Li Mengran also saw Chu Han, a flash of disgust crossing her eyes.
"Hmph."
Li Mengran let out a cold hmph and stopped looking at Chu Han.
Instead, she turned her gaze toward the Tier 2 young man, her beautiful eyes brimming with longing.
"A-Yu, you're truly too amazing!"
Li Mengran said with a face full of adoration.
The person called A-Yu responded with a smile, "With you cheering me on, I won't lose to anyone."
"A-Yu." Li Mengran's voice turned sweet, her face radiating happiness.
Then she glanced at Chu Han again, her gaze filled with the intent to show off.
She wanted to let Chu Han know that she could find a better boyfriend.
Yet she discovered that Chu Han wasn't looking at her at all, instead chatting with Zhao Feiyu about something.
This guy, he's simply infuriating!
Li Mengran felt somewhat embarrassed and annoyed. Constantly boosting her strength and even finding a stronger boyfriend was partly to satisfy her own vanity, so that Chu Han—who had always looked down on her—would look at her in a new light.
Yet she never expected that Chu Han didn't care about her at all, not even sparing her a single glance.
"How is it? Are you alright?"
Seeing Zhao Feiyu's chaotic aura—obviously suffering a heavy loss in the recent clash—Chu Han asked.
"I'm fine, Brother Han."
A trace of anger showed on Zhao Feiyu's face, but more than that, it was unwillingness.
After breaking through to the 2nd Rank, he had thought that among River City's high school seniors, he was the strongest besides Chu Han. Yet he never expected the reality check to arrive so quickly.
If he didn't get this score settled, how was he supposed to mix in the circles from now on?
Across from them, Lei Meng slowly got up with the help of his lackeys, came over to A-Yu's side, and nodded to express his gratitude.
The latter returned the smile, the two seemingly on good terms.
After finishing the greetings, Lei Meng turned around, his face full of jealousy as he said, "Zhao Feiyu, I didn't expect your family to pull up the shoots to help them grow, forcefully raising your bloodline purity and pushing your strength to the 2nd Rank. I did lose."
"However, even with such a method, you are no match for my friend here."
Lei Meng pointed at A-Yu beside him. "Let me introduce him. This is Lan Yu, the young master of the Blue Eagle Martial Arts School. He has awakened twin A-rank talents, is already a 2nd Rank Mid-Stage Martial Artist, and has been specially recruited by Modu Martial Arts University!"
"Twin talents! And both are A-rank! Specially recruited by Modu Martial Arts University!"
Hearing Lei Meng's words, Zhao Feiyu immediately let out a string of exclamations.
Not just him, almost everyone who heard these words wore faces of shock.
In terms of rarity, twin talents far surpassed S-Class talents.
Perhaps the number of twin talents appearing nationwide every year could be counted on one's fingers.
Yet twin talents had a weakness: they might end up as a combination of two low-level talents.
Even if counted as twin talents, such a combination was still not as powerful as someone else's single high-level talent.
Lan Yu was different. He had awakened two A-rank talents simultaneously, potentially surpassing even some single S-Class talents!
This was why Zhao Feiyu was so agitated upon hearing it.
Furthermore, Lan Yu had been specially recruited by Modu Martial Arts University, bypassing even the Martial Arts Grand Examination.
Modu Martial Arts University was one of the four major martial arts academies, boasting formidable strength and matching Jingwu University.
Only geniuses at the level of his older sister enjoyed such treatment.
This fellow named Lan Yu was indeed a genius far stronger than him.
At that moment, Chu Han was also staring intently at Lan Yu, but his focus wasn't on the other's twin talents.
Instead, it was Lan Yu's identity—Lan Yu was from the Blue Eagle Martial Arts School!
His father harbored a deep blood feud with the Blue Eagle Martial Arts School, a debt Chu Han had long since calculated as his own responsibility. Sooner or later, he would seek revenge against the Blue Eagle Martial Arts School.
Now, seeing the son of the Blue Eagle Martial Arts School master, a murderous intent began to spread deep within Chu Han's heart.
Lan Yu also sensed Chu Han's malicious gaze, but didn't care.
He merely glanced indifferently at Chu Han, his eyes completely devoid of ripples, as though looking at an insignificant passerby.
