464: Yang Lele's counterattack

Time passed quietly as the Prodigies of Martial Arts fought with all their might.

Martial Arts are powerful, but also extremely dangerous.

Tentative exchanges were fine; people of similar strength could probe each other for a long time.

However, under Yang Dian's speech of 'Martial Arts for contention,' the Prodigies participating in the championship match all burst forth with their full power as soon as they entered the arena.

How dangerous are Martial Arts battles when fought with full power?

Often, just one careless slip, and the next second, the opponent would seize the opportunity, finding that opening to unleash a brutal assault.

Then, the battle would end in just a few seconds.

Therefore, the Martial Arts Competition finals, which were originally expected to take a long time to conclude, finished the elementary, middle, and high school first and second-year segments in just over an hour.

Five minutes later, when Yang Lele, bare-handed, and Li Fugui, holding an Eight Extremities Great Spear, stood on the stage, the grandstand once again erupted in noise.

"So fast! Only just over an hour, and 11 matches have been played. On average, each match lasted less than two minutes, which is shorter than the interval between matches."

"Much faster than the previous matches. Before, a match would take three to five minutes at least, sometimes thirty to fifty minutes, and sometimes it even made me sleepy."

"That girl on stage is Yang Lele, the Commander's sister, right? She looks so delicate, I didn't expect her to make it to the senior year finals."

"Hmph, you're underestimating Lele, aren't you? Lele may look delicate, but her strength is very great, and she made it to the final stage entirely through her own efforts, not relying on any help from the Commander."

"Uh, in the semi-finals, didn't she summon the Commander's Martial Arts projection?"

"Can you blame Lele for that? It was that nameless person who violated the rules first! Lele fought so many matches before, several times she won by a hair's breadth, fighting for her life, and she didn't summon the Commander's Martial Arts projection then!"

The girl glared at the person who retorted, then raised the small flag in her hand and shouted loudly:

"Sisters, let's cheer for Lele together!"

"Three, two, one..."

"Princess Lele!"

"Go!"

"Princess Lele!"

"Victory!"

"Princess Lele!"

"Strive for first!"

...Listening to the cheers coming in unison from the grandstand, Yang Dian awkwardly wiggled his toes twice, then summoned Zero:

"Zero, record this scene and show it to Lele when she grows up."

Zero smiled humanly:

"Commander, given Lele's personality, she might even use the video to show off."

Yang Dian raised his eyebrows:

"Then wait until she's a hundred or eighty years old before showing it to her."

"Everyone grows up, and their personality changes."

"When she's no longer so chuunibyou, then show her this video."

Zero responded with a beaming smile:

"Alright, Commander, I have already recorded all the footage."

Old Daoist Qingfeng, who heard Yang Dian's words, also smiled brightly and said:

"Why are you such a rascal, collecting your sister's embarrassing history like this?"

Yang Dian chuckled:

"Life needs some seasoning."

"The stronger one's strength, the longer one's lifespan."

"After achieving success in Cultivation, living for hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years is like playing a game."

"This requires some fun to maintain emotions, otherwise, one would just become a machine that only Cultivates and pursues powerful strength."

Mo Yuntao, Director of the Martial Security Bureau, who was nearby, nodded thoughtfully:

"What you said makes some sense. It seems I also need to find a few hobbies unrelated to Martial Arts."

While the group chatted, the two hosts at the commentary table confirmed with Yang Dian that he would not say anything extra just because Yang Lele was his sister, and then directly announced the start of the match.

As the light barrier between Yang Lele and Li Fugui dissipated, the match officially began. Li Fugui immediately raised the long spear in his hand, his eyes becoming extremely solemn:

"Lele, the Commander also said that Martial Arts are for contention."

"Although you are my good friend, I will not go easy on you just because you are my friend!"

Yang Lele bent her arms, wisps of Qi and blood seeped from her fingertips, condensing into a crimson Dragon Claw with a golden glow at the tip:

"Hmph, I don't need you to go easy on me. Who wins and who loses is still unknown!"

As she spoke, her eyes also faintly glowed with a golden light, and the aura around her began to surge uncontrollably.

"Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes! The Commander's signature Martial Arts, the Heaven-Rending Earth-Splitting Dragon Claw Hand!"

"Princess Lele's Cultivation is still not complete. The Commander's Dragon Claw Hand is usually golden, and in a serious state, it's surrounded by a five-colored haze, feeling comparable to the Five Finger Mountain that suppressed the monkey."

"Comparing Lele to the Commander? Lele has already won."

"True, what is the Commander's strength, and what is Lele's strength? Lele's Dragon Claw Hand having even half of the Commander's grace is already the world's best."

"I didn't expect such a delicate girl to possess such powerful Battle Intent. If I remember correctly, the information left on the Commander's 'Dragon Claw Hand' Martial Arts projection seemed to indicate that one needs to comprehend the Battle Intent Rune to a certain intensity before the Battle Intent Rune can affect oneself and change the color of one's Qi and blood, right?"

"Princess Lele is invincible!!!"

...The grandstand was a cacophony of voices.

In the judge's stand, seeing Yang Lele in such a state, the Old Daoist's hand, which was stroking his beard, tightened slightly.

This was only within the territory map; if it were in real space, he might have pulled out a few whiskers.

"You successfully simplified the Battle Intent Rune into a Cultivation Technique?"

Yang Dian, who was also a bit stunned, shook his head slightly:

"No."

"My comprehension of the Battle Intent Rune is not as good as that of the Five Elements Runes. I'm still quite a ways off from simplifying it into a Cultivation Technique."

He then said with some surprise:

"After the semi-finals last time, Lele said she probably couldn't beat Li Fugui and pestered me to teach her some powerful moves."

"But Old Daoist, you also know that I wasn't planning to use resources to help her improve her strength before the Martial Arts Competition ended, and ordinary Martial Arts couldn't unleash powerful strength without years of Cultivation."

"Unable to resist her pestering, I carved the Battle Intent Rune into a stone tablet and gave it to her, letting her comprehend it herself."

"I really didn't expect her to be able to comprehend the Battle Intent Rune and apply it in actual combat."

"When did this girl's talent become so good?"

Just as Yang Dian was wondering, Zero spoke at the opportune moment:

"Lele did not comprehend the War Intent stone tablet you gave her."

Yang Dian looked down at Zero, who was projected on the table, and although he had a guess, he still asked with some uncertainty:

"Then how did she master the Battle Intent Rune?"

"She used her contract talent to contract the War Intent stone tablet, or rather, the Battle Intent Rune." Zero's answer confirmed Yang Dian's guess, but it also made him rub his temples with some frustration:

"This girl, how old is she, why is she still so rash?"

"Isn't it just a match?"

Zero still said calmly:

"Lele said she is your sister and cannot bring shame to you."

Yang Dian's hand, rubbing his temples, pressed harder:

"But as her brother, I don't seem to be that qualified."

Looking at Yang Lele, who was already engaged in battle with Li Fugui on the stage, Yang Dian then asked:

"After Lele contracted the Battle Intent, were there any unexpected situations?"

Zero's tone became a bit strange:

"There were no unexpected situations, otherwise I would have informed you already."

"She just said, 'Eh? It seems my Soul is completely filled, and I won't be able to contract anything else for a very, very long time,' after the contract was completed."

"Other than that, due to the limitations of her own strength, she cannot freely use Battle Intent to empower herself as you can..."