Senior, I Was Presumptuous!

Just as Shi Yan had expected, Senior No. 5 was very strong. Her nearly five hundred points of blood qi placed immense pressure on him.

Not only that, once the fight began, she displayed a ghostlike movement technique that made Shi Yan feel so miserable he nearly coughed up blood.

His saber technique was indeed stronger than hers, and after using his ability, his explosive power also surpassed hers—but if he could not hit her, it was all futile.

"Senior, this junior was presumptuous!"

Left with no choice, Shi Yan resorted to an "underhanded move."

Streams of flame shot from his hands, spreading across the arena and through the air. The scorching flames forced Senior's room to move to shrink without cease.

Seeing that the move was effective, Shi Yan did not close in. Instead, he continued firing sparks at Senior.

He vaguely felt that she was hiding a trump card. To be safe, it was better to attack from afar.

Whoosh, whoosh.

The terror of the Southern Bright Blazing Fire revealed itself. The sparks did not even touch Senior—merely grazing past her was enough to set her clothes ablaze.

"Despicable!"

Seeing that she was about to be exposed, Senior's pretty face flushed crimson, and she had no choice but to leap off the arena.

Losing credits was a minor matter. Losing her clothes would be a major one.

Thus, Shi Yan won again.

One thousand six hundred credits were in hand, along with Martial Virtue Points.

[Defeated a Second Tier Martial Artist, Martial Virtue Points +37]

[Promoted martial virtue, Martial Virtue Points +1]

[Promoted martial virtue, Martial Virtue Points +1]

"Junior, you have some fine methods. Let me have a go at you."

A sinister voice rang out, followed closely by a thin, frail figure leaping onto the arena.

He was also at the peak of the Second Tier, and stood less than one meter sixty tall, yet Shi Yan sensed an extremely obvious threat from him.

But when he recalled the ultimate move that had wiped out the Gold-Devouring Rat swarm during the College Entrance Examination, his heart settled somewhat.

He looked at his panel.

[Name: Shi Yan]

[Realm: Second Tier Martial Artist]

[Ability: Southern Bright Blazing Fire (SSS-Class)]

[Blood Qi: 240 Cal (+)]

[Mental Strength: 36 Hz]

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

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

[Martial Virtue Points: 181]

His blood qi could be increased again. After unleashing his ultimate move, he could recover quickly.

"The match begins."

That mysterious voice rang out once more.

The moment the words fell, the small senior shot forward at incredible speed, more than thirty percent faster than the previous senior.

Shi Yan was greatly alarmed. Just as he was about to react, a flash of metallic light streaked before his eyes.

It was followed by the sound of a sharp blade plunging into the ground.

He raised his eyes slightly and saw what stood before him. It was, astonishingly, an axe as large as a door panel.

That great axe was far too distinctive.

Shi Yan recognized it. So did all the students from sophomore year and above.

But what was she doing here?

"Today's battle ends here."

Zhang Yunya appeared on the arena at the same time as her voice.

She still had that proud figure, those long, slender legs, and that utterly unconcerned look in her eyes.

Even with hundreds of pairs of eyes fixed on her, she remained as she pleased, her expression unchanged.

Pulling out the axe and habitually resting it on her shoulder, she looked at the thin young man, who stood rooted to the spot like a nail, too afraid to move.

"You lost. You'll still pay the credits. Do you accept that?"

"I accept, Senior Zhang. Of course I accept."

The thin young man raised both hands, his face full of fawning smiles, with even a hint of tears in his voice.

Damn it, how had a tiny arena match drawn this baleful star here?

Worse still, she had arrived right when he was making his move.

Bodhisattva bless me—please don't let this baleful star have anything to do with Shi Yan.

At that moment, Zhang Yunya spoke again, but she was addressing the area behind the distant spectators.

"Xu Zhenxing, Shi Yan is one of mine. If you don't like it, come fight me."

"..." The skinny young man's vision went black, and he nearly fainted.

What he feared had come true.

Now, he could only hope his boss would stand firm.

Xu Zhenxing was his boss—the referee for this event and the owner of that mysterious voice. He had battled Zhang Yunya for three years. Though he lost more than he won, the fact that he could withstand Zhang Yunya's axe already put his strength above that of the vast majority.

