Blue Star: Victory!

With Xue Zhiran's full-force attack, the other two-star contestants who were fighting nearby immediately retreated to a distance and continued their battle in another location.

The two-star contestants have undergone extensive training for team combat, and the combined strength of a group of people attacking at the same time far exceeds that of an individual.

On the battlefield, the two sides fought fiercely, their blood surging and colliding, and various martial arts techniques were unleashed one after another.

As soon as the battle began, all those below the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm were defeated and eliminated: Meng Zhao and Duan Yonglin from Wood Source Planet, and Zheng Shuwen and Han Keke from Blue Star.

The twenty people fighting on the battlefield instantly became sixteen.

While the rest of the team fought, Xue Zhiran had already exchanged dozens of blows with Chen Lie.

This time, after the previous palm strike, she knew that Chen Lie had been hiding his strength, so she dared not underestimate him again. With her full power, the blood rainbow light soared more than a hundred feet into the sky. Gathering her qi and blood, she struck out with both palms in succession, and hundreds of palm prints smashed towards Chen Lie.

"Boom boom boom!"

Chen Lie countered Xue Zhiran's fierce offensive, effortlessly withstanding Xue Zhiran's attack head-on. When the golden blood energy clashed with the blood rainbow light, a series of explosive explosions occurred.

Seeing Chen Lie directly confront her head-on without any fear, Xue Zhiran was surprised. She snorted coldly, "My combat strength is among the best in the Heaven Aperture Stage. I don't believe that a Martial Artist below the Heaven Aperture Stage like you can stand in front of me!"

Her long, dark blue hair fluttered in the wind, and a crimson rainbow of light gathered between her hands. Her Earth Second Campus, frantically absorbed and exhaled blood and qi, launching another attack on Chen Lie.

"Ten Directions Annihilation Fist!"

Xue Zhiran unleashed his level 4S martial arts, his fist force, filled with destructive energy, smashing towards Chen Lie like a storm.

Even for Martial Artist in the Heaven Aperture Stage, a level 4S fist technique would provide a significant boost.

Chen Lie dared not be careless; his golden blood energy formed a waterfall, rushing towards Xue Zhiran.

"Boom boom boom!"

The clash of their vital energies seemed to tear apart the space itself, and the powerful impact directly affected the audience closest to the battleground.

In the audience seats, the local martial arts students from the Canglong Continent were utterly shocked.

"Are you kidding me? How can someone who's not even at the Heaven Aperture Stage be so strong, going head-to-head with someone at the Heaven Aperture Stage?!"

"Was Chen Lie hiding his strength just now? If we add that to his Mental Power attack earlier, wouldn't that mean he completely crushed Heaven Aperture Stage?"

"Goodness gracious, this is incredible! Earth Aperture Stage fighting a cultivator at the Heaven Aperture Stage. Even the Second Martial Arts High School of the Canglong Continent might not produce a few like that in a year."

How come this Blue Star is so strong?

"Our mentor analyzed it and concluded that it's due to his special physique. You can tell something's wrong just by looking at his golden blood and qi. If it's not a special physique, then he must have alien blood!"

On the Wood Source Planet, the Planetary Affairs Chief Zu Yizun frowned deeply.

Unexpectedly, Chen Lie from Blue Star was hiding his strength just now; he seems to truly possess strength no less than that of the Heaven Aperture Stage.

The entire Wood Source Planet has been preparing for ten years to secure Permanent Councilor Star, and absolutely no mistakes can be tolerated.

Xue Zhiran has a jade talisman to protect him, which can block Mental Power attacks. Moreover, the physique of Martial Artist in the Heaven Aperture Stage is definitely stronger than that of someone below the Heaven Aperture Stage. Even if Chen Lie's combat strength is comparable to that of Heaven Aperture Stage martial artist, he will definitely not be able to outlast Heaven Aperture Stage martial artist in a battle of attrition.

On Blue Star's side, Wang Shou and Lei Jinglong were both closely monitoring the battle situation on both sides.

They were pleasantly surprised to discover that Chen Lie had actually been hiding his true strength, holding his own against Xue Zhiran, a cultivator at the Heavenly Heaven Aperture Stage, in a team battle.

"That's great! I didn't expect Chen Lie to have such hidden talents."

With the added boost of Mental Power, there's a very high chance of winning!

"Yes, as long as the True Qi Martial Artist team battle doesn't let Wood Source Planet take away the bonus points, we really have a chance to win!"

I thought that after the traitor Yang Jingnian appeared, Blue Star was doomed to lose, but I never expected that there was still a chance for a comeback.

