The Finals

Chen Lie calmly in the crowd, watched this scene unfold.

After noon, the school's Top Ten Competition concluded.

The school broadcast announced, "The Top Ten Competition has concluded. The top ten are: Zhou Tianhong, Sun Zhengquan, Chen Lie, Lu Qingchan, Ding Jinyang, Li Pinliang, Du Nuanxue, Huang Cancan Dong Qingfeng, and Chang Yafei."

"Students, the championship match of this martial arts competition has officially begun. Next, the school's Smart Optical Brain will match you with your opponents. Five matches will be held simultaneously. Please look at the large screen in the center of the square."

Suddenly, the image on the big screen changed, showing several sets of data.

Zhou Tianhong VS Ding Jinyang Lu Qingchan VS Huang Cancan, Dong Qingfeng VS Sun Zhengquan, Chang Yafei VS Li Pinliang, Chen Lie VS Du Nuanxue. "Students, the Martial Arts Arena will be divided into five combat zones. East River Province TV Station will be recording the entire event. Next, the two students from our school who are among the top ten will be assigned to different zones for their martial arts competition."

"Chen Lie and Du Nuanxue will compete in martial arts at Arena Number One."

"Chang Yafei and Li Pinliang will compete in martial arts at venue number two."

"Dong Qingfeng, Sun Zhengquan, and Xu San will compete in martial arts at venue number three."

"Lu Qingchan and Huang Cancan will compete in venue number four."

"Zhou Tianhong and Ding Jinyang will compete in martial arts at venue number five."

"The battle arenas have been divided. Please proceed to your assigned areas immediately for the martial arts competition."

After the announcement ended, Chen Lie immediately headed to venue number 1.

Approaching Chen Lie was a girl of similar age to him.

Chen Lie knew that this was his opponent, Du Nuanxue.

After Du Nuanxue entered, she glanced at Chen Lie and said, "Du Nuanxue from Elite Class 1, Qi Blood Qi Value: 218.47 kcal."

"Chen Lie from Elite Class 5, Blood Qi Value: 142.31 kcal." Chen Lie also reported his information.

Du Nuanxue was somewhat surprised. "You're really lucky to have gotten this far with only 140+ calories of Blood Qi Value."

However, meeting me means your luck has already run out.

Chen Lie remained expressionless, listening intently to the broadcast.

Until the announcement rang out. "The martial arts competition begins!"

Chen Lie moved suddenly and appeared directly beside Du Nuanxue in the next moment.

"Um?"

Du Nuanxue was slightly startled by Chen Lie's agile and swift movements.

She unleashed her mastered C-Rank Martial Art, the Water Soft Palm, a series of palm strikes that swiftly landed on Chen Lie.

C-Rank Martial Art mastered to perfection is incredibly powerful. When Du Nuanxue strikes with her palm, afterimages are created, and the friction between her palm and the air produces a "whooshing" sound, as if the void itself is being torn apart.

In just over ten seconds, Du Nuanxue unleashed more than a dozen palm strikes at Chen Lie.

These dozen or so palm strikes landed on Chen Lie, but they did nothing to harm him; he easily deflected them all.

"Huh? It seems that getting to this point wasn't entirely due to luck."

Du Nuanxue murmured, "Now, I'm going to get serious."

As she spoke, Du Nuanxue launched another attack. With light and graceful steps, she came to Chen Lie Chen Lie's side and pressed herself tightly against him as she launched a palm strike.

For Martial Arts Student like Du Nuanxue, whose Blood Qi Value exceeds 200 calories, Chen Lie no longer has the advantage in strength, but he is not inferior to her. When Du Nuanxue launched more than a dozen palm strikes at him, Chen Lie countered each move and neutralized the force of Du Nuanxue's palm strikes.

Du Nuanxue gritted her teeth, lamenting that she had already used all her strength, yet still couldn't harm Chen Lie in the slightest, and her heart sank.

The level of danger Chen Lie posed to her increased dramatically.

Seeing that Du Nuanxue's panicked movements caused numerous openings in her palm strikes, Chen Lie knew his opportunity had arrived.

He seized an opening in Du Nuanxue's defenses, and in the brief moment she withdrew her palm, he immediately moved close to meet her, appearing beside her in a flash.

Chen Lie used Grappling Hand from Basic Combat Arts and instantly grabbed Du Nuanxue's arm.

Seeing that her arm was locked by Chen Lie, Du Nuanxue was shocked and immediately turned around, kicking Chen Lie.

Chen Lie blocked Du Nuanxue's kick with an elbow strike, and then, with a quick twist of his hand, he gripped Du Nuanxue's neck tightly.

In the No. 1 Duel Arena, Chen Lie had one hand locked around Du Nuanxue's arm and the other hand gripped her neck.

At this moment, Du Nuanxue had completely lost the ability to attack. She still wanted to struggle, but Chen Lie increased the force, gripping Du Nuanxue's neck even tighter, causing Du Nuanxue to keep rolling her eyes back.

"What the heck? What's going on? Close-quarters combat?"

With one hand gripping her neck and the other twisting her arm, could Chen Lie be trying to take advantage of Du Nuanxue because she's pretty?

Look, Du Nuanxue is even rolling her eyes, which shows that Chen Lie has absolutely no mercy for women and is using all his strength.

"This is the first time I've seen Martial Arts Student of this level fight without using martial arts techniques, resorting directly to close-quarters combat?"

He seemed to be using fighting techniques from Combat Arts.

Chen Lie restrained Du Nuanxue with both hands. Seeing that the announcement was delayed, he turned to the teacher hosting the martial arts competition and asked, "Why haven't you announced the results yet? She's almost dead."

