On the arena platform, Xu Jie's sturdy frame trembled slightly. The blood that had originally lain silent within him like a deep, secluded pool was faintly beginning to boil.
It was the thrill of impending revenge!
Unless every last member of the Xu family in Central Prefecture was slaughtered, the resentment lodged in Xu Jie's chest could not be dispelled!
Even if Jesus himself came today, he would not be able to save the Xu siblings.
And this was merely interest!
The true instigators and masterminds still had to be settled with!
"Let go of me! Let go of me!"
In the spectator stands, a chief instructor held down the wildly struggling, terror-stricken Xu Shishi and forcibly dragged Xu Jie's dear little sister into this ranking battle.
Seeing this, Xu Ming immediately realized that the school leadership had already abandoned the siblings.
To keep this farce caused by the Xu family's internal conflict from affecting the school's overall situation, the principal had decided to cast the Xu siblings aside as sacrificial pawns!
Watching Xu Shishi get forcibly dragged away, a trace of sorrow flashed through Xu Ming's eyes.
This was the High Martial World—cruel and heartless!
The companion who had been calling you brother and working with you one second might stab you in the back the next!
Xu Ming drew a deep breath, and his expression gradually turned vicious and resolute.
Sensing an instructor seated behind him, Xu Ming first took out his phone and made a call.
"Hello, Young Master Jiang, I messed it up..."
Then, after hesitating for a moment, Xu Ming sent a text message to his father, Xu Bin.
Finally, he silently took several green pills from his robes and tossed them into his mouth.
Pulse-Breaking Pills?
This kid was trying to break through to the Pulse Opening Realm?
The instructor monitoring Xu Ming's every move knew at once, upon seeing him take the Pulse-Breaking Pills, that Xu Ming was preparing to break through.
After all, for a martial artist to advance from the Blood Moving Realm to the Pulse Opening Realm, the fastest method was naturally to use Pulse-Breaking Pills.
In fact, those students at the top of the rankings had long since been able to break through.
They had merely deliberately suppressed their cultivation so they could move their blood more times.
Xu Ming's choice to break through on the eve of battle was no different from giving up the possibility of continuing to move his blood.
This sight made the instructor hesitate before taking out his phone and sending a message to the principal.
The reply he received contained only two words: "Leave it!"
Just as Xu Ming chose to break through, Xu Shishi had already been forcibly brought onto the arena platform and stood before Xu Jie.
"Xu Jie, you trash! I'm the fiancée of the young master of the Jiang family in Central Prefecture! If you dare touch me today, the Jiang Family members will never let you off!"
"Heh heh!"
Xu Jie swept his gaze over the hysterical, disheveled Xu Shishi, revealing a heartfelt smile for the first time.
He casually planted his saber into the ground. Ignoring even the broadcast, he strode steadily and powerfully toward Xu Shishi.
"Y-you, don't come any closer! Ah! I'll fight you!"
Facing Xu Jie's relentless advance, the terrified Xu Shishi retreated step by step.
She knew full well that she could not possibly be Xu Jie's match!
There was a tremendous grudge between them. Now that she had stepped onto the arena platform, the outcome was obvious!
In the end, when Xu Shishi had nowhere left to retreat, she could only scream and charge like a madwoman at Xu Jie, who was close at hand.
A crisp, thunderous crack rang out!
It was so loud and so sharp that the faces of the surrounding students and instructors twitched.
Xu Jie had merely swung a casual slap, yet without the slightest mercy, he smashed half of Xu Shishi's face apart.
One of her eyeballs burst on the spot. Her entire face was ruined beyond recognition, and she no longer possessed the peerless beauty that had once made her a campus goddess.
Xu Jie immediately followed up by viciously stomping on the lower abdomen of Xu Shishi, who was struggling on the ground.
A bone-shattering crunch that made teeth ache and ears ring resounded. Every bone in Xu Shishi's body was shattered by the impact, and she lost control of her bladder and bowels on the spot.
For the time that followed, Xu Jie tortured Xu Shishi bit by bit.
Just as the siblings had once said, he tortured their father to death.
Limbs broken, bones crushed, tendons pulled, skin flayed...
Seeing such a brutal scene on the arena platform, quite a few students with weak stomachs could not help turning around and vomiting.
Just how deep was the grudge between these two for Xu Jie to torture Xu Shishi like this?
They had to know that, in name, they were family!
As for Xu Shishi, she had long since lost the strength to scream. She had been reduced to a human swine, lying before Xu Jie, neither living nor dead.
That felt much better!
With his foot on Xu Shishi's unrecognizable face, Xu Jie raised his head and exhaled the stifling resentment in his chest toward the sky.
"Xu Jie... you trash... you're finished... hehehehe..."
Xu Shishi, with only her last breath remaining, cursed him with venomous words. Yet to Xu Jie's ears, they sounded exceptionally pleasing.
The curses of one's enemies were the most addictive poison for a vengeful man!
Excitedly, Xu Jie rummaged through his pocket, then took out a plant root and held it between his teeth. Mixed with the blood spray splattered across his face and mouth, he slowly chewed it.
The next moment, Xu Jie suddenly bent down, grabbed Xu Shishi by the hair, and smashed her head viciously into the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Every impact was accompanied by a burst of blood and pulp, making the onlookers' hearts pound with fear.
Again and again, until Xu Shishi's head could no longer withstand it. With a crack, it burst apart like a watermelon. She was dead beyond all doubt.
Successfully killed Xu Shishi (Aptitude Multiplier: 3), plundering 300 years of usable Lifespan!
Xu Jie slowly rose to his feet and looked toward Xu Ming in the spectator stands, curling a finger at him in provocation.
Your turn!
In the spectator stands, Xu Ming sat with his eyes closed and said nothing, making no movement whatsoever.
Xu Jie raised an eyebrow. He could see that Xu Ming was breaking through, and a strange curve crossed his lips.
Seeing that the instructor seated behind Xu Ming seemed to want to interrupt his breakthrough, Xu Jie suddenly shouted.
"Don't touch him!"
So what if he broke through to the Pulse Opening Realm?
No matter how many schemes he devised or how many plans he laid, Xu Jie was confident that he could shatter them all with a single punch!
It was not as though he did not know that the school's punishment of him this time had come from the Xu siblings' conspiracy.
But so what?
Xu Jie had never taken it to heart!
This was the absolute confidence brought to him by absolute strength, as well as the wild arrogance to disdain everything that came from an absolutely overbearing mentality.
Today, never mind Xu Ming breaking through to the Pulse Opening Realm—even if he broke through to the Bone Forging Realm, he would still have to die!
"System! Use my Lifespan on the Flame Blade!"
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