Xu Wuyi’s consciousness entered the Battle Network, appearing directly inside the exclusive waiting area for the quarterfinalists.
The environnt here was much more spacious than the preparation room for the preliminaries, but also more solemn. An invisible tension filled the air.
A massive light screen floated in mid-air, displaying a real-ti list of the upcoming matches.
Without much of a wait, a system notification sounded in his ear.
[Quarterfinals, Round 1, Match 37: Xu Wuyi (Star Martial University) vs. Zhang ng (Lieyang Martial Arts Academy). Please prepare, contestants. Teleporting to the arena in ten seconds.]
The light screen displayed his opponent’s information: Zhang ng, Lieyang Martial Arts Academy, preliminary rank 341, Life Energy Level 33.8.
The ten-second countdown ended. With a flash, Xu Wuyi appeared on a standard square arena.
His opponent, Zhang ng, was also in position—a burly youth holding a long staff.
The battle began.
Zhang ng roared, his long staff sweeping forward, wreathed in fiery Qi and Blood. It spun like a pinwheel of wind and fire, its montum quite astonishing.
However, after yesterday’s battles against top-tier Martial Artists like Xu Zi’ang, Xu Wuyi felt that while his opponent’s attack was ferocious, its speed and variations seed sowhat sluggish.
Xu Wuyi didn’t use the [Undying Fla], nor did he even activate [lting Furnace Boiling Blood].
He relied solely on his Martial Master Level physique. His feet moved with >, easily dodging the wind from the staff. He then thrust his spear, precisely striking at the exact mont his opponent’s old strength was spent and new strength had yet to be generated.
CLANG!
Zhang ng felt a massive jolt in his wrist. The long staff nearly flew from his grasp, leaving his center wide open.
Xu Wuyi’s second spear thrust followed imdiately. The tip struck his opponent’s throat, and Zhang ng instantly dissipated into a white light.
[Victory! Advanced to the top 256.]
The battle ended quickly, even more easily than Xu Wuyi had anticipated.
An opponent ranked outside the top 300 in the preliminaries truly posed no substantial threat to him anymore.
...
The second round of the quarterfinals began half an hour later.
[Quarterfinals, Round 2, Match 19: Xu Wuyi (Star Martial University) vs. Li Yun (Qingyuan Martial Arts Academy).]
Li Yun, preliminary rank 205, Life Energy Level 30.9, was an agile woman who used dual daggers.
Her Body Technique was nimble, like a butterfly flitting through flowers, as she tried to disrupt Xu Wuyi’s rhythm with her speed.
Her dual daggers attacked from tricky angles, specifically targeting weak points like joints and acupoints.
Xu Wuyi still countered with >. As his Spear Montum unfolded, it ford a veritable wall of bronze, blocking all of her attacks.
The Soul Suppressing Domain spread silently. Although its effect was greatly diminished against a Martial Artist of the sa rank, the formless pressure of his will still caused a slight pause in Li Yun’s movents.
It was this slight pause that Xu Wuyi keenly seized.
His long spear instantly broke through the defense of her dual daggers and pierced Li Yun’s chest.
With a spurt of Qi and Blood, Li Yun let out a muffled grunt and was sent flying backward, her virtual body turning blurry.
[Victory! Advanced to the top 128.]
After two consecutive easy victories, Xu Wuyi’s mindset grew increasingly steady.
He could feel that after being tempered by the string of losses late in the preliminaries, his control over his power and his grasp of the battle’s flow had noticeably improved.
Dealing with these slightly weaker opponents, he seed more and more at ease.
After a short rest, his information appeared on the light screen again.
[Quarterfinals, Round 3, Match 11: Xu Wuyi (Star Martial University) vs. Wang Xingze (Star Martial University).]
’Huh? A senior from my own university?’ Xu Wuyi was slightly taken aback.
On the arena, a towering and burly young man, built like an iron pagoda, materialized across from him.
He held a pumpkin-sized solid iron hamr in each hand. His muscles were knotted, and his aura was deep and heavy.
