Chapter 78
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Chapter 78: Champion
Though Bai Zhenzhen had suggested spitting, Zhang Yu felt it would demean his status as an outsourced member of the Patrol Team. He chose to use his own blood instead.
As expected, the blood of a ‘poor ghost’ like him also disgusted Le Mulan. She even preferred to dodge directly rather than let her Sword Qi touch it.
On the other side, Le Mulan watched Zhang Yu seize the opportunity to charge forward. She snorted coldly, flicked her finger lightly, and prepared to block him with Sword Qi, only to discover Zhang Yu’s speed was astonishing.
The reason was simple enough. After several previous battles, Zhang Yu’s weighted suit had become tattered.
Facing Le Mulan, he needed to unleash his full speed. So, before the fight began, he had simply removed the suit and spent over ten minutes adjusting.
At the start of the battle, he deliberately held back, partly to lull Le Mulan into a false sense of security and partly to continue warming up.
He needed to adapt to the speed of Le Mulan’s Sword Qi and also Let his body and his blood — grow warmer, hotter, more ablaze!
He remembered Bai Zhenzhen saying, “Her Ice Jade Physique must be a special constitution. I don’t know if it’s innate or acquired, but either way, her unique magic power doesn’t need special conversion. It’s already a unique Cryo energy, superior from the moment it’s refined.”
“When this Cryo energy is infused into her Sword Qi, any collision with her Sword Qi will lower the opponent’s body temperature, slowing nerve responses and muscle speed…”
“You need to make your body burn hot to resist this Cryo energy in the short term.”
At this moment, Zhang Yu unleashed his full speed, charging like lightning. It wasn’t that Le Mulan couldn’t react, but his speed had genuinely caught her off guard.
His full power is this fast? Was he holding back before?
Didn’t my unique magic power work?
This string of unexpected developments caused Le Mulan’s Sword Qi response to lag by a fraction. Ultimately, she could only unleash a barrage of sword Qi directly in front of herself, hoping to block Zhang Yu’s advance.
Facing the dozen or so Sword Qi strikes hurtling towards him, Zhang Yu slammed his right arm forward, his palm radiating crimson Gang Qi. He had chosen to meet the Sword Qi head-on.
This was the second flaw Bai Zhenzhen had mentioned about Le Mulan.
While the Starry Sky Sword Qi was sharp, Le Mulan hadn’t pushed this sword technique to its limit within the Qi Refining Realm.
Her surging magic power allowed her to fire Sword Qi recklessly, but her level of control is insufficient to maintain precise control over so many strikes for an extended period.
Thus, after a period of combat, if she uses multiple Sword Qi to attack simultaneously, Le Mulan’s insufficient control over her Sword Qi can cause the attacks to interfere with each other, weakening their power.
In an instant, Zhang Yu’s right arm collided head-on with over a dozen or so Sword Qi attacks.
As expected, the power isn’t as great as I’d imagined.
Using Formless Cloud Gang Qi combined with the Indestructible Seal, Zhang Yu shattered most of the Sword Qi. However, several new sword wounds opened on his palm, and the blood that spilled stained his Gang Qi an even deeper crimson, swirling his arm like fire.
Without pausing, Zhang Yu closed the half-meter gap between himself and Le Mulan, lunging forward to grab her arm.
“Aaaah!” With an enraged roared, Le Mulan unleashed dozens of Sword Qi attacks from her fingertips, slashing wildly at Zhang Yu.
Unfazed, Zhang Yu endured the onslaught, relying on his Subdermal Gang Qi and the Indestructible Seal. Despite the sword wounds and blood covering his body, he managed to seize Le Mulan’s right arm.
In that moment, Zhang Yu had completely closed the distance completely. Le Mulan was now in his close combat range.
Once more, Bai Zhenzhen’s words echoed in Zhang Yu’s mind.
“I sensed her Sword Qi, and her primary goal was not to kill me but to force my retreat.”
“Her final weakness… it’s likely due to her germaphobia, she is not skilled in close-quarters combat.”
“After all, it has only been half a year since High School started. Even for someone with her wealth, I do not believe she has truly mastered every aspect of cultivation.”
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Now, faced with Zhang Yu’s proximity, Le Mulan, who had witnessed his battle with Song Hailong, instantly sensed a profound danger.
Without hesitation, Le Mulan unleashed stream of freezing Sword Qi in an attempt to force Zhang Yu back.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yu’s scorching body was surging with power. His Formless Cloud Gang Qi, mixed with the hot blood which was flowing from his wounds, slammed forward with brutal force.
For a moment, in the half-meter space between them, the icy blue Sword Qi and crimson Gang Qi clashed in a dazzling display.
But Le Mulan felt as though Zhang Yu, now at close range, had transformed into a blazing storm that relentlessly devoured her Sword Qi and threatened to swallow her whole.
Her Sword Qi was drawn in by his Gang Qi and deflected by the Indestructible Seal.
Simultaneously, Zhang Yu’s Level 2 Dragon-Back Mountain-Toppling Hand erupted with devastating force. In a single motion, he slammed Le Mulan violently onto the ground, leaving her head spinning.
The next moment, as she watched the blood-drenched, filthy, and foul-smelling Zhang Yu sit directly on top of her, Le Mulan’s face filled with terror. She roared, “Get off…”
She tried to unleash her Sword Qi once more.
But her roar was cut short, and before the Sword Qi could fully manifest, a sharp crack echoed from her hands. Using the brutal technique of the Dragon-Back Mountain-Toppling Hand, Zhang Yu had snapped her wrist joints.
