Defeat! Perks Upgraded!

"Hahaha!"

"That was satisfying!"

"I never expected you to be this strong, Su Yuan!"

"You've given me such a huge surprise!"

Lin Jie rose to his feet with a slight tremble, gripping his spear as intense fighting spirit gradually filled his eyes.

"Your strength has already surpassed Li Xingyu and the other two."

"Looks like you're the one First Class has been hiding the deepest."

"It wasn't in vain that I brought you into my training room. Today, I, Lin Jie, have been fortunate enough to witness your true strength."

"As a return gift, I'll let you see my true strength too!"

Lin Jie's expression turned incomparably serious, and his hand around the spear gradually loosened.

Seeing this, Su Yuan became solemn as well. For some reason, during his fight with Lin Jie, he felt increasingly at ease the longer they fought.

It was as though everything lay within his control. In his eyes, Lin Jie's moves were riddled with openings.

Could this also be one of the abilities brought by the baptism of Cocoon-Breaking Power?

That was a little too absurd.

Su Yuan's Blood Qi Value was only 72.3.

He was more than twenty Blood Qi Value behind Lin Jie. By all reason, even if Su Yuan went all out, he should not have been Lin Jie's match.

Yet now, Su Yuan was suppressing Lin Jie.

The boost brought by War God's Heart was truly terrifying.

"It's coming—Brother Lin's Mountain-Suppressing Spear."

"This move is Starrock Martial Arts Academy's signature technique. It's said that when the academy master uses this spear art, he can send a small mountain flying."

"As Starrock Martial Arts Academy's heir, Brother Lin must have inherited Academy Master Lin's prowess."

Cheng Chi and Qin Ming exchanged a glance. Cheng Chi continued, "Whenever Brother Lin uses this move, he's definitely going all out."

A trace of worry flickered in Qin Ming's eyes. "I wonder whether Su Yuan can take it."

"Su Yuan, watch closely!"

Lin Jie roared. His footing was steady as his right hand instantly clenched the spear, its tip slicing through the air at incredible speed.

At the same time, a dense, earthy yellow aura spilled from the spearhead.

Feeling that irresistible momentum, Su Yuan furrowed his brow.

"This move..."

"With my current strength, I can't take it head-on."

"The spear has tremendous power, but..."

As Su Yuan watched the approaching spear, a countermeasure instantly formed in his mind, and an almost imperceptible smile curled his lips.

"Too slow!"

Suddenly, Su Yuan moved, changing in a direction Lin Jie had never anticipated.

In Lin Jie's sight, Su Yuan's entire body abruptly vanished. His spear seemed to lose its target and shot straight ahead.

Cheng Chi and Qin Ming, standing nearby, saw it clearly.

Su Yuan bent forward at a bizarre angle, and the spear tip brushed past above his head, tearing through the air with a sharp whistle.

Then a Thunderclap Fist shot skyward and struck the spear shaft.

Feeling the enormous force transmitted through his palm, Lin Jie's face stiffened. His entire right arm went numb, and the spear was knocked straight out of his hand.

It was not over yet. A massive fist rapidly enlarged before Lin Jie's eyes, making his pupils contract violently.

Cheng Chi and Qin Ming had no time to react. Su Yuan was too fast; even Lin Jie could not respond.

A fierce gust of wind rushed toward Lin Jie's face. He instinctively shut his eyes and accepted defeat.

However, Su Yuan's fist stopped instantly just ten centimeters from Lin Jie's head.

"You let me win."

With that, Su Yuan withdrew his fist.

"Gulp."

Cold sweat drenched Lin Jie's body, and his palms were slick with perspiration.

Cheng Chi and Qin Ming could no longer say a word. Their hearts had long been filled with shock.

The impact of that scene was simply too great.

Even after Su Yuan lowered his fist, they still had not recovered.

Second Class's sky had fallen.

Beforehand, they had said it was merely a sparring match, but both of them could tell.