On the battlefield, the Blue Star and Wood Source Planet factions were locked in fierce combat, but all the onlookers' attention was focused on Chen Lie and Xue Zhiran.

Xue Zhiran, using the SSSS-level martial art Ten Directions Annihilation Fist in combination with a movement technique, exchanged over a thousand moves with Chen Lie in a short period of time.

During the battle, Xue Zhiran shocked to discover that Chen Lie seemed to be no less capable than her in the slightest, and the strength he unleashed was in no way weaker than that of Heaven Aperture Stage cultivator.

"Spiral Condensing Finger!"

After Xue Zhiran threw a punch, his hand gesture suddenly changed. With a flick of his finger, an arrow-shaped burst of blood energy shot out and hit Chen Lie's blood energy barrier with a "boom".

To her shock, her sudden, all-out finger strike failed to break through Chen Lie's blood and qi barrier.

Xue Zhiran realized that Chen Lie's strength was in no way inferior to her own.

"Even if you can unleash powerful combat strength in a short time, I don't believe that a Martial Artist who isn't at the Heaven Aperture Stage can have a strong physique. I'll wear you down, even if it means exhaustion!"

Enraged, Xue Zhiran intensified his attack, unleashing the accelerated Ten Directions Annihilation Fist, a fist force filled with destructive and murderous energy slamming fiercely towards Chen Lie.

"Boom boom boom!"

The collision of the two streams of energy produced a deafening roar.

In the midst of the battle, Xue Zhiran quickly unleashed most of the Ten Directions Annihilation Fist. She could vaguely sense that Chen Lie's blood and energy were still as abundant as before, and even growing stronger.

In the last battle, she was able to overwhelm Chen Lie in terms of raw strength, so she didn't feel that Chen Lie was any different. But now Chen Lie has unleashed strength that is no less than her own. After a series of high-intensity attacks, she actually felt an unbearable burning sensation in Chen Lie's golden blood energy, as if she were being scalded by flames, which was extremely uncomfortable.

"Damn it, has this bastard's blood and qi mutated? Why is it so scorching hot!"

She cursed inwardly, but forced herself to endure the burning sensation and charged forward again.

After thousands of exchanges, Chen Lie could sense that Xue Zhiran was losing momentum, so he unleashed a punch that he had been holding back for a long time.

"Boom!"

Chen Lie's outward-spreading blood energy instantly condensed into a hundred-meter-long golden blood energy dragon, directly breaking through Xue Zhiran's blood energy barrier.

Xue Zhiran was forced back by the powerful impact. Chen Lie pressed his advantage and flew forward to deliver another kick, sending Xue Zhiran flying with a "thud".

Xue Zhiran completely stunned by the kick. The force of the kick caused her blood and qi to churn, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

She gritted her teeth, ignoring her injuries, and charged forward again—"Die!"

Chen Lie's blood surged, and he engaged Xue Zhiran in close combat.

Under the overwhelming force of his physique, Xue Zhiran suffered repeated blows from Chen Lie to his arms, shoulders, back, and waist in just two minutes, with the sounds of "crack" echoing throughout the room.

Xue Zhiran completely at a disadvantage and was covered in wounds.

Chen Lie showed no mercy whatsoever. He gathered his strength once more and Xue Zhiran flying with a single palm strike.

Xue Zhiran coughed and stumbled to regain his balance.

"You are no match for me now. I advise you to be more sensible and go down obediently, lest you bring trouble upon yourself," Chen Liedao.

Xue Zhiran found Chen Lie's words particularly grating, and she couldn't help but sneer.

"Hehe..."

"Hehehehehe..."

"Are you stupid?" Chen Lie frowned.

"Fine, since you're unwilling to be dignified, then let me help you be dignified."

Just as Chen Lie made his move, Xue Zhiran's aura suddenly changed.

Her outward-radiating crimson light receded, and her vital energy dissipated instantly, replaced by a powerful "qi".

Zhou Yu, who was engaged in battle with Wood Source Planet, noticed Xue Zhiran's Bu Feifan behavior and immediately shouted, "She's preparing to Ranked Martial Artist! Stop her!"

"Xue Zhiran is at the peak of the Heaven Aperture Stage, probably only one step away from Ranked Martial Artist. He may have already made preparations for his breakthrough before the competition."

A martial Martial Artist cultivates True Qi will at least double their combat power. Don't let her succeed in breaking through!

Seeing that Chen Lie remained unmoved, Zhou Yu shouted again to remind him.

In front of her, Bu Feifan sneered, "You still have the mind to worry about others during a battle? Take care of yourself!"

