A Rival of Equal Strength!?

The chubby opponent trembled violently upon hearing Lin Xia's voice, stiffly turning his head to look over.

"Hi~!"

Lin Xia knew this match was a sure win, and couldn't help but want to laugh.

After all, this was the promotion match.

"Goodbye."

After the chubby opponent completely saw his opponent's appearance, he didn't say another word and vanished from his spot.

[Opponent has surrendered, you are automatically judged victorious!]

[Victory Points +50!]

[Promotion Successful!]

[Current Rank: Black Iron Tier 2, 10 Victory Points!]

"Seriously, just rage quit?"

Although Lin Xia should have been happy to win without a fight, he was actually quite curious about what the chubby opponent's awakened card was.

After all, anyone who could get into Imperial University was likely no ordinary person.

"That's fine, with such an easy promotion, I'm only two ranks away from the minimum standard for class division."

Lin Xia glanced at the clock on the wall. He still had a generous 47 hours to complete the mission, plenty of time.

"Win one more game to ensure I reach the minimum standard of 50 victory points for class division... and then get a good night's sleep!"

Lin Xia yawned.

The awakening ceremony this past week had left him breathless.

He hadn't had a good night's sleep at all.

He felt like he was close to dropping dead if he didn't rest soon.

[Matching...]

[Searching for opponents in a wider range...]

"A wider range...?"

Lin Xia looked at the prompt that popped up on the panel.

A smile slowly appeared.

He unconsciously started moving his body.

"Could it be that because of my winning streak... they're finally going to arrange a worthy opponent for me?"

While winning easily was indeed satisfying.

For Lin Xia, he hoped for an evenly matched opponent!

An opponent who could fight back and forth, putting pressure on him!

Twenty minutes passed.

Lin Xia was getting sleepy waiting.

Just as his eyelids drooped and he was about to fall asleep, the panel's voice sounded.

[Match Successful!]

[Battle Map: Blazing Desert!]

"The same map again, it can't be the chubby guy, can it!?"

Lin Xia opened his eyes, both expectant and disappointed.

Familiar desert and cacti appeared before him.

He stared intently at the slowly dissipating beam of light on the sand dune ahead.

The next moment, as the light beam dissipated, an unfamiliar figure appeared in the light circle.

It was a girl.

Lin Xia's interest was immediately piqued. He had to observe the opponent he'd been matching for so long.

The girl was about 168cm tall, with a high ponytail. Her fair and tender face could be described as peerless, but her expression was so cold that it exuded a sense of distance.

What surprised Lin Xia the most was that she was still wearing a school uniform... she probably just awakened today and couldn't wait to play ranked matches.

It had to be said that this blue and white school uniform perfectly outlined the girl's slender yet graceful curves.

Combined with her elegant posture, she was completely worthy of the description "a beauty that could topple cities and nations"!

"It's... her!"

A familiar figure flashed through Lin Xia's mind.

It was his unrequited love from his student days in his previous life, whom he had a crush on for three years but never dared to confess to, and lost contact with after graduation. His white moonlight!

"Judging by the school uniform... you're an awakened one from neighboring City B, right?"

Lin Xia took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

Perhaps it was because the girl resembled someone he knew.

After transmigrating to this world for so long, Lin Xia felt his heart flutter for the first time!

Facing Lin Xia's attempt to chat, the girl ignored him.

Instead, she slid her slender fingers in front of her, and a golden card materialized.

At the same time, her stats were displayed.

[Awakening Card: Elemental Mech]

[Grade: SSR]

[OVR: 82]

"An SSR-grade Awakener?"

Lin Xia's eyes widened in surprise at first, then he revealed a satisfied expression.

Immediately, he also unleashed his power and displayed his stats.

Upon seeing Lin Xia's strength, the girl's cool and clear face finally showed a slight change.

But it vanished in an instant.

Then, the card in her hand dispersed into light particles, quickly enveloping her entire body.

When the golden light faded, a black and white mech appeared in its place.

Before Lin Xia could even admire the high-tech battle armor, it lunged at him with intense killing intent!

Seeing this, Lin Xia flew to meet it head-on.

"Boom!"

Their fists collided, creating ripples of shockwaves.

Lin Xia noticed a character "[Gold]" floating within the energy source on the mech's chest.

"No wonder its strength is so great. So it's using Gold elemental power right now."

As soon as Lin Xia finished speaking, the girl's sweeping kick whistled towards him!

He felt he could easily block this attack and extended his arm to protect himself.

But at this moment, Lin Xia's peripheral vision caught the character "[Gold]" on the mech's chest changing to "[Fire]"!

Realizing something was wrong, he quickly retreated.

But it was too late; he was still hit by flames that erupted from the mech's feet, scorching his clothes.

"Sizzle sizzle~~!"

Lin Xia quickly patted out the flames, preventing himself from being burned.

Before he could even catch his breath, the girl launched a new assault!

Every punch thrown by the mech was accompanied by fierce flames.

This made Lin Xia's hands burn intensely.

If he were an ordinary Awakener and not a Saiyan, he would have been burned long ago.

"Boom!"

Lin Xia seized the opportunity, grabbed the mech's wrist, and clamped down hard, immobilizing the girl.

"Have you ever heard of love at first sight?"

Lin Xia struggled against the girl's attempts to break free, a smile on his face.

"Then have you ever heard of instant annihilation?"

The girl's first words burst out.

Immediately, the character on the mech's chest changed to "[Ice]".

"Whoa, so cold, so cold!"

A bone-chilling coldness spread from Lin Xia's palms.

The next second, he noticed his hands rapidly frosting over.

If this continued, he would be frozen solid in no time.

Lin Xia had no choice but to release his grip.

But just then, the girl under the helmet smirked, then her expression turned fierce. She formed her hands into cannons, aimed them at Lin Xia, and coldly uttered:

"[Absolute Zero]--!!"

"Pulling out the big guns?"

Lin Xia frowned, his playful smile completely vanishing. "Looks like you intend to freeze me, huh?"

He had guessed the girl's intention.

But now it was too late to act and interrupt.

So he quickly flew towards the sky.

Although [Dance in the Sky Technique] was only level one.

Its speed wasn't slow, enough for Lin Xia to create distance.

"Whoosh--!"

A white beam full of chilling cold shot from the girl's palm.

The beam, as if possessing autonomous tracking, pursued Lin Xia's figure!

"If only I had awakened the Turtle School Ki Attack,"

Lin Xia muttered, then immediately thought of a countermeasure.

He began to dive towards the ground.

Then he waved his hands repeatedly, launching countless ki blasts.

These ki blasts caused the desert to erupt in flying yellow dust.

Soon, it stirred up a sky-high yellow sandstorm that obscured all vision!

"What is this?"

The girl, seeing her vision obscured, didn't realize anything.

She firmly believed her ultimate move [Absolute Zero] could accurately hit Lin Xia.

Once hit, Lin Xia would be frozen, his health rapidly dropping until death!

But just as the girl was immersed in the joy of imminent victory, Lin Xia's figure suddenly burst out of the sandstorm, appearing before her!

"Hello there!"

The smile reappeared on Lin Xia's lips.

The next moment, he opened his arms and tightly embraced the girl.

"Damn it!"

The girl realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

"Bang!"

The white beam struck Lin Xia.

Or rather, it struck both her and Lin Xia!

Almost instantly, the two of them turned into statues.