Humiliation

Although Jiang Fan's words carried the obvious intent of provoking people into taking the stage, he had spoken without leaving anyone any face.

Even though everyone below the stage knew what he was trying to do, they could not help but feel indignant.

"Jiang Fan, how dare you humiliate us like this!"

"Who do you think you are?"

"Do you really think beating Lu Xiaojian makes you the number one person in the Federal Arbitration Office? Let me tell you! You are still far from it!"

"..."

Jiang Fan cast a cold glance below.

"Since you think you have been insulted!"

"Then come up here!"

"Defeat me!"

The crowd below suddenly fell silent again.

Seeing this, Jiang Fan directly shook his head and looked at Xu Shoushan.

"Elder Xu!"

"If no one challenges me, does that mean my first place is secure?"

"Can the results be announced now?"

Xu Shoushan nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping across everyone.

"Is there anyone else who wishes to challenge Jiang Fan's 50th Province Team?"

Seeing that no one answered, he slowly said,

"If there is not, then Jiang Fan will be first among all contestants!"

"Everyone else will lose the right to compete for first place!"

"Additionally, Zhong Zhengbai, the other member of the 50th Province, will retain his original ranking, but no one may proactively challenge him again!"

Seeing that no one seemed to object, Xu Shoushan felt slightly relieved.

So be it!

Though this would make the competition lose a little of its fun, the outcome of Jiang Fan taking first place had not changed. It could be considered a satisfactory ending.

He then announced in a loud voice,

"Since that is the case, I hereby announce..."

"Jiang Fan is the number... of our second round..."

Just as he reached this point—

"Wait!"

A voice from below the stage suddenly interrupted him.

Following Xu Shoushan's gaze, everyone looked over and saw a youth in his thirties walk out from the crowd.

"Our 26th Province challenges the 50th Province!"

Behind him followed the other two teammates from the 26th Province.

Xu Shoushan's eyes narrowed as he said gravely,

"Have you thought this through?"

"If the challenge fails, you may very well be injured!"

"If you still wish to challenge other teams afterward, then it may be..."

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon Lu Xiaojian and the others in the distance.

The meaning was already obvious.

If they stepped up, the final result would likely be the same as Lu Xiaojian's group.

Even if they were not crippled, they would at least be bedridden for several days.

By then, they might lose their chance to fight other teams for the later rankings because of their injuries.

Who would have thought that the leader of the 26th Province was also a stubborn, unyielding man?

His tone turned solemn as he said,

"Thank you for the reminder, Elder Xu!"

"Though I, Xiao Xingzhi, may not be the strongest among everyone here, our 26th Province still has backbone!"

"If we cannot step forward in the face of such humiliation, we will have no face to continue mingling in the Federal Arbitration Office!"

The moment those words were spoken, the people below immediately responded one after another.

"Well said! Go fight without reservation! If you cannot defeat them, our 38th Province will follow!"

"That's right! Jiang Fan is far too arrogant. Does he really think he can sweep through all the teams from dozens of provinces? Our 8th Province is in too!"

"And us..."

"..."

Jiang Fan had just defeated Lu Xiaojian's group with the force of rotten wood collapsing, indeed forming a certain deterrent to every team.

Under Jiang Fan's repeated questioning, no one had dared to be the bird that stuck its head out.

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But now that Xiao Xingzhi of the 26th Province had taken the lead, everyone finally realized that Jiang Fan was merely a little stronger than they had imagined.

If all the teams fought them in succession and wore them down through a wheel battle—

With the strength of Jiang Fan and the other one, they would surely be defeated in the end.

Thus, everyone began clamoring once more.

Hearing this, Xu Shoushan frowned slightly.

He looked at Jiang Fan with some concern.

"Since that is the case!"

"Then we shall proceed according to the rules and begin the second round of challenges!"

"The two sides in this round are the 50th Province VS the 26th Province!"

At his words, Xiao Xingzhi and his two teammates lightly leaped onto the arena.

Standing opposite Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai, Xiao Xingzhi smiled faintly and said coldly,

"Jiang Fan, let me see whether you truly possess the strength you have displayed!"

"Please enlighten me!"

Jiang Fan shook his head slightly, too lazy to waste words on him.

"Can we begin?"

Xiao Xingzhi froze for a moment, then exchanged glances with his two teammates.

"Of course!"

The moment his words fell, he and his two teammates struck with the speed of thunder and lightning.

Boom!

The three of them poured all their strength into their right fists at almost the same instant, then fiercely blasted them forward.

Three streams of violent Blood Qi Power surged from their fists.

Then they rapidly gathered and fused...

In the blink of an eye, they formed an enormous phantom fist several zhang tall.

Carrying a suffocating pressure, it charged at Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai with the force of rotten wood collapsing.

For a moment, the fist wind howled and the air currents surged.

Even dozens of meters away beneath the stage, everyone could not help taking half a step back under that violent power, their hearts pounding faster.

"Xiao Xingzhi and the others have really kept themselves well hidden. Their results in the first round of the Team Survival Battle were not outstanding, yet they have suddenly erupted with such power now. They must have been concealing their abilities before!"

"That's right. No wonder they dared to confront Jiang Fan head-on after Lu Xiaojian was defeated. They were probably waiting for an opportunity to amaze everyone with a single feat!"

"If I am not mistaken, they had originally intended to save this opportunity for their match against us! If Jiang Fan had not insulted them, they probably would not have made a move!"

"Luckily, Jiang Fan forced out their trump card. Otherwise, if we had faced Xiao Xingzhi, the consequences would have been unthinkable..."

"I just wonder, when they face Jiang Fan, who will prove stronger?"

"..."

Discussion buzzed below the stage.

Yet Jiang Fan's expression on the stage remained calm.

"Using one's own power to drive the fist force, then releasing Blood Qi Power for fusion!"

"It is indeed a fine idea!"

"An attack delivered this way is at least several times stronger than before!"

"However..."

As Jiang Fan spoke, he lightly raised his right hand and pointed with one finger.

"Before an absolute gap in strength, everything is futile!"

His movement was effortless, as though he were merely brushing away a speck of dust before his eyes.

Yet at the instant his finger touched the opponent's fist—

An exceedingly condensed, razor-sharp burst of energy, so swift that it was nearly impossible to catch with the naked eye—

Like an invisible peerless edge, it suddenly erupted from his fingertip.

Sssht!

An extremely faint tearing sound rang out.

The burst of energy pierced precisely into the giant fist phantom.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

After a brief pause—

Boom!

The enormous fist phantom, originally so imposing that it seemed capable of crushing everything, collapsed with a crash like a bubble that had been poked open.

Then, beneath everyone's horrified gazes—

The violent energy within the giant fist phantom suddenly scattered.

Whoosh!

Under the remaining force, the ground around the arena was blasted apart, turf flying everywhere and leaving a complete mess.

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