Champion

"The first semifinal match: Li Fei versus Zhou Yishan."

The referee announced loudly from the ring.

"Xiao Fei, be careful. Don't clash with him head-on."

Li Tianyu warned Li Fei.

Li Fei smiled at her. "Don't worry. Watch me avenge you."

With that, he turned and climbed into the ring.

Watching Li Fei step confidently into the ring, Li Tianyu felt that this younger brother who had grown up alongside her really had changed.

On the other side, Zhou Yishan said confidently to Chen Lixin:

"Watch me beat the crap out of him!"

Soon, the two stood in the ring.

Zhou Yishan's body completely towered over Li Fei. Standing together, the contrast between their physiques was striking.

"Begin!"

The referee announced the start of the match.

As soon as the words fell, Li Fei and Zhou Yishan both stepped forward almost simultaneously and slammed into each other with their whole bodies.

Mountain Shattering Stance—Mountain-Shattering Step!

"Looking for death!"

When Zhou Yishan saw Li Fei choose the same move as him, he sneered inwardly.

The next second, their bodies crashed together.

Boom! A muffled thud rang out across the ring.

Zhou Yishan felt as if he had collided with a mountain. He practiced the Mountain Shattering Stance, but that did not mean he could actually shatter mountains and rivers.

Then something that left everyone present dumbfounded happened—Zhou Yishan was knocked backward by Li Fei!

"No way..."

Li Tianyu's eyes widened below the ring.

She had personally experienced how powerful Zhou Yishan was, and she also knew exactly how strong Li Fei was. She simply could not understand why Zhou Yishan was the one who had been knocked back. After using Mountain-Shattering Step, Li Fei immediately advanced and threw a punch, still using the Mountain Shattering Stance.

A vicious glint flashed through Zhou Yishan's eyes. He deliberately retreated to evade Li Fei's punch. Just as Li Fei followed up with another Mountain Shattering Stance, Zhou Yishan suddenly raised his leg and whipped a high roundhouse kick toward Li Fei's head.

He was far too familiar with the Mountain Shattering Stance. He had predicted Li Fei's move and seized the initiative.

Smack! The air exploded as Zhou Yishan's roundhouse kick landed solidly on Li Fei's head.

"Not good!"

Li Tianyu's expression changed at once. Even with protective gear, that kick from Zhou Yishan could knock someone unconscious! On the ring, after taking the kick, Li Fei's neck merely tilted slightly to the side. His body did not even sway. He immediately kicked out with his right leg, hooking Zhou Yishan's supporting left leg like a sickle cutting grass.

Boom! Zhou Yishan crashed heavily to the ground.

"Whoa—"

The spectators erupted in an uproar.

Even the Conflict Mitigation Department instructors standing at the four corners of the ring revealed startled expressions.

How terrifying did one's resistance to impact have to be to disregard Zhou Yishan's attack like that?

Li Fei calmly checked the Myriad Blood Bead: Level: 3, 3%; Blood Souls: 15 +91%.

Zhou Yishan's strength was indeed formidable. That single kick had dealt him more damage than anyone else had managed over an entire match.

But that was all.

Even if Li Fei stood still and let Zhou Yishan keep kicking him, Zhou Yishan would need more than a hundred kicks to knock him down.

"Again."

Li Fei beckoned to Zhou Yishan with a finger.

Zhou Yishan stared at Li Fei in astonishment before getting back to his feet.

"How did you do that?"

Li Fei did not answer. He continued stepping forward and throwing punches, responding with the Mountain Shattering Stance! Gritting his teeth, Zhou Yishan continued throwing punches in disbelief and exchanged blows with Li Fei.

Boom, boom, boom, boom—

Their fists moved like the wind. Neither dodged nor flinched, standing upright and trading punches in the simplest, most brutal way!

Both their fists kept raining down on each other like drops of rain. The straightforward, brutally physical battle left the students below the ring staring in stunned disbelief.

Because Li Fei was trading punches with Zhou Yishan! Since the day Zhou Yishan had enrolled, none of the Conflict Mitigation Department's students in this class had dared to fight him this way. Yet now, he felt as if he were fighting a slowly moving mountain and could only retreat again and again.

Seeing that he was gradually nearing the edge of the ring, Zhou Yishan knew that he would lose if he retreated any farther. He deliberately backed away several steps, then charged forward, roaring as he slammed toward Li Fei. Veins bulged on his neck as he exerted all his strength, looking like a rampaging bull that had broken loose.

Li Fei stood where he was and used the Heavenly Star Overlord Body, waiting for Zhou Yishan to crash into him.

Boom! Zhou Yishan slammed into Li Fei but failed to shake him. His momentum was forcibly halted, and then a massive rebound of force struck him, sending him stumbling backward against his will.

Li Fei continued stepping forward and throwing punches.

From the beginning of the fight until now, he had not retreated half a step! Boom! Li Fei's left hook struck Zhou Yishan's headgear, followed immediately by a right punch to the abdomen and a left straight to the face. Zhou Yishan instinctively counterattacked, but he could not affect Li Fei in the slightest.

After Zhou Yishan was forced to the edge of the ring, Li Fei viciously drove a spinning elbow into his chest, knocking him out of the ring!

"Li Fei wins!"

The referee announced the result.

Li Fei came to the edge of the ring, gave Zhou Yishan a thumbs-up, then slowly turned it downward.

In his previous life, he had been used to acting with extreme caution. Now, winning in the ring with such fierce, overbearing techniques, he felt the long-lost surge of hot blood and a hint of youthful spirit.

"This feels pretty good."

Li Fei thought this inwardly, a smile appearing on his face.

