Ning Chuan and Zhang Wensi were locked in an intensely fierce battle.
The air roared, as if it were about to explode.
Rows of desks shattered!
Windowpanes kept breaking.
Ning Chuan was at a disadvantage.
His Thousand Bones Slaughter Art was only at the proficient realm, and against Zhang Wensi, who was at the seventh stage of awakening, it was somewhat inadequate.
Even so, relying on the formidable defense of his third-layer Vajra Body, Ning Chuan would not be defeated anytime soon.
He could even gain a slight advantage by trading blow for blow.
"I want to see how much punishment you can take!"
A ruthless look flashed in Zhang Wensi's eyes as he viciously struck with his elbow. His bent elbow traced an arc, trailing an ear-piercing whistle that revealed the tremendous force behind it!
Iron Elbow Spear!
A C-rank martial art!
"Whoosh!"
A fierce wind rushed at Ning Chuan's face. His gaze remained calm, and instead of dodging, he raised his right arm and punched at Zhang Wensi's lower abdomen.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang from Ning Chuan's right arm, like lightning splitting the air or a bowstring snapping loose.
The next moment, his fist abruptly accelerated, seeming to leave an afterimage behind it. It struck Zhang Wensi with a bang, and his face instantly flushed red.
Departing Lightning Fist!
The second form of the Thousand Bones Slaughter Art.
A punch struck like a bolt of lightning and shot forth like an arrow, hence its name.
Its defining feature was speed!
The next moment.
Zhang Wensi's elbow strike also landed on Ning Chuan.
Boom!
A flash of golden light appeared on Ning Chuan's chest. With a clash like metal striking metal, he was sent flying backward, landing at the other end of the classroom and kicking up dust from the floor.
Whoosh!
Ning Chuan kipped up and sprang nimbly to his feet.
That brief transformation into a golden body had absorbed most of the force of Zhang Wensi's strike.
Ning Chuan looked at Zhang Wensi and brushed the dust off his chest. With a hint of regret, he said, "I wanted to practice with you a little longer, but unfortunately, there isn't much time left. I'll have to finish this quickly."
The spy device was only one of his objectives.
There were other things he wanted.
He had to hurry.
"Anyone can talk big!"
A cold sneer appeared at the corner of Zhang Wensi's mouth as he mocked him.
Even so, his tone held far more respect than before.
Aside from him, there was probably no one in the class who could match Ning Chuan.
He really knew how to hide his strength!
"Is that so?"
Ning Chuan grinned and offered no explanation. Reaching behind him, he drew the Silver Blood Saber from his waist and charged at Zhang Wensi in long strides.
The tip of the blade scraped along the floor, throwing up a string of sparks.
Zhang Wensi's expression changed completely.
Even barehanded, Ning Chuan was not much weaker than him.
If he used a saber to unleash Flash Thunder Slash at the nuanced realm...
Zhang Wensi would have no chance of winning.
If he had a weapon in hand, he might have had a chance to fight back.
But he had never planned to enter the contest for the spy device today, so he had left his weapon at home.
"This isn't fair..."
Zhang Wensi roared.
The rest of his words were drowned out by a thunderous boom.
Boom!
Ning Chuan opened with Flash Thunder Slash.
A brilliant streak of silver light appeared, illuminating the classroom darkened by the heavy clouds like lightning streaking across the sky.
Within that light was a chilling edge!
Zhang Wensi's scalp tingled as he pushed his movement martial art to its limit and retreated with all his might.
With a swish.
More than a dozen strands of hair were neatly severed and drifted through the air.
He had barely dodged the slash.
Boom!
Ning Chuan paid it no mind and pressed forward. A peal of thunder burst from within his body, transforming into tremendous force that surged into his arm and revealed its cutting edge through the Silver Blood Saber.
Flash Thunder Slash!
Silver light flashed again, and lightning streaked through the air.
Cold sweat streamed down Zhang Wensi's face. He did not dare face the edge of the Silver Blood Saber.
He wanted to flee, but he could not break out at all.
With Gale Step at the mastered realm and Flash Thunder Slash at the nuanced realm, Ning Chuan could send his saber anywhere in the classroom in the span of a breath.
Zhang Wensi could only keep dodging.
Bang!
Ning Chuan seized an opportunity. Instead of swinging his saber, he raised a foot and kicked Zhang Wensi flying sideways.
Though this selection contest had few rules, killing and maiming were forbidden.
Flash Thunder Slash's edge was too sharp, so Ning Chuan only used it to pressure Zhang Wensi into exposing an opening before attacking with his fists and feet.
Before long, Zhang Wensi was covered in bruises.
Zhang Wensi saw through Ning Chuan's plan, but he still did not dare use his body to withstand the Silver Blood Saber as he fought.
