Nie Xiaoyue's Might

Jiang Feng's figure spun around, and with extreme speed, he lashed a roundhouse kick into Wang Song's chest.

Under everyone's staring eyes, Wang Song flew backward, his body crossing most of the arena before he crashed off the stage with a rumbling boom.

Wang Song, who had fallen from the arena, opened his mouth and sprayed out two bursts of bloody water, his face instantly turning deathly pale!

Wang Song... had lost!

No one had expected it!

Wang Song lifted his head and looked at the youth standing on the arena, his expression filled with terror!

Jiang Feng walked to the edge of the arena and looked down at Wang Song, looking at him as if he were a dead dog, his gaze burning like a torch.

With that kick, if he had not held back, Wang Song would definitely have died on the spot. The reason he had spared Wang Song's life was not because he had no heart for killing, but because he wanted Wang Song to fulfill his wager!

"You know what you should do!" Jiang Feng swept his sleeve and looked down at Wang Song.

"That kid really wants Wang Song to fulfill the wager and crawl one lap around the arena!"

"So ruthless. He doesn't kill the man, but he kills the heart!"

"Exactly. After this, Wang Song is probably finished!"

When Wang Song crawled one lap around the arena like a dying wild dog, everyone understood one thing—

Jiang Feng was no longer that good-for-nothing beggar!

Everyone woke up—Jiang Feng had not come to take a beating!

Jiang Feng had defeated Wang Song, who should have entered the top ten of the Youth Ranking!

In other words, Jiang Feng already possessed the qualifications to challenge the top ten experts of the Youth Ranking. And judging from the strength he had displayed, he indeed could already rank within the top ten.

Nie Xiaoyue clenched her delicate fists. She had not expected Jiang Feng to truly defeat Wang Song.

"Good, Jiang Feng. Since you're so determined to come challenge me, I'll let you know what true outstanding talent is."

In Nie Xiaoyue's view, Jiang Feng had gone through all this effort to obtain the qualification to challenge the top ten definitely because he wanted to challenge her!

Who was she? She was a proud daughter of heaven who could enjoy the empire's stipend. How could she be compared with a nobody like Jiang Feng, someone who had stepped in dogshit luck and become rich overnight?

On the arena, Jiang Feng turned his head and glanced at Nie Xiaoyue, a confident smile appearing on his face.

After Wang Song finished crawling one lap, he was carried away, and the stage announced, "Jiang... Jiang Feng wins!"

Jiang Feng turned and walked down from the arena. The youths at the edge of the arena consciously made an open space for him.

On the viewing stand, Wei Changqing's expression was grave.

The strength and aptitude Jiang Feng had displayed today were too terrifying, and that made him somewhat worried!

The matter from three years ago, when he had colluded with the Qi Family and framed Jiang Yunhai, surfaced in his mind.

If Jiang Feng were allowed to grow, perhaps in less than ten years... when that time came...

In the end, a terrifying and evil thought arose in him—

—This child cannot be allowed to live!!!

Jiang Feng, who had walked down from the arena, raised his eyes and glanced at the lofty Wei Changqing above. He discovered that Wei Changqing was also looking at him.

The two exchanged a glance. Wei Changqing slowly turned his head and looked elsewhere, his expression hidden extremely deeply!

Nie Hu naturally also noticed the exchange of looks between the two, and he inwardly sighed for Jiang Feng. "In the end, he's still too young. He doesn't know how to endure at all. I'm afraid the odds are grim."

The competition continued. The next few matches, compared to the match between Jiang Feng and Wang Song, were entirely lackluster.

In the end, a total of seven youths were decided who were qualified to challenge last year's top ten on the Youth Ranking. The seven youths were invited to the seats beside the arena, sitting in a row with the previous eight youths.

In other words, a total of fifteen people would use their own strength to decide the rankings for the top fifteen places on the Youth Ranking.

The fifteen youths were divided into five groups, three people in each group. Within each group, the three would fight one another once. One victory earned one point, and the one with the highest points would advance to the top five contest.

"Xiang Pang, Zhuang Yan, Jiang Feng."

Jiang Feng was placed in the same group as Xiang Pang and Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan had been ranked eighth on last year's Youth Ranking. Back then, he had already possessed cultivation at the eighth level of Body Strengthening, and this year he probably already possessed the strength of the ninth level of Body Strengthening. However, he was already nearing the eighteen-year-old age limit, and next year he would no longer have the chance to take part in the youth division competition. So this year, he also wanted to seize a good ranking and strive to enter the top five.

However, when he saw that he had been placed in the same group as Xiang Pang, he knew he no longer had any hope.

That Xiang Pang had been fourth on last year's Youth Ranking. Last year, he had already been at the ninth level of Body Strengthening, and this year he had probably already become a Martial Artist. This year was likewise his final chance to participate in the youth division competition. Like Yu Feng, he had come aiming for the championship.

The prizes for the champion in previous years had been extremely precious. It was said that this year's champion's prize was a third-grade Meridian Opening Pill, which, after being taken, could help a Yellow Martial Realm Martial Artist break through one to two meridians. It was extremely precious.

