Chapter 208: Chapter 182: Su Ze Is Stronger Than
The aloof and handso Li Yongguan frowned at Su Ze, feeling rather reluctant.
Su Ze was a freshman who had just enrolled this year. ’Sparring with a freshman? Isn’t that just picking on him?’
However, what Pei Wuhua said was perfectly reasonable, so he couldn’t easily refuse. Besides, he was a man of few words and couldn’t be bothered to argue, so he simply nodded in agreent.
Su Ze and Li Yongguan stepped onto the fighting ring.
"You can make the first move," Li Yongguan said coldly.
He felt it was a case of a senior picking on a freshman and didn’t want to take an unfair advantage, so he gave Su Ze the opportunity to attack first.
’Looks like this Mr. Li is a man of principle. Too bad for him...’ Su Ze had no intention of holding back. He had to display a certain level of strength to convince Pei Wuhua to let him join the team competition.
He unleashed his Gravity Chain, pulling Li Yongguan toward him.
He didn’t channel electricity into the Gravity Chain. He wanted to let the senior keep a shred of dignity. After all, it was just a friendly spar between classmates; he had no desire to fry the guy to a crisp.
Li Yongguan was caught by surprise, but he didn’t panic. Instead, he used the montum to launch a charge at Su Ze.
It seed he had also mastered a Charge Skill similar to Rhino Charge.
However, his Charge Skill was clearly different from Rhino Charge; it carried imnse destructive power.
The main purpose of Rhino Charge is to close the distance with an enemy while protecting the user. Li Yongguan’s Charge Skill, however, was ant to shatter his opponent’s bones on impact.
Clearly, Li Yongguan, like his father Li Fayi, was a lee-type evolver.
’Bring it on. Charge . Let’s see if you can even budge a skeleton harder than Super Alloy. Let’s see who ends up in pain!’
Su Ze made no move to defend or dodge, simply puffing out his chest and letting Li Yongguan crash into him.
THUD!
After a dull thud, Su Ze stood his ground, not having moved back even a single milliter.
Li Yongguan, on the other hand, felt his vision go black. It was as if he had slamd into a Super Alloy wall, the impact leaving him dizzy and feeling like his entire skeleton was about to shatter.
’Is this guy made of iron?’
Su Ze just smiled at Li Yongguan, not taking the opportunity to counterattack.
Down below, Pei Wuhua’s eyes narrowed as he saw what was happening. Li Yongguan had used a Tier-2, S-rank charge skill, yet when it hit Su Ze, the boy didn’t budge. Instead, it was Li Yongguan who was wincing in pain.
’Did he use a defensive skill? Or are Su Ze’s bones just that hard?’
’I’m not sure. I’ll have to watch a little longer.’
But based on that one exchange alone, Pei Wuhua’s estimation of Su Ze’s strength had already skyrocketed.
Li Yongguan snapped back to his senses, his expression stiffening. A blush of sha crept onto his face, but he struggled to maintain his usual deadpan expression as he threw a punch at Su Ze.
The punch was wreathed in a special power, imbuing it with a "Shatter" effect that was incredibly effective against hard objects.
Su Ze still didn’t use any skills, simply raising an arm to block.
Li Yongguan’s full-power punch struck Su Ze’s arm. The accompanying "Shatter" effect made Su Ze’s arm ache, but it was only a montary pain that rely scraped his skin.
Before a single drop of blood could even well up, the wound was closed by his powerful Self-Healing Ability.
"How is that possible!" Li Yongguan uttered, a rare four-word sentence from him.
He had every reason to be shocked. His skill, with its Shatter effect, had failed to do any real damage to Su Ze’s arm. What did that an?
It ant Su Ze’s physical durability had already exceeded the maximum threshold of his Shatter effect!
’That’s the physical durability of the Butterfly Stage!’
"I’ve lost."
He pulled back his fist decisively, turned, and leaped off the ring.
Even though Su Ze hadn’t attacked him once and he wasn’t injured, his pride wouldn’t allow him to continue hopping around the ring like a monkey, trying to tickle his opponent.
’I can’t even break his defense. There’s no point in fighting anymore.’
Down below, Pei Wuhua appeared calm, but inwardly he was stunned. That last exchange confird it: Su Ze’s body was just that durable; he hadn’t been using any kind of defensive skill.
Moreover, Su Ze’s physical durability wasn’t just strong—it was monstrously so!
That was the physical durability of a Butterfly Stage evolver.
’Did this kid do nothing but strengthen his body? Are all the skills he absorbed just for enhancing his constitution?’
’But even so, this level of durability is just absurd. His defense has probably reached the Butterfly Stage, but his speed and power must still be lacking...’ Pei Wuhua guessed inwardly.
But with that defensive capability alone, he was already practically invincible among those in the Cocoon Stage.
Pei Wuhua made up his mind. He absolutely had to have Su Ze represent Dongli University in the team competition!
With a tank like that on the front line, he would play an enormous role even if all he did was soak up enemy fire.
’Perhaps with Su Ze joining,’ Pei Wuhua thought with growing anticipation, ’we might actually place in the top three in this year’s team competition.’
Just then, the other eight candidates for the team began to file into the training hall.
Su Ze quickly hopped down from the ring and greeted the others. They all ford a line, waiting for Pei Wuhua to speak.
Pei Wuhua began, "Now that everyone’s here, let’s finalize the roster for the team competition."
