"Nicely done, Old Luo."
In the audience, Zeng Shan cupped a hand to his mouth, whistled, and waved a flag in support.
"That Old Luo guy is even stronger than he was in the Forbidden Land."
"He sent everyone flying off the arena in one move."
"Haha, falling off the arena counts as losing."
"That was a clean win."
Once Zeng Shan got excited, he chattered on without pause.
Beside him, the slender, clean-faced Li Bohang adjusted his glasses and said, "It's not over yet. Look, there's still one left."
Zeng Shan froze for a moment, then swept his gaze toward the arena.
Only one-third of the arena remained. Other than Luo Yan, he couldn't see anyone else.
However, he noticed Luo Yan looking toward the left side of the arena.
Zeng Shan followed his gaze and only then spotted a black rope wrapped around a steel bar at the edge of the arena.
Then someone leaped up.
A second-year student—Wu Tiejun!
Just now, Wu Tiejun had reacted quickly. When he realized the arena was about to collapse, he immediately formed hand seals and used Profound Technique No. 1, "Black Rope."
At the crucial moment, he wrapped it around a steel bar and swung himself over with its momentum, avoiding being knocked off the arena.
Luo Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and quietly activated the "Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye."
He looked over.
Around the biological gray light surrounding Wu Tiejun, the red light was vivid and the yellow light bright.
His Vitality Value was 451, while his Primal Energy was 120 Jun.
His high Vitality Value was because his Visualization Technique had already reached Primary Level Five, and his body had been tempered by Primal Energy.
His Primal Energy, meanwhile, was at Primary Level Two.
Every second-year student participating in the competition wore a wristband.
It was a Primal Energy suppression device.
It could suppress Primal Energy to a certain value.
For the sake of fairness.
Their Primal Energy had all been suppressed to 120 Jun.
That way, the gap between them and the first-year students wouldn't be too large.
Luo Yan wore one too.
He was rather special.
Although he was a first-year student.
He was already at Primary Level Four.
His Vitality Value was 572, and without suppression, his Primal Energy would reach 196 Jun.
So he also wore a suppression device, controlling his Primal Energy at 120 Jun.
However, after that burst of power just now, only 70 Jun remained.
Still, because of Observing Mountains and Seas, his Primal Energy would slowly recover.
By now.
Only Wu Tiejun remained on the arena.
Luo Yan slammed both feet against the arena floor. His entire body shot forward like a rocket, charging toward Wu Tiejun.
Wu Tiejun held a long metal staff. He had originally planned to use the advantage of his longer weapon to wear down Luo Yan's stamina and Primal Energy.
But after witnessing Luo Yan's outburst just now.
Wu Tiejun recognized a hard truth.
He couldn't possibly defeat Luo Yan in Combat Skills.
But he didn't panic.
Everyone had their own specialty.
During lessons, the mentors had emphasized this more than once.
Whether it was Combat Skills or Mystic Arts, one could only be the main focus and the other a secondary focus.
Do not cultivate both equally.
Otherwise, trying to chew more than one could swallow would leave one unable to master either.
Wu Tiejun disliked fighting people at close range.
Therefore, he had chosen to specialize in Mystic Arts.
He had only learned one or two Combat Skills as a precaution.
But now, if he still intended to use close combat to wear down his opponent before using Mystic Arts to decide the outcome.
That would be far too naive.
Wu Tiejun immediately threw his staff, using it to interfere with Luo Yan.
Then he rapidly formed hand seals with both hands.
Finally, he shouted, "Phantom Wolf!"
Bright yellow light danced before him like dazzling starlight, rapidly condensing into an illusory, intangible Wolf Beast.
In the audience.
He Hao, whose face had hard, chiseled features and whose upright posture gave him the bearing of a tough guy, clicked his tongue. "Profound Technique No. 10, Phantom Wolf."
"It possesses autonomous combat ability. It can attack, defend, entangle, and harass."
