They Are the Challengers!

"What did you say?!"

Hearing this, the most shocked person wasn't Chen Deng, but Xu Lihong, who had remained silent since the beginning.

As a teacher at Martial Arts High School, he knew better than anyone present how unbelievable those words were.

One person took down over a hundred people?!

Xu Lihong stared intently at the young woman, disbelief etched on his face. "Are you really not joking?!"

Tang Yao casually replied, "I've already asked over a dozen people. If I were still joking, it wouldn't be fun anymore, would it?"

Even after knowing that Ye Li had taken down over a hundred people alone, her proud and beautiful face showed no hint of nervousness.

"..."

Hearing this, Chen Deng, lying on the hospital bed, collapsed onto it. He let out a bitter laugh as he breathed, "Besides you, Ying Province actually has another genius like this..."

In his eyes, a genius like Tang Yao was probably the only one in the entire Ying Province.

Even the young lady from the Jiang Family in Linhai City, who had awakened A-Grade Martial Arts Talent, was no exception.

After all, Chen Deng had personally witnessed the heroic scene of her holding a saber and challenging the entire school alone.

It was precisely because of this that he admired her so much.

He even regarded her as the goddess in his heart and pursued her relentlessly, all in the hope of catching up to her.

Alas... it was ultimately a fool's dream.

Chen Deng's smile was bitter.

Tang Yao back then, and Ye Li today, were so similar!

"..."

Tang Yao frowned slightly. Unlike Chen Deng, she didn't think Ye Li could be compared to her.

She merely found him a little interesting.

But, whatever.

She had no intention of arguing with Chen Deng.

Such mediocre people were destined for a life of insignificance.

There was no need for her to spend time befriending him, not even a little bit.

With this thought, Tang Yao turned around and prepared to leave.

She had come to understand the situation, and now that she had, there was nothing noteworthy, so she naturally had to return and prepare for the afternoon's Exchange Competition.

She slowly walked out of the ward.

At this moment, Xu Lihong, who was sitting on a chair, suddenly sighed. He looked at Chen Deng on the hospital bed and said with a wry smile, "It looks like the afternoon's Exchange Competition is a lost cause. I'll go and withdraw your participation later. You should focus on recovering from your injuries."

"Withdraw?" Tang Yao's questioning voice echoed in his ears.

Xu Lihong turned his head and saw the beautiful young woman who had just left returning. She looked at him with dissatisfaction and said coldly, "Who said we're withdrawing?"

"But..." Xu Lihong was somewhat taken aback. "Six out of our seven team members are already seriously injured!"

"So what?" Tang Yao asked calmly.

"This, this, this..."

Xu Lihong was momentarily speechless.

In his opinion, with things this way, of course, they should withdraw and focus on recovery!

But as he thought of the young woman's almost arrogant and extreme personality, he swallowed his words.

At such a young age, she could unleash an attack power comparable to A-Grade talent from her B-Grade talent, her Martial Arts Level was at the peak of Second-Tier Level Six, and she possessed countless precious Martial Skills from the Sword Pavilion... Tang Yao indeed had the capital to look down on everyone.

He took a deep breath.

For some reason, Xu Lihong felt his confidence surge.

He looked at the young woman and asked in a deep voice, "Then what's your intention?"

"Does that even need asking?" A hint of a smile flashed in Tang Yao's eyes, but it quickly subsided.

Immediately after, an incredibly sharp sword intent erupted from her, as if intending to split the hospital beneath her feet in half!

Under Xu Lihong's dazed gaze, this beautiful young woman with extreme confidence raised her cool eyes and said indifferently, "We'll participate normally. I will be playing."

"But that Ye Li..."

"He is indeed quite good."

Tang Yao suddenly spoke, interrupting Xu Lihong's speech. Her cherry-colored lips uttered icy words:

"But that's all there is to it."

"You only cleared out a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Anyone could have done that easily, so there's nothing to brag about."

"I'll say this upfront."

"In this competition, they are the challengers."

Qingshan City, city center.

