A Fierce Battle Here, Romance Over There!?

"Wrong!"

General Liu Jie's pupils contracted.

He saw the giant ape on the arena extend its right hand, gesturing for the Skeletal Nightmare Beast lying on the ground to "get up" in a provocative manner!

This meant that even though Lin Xia looked like a "madman" after transforming, he had retained his sanity!

"So that's it! Brother Xia didn't dodge Qin Tianyu's giant foot earlier just to use the momentum to flip him over!"

Xu Jian realized with a start, "Only by doing that could he make Qin Tianyu lower his guard and achieve such a surprise effect... My Brother Xia is truly 'cunning'!"

"Exactly, what we perceived as a crisis was actually all part of his plan!"

Zhu Tingyu tilted her head back slightly; she was not only surprised but also curious about how Lin Xia had obtained these cards.

Of course, what Zhu Tingyu cared about most right now was just how powerful Lin Xia was after transforming into a giant ape!

"Gulp!"

Principal Tao's smile froze, his throat feeling as uncomfortable as if it were stuck with a stone.

The school leaders behind him didn't make a sound either, just standing there with their mouths agape, looking at each other in bewilderment.

As for the allied side, Principal Yan and the others didn't shout or cheer in excitement; instead, they all clutched their heads, filled with disbelief.

Who could have imagined that Lin Xia would be able to pull out another SSR Card!

"Damn..."

The Skeletal Nightmare Beast finally recovered from its shock.

It stood up slowly, as if it were contemplating something.

Once the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's towering body was upright, it realized that although the giant ape in front of it was the same height as itself...

Its build was much broader!

Sturdy! Extremely sturdy!

Qin Tianyu had no time to figure out where Lin Xia's Transformation Card had come from.

Because his own transformation had less than eight minutes remaining!

"Don't panic, don't panic. My passive is Damage Reflection anyway, the advantage is still mine!!"

The Skeletal Nightmare Beast swung its arms and launched an offensive toward the giant ape!

Seeing this, Lin Xia unhurriedly turned his head to nod slightly at Vegeta, signaling him to continue the fight.

Only then did he focus his attention on the lunging Skeletal Nightmare Beast.

"Boom!"

The giant ape swung a fist the size of a comet, smashing it fiercely into the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's abdomen!

"Fell for it!"

Seeing the fist whistling toward it like a missile, the Skeletal Nightmare Beast didn't make any defensive moves.

Instead, seeing such a heavy and powerful blow, it became even more excited!

"Thud--!"

The giant ape's fist struck the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's abdomen, producing an explosive sound!

[Damage Reflection (Passive): All damage received will be 100% reflected to the attacker; the attacker receives no pain feedback!]

[Damage Reflection has been triggered, damage has been reflected!]

A prompt popped up before the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's eyes.

The next second, it revealed a smug smile, looking at the giant ape with contempt.

"How can this be!?"

Lin Xia saw that his fierce strike hadn't caused the slightest change in Qin Tianyu's health!

This was completely unreasonable!

[Raging Kong: After receiving damage, absorb the damage, then multiply it by 2 and automatically launch an attack at the source target!]

[Current count: 20 times.]

Subtitles suddenly popped up before Lin Xia's eyes, leaving him both shocked and bewildered!

He was shocked because the prompt had appeared without warning, which truly startled him.

And he was bewildered because he didn't remember receiving any damage at all!

How could the passive have triggered?

But there was no time to lose!

In the few milliseconds that Lin Xia was thinking, his left arm moved automatically, beyond his control!

"Thud--!!"

By the time Lin Xia reacted, his left fist had already smashed into the Skeletal Nightmare Beast's face!

"Are you kidding me!?"

Now it was Qin Tianyu's turn to be dumbfounded!

He had noticed that after [Damage Reflection] triggered, Lin Xia's health bar hadn't changed in the slightest!

But before Qin Tianyu could recover from his shock and confusion.

The giant ape's fist smashed into his face in an instant!

Of course, it was the same as before; although the fist came with fierce momentum, it didn't cause his health bar to budge!

[Damage Reflection has triggered!]

A notification popped up before Qin Tianyu's eyes once again.

[Raging Kong has triggered!]

[Current count: 19.]

Lin Xia: "??!"

He hadn't even reacted yet when his right fist swung out automatically!

"Thud--!"

The Skeletal Nightmare Beast's face was struck once again...

[Damage Reflection has triggered!]

[...]

[Raging Kong has triggered!]

[...]

From the perspective of the audience.

An extremely strange scene was unfolding on the arena.

Two giant beasts, one standing perfectly still, allowing the other to pummel its face--not intending to fight back at all!

And the perpetrator swinging both fists looked as if he were putting on a show--appearing to hit with great force, yet failing to inflict any damage on the target...

The audience was silent.

Whether they were supporters of Lin Xia or supporters of Qin Tianyu, their faces were filled with confusion.

"What are those two doing?" Wu Ziyang shrugged speechlessly, "Are they flirting?"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, the corners of Zhu Tingyu's mouth twitched.

Wu Ziyang wasn't wrong; Lin Xia and Qin Tianyu really did look like a young couple flirting with each other right now...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Unlike the peaceful and "sweet" atmosphere here.

Vegeta and Buou were having a very difficult fight!

First, let's talk about Buou; although he already possessed the strength of the [Top 2].

He was, after all, still a [Copper Card].

And the Iron-Faced Demon, also an SSR, was a [Top 7] [Silver Card]!

It was only one step away from entering the ranks of [Gold Card]!

Although the competition leveled the tiers of all summoned creatures.

The skills they each mastered were still there!

At the very beginning, the Iron-Faced Demon didn't use its skills, choosing instead to engage Buou in hand-to-hand combat.

In that regard, it was no match for Buou at all!

Even with the addition of the A-rank Double-Axe Centaur, Buou still held the upper hand.

But after the S-rank Red Ghost joined the fray, the tide of battle turned!

Buou couldn't fend off so many attacks at once and gradually fell into a passive position!

Fortunately, he was a tank with extremely tenacious vitality, which was how he had held on until now.

But as the Iron-Faced Demon and the Red Ghost began to use their skills--

"Hehe..."

Buou panted heavily, but a wicked smile still remained on his face.

At this moment.

The left side of his body looked as if it had been sliced off by something sharp; it was gone, the cross-section as smooth as jelly.

But even with such a severe injury, Buou still had half of his health remaining!

"Gurgle~~"

Buou's mangled tissues began to grow and recover, and in no time, he had returned to his complete self.

However, Buou's health bar was now down to only one-third!

If he were to suffer such a heavy blow again, he would undoubtedly die!

"Whoosh—!"

"Thud!!"

A blue figure descended beside Buou, accompanied by the sound of tearing air, smashing spiderweb-like cracks into the arena floor.

"Damn it..."

Vegeta panted heavily, clutching his right arm as he struggled to stand up.

His face was a mixture of sweat and bloodstains, and his once clean and tidy blue combat suit was now tattered and torn.

In some places, his skin was even exposed.

Vegeta had not expected that the [Top 7] Ghost Shadow he was facing would be so difficult to deal with...

"Thud, thud, thud—"

At this moment, a dull thumping sound drew the attention of both Vegeta and Buou.

They turned their heads in curiosity.

They discovered that the Great Ape Transformation Lin Xia was "scratching an itch" for the Skeletal Nightmare Beast!