First Display of Prowess! One Punch Fells Yellow Hair!

Training Platform No. 1.

Eight meters square, surrounded by heavily worn protective ropes.

A crowd gathered below the platform.

They were all students from Ordinary Class 9.

There were even students from other classes mixed in, all waiting to see Ye Xiao make a fool of himself.

Wang Lei jumped onto the platform first, loosened his shoulders, and threw a few punches into the air, the wind whistling with each strike.

After awakening the C-rank class Hercules, Wang Lei could easily reinforce his muscles and possess several times the strength of others.

It appeared that the class Wang Lei awakened was also related to body tempering.

However, it was fundamentally different from Ye Xiao's situation.

Wang Lei could use his awakened power to cause his muscle strength to skyrocket for a short period.

But Ye Xiao could only enhance his strength through repeated tempering of his body.

The two were fundamentally different.

Ye Xiao slowly walked onto the Training Platform and stood opposite Wang Lei.

At this moment, the homeroom teacher Zhou Ming stood by the edge of the platform, stating the rules with a stern expression.

"Regarding the rules of the duel: the match ends when one side concedes or falls off the platform."

"Do not kill intentionally, and do not attack vital points."

"The match begins."

After speaking, Zhou Ming jumped off the platform, clearing the space.

At this time, Wang Lei did not move immediately.

He crossed his arms over his chest, looking at Ye Xiao like a cat watching a mouse.

"Ye Xiao, don't say I'm bullying you."

"I'll give you three moves. You strike first, and I won't fight back."

A burst of laughter erupted from below.

"Brother Lei is generous!"

"Three moves? He'll be on his knees after one punch!"

"This guy is at most at the first stage of his class, but Brother Lei, you're a veteran of the second stage."

"I heard Brother Lei has reached the tenth-layer bottleneck; I bet he'll break through to the second stage within three months!"

"Facing an opponent like this, I reckon Ye Xiao won't last ten seconds!"

"Ten seconds? You're overestimating him! Five seconds at most. Once Brother Lei makes a move, he'll finish Ye Xiao in five seconds!"

"..."

Ye Xiao listened to the voices of doubt surrounding him.

He did not feel any anger or irritation.

On the contrary, he just gave a cold smile.

It was true, just as these people said.

There was a gap of an entire major realm between Ye Xiao and Wang Lei!

If it were only a gap of minor realms, challenging someone of a higher level would be relatively common.

But with a gap of a major realm, succeeding in a cross-realm challenge was not so easy.

At this moment, Ye Xiao stared at Wang Lei, watching him intently.

Then, Ye Xiao moved!

With just one step.

He covered three meters in a single stride!

The distance between the two closed in an instant.

Wang Lei's pupils contracted violently.

"This speed, something's wrong!"

"Isn't this guy an E-rank class, a piece of trash at the First Realm?"

"How could he be this fast?"

He wanted to retreat, but it was too late.

Ye Xiao's fist had already stopped right in front of him.

Less than a centimeter from the tip of his nose.

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence!

The wind from the punch brushed against Wang Lei's face like a razor blade.

He froze in place, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

Down below, the laughter came to an abrupt halt.

Three seconds.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

Ye Xiao withdrew his fist and glanced at him:

"First move."

Wang Lei's legs began to tremble.

He swallowed hard, his throat dry.

A bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead involuntarily.

No one spoke off the stage.

Those who had previously mocked Ye Xiao in every way.

Now had their pupils constricted, filled with disbelief.

Wang Lei opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his throat felt as if it were being choked.

He remembered the words he had just spoken.

"I'll let you have three moves..."

"Don't cry..."

"Martialist is trash..."

He remembered the hand he had used to pat Ye Xiao's shoulder just moments ago.

That hand was shaking violently now.

Then, he performed an action he hadn't even expected himself—

He took a step back.

Then another.

Retreating to the edge of the Training Platform, his foot slipped—

Bang!

He fell off the stage.

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence once again.

Everyone's eyes were locked firmly on Wang Lei.

And Ye Xiao spoke indifferently:

"You said earlier, you'd let me have three moves."

"I haven't even finished my first move yet."

Wang Lei's face turned the color of a pig's liver.

After a few seconds of silence.

Suddenly, someone shouted out loud.

"Sneak attack! This is a sneak attack!"

"That's right! Brother Lei wasn't ready yet!"

"It doesn't count! Do it over!"

"..."

The person speaking was none other than Ye Xiao's Yellow Hair roommate: Zhang Qiang!

Zhang Qiang jumped onto the Training Platform and pointed at Ye Xiao:

"If you have the guts, fight me fair and square! What kind of skill is a sneak attack?"

Ye Xiao looked at him without saying a word.

Zhang Qiang thought he was afraid and became even more emboldened.

"What, too scared? Where did that arrogance from before go? Come on, come on, I'll stand right here and won't move. Try hitting me if you can!"

Ye Xiao nodded.

"Fine."

He had never heard such an unreasonable request.

Since Zhang Qiang was begging him to strike.

Then Ye Xiao would naturally satisfy the other party's request!

Zhang Qiang assumed a defensive stance, a faint layer of Sword Qi manifesting around his body.

This was his signature skill: Thunderlight Sword!

In an instant.

The other students off the stage all wore expressions of anticipation.

"Brother Qiang's C-rank profession: Thunderlight Sword!"

"Such cool Sword Qi!"

"Brother Qiang's strength is the real deal, he's at the seventh level of the second realm!"

"Dealing with a small fry like Ye Xiao, as long as he doesn't get sneak-attacked, there's definitely no problem!"

"..."

And just at this moment.

Ye Xiao walked up in front of Zhang Qiang.

He raised his fist.

And brought it down.

The entire process was fluid and executed in one breath.

Bang--!

The shield of Thunderlight Sword Qi shattered like paper!

[Ding!]
[You have completed a punch, the force of this punch was: 36%!]
[Obtained 1 Martial Value!]
[Your realm has improved!]
[Current realm: Mud Embryo Realm, 21st level!]

A faint, earthy-yellow light flickered on Ye Xiao's fist.

Then, it quietly seeped into his body.

This was the manifestation of the power gained from his realm improvement after throwing the punch, feeding back into his body.

Zhang Qiang hadn't even reacted yet.

An even faster fist slammed toward his face!

With a dull thud.

Zhang Qiang's nose was punched crooked, and blood began to flow.

His entire body flew backward, crashing onto the protective mat three meters away outside the ring, rolling twice before lying motionless.

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence once more.

At this moment, Ye Xiao wiped the blood off the back of his hand in front of everyone.

Then he said indifferently.

"Apologies, Student Zhang, the force of my punch seems to have been a bit heavy."

[Ding!]
[You have completed a punch, the force of this punch was: 52%!]
[Obtained 1 Martial Value!]
[Your realm has improved!]
[Current realm: Mud Embryo Realm, 22nd level!]

The corners of Ye Xiao's mouth curled upward.

To say there was no desire for revenge in this punch would be a lie.

Ye Xiao intended to use this opportunity.

Take a ruthless revenge on Zhang Qiang!

As the classmates hurried to help Zhang Qiang up.

They were shocked to see.

Zhang Qiang's face was covered in blood, tears and snot streaming down together.

He began to wail like a jilted woman.

"Teacher!!!"

"Ye Xiao, he—he went too far!"

"How could he use so much strength?"

"And he specifically targeted my face!"

"My face has been disfigured by his beating!"