As he spoke, Bu Feifan launched a devastating attack that Sweeping Thousand Armies.

"Trying to stop me? Too late!"

In a short time, Xue Zhiran had already completed the transformation from a Qi and Blood Martial Artist to a True Qi Martial Artist.

With the powerful internal True Qi surging within her, she could feel her strength increasing dramatically.

Xue Zhiran narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Lie: "Kid, I heard about you before I participated in the competition. You have a special constitution: Pure Yang Blood."

I thought it was nothing special, but I never expected you to push me to this point, forcing me to advance to the Martial Artist level.

Although it's due to your special physical condition, that's enough to make you proud!

After speaking, Xue Zhiran suddenly acted, throwing a punch that instantly unleashed a power combining blood and True Qi.

With a loud "boom," Xue Zhiran had advanced to the level of Martial Artist, blasted a crater nearly a meter deep into the ground beneath Chen Lie's feet.

Compared to before, Xue Zhiran's strength was more than twice as great.

She snorted coldly and gave chase.

Under Xue Zhiran's attacks, Chen Lie went into hiding.

On the waiting platform outside the arena, Wang Shou suddenly roared in anger, "How can this be allowed? How can a True Qi Martial Artist participate in a battle at the Blood-Qi Stage?"

"She was forced into this situation. Without breaking through to the Martial Artist, she would undoubtedly lose. That's why she dared to test the limits of the rules. Rather than failing outright, she decided to take a gamble," Lei Jinglong said.

"This is a competition between Martial Artist at the Blood-Qi Stage. Since she has advanced to the Martial Artist, it means she has lost her qualification to compete and should voluntarily withdraw from the competition."

"Quickly, go and fetch the referee! Let the referee make the decision!"

"Good!"

Lei Jinglong hurriedly went to the referee's stand and invited referee Han Zhendong over.

Upon seeing the referee, Wang Shou immediately said, "Referee, Xue Zhiran, Blood Ginseng from Wood Source Planet, has broken through to the Martial Artist in the team battle, but this is a team battle at the Blood-Qi Stage."

Now that she has broken through to the Martial Artist, shouldn't she be disqualified from the competition?

"I saw that!"

Referee Han Zhendong looked up at the Ten-Star Alliance envoy on the high platform of the Hall of All Stars.

Director Wu Danchen of the Interstellar Management Bureau must have seen it, but she didn't stop it. Does this mean she tacitly approves of this?

At this moment, Zu Yizun and Hu Dongzheng, high-ranking officials of Wood Source Planet, also arrived here.

"Referee, Blue Star's statement just now was completely unreasonable."

Our participants are certified and were still Qi and Blood Martial Artist when they entered the arena. We can't just disqualify them because they broke through midway through the competition, can we? That's unreasonable!"

"Yes, the envoys of the Ten-Star Alliance of the Hall of All Stars must have seen it all, but they did not raise any objections."

This shows that they also believe that Xue Zhiran from our Wood Source Planet did not make a breakthrough on the spot and did not go overboard."

Wood Source Planet's words struck a chord with referee Han Zhendong. Since none of the Ten-Star Alliance envoys on the Star Platform raised any objections, he naturally wouldn't cause any trouble.

"The competition will proceed as scheduled. If Blue Star feels the results are unfair, they can report it directly to their superiors!"

After saying this, referee Han Zhendong returned to the referee's table.

Zu Yizun and Hu Dongzheng of Wood Source Planet glanced at Wang Shou, then turned and left.

"President Wang, this..." Lei Jinglong looked at Wang Shou.

Wang Shou sighed, "There's nothing we can do; Chen Lie has already performed well enough."

Lei Jinglong couldn't help but sigh.

On the battlefield, while Chen Lie was dodging Xue Zhiran, he heard a notification from the Smart Brain.

"True Qi Martial Artist Team Battle: Blue Star vs. Wood Source Planet, Wood Source Planet wins, Wood Source Planet's score +5."

On the holographic projection above, the score of Wood Source Planet changed from 14 to 19.

Xue Zhiran also heard the notification sound. She sneered, "The situation is already settled, kid. What are you still doing hiding here?"

Does stalling work? You'll lose sooner or later anyway.

"The outcome is already decided? You're celebrating too soon!"

Upon hearing that Wood Source Planet hadn't received any bonus points in the True Qi Martial Artist' group battle, Chen Lie immediately went all out.

He has now completed 15 Blood Tempering and is ready to break through to the second Ultimate Realm of the Blood-Qi Stage at any time. The time is now!

Chen Lie rapidly circulated the <Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique>, and finally, amidst a surge of qi and blood, the shackles that bound his body to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow were broken, and the <Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique> reached its pinnacle.

