Chapter 132

Wan Ling, however, seemed quite confident. "Don't worry, Wen Jing is sure of herself. She said before that it doesn't matter where she fights."

That's what they say, but...

Everyone instinctively wanted to say something, but then they remembered what they knew about Wen Jing and realized that she never seemed to do anything without being sure of what she was doing.

Some of them teamed up with Wen Jing Wen Jing explore the Ancient Wilderness, while others fought alongside her in the Freshman League. But no one knew Wen Jing's true strength, nor did anyone know where her limits lay.

"Director, may we begin?"

On the other side, the Student Council president of Azure Jade looked at the two people who were already waiting at the two gates on the left and right sides and asked the dean of academic affairs for instructions.

"Let's begin," the dean of academic affairs said, his gaze thoughtfully falling on Wen Jing's direction.

Since it involved an exchange student from the Ocher Soil, whether or not to agree to the challenge naturally required the dean's approval. She originally thought the dean wouldn't agree, but unexpectedly received a positive answer.

So she asked the dean if he wanted to come and take a look in person, but the answer he gave was, "There's nothing to see, we're preparing to revise the authorization."

Before the fight even started, and still in the suspended arena, the dean actually assumed Wen Jing would win!

As the academic director of Azure Jade, she naturally knew more information. She knew that Zou Jie's talent could be said to be the perfect counter to Wen Jing's invisibility. In an environment that suppressed mental power, she even prohibited Wen Jing's most effective killing move against him.

Under these conditions, the outcome of the duel was a foregone conclusion in the dean's eyes... Just how strong is Wen Jing really?

Following the dean's gaze, the two opponents who had challenged each other entered the 600-meter-diameter stadium from two entrances and stopped in the designated green area.

A ten-second countdown appeared on the virtual projection at the top of the venue.

This is usually when both sides are exchanging trash talk.

The Federation's pre-match trash talk culture has a long history. It's not just limited to underground arenas; as long as it's not a free-for-all like a virtual reality game, they'll all have a little trash talk during the final moments.

Individual matches are back-and-forth between two players, but team matches are where all the best players gather.

Of course, in high-profile events like the official college league, many people also take advantage of the trash talk time to advertise.

"Wen Jing, I didn't expect you to dare to come." Zou Jie, standing with his hands behind his back, said.

His voice was strange, like it was coming from a loudspeaker; to put it another way, it had 'built-in reverberation,' which was clearly related to his special ability.

"After all, this kind of one-on-one competition is not like the Freshman League where you can win the championship by luck."

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion erupted outside. The Azure Jade students praised Zou Jie for his strong offensive skills, saying that he had used his ultimate move at close range, and that Wen Jing's championship was purely due to luck.

"Yeah?"

Wen Jing picked at her ear; this kind of academic trash talk didn't sound nearly as good to her as the old Xi Gou: "Actually, I don't really want to settle for living in the fifth-ranked villa."

The uproar paused briefly; these words had insulted all ten of Azure Jade's top students.

"I think you're more suited to dreaming!" Zou Jie sneered angrily.

3, 2, 1... Countdown over!

The moment the green area beneath their feet disappeared, their figures also vanished from the audience's sight.

Chapter 132

As soon as the countdown ended, the figures on both sides disappeared simultaneously.

Wen Jing has clearly disappeared, while Zou Jie--

"In the sky!"

The spectators watching nearby immediately spotted him.

The stadium's dome is hemispherical, Zou Jie soared into the sky at the start of the match, reaching the highest point in the center of the dome.

Despite being rumored to be a defensive specialist, he displayed surprisingly high speed, making him arguably the type of player who excels in speed.

"Buzz..."

The low-frequency sound waves spread rapidly around Zou Jie, and the echoing ripples outlined substances invisible to the naked eye.

"There."

His gaze fell in one direction, and a smile crept onto his lips.

He also possesses the ability to become invisible!

This is also what Zou Jie has always been unwilling to accept. In his eyes, Wen Jing won the championship by hiding and taking advantage of the situation, which was entirely a coincidence.

In terms of pure strength, his opponent simply cannot defeat him!

However, the reality was that he, who was confident that he could defeat Wen Jing, was unexpectedly caught up in a multi-party battle and was eliminated early, ranking outside the top 100.

Although they had Luosi, an A-rank, as a safety net, Luosi was still the only A-rank in their class. Even if he lost to Wen Jing, many people would try to smooth things over and say it was a mistake.

Originally, Zou Jie could only swallow his anger no matter how unwilling he was, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly. Wen Jing came to Azure Jade as an exchange student and even declared that he would challenge the top ten in the grade.

Therefore, even if they knew things would escalate to this extent, there must have been many people pulling the strings behind the scenes.

While the other top ten students in their grades hesitated and had reservations, he still chose to step forward and accept the challenge without hesitation.