The Meridian Opening Pill was a medicinal pill that Yellow Martial Realm Martial Artists could only encounter by chance and never seek by demand.

Yellow Martial Realm Martial Artists mainly focused on opening the Eight Extraordinary Meridians within the body. A single meridian often required a great deal of energy before it could slowly be opened. Generally speaking, opening one meridian required anywhere from three to five years.

The Meridian Opening Pill could open one to two meridians in one go. In other words, it could save six to ten years of time, and its degree of preciousness went without saying. Let alone these youths wanting to obtain it, even those true Martial Artists wanted to acquire it.

If not for the fact that the competition prizes were issued by the prefectural office according to imperial law, before they had even been delivered to the small town, they would probably already have been embezzled.

Whether it was Xiang Pang or Yu Feng, both had come for this Meridian Opening Pill. Both of them were already Yellow Martial Realm Martial Artists, so the value of this Meridian Opening Pill to the two of them was extremely obvious. Whoever obtained the Meridian Opening Pill would be ten years ahead!

The first match was one Jiang Feng was rather interested in—

Nie Xiaoyue versus Zhang Kui.

Nie Xiaoyue went without saying: a proud daughter of heaven. Last year, at thirteen, with the strength of the eighth level of Body Strengthening, she had taken seventh place on the Youth Ranking. This year, she was fourteen, and her cultivation had definitely reached the ninth level of Body Strengthening.

Zhang Kui, seventeen years old, had ranked fifth on last year's Youth Ranking. Back then, he had already been at the eighth level of Body Strengthening, close to the ninth. Presumably, this year he had already begun attempting to break through to the Yellow Martial Realm.

In everyone's eyes, this duel was an evenly matched clash, the most worth-watching match of the day.

However, Jiang Feng did not think so.

Because, as he saw it, there was absolutely no way Zhang Kui could be Nie Xiaoyue's opponent.

"I bet Zhang Kui wins," a youth beside him said with absolute conviction. "Nie Xiaoyue may be a proud daughter of heaven, but she's only fourteen, after all. Their cultivation may both be at the ninth level of Body Strengthening, but Zhang Kui has more battle experience than Nie Xiaoyue."

"Right. It might take some time, but Zhang Kui will definitely win."

When Jiang Feng heard this analysis, he let out a snickering laugh.

"Jiang Feng, what are you laughing at?" The youths immediately grew a little displeased. Although they had seen Jiang Feng's strength, they did not think Jiang Feng had the right to let out such a cold laugh, much less the right to speak with them like this. They were either powerful figures who had stood out among the crowd of youths, or people who had been in the top ten of last year's Youth Ranking. In their eyes, although Jiang Feng had escaped the fate of being a useless beggar, he still was not yet worthy of standing on equal footing with them!

Jiang Feng turned to look at that youth and said, "Not only will Zhang Kui fail to win, he'll lose miserably!"

Everyone who heard this was stunned...

Just then, the match began.

"Miss Nie, pardon the offense!" After cupping his fists, Zhang Kui charged straight toward Nie Xiaoyue.

Zhang Kui was extremely fast. Clearly, his use of Thousand-Catty Brute Force had already reached its pinnacle; or perhaps he had already opened up his Dantian Space, and simply had not yet comprehended how to breathe in and out Heaven and Earth Power to produce qi force.

In short, the moment he made his move, everyone present looked at him in a new light.

However, what the crowd never could have imagined was that just as Zhang Kui had approached Nie Xiaoyue, he was sent flying backward in the next instant. He flew straight out of the arena, crashed to the ground, and no longer moved!

"This..." Everyone was dumbstruck.

"How is that possible!" Several youths stood up in terror. "Zhang Kui was actually sent flying by Nie Xiaoyue's palm, and he seems to have fainted! This... just how big is the gap?"

On the viewing platform, Nie Hu wore a face full of pride. After all, the one currently stealing the spotlight was his daughter, Nie Xiaoyue.

Wei Changqing was also very surprised. He offered his congratulations, saying, "Brother Nie, you hid her well enough, haha. I'll congratulate you in advance here, then—congratulations, congratulations. Congratulations to your Nie Family for producing a genius who can enjoy an imperial stipend!"

The Dragon Tower Master, seated in the middle, also laughed heartily. "Town Mayor Nie, you truly have given me a pleasant surprise."

That was right. Nie Xiaoyue had already stepped through the gate of Martial Artists and become a Yellow Martial Realm Martial Artist. Moreover, whether due to natural talent or her own hard work, she had already opened one meridian, reaching the second level of the Yellow Martial Realm.

The palm strike with which Nie Xiaoyue had sent Zhang Kui flying just now had used qi force. Otherwise, Zhang Kui could not possibly have lost so quickly.

At the second level of the Yellow Martial Realm, qi force and brute strength became one, allowing a person to unleash three thousand catties of force. Sending a mere Zhang Kui flying was as easy as lifting a hand!