"No way!"
General Liu Jie's pupils contracted.
He saw the Great Ape on the arena extend its right hand and make a taunting gesture at the Skeletal Nightmare Beast lying on the ground, as if telling it to get up!
This meant that after Lin Xia transformed, he might look like a "madman," but he'd still kept his wits about him!
"So that's why Brother Xia didn't dodge Qin Tianyu's stomp just now—he used the force to flip him over!"
Xu Jian suddenly understood. "That was the only way to let Qin Tianyu lower his guard and catch him off guard... Brother Xia is seriously crafty!"
"Exactly. What we thought were crises were actually all part of his plan!"
Zhu Tingyu tilted her head back slightly. She wasn't just surprised; she was also curious about how Lin Xia had gotten those Cards.
Of course, what Zhu Tingyu cared about most right now was how strong Lin Xia was after transforming into a Great Ape!
"Gulp!"
Principal Tao's smile froze. It felt as if a stone were lodged in his throat, making him horribly uncomfortable.
Not one of the school officials behind him made a sound. They just stared blankly with their mouths open, looking at one another in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Principal Yan and the others, who were on their side, didn't shout excitedly. They all clutched their heads, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Who could have imagined that Lin Xia had another SSR-rank Card up his sleeve?!
"Damn..."
The Skeletal Nightmare Beast finally recovered from its shock.
It got to its feet slowly, as if it were thinking something over.
Once the Skeletal Nightmare Beast had straightened its towering frame, it realized that although the Great Ape in front of it was just as tall...
It was much broader!
Muscular! Incredibly muscular!
Qin Tianyu didn't have time to figure out where Lin Xia's Transformation Card had come from.
His transformation would last less than eight minutes!
"Don't panic, don't panic. My passive reflects damage, so I still have the advantage!!"
The Skeletal Nightmare Beast swung both arms and charged at the Great Ape!
Lin Xia calmly turned to Vegeta first and gave him a slight nod, signaling him to keep fighting.
Only then did he focus on the charging Skeletal Nightmare Beast.
"Boom!"
The Great Ape swung a fist as huge as a comet and smashed it into the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's abdomen!
"Fell for it!"
The Skeletal Nightmare Beast saw the fist hurtling toward it like a missile, accompanied by a shrill whistle, but made no move to defend itself.
In fact, seeing how powerful the blow was only made it more excited!
"Thud—!"
The Great Ape's fist struck the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's abdomen with a loud bang!
[Damage Reflection (Passive): All damage received will be reflected back to the attacker at 100%. The attacker will receive no pain feedback!] [Damage Reflection has been triggered. Damage reflected!]
A prompt appeared before the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's eyes.
The next moment, it grinned smugly and looked at the Great Ape with contempt.
"How is this possible?!"
Lin Xia saw that his powerful blow hadn't changed Qin Tianyu's health bar at all!
That made no sense!
[Raging Kong: After taking damage, absorbs the damage, multiplies it by 2, and automatically attacks the source target once!] [Current count: 20.]
A line of text suddenly appeared before Lin Xia's eyes, leaving him startled and confused!
The sudden prompt had startled him because it had come without warning.
But he was confused because he couldn't remember taking any damage at all!
How had the passive triggered?
But there was no time to think!
In the few milliseconds Lin Xia spent puzzling over it, his left arm began swinging on its own!
"Thud—!!"
By the time Lin Xia realized what was happening, his left fist had already smashed into the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's face!
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Now it was Qin Tianyu's turn to be dumbfounded!
When Damage Reflection had triggered, he'd noticed that Lin Xia's health bar hadn't changed at all!
But before Qin Tianyu could recover from his surprise and confusion...
The Great Ape's fist had smashed into his face!
Of course, it was the same this time. The punch came in hard, but his health bar still didn't change!
[Damage Reflection has been triggered!]
Another prompt appeared before Qin Tianyu's eyes.
[Raging Kong has been triggered!] [Current count: 19.]
Lin Xia: "??!"
Before he could even react, his right fist swung out on its own!
"Thud—!"
The Skeletal Nightmare Beast was struck in the face again...
[Damage Reflection has been triggered!] [...] [Raging Kong has been triggered!] [...]
From the audience's point of view...
Something very strange was happening on the arena.
One giant beast stood still, letting the other beat its face to a pulp—it wasn't even trying to fight back!
Meanwhile, the one swinging its fists looked like it was putting on a show. It seemed to be hitting hard, but wasn't actually hurting its target at all...
The audience fell silent.
Lin Xia's supporters and Qin Tianyu's supporters alike wore puzzled expressions.
"What are those two doing?" Wu Ziyang shrugged helplessly. "Are they flirting?"
"Uh..."
At that, the corners of Zhu Tingyu's mouth twitched.
Wu Ziyang wasn't wrong. Lin Xia and Qin Tianyu really did look like a couple playfully bickering...
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Unlike the peaceful, "sweet" atmosphere here, Vegeta and Buou were having a brutal fight!
Let's start with Buou. He might have the strength of the Top 2 now.
But he was still a Copper Card, after all.
The Iron-Faced Demon, also an SSR, was a Top 7 Silver Card!
It was just one step away from becoming a Gold Card!
Although the summons' ranks had all been equalized for the competition...
They still had all their own skills!
At first, the Iron-Faced Demon hadn't used any skills. It had fought Buou hand to hand.
In that regard, it was no match for Buou!
Even with the A-rank Double-Axe Centaur joining in, Buou still had the upper hand.
But when the S-rank Red Ghost joined the fight, the tables turned!
Buou couldn't fight off all eight fists, and gradually found himself on the defensive!
Fortunately, he was a tank with an exceptionally tenacious life force, which was why he'd held on this long.
But then the Iron-Faced Demon and the Red Ghost began using their skills—
"Heh heh..."
Buou panted heavily, but still wore a wicked grin.
At that moment...
The left half of his body had vanished, as if sliced off by something sharp. The cut surface was as smooth as jelly.
Despite such a grievous injury, Buou still had half his health remaining!
"Gurgle~~"
His missing tissue began to grow back. Before long, he was whole again.
But now, Buou's health bar was down to one-third!
If he suffered another blow like that, he'd be dead!
"Whoosh—!"
"Thud!!"
A blue figure came crashing down beside Buou with a whoosh, striking the arena and leaving a spiderweb of cracks.
"Damn..."
Vegeta panted heavily, clutching his right arm as he struggled to his feet.
His face was streaked with sweat and blood, and his once-neat blue Battle Suit was now in tatters.
In some places, his skin was even showing through.
Vegeta hadn't expected the Top 7 Ghost Shadow he was facing to be so tough...
"Thud, thud, thud—"
At that moment, a series of dull impacts caught Vegeta and Buou's attention.
They turned around, curious.
They saw Lin Xia, in his Great Ape form, "tickling" the Skeletal Nightmare Beast!
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