26: Chapter 26, Part 1

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On the battlefield.

"Bullying with numbers? What kind of skill is that? You animals."

Su Yu coldly spat out a few words, and without any nonsense, he kicked off the ground violently.

Boom!

The ground exploded, and he turned into a streak of light, proactively charging toward those three Early Stage Grandmaster 'small fry'!

"Arrogant! You're looking for death!"

The three were furious, and they all brandished their weapons to meet him.

However, they underestimated Su Yu.

"Get lost!"

Su Yu gave a low shout, and his proficient-level combat techniques were displayed to the fullest at this moment.

Amidst the three's encirclement, his figure was like a butterfly weaving through flowers; every dodge was perfectly timed, missing by a mere hair's breadth.

Wild Bull Fist: Tremor!

He seized an opening and slammed a fist onto the back of one Mars examinee's blade.

The terrifying power of the vibration traveled down the blade, directly splitting open the opponent's web of the thumb.

Immediately after, a whip kick swept out, sending the second person flying.

The third person was just about to attempt a sneak attack when Su Yu spun around and delivered an elbow strike, smashing it hard into his face; the bridge of his nose shattered, and he fell to the ground screaming.

Su Yu had been tempered on the edge of life and death, while these young masters from Mars, though high in Realm, lacked true bloodlust!

"Trash!"

Li Xinghe's face darkened as he cursed.

He hadn't expected Su Yu to resolve the battle so quickly.

"It seems this young master will have to take action personally."

Li Xinghe stopped watching; with a movement of his feet, his specially-made combat boots jetted a weak current of air, causing his speed to instantly double!

"Die!"

His fists were covered in a layer of blue energy gauntlets, and with a piercing sonic boom, he aimed directly for Su Yu's face.

First-Tier Ancient Martial Art: Starfall Fist!

The power of this punch was more than ten times stronger than that of the previous small fry!

Su Yu's pupils constricted slightly; there was no way to dodge.

"Come!"

His entire body's blood and Qi surged, and the Fist Intent of the Wild Bull Fist condensed in his right hand as he met the attack head-on.

Bang!!

A loud explosion rang out, and air waves rolled.

Su Yu only felt a massive force travel up his arm, his bones groaning; he was shaken back five or six steps, each step stamping a deep pit into the ground.

Meanwhile, Li Xinghe only retreated half a step.

"Late Stage Grandmaster... truly strong!" Su Yu shook his numbed arm, his expression solemn.

With the Realm suppression plus the opponent clearly having gauntlet weapons, he was at a disadvantage in a clash of pure strength!

"Hehe, how does it feel?"

Li Xinghe raised his fist triumphantly, "What are you going to fight me with? That broken blade of yours?"

"Again!"

Li Xinghe pressed his advantage, closing in like a ghost, his offensive pouring down like a storm.

Su Yu pulled out his combat blade to parry.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere.

Li Xinghe's fists were as hard as diamonds; every punch that hit the blade made Su Yu's blood and Qi churn.

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Li Xinghe's eyes; seizing the moment when Su Yu's old strength was spent and new strength had yet to rise, he threw a powered-up punch at the middle of the combat blade.

Crack!

That Alloy Warblade which had accompanied Su Yu for a long time finally could not withstand the bombardment of a Late Stage Grandmaster; it let out a mournful cry and snapped into two!

"Su Yu, be careful!"

Xu Lele cried out in alarm, her face deathly pale.

Inside the command room, the smile at the corner of Uncle Li's mouth deepened: "The outcome is decided."

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On the battlefield.

Su Yu looked at the broken blade in his hand as he was hit in the chest by Li Xinghe's punch, flying backward and slamming heavily onto the ground, a trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

"Cough, cough..."

Su Yu struggled to stand up, his chest burning with pain.

"Pathetic."

Li Xinghe walked over step by step, his face written with the arrogance of a victor, "Without a weapon and with a Realm inferior to mine, what else can you do?"

Su Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, keeping his head down so no one could see his expression.

Only he knew that he was smiling.

"You're right, in a head-on clash... I indeed cannot win."

Su Yu slowly raised his head, and those eyes had, at some point, turned into a hazy gray color of Chaos.

"But... who told you I only have a blade?"

"Hmm?" Li Xinghe frowned, an inexplicable sense of unease rising in his heart.

"Playing tricks! It's over!"

