"What? You think you'll lose?"
"I'll lose? Are you kidding me?!"
"That settles it then." Jin Kai spread his hands.
Jin Yi belatedly realized, "Yeah, he won't lose, so what's there to be afraid of?"
Jin Kai looked at Jiang Fan, "You've set your conditions, so we have ours too."
"What are the conditions?" Jiang Fan asked indifferently.
"You don't need to pay the prize, but you need to fight my cousin to the Life-and-Death Arena."
" Life-and-Death Arena?"
"That's right, the kind where it's a matter of life and death, and also a matter of who's superior. Do you dare?"
This was the idea Jin Changfeng gave to Jin Kai. Jiang Fan had protectors by his side, making it difficult to kill him secretly. However, if they fought Life-and-Death Arena in Yuanwu, they could kill Jiang Fan openly and legitimately.
As soon as Jin Kai finished speaking, the fat man quickly pulled Jiang Fan aside.
" Brother Fan, you absolutely cannot agree to this. Once we're on the Life-and-Death Arena, even Principal Lu can't interfere!"
"I see."
Jiang Fan nodded thoughtfully, then turned around to look at Jin Kai and Jin Yi.
"Good."
What???
The fat man nearly bit his tongue, his eyes wide and round.
So all he said earlier was for nothing.
The scene shifts to the arena, where Jiang Fan and Jin Yi stand on opposite sides.
Yuanwu, watching from below the stage, frowned, thinking to himself that Jiang Fan was too impulsive; how could he accept such an unfair challenge?
Zhou Yanchen was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pan, glancing between Jiang Fan on the stage and the school gate.
Finally, under his expectant gaze, Zhou Zhengjiao appeared.
"Second Uncle, you've finally arrived! Brother Thigh is really in mortal danger later, you absolutely have to help him!"
Zhou Zhengjiao's usually frivolous face turned unusually serious. "This is Life-and-Death Arena. Not even your grandfather, let alone Yuanwu, can interfere. This is a rule established since the founding of Yuanwu School!"
"I don't care, you have to help me, Second Uncle! The reason Brother Thigh is being targeted by the Jin Family is because of me!"
Zhou Zhengjiao and Zhou Lingxing both knew about Jiang Fan saving Zhou Yanchen again; otherwise, they wouldn't have come.
Let's see how it goes.
Zhou Zhengjiao was also very troubled. If Jiang Fan were to face a life-or-death crisis, he would have no choice but to swallow his pride and negotiate with Jin Yi.
"Ancestor, if my Brother Fan's life is in danger, can you ask Lord Turtle to take action?"
The fat man looked anxious and restless, gazing at Wang Yao with pleading eyes.
"That's against the rules," Wang Yao replied with four words.
"Can--"
Wang Yao waved her hand, stopping the fat man from saying what he was about to say.
"There are also Life-and-Death Arena in Danwu, but even in Danwu, I won't interfere, let alone in Yuanwu."
Hearing this, the fat man could only hang his head in dejection, silently praying that Jiang Fan would be alright.
Some people hoped Jiang Fan Jiang Fan would be alright, while others wished he would die immediately.
Jin Kai was looking at Jiang Fan with the eyes of someone staring at a dead man; he couldn't wait to see Jiang Fan's miserable end.
" Jin Yi, don't delay, hurry up!"
Jin Yi didn't waste any words. His blood and qi erupted to their maximum, and he wielded a heavy axe, bringing it down towards Jiang Fan's head.
Its imposing presence seemed capable of splitting mountains in two.
"What a powerful aura!"
Someone in the audience gasped.
"Even if Jiang Fan isn't cleaved in two, his head will be smashed open."
"Huh? Why isn't Jiang Fan dodging?"
Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Jiang Fan not only did not dodge, but instead swung his sword to meet the attack.
"An ant trying to shake a tree!" Jin Yi sneered.
As the sound faded, the heavy axe struck the blade.
"Clang!"
Sparks flew and a buzzing sound echoed throughout the arena.
Jiang Fan took three steps back, glancing at Jin Yi had only taken one step back, his handsome brows furrowing slightly.
Feeling the numbness in his hand, a serious expression finally appeared on his face.
He had underestimated Jin Yi; he hadn't expected him to be so strong.
He boasted that his physique far surpassed that of his peers, and that he could even fight beyond his level, but it seemed that he would need to cultivate more techniques to strengthen his physique in the future.
I don't know if Master has it. I'll call him and ask after the arena competition.
"He actually blocked it!"
The entire audience was stunned by what had just happened.
"No! He's not Middle-Stage Second Rank!"
This was quickly discovered.
" Second Rank high-level! My God! He's advanced again! Is he even human?"
"Hiss--I seriously suspect he's not even a species like us, or maybe he's cheating."
"..."
The Little Turtle poked its head out, its tiny eyes filled with disbelief.
"This kid really surprised me."
Although it knew yesterday that Jiang Fan Late-Stage Second Rank Martial Artist and had personally witnessed him defeat Early-Stage Third Rank Martial Artist, that was only the Early-Stage Third Rank. But now Jiang Fan had actually blocked an attack from High-Stage Third Rank!
Moreover, Jin Yi, as the illegitimate son of the Jin Family and the grandson of the Jin Family patriarch, possesses an alloy heavy axe of a level far superior to that of the Early-Stage Third Rank Martial Artist from yesterday.
Wang Yao watched with great interest and said to the fat man beside her, "It seems that your Brother Fan still has some ability to protect himself in this competition."
The fat man breathed a sigh of relief, but only a slight one. It was just a clash. Jin Yi possessed advanced martial arts techniques of the Jin Family, while Jiang Fan was born in the slums of Fortress No. 31, with no background or inheritance. If the fight continued, he would still be at a disadvantage.
"You have some skill! But that's all you can do. I will defeat you within ten moves!"
As the words fell, Jin Yi suddenly twisted his waist, and the heavy axe swung around, stirring up the surrounding air to create a whistling wind, which eventually turned into a tornado that rapidly swirled around the axe.
"It's the Jin Family's secret technique, the Storm Mountain-Breaking Form!"
Many people immediately recognized the move Jin Yi had used.
"Oh no! This is Jin Yi's strongest move, Brother Thigh, get out of the way!" Zhou Yanchen shouted anxiously.
"Hehehe--" Jin Kai sneered, "My cousin's move, while not invincible among his peers, might not even be completely dodged by someone at the Early-Stage Fourth Rank. Zhou Yanchen, just wait to collect your Brother Thigh's corpse, hahahahaha--"
The laughter stopped abruptly.
Because he saw with his own eyes that Jiang Fan had dodged it.
And they dodged so decisively and nimbly, as agile as a sprite moving in the wind.
What kind of movement technique is this?
It doesn't seem to be any weaker than the Jin Family's unique secret techniques!
But how could that be? How could a poor man from the outermost fortress of the Great Xia possibly possess a skill comparable to the secret techniques of the Jin Family?
"Huh? This movement technique looks a lot like the Lan Family's Phantom Gale Leg!"