25: Chapter 25 School-wide Martial Arts Competition: I love watching women fight!

Then, the next day, she saw Lu Cheng by the playground.

"..."

The young girl's originally cool and aloof face stiffened on the spot.

Almost reflexively, that incredibly shameful phrase surfaced in her mind...

"Technician Xiao Wan at your service..."

Su Wan's ears instantly flushed hot, and she quickly averted her gaze, pretending nothing had happened.

No rush.

Just endure.

Once she got a little stronger, she would absolutely crush this guy!

Right now... clearly wasn't the time to think about such things.

The school's first official tournament was about to begin...

This competition adopted a 1v1 format, and the principal had allocated a huge sum of money so that any participating student would receive a bottle of Basic Blood-Qi Potion. This item cost five hundred on the market, so more than half of the senior year participated in the competition.

However, the vast majority of students were just there to participate...

Besides the final rankings, the teacher organization and Military District instructors would select 30 suitable students to enter the elite class.

In the center of the playground, several temporary alloy arenas had been set up, surrounded by students. Almost everyone from all seven classes had come, and the noise grew louder with each passing moment.

"It's finally starting!"

"I heard the rewards for the top places are really high!"

"No kidding, the first place gets a B-grade Martial Skill, a High-level Blood-Qi Potion, and money. Who wouldn't be jealous?"

"Who do you think is the strongest this time? Su Wan? Or Zhou Lize?"

"Zhou Lize? Does that mad dog even deserve to be mentioned? In my opinion, Chen Wu is also possible. He also has an A-grade Talent, and his family comes from a background of ancient martial arts."

On the rostrum, school leaders and instructors from the Military District had already arrived.

Instructor Qin Feng stood at the very front, his gaze cold and stern, his voice overriding the entire venue.

"This tournament is to be a light sparring match!"

"No malicious lethal moves allowed!"

"Violators will be severely punished!"

The venue soon quieted down.

"Brother Lu!"

A familiar voice rang out from beside his ear, and Lu Cheng looked back.

Qian Duoduo didn't know when he had snuck in, but he squeezed to his side and lowered his voice:

"You have to go all out today! I bet on you to take first place!"

"Are you even from this school? How did you get in?"

Lu Cheng shot him a sidelong glance and then asked in a low voice.

"You can even place bets on school competitions?"

Qian Duoduo chuckled.

"Just private trash talk, you know, just messing around."

It wasn't just No. 3 High School; almost every key high school in the city had people running such betting pools for every competition.

Lu Cheng's eyes lit up... "Then what are my odds?"

"12 times..."

Twelve times... that was indeed looking down on him quite a bit.

After all, he only had an F-grade Talent, and coupled with the fact that the incident with the beast riot had been covered up, getting twelve times odds was already quite outrageous; there were classmates below him with thirty times odds.

"Can I still place a bet now?"

Honestly, after obtaining the Lone Hero title, Lu Cheng was feeling a bit overconfident...

"You can..!"

After saying that, Qian Duoduo sent the website to Lu Cheng. After Lu Cheng clicked on it, he discovered that the website was actually backed by the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce.

That was great; they definitely wouldn't run off with the money.

But when Lu Cheng saw his odds, his face turned green...

He showed his phone to Qian Duoduo and asked.

"Isn't it 12 times? Why is it down to only 4 times?"

"It's normal. These are real-time odds. If more people bet on you, the odds drop. But those who have already placed bets are calculated based on the odds at that time."

Upon hearing this, Qian Duoduo looked at the screen and frowned slightly. It was clearly still 9 times after he finished buying, could it be that some big player had entered the market?

Lu Cheng was a bit annoyed, but he still invested the remaining 30,000 he had on hand.

Soon, the drawing of lots began. Round after round of names appeared on the big screen.

The first two matches that started quickly heated up the venue.

The first match was a sturdy boy from Class 3 who followed a strength-based path, facing a tall, thin boy from Class 6 with good movement techniques.

As soon as the two got on stage, the former pressed forward like a wild bull, his fists slamming into the arena with a thudding sound, while the latter kept moving around, trying to use footwork to drag the fight out.

"Bang!" Another punch missed, and the edge of the arena shook.

The sturdy boy roared: "Is that all you can do, just hide?!"

The tall, thin boy didn't waste words; he shifted his feet, suddenly closed the distance, and whipped a kick toward the opponent's ribs.

Unfortunately, the difference in strength was too great. The sturdy boy took the kick head-on, reached out to grab him, and actually lifted him up by the waist, slamming him fiercely onto the arena floor!

Boom! The tall, thin boy was slammed so hard his vision went black. After struggling twice, he still raised his hand to concede.

The second match was a girl using a short staff against a boy practicing boxing.

The short staff poked, parried, swept, and smashed, fighting with great rhythm. The boy tried to close in several times but was forced back, and some people on the sidelines couldn't help but exclaim.

"Damn, this staff technique is no joke!"

"That's so cool!"

"What good is cool? Once fists and feet get close, she's done for!"

Sure enough, after more than a dozen rounds, the boy braced against a blow from the staff and charged in, risking a hit to his shoulder to land a punch on the girl's arm guard, knocking her back several steps.

Immediately followed by another straight punch. The girl's short staff flew out of her hand; the outcome was decided.

The host stood on the stage, looked at the match list, and said.

"Next match! Senior Year Class 7, Lu Cheng, against Senior Year Class 2, Chen Li!"

As the words fell, the surrounding crowd instantly stirred.

"Lu Cheng is up!"

"Damn, it's finally his turn!"

"Chen Li's luck is too bad, getting drawn against Lu Cheng in the first round?"

"During military training, Lu Cheng punched a Split-claw Beast's head to pieces; my scalp still tingles when I think about it..."

On the other side of the arena, a boy wearing wrist guards had a noticeably stiff expression. He took a deep breath and bit the bullet as he walked onto the stage.

Lu Cheng also walked up and nodded at him.

"Ready?"

Chen Li looked at him, was silent for two seconds, and then crisply raised his hand.

"I concede."

The whole audience: "???"

The referee teacher was also stunned for a moment.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure." Chen Li was very sincere; he didn't think his head was harder than a Split-claw Beast's...

Lu Cheng looked at Chen Li with eyes full of approval; those who know the times are wise.

A good thing... advancing to the next round without having to fight!

"Lu Cheng wins!" As the referee announced the result, Lu Cheng easily stepped off the stage.

Each match proceeded quickly; after all, they were only in the Body Refining Realm, and after a couple of punches, their blood-qi was mostly exhausted.

"Senior Year Class 1, Su Wan, against Senior Year Class 7, Xia Xi!"

As soon as this list came out, the surrounding crowd exploded again.

"Damn, a fight between beauties!"

"I love watching girls fight."

"Last week Xia Xi confessed to Lu Cheng, and this Su Wan seems to have a thing with Lu Cheng too~~~~"

Amidst the discussions, Xia Xi was the first to take the stage. But as soon as she went up, the entire playground went silent for a moment.

Because in her hand, she was carrying a large hammer.

The hammer body was pitch black, the hammer head was thick and heavy, and just looking at it gave a strong sense of oppression, forming an extremely strong contrast with her exquisite, sweet, and even somewhat harmless-looking face.

Baby face, huge chest, big hammer.

The visual impact was too strong, leaving many people stunned.

Xia Xi held the hammer in one hand, standing in the arena with a serious expression!

The future Ice Emperor, even if she had just awakened, could not be underestimated!

She hadn't neglected her training recently either, plus her family had no shortage of resources!

The current Su Wan might not necessarily be her match!