Li Xinghe didn't want to delay and risk complications; he condensed all his blood and Qi for his strongest strike, vowing to punch through Su Yu's chest!

Whoosh—!

The wind from the punch howled, arriving in the blink of an eye.

At that very moment.

Su Yu didn't dodge, nor did he block.

He actually spread his arms in a hugging gesture and welcomed Li Xinghe's punch!

"Seeking death?!" Li Xinghe was overjoyed.

However.

The moment his punch contacted Su Yu's chest, the sound of shattering bones did not occur.

On the contrary, he felt as if his fist had hit a ball of cotton, or rather, fallen into a bottomless quagmire!

Immediately after, one of Su Yu's hands tightly gripped his wrist.

"Caught you."

Su Yu's voice was like a demon's whisper.

Chaos Body activated!

Buzz!!

A suction force, terrifying to the extreme, erupted along the skin where they touched!

"Wha... What?!"

Li Xinghe's pupils instantly dilated to their limit.

He discovered in horror that the Late Stage Grandmaster blood and Qi he was so proud of was actually surging into Su Yu's body like a floodgate had been opened!

"You... what are you doing?! Let go of me!!"

Li Xinghe tried desperately to break free, but the more he struggled, the faster his blood and Qi drained.

In just two seconds, his originally ruddy face became as pale as paper, and his legs began to go weak.

In contrast, Su Yu—

His originally somewhat withered aura instantly surged like a raging fire that had been fueled!

Injuries healed! Blood and Qi filled! There were even faint signs of a Breakthrough to Middle Stage Grandmaster!

"Is this... the blood and Qi of a Mars Genius? Tastes not bad."

Light burst from Su Yu's eyes as he felt the explosive power within his body.

"That was quite satisfying just now, wasn't it?"

"Now... it's my turn!"

Su Yu released Li Xinghe's wrist.

By now, Li Xinghe was so weak he couldn't even stand steadily.

"Giving it back to you!"

Su Yu gave a low shout and clenched his right fist; it wasn't just his own power, but also the blood and Qi he had just plundered from Li Xinghe!

This punch had no fancy techniques, only absolute violence!

Bang!!!

A loud boom, louder than any previous collision.

Su Yu's fist slammed heavily into Li Xinghe's chest. That priceless Nano-Combat Suit instantly disintegrated, and his protective blood and Qi shattered like paper.

Pfft—

Li Xinghe's eyes bulged, and a two-meter-high arrow of blood sprayed from his mouth.

His whole body was like a kicked soccer ball, flying back over thirty meters and snapping three large trees in a row before stopping.

He slumped on the ground like a pile of mud, his chest caved in, breathing out but barely breathing in.

The pride in his eyes had long since vanished, replaced only by deep fear and confusion.

He lost?

Lost to a lowly Earthling?

The entire field was deathly silent.

The few Mars examinees who had just crawled up were so scared by this scene that their legs went weak and they knelt back down.

Inside the command room.

The teacup in Uncle Li's hand was crushed to pieces with a 'crack'; he stood up abruptly, his face ashen: "What... what Cultivation Technique is this?!"

Su Wu remained seated in his chair, slowly blowing on the tea leaves, a faint trace of mockery curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Senior Li, calm down. It's just kids fighting; it's normal to have a few trump cards."

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On the battlefield.

Su Yu panted heavily, calming the churning blood and Qi in his body.

He walked up to Li Xinghe and looked down at this once-unbeatable Genius.

"You lost."

Su Yu bent down and snatched the Point-Tallying Bracelet from Li Xinghe's wrist.

"And you guys."

Su Yu turned his head to look at the trembling Mars examinees.

"Hand them over yourselves, or do I have to do it?"

A few minutes later.

The bracelets in Su Yu's hand numbered more than twenty.

He transferred all these points into his own account.

Beep!

The rankings refreshed.

NO.1 Su Yu: 3250 points

NO.2 ...

A massive lead for first place!

Su Yu tossed away the discarded bracelets, turned to walk to Xu Lele, and pulled a C-Grade Recovery Fluid from his robe to hand to her.

"Can you still walk?"

Xu Lele stared blankly at the youth before her who looked like a god of war; a blush rose to her face, and she nodded heavily.

"I can!"

"Then let's go."

Su Yu picked up the broken blade from the ground, strapped it to his back, and headed out of the forest.