Inside a rather high-class hotel.

Ye Li sat cross-legged on the bed, his mood somewhat heavy.

According to Wang Yongfeng, Qingshan First High School would most likely forfeit the exchange competition in the afternoon due to a lack of participants. His plan to beat up that Sword Dao Genius Girl would have to be shelved.

No chance to earn more Malice Points...

Ye Li sighed, calmed his emotions, and summoned his panel.

[Current Malice Points: . Can draw Treasure Tools]

Even with his composure, Ye Li couldn't help but smile again when he saw the number on the panel.

After all, no one would look at their account balance and not smile.

If you don't smile, it means your account balance is at rock bottom.

Although the Malice Points provided by those students from Qingshan First High School were few, they made up for it in quantity!

With the boost from over a hundred people, his foundation had reached a terrifying level.

Through several experiences, Ye Li had also discovered some patterns in how the system determined Malice Points.

Only martial artists who harbored hostility towards him would yield the normal amount of Malice Points upon defeat.

Take Jiang Qingzhu as an example.

When Ye Li was instructing this young lady in martial arts, he didn't hold back and was actively aiming for Malice Points.

Yet, even after making Jiang Qingzhu collapse on the ground, her eyes glazed over, the Malice Points recognized by the system were only in the double digits.

Damn it, is this to prevent me from infinitely grinding points...?

Ye Li sighed. Regardless, he had successfully obtained the Breathing Technique, and he could now start allocating points to his Martial Arts Level, which hadn't been improved in a while.

When he said "a while," it had only been two or three days.

However, before that...

Ye Li's gaze shifted to the new text that had appeared after Malice Points.

As Malice Points were accumulated, new functions seemed to gradually appear in the system.

For instance, when he first transmigrated and defeated Wang Ren, the "Cultivation Point Allocation" function was added.

This was genuinely a good thing.

Not to mention that he was currently lacking a suitable gun-type Treasure Tool.

Ye Li's mind stirred, and the text on the panel immediately began to change.

[Spend 1,000 Malice Points to draw once on the Treasure Tool Roulette]
[Treasure Tool Roulette: A magical roulette that contains various Treasure Tools from all realms. Any kind of magical item can be drawn from here. If you wish to reach the heavens in one step, why not try your luck?]
[Note: This Treasure Tool pool has a guaranteed draw after 40 attempts, which will definitely yield a Gold Quality Treasure Tool!]

Damn it, no wonder this thing only appeared after 40,000 Malice Points!

Ye Li suddenly understood. So the system thought he had the guts to go all-in and immediately presented this roulette.

System, you've misjudged me. Ye Li is never that kind of gambler!

Ye Li sneered.

Then, without hesitation, he chose to try a single draw first.

There was no other reason.

When a new pool is presented, would anyone not play?

[Ding!]

[Congratulations on obtaining a Purple Rare Quality Treasure Tool--]

A purple light illuminated Ye Li's handsome face.

Fortunately, although it wasn't a single draw for gold, purple was still pretty good.

He nodded slightly and looked at the panel.

[Functional Treasure Tool: Harmony Ring]
[Effect: Consume True Qi to forcibly make enemies within a five-meter radius kneel before oneself. The higher the enemy's level, the more True Qi consumed!]

[Cooldown: One Day]

"...?"

Ye Li was speechless for a long time. Are you sure this Treasure Tool will help you get along with people after using it?

Not only does this Treasure Tool lack a grade, only a quality, but its effect is also too...

Tailored for me!

Ye Li's dark eyes brightened slightly.

Knock, knock, knock--

At this moment, a knock sounded at the door.

"Are you still resting?"

Jiang Qingzhu's slightly surprised voice came from outside the door.

"Qingshan First High School didn't forfeit. They're calling us over for the match."

Roar, roar. They didn't forfeit, and they're coming for me instead?

Inside the room, the corners of Ye Li's mouth slowly curled up.

Tang Yao, your courage is commendable.

But unfortunately, that's the only thing I can praise you for.