Challenging senior? I want to try

"Nothing much, just don't let my sister find out."

Li Tao's eyes darted away as he didn't answer Shi Yan's question, stumbling towards his room.

Ding Le frowned. After Li Tao closed his door, he explained the two's "plan" to Shi Yan.

"So, he got beaten up while trying to gather intel?"

Shi Yan furrowed his brow, then walked to Li Tao's door and knocked.

"Come out and explain, or you won't need this door anymore."

Magic Martial University wouldn't let students get beaten up for no reason, unless it was for challenges, sparring, or arena fights.

Li Tao being beaten and not daring to let his sister know meant there was definitely something fishy going on.

Three seconds later, Li Tao's door opened, his face full of resentment.

He was quite susceptible to threats, especially from a monstrous talent like Shi Yan.

"Actually, it was my fault. I shouldn't have gone to the newcomer arena."

Li Tao slowly shuffled out and sat on the sofa, beginning his story.

The newcomer arena was an old tradition at Magic Martial University. Every semester, senior students would set up an arena for freshmen to challenge. Winners would receive academic credits bet by the seniors.

Of course, since they were senior students, they didn't use their supernatural abilities.

Even so, no freshman had ever succeeded. The difference in strength was simply too great.

This was also something the senior students, and even the school, were happy to see.

Those who entered Magic Martial University were top talents from all over the country, possessing pride. This arena could temper the freshmen's sharpness.

It also allowed the senior students to show off, indirectly telling the freshmen to respect their senior student brothers... and not to pursue senior student sisters.

Li Tao had intended to scout the situation, but he was recognized as Li Yuqing's brother.

Li Yuqing, the eighteen-year-old goddess, was hard to forget. As the goddess's brother, many naturally wanted to "get to know" him. This led to various provocations and taunts.

As a result, Li Tao couldn't take it anymore and went up to the arena.

"My sister told me not to do things I wasn't confident about. I did it anyway, and I embarrassed her. She'll probably break my legs when she sees me next."

Li Tao felt like crying, his mind racing with ways to trick his sister.

Many often compared Magic Martial University's two goddesses: Zhang Yunya, fierce and wild, and Li Yuqing, elegant and intellectual.

But Li Tao knew his sister; she wouldn't hesitate to be harsh with him if he made a mistake.

"Just say I told you to go."

Shi Yan patted Li Tao's shoulder, a slight smile on his lips.

Fighting in the arena earned academic credits, and he wanted to give it a try.

Senior student brothers and sisters should be able to withstand his supernatural abilities, right?

"I'll go deal with them. Wait for me at the dorm, and we'll buy a robot when I get back."

With that, Shi Yan turned and left.

As the two had said, there should be a robot in the dorm to do chores.

Things like mopping, washing dishes, applying medicine, and helping the injured—robots could handle them all.

Zhang Yunya had also introduced him to this. The robots at Magic Martial University were excellent. Even the lowest-level robots had the combat power to kill Level 1 Demonic Beasts, so handling daily chores was a piece of cake.

He exited the courtyard gate and, with a thought, opened his status panel.

[Name: Shi Yan]
[Realm: Second Tier Martial Artist]
[Supernatural Ability: Southern Bright Blazing Fire (SSS-Class)]
[Blood Essence: 151 card (+)]
[Spirit: 36 Hertz (+)]
[Martial Arts: Thrusting Punch (Beginner +), Explosive Flame Eighteen Sabers (Proficient +)]
[Cultivation Method: Boundless Sea of Fire (SS-Class, First Level)]
[Martial Virtue Points: 15918]

This was his current strength. The high-grade Body Tempering Medicine had increased his Blood Essence by 51 card, advancing him to the Second Tier, and his spirit had increased by 5 Hertz.

However, he felt it would be safer to be better prepared for the senior students he was about to face.

So, with a thought, he upgraded both Thrusting Punch and the saber technique to Perfected.

Thrusting Punch was a D-Class Martial Art. The cost from Beginner to Perfected wasn't much, only three thousand points.

The B-Class saber technique cost much more. Just from Proficient to Perfected, it directly consumed four thousand Martial Virtue Points.