Of course, Zou Jie wasn't acting impulsively.

The only thing the opponent could be wary of was their mental attack, and he also proposed that the fight take place in the suspended arena.

If Wen Jing disagrees, he will suffer no loss; if Wen Jing dares to accept the challenge, all the better!

In the three months following the end of the league, Zou Jie's compatibility exceeded 60%. Due to the special nature of the Wilderness Body, his strength underwent a qualitative leap, Wen Jing's stealth and skills futile in his presence.

He will defeat her in a one-on-one head-on confrontation and rise to fame by stepping on the title of the Freshman League champion.

While locating Wen Jing's position using the sound wave Echo, Zou Jie immediately launched his strongest combination attack.

The next moment, the air currents in the stadium suddenly swirled and converged violently towards him, and his body swelled and blurred in the process.

"Is that his ability to become invisible?"

The people outside, Ocher Soil, immediately sat up straight, eager to understand the underlying principles.

Zou Jie's limbs and torso began to rapidly become transparent, transforming into a whistling vortex of gas that almost merged with the whirlwind he created.

In the blink of an eye, a gigantic humanoid figure composed of air vortexes and energy beams appeared in the arena, with only its head and energy core retaining a slight sense of solidity.

This state is somewhat like a gaseous elemental creature from Western fantasy, but because it retains a head and hasn't vaporized, it's also quite similar to the flying head creature from Eastern legends...

"Whoosh!"

From the audience's perspective, Wen Jing's figure appeared in mid-air, Energy-Shaping Weapon transformed into a long sword, striking his seemingly solid head with a fierce slash.

But the next moment, Zou Jie's head, along with his prickly sea urchin-shaped hairstyle, suddenly swelled up and spread out.

Wen Jing's attack missed its mark; the Energy-Shaping Weapon and his body passed right through it.

"It's useless." Zou Jie's laughter boomed, seemingly coming from all directions, echoing throughout the venue like a whirlwind. "I can turn my whole body into a hurricane right now."

"Wen Jing, if you can't use mental attacks, how do you expect to win?!"

As he spoke, the vortex centered on Zou Jie expanded again, engulfing the entire competition venue in a hurricane, drastically reducing visibility and turning everything into a foggy mess.

In this state, she can do more than just defend; highly compressed Wind Blade are also continuously shooting towards Wen Jing, creating ripples of slashing energy on her raised Energy Shield.

Upon seeing this, the Azure Jade students in the surrounding stands erupted in an uproar.

"Zou Jie was hiding this trick! He didn't show his full strength in the grade ranking competition?"

"Who would do that? It's just a grade ranking, a real-world competition, no one would push themselves that hard."

The top ten students in the grade, including Rong Feng, also showed varying expressions as they began to reassess Zou Jie's strength in their minds.

Amidst the jubilant Azure Jade students, the Ocher Soil group, like an isolated island, clenched their fists secretly, their expressions tense and strained to the extreme.

Believing in Wen Jing is one thing, but putting themselves in his shoes, they couldn't imagine how they could win under such circumstances.

Zou Jie's special ability ignores all physical attacks, and even convergent energy attacks seem unable to hit him, making him virtually invincible from the start.

Perhaps a similarly large-scale energy attack could counter it, but aside from innate abilities and mental attacks, there are no combat techniques of this type, all of which require hitting the target.

This is also one of the reasons why combat skills are generally considered inferior to supernatural abilities.

Now, Wen Jing's two signature abilities have been countered by his opponent, leaving him with no room to utilize his combat skills and seemingly trapped in a desperate situation where he can only passively defend.

"Haha, it looks like Wen Jing is about to give up!"

"What league championship? It's just an F-level league, nothing special."

Many Azure Jade students at the scene were already preparing to declare victory in advance.

Due to limited visibility, no one could see that Wen Jing, inside the shield, was actually calmly observing Analysis Zou Jie's Wilderness Body.

"It has sonic detection similar to that of the Frost Spider. Although its body appears to be 'ethereal,' it is actually due to the expansion of the intermolecular distance. It is still inside the arena, unlike a jellyfish that directly enters another dimension when attacked."

Or to put it another way, Zou Jie's 'invisibility' is actually 'omnipresent,' with the entire venue filled with his inflated body molecules.

"A rather interesting talent, if the drawbacks weren't so obvious."

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Under the concentrated offensive, Wen Jing's casually erected level three shield could no longer hold and was about to shatter.

"Wen Jing, admit defeat! In my domain, you have no room to struggle anymore!"

Zou Jie's voice, which had become exceptionally loud, echoed throughout the entire venue.

Two energy cores, resembling his eyes, shone with Scorching Heat light above the stadium, unleashing their full power without reservation.

In an instant, a large number of Wind Blade converged into a vortex, with Wen Jing at the center of the vortex.