"Today's arena match ends here."

Unfortunately, Xu Zhenxing's somewhat mysterious voice drifted over from afar, announcing the outcome.

In the end, he still did not dare put pressure on Zhang Yunya.

A blazing-hot arena match thus came to an end.

The newcomers were left wanting more, while the Senior Students heaved a sigh of relief.

Zhang Yunya's interference could be called the best possible outcome. When word spread outside, they could say that Zhang Yunya's arrival had ended the battle, rather than that Shi Yan had punched through the Senior Students.

As Xu Zhenxing's words fell, no one lingered. Amid a buzz of discussion, they all left.

Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya stepped down from the arena as well.

Under Zhang Yunya's watchful gaze, the losers transferred their credits to Shi Yan with remarkable speed.

"Why did you come, Senior?"

Shi Yan was not disappointed that the fight had been interrupted. After all, he had gotten 5,200 credits.

Several thousand credits—those seniors were truly generous.

Of course, he did not know that such a large amount of credits had been put up entirely by the upperclassmen to draw newcomers in.

On ordinary days, getting them to fork over that many credits would be harder than climbing to the heavens.

"Call me Senior Sister."

"Oh, Senior Sister." Shi Yan knew that Zhang Yunya should already have heard about him joining Fang Ziwei's school.

Zhang Yunya nodded lightly. "Do you know why I stopped the match?"

"Please tell me, Senior Sister."

"A minor fight isn't a life-and-death battle. Were you planning to use Flame Explosion just now?"

Zhang Yunya had already put away her giant axe. Folding her arms, she shot Shi Yan a sidelong glance.

"Remember what Senior Sister says. Once you walk out of the high school gates, you step into the martial world—and the martial world is treacherous."

"I'll take your advice to heart."

Shi Yan's gaze tightened slightly, and he understood.

Flame Explosion was currently his ultimate move. If he used it, others might very well study it and devise ways to counter it.

"By the way, Senior, is that Xu Zhenxing a bad person?"

Shi Yan thought of that mysterious voice from earlier.

He did not know what the man's identity was, but he seemed able to influence the arena matches.

"He doesn't count as a bad person. He simply puts his own interests first," Zhang Yunya said after some thought. "Try to avoid dealing with him in the future if you can. He has quite a silver tongue."

Xu Zhenxing had a glib tongue. Otherwise, so many people would not willingly become his lackeys.

This Newcomer Arena event had been organized by Xu Zhenxing, and he alone decided who would go up.

Stopping the fight had also been partly to prevent Shi Yan from making Xu Zhenxing lose face spectacularly.

So that he would not retaliate against Shi Yan.

Shi Yan did not quite understand how Xu Zhenxing's tongue was so clever, but he still remembered Zhang Yunya's words.

"The teachers won't be at school for the next three days. If there's anything you don't understand, come find me. Tonight, go to the library first and look for movement-type Martial Arts. Those footwork techniques you used just now were like a pile of shit..."

The two chatted as they walked, only stopping when a figure blocked their path.

"Li Yuqing, you looking to fight me?"

Zhang Yunya sized up the tall girl before her, battle intent blazing in her eyes.

Their win rates against each other were about even, but ever since reaching the Fifth Order Peak, she felt she had a seventy percent chance of beating Li Yuqing.

"Do you feel uncomfortable if you don't go crazy once a day? I came to find Shi Yan!"

Li Yuqing shot Zhang Yunya a speechless look before turning to Shi Yan.

"Shi Yan, thank you for helping my useless little brother vent his anger. To show my gratitude, how about I treat you to a meal?"

"Hey, hey, hey—an old cow eating tender grass? Li Yuqing, you've gone too far!"

Zhang Yunya refused to have it and hurriedly stepped between them.

"This is my Junior Brother. If anyone's treating him, it should be me."

"Zhang Yunya, do you really think you're invincible at Magic Martial University?"

"That's right. Dare to fight me?"

"Don't regret it!"

"Ladies, please slow down. We can talk this out."

Seeing that the two were about to lose control, Shi Yan hurriedly stepped in.

A while later, the matter was settled. He went to the hotel with the two great beauties.

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