyang, humiliation for the entire school, walking onto the roof… just thinking about it made Zhao Tianxing feel despondent.

He Dayou saw the change in his expression and chuckled, “So, do you understand now?”

But then he saw Zhang Yu walking down the arena, and his brows couldn’t help but furrow again.

Chu Qiuhe’s loss certainly made him secretly happy, but Zhang Yu’s victory also pained him.

Meanwhile, in another arena.

The unconscious Chu Qiuhe was carried back to the White Dragon High School’s preparation area.

The competition coach glanced at him, but didn’t rush to wake him up and humiliate him.

After all, only Chu Qiuhe had returned so far; the other contestants were still competing in the arena.

Of course, he would wait until everyone returned before making Chu Qiuhe kneel in front of all the students and severely shame him.

“He actually lost to someone from Songyang High School.”

Just thinking about it made the competition coach secretly annoyed. His bonus and performance pay would be deducted, and he might even be ridiculed by other teachers and scolded by school leaders…

Just as the competition coach was thinking about these things, another White Dragon High School student was carried over.

The competition coach looked at the student on the stretcher and frowned, “What happened to you?”

The student’s face was pale, and he stammered, “I won against someone from Purple Cloud, and Bai Zhenzhen from Songyang High School defeated Hu Yuntao, and then she fought me… I lost to her.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the surrounding temperature drop by ten degrees, and he couldn’t help but tremble.

The competition coach said coldly, “How did you lose?”

The student lowered his head and said, “That Bai Zhenzhen rented a stealth-type spiritual root, which allowed her to appear and disappear in my senses.”

The competition coach said coldly, “Her stats are so much lower than yours; even if she caught you off guard, it would be difficult for her to win.”

A trace of confusion flashed in the student’s eyes: “I… I don’t know; she suddenly hit my vital point, and I don’t know how I fainted.”

On another stretcher, Chu Qiuhe, who had already woken up… but had been pretending to be unconscious, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: “Good thing I’m not the only one who lost.”

At that moment, an idea suddenly popped into Chu Qiuhe’s mind.

“Zhang Yu… you freaking win a few more matches for me!”

“It’s best if you win against a few more people from White Dragon High School.”

As long as Zhang Yu won enough, Chu Qiuhe felt that his loss wouldn’t look so bad.

As for the other classmates’ wins and losses?

His classmates’ victories wouldn’t be written on his Chu Qiuhe’s resume, but rather, his classmates’ defeats would better preserve his Chu Qiuhe’s face.

At the same time, the battles on the various arenas were also drawing to a close.

On the arena, Song Hailong roared and grabbed his opponent, his terrifying strength suddenly erupting, sending the person flying like a ball, crashing into the ten-meter-high ceiling with a bang, stunning everyone.

The White Dragon people in the audience applauded wildly, but stopped instantly when Song Hailong raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

On the other arena, Le Mulan lightly touched her slender fingers, and streams of ice-blue mana shot out like sharp swords, piercing her opponent three meters away, carving out streaks of sword marks.

No matter how desperately the opponent tried to resist, they were always blocked three meters away by these streams of ice-blue sword light, and not even a drop of blood splattering from their body could get within three meters of Le Mulan.

Watching her opponent finally faint from excessive blood loss, Le Mulan turned and slowly walked down the arena.

The Purple Cloud people in the audience were silent, not daring to make any noise, but Le Mulan frowned slightly at the cheers erupting from the White Dragon people not far away for Song Hailong.

“So noisy.”

In the blink of an eye, the eight groups had all decided their winners, and the top eight of this martial arts competition were completely determined.

The top eight, in addition to Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, Song Hailong, and Le Mulan, also included Lian Tianji, two students from Red Pagoda High School, and another student from White Dragon High School.

Zhang Yu looked at the schedule for the top eight.

“My first match is against Lian Tianji, and then I’ll have to face… the winner between Song Hailong and the other Red Pagoda student.”

According to Zhang Yu’s own judgment, the Red Pagoda student was unlikely to be a match for Song Hailong.

In other words, if he wanted to compete for the championship, he would have to beat Lian Tianji first, and then Song Hailong.

“But compared to that, A-Zhen’s side is even more difficult.”

Zhang Yu looked at the lower half of the bracket. Bai Zhenzhen would have to first defeat the top-ranked 300-pointer from Red Pagoda High School, and then defeat Le Mulan from Purple Cloud High School, before she could meet him to compete for the championship.

Without much time for Zhang Yu to ponder, the quarterfinal round officially began.

The number of arenas on the entire field had been reduced from eight to four.

Zhang Yu walked onto the arena and saw that Lian Tianji was already waiting there.

Seeing Zhang Yu, Lian Tianji’s eyes lit up and said, “Zhang Yu, I watched the replay of your last battle; it was a very impressive fight.”

“Being able to use technique to suppress opponents with superior strength, speed, and stamina, your understanding of martial arts has surpassed mine.”

