17: Chapter 17 Class Monitor's Perk: Two Bottles of Beginner Meditation Liquid
The surrounding students exclaimed repeatedly.
"So fierce!"
"The entire arena is covered!"
"Lin Fan has nowhere to hide!"
Lin Fan stood in the center of the arena, watching the sky full of ice crystals surging toward him.
There was indeed nowhere to hide.
But he didn't intend to hide either.
He stared at Su Xiaoxiao's movements, his left eye flickering wildly.
【Analyzing...】
【The weak point of the Ice Crystal Vortex is located three meters directly in front, lasting for about two seconds.】
Two seconds.
That's enough.
Lin Fan took a deep breath, suddenly exerted force under his feet, and rushed toward the Ice Crystal Vortex!
"He's crazy!"
"Is this suicide!"
The ice crystals rushed toward his face, and Lin Fan raised his left hand to protect his face, charging forward while enduring the damage from the ice crystals.
Dense white marks were left on his scales, and in some places, blood even seeped out.
But his speed did not slow down by even a fraction.
Three meters.
Two meters.
One meter.
He rushed out of the Ice Crystal Vortex!
Su Xiaoxiao's pupils constricted, and she instinctively wanted to retreat.
But Lin Fan's left hand had already reached out.
Snake Shadow Thrust!
It wasn't stabbing at her vital points, but rather lightly grazing her right arm.
His fingernails grazed her skin, leaving a tiny wound.
Su Xiaoxiao felt the pain, and her right hand instinctively swung out; Ice Crystal Scatter erupted at close range.
Lin Fan was hit in the chest, sent flying backward, and fell heavily to the ground.
But he quickly climbed up, a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Su Xiaoxiao looked down at her right arm.
The wound was very shallow; only a little blood had seeped out.
But the skin around the wound began to turn a faint cyan color.
Her right arm began to go numb.
"You... you used poison?"
Lin Fan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled.
"A skill of the Green-Scaled Snake, Venomous Fang Corrosion. The wound will be continuously corroded, accompanied by a numbing effect."
He stood up and flexed his wrists.
"Don't worry, it won't kill you. But your right arm won't be able to move for ten minutes."
Su Xiaoxiao's expression changed, and she raised her right hand to continue the attack.
But her right arm was no longer responding, and her strength was gradually fading.
She could only use her left hand, but the armor-transformation part of the Ice Crystal Butterfly was her right hand; her left hand couldn't transform at all.
Lin Fan looked at her and walked slowly forward.
"Your area-of-effect attacks are very fierce; I can't beat you head-on. But my spiritual energy is thicker than yours. As long as I drag it out until your spiritual energy is exhausted, or give you a few more wounds, you will lose."
He walked up to Su Xiaoxiao, raised his left hand, and pointed his sharp fingernails at her throat.
"Now, you've lost."
Su Xiaoxiao stared at him, silent for a long time.
Then she smiled.
"I lost."
She withdrew her armor transformation; the ice crystal armor faded away, revealing her fair fingers.
Lin Fan also withdrew his left hand, and the scales faded away.
He took a step back, put his hands back in his pockets, and returned to his lazy appearance.
"You let me win."
The whole arena was deathly quiet.
Then, thunderous cheers erupted.
"Lin Fan won!!!"
"He beat Su Xiaoxiao!!!"
"Damn, this is so dramatic!"
Xu Ziyan jumped up on the spot in excitement, hugging the Snow Spirit Fox and shouting.
"Lin Fan is awesome! Lin Fan is awesome!"
But more people had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Su Xiaoxiao stood in place, looking at Lin Fan with a complex gaze.
She looked down at her right arm; the tiny wound was still slightly numb, and the cyan patterns were slowly spreading.
"You were calculating me from the very beginning?"
Lin Fan thought for a moment and nodded.
"Pretty much. I knew I couldn't beat you head-on; your area-of-effect attacks are too fierce. I could only consume you, waiting for you to show a flaw."
"Then how did you know the Ice Crystal Vortex had a weak point?"
Lin Fan pointed to his left eye: "Guessed."
Su Xiaoxiao stared at him for a few seconds and suddenly smiled.
"Fine, you're good."
