In the spectator area, Xu Lihao revealed a smug smile, his scheme having succeeded.
“Serves you right for trying to bully the new guy. Now you’re dumbfounded, aren’t you?”
“If you underestimate A Zhu just because he’s a pseudo-Earth Seed, you’re in for a rough time!”
“You little rascal, you’re truly despicable! You knew Ning Student was hiding something, didn’t you?”
Su Cheng and He Linfeng suddenly understood, immediately casting disdainful glances.
“You set a trap for us, but didn’t even consider who Sister Liu is.”
“You think a few Skeleton Soldiers can stop her fists? How naive! Wake up!”
“Hmph, if A Zhu dares to accept the challenge, he must be confident.”
Xu Lihao put his hands in his pockets, looking cool and cocky.
“Although I don’t know where his confidence comes from, I believe him. A Zhu will surely win this battle!”
“He’s a believer? I refuse to believe it!”
Su Cheng reverted to his human form, took out a bag, and slapped five glittering crystals onto the table, aggressively fanning the flames:
“Little rascal, do you dare to bet magic dust? Not much, just five pieces, for fun.”
“Brother Su, I’ll raise the bet!”
He Linfeng also reverted to his human form, slapped five crystals onto the table, and provocatively looked at Xu Lihao.
“I…”
Xu Lihao felt his flat wallet, visibly struggling, then hardened his heart and gritted his teeth:
“I’m in, ten magic dust!”
“Brother Xu is decisive!”
Su Cheng burst into laughter, “Brother He and I will use these ten magic dust later to buy some tonics to nourish our bodies. I hope Brother Xu doesn’t get angry when he sees it.”
“It’s not certain who will win or lose yet. Don’t you two welch on the bet later!”
Xu Lihao scoffed, no longer bothering with the two, and focused on watching the battle.
At this moment, the battle was reaching a fever pitch.
Sister Liu only hesitated for a moment, and when she threw her next punch, it was unstoppable.
Aren’t they just two Skeleton Soldiers? Smash them to smithereens!
“Bang! Bang bang! Bang!”
Everything was as she expected; two Skeleton Soldiers without skills could only withstand one or two punches, and the third punch would surely shatter them.
But…
Ning Zhu was still summoning!
He even had enough energy to release strange Baby Skeletons and resummon new Skeleton Soldiers, always maintaining the situation of “three skeletons fighting one chicken.”
“Minion, come out!!”
“Bang!”
Sister Liu blasted the third Skeleton Soldier, her chicken claws pressed to the ground, her sharp beak open, panting rapidly.
Each time she unleashed a heavy punch, her demonic body trembled.
Her condition was still a bit too poor.
If she were in her peak state, how could a few mere Skeleton Soldiers form a pincer attack? She would have torn through them long ago!
“No, how can I think like this?”
Sister Liu suddenly showed intense vigilance.
She had cultivated for two full months, and her familiarity with her demonic body was far greater than Ning Zhu’s.
Ning Zhu had just begun cultivating, and even in a fatigued state, the scales of victory still tilted towards her. Why would she need more leverage?
Fight!
She couldn't drag this out any longer. She had to go straight for his demonic body and decide the outcome immediately!
Sister Liu forcefully threw a punch, piercing through the thoracic spine of the fourth Skeleton Soldier. When she forcefully pulled it out, the entire skeleton collapsed.
She charged towards Ning Zhu.
Faster, faster, increasingly rapid.
The fighting spirit in her eyes condensed like a sword, and her raised right fist was as heavy as a hammer.
—This battle must be won!!
“Alright, it’s time to end the battle.”
Ning Zhu cast another spell, and a new summoning array appeared before him.
Sister Liu had cultivated longer than him, and her heavy punch, which had reached ‘Minor Accomplishment’ in proficiency, was indeed too much for ordinary Skeleton Soldiers to withstand.
The Baby Skeleton was also disappointing; it only bit him once, sprayed a little blood, and lost some fur, which was better than nothing.
So… Da Gu, come out!
“Whoosh~~~”
The two-meter diameter array spewed out misty gray fog, reflecting Ning Zhu behind it, making his bone body even more ethereal.
A skeleton even stranger than the Infant Skeleton appeared.