"There are six spots on the team. So far, Yangyang and Li Zhi have been confird. We are now adding Su Ze to that list, which ans there are three spots left to be decided."
The mont Pei Wuhua said this, everyone among the ten candidates—except for Su Ze himself and Li Yongguan—looked surprised to varying degrees.
Yangyang and Li Zhi had been chosen because their skills were suited for team support. On what grounds was Su Ze also pre-selected?
He hadn’t even trained with anyone for the past ten days. How could he possibly have synergy with the team?
A few of the students who desperately wanted to be on the team couldn’t help but feel indignant.
They all knew that although it seed like they were picking six people out of ten, in reality, there were only two spots truly up for grabs.
Yangyang and Li Zhi were guaranteed picks. Gu Yue’Er and Li Yongguan were a clear cut above the others in terms of strength, so their spots were more or less guaranteed as well. That left the remaining six people to fight over just two spots.
Now, with another guaranteed spot given to Su Ze, five people would have to compete for a single remaining opening, making the competition even fiercer.
"Director, Su Ze hasn’t trained with us at all these past few days. Shouldn’t you observe our teamwork and chemistry before making a final decision?" soone voiced their doubt.
Everyone standing here was an elite from the master’s class. They were all likely to beco high-ranking figures in the Dongli Kingdom in the future. Highly valued by Dongli University and the entire Dongli Kingdom, they weren’t the type to simply suffer injustice in silence.
Before Pei Wuhua could respond, the ever-taciturn Li Yongguan unexpectedly spoke up.
As concise as ever, he said, "Su Ze is stronger than ."
The students froze. They imdiately recalled seeing Su Ze get down from the ring just as they arrived. ’Could it be that Su Ze and Li Yongguan just had a match?’
Otherwise, with Li Yongguan’s pride, he would never so easily admit that soone else was stronger.
Instantly, the way everyone looked at Su Ze changed, a mixture of shock and skepticism in their eyes.
As for Gu Yue’Er, beyond her shock, she felt a profound curiosity toward Su Ze. She had heard her grandfather ntion his na quite a lot recently.
’Just what kind of prodigy is he,’ she wondered, ’to make my grandfather take special notice of him, and to make the impossibly proud Li Yongguan admit defeat?’
As fellow students of the master’s class, they were all well aware of Li Yongguan’s strength. Since even he had personally attested to Su Ze’s power, they naturally had no further objections.
And so, no one else raised any objections about Su Ze taking one of the guaranteed spots.
What followed was a series of trials where the remaining seven candidates were grouped with the three confird mbers, including Su Ze, to be tested by Pei Wuhua.
Throughout this process, Su Ze followed Pei Wuhua’s instructions, quietly serving as a tank at the front and absorbing all incoming fire.
He didn’t reveal any more of his abilities just for the sake of showing off. He had already secured his spot on the team; there was no need to be flashy.
Even so, after a few mock battles, the others witnessed Su Ze’s monstrous defensive capabilities for themselves and finally understood why Pei Wuhua had given him a guaranteed spot.
In the end, the final team roster was decided. The six mbers were: Su Ze, Li Yongguan, Gu Yue’Er, Yangyang, Li Zhi, and Luo Kai.
Yangyang was a cheerful, short-haired girl who specialized in healing skills.
Li Zhi was a scholarly-looking young man who excelled at crowd control.
Luo Kai, anwhile, was a ranged-type evolver.
Once the team was finalized, Pei Wuhua offered a few words of encouragent, inford them of the departure ti for the competition, and then took his leave.
The exchange tournant was scheduled to begin on the 20th of the month, so Su Ze and his team would be departing two days earlier, on the 18th.
The Six Nations’ Top Academies Exchange Tournant was hosted on a rotating basis by the six participating schools. This ti, it was the Peninsula Country’s leading institution, Island University, that would be hosting.
Therefore, in a few days, Su Ze and the others would be taking a plane to the Peninsula Country.
The journey from the Dongli Kingdom to the Peninsula Country was a long one. They would have to cross both the Luofan Country and the Mu Country, and even fly over the Black Rock Mountain Range, which teed with exotic beasts. The route was not without significant danger.
The Luofan Country and the Dongli Kingdom did not get along, and the Mu Country had always been in cahoots with Luofan.
Although the Six Nations’ Top Academies Exchange Tournant was initiated by the Sovereign Country, aning the Luofan Country and the Mu Country wouldn’t dare pull any tricks during their transit and would certainly grant them passage, the Dongli Kingdom was still sending a Saint-level Overlord as an escort, just to be safe.
Barring any surprises, this escort would be the old president of Dongli University, Zhou Wenshan.
After all, the competitors were the top prodigies of Dongli’s younger generation. If any mishap were to befall them, the Dongli Kingdom would suffer a setback it couldn’t recover from for at least two decades, creating a severe talent gap.
Su Ze left the training hall and returned to his villa.
He first enjoyed a delicious al, took a shower, watched so TV, and then browsed the campus forums for a bit.
Lately, the forums were abuzz with discussions about the Six Nations’ Top Academies Exchange Tournant.
Dongli University’s team roster had been announced, and Su Ze’s inclusion had sparked considerable debate.
After enjoying the online hype about him for a while, Su Ze felt pleased in both body and mind. Completely relaxed, he returned to his room to sleep.
Once he woke up and his condition was at its absolute peak, he could finally absorb the Iron-blooded Honey Badger Extract.
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