Lin Fan waved his hand: "It's alright."
Zhao Tieshan walked forward, scanned the crowd, and signaled for everyone to be quiet.
After the discussion died down, he spoke.
"This match was fought well."
He first looked at Su Xiaoxiao.
"Your problem is being too reliant on area-of-effect attacks. Once the opponent figures out your routine, it's easy to fall into a passive position."
"There's no problem with Ice Crystal Scatter combined with Butterfly Dance, but remember to hold back next time; don't dump all your spiritual energy in at once."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded seriously: "I'll remember that."
Zhao Tieshan then looked at Lin Fan.
"You fought... very cleverly."
He paused.
"Knowing you couldn't beat her head-on, you used movement to consume the opponent while observing their flaws. That final rush into the Ice Crystal Vortex took guts, but you gambled correctly."
Lin Fan shrugged: "If I lost the bet, I'd just lie on the ground."
Zhao Tieshan's mouth twitched, and he didn't respond to that.
"But you must remember, this fighting style only works against opponents weaker than you. When you encounter a true expert, they won't give you the chance to drag it out."
Lin Fan nodded: "Understood."
Zhao Tieshan withdrew his gaze and scanned the crowd.
"Alright, everyone has seen the result. The class monitor is Lin Fan."
Applause rang out, some sincere, some perfunctory.
But regardless, the result was decided.
Zhao Tieshan took a small box out of his pocket and handed it to Lin Fan.
"This is your welfare for this week, two primary meditation potions."
Lin Fan took the box and opened it to look.
Inside were two thumb-sized glass bottles containing a pale blue liquid that shimmered slightly in the sunlight.
Zhao Tieshan gave a word of advice: "Use them sparingly."
Lin Fan nodded and tucked the box into his pocket.
"Alright, everyone disperse."
Zhao Tieshan waved his hand, "Go back to class."
The students dispersed one after another, discussing the battle just now in twos and threes.
Xu Ziyan rushed over, his eyes shining frighteningly.
"Lin Fan, Lin Fan! Let me see the meditation potions!!"
Lin Fan took out the box and handed it to him.
Xu Ziyan held it carefully, as if looking at a treasure.
"So beautiful... This one bottle is worth over ten thousand..."
Lin Fan took back the box and put it in his pocket.
"Alright, Young Master, does your family worry about this?"
In the afternoon class, Lin Fan didn't listen to a single word.
His mind was full of those two bottles of meditation potion.
After finally waiting until school was over, Lin Fan grabbed his schoolbag and walked out.
When he got home, Old Mo hadn't returned yet.
Lin Fan threw his schoolbag on the bed, took out the small box, and put it on the table.
He stared at the two bottles of pale blue liquid for a long time.
"This thing costs ten thousand?"
He picked up a bottle and unscrewed the cap.
A faint, refreshing fragrance drifted out; just smelling it made one feel refreshed.
Lin Fan didn't hesitate anymore and drank it in one gulp.
The liquid was slightly cool as it entered his mouth, carrying a hint of sweetness, and slid down his throat.
Then...
A wave of warmth spread from his stomach, instantly spreading throughout his entire body!
Lin Fan's eyes lit up.
This feeling was exactly the same as absorbing spiritual energy during meditation, but ten times more intense!
Without a word, he sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes.
Spiritual energy surged wildly in his body, circulating through his Meridians on its own, without needing him to guide it intentionally.
The surrounding light spots became clearer than ever, madly pouring into his body.
They drilled in from his left eye, left hand, and right arm, the three armor-transformation points, circulated through his Meridians, and finally gathered in his Dantian.
The speed was astonishingly fast.
Lin Fan immersed himself in it, completely forgetting the time.
I don't know how long it had been, but the warmth gradually faded.
He opened his eyes and looked down at the back of his hand.
【Detected that the host used a primary meditation potion, Cultivation efficiency +100%, lasting for 12 hours. Current remaining time: 11 hours 47 minutes.】
Lin Fan was stunned.
Plus 100%?
Then his original 100% Cultivation bonus, plus this 50%...
Wouldn't that be 150%?
The corners of his mouth slowly curled up.
"This thing, it's got something to it."