Stepping In to Save

"Liu Tianyu!" Jiang Yuanjie, hiding in the grass, felt his expression shift abruptly upon hearing that name.

"Jiang Pangzi, what's wrong? Who is this Liu Tianyu?" Mu Qing frowned and asked Jiang Yuanjie.

Ling Fei was also completely confused; he recognized the stronger top students from the North Campus, but Liu Tianyu was not among them.

Jiang Yuanjie took a deep breath, his expression looking somewhat unnatural.

After a long while, he finally said, "Liu Tianyu is someone many people don't know. Although he is a student at West Lake High School, in reality, he has been taken to Beijing City by his elders to cultivate for the past three years!"

"I originally thought Liu Tianyu wouldn't participate in this mock exam and would only return for the college entrance exam. I didn't expect him to be back already."

Jiang Yuanjie's face was extremely grim, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "According to the intelligence I gathered, more than ten days ago, while Liu Tianyu was in Beijing City, he already broke through to the seventh stage of Blood Qi!"

"What? Seventh stage of Blood Qi!" Ling Fei exclaimed.

Although Mu Qing didn't say anything, his pupils constricted slightly, and his fists were tightly clenched.

Beijing City was the capital of Huaxia. After the cosmic beasts invaded Earth, Beijing City became a disaster zone. Too many powerful martial artists rose there, and too many strong individuals sacrificed themselves. After defeating the beast clans, the group of survivors who lived through the bloody battles formed several major factions, making Beijing City the strongest megacity in Huaxia overnight!

"Seventh stage of Blood Qi... no wonder he could integrate the entire North Campus to face outsiders together!" Mu Qing took a deep breath.

Perhaps many fifth-stage Blood Qi martial artists could defeat a sixth-stage one.

However, a seventh-stage Blood Qi martial artist was very difficult to defeat through sheer numbers. The speed of the seventh stage was completely incomparable to the fifth or sixth stages; those at the fifth stage couldn't even land a hit on a seventh-stage fighter.

"Who's there!"

Because Jiang Yuanjie's news was too shocking, Ling Fei's exclamation was accidentally noticed by Luo Ya not far away.

Luo Ya's eyes shot out a fierce glint as he swept his gaze toward Mu Qing and the others.

He had gone to great lengths to find the tracks of Ji Jia and her companion. This was his bargaining chip to make it into the top ten. Liu Tianyu coveted the beauty of Ji Jia and Yang Shanshan; if he captured them and handed them over to Liu Tianyu, given Liu Tianyu's seventh-stage Blood Qi strength and massive influence, it would absolutely guarantee his entry into the top ten.

"Oh no, we've been discovered!" Jiang Yuanjie's expression changed.

"Attack immediately! Don't give them time to call for the people nearby!" Mu Qing suddenly roared, and his figure surged out like a hunting leopard.

"Ling Fei, leave that sixth-stage Blood Qi guy to me. You and Jiang Yuanjie quickly knock out the other four!" Mu Qing said to Ling Fei, then headed straight for Luo Ya.

Having mastered the fourth level of the Thunderstorm Fist, Mu Qing wanted to test the gap between himself and a sixth-stage Blood Qi martial artist.

Moreover, his task was only to stall Luo Ya. As long as he waited for Ling Fei to defeat the other four, the situation would turn into the three of them surrounding Luo Ya.

With Ling Fei's sixth-stage Blood Qi strength, it clearly wouldn't take much time to deal with the other four.

"Mu Qing! Ling Fei! Jiang Yuanjie!"

Ji Jia and Yang Shanshan exclaimed, their pretty faces full of surprise, their delicate, rosy lips slightly parted in disbelief.

"Mu Qing, be careful! Luo Ya has the strength of the sixth stage of Blood Qi!"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Ji Jia hurriedly warned Mu Qing.

However, Mu Qing seemed not to have heard her. Arcs of electricity danced on his arms as he let out a soft shout and threw a punch.

Blazing white lightning energy coiled around his arm, rapidly condensing into four bolts of lightning.

"Hahaha! I was wondering who it was. So it's you! I didn't expect that Mu Qing, a top student of the East Campus, hasn't even broken through to the sixth stage of Blood Qi yet!" Luo Ya laughed loudly. Bursts of Origin Force surged from his body, and whirlwinds coiled beneath his feet.

Visible behind Luo Ya was a faint, flickering Green Eagle. As its wings vibrated, gusts of wind pressure were unleashed.

Blades of wild wind cut into Mu Qing's body, and his already somewhat tattered white shirt became even more shredded.

"Take this kick!"

Luo Ya roared and kicked out. Coiled around his leg were visible cyan whirlwinds, and thick Origin Force surged out madly.

Mu Qing's expression was grave; he felt a power that posed a significant threat.

However, there was no fear in his eyes as his body rapidly closed the distance to Luo Ya.

At this moment, a mysterious sensation emerged in Mu Qing's mind, causing his focus to lock onto Luo Ya's heel.

The feeling in his mind told him that Luo Ya's heel was his weak point!

A biting gale struck. Before Luo Ya's leg even arrived, the wind acted like a blade, carving a bloody scratch onto Mu Qing's cheek.

"Now!"

A cold glint flashed in Mu Qing's eyes. The direction of his fist changed abruptly, and the fist, infused with four bolts of blazing white lightning, struck accurately at Luo Ya's heel.

The four bolts of blazing white lightning exploded wildly. Luo Ya's heel turned charred black, and as it emitted wisps of green smoke, blood gushed out, and he let out a scream.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Although Mu Qing wasn't hit by Luo Ya's kick, those cyan gusts of wind were more terrifying than sharp blades, tearing through his shirt and embedding themselves into his flesh, carving several deep wounds.

He looked up toward the distance and grinned.

Although he was injured, Luo Ya was in a much worse state.

Luo Ya's entire foot was deformed, and his body flew backward, his face filled with disbelief.

He couldn't believe that a move executed by him, a sixth-stage Blood Qi martial artist, had been broken by Mu Qing, who was only at the fifth stage!

According to the scene he had imagined, Mu Qing's arm should have been broken by his kick, and he should have killed Mu Qing in one strike.

"How is this possible!" Luo Ya's face, twisted by intense pain, let out a roar.

He was at the sixth stage of Blood Qi cultivation, and with plenty of Origin Force remaining in his body, he still possessed combat strength.

However, Mu Qing had shattered his martial art and punched his foot until it was deformed and charred black, making it clear that he would be unable to stand for some time.

A sixth-stage Blood Qi cultivator who could not stand, even if they still had combat strength, was of no use at all.

"How did you break through my martial art? Could it be that you knew the weakness of my technique?" Luo Ya shouted at Mu Qing, his expression twisted and ferocious.

He tried to stand on one leg, but he discovered a sensation of paralysis spreading throughout his entire body, especially in his legs, where the numbness was so intense that it left him temporarily unable to move.

Mu Qing frowned; Luo Ya's shouting like this might attract other teams from the North Campus.

A cold glint flashed in Mu Qing's eyes as he strode forward. Under Luo Ya's terrified gaze, he threw another punch, and with a burst of searing white lightning, Luo Ya's chest was left charred black as he lost consciousness.