After Chen Lie finished speaking, the broadcast announced, "In the first Duel Arena, Chen Lie versus Du Nuanxue, Chen Lie wins and advances to the next round."

After the announcement, Chen Lie immediately released Du Nuanxue.

Du Nuanxue couldn't help but lie on the ground and cough for a while.

Her eyes were bloodshot as she pointed at Chen Liedao, "You did this on purpose! What kind of martial arts competition is this?"

Chen Lie merely glanced at Du Nuanxue indifferently. "It's your own fault for being dishonest. You tried to break free even after I subdued you, so you can't blame me for increasing the pressure."

After saying that, Chen Lie turned around and left the Absolute Arena.

As he stepped off the Duel Arena, Chen Lie sighed inwardly.

In the next martial arts competition, facing an opponent of this caliber, I must defeat them in one move before they can react, otherwise things will get difficult.

Meanwhile, the results of the other four Duel Arena have also been announced.

The announcement came over the loudspeaker again. "The top ten finalists are: Zhou Tianhong, Dong Qingfeng, Chen Lie, Lu Qingchan, and Li Pinliang."

"Next, the Smart Optical Brain will randomly allocate the slots. If one person is not selected, please look at the large screen above."

The screen displayed: Zhou Tianyu VS Dong Qingfeng.

Lu Qingchan VS Li Pinliang.

Chen Lie was given a bye.

Seeing that he had missed once, Chen Lie stepped aside and watched the two battles in the Martial Arts Arena.

In the first Duel Arena, Zhou Tianhong defeated Dong Qingfeng with overwhelming force in a single move.

Chen Lie had a vague feeling that Zhou Tianyu might become his final opponent.

His Blood Qi Value is probably twice that of mine, maybe even a little more.

In the second Duel Arena, Lu Qingchan's strength was also far superior to Li Pinliang's, and Li Pinliang was defeated within a few moves.

After the two duels ended, the school's loudspeaker blared again.

The top three in this martial arts competition have been determined: Zhou Tianhong, Lu Qingchan, and Chen Lie.

"Next, the Smart Optical Brain will randomly assign three students to compete against each other, with one student skipping a round. Please look at the big screen."

The large screen above the square suddenly changed its display.

The screen above shows: Chen Lie VS Lu Qingchan.

Zhou Tianyu received a bye.

Upon seeing the information on the screen, Lu Qingchan was taken aback.

She couldn't believe that Chen Lie had actually gone this far.

To reach the top three in the martial arts competition, Elite Student must have had at least 200 or more points of Blood Qi Value in the past, right?

So, does that mean Chen Lie has 200 calories of Blood Qi Value?

However, when they had dinner together a month ago, Chen Lie's parents were still worried about his Blood Qi Value not breaking through 1.

How is it possible to increase Blood Qi Value from 1 to 200 in just one month?

Even Divine Sense Master couldn't do that.

Could it be that Chen Lie was hiding his true strength back then?

"Chen Lie and Lu Qingchan, please begin your Martial Arts Arena duel immediately."

Returning to the broadcast, Lu Qingchan cleared her mind and stepped onto the Martial Arts Arena.

Chen Lie ascended the stage from another direction of the Martial Arts Arena.

The two stood facing each other, Lu Qingchan spoke first, "Lu Qingchan from Elite Class 1, Blood Qi Value: 265.78 kcal."

Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie from Elite Class 5, Blood Qi Value: 142.31 kcal."

Upon hearing Chen Lie's news, Lu Qingchan asked in confusion, "With only 140 calories of Blood Qi Value, how did you manage to defeat all those people with over 200 calories of Blood Qi Value to get here?"

Chen Lie ignored her and simply waited for the broadcast to start.

Seeing that Chen Lie ignored her question, Lu Qingchan's beautiful face immediately showed a hint of anger.

He thought to himself, "You're ignoring me, huh? Fine, you wait and see. Today I'll really test your strength and find out what you're made of."

The announcement blared. "The martial arts competition begins!"

Lu Qingchan immediately assumed a fighting stance and began to unleash her martial arts skills.

But Chen Lie appeared beside Lu Qingchan with incredible speed, before Lu Qingchan could even react.

Before Lu Qingchan could react and try to retaliate, Chen Lie struck Lu Qingchan directly on the back of the neck with a palm strike.

Lu Qingchan felt everything go black before her eyes and collapsed.

After all, Lu Qingchan's father and his own father were comrades-in-arms, Chen Lie couldn't bear to let Lu Qingchan fall to the ground.

So, just as Lu Qingchan fell to the ground, he caught her and made her fall onto him.

"Such a strong fighting spirit! Giving the enemy no time to react, he directly defeated them with a single blow, killing them instantly."

Even the teacher who hosted the martial arts competition was amazed by Chen Lie's skill.

Chen Lie's move was something even many battle-hardened high-level Martial Artist couldn't do.

"Chen Lie Chen Lie Lu Qingchan and advanced to the finals."

As the broadcast began, Chen Lie carried Lu Qingchan down from the Martial Arts Arena.

Just as Chen Lie was looking for a place to put Lu Qingchan, Lu Qingchan slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing herself in Chen Lie's arms, Lu Qingchan screamed "Ah!" and then pushed Chen Lie away with all her might.

What are you doing?

Lu Qingchan landed on the ground, did a somersault, and stood up again. She pointed at Chen Lie angrily.

"I knocked you unconscious in the Duel Arena, I just didn't want you to be lying on the ground," Chen Lie explained.

"What did you say? You knocked me unconscious?" Lu Qingchan asked in disbelief.