123: Three breaths? Ten! (Two in one)

“Let’s continue searching after we eat,” Jiang Yuan said, lying on the grass after finishing his lunch.

Speaking of which, shouldn’t I create a Skill Card to gather information?

Like a Thousand-Mile Eye or something similar.

Otherwise, if I keep searching like this every time, it’ll be too slow.

“Alright,” Nezha said, sitting beside Jiang Yuan and listlessly playing with the weeds on the ground.

He didn’t know what was wrong today; they hadn’t found a Hunter all morning.

“Has this scene shrunk, or does it still feel so big?” Nezha asked, sounding a bit bored.

“Take your time, no rush,” Jiang Yuan said, waving his hand and looking at the sky from his spot on the grass.

“Watch out!”

However, the next second, with Gu Guai’s loud shout from the side, Jiang Yuan saw two bicycle wheels appear in front of his face.

“Huh?”

Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, but Nezha’s reaction was still very quick.

He got up, swung his Fire Tipped Spear, and directly sent Li Guanxiong, person and bicycle, flying.

“Not bad, kid!”

Li Guanxiong tumbled twice in the air, and when he landed, his body had transformed into a muscular giant over three meters tall.

A layer of light, similar to bronze-colored skin, covered the muscular giant’s body.

The light shone with golden rays, making even Nezha look a bit serious.

Li Guanxiong stood up, clenched his fists, and looked at Nezha with excitement.

“Come on, what are you waiting for?”

Seeing Nezha make no move, Li Guanxiong smiled provocatively and beckoned to him.

Nezha didn’t hesitate and charged directly at Li Guanxiong.

With a Wind Fire Wheels acceleration and a mid-air spin, Nezha chose the most powerful double-handed downward spear chop.

Li Guanxiong smiled, his biceps instantly bulging with veins, and he threw a powerful punch at Nezha’s Fire Tipped Spear.

An uppercut!

One punch landed on Nezha’s Fire Tipped Spear, and even with Nezha’s strength, he was shaken back.

“Innate divine strength combined with an S-rank blue quality Skill Card for Muscle Multiplier, his current strength is terrifying,” Li Guanxiong’s teacher said with a smile in the New Student Welcome Plaza.

Speaking of which, he had arranged for someone to create that card for Li Guanxiong back then.

This card allowed Li Guanxiong to unleash his formidable strength to its fullest.

Let alone the current Nezha, even Nezha in his Three Heads Six Arms state might not be able to contend with Li Guanxiong in terms of strength.

“That strong?”

“Of course, and not just that, Li Guanxiong also has…” Li Guanxiong’s teacher said, smiling and not continuing.

They would understand if they just waited and watched.

He wasn’t just a simple brute with only strength.

In the scene, after realizing his strength couldn’t suppress Li Guanxiong, Nezha instantly activated his Three Heads Six Arms state.

Similarly, Cao Guoqing on the side reacted instantly, materializing a Skill Card and preparing to buff Nezha.

Nezha had told her before that sometimes he didn’t need her buff.

If the opponent was too weak, buffing would be a waste.

So, for the past two days, she would essentially only buff Nezha after he spoke.

However, in today’s situation, Nezha was clearly inferior to his opponent in terms of strength.

Therefore, Cao Guoqing chose to buff Nezha without hesitation.

But Li Guanxiong had already noticed Cao Guoqing’s subtle movements on the side.

A white quality Skill Card was released, and a blue, rotating Energy sphere instantly formed beneath Li Guanxiong’s feet.

White quality Skill Card [Spiral Boost]!

The moment the blue Energy sphere appeared under Li Guanxiong’s feet, he immediately charged forward.

The ground cracked, creating a large pit from the sudden burst of power.

And Li Guanxiong’s target was Cao Guoqing, who had just finished buffing Nezha.

Li Guanxiong was very fast, but Nezha’s reaction speed was equally quick.

The moment Li Guanxiong charged, Nezha’s Wind Fire Wheels, with three acceleration skills, instantly activated, directly intercepting Li Guanxiong.

Li Guanxiong was less than ten meters from Cao Guoqing, and a single charge brought him in front of her.

Flying punch!

“Bang!”

The flying punch struck Nezha’s Fire Tipped Spear, but the hastily extended Fire Tipped Spear didn’t completely block Li Guanxiong’s punch.

The power unleashed by Li Guanxiong directly hit Cao Guoqing, carrying the Fire Tipped Spear with it.

Cao Guoqing was instantly sent flying, while Nezha, holding the Fire Tipped Spear with both hands, suddenly shook it.

As the Fire Tipped Spear swept horizontally, its shaft was instantly covered in flames.

It wasn’t the Purple Flame inherent to the Fire Tipped Spear, but Nezha’s skill [Samadhi True Fire].

After failing to block Li Guanxiong’s attack on Cao Guoqing, Nezha was somewhat enraged, and as flames erupted from his body, his Fire Tipped Spear was also covered in flames.

Seeing the state of the Fire Tipped Spear, Li Guanxiong didn’t dare to directly confront the flames before understanding them, so he could only take a step back and dodge the Fire Tipped Spear’s strike.

Nezha’s eyes lit up, and he relentlessly pursued.

However, at this moment, another white quality Skill Card flashed in front of Li Guanxiong.

A layer of crystal-clear golden Energy covered Li Guanxiong’s body.

Now he wasn’t afraid of flame attacks.

All of this happened too quickly; by the time Cao Guoqing landed, she only then realized she still had a life-saving Skill Card she hadn’t used.

However, Li Guanxiong’s earlier attack had directly shattered the blue defensive equipment on her body.

Not only that, she also sustained some injuries.

Fortunately, the injuries were not very serious.

Cao Guoqing rubbed her chest and stood up, then used a strength-buffing Skill Card on Nezha again.

Nezha was currently clashing with Li Guanxiong.

Under the combined buffs of Three Heads Six Arms and Cao Guoqing’s buff card, Nezha was barely able to resist Li Guanxiong in terms of strength.

It must be said that Li Guanxiong’s strength was truly terrifying.

Nezha continuously launched attacks, holding his spear with both arms, constantly thrusting, lifting, and jabbing at Li Guanxiong.

Facing Nezha’s attacks, Li Guanxiong was clearly a bit flustered.

He hadn’t expected this new student to be so skilled with the spear!

He tilted his head to dodge a jab, then turned his body and slapped the Fire Tipped Spear aside; Nezha used the momentum to spin and sweep his spear, but it was still blocked by Li Guanxiong’s arms.

Li Guanxiong stomped his feet, but he still inevitably slid back a certain distance.

Watching a blue light enter Nezha’s body again, Li Guanxiong took a deep breath.

A blue quality Skill Card instantly appeared, then enveloped both himself and Nