As he was hit, the Flying Earth Dragon that was originally attacking Luo Outean arrived behind him, using its body to forcefully block him.
It was like an iron pillar, barring his path from behind.
But this ant Gao Neng took the full force of Luo Outean’s punch.
PTHOO!
A mouthful of blood sprayed onto Luo Outean’s face.
Luo Outean instinctively raised a hand to block the spray of blood.
And at that exact mont, Gao Neng threw his arms around Luo Outean, clinging to him for dear life. His entire body wrapped around Luo Outean’s like an octopus.
"Let go!" Luo Outean roared. He tried to struggle free, but Gao Neng’s strength was incredible. He couldn’t even force Gao Neng’s arms apart.
’What’s going on? Isn’t he poisoned? How can he still have so much strength?’
"I won’t! I’ll never let go!" Gao Neng roared back, his face beet red with exertion. He looked to be in extre pain, holding on through sheer willpower alone.
The two of them tumbled to the ground.
Gao Neng coughed up blood continuously.
One mouthful, then another, and another...
The blood sprayed onto Luo Outean’s face as if it were free, completely obscuring his vision.
The audience, however, saw that as Gao Neng and Luo Outean tumbled to the ground, the Flying Earth Dragon leaped into the air again and pounced toward Luo Outean.
Two against one!
Gao Neng had risked grievous injury, taking a punch from Luo Outean head-on, just to allow his Flying Earth Dragon to launch a powerful assault.
This fighting style...
It was utterly desperate.
The reporters from the three major dia outlets, as well as the spectators, were all stunned.
Even Team Leader Zhang Hongying, who was standing at the entrance of Eastern Capital Military Academy watching the live stream on her phone, had her mouth agape. Any fool could see that Gao Neng was now truly and severely injured.
And yet, this desperate fighting style of Gao Neng’s had completely shut Luo Outean down.
CRASH!
CRASH!
...
The Flying Earth Dragon relentlessly swung its scythes at Luo Outean. Every strike sliced another gash into his battle armor, causing more and more blood to pour from his body.
Luo Outean was helpless.
All he could do was keep rolling on the ground in an attempt to dodge.
anwhile, Gao Neng clung to Luo Outean for dear life, refusing to let go no matter how much he struggled.
These were absolutely the tactics of a thug.
But strangely, not a single person said Gao Neng was in the wrong.
Zhang Hongying’s fists clenched. "Is he really poisoned? Impossible! If he was poisoned, why would he accept Luo Outean’s challenge? People from the Forgotten Land don’t have that kind of courage!"
「Ten minutes later.」
Gao Neng and Luo Outean were still rolling on the ground, having tumbled from one side of the training field to the other.
「Twenty minutes later.」
The two were still rolling, only now they had tumbled from the other side of the field back to where they started.
Gao Neng’s face was deathly pale, and he looked on the verge of collapse. Yet his hands remained locked around Luo Outean, refusing to let go even in death.
As for Luo Outean, his injuries were growing more and more severe.
"AARGH, I’M GOING TO KILL YOU, GAO NENG!!!" Luo Outean was utterly enraged. This fighting style was too humiliating; he hadn’t even had a chance to show what he could do.
"I can’t lose! Eastern Capital Military Academy will never surrender!" Gao Neng also scread at the top of his lungs. ’Since this is an act, I have to be convincing.’
’After all, a five-hundred-million-yuan deal is on the line. I don’t mind spending a little extra ti on it.’
And the result was...
The two of them rolled around on the Eastern Capital Military Academy’s training field for a full two hours.
They rolled from just after three in the afternoon all the way until five-thirty.
Gui Zian truly couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
But he couldn’t let it show on his face. For two hours, he had to maintain an expression of extre nervousness while watching the two of them roll around.
As the ti neared six in the evening, Luo Outean had sustained no fewer than a hundred wounds.
The ground was spattered with blood.
Finally, he lost consciousness.
He had literally been rolled into a stupor.
"Gao Neng is victorious!" Song Tianyun shouted, his voice filled with "excitent."
