"Unbreakable Li Qiankun, please give the Rock King your guidance!"
Li Qiankun stepped onto the ring and cupped his hands toward Xu Yue.
Xu Yue studied the young man before him for a moment. He hadn't expected the first person to step up to be someone who had appeared in the original story.
Unfortunately, Li Qiankun wasn't yet the future Soul King and One-Word Battle Armor Master.
"First-year, Xu Yue."
Xu Yue cupped his hands toward Li Qiankun in return, then continued.
"I've heard of you, senior. Your Martial Soul is known for its defense, and you're called Unbreakable. Few people at the same rank can break through your defenses."
"You flatter me, junior," Li Qiankun said modestly. "My meager reputation can't compare to the Rock King's."
"How should we compete in this match?"
"Choose your strongest point. I'll defeat you in the field where you excel most."
Xu Yue spoke calmly, his expression unchanged.
"What?!" Li Qiankun's expression turned cold.
To choose an opponent's strongest field and defeat them in it—what kind of confidence did that take?
Every Soul Master knew that no one could excel at everything. Otherwise, teams wouldn't exist.
Yet Xu Yue intended to break that rule outright.
To the challenger himself, perhaps it was confidence. But to the person being challenged, it was nothing less than utter humiliation.
"Junior, you're being far too arrogant."
"Arrogant? Perhaps." Xu Yue smiled faintly. "I went straight to the top, so many of you aren't convinced. And there are plenty of people in the Outer Court who aren't happy with me either."
"Why not settle it all today and save ourselves the trouble?"
"Senior Li, you're known as Unbreakable. How about we each attack once and defend once?"
By the time Xu Yue finished speaking, Li Qiankun's face had