Niu Baoguo rallied his qi and gave chase. After finally closing the distance on Fan Dazhi, he flicked his right arm like a whip, preparing to unleash his signature Lightning Five-Strike Whip again. Suddenly, he felt as though he had run headfirst into a wall, and everything went black...
Fan Dazhi dodged left and right, but the fellow behind him refused to let up. Catching sight of him lowering his shoulder and raising his elbow, Fan Dazhi silently braced himself.
Remembering how an invisible wall of qi had bounced him back earlier, Fan Dazhi had an idea. He formed a hand seal, gathered Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy in an instant, and erected a wall of qi in front of himself while abruptly darting sideways.
Caught off guard, Niu Baoguo slammed headfirst into the qi wall and toppled sideways. Fan Dazhi was still in his running posture, and as his arms swung back and forth, his left fist happened to strike Niu Baoguo in the face.
To the spectators below, the two had been running and chasing when Niu Baoguo suddenly fell at a bizarre angle, catching Fan Dazhi's fist with his face.
Stars burst before Niu Baoguo's eyes from the collision, followed by a sharp pain in his face. He promptly hit the ground and lay motionless, out cold.
An uproar swept through the spectators below...
Fan Dazhi had won. All he had done was copy the trick of erecting a qi wall, and somehow, without quite understanding how, he had won.
The supervising instructor loudly announced the result, while Fan Dazhi stood frozen, still unable to process what had happened.
The next challenger to step onto the platform was Ji Mo, a student from Min Mountain.
Ji Mo's long, jet-black hair was secured behind his head with a