The reporters from the three major dia outlets snapped back to reality and rushed forward, their expressions a mixture of excitent and solemnity. They had been genuinely moved by Gao Neng’s spirit.
’To be so grievously injured, yet still win through sheer willpower... Is there anyone else in the Alliance who could do that?’
"Congratulations, Gao Neng! That was the most brilliant match I’ve ever seen!"
"Indeed, Gao Neng, you’re incredible!"
"Look... Gao Neng fainted! He’s done for! Quick... help him to the infirmary!"
Before the reporters could even finish their congratulations, Gao Neng’s eyes rolled back in his head and he passed out cold.
The audience watching the live stream erupted into spontaneous, thunderous applause. Gao Neng’s willpower was truly incredible.
...
「The night was as cool as water.」
After putting on an act in the infirmary for a while, Gao Neng returned to his dorm. Fang Tangtang was lying on his bed, feeding grilled fish to Gao Xiaong.
"How about you let Gao Xiaong sleep in my room tonight?"
"If she wants to, she can go." Gao Neng couldn’t be bothered to argue.
"Gao Xiaong, co sleep in my room and I’ll buy you two more fish. What do you say?" Fang Tangtang tempted her with the grilled fish in her hand.
"ow!" Gao Xiaong stretched languidly, hopped off the bed, and pointed a paw at the door. Her aning was clear: ’Open the door for your Queen.’
Seeing this, Fang Tangtang burst out laughing.
She eagerly opened the door and carried Gao Xiaong upstairs.
’Sold out for just two fish? Gao Xiaong, my dear classmate, your willpower is too weak!’ Gao Neng sighed, then prepared to wash up and go to bed.
"Your willpower is certainly strong enough." A voice rang out, and a figure materialized out of thin air inside the dorm room.
It was an incredibly eerie sight.
Gao Neng jumped in fright.
’Could this be the legendary Wall-Penetrating Technique?’
He was about to use One Slash, but after getting a clear look at the visitor, he froze. Instantly, his expression changed back to a sickly, feeble one.
"Master, I’m done for! I’ve been poisoned!"
"Poisoned? Perfect... I happen to have a bottle of ’Intestine-Breaking Powder’ here. We can fight poison with poison. Here... drink up!" The visitor extended a hand, holding a small, white jade bottle.
"Many thanks, Master!" Without a mont’s hesitation, Gao Neng took the white jade bottle and drank its contents.
"You’re really not afraid of dying?" The visitor watched, eyes narrowing slightly, as Gao Neng downed the entire contents of the bottle in one go.
"Fight poison with poison. You said so yourself, Master." Gao Neng wasn’t scared in the least.
’Who was this man?
Li Tiannan!
One of the Alliance’s twenty Strongest.’
’If he really wanted to kill , why would he need to use poison?’
’Although I don’t know what was in that bottle, I know it definitely won’t harm . It might even be so kind of potent tonic.’
"Alright, drop the act. I’m here to clean out the scum from our school!" As Li Tiannan spoke, a saber materialized in his hand.
The saber was similar in style to Gao Neng’s Horse-Cutting Saber, but it was jet-black, forged from so unknown material.
He drew the saber.
SHIING!
The air rippled.
’Sword Drawing Technique?!’ Gao Neng’s eyes glazed over. He had evolved the Sword Drawing Technique using his Janky System; he never expected Li Tiannan to know it as well.
’Of course, that wasn’t what was important.
What was important was...
After drawing his saber, Li Tiannan was actually slashing down at him.’
CRACKLE!
Countless arcs of electricity roiled through the air.
In the instant the saber began its descent, all the electricity was drawn to the blade in Li Tiannan’s hand, turning it as blue as the ocean.
It also emanated an intense chill.
Gao Neng’s eyes widened.
’This was his technique—Sword Drawing Technique combined with Half-Step Slash.’
’But the difference was... Li Tiannan’s slash looked incredibly slow, like it was in slow motion, descending toward him inch by inch.’
’And he couldn’t even move a muscle.’
’All he could do was watch the blade fall.
Fall!
Closer and closer.
Closer and closer.
Even when it was an inch from the top of his head, it didn’t stop.’
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