Defeat the Enemy in One Blow

Charging head-on, their fists collided. Just as Da Shu was about to put more force into it and knock Lu Chen down, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

The fist before him, though somewhat thin, was like steel—unshakable.

Their clash lasted only an instant. The next moment, Da Shu felt an irresistible force crush toward him.

Under that force, a sharp pain shot through both his fists. Amid the agony, his fists were forced back against his will.

Then, a fist drove straight through and landed squarely on his chest.

With searing pain flooding his entire body, Da Shu felt himself go numb, and he was sent flying backward. What happened after that, he no longer knew.

He truly did not know. After flying backward through the air for more than ten meters and rolling several times across the ground, Da Shu fainted outright.

Everyone else was stunned by the sight before them.

"One blow. Just one blow, and Da Shu was defeated."

"Not defeated—sent flying. That strength was terrifying."

"As expected of someone chosen by the Witch Doctor Master. I knew it—how could the Witch Doctor Master possibly be wrong? Anyone he chose had to be powerful."

The others chattered endlessly, but they did not know that even the Witch Doctor Master himself had been startled by what had happened in the arena.

The Witch Doctor Master had indeed sensed that Lu Chen's strength would be quite good after awakening, but in his imagination, it would already have been impressive if Lu Chen could defeat Da Shu. Knocking Da Shu down in a single blow was something he had never dared imagine.

While everyone else was astonished, Lu Chen, standing in the arena and looking at Da Shu coughing up blood before fainting, felt somewhat helpless as well.

"Damn it, I used my full strength the moment I got nervous. He isn't dead, is he?!"

Although he had trained over the past few days, this was Lu Chen's first real battle.

And when he saw Da Shu charging at him so fiercely just now, Lu Chen, still a novice on the battlefield, instinctively used all his strength.

But how could the full strength of the Barbarian King Bloodline be so easily blocked?

+10 Strength was ten times the strength of an ordinary person. It was simply not something an ordinary Barbarian youth like Da Shu could withstand.

Watching Da Shu fly away, Lu Chen felt a little worried. He did not like killing his own clansmen for no reason.

Fortunately, the Witch Doctor Master finally came to his senses at that moment.

He stepped forward, placed a withered yellow leaf in Da Shu's mouth, then poured a bowl of Medicinal Soup down his throat, gradually calming his breathing.

After doing all that, the Witch Doctor Master turned his gaze toward Lu Chen.

Lu Chen immediately spoke up.

"I'm sorry, Witch Doctor Master. I didn't mean to do it. I was too nervous just now..."

Still unable to survive alone in the wilderness, Lu Chen intended to admit fault first.

But before he could finish, the Witch Doctor Master interrupted him with a smile.

"It is fine. It is not your fault. No battle comes without injuries. Since Da Shu dared to fight, he naturally prepared himself to be injured. Do not burden yourself over it."

Although a clansman had been injured in the battle just now, there was not a trace of blame toward Lu Chen on the Witch Doctor Master's face.

All he felt was satisfaction, and he even comforted Lu Chen.

Looking at Da Shu, the Barbarian youth being carried away, then at the Witch Doctor Master continuously comforting him, Lu Chen finally gained a firsthand understanding of the Barbarian Tribe's rule that the strong were justice.

"The strong are justice. So this is the Barbarian Tribe!"

There had been a small disturbance in this battle, but it quickly subsided, and the challenges continued.

However, not a single person dared challenge Lu Chen after that. Even those challenging the geniuses ranked above Lu Chen dared not fight him.

Lu Chen could only sigh at the sight.

"My experience points are gone!"

Yes, experience points. Only after coming down did Lu Chen realize that after defeating Da Shu, the system had actually issued a notification.

System prompt: Host defeated Da Shu, a youth of Barbarian Bull Village, and obtained 5 experience points.

Perhaps because Da Shu was not strong, or perhaps because he was still alive, Lu Chen had gained experience points, but only five of them. They could not compare to a White Wanderer-level Evil Soul at all.

Still, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Lu Chen was actually quite short on experience points.

"Leveling up requires experience points, and the skills I obtain also need experience points to improve. My shortage of experience points is huge..."

"Sigh, forget it. Now that I know defeating others can also earn experience points, there will be plenty of chances in the future."

Seeing that no one dared challenge him, Lu Chen could only comfort himself like this.

As he watched the battles in the arena while examining the system interface, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded beside him.

Opening his eyes, Lu Chen discovered that he had been surrounded by a group of Barbarian girls.

"A'Chen, are you thirsty? Do you need some water?"

"I made some dried meat. Try it!"

Looking at the group of Barbarian girls who had suddenly gathered around him, Lu Chen felt nothing but trouble.

Yet this was normal. Much like fans chasing stars in the real world, except ordinary people in the real world pursued handsome men and beautiful women because they liked them.

The Wild Wasteland was more realistic. They did it to survive.

After all, only the strong could obtain enough food and let them eat their fill.

Unfortunately, Lu Chen had no intention of marrying yet, so he directly shook his head and refused their goodwill.

"Sorry, I need some quiet. I have to wait for the battles afterward."

After he said that, the girls were all somewhat disappointed, but none of them dared linger and disturb Lu Chen.

Lu Chen turned his attention back to the arena, where the battles were still ongoing.

But after watching for a while, Lu Chen discovered that those who had won the qualification matches were all in poor shape now. Most of them had failed, even if they had not challenged Lu Chen.

"As expected, there is a gap between ordinary Barbarian youths and the Elite Group."

"But that is normal. The youths in the Elite Group have hot soup to aid them and can train one extra time. How could ordinary Barbarian youths possibly defeat them?"

"Besides, any youth with genuine talent would have long since been pulled into the Elite Group by the Witch Doctor Master and the Clan Chief."

As he pondered, the battles in the arena continued. Soon, the qualification challenge matches came to an end.

In the end, only the youth in first place defeated the third-last member of the Elite Group and obtained a spot.

However, although the challenge matches had ended, this contest was not over yet.

Next would be the ranking battles. Any youth in the Elite Group dissatisfied with his own position could challenge someone ranked above him.

Lu Chen was about to issue a challenge.

This challenge tournament could be said to have been arranged because the others in the Elite Group did not acknowledge Lu Chen's fighting strength. But now they acknowledged his strength, while Lu Chen wanted more.

"This world is too dangerous. I have to increase my strength, but there is only so much hot soup in the village. So, sorry—I want the largest share."

With that thought, Lu Chen stood in the center of the square and fixed his gaze on the Elite Group standing in the arena.

Under Lu Chen's gaze, the Barbarian youths of the Elite Group began to grow nervous as well.

Though they were all members of the Elite Group, the order and amount in which they drank the Medicinal Soup showed that different rankings meant different amounts of Medicinal Soup. No one would ever think they had too much Medicinal Soup.

Of course, those Barbarian youths were nervous because they had no confidence that they could defeat Lu Chen.

There was no helping it. Though Lu Chen had only attacked once just now, that strike had sent someone flying more than ten meters. Even the Elite Group youths feared that kind of power, so they did not dare meet Lu Chen's eyes.

However, there were also those who did not fear Lu Chen. Those two were naturally Xiao Shi and Arrow.

Lu Chen turned his gaze toward those two as well.

"Since I am fighting for it, I will fight for the best. I have that kind of strength now."

With that thought, Lu Chen spoke directly. "Witch Doctor Master, I want to challenge Xiao Shi, who is ranked first."