That afternoon, the quarterfinals began.
Xia Ping stood in the ring and looked at his opponent. It was none other than Jiang Yaru!
He had never expected Jiang Yaru to defeat an opponent at the Martial Apprentice Ninth Heaven and advance to the quarterfinals. After all, she had only just reached the Martial Apprentice Eighth Heaven.
All he could say was that Jiang Yaru was even more talented than he'd imagined. For her, fighting opponents above her level was a piece of cake.
Chu Rong was much the same. She had also defeated a First High School expert and made it into the quarterfinals, but her opponent was Qin Muyang, so she had practically no chance of reaching the semifinals.
"I've finally gotten the chance to fight you." Jiang Yaru's beautiful eyes were filled with fighting spirit as she stared at Xia Ping.
Although this bastard was universally despised at school, a rotten scoundrel through and through, she had to admit that his strength was truly remarkable. She had seen it for herself during the Beast Island trial.
That whole band of vicious, ruthless criminals had been killed by this man. It wasn't something just any powerful martial artist could do.
But she wasn't willing to accept it!
She had clearly been stronger than him before, yet now he had surpassed her. How could Jiang Yaru possibly accept that?
Besides, she was confident that even if Xia Ping had reached the Martial Apprentice Ninth Heaven, she could still defeat him. Her previous opponent had been at the Martial Apprentice Realm Ninth Heaven too, and hadn't he still lost to her?!
"Sorry."
Xia Ping looked at Jiang Yaru. "I can't lose to you this time. I still need to earn money and support my family, so you should just admit defeat.