Shan Taixiao furious. He had originally hoped that Jiang Fan would be ganged up on and seriously injured by the four elite schools in the team competition, so that he could replace him as the starting player.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Fan actually contracted with so many demonic beasts, and things developed in the completely opposite direction.
Many of the substitutes from the other four major martial arts schools became the starting lineup, but Yuanwu's contestants were all intact and unharmed.
"Hey, I said you deserve a beating, right? You—"
The fat man wanted to say something more, but Jiang Fan, who jumped off the stage, stopped him.
" Brother Fan, how can you tolerate this?"
Seeing Jiang Fan's demeanor, Shan Taixiao assumed he wouldn't dare do anything to him, so he stood with his nose in the air, arms crossed, looking smug and saying, "What can you do to me?"
The next second, he heard Jiang Fan's devilish voice in his ear.
"Endure? When have you ever seen me endure anything? I didn't bother with him before because, in my eyes, he was nothing but a fart. Who would argue with a fart that's already been released?"
Shan Taixiao was enraged by these words.
"You—who are you calling a fart! Say it again if you dare!"
" Martial Artist never engage in empty talk. Since you dislike me, I'd like to teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents. After the competition, we'll face off in Life-and-Death Arena."
Jiang Fan's words struck Shan Taixiao like a bolt from the blue, instantly draining the color from his face, turning him deathly pale. Sweat streamed down his face, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.
"Silence means agreement."
Jiang Fan spoke to himself, then looked at the fat man.
"Please post a notice on the campus network for me. Tomorrow I'm going to have a life-or-death duel with Shan Taixiao on the Life-and-Death Arena."
"Alright! I'll get right to it. I guarantee I'll make this a huge, big deal, so the whole school knows how reckless Shan Taixiao is."
The fat man was incredibly excited and immediately took out his phone to start working.
"No! No! I didn't agree! I didn't!"
Shan Taixiao finally recovered from his shock and frantically tried to snatch the fat man's phone.
Jiang Fan was not about to give him that chance, so he stepped forward and blocked the fat man's path.
"You're the one who's provoked me time and time again. Don't you dislike me? I'm giving you a chance; you should cherish it."
"I-I-I-I didn't agree! This was all your unilateral decision. I never agreed to a Life-and-Death Arena with you!"
Ignoring Shan Taixiao's fear, Jiang Fan said domineeringly, "I'll be waiting for you at the Life-and-Death Arena tomorrow. If you don't come, I guarantee you'll become the laughingstock of the entire Yuanwu."
At this moment, Shan Taixiao was filled with remorse and wished he could slap himself hundreds of times.
I cursed myself for being so foul-mouthed! I cursed myself for being so brain-dead! How dare I provoke Jiang Fan, this great demon king! How could I have thought that Jiang Fan would let me spout nonsense at will?
Looking back at Jiang Fan's past actions, which one wasn't appalling? Which one wasn't utterly depraved? Who gave him the confidence to think he could offend Jiang Fan?
The more I thought about it, the more I regretted it, and the more I regretted it, the more my body trembled.
" Jiang Fan, I was wrong, I was wrong, I apologize to you."
Jiang Fan sneered, "Go settle this on the Life-and-Death Arena tomorrow. I won't accept it now."
" Jiang Fan!"
Shan Taixiao suddenly raised his voice.
Jiang Fan glanced at him, Shan Taixiao's arrogance vanished instantly. He wished he could turn into an ostrich and bury his head low.
A moment later.
The referee's voice rang out again from the ring.
"Next match: Yuanwu Jiang Fan vs. Qingwu Lan Shengxue."
Um?
Jiang Fan was taken aback and looked at Lan Shengxue.
Lan Shengxue didn't look in his direction, but walked straight onto the arena.
It's obvious they're distancing themselves from him; it's utterly inexplicable!
Jiang Fan walked onto the stage, looked at Lan Shengxue standing opposite him, and couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him.
Did I do something to offend you?
Lan Shengxue's face remained icy, and upon hearing these words, the icy expression thickened even further.
He glanced sideways at the referee, "Can we begin?"
The referee raised his hand, "The game begins!"
As soon as the last word was uttered, Lan Shengxue pushed off the ground with her back foot, and her whole body shot out like an arrow.
Wielding two swords, moving with incredible speed and ferocity, his attacks were chilling.
Are you serious?
Jiang Fan quickly drew his sword to parry.
"When!"
That wasn't the end of it; Lan Shengxue used the force of the impact to twist her body violently.
Almost simultaneously with the turn, he drew his left hand and slashed horizontally at Jiang Fan's left ribs, while his right hand held the knife and thrust it upwards.
The attacks, both horizontal and vertical, are crisscrossed and so fast they're dazzling.
At this moment, everyone finally understood why Lan Shengxue had defeated Qingwu's substitute with only the Early-Stage Second Rank.
That's truly terrifying in terms of combat ability!
If it were them, facing such a rapid and fierce attack, they would likely be seriously injured if they were not careful.
Looking at Jiang Fan again, he easily dodged with a strange side-step.
Although he seemed relaxed, Jiang Fan knew the truth in his heart.
Fortunately, I learned and improved upon the Lan Family's Phantom Gale Leg; otherwise, completely dodging it wouldn't have been as easy as it was just now.
Just as Jiang Fan dodged, Lan Shengxue's fierce attack came head-on again.
He had no intention of fighting with her, so he avoided her again and again.
" Lan Shengxue, you can't beat me, and I don't want to fight you. You should just admit defeat."
Lan Shengxue didn't speak, but suddenly took a few steps back to create distance between herself and Jiang Fan.
He slowly raised his hands, crossing the two swords above his head.
With each movement, her blood and qi surged, as if a tornado had risen from beneath her feet, causing her sleeves to flutter wildly.
" Whirlwind Thrust!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lan Shengxue charged out as before, but her speed, strength, and the tricky angle of her strikes had all increased significantly.
Seeing this, Lan Mingxi secretly shook her head.
"This kid, he said he wasn't jealous, but he just mastered his ultimate move and he's already testing it on that brat Jiang Fan."
"Ta-da!"
A series of clanging sounds of weapons clashing echoed continuously on the arena.
Jiang Fan never launched an attack; he only parried.
To be honest, it wasn't easy.
In other words, his strength level is far higher than hers. If they were at the same level, he might not be able to gain much of an advantage in a real fight, and he might even be caught off guard and lose.
Of course, this doesn't mean that his combat skills are much worse than Lan Shengxue's; it's just that he only knows two powerful martial arts techniques.
Besides the Lan Family's Phantom Gale Leg, there's the Jin Family's World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body.
To put it bluntly, it lacks powerful offensive moves.
He did learn sword techniques from Spirit Weapon while in the Zhou Family Secret Realm, but he wasn't used to using swords.
Huh?
Jiang Fan suddenly had a brilliant idea.
Since he was able to improve upon the Lan Family's Phantom Gale Leg, couldn't he also modify that sword technique into a usable saber technique?