Under the effects of the drug, she felt no pain, but she could no longer unleash Sword Qi from her fingertips.
Le Mulan stared at Zhang Yu, her eyes blazing with shock and fury. She could not believe her single evasion, her one moment of carelessness, had been exploited so ruthlessly.
Her full power had been stifled before she could truly unleash her skills, leaving her in this dire situation.
Fueled by both resentment and rage, she tensed her legs to struggle again, but Zhang Yu’s icy voice cut through the air.
“You said you were rich, that money was part of your power.”
With a series of sharp cracks, Zhang Yu methodically broke the joints in Le Mulan’s legs.
“I am about to crush you now. Try using your money to stop me.”
In that moment, Le Mulan felt like a toy in Zhang Yu’s hands. With each application of his Dragon-Back Mountain-Toppling Hand, her joints were systematically destroyed. Soon, she was completely immobilised, lying on the ground and unable to move.
Le Mulan glared at Zhang Yu, her gaze burning with enough hatred to kill him a thousand times over.
Zhang Yu spoke calmly, “Let me tell you one last thing.”
“All of your weaknesses were identified by Bai Zhenzhen, who then told me.”
“If only her insurance premium had been high enough.”
“She could have defeated you too.”
Boom!
Grabbing Le Mulan by the head, Zhang Yu violently hurled her out of the arena, tossing her onto the ground like a piece of trash.
As Zhang Yu stood alone on the arena, covered in blood, the entire venue fell silent.
No one could have imagined, predicted, or even conceived that a poor student from Songyang High School would be the one to emerge victorious in today’s Martial Arts Competition.
Xiong Wenwu had lost.
Song Hailong had lost.
Le Mulan had lost.
One after another, the top students and wealthy elites from the top three Schools had fallen, defeated by a poor student from another high school.
The Poor had triumphed? The Rich had fallen?
In that moment, as countless students from the Three Schools were lost in stunned silence, Zhao Tianxing suddenly began to clap with enthusiasm.
He had no hidden agenda, nor was he trying to steal the spotlight. It was simply an instinctive reaction, an uncontrollable urge to applaud Zhang Yu’s performance today.
At that moment, Zhang Yu’s tattered Songyang school uniform seemed to transform in Zhao Tianxing’s eyes, radiating an air of grandeur.
But his solitary applause echoed starkly in the vast, silent hall, and after clapping a few times, Zhao Tianxing stopped abruptly out of fear.
Soon, however, Bai Zhenzhen, standing below the arena, began to cheer and clap loudly.
Qian Shen, standing beside Zhao Tianxing, also joined in, his eyes wide with awe as he gazed toward the arena.
He Dayou, the school board director’s son, clapped lightly. “Alright!! I’ll admit it, you’re impressive. You’ve brought great honour to Songyang.”
Lian Tianji from Purple Cloud High School clapped slowly, thinking his advertising deal would likely be back.
Song Hailong looked at Zhang Yu with a complex expression, then suddenly began to clap too. His applause prompted all the Bailong students to join in.
Even Chu Qiuhe, who had been lying on a stretcher pretending to be unconscious, had somehow managed to stretch out his hands and clap frantically.
As the entire arena erupted in applause, Bai Zhenzhen laughed and jumped onto the stage.
“Champion! Champion! We’re the champions!”
“I told you that Le Mulan was no match for us. She can’t fight up close. She just doesn’t have the skill.”
She pulled Zhang Yu up with her and raised their hands high, surveying the crowd with pride. The Songyang High School uniforms they wore seemed to shine with a dazzling light.
She then shouted, “Anyone looking for advertising or endorsements can contact us! My brother is not only the Martial Arts Tournament champion but also ranked fourth in the Magic Power Competition…”
Beside her, Zhang Yu looked out at the crowd in the arena, but his vision was gradually blurring.
Although he had not suffered any serious injuries in the battle, the cumulative strain was finally catching up to him. He had used multiple martial arts in rapid succession while under Full Concentration state and had spilled a great deal of blood. Combined with his exhaustion from the previous matches, this was enough to make him feel dizzy again.
He reached a hand out to Bai Zhenzhen. “A-Zhen, I’m dizzy. Help me to the doctor.”
Bai Zhenzhen exclaimed excitedly, “Wait, wait! Just stand here a little longer. Everyone’s watching us.”
Zhang Yu sighed. “I risked bankruptcy, fought desperately, and bled all over the place to help you teach that Le Mulan a lesson. I can forgive you for not calling me Dad, but now that Dad is feeling unwell, you won’t even lend me a hand?”
Bai Zhenzhen had a feeling Zhang Yu would brag about this for the rest of his life.
But she was still dissatisfied that he had not applied her tactics precisely and began to criticise him. “You only bled so much because you insisted on showing off! If you had just followed my plan to spit, blow your nose, and spit some more, wouldn’t it have been safer and much more effective than spraying your own blood?”
Nearby, Le Mulan lay on the ground waiting for medical attention. Her eyelids stiffened and a flicker of shock crossed her eyes as a realization struck her. The depths of depravity these two poor people are capable of… is truly unfathomable.
Bai Zhenzhen had already scooped up Zhang Yu and was carrying him toward the emergency area, telling him to stop bragging in front of her.
Lei Jun followed behind them with a look of deep concern on his face.
Just the thought of Zhang Yu winning first place in the Martial Arts Competition made his heart swell with emotion.