He could not afford that gamble.
Once he lost.
There were only two possible outcomes.
Death or crippling.
Even if Ning Chuan paid a price for it, that would not help him.
An opening!
Ning Chuan's eyes lit up.
Under the pressure of the saber, Zhang Wensi had exposed a major opening.
Ning Chuan shot out his left hand like lightning, spreading his five fingers and piercing the air to seize Zhang Wensi's arm. His entire left arm coiled around it, and he twisted viciously, like a giant python constricting its prey!
The fourth form of the Thousand Bones Slaughter Art, Body-Breaking Python Strike!
The name was domineering!
Its power was just as formidable. Once it coiled around an enemy, it could crush their bones!
Crack!
A crisp sound came from Zhang Wensi's arm.
Then his entire right arm went limp.
Is that... a dislocation?
Ning Chuan blinked twice.
It was within his expectations.
After all, he was only at the fifth stage of awakening, and his breathing technique was merely the very ordinary Savage Bull Force. His arm strength was insufficient.
If he had been at the same stage as Zhang Wensi.
That twist would have been enough to shatter the bones in Zhang Wensi's right arm.
"Hiss!"
His arm suddenly dislocated, Zhang Wensi sucked in a sharp breath from the pain, and his defense fell badly out of form.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ning Chuan attacked with both fists and feet, every punch striking flesh. He beat Zhang Wensi to the ground, leaving him unable to resist, gasping for breath with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Then Ning Chuan crouched down and searched Zhang Wensi's clothes, finding the spy device.
"I tried to persuade you nicely before, but you wouldn't listen. You took a beating for nothing, and now it's mine anyway!"
Ning Chuan spoke with a smile.
"Don't get cocky. This isn't over!"
Zhang Wensi glared at Ning Chuan, his gaze full of both resentment and fury.
"Still acting tough?!"
Without even lifting an eyelid, Ning Chuan hammered down a punch, making Zhang Wensi groan in pain.
He continued searching Zhang Wensi.
Soon, Ning Chuan also found the test-tube rack holding three vials of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution. He casually slipped it into his pocket and said, "These are some nice spoils. I'll gladly accept them!"
At that, Zhang Wensi froze and blurted out, "This is robbery!"
"It's fine. I disabled the surveillance in this building!"
Ning Chuan thought for a moment and did not give Ma Hai away. After all, he had promised him.
But that only applied to the surveillance.
"Just you wait!"
Zhang Wensi caught on and looked at Ning Chuan with a string of cold sneers, already plotting how to find someone to pass Ning Chuan the soap in prison.
Ning Chuan casually pulled over a stool and sat down. Looking down at Zhang Wensi, he smiled and said, "Just disabling the surveillance doesn't seem to be enough, does it?"
"It's too late to realize that now!"
Zhang Wensi wore a smug expression as he laughed. "Subjectively, you intended to commit robbery, and objectively, the robbery has already taken place.
Even if you return the Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution to me, it won't change a thing. You'll still go to prison!"
He had read the autobiography of a supercriminal named Zhang San and learned quite a few professional political and legal terms from it.
"You know your law, all right!"
Ning Chuan chuckled, took out his phone, and played the video he had secretly recorded earlier. "Then take a look and tell me what crime this is."
The video soon ended.
The smile faded from Zhang Wensi's face, and he fell silent.
Ignoring him, Ning Chuan freely slung mud at him. "You spent three vials of Hundred Beasts Nutrient Solution just to get a spot assisting the police. You must be after something big.
As I see it, you want to help Zhao Weiping escape!
That face of yours looks just like a 'traitor to the planet' from our high-martial world!"
"Fuck you, you're the one who looks like a traitor to the planet!"
Zhang Wensi could not help swearing. After a moment's thought, he sneered. "Stop struggling. Do you think anyone at the police bureau will believe your bullshit?"
"Since you're not afraid of the police, I'll put it another way."
The smile never left Ning Chuan's face as he said calmly, "I'll spread this video and send it to everyone at school!
What will happen then?
Zhang Wensi, the outstanding student of senior year class fifteen, actually cheated!
So, did he get his previous results by cheating too?!
Once that door to suspicion is opened, there'll be no closing it!
In the end, Zhang Wensi, the once-outstanding student, will be crowned the disgrace of Qingshan No. 1 High School!"
"Don't you dare!"
Zhang Wensi roared anxiously and struggled to get up.
It would be all right if other people found out. After all, he would be going away to university in a few months.
Su Yun must never find out.
Though he was more scheming than others his age, he was still a teenager.
The thought of his carefully cultivated image collapsing in the eyes of the girl he secretly loved was simply unbearable.