First Round Ends

"What makes you think you've reached the Nine Star Dou Spirit?" Lei Qian screamed.

In just two short years, Lin Ming had risen from a newly promoted Dou Ling to a Nine Star Dou Spirit. Meanwhile, Lei Qian had only advanced three stars in those two years, and only achieved his Nine Star Dou Spirit status through a secret technique. This comparison filled Lei Qian with resentment, exacerbating his already serious mental abnormalities caused by the secret technique.

"A frog in a well!" This was the only idiom Lin Ming could use to describe Lei Qian's jealousy.

"Ah!" Faced with Lin Ming's mockery, Lei Qian, whose mind was already abnormal, could no longer control himself and charged towards Lin Ming recklessly.

Facing Lei Qian's charging attack, Lin Ming took out the Star Dragon Saber and slashed down at Lei Qian.

"Bang!"

Despite being in a berserk state, Lei Qian instinctively used his spear to defend himself against Lin Mingxing's dragon-sword strikes.

After blocking the Star Dragon Saber, Lei Qian struggled to raise his spear and then thrust it at Lin Ming.

The crisp sound of collision rang out again. If Lei Qian could withstand ordinary attacks even in his berserk state, Lin Ming could easily block Lei Qian's ordinary attacks as well.

After exchanging a few more blows with Lei Qian, Lin Ming cleaved Lei Qian several steps back with a single strike.

Lin Ming, who has now cultivated the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique to its peak, is essentially equivalent to a Fourth Rank Top-tier Magical Beast in human Human Form. Therefore, if Lei Qian were to confront Lin Ming head-on, it would be an overwhelming defeat for Lin Ming.

In a frenzied state, after being knocked away, Lei Qian gripped his spear with both hands, pointed it forward, and lightning surged across the spear.

Upon seeing the lightning surging on Lei Qian's spear, one can recall that in Lei Qian previous battle, Lei Qian had also used this signature Dou Technique — the Welded Thunder Dragon Spear.

As Lei Qian's cultivation level increased, the power of his Dou Technique naturally also increased. However, Lei Qian wasn't the only one whose cultivation level improved; Lin Ming's improvement was even greater.

Last time, Lin Ming blocked the lightning attack from Lei Qian's Welded Thunder Dragon Spear using only the fully mastered Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique. Now, the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique has been raised to its peak, and Lin Ming is immune to lightning attacks. Let alone a mere Lei Qian, even if it were a Dou Wang, lightning attribute attacks alone would not be able to cause Lin Ming any damage.

So when Lin Ming saw Lei Qian using the Welded Thunder Dragon Spear, he stretched his arms, and then, with a "hum," Lin Ming threw a punch at Lei Qian.

Regarding the attack from Lei Qian 'Welded Thunder Dragon Spear, thanks to the enhancement of his body by the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique, the lightning attribute on it had no effect on Lin Ming. In addition, his physical strength had reached the level of Fourth-Order Magical Beasts, so Lin Ming's use of Explosive Thunder Fist to simply defend against it was more than enough.

After Lin Ming unleashed his Explosive Thunder Fist, Lei Qian also completed the execution of his Welded Thunder Dragon Spear. Then, Lei Qian swung his spear forward, and the Thunder Dragon Head roared as it attacked.

The Thunder Dragon Head roared as it passed through the air, colliding with the Explosive Thunder Fist.

The Welded Thunder Dragon Spear is Profound Tier High-grade Dou Technique. When facing the Black Tier Low-grade Explosive Thunder Fist, it shattered the Explosive Thunder Fist with almost no effort, and then roared towards Lin Ming.

Upon seeing the Thunder Dragon Head baring its fangs, Lin Ming activated his Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique. Then, as the Thunder Dragon Head's head arrived, he grabbed its upper jaw with one hand and pinched Thunder Dragon Head lower lip with the other, and with a sudden burst of force, the Thunder Dragon Head was torn in two.

Lin Ming's ferocity not only frightened the onlookers, but even the somewhat deranged Lei Qian was stunned.

After all, in the last battle, although Lin Ming didn't show any visible injuries after taking the Welded Thunder Dragon Spear, he had still endured it. But now, Lin Ming had actually torn the head of the Welded Thunder Dragon Spear apart. Comparing these two incidents, Lin Ming's current actions were even more disheartening.

"Since you've run out of tricks, let's end this fight!" Seeing Lei Qian unleash his signature Dou Technique, Lin Ming decided not to waste any more time with him.

A ball of flame appeared in Lin Ming's hand. With a flick of Lin Ming wrist, it formed Flame Ring that reached Lei Qian before he could even react. Then, these Flame Ring began to encircle Lei Qian.

Lei Qian was naturally resisting the binding force of the Flame Ring. However, with so many Flame Rings, he was overwhelmed and several were already Flame Ring and burning him.

At the same time, Lin Ming changed his position and arrived beside Lei Qian a moment later. Then, Lin Ming threw Mountain Rushing Fist at Lei Qian.

"Thump!"

"Laugh!"

While bound by the Flame Ring, Lei Qian's movements were restricted, preventing him from taking a full hit of the Mountain Rushing Fist.

Lei Qian, Mountain Rushing Fist, was sent flying backward and crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Oh! Not bad! Lei Qian, you've improved after two years! Last time you fainted after taking the Mountain Rushing Fist, but this time you only coughed up blood and didn't faint. It seems your boasting earlier had some merit." Lin Ming said mockingly upon seeing Lei Qian coughing up blood.

"You—! Pfft!" Faced with Lin Ming's mockery, Lei Qian was about to say something when he spat out another mouthful of blood, then collapsed and fainted again.

"Fine! I guess I misjudged you. Lei Qian, you've made me slap myself in the face." She had just said Lei Qian had improved and hadn't fainted, but now Lei Qian had slapped her in the face so hard. Lei Qian fainted on the spot.

"Lin Ming wins this match." Seeing that Lei Qian had fainted, the referee announced the result.

Then, members of the White Dragon Gang came up and carried Lei Qian away. Lin Ming also walked off the competition field, handing it over to the next group of competitors.

With his match against Lei Qian over, Lin Ming unsurprisingly advanced to the next round. Of course, for Lin Ming, advancing to the next round was perfectly normal.

Of the forty-nine participants, Lin Ming's only fear was drawing Zi Yan. If he were to face Zi Yan, whether out of friendship or skill, Lin Ming didn't know how to proceed.

However, if such a situation were to occur, Zi Yan would be more likely to concede defeat.

Even disregarding the fact that Lin Ming is now Zi Yan's benefactor, just considering Lin Ming relationship, Zi Yan would never lay a hand on Lin Ming.

While the Heart Flame Body Tempering was somewhat useful to Zi Yan, she had already undergone Zi Yan several times, so missing this one wouldn't matter to her.

After Lin Ming left the arena, another group began their battle, and this round of competition continued until nearly evening before finally ending. The twenty-five winners will compete in the second round tomorrow.