Immediately, Chen Lie entered a wonderful state, and his six senses—touch, hearing, sight, smell, taste, and Divine Sense —were enhanced in an instant.

This is the sublimation of the second level of life.

Having broken through the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm, Chen Lie's Mortal Aperture opened, and golden blood rainbow light soared into the sky, illuminating an entire area of the sky in gold.

Sensing Chen Lie's aura suddenly intensify, Xue Zhiran greatly alarmed.

"You... you've broken through to the Heaven Aperture Stage?"

Chen Lie did not explain to Xue Zhiran. With a wave of his hand, golden blood rainbow light rushed towards Xue Zhiran's face.

"Let me see what level you're at Ranked Martial Artist!"

Xue Zhiran said coldly, "I refuse to believe that I, Martial Artist who has broken through to the Heaven Aperture Stage, am inferior to someone like you who is only at the Blood-Qi Stage."

As they spoke, both of them gathered their strength and leaped over a hundred meters, exchanging a punch.

"Boom!"

A deafening sound rang out, Xue Zhiran, high in the sky, was blasted away.

Her body slammed heavily onto the ground with a 'thud,' causing the ground to crack instantly, forming a spiderweb-like fissure.

She coughed up a mouthful of blood with a "poof".

With that one strike, Xue Zhiran instantly realized the gap between himself and Chen Lie; they were simply not in the same league.

At this moment, her mind was filled with a thousand thoughts.

How could someone who has just broken through to the Heaven Aperture Stage be so strong? It's clearly a completely different realm from when I was in the Heaven Aperture Stage.

The other people from Wood Source Planet on the battlefield were stunned when they saw this scene.

Xue Zhiran, who had already advanced to the level of Martial Artist, couldn't even withstand a single punch from Chen Lie?

Is it even necessary to continue fighting?

Xue Zhiran stood up, mustered his strength with difficulty, and launched another attack on Chen Lie.

"This is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—utterly overestimating their own strength!"

Chen Lie said no more. His golden blood rainbow light suddenly erupted, and the intense burning sensation made the viewers who were close by feel extremely uncomfortable.

Chen Lie struck out with another palm, his golden blood energy forming a storm.

With a "whoosh," it directly impacted Xue Zhiran, causing him to slide back nearly a hundred meters along the ground before dissipating the force.

At this moment, Chen Lie appeared behind Xue Zhiran as if he had teleported.

With a "thud," a karate chop knocked Xue Zhiran unconscious.

Xue Zhiran collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Chen Lie's gaze swept intently over the remaining Wood Source Planet people who were engaged in battle.

His golden, blood-red light spread out, and the scorching heat caused the temperature in the battle arena to rise rapidly by nearly ten degrees.

"Do you want to leave on your own, or do you want me to see you off?"

The contestants from Wood Source Planet fell silent.

Xue Zhiran, the strongest among them, had already broken through to the Martial Artist, yet he was still defeated in just a few moves. What chance did the others have to fight back?

You're so awesome, what are we supposed to say?

"Stop the futile resistance, we've lost!"

Hua Jianying Emi said expressionlessly.

Under her leadership, the rest of the Wood Source Planet had eliminated all of Blue Star's Kang Quanlin, Zuo Yuan'er, Shao Keyu, Zheng Shuwen, and Han Keke, while Wood Source Planet only lost Zu Keying, Meng Zhao, and Duan Yonglin.

If we disregard Chen Lie and Xue Zhiran, the scales of victory in this team battle were tipped in favor of Wood Source Planet, but unfortunately...

The rest of the people on Wood Source Planet also fell silent and stopped fighting.

"We surrender!"

After Hua Jianying finished speaking, she walked to Xue Zhiran's side.

As she passed Chen Lie, she suddenly felt an unbearable burning sensation, as if she were being consumed by flames, forcing her to quickly move away from Chen Lie.

'Last time at Starry Sky University, I remember he was diagnosed with a special constitution called ' Pure Yang Attribute Blood.' Could it be that his strong combat power is due to this special constitution?'

As Hua Jianying pondered this, she carried the unconscious Xue Zhiran on her back and retrieved her jade talisman.

The martial arts students from Wudao High School watching from the sidelines were stunned by what they saw.

"How can Chen Lie of Blue Star, who broke through to the Heaven Aperture Stage, suppress Xue Zhiran, Ranked Martial Artist the Heaven Aperture Stage stage, in just a few moves? How is his combat power so high?"