With the remaining Martial Virtue Points, he decided to invest in Blood Essence. The panel's numerical value changed accordingly:

[Blood Essence: 240 card]

[Spirit: 36 Hertz]

[Martial Arts: Thrusting Punch (Mastered), Explosive Flame Eighteen Sabers (Mastered)]

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[Cultivation Method: Boundless Sea of Fire (SS-Class, First Level)]

[Martial Virtue Points: 18]

He clenched his fist, and a feeling of surging power rushed to his head.

"Fighting a second-year student, that should be enough, right?"

He whispered, and Shi Yan walked towards the training grounds of Magic Martial University.

Inside the villa, Li Tao and Ding Le looked at each other in dismay.

"No, didn't I make myself clear? I explicitly said the person defending the arena is a senior student brother!"

Li Tao was somewhat confused and regretful. He wished he hadn't said anything earlier.

If Shi Yan went now, wouldn't he just be asking for trouble!

No matter how strong a freshman was, they couldn't possibly defeat a second-year student, right?

Even if heaven favored him and he luckily won against a few trash senior students, there would still be third-year students to face.

No matter what, Shi Yan would eventually lose.

For a genius of the "Calamity-Level," losing was not a good thing. It would be one thing if he could accept it calmly, but if he couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart, it could lead to inner demons.

"You expressed yourself very clearly, so let's go now."

Ding Le grunted as he stood up and walked towards the door.

"Trust me, if you don't go see Shi Yan challenge the arena, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."

As the wielder of wind supernatural abilities, Ding Le was very sensitive to air fluctuations. Sometimes he could even sense the dust being kicked up, which was also why he had mysophobia.

Just moments ago, he had felt a subtle fluctuation outside the courtyard.

It was a tiny airflow created by the compression of air.

It was the compression caused by a body exerting immense power!

Such fluctuations were significantly stronger than those of a newly advanced Second Tier Martial Artist.

And the only person outside just now was Shi Yan.

This meant that in the short time it took to walk from the villa to the courtyard, Shi Yan had become even stronger!

This was simply unbearable!

Of course, his current mood was that it didn't matter if Shi Yan lived or died; he wanted to see those senior students who wanted to show off get slapped in the face!

"Let's go, we absolutely have to go!"

Li Tao also made up his mind.

No matter what, Shi Yan had helped him vent his anger.

Even if his sister caught him on the spot, he would still cheer for Shi Yan.

So, he painfully got up and hobbled out with Ding Le.

Of all the functional areas in Magic Martial University, the training grounds were the largest, covering a massive five square kilometers!

It wasn't just the largest in the country, but in all universities worldwide.

However, it wasn't a single flat area. Instead, it was divided into several sections based on specific categories, such as the senior student area, the freshman area, the mixed area, the area for fighting demonic beasts, and the scene simulation area, among others.

The place Shi Yan was heading to was in the mixed area. While not the largest, it was currently the liveliest and most crowded.

The Chinese people's habit of spectating and enjoying gossip had existed since ancient times. Everyone loved watching others fight, especially interesting events like freshmen challenging the arena.

Topics like "So-and-so senior student defeated a top scholar freshman in one move" or "So-and-so freshman held out for thirty moves against a senior student" would be enthusiastically discussed, become popular on the school forum, and attract even more spectators.

By the time Shi Yan squeezed into the inner circle, the sky had already darkened.

There were five arenas of varying sizes, and many freshmen were signing up to challenge those already on the stages.

Currently, battles were underway on all five circular arenas. The occasional dazzling skills would cause the spectators to cheer and jeer.

Shi Yan glanced around. The situation on all five arenas was similar: one party, calm and composed, was "playing with" the other, a somewhat inexperienced newcomer, without using any supernatural abilities.

"Stop, the inner circle is a combat zone, you cannot enter."

Suddenly, a young man blocked Shi Yan.

Shi Yan lowered his head slightly and noticed the caution tape blocking his path.

He looked up at the young man and then tapped the holographic projection on his wristband: "Freshman Shi Yan, I wish to have a go at Senior Lu Jian'an."

Lu Jian'an was the one who had beaten Li Tao to a pulp.

Hearing his words, the young man was stunned.

"You? Have a go?"

The young man seemed to have discovered something incredibly funny and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, everyone, come quickly! Another freshman is challenging the arena, and he's using the phrase 'have a go'! Hahaha."

The surrounding spectators, drawn by the sound, turned their attention to Shi Yan.

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