It was tall and mighty, and even stronger.
Its snow-white skeleton stood in the shadow, as if plated with a layer of fluorescent light.
The continuously pulsating tender green soul fire was noticeably deeper than that of ordinary Skeleton Soldiers, not like a small fry that could be dealt with in two or three moves.
“Is it a special type, or a mutated species?”
Sister Liu, in her explosive charge, saw Da Gu, and also noticed its missing right forearm and deformed upper arm.
She had no intention of slowing down to observe further; this punch condensed all her essence, energy, and spirit. She could only advance, not retreat. Anyone blocking her path must pay the price!
“Abba!”
Da Gu sensed danger.
It directly raised its left arm. The moment it lifted it, a sonic boom first resounded in mid-air, followed by a series of crisp bone-cracking sounds, each louder than the last.
The next instant, its left arm swelled by a circle.
From its finger bones to its acromion, it was massive and deformed, as if a volcanic eruption of power was unleashed from within.
Skill—Suicide Fist!
Proficiency… Grandmaster!!
“Boom!!!”
The collision of fists kicked up dust everywhere.
White bone fragments flew a hundred meters. One student’s cheek was grazed, a line of blood oozing from the wound, but he was oblivious, his stunned gaze fixed on the center of the battle, too shocked to speak coherently:
“This… No way?”
“Sister Liu lost? How could her heavy punch lose to a skeleton??”
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the white bone skeleton, with only half of its right arm remaining and its left arm completely gone, stood rooted to the spot, not retreating a single step.
The Fist Fighter Chicken, which had accelerated its charge and then unleashed a heavy punch, was like a kite with a broken string, flying back forty meters and landing on the ground, creating a half-person-deep crater.
Pain… so much pain!
Blood… so much blood!
Blood submerged Sister Liu’s chest, and her vision was filled only with red.
But she still held on, forcing herself to lift her head and look at the motionless white bone skeleton, and the calm gray bone skeleton behind it.
She actually… lost?
After cultivating for two more months, and with her skill proficiency also improving, even in poor condition, it should have just taken a few more rounds. How could she lose?
Why was that punch just now so fierce and resolute, like a strike that would destroy both sides, yet the caster didn't die, only losing an arm…
“Whoosh!”
Wu Ye appeared in front of Sister Liu’s demonic body, sprinkling a pinch of medicinal powder from his hand, applying it all to her chest.
His face was grim. He squatted down to examine her carefully. After confirming it was only a serious injury and her life was not in danger, he secretly let out a cold sweat.
He had been careless.
His original intention was to ensure the new student didn’t lose too badly, which was why he specifically chose these five opponents.
He hadn’t even bothered to check the new student’s demonic body, only estimating the battle’s intensity based on his own assumptions.
The result…
Completely wrong!
Sister Liu, even in her peak state, might not have been able to withstand that last devastating punch.
This was not an opponent whose difficulty needed to be lowered beforehand!
Aside from sunlight being his weakness, this student, disguised as a pseudo-Earth Seed… was a wolf!
“Gulp…”
At that moment, sounds of swallowing could be heard on the semi-open training ground.
Su Cheng and He Linfeng were dazed and dumbfounded.
The owner of the ‘Bull Hercules’ demonic body, the young man named Gong Leyou, thought about what would have happened if he had been chosen during the lottery and then faced the challenge with a casual attitude… His final outcome would probably have been even more miserable than Sister Liu’s!
“Wenxin, assuming you had to take that last punch, how confident would you be?” Zhao Jun asked seriously.
“You and I have both advanced to the mid-stage, so naturally, I’d be completely confident.”
“However, that punch was too heavy; there’s a possibility of injury.”
Chu Wenxin twirled a strand of hair around her ear and thoughtfully countered:
“But is that punch Ning Student’s limit? How do you know if what you saw was the tip of the iceberg or the entire mountain?”
“No way, right?”
Zhao Jun felt immense pressure, goosebumps rising on his skin, and he muttered, “Did a monster really come to our class?”
“Who knows.”
Chu Wenxin smiled sweetly, quite confidently saying, “I just hope the potential of a pseudo-Earth Seed doesn’t hinder his growth.”
“It’s a blessing to have someone in the class to compete with us and ignite our fighting spirit.”