Su Yuan and Lin Jie had both been utterly serious, treating this battle with full solemnity.

Both sides had fought with everything they had. Lin Jie had even used the Mountain-Suppressing Spear.

And the result? The Mountain-Suppressing Spear had not even touched Su Yuan's shadow before Su Yuan broke it.

"The Mountain-Suppressing Spear... was seen through?"

Lin Jie slowly came back to his senses, staring blankly at Su Yuan across from him.

In this sparring match, every one of his movements and techniques had been within Su Yuan's expectations.

Lin Jie had only ever experienced that feeling with one person.

His father, Lin Zhenyan.

Everything was under control, yet he had nowhere to exert his strength.

That was exactly how it felt to fight Su Yuan.

Even his fist strength, the one thing that could contend with Su Yuan, had been completely crushed.

"Su Yuan, I lost."

Lin Jie dropped onto the floor, a bitter expression on his face.

As for Su Yuan, aside from breathing a little heavily, he showed no other reaction.

Cheng Chi and Qin Ming remained silent. Before Su Yuan and Lin Jie sparred, they would never have believed Lin Jie could lose.

And he had lost to someone from First Class whose Blood Qi Value was even lower than Cheng Chi's.

At that moment, Su Yuan's image grew infinitely taller in the hearts of Cheng Chi and Qin Ming.

An absurd thought forcefully filled their minds.

Could Su Yuan's daily brisk walks over the past two months really have been a way to improve his strength?

What exactly had Su Yuan been doing these past two months?

At that moment, Cheng Chi and Qin Ming wished they could travel back two months and follow behind Su Yuan every day to observe him.

There was no helping it. Su Yuan had defeated Lin Jie.

It was absurd, but it was the truth.

If the others in Second Class, or even First Class, learned of it, Qianshan No. 2 High School would probably be thrown into an uproar.

The top three students in Qianshan No. 2 High School's senior year had changed hands. It would not even be excessive for that news to make Qianshan District's headlines.

Fortunately, only the four of them were here, so the news would not spread for the time being.

Silently, Cheng Chi and Qin Ming exchanged a glance.

Their eyes seemed to say that even if beaten to death, they would never reveal what had happened today.

Everything they had seen today would remain strictly confidential.

"Pfft."

Qin Ming suddenly let out an inexplicable laugh, drawing Lin Jie's gaze toward him.

"What are you laughing at?"

"N-Nothing."

Paper could not wrap fire forever. At the thought of everyone else's stunned expressions when they learned of Su Yuan's strength, Qin Ming could not suppress his amusement.

He eagerly anticipated the day Su Yuan truly revealed his strength.

They could not possibly be the only ones—him and Cheng Chi—who got shocked. The others had to experience this feeling too.

As though he had thought of something, Cheng Chi beside him also let out a snort of laughter.

Lin Jie helplessly swept a glance over the two of them. What exactly were they laughing about?

Ignoring them, Lin Jie got to his feet and spoke to Su Yuan.

"Su Yuan, I lost today, but I won't keep losing forever."

"After I train for a while, I'll challenge you again."

"From now on, Starrock Martial Arts Academy will be open to you for free. Come whenever you want."

"Starrock Martial Arts Academy won't charge you any fees."

Lin Jie had already changed the sparring match into a challenge to Su Yuan, showing just how quickly his mindset had shifted.

Clearly, Su Yuan's status in Lin Jie's heart had risen to the same level as those two people in First Class.

Su Yuan was somewhat at a loss over the inexplicable benefits Lin Jie had granted him.

How had one fight led to the martial arts academy opening its doors to him for free?

Had he beaten Class Monitor Lin into submission?

What Su Yuan did not know was that Lin Jie was actually a training fanatic.

He treated every peer he could not defeat at his current stage in exactly this manner.

It was just that the two people in First Class did not need Starrock Martial Arts Academy's benefits.