[Wang Xingze, Star Martial University, preliminary rank 101, Life Energy Level: 34.3]
"Junior Brother Xu, I’ve heard your na for a while now." Wang Xingze’s voice was like a great bell, a hearty smile on his face. "I didn’t expect to run into you on the arena so soon. Don’t bla your senior for not holding back!"
"Senior Brother Wang, please guide ." Xu Wuyi nodded in response, his expression turning grave.
’Rank 101 in the preliminaries, a Life Energy Level of 34.3... this is definitely a powerful opponent. Especially with those dual hamrs, which clearly follow a ferocious path. His strength must be terrifying.’
"Haha, good! Take this!"
Wang Xingze laughed loudly and didn’t stand on ceremony. He strode forward, and the arena itself seed to tremble.
He raised the Heavy Hamr in his right hand high, bringing it crashing down toward Xu Wuyi like Mount Tai itself, accompanied by a vicious gust of wind!
Before the hamr even arrived, the ferocious air pressure was enough to make one’s breath catch.
Xu Wuyi chose not to et it head-on.
Yesterday’s battle with Zhou Kai had made it clear to him that clashing head-on against an absolute gap in strength was not a wise move.
He executed > to its limit. His figure, like a wisp of green smoke, slid back and to the side in the nick of ti.
BOOM!
The Heavy Hamr slamd into the spot where Xu Wuyi had just been standing, letting out a deep, thunderous sound. Ripples spread across the arena’s smooth surface.
With one strike missing, Wang Xingze’s left hamr imdiately followed, sweeping across like a torrential storm, ready to mow down an army!
His Hamr Technique was wide and powerful, mighty and heavy, seeking to crush his opponent with absolute strength.
Xu Wuyi remained calm and deployed the defensive moves of >. His long spear would parry, guide, deflect, or block, but he never clashed directly with the dual hamrs.
He was like a small boat in a tempestuous sea. He seed to be in constant peril, yet he always managed to evade the fatal hamr strikes at the critical mont.
Spear and hamr clashed, creating a continuous series of loud CLANG CLANG sounds as sparks flew everywhere.
The impacts sent a slight numbness through Xu Wuyi’s arms, and his Qi and Blood roiled, but his eyes remained calm.
He was observing, searching for his opponent’s rhythm and weaknesses.
A few dozen moves passed. Wang Xingze’s assault was as fierce as ever, but Xu Wuyi keenly sensed a trace of disorder beginning to appear in his opponent’s breathing.
This kind of ferocious and explosive fighting style consud a massive amount of Qi and Blood.
’Now!’
A sharp glint flashed in Xu Wuyi’s eyes. After skillfully deflecting the force of a Heavy Hamr, he finally launched his first offensive attack.
His teor Iron Long Spear shot out like a flood dragon erging from its cave, thrusting straight for the opening under Wang Xingze’s ribs.
Wang Xingze reacted extrely quickly, bringing a hamr back to block.
But on the tip of Xu Wuyi’s spear, a wisp of dark golden fla silently flared to life—the [Undying Fla]!
PFFT!
Although the spear tip was blocked by the hamr’s handle, that wisp of [Undying Fla] was like a gangrenous sore clinging to the bone. It instantly spread over Wang Xingze’s Protective Qi and Blood and onto the hamr’s handle.
"Hmph?" Wang Xingze’s brow furrowed. He could feel his own Qi and Blood being continuously burned away and depleted by a bizarre power.
He tried to circulate his Qi and Blood to disperse it, but the fla was extrely stubborn, as if it had taken root. The speed at which it was extinguished was far slower than the rate at which his Qi and Blood were being consud.
He roared and swung his dual hamrs even more frantically, trying to end the battle quickly before his Qi and Blood were depleted.
However, Xu Wuyi had completely changed his strategy.
He no longer attempted head-on attacks. He relied entirely on his Body Technique and Spear Technique to move around, repeatedly dodging Wang Xingze’s fierce assault while occasionally harassing him with the [Undying Fla].
The dark golden fla was like a maggot feeding on bone; even the slightest touch would cause it to burn continuously.
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