As a genius, he had long since witnessed many such hostile gazes.
They were nothing more than a bunch of ants.
"Hahaha, Zhao Feiyu, do you admit defeat this time? If you ask me, Lan Yu's twin A-rank talents are even more formidable than your sister's S-Class talent. Even if your sister came, she would definitely have to concede defeat."
Seeing Zhao Feiyu's unsightly expression, Lei Meng poured fuel on the fire and continued to taunt.
"Go to hell, come again! Let him defeat me first!"
Successfully provoked, Zhao Feiyu let out a roar and charged toward Lan Yu once more.
His entire body's Elemental Power converged into a purple mad lion phantom, resembling an enraged male lion that forced the auras of all the martial artists present to dip.
This was his first time going all out since reaching the 2nd Rank; he refused to believe he couldn't defeat Lan Yu.
"A-Yu?"
Panic stricken, Li Mengran looked at the man beside her with worried eyes.
"It's fine."
Lan Yu merely smiled calmly, signaling for Li Mengran to set her mind at ease.
Beside them, Lei Meng wore a triumphant smile.
Abruptly, the aura around Lan Yu's body shifted drastically, transforming into a howling gale that swept outward.
Following that, from within the gale, a high-pitched eagle cry actually rang out!
Immediately afterward, violent thunder and lightning scattered the storm as a golden giant eagle phantom manifested over Lan Yu's body.
Lan Yu's second talent turned out to be a thunder-attribute giant eagle, very similar to Zhao Feiyu's Mad Lion Bloodline.
The golden giant eagle flew like lightning to the top of the purple mad lion's head. With a fierce tear from its lightning-charged talons, it instantly shredded the mad lion phantom to pieces!
The Elemental Power gathered by Zhao Feiyu instantly dissipated. He reeled as if struck by lightning, his complexion turning abruptly pale.
In a clash spanning mere fractions of a second, Zhao Feiyu suffered a complete defeat.
"Too strong! Even a 3rd Rank Martial Artist might not pull off a golden giant eagle phantom like that. To think an expert of this caliber is undergoing martial arts verification alongside us!"
"That Tier 2 kid is also strong. Both of them are geniuses from our River City this year!"
The surrounding martial artists buzzed with discussion, full of praise for both of them.
A battle between geniuses of this caliber was not something one got to witness every day.
"Not good! That guy won and still isn't holding back!"
The next scene caused the hearts of quite a few people to leap into their throats.
As the golden giant eagle shattered the mad lion, its lightning-filled talons continued to lunge directly toward Zhao Feiyu.
If those talons struck home, he would either die or suffer severe injuries.
"Brother Lan! Don't be rash!"
Developments moved too fast; even Lei Meng hadn't expected this, and he hurriedly shouted to stop Lan Yu.
If Zhao Feiyu suffered severe injuries, the nature of the matter would change entirely.
Even he would be implicated.
The Zhao Family's fury was not something he could afford to bear.
The lineage side would naturally wish for competition among juniors to ignite conflicts between families.
Yet Lan Yu was far more arrogant and ruthless than Lei Meng imagined; even with Zhao Feiyu's extraordinary background, he intended to leave him with a lesson!
His confidence stemmed from the teacher who had specially recruited him and taken him in as a disciple.
That teacher of his was an 8th Rank Grandmaster-level powerhouse!
Even the Zhao Family wouldn't dare easily provoke an 8th Rank Grandmaster!
Just as the giant eagle's talons were about to reach Zhao Feiyu, a black figure flashed into existence like lightning, blocking right in front of Zhao Feiyu!
That figure extended both hands, grabbing onto the giant eagle's talons. Allowing the lightning to invade his body, he remained completely motionless.
The next moment, an even more astonishing event occurred.
That figure exerted a sudden burst of strength, pulling with both arms, and actually dragged the giant eagle down to the ground with a vicious slam!
Immediately afterward, his hands violently ripped apart, and the massive giant eagle split right down the middle, being torn apart alive!
Lan Yu's Elemental Power was instantly shattered!
His neck was also gripped tightly in a death choke by that figure, leaving him terror-stricken and unable to move.
As the golden thunder-attribute Elemental Power dispersed, the crowd finally saw the figure clearly—it was the student who had accompanied Zhao Feiyu.
Chu Han!
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