The Advantage Is With Him

Before long, aside from Li Meng and Qin Chen, three small groups had formed on the stage.

Each group consisted of about six to eight people.

At this moment, they were all watching the others cautiously, their eyes filled with hostility.

Every person here was their competitor, including their "temporary teammates."

But the elimination of the latter was something to consider only when their small group was all that remained.

Before eliminating the others, they were still united against a common enemy.

Suddenly, a voice rang out across the stage.

"Everyone! I think it's necessary for us to join forces first and eliminate those two loners!"

"Otherwise, if we eliminate each other first, we'll only let them reap the benefits!"

"I'm sure you all know their identities, right? One is second on the Wild Ranking, and the other is fourth!"

"Once we've exhausted ourselves fighting, given their strength, we won't stand a chance!"

The person speaking was an ordinary-looking man, and at this moment, his gaze was locked firmly onto Qin Chen and Li Meng.

His eyes were full of wariness!

Upon hearing his words, the others couldn't help but turn their gazes toward the two as well.

After a moment of silence and exchanging glances, they made their decision.

Two of the groups moved toward the third, positioning themselves on either side of it.

They turned their eyes toward Qin Chen and his companion in unison.

They didn't say a word, but their actions made their stance clear.

However, Qin Chen merely glanced at them indifferently before paying them no further mind.

Two against twenty—the advantage was his!

Sometimes, having more people wasn't useful, especially when the highest strength among that group was only Body Tempering Layer Two.

To be honest, saying he could take them out with one punch each was giving them too much credit!

"Heh, the Wild Ranking is just the Wild Ranking. Nothing but trash!"

At this, Li Meng couldn't help but chime in with a snort.

Ever since Qin Chen had defeated him last time, Qin Chen had leaped up to second place on the Wild Ranking.

Just looking at these rankings, you can tell how watered down this Wild Ranking really is!

In Li Meng's eyes, Jiang Ruohan, who was ranked first on the Wild Ranking, wasn't even qualified to tie Qin Chen's shoelaces.

Where did these nobodies come from, and how dare they rank ahead of his boss?

He was afraid that if his boss threw a single punch, Jiang Ruohan would be reduced to whimpering!

The King of Body Tempering Layer Six! Are you kidding me?!

"Will all contestants please prepare; the match will begin shortly!"

At this moment, the familiar voice echoed once again from the loudspeakers across the arena.

Almost everyone's expression suddenly tightened. They stopped joking around and became incredibly serious.

A few breaths later~

"I now announce... the match begins!"

The moment the words fell, the people on all sixteen battle platforms moved at once, clashing into a chaotic melee.

On battle platform number nine, those twenty or so people didn't hesitate in the slightest. They charged toward Qin Chen and his companion in unison, letting out frantic, wild cries.

"Well come!"

Li Meng let out a loud roar.

"Boss, let me go test the level of these guys!"

Before his voice had even faded, Li Meng charged straight out.

The muscles on his bare back, shaped like the character for 'Ferocious,' were blinding under the sunlight.

Li Meng's cultivation realm was the same as it had been a few days ago; he was still at the Body Tempering Third Layer and had not yet broken through to the Fourth Layer.

This was normal!

The further one progressed, the harder it was to break through—a point Qin Chen understood deeply.

Even with his day-and-night training over the past few days, he had only just broken through to the Body Tempering Fifth Layer yesterday.

And one had to realize that his training conditions were arguably the absolute best.

The massive amount of Star Energy absorbed instantly while practicing the Burning Meridian Merging Spirit Art meant his absorption speed was not a bit lower than those top geniuses, and perhaps even stronger.

The Side Effect Reversal of the Seven Injuries Fist was equivalent to an unlimited supply of Body Tempering Fluid, and its restorative effects on the body were even better than the fluid itself.

Coupled with his growing Star Energy Aptitude, his absorption rate of Star Energy had also significantly increased.

With these three factors combined, it still took him a full few days to break through to the Body Tempering Fifth Layer.

It really was quite difficult!

As for Li Meng, although he was only at the Body Tempering Third Layer and didn't amount to much in Qin Chen's eyes, to the average students opposite him, he was essentially a human tank.

His physique, nearly twice the size of an ordinary person, charged into the crowd, immediately sending the people at the very front flying and crashing heavily onto the ground.

The rest of them were shocked at the sight, but they didn't show the slightest intention of retreating.

The temptation brought by the Elite Class was far greater than the deterrent force Li Meng posed to them.

The group dispersed; half of them surrounded Li Meng, while the other half went for Qin Chen.

Watching these small fry charging at him, Qin Chen slowly drew the D-Grade Combat Saber from his waist, which he had purchased for one hundred thousand Star Coins.

After his last fight with Liao Fei, he had learned his lesson, and the very next day, he couldn't wait to buy a saber on the Star Net.

Naturally, he had also cultivated the Shaking Mountains City Destroying Saber to the realm of Grand Completion in just a single night.

The Shaking Mountains City Destroying Saber didn't have any flashy moves; it consisted of only one strike.

One strike, capable of destroying cities and shaking mountains!

Although this claim was somewhat exaggerated, that was its core philosophy.

Discarding all other conditions, it pursued ultimate destructive power!

With the Shaking Mountains City Destroying Saber at Grand Completion in his hand, Qin Chen dared to take on even a Body Tempering Eighth Layer martial artist now.

Of course, this was limited to those Body Tempering Eighth Layer martial artists of ordinary strength; those capable of challenging opponents above their own rank didn't count.

Naturally, he wasn't going to treat these guys to a Shaking Mountains City Destroying Saber.

With their fragile bodies, they would definitely die!

What he wanted was to practice his swordsmanship.

Because the Shaking Mountains City Destroying Saber had only a single move, even though he had cultivated it to Grand Completion, it provided almost no improvement to his general swordsmanship.

His current swordsmanship was essentially non-existent—he didn't have a clue!

Therefore, more practice was absolutely necessary.

Qin Chen tilted his body slightly, dodging an attack from one of them, and struck him with the flat of his blade.

The person's body immediately went flying in response. Following that, Qin Chen just stood there, swatting them away one by one as they came!

These guys were quite resilient, though. As long as they weren't knocked off the stage and eliminated, they would force themselves to stand back up despite the pain, all for the sake of chasing that sliver of an impossible chance.

But while they were willing to fight, they still had their wits about them.

After being swatted away several times in a row without even getting within a meter of Qin Chen, they learned their lesson.

The saying that "many ants can kill an elephant" is true, but the problem was that it was obvious they didn't have enough ants here—nowhere near enough to take down an elephant like Qin Chen.

Since that was the case...

They shifted all their focus to the other battlefield.

Li Meng was currently being swarmed by that group, having long since lost his initial momentum and being reduced to a state of purely passive defense.

Li Meng's strength was indeed greater than theirs, but the gap wasn't that massive.

Facing two or three, or even three or four people at once, he could barely manage, but facing eight or nine people simultaneously...

That was simply impossible!

He wasn't Qin Chen; he didn't possess such monstrous combat power.

The students who had come to besiege Qin Chen looked at the students surrounding Li Meng, then looked back at their own side.

They felt like crying!