"To take down the caster, you first have to kill this troublesome thing."
"That's why I hate people who use Mystic Arts the most. They refuse to fight head-on and only know how to stab people in the back."
Beside him, Su Jiu, who was chewing candy, said disdainfully, "Do you think everyone's like you, with nothing but muscles in their brains?"
"As long as you win, who cares whether you fight head-on?"
He Hao raised his voice. "A head-on battle is a man's romance. What the hell would you know?"
Su Jiu didn't get angry. She blinked and said, "Of course I don't know. Who asked me to be a woman?"
On the arena.
Luo Yan had just tilted his head to avoid Wu Tiejun's staff when he saw an illusory Wolf Beast condensed from Primal Energy appear before his opponent.
The moment the Wolf Beast took shape, it let out a silent roar and pounced at Luo Yan.
Only one-third of the arena remained.
There was hardly enough space for Luo Yan to circle around the Wolf Beast.
Besides, Luo Yan wasn't particularly fast.
How could two legs outrun four?
His expressionless face unchanged, he charged straight at the Wolf Beast without slowing or dodging.
The alloy sword in his hand turned into a bolt of lightning. Amid a flash of silver-white light, it struck the Phantom Wolf's head.
The Phantom Wolf's reactions were originally quite fast, and ordinary attacks would have had difficulty hitting it.
But Luo Yan had now used the Combat Skill "Thunderclap."
Naturally, the attack landed.
The Phantom Wolf was immediately hacked to the ground. Its outline blurred violently, showing signs that it might disperse at any moment.
Luo Yan didn't slow down. He charged straight toward Wu Tiejun and swung his metal sword down with a whistling sound.
Wu Tiejun formed hand seals again.
The Primal Energy around his body surged and transformed into an invisible barrier, colliding with Luo Yan's sword.
The Primal Energy of both sides clashed.
A boom rang out across the arena.
Several cracks appeared in the invisible barrier, but it did not collapse.
Luo Yan slowly narrowed his eyes.
He knew this Mystic Art too.
Profound Technique No. 5: Empty Wall!
Dedicated entirely to defense!
At that moment, his shoulder suddenly throbbed and sank.
His gaze dropped.
He saw the Phantom Wolf clamped tightly onto his left shoulder with its teeth.
This Wolf Beast had taken a Thunderclap and still hadn't collapsed.
As expected of Profound Technique No. 10!
In the audience.
Su Jiu said softly, "Your little friend is in trouble."
"Those skilled in Mystic Arts are also skilled at setting up situations."
"Once the battle takes shape, it becomes like a swamp, gradually making it harder and harder for the opponent to escape."
"Right now, that Wu Tiejun is using Empty Wall for defense, making it difficult for your little friend to break through and preventing him from injuring Wu Tiejun."
"Meanwhile, the Phantom Wolf is interfering from behind. Next, he'll probably use Profound Technique No. 3 for further control, then finish things with Profound Technique No. 7."
He Hao snorted. "He's not my friend."
Then He Hao stood up and shouted, "First-year kid, take him down!"
On the arena.
A ruthless glint flashed through Luo Yan's slightly narrowed eyes.
He reversed the metal sword and fiercely stabbed backward at himself.
The sword pierced through the wolf's body, and the Phantom Wolf finally collapsed.
But the instant the Wolf Beast collapsed, illusory chains condensed from Primal Energy wrapped around Luo Yan's hands and feet.
These several Primal Energy chains immediately made it difficult for Luo Yan to move.
The corresponding information flashed through Luo Yan's mind.
Profound Technique No. 3: Binding Lock!
Immediately afterward.
A sharp sonic boom rang out across the arena.
Amid the shriek.
Luo Yan's entire body shook and swayed continuously, as though he had been struck by a series of invisible javelins. Specks of blood rapidly appeared across his body.
The spots of blood gradually spread.
Profound Technique No. 7: Wind Spear!
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