Reckless

"Witch Doctor Master, I want to challenge Xiao Shi, who is ranked first."

Those words made the Witch Doctor frown.

"A'Chen, are you sure? Let me remind you: Xiao Shi is already a Barbarian Blood Warrior. You may have talent, but you have trained for far too short a time. It would be best to choose another opponent."

It could only be said that Lu Chen had truly earned the attention of the Witch Doctor and the Clan Chief. Otherwise, the Witch Doctor would never have warned him.

Lu Chen felt the Witch Doctor's goodwill, but thinking of the Barbarian King Bloodline and feeling the powerful strength surging through his body, he still insisted on his choice.

"I won't change. I want to see the strength of a Barbarian Blood Warrior."

"This..."

The Witch Doctor still wanted to say something, but the Clan Chief spoke first.

"Fine."

Then, the Clan Chief quietly said to the Witch Doctor, "Having just gained strength, young people are bound to get a little swollen with pride. Letting him suffer a setback now is not a bad thing. With us watching, nothing will happen."

Those words persuaded the Witch Doctor.

"Very well. Better to suffer a setback here than encounter one in the wilderness."

Once the Clan Chief and Witch Doctor Master agreed, the edge of the square instantly boiled over.

It was not often that one got to see a Barbarian Blood Warrior fight, and this was a battle between young geniuses. It drew even more attention.

Xiao Shi was also loosening his limbs as he stepped into the center of the field. Looking at Lu Chen, he split his lips in a vicious grin.

"Knowing that I am a Barbarian Blood Warrior, you still dare challenge me. I have to say, you have courage!"

"I will show you the gap between a Barbarian Blood Warrior and an ordinary man."

Lu Chen gave no response to Xiao Shi's words. He, too, was warming up his body.

After all, though he had confidence in the Barbarian King Bloodline, Xiao Shi stood a full level above him. He would not be easy to deal with.

As Lu Chen warmed up, the Clan Chief's voice sounded from the side.

"Begin!"

At the command, Xiao Shi, who had been standing still, suddenly lunged at Lu Chen like a barbarian bull.

This time, Lu Chen did not remain standing either. Like Xiao Shi and Da Shu, he lowered his body and shot forward.

Barbarian Bull Rush!

Barbarian Bull Rush!

After all, this was a small village. The entire village did not possess many powerful martial arts, so village matches relied on physique and strength.

Basically, whoever was stronger and sturdier would win. This did not suit the martial aesthetic of the Central Plains, but it was the norm among barbarians.

Like two speeding cars, Lu Chen and Xiao Shi slammed viciously into each other.

With a bang, Lu Chen felt his body go numb.

The opponent was clearly flesh and blood, yet Lu Chen felt as if he had crashed into a cliff face. The violent collision made both his arms numb.

But the ten points of Constitution granted by the Barbarian King Bloodline gave Lu Chen an exceptionally strong body.

Very quickly, Lu Chen's arms recovered, and he threw a punch at Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi looked at Lu Chen, who had remained planted in place without retreating a single step after being rammed by him, then at the fist rapidly approaching him. His expression changed drastically.

How is that possible? His strength is nearly the same as mine. I'm a Barbarian Blood Warrior!

And he recovered before I did. He isn't even a Barbarian Blood Warrior!

Though shocked and unable to believe it, Xiao Shi was still a Barbarian Blood Warrior, and his reaction was not slow.

Just as he was about to be struck, Xiao Shi roared. Then, the skin across his body visibly reddened at a speed discernible to the naked eye. His blood was rapidly accelerating through his veins.

At the same time, the violent pounding of a heart echoed throughout the entire field.

Blood Boiling

This was a technique most Barbarian Blood Warriors knew. It used their transformed blood to drive the blood throughout their bodies, accelerating its flow and pushing a barbarian's body into its limit state.

A Barbarian Blood Warrior in this state could unleash greater strength and react more quickly.

At the same time, under Blood Boiling, a Barbarian Blood Warrior's sense of pain would also weaken.

Under the effects of Blood Boiling, Xiao Shi finally gained the lead by a step. He raised his hand and blocked Lu Chen's attack.

With another bang, the sound of their fists colliding rang out across the field.

Then—

"Aahhh!"

After a frenzied roar, the crimson-skinned Xiao Shi went mad. Ignoring defense entirely, he rained down punches on Lu Chen like a machine gun.

Ignoring defense, attacking madly without a care for anything else—this was what barbarians were like under Blood Boiling.

Dodging? Retreating? What were those? For barbarians, all they needed was to charge ahead recklessly.

Facing Xiao Shi, who had completely gone berserk, Lu Chen had no intention of dodging either. Nor could he.

After all, while the Barbarian King Bloodline and the Highland Bloodline were skills of the same rank, it only increased Constitution and Strength, not Speed.

Against the frenzied Xiao Shi, Lu Chen did the same thing as him: he threw punches wildly.

"Want to compare bodies? With the Barbarian King Bloodline, I fear no one."

"Ora ora ora ora ora ora..."

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Amid furious roars, Lu Chen and Xiao Shi fought like madmen, neither retreating a single step as they wildly exchanged blows in the center of the field.

The collision of fist against fist rang without pause throughout the field. In the violent impacts, blood appeared on both Lu Chen's and Xiao Shi's fists, yet even so, neither of them retreated.

This frenzied exchange continued for over thirty seconds. In those thirty seconds, Lu Chen threw more than a hundred punches, and Xiao Shi did the same.

Most of the time, Lu Chen's and Xiao Shi's fists collided with each other, but some punches landed on their bodies.

Yet neither Xiao Shi nor Lu Chen dodged the punches that landed on them. They were too close now; the instant either showed any intent to evade, the other's rapid punches would smash him to the ground.

Therefore, Xiao Shi and Lu Chen could only endure the blows head-on.

Lu Chen relied on the Constitution boost from the Barbarian King Bloodline. That boost allowed him to withstand the impact of the fists.

Xiao Shi, meanwhile, relied on the special state brought by Blood Boiling. With his blood flowing at extreme speed, much of Xiao Shi's pain sensation had vanished.

The two continued to clash head-on like that.

Such battles were also common in ordinary barbarian villages. In the Barbarian Wasteland, there were no profound martial techniques; all that mattered was a strong body.

If they had been ordinary barbarians, such a battle would likely have continued until one of them could no longer hold on.

But unfortunately, Lu Chen was different.

From the moment the battle began, fighting spirit had started boiling within Lu Chen's chest.

Thirty seconds of exchanging blows had pushed that fighting spirit to its limit, ready to burst forth.

Lu Chen did not suppress it. He knew what it was.

Endless Rage