My dictionary has no word for 'give up'!

"It has appeared!"

Shan Ming's excited voice rang out, "I never expected Qin Tianyu to reveal his Transformation Card right away!

You must know, during the last Challenge Tournament, he transformed into the 'Skeletal Nightmare Beast' and defeated five contestants from Imperial University, effectively ending the match!

This time, Lin Xia is all alone, facing such a formidable opponent... what on earth is he going to do!?"

"Ooh--!"

A wave of sound erupted from the spectator stands as the crowd stared unblinkingly at the process of Qin Tianyu's transformation--

A black halo first appeared beneath his feet, and in the blink of an eye, it expanded at an incredible speed into a giant ring with a diameter of 30 meters.

The next second, Qin Tianyu remained standing upright as he sank into the black halo.

"BOOM!!"

The entire arena began to tremble.

Lin Xia tightened his core, struggling to maintain his balance so he wouldn't be knocked off his feet.

Vegeta and Buou, who had been fully focused on their own battle, also turned their heads to look, their faces filled with curiosity.

"SLAP--!"

A giant skeletal hand, the size of a basketball court, reached out from the halo and slammed heavily into the ground. The resulting shockwave forced everyone on the field to lower their center of gravity to steady themselves and avoid being swept away.

"CRACK--!"

The four fingers of the giant skeletal hand exerted force, causing spiderweb-like cracks to spread across the ground.

The next moment, a giant skeletal skull, resembling 'Godzilla', rose up...

"What the hell is this!?"

Vegeta's brows furrowed tightly, and he instinctively clenched his fists.

"Finally out."

Lin Xia let out a cold laugh, staring directly into the two 'hollow' giant eyes without a trace of panic on his face.

"ROAR!!"

The next moment, the full body of the Skeletal Nightmare Beast finally appeared on the arena, and the halo vanished along with it.

From its perspective, everyone on the stage looked incredibly tiny!

It felt as if it could crush these people like ants just by stomping its feet!!

"So shocking..."

"Indeed, even though we already witnessed the charm of the Skeletal Nightmare Beast last year, seeing it again still feels incredibly overwhelming!"

"Last year, five geniuses from Imperial University couldn't defeat it together. This time, Lin Xia is all alone... he has even less hope, right?"

Discussions broke out in the spectator stands.

Meanwhile, the teachers and students of Imperial University kept swallowing hard, their eyes darting toward Lin Xia with a mix of anxiety and desperate longing.

They were like a group of gamblers with nowhere left to turn, knowing Lin Xia was bound to lose, yet still hoping he could create a miracle to save their lives!

"Hahaha, my combat power has increased several times over..."

Qin Tianyu's voice boomed from the mouth of the Skeletal Nightmare Beast, "Even if you pray to the gods now, they won't answer you--because you are destined to lose!!"

He knew he only had 10 minutes in this transformed state, so he had to end the fight quickly!

With that, the Skeletal Nightmare Beast lifted a foot as massive as a boulder and stomped toward the tiny Lin Xia!

Watching the 'wall' rapidly descending upon him, Lin Xia's eyes held not a shred of fear; he simply watched coldly as the 'wall' drew closer.

"Whoa~ this kid..."

Except for Shan Ming, no one noticed that Lin Xia had somehow manifested a Card between the two fingers of his right hand!

Perhaps because everyone's attention was captured by the Skeletal Nightmare Beast, these small movements of Lin Xia's went completely unnoticed.

"What is Lin Xia doing? Why is he just standing there?!"

A question rang out from the field.

People couldn't understand why Lin Xia was standing still.

Even his staunch supporters like Xu Jian and Zhu Tingyu were sitting on edge, their expressions stiff and frozen.

"Hahaha, that brat is scared senseless!!"

Principal Tao was all smiles, his eyes gleaming as he pointed at Lin Xia's figure, "He is just a child after all; where would he have seen such a display?

He must be so terrified that his legs have turned to jelly, and he can't even run away!"

"Qin Tianyu's stomp has immense power..." the Vice Principal said, his voice rising as if he saw hope, "As long as he hits Lin Xia, we are guaranteed to win!!"

"Hey--! What are you still staring at? Hurry up and dodge!!"

Vegeta was getting anxious. He was someone who hated being dragged down by others; he was holding his own in a two-on-one fight, yet Lin Xia was just standing there waiting to die...

"Heh..."

Buou tilted his head, maintaining his wicked grin.

"Kid, have you given up already!?"

Qin Tianyu watched as his foot was about to land on Lin Xia, and seeing that his opponent had no intention of dodging, his heart leaped with joy; he could even hallucinate the sound of the announcer declaring him the winner!

But the next second, Qin Tianyu's heart skipped a beat, as if it had momentarily stopped!

He saw Lin Xia raise his right hand high—the card that had appeared in his hand out of nowhere had already dissolved into particles and merged into his body!!

Not only that, but as the light beam faded from Lin Xia's backside, a red tail appeared!

"The word 'give up' does not exist in my dictionary!"

Lin Xia, still in his human form, revealed a final smile...

The next moment, his face gradually twisted into that of an ape, his body began to expand rapidly, his skin turned brown, fur quickly covered his entire body, his tail became thick and powerful, and his eyes lost their pupils, turning a murky white as if he had completely lost his sanity!

"Snap!"

Although Lin Xia's height had not yet reached its absolute peak, his palm after the Great Ape Transformation was already large enough to firmly grip the foot of the Skeletal Nightmare Beast!

"Ughhh~!"

The Great Ape let out a roar and flipped the Skeletal Nightmare Beast over!

"Boom--!"

A thunderous roar exploded across the arena as the Skeletal Nightmare Beast slammed down, the hard stone floor of the arena instantly shattering into a jagged crater!

A sky full of dust and mist surged up, causing the surrounding crowd to raise their hands to cover their faces, coughing in a flurry of disarray.

"Hoo~~"

As the dust and mist slowly churned and dissipated, a fifteen-meter-tall Great Ape figure was suddenly revealed, standing in the center of the arena like a mountain; the oppressive aura radiating from its body made it hard for people to breathe, locking everyone's gaze firmly upon it!

"What!?

How is this possible!!"

Vegeta gulped, blinking his eyes in disbelief, "There is no moon here at all, how could you transform!?"

"Holy crap! A mon... mon... such a huge monkey!!"

"How is this monkey so strong? It actually flipped the Skeletal Nightmare Beast over directly!"

"No! The point of focus right now shouldn't be the monkey, but how Lin Xia even has a Transformation Card!!"

"My goodness, this monkey is even an SSR... this is an SSR-grade Transformation Card!

If I remember correctly, the circulation and production rate of SSR-grade cards in the world is 3%!

This guy Lin Xia already possesses three SSR-grade cards!

This isn't logical, is it?!"

Unlike Vegeta's suspicion and confusion, the people in the spectator stands could no longer sit still; they stood up one after another, clutching their heads and screaming repeatedly!

But at this very moment of excitement, General Liu Jie frowned deeply and said to his adjutant:

"Look at that monkey's eyes... Lin Xia hasn't lost his sanity, has he?

Transformation Cards all have negative side effects, and losing one's sanity must be the weakness of this card!

Will he... end up attacking his own people too?!"