“But actual combat is never just about competing in one dimension.”

As he spoke, he brought the backpack behind him to the front: “And out of respect for you, I will now use my full strength to fight you.”

As soon as he said this, Lian Tianji was seen taking out a bottle of medicine from his backpack and preparing to drink it.

Zhang Yu was used to seeing the opponent prepare to take medicine. That’s how it is in our Songyang City; this is our high school students’ full strength!

But at this moment, a referee walked up and actually stopped Lian Tianji from taking the medicine.

Zhang Yu was surprised. Was doping banned in this competition?

Was this still Kunxu?

However, after the referee checked Lian Tianji’s backpack, confirmed that they were all compliant drugs, and said directly: “Everything’s fine, you can continue.”

So Lian Tianji first drank a bottle of medicine, then ate a few capsules, and then began to take out a syringe and inject it into his arm.

As the drugs entered his body, Lian Tianji’s body showed obvious changes.

His muscles visibly swelled up, veins popped out on the surface of his skin, and his breathing became heavier and rougher…

Watching the other party continue to take drugs, taking more and more, Zhang Yu was speechless.

No… could you not respect me so much? Can’t you just underestimate me or look down on me?

Then Zhang Yu gradually realized something was wrong.

Because Lian Tianji was chanting words to the side while taking drugs.

“I’ve been taking this combat stimulant for three months now, and the effect is really good. It can quickly release muscle potential and suppress pain…”

Zhang Yu looked at another Purple Cloud person next to him who was holding a phone and filming Lian Tianji, and couldn’t help but say, “Are you guys filming an advertisement?”

Lian Tianji: “I often share and livestream my study and cultivation life online. This time, I’m also recommending some reliable and useful combat drugs to my fans.”

Then he added: “Student Zhang Yu, don’t take this lightly.”

“On the long road of immortality, learning to make money and having the ability to make money is a very important thing.”

“As the saying goes, ‘The mountain of books has a path with money as the way, the boundless sea of learning has wealth as the boat.’ People who only know how to spend money and don’t know how to make money won’t go far on the path of cultivation.”

Zhang Yu looked at the referee next to him and said, “Can we start now?”

The referee glanced at him sideways: “You want to start before he’s even finished taking his medicine? Don’t you think that’s an unfair victory?”

I… Zhang Yu was speechless: “Take it, take it, take whatever you want.”

A moment later.

“Sorry to keep you waiting.” Lian Tianji cupped his fists towards Zhang Yu: “Then… let’s begin.”

As the referee shouted 3, 2, 1, the two shot out at the same time and collided with a bang.

Each collision between Lian Tianji’s fist and Zhang Yu’s Phaseless Cloud Aegis was a loud roar.

Zhang Yu felt that the fist coming at him contained an explosive force, which suddenly exploded as soon as it touched his aura, causing the Phaseless Cloud Aegis to constantly dissipate, forcing Zhang Yu to continuously replenish his mana.

It was Lian Tianji’s expert-level technique – Explosive Wave Fist! Level 3 Propulsion!

This fist technique, comprehended from the explosion of explosives and the shockwave of airflow, had a special type of mana called Explosive Fist Energy, which could directly detonate the mana that was blasted out, not only doubling its power but also making it difficult to defend against and hard to pull.

Lian Tianji thought to himself: “The Limitless Cloud Hand is good at using the Phaseless Cloud Aegis to borrow strength to fight.”

“But my Explosive Wave Fist is explosive energy; the Phaseless Cloud Aegis can’t pull it and will instead be constantly blasted apart.”

“Zhang Yu’s strength is not as strong as mine, and his mana is not as abundant as mine; he shouldn’t be able to resist it for long.”

That’s how it should be in theory.

But Lian Tianji was surprised to find that not only could Zhang Yu block his moves at the most critical moment, but he was also gradually pulling his explosive fist energy and using his explosive fist energy to deal with his explosive fist energy.

It was Zhang Yu using the Imperishable Seal to pull and shift Lian Tianji’s mana.

“He’s actually able to pull my fist energy? This shows that in addition to the Limitless Cloud Hand, he also excels at another profound martial art that can borrow strength to fight with mana.”

Thinking of this, Lian Tianji laughed loudly: “Zhang Yu, you really haven’t disappointed me.”

At this moment, the Purple Cloud people under the stage said, “Lord Lian Tianji, the advertiser said that if you can’t finish him off within a minute, they’ll deduct money.”

Lian Tianji’s face darkened and said, “I know.”

Zhang Yu felt that the other party had suddenly become serious, the smile on his face was gone, and even his eyes revealed wisps of murderous intent.

At the same time, the spiritual energy in the air gradually surged up.

Zhang Yu’s eyes moved. Did Lian Tianji also bring a combat spiritual root to participate?

“The mountain of books has a path with money as the way, the boundless sea of learning has wealth as the boat,” these two sentences are from a book called “My Wife is a White Bone Demon,” I would like to recommend this book by the way.

(End of this chapter)