When he arrived at the athletic field, Su Yuan realized that his classmates had already started practicing martial arts.
Seeing this, how could he not figure out that General Knowledge Class had almost certainly been taken over by Teacher Li?
And he'd actually practiced for an entire hour right under Teacher Li's nose?
Am I really that bold?
Su Yuan hurriedly tried to come up with an explanation, but to his surprise, Li Ziquan, who was supervising the students nearby, took the initiative to wave him over first:
"Su Yuan, you're here! Come on over."
As she spoke, she asked with concern:
"Are you tired from practicing? Want to take a break?"
She was so warm that Su Yuan almost thought she was being sarcastic.
Teacher Li, don't be like this. You're scaring me.
But soon, Su Yuan remembered his first encounter with Li Ziquan in the cafeteria.
Clearly, after he'd demonstrated the Eighteen Divine Fork Styles back then, Teacher Li had decided he was a promising martial arts student and had treated him with special regard ever since.
So Teacher Li really was concerned about him.
Su Yuan had always been an unremarkable student, and he'd never received this kind of treatment before. For a moment, he couldn't quite get used to it.
He hurriedly shook his head to show that he was completely fine.
The students huffing and puffing through their martial arts practice on the field watched the scene as if they'd seen a ghost.
Teacher Li was famous for her double standards. She'd always cared about grades, not people.
In her eyes, any student who scored below ninety in martial arts might as well be a paramecium.
By that logic, Su Yuan should've been no more than a little Guangzhou double-ponytailed elf, so how had he suddenly earned the treatment of Teacher Li's star pupil?
Was there some kind of modeling-dependent deal going on behind the scenes?
Li Ziquan said with a smile:
"Su Yuan, I saw what you did outside the cafeteria a couple of days ago. I never expected one of my students to be such a hidden martial arts talent."
"But I didn't get a good look at it in the cafeteria. Why don't you show me now?"
If Li Ziquan had called him out like this before, Su Yuan, who only knew the Eighteen Divine Fork Styles, would've been terrified.
But after receiving one-on-one tutoring from the sacred top student in his grade, he was a different person now.
"What would you like me to demonstrate, Teacher?"
Su Yuan clasped his hands behind his back, looking every bit the master.
Li Ziquan thought for a moment, then turned to a girl in the crowd who was stretching, her youthful energy impossible to conceal:
"Wu Xingqi, come over and spar with Su Yuan."
"Sure, coming!"
Wu Xingqi waved and strode over to Li Ziquan and Su Yuan, her long, straight legs carrying her like a gust of wind.
She looked Su Yuan up and down, then exclaimed in surprise:
"You broke through to Qi Cultivation Level 6? No wonder Teacher Li didn't wake you earlier."
"But that works out perfectly. I'm at Qi Cultivation Level 6 too. My spiritual power has already reached 69.3, but we're still at the same level, so I won't hold back during the spar."
Looking at the carefree girl before him, with a large swath of amber-colored skin exposed, Su Yuan's lips curled into a faint smile before he quickly suppressed it.
He gave a light cough and said righteously:
"Wu Xingqi, I know this might sound offensive, but I should make this clear in advance: sparring with me won't be pleasant. If you can switch with someone else, you should."
At those words, Wu Xingqi's gaze turned dangerous.
"You just broke through to Qi Cultivation Level 6, and now you think you can crush the heavens, the earth, and everything in between? Hmph. That's nothing but Xiao Chunan's fantasy."
Su Yuan: "..."
If you put it that way, I won't go easy on you!
Su Yuan said no more and calmly took his stance. The Abyssal Spiritual Power in his body surged through his broad meridians like a mighty river flowing into the sea.
"Ready, Section Chief Su? Then I'm coming!"
Wu Xingqi curled her lips. She lightly pushed off with her powerful calves, and her agile body shot forward like a bolt of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, the dark-skinned girl was right in front of Su Yuan. Her small fist shot out like a bullet, slicing through the air with a piercing whistle.
That punch was easily among the five strongest in the class.
Yet to Su Yuan, it was riddled with openings.
Although he couldn't use the Eighteen Divine Fork Styles with his bare hands, his eye for finding a target to stick his fork into remained.
No matter where an enemy's attack came from, Su Yuan could anticipate it first!
The Pure Devil Heart gave him unparalleled focus, allowing him to react in an instant.
At the critical moment, Su Yuan turned his body slightly, dodging the fierce punch by a hair's breadth.
At the same time, he raised his elbow and struck the joint of the arm Wu Xingqi had swung at him.
The Morning Sun Fist was called a fist technique, but an elbow strike was the most powerful blow in every fist technique!
Bang—
Their elbows collided with a crisp thud. Wu Xingqi staggered slightly, but quickly steadied herself.
She turned to look at Su Yuan, who had effortlessly deflected her attack, and a brilliant smile spread across her pretty face:
"Section Chief Su, that collision just now was really powerful."
Could you please stop saying such suggestive things, young lady?
Under the gaze of his classmates and teachers, Su Yuan felt cold sweat break out all at once.
Fortunately, the fight would be over soon.
The instant he and Wu Xingqi made contact, a great deal of Abyssal Spiritual Power had already surged fiercely into her body.
Wu Xingqi clearly hadn't noticed. Thinking it was just a normal clash of spiritual power, she continued to throw punches at him, carefree as ever.
This time, Su Yuan didn't even dodge. He merely raised a finger and swiftly tapped the girl's forearm.
It was an ordinary tap, containing no hidden force or anything else. But the instant his finger touched her, Wu Xingqi felt as if she'd been struck by lightning.
"Ah!"
Her body instantly locked up. Centered on the spot where Su Yuan had touched her arm, an indescribable tingling sensation spread through half her body.
If she had to compare it to something, it was like getting a hard knock on a nerve. It felt as though a handful of popping candy were jumping around beneath every inch of her skin.
The fact that Wu Xingqi could keep her balance under the effect of that sensation was proof of how steadfast her Dao Heart was.
"You... Su Yuan, how did you do that?"
Wu Xingqi turned her head with difficulty, shock written all over her pretty face.
But then a look of determination appeared on her face:
"Whatever trick you used just now, I'm not giving up that easily!"
As she spoke, the girl forced herself to endure the discomfort and tried to punch Su Yuan again.
But the moment she moved, her clothes began rubbing frantically against every part of her body they touched.
"Mm—"
In that instant, Wu Xingqi felt wave after wave of electricity rushing into her Sea of Consciousness, and her thoughts went completely blank.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Wu Xingqi slowly went limp and sat on the ground with her legs folded to the sides. Her beautiful eyes, usually bright and lively, had gone vacant.
The entire field fell silent.
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