After finishing, he turned toward Chen Lixin, whose expression shifted unpredictably. "I told you, the match isn't over yet."

Only after saying that did he calmly walk down from the ring.

"Holy crap, that was so cool! How did you do that?"

After he came down, Li Tianyu asked impatiently.

"I used the hardening technique Mr. Hao taught me."

"What kind of hardening technique can be that powerful?"

"Maybe I also have a tiny bit of talent in this area."

"Hahahaha, impressive! You have to win the championship this time!"

"Okay."

While the two were talking, Chen Lixin had already entered the ring for his match.

Relying on the Chen Family's secret martial art, he knocked his opponent out of the ring without much effort and advanced to the finals.

Fifteen minutes later, the final began.

"I really didn't expect you to make it this far."

On the ring, Chen Lixin said to Li Fei.

"There are still many things you can't imagine."

Li Fei spoke calmly.

Chen Lixin's expression turned sinister. "People like you never see reality clearly. In this world, some people are born in the clouds, while others are born in the mud. We aren't even on the same level, yet you always think that standing on tiptoe will let you reach the sky!"

Li Fei fell silent.

To a certain extent, what he said was not wrong. It was the same principle as the "small-town exam-taker" from his previous life.

In his previous life, he had worked himself to the bone within the system, yet hadn't he still been unable to outpace those second-generation heirs in promotion?

However, in this life, Li Fei no longer believed in such principles.

"My teacher told me that if fate doesn't provide it, you have to fight for it."

He looked at Chen Lixin and spoke calmly.

Chen Lixin sneered. "Then today I'll show you that some thresholds in this world are ones you'll never cross in your entire life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his breathing grew rapid and his face flushed.

Li Fei guessed that he was about to use some secret technique, so he decisively stepped forward and launched an attack.

However, unlike Zhou Yishan, Chen Lixin had no obvious weaknesses. His footwork was only slightly inferior to Li Tianyu's, allowing him to dodge around the ring with ease.

After a dozen or so seconds, his body began to heat up, his blood circulated rapidly, and his heart beat twice as fast as before! The Chen Family naturally possessed Implants, but they could not compare with the Conflict Mitigation Department of the Twelve Universities. To help Chen Lixin build a solid foundation, the Chen Family had not given him an Implant.

Even so, Chen Lixin had mastered certain methods that could grant him strength beyond that of ordinary people.

The breathing method he was using was a secret technique of the Chen Family. It could stimulate his potential in a short period and make him unleash power far beyond his own limits! This was the threshold brought by one's family background that he had mentioned to Li Fei.

After using this secret technique, Chen Lixin would need several days of medicinal baths to recover. The cost of those baths far exceeded the prize money for this championship, so what he was doing was actually a terrible bargain. He would not use this secret technique during ordinary school assessments.

But Chen Lixin had done his own calculations. To preserve the Chen Family's dignity and vent the anger in his chest, this price was worth paying.

Today, he was determined to make these Li siblings understand why the Chen Family was Xingcheng's foremost aristocratic family—and why the Li Family was nothing!

"Get down!"

After completing the secret technique, Chen Lixin suddenly drove a punch toward Li Fei.

Li Fei promptly used the Heavenly Star Overlord Body to block it, but he still felt a tremendous force surging toward him.

He roughly estimated that this power was far greater than Zhou Yishan's!

With the Myriad Blood Bead sharing the damage, Li Fei could still stand his ground without retreating. After all, ninety-nine percent of the impact was absorbed.

Still, he chose to retreat several steps.

He could appear extremely powerful, but he could not appear abnormal.

Seeing that Li Fei had finally been knocked back, Chen Lixin revealed an excited expression and immediately chased after him, throwing a series of punches.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! One muffled explosion after another rang out across the ring, like a huge drum being pounded again and again. Li Fei held his arms up in a guard to protect his head, retreating continuously under the barrage.

He checked the Myriad Blood Bead: Level: 3, 6%; Blood Souls: 15 +11%.

In just this short while, Chen Lixin had knocked away more than half a Blood Soul from him. His assault was indeed fierce.

For an ordinary person, losing "one-tenth of their blood" would already mean a serious injury. Losing "one-third of their blood" would most likely leave them gravely wounded and unable to rise.

Reality was not a game where one could still show off their skills while hanging on by a sliver of health.

But for Li Fei, who possessed the Myriad Blood Bead, even if he had only one Blood Soul left, he could still keep showing off. Thus, although Chen Lixin's assault was fierce, it could not frighten him at all.

He calmly waited for his opportunity, retreating bit by bit until he reached the edge of the ring.

Everyone thought the outcome had already been decided.

"Get down!"

Chen Lixin had become completely caught up in the fight. Excitedly, he kicked toward Li Fei's lower abdomen.

Smack! Li Fei suddenly drove forward, meeting Chen Lixin's kick head-on after being forced back again and again.

Chen Lixin's eyes widened, and he immediately sensed that something was wrong. But before he could retract his leg, Li Fei had already swept his supporting leg with a Hook Scythe Leg.

Chen Lixin's body instantly lost its balance and tipped to the left.

Li Fei swiftly stepped forward, seized Chen Lixin's arms with both hands, twisted his waist and hips, then spun violently and flung his entire body outward!

Bang—

Chen Lixin crashed heavily outside the ring.

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The venue fell completely silent. No one had yet reacted.

"Li Fei wins!"

Only when the referee loudly announced the result did everyone snap back to reality.

Li Fei looked toward the crowd below the ring, raised his right hand, held up one finger, and flashed a radiant smile. "Me—the champion!"