"That's right. Even if Xue Zhiran broken through to the Martial Artist level and is not familiar with the power of the Martial Artist level, he is still Ranked Martial Artist the Heaven Aperture Stage stage. How could he be easily defeated by someone who has just advanced to the Heaven Aperture Stage?"

"His combat power is simply too heaven-defying. In our Azure-Wave Prefecture, he'd be able to hold his own against a martial arts genius, but he's just from a planet in a Fringe Star Domain..."

The senior officials of the Permanent Councilor Star of the other Three Faction Starfields of the Four-Sided Star Domain fell silent upon witnessing this scene.

"This... if the leaders of the other Permanent Councilor Star in the Four-Sided Star Domain also choose in this way, who among our planets can compare to Chen Lie of Blue Star in the Blood-Qi Stage?"

"Within the communication star, check this person's information. Everyone who can get here is a genius. Why is he the only one with such strong combat power?"

The planet, which had already collected information on the contestants from Blue Star, immediately began reviewing Chen Lie's data on the spot.

After reading a few pages, the planet's higher-ups immediately threw the documents on the ground and stomped on them twice.

"Are the people in the Planetary Intelligence Group all pigs? What kind of information are they collecting?"

It's said that Chen Lie from Blue Star had mediocre martial arts achievements, and that his Blood Qi Value hadn't even broken 1 when he was 17 and in his senior year of high school. Does that mean he went from Blood Qi Value below 1 to his current unparalleled Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi Heaven Aperture Stage in just one year?

"I could tell it was fake information at a glance? And they still dared to collect it intact and hand it over to me?"

"These incompetent fools are so dismissive of important planetary matters?"

"Cleanse them up. Back on the planet, we must give these idiots a thorough cleansing."

The people of the Eastern Star Region were also utterly shocked.

Among the Red Flame Planet People, Princess Lingyan Zhu Jingxi of the Great Yan Dynasty looked at the Crown Prince of Great Yan.

"Imperial Brother, this person's combat power is far too exaggerated. When you were at the Heaven Aperture Stage..."

The Crown Prince of Great Yan shook his head. "I am far inferior to him. Xue Zhiran should be considered one of the best in the Heaven Aperture Stage, but even after she broke through to the Martial Artist stage, she still couldn't withstand a few moves from Chen Lie."

"A remarkable person has emerged from Blue Star!"

"Even you, my Imperial Brother, are not as good as me?" Zhu Jingxi frowned slightly.

Princess Zhu Jingshu of the Great Yan Dynasty said, "So Chen Lie is so strong. It seems he has been hiding his strength all along."

The Crown Prince of Great Yan suddenly said with great interest, "Jing Shu, I heard that you were very close to this person when you visited Blue Star."

Have you thought about your marriage? What do you think of this person?

Zhu Jingshu blushed and whispered, "Your Imperial Brother, please don't tease me."

"I am not mocking you. Chen Lie of Blue Star is definitely an outstanding person with extremely high Mental Power and has broken through the Heaven Aperture Stage in martial arts. He has a limitless future and will surely be a person who can determine the future of Blue Star."

"If our Great Yan can form a marriage alliance with this person, it will be entirely beneficial."

"Jing Shu doesn't know what His Excellency Chen Lie thinks of me; that depends on fate..."

"Your Imperial Brother, Jing Shu is still young. It's too early to bring up these things now," Princess Lingyan Zhu Jingxi, said.

The Crown Prince of Great Yan smiled but remained silent.

At this moment, the Optical Computer began broadcasting message reminders.

"Qi and Blood Martial Artist Team Battle: Blue Star vs. Wood Source Planet, Blue Star wins, Blue Star's score +5."

On the holographic projection above the battle arena, Blue Star's score changed from 15 to 20, just one point ahead of Wood Source Planet.

"The Eastern Star Region Interstellar Alliance Qualification Competition has ended. Blue Star scored 20 points, Wood Source Planet scored 19 points. Blue Star wins and will soon accelerate the Canglan Star Domain Interstellar Alliance, taking over the Five Stars of the Eastern Region."

The people of Blue Star were thrilled by this result.

Originally, it was thought that Blue Star had no hope of becoming Permanent Councilor Star, but unexpectedly, Chen Lie turned the tide entirely on his own.

In contrast to Blue Star, the people of Wood Source Planet all wore expressions of sorrow.

The Grandmaster and those in the Qi and Blood-Qi Stage from Wood Source Planet who participated in the battle were all humiliated.

"Planetary Affairs Chief, it's our incompetence. If we had won even one match in the Grandmaster battle, things wouldn't have come to this..."

Grandmaster Wu Fengyun of the Wood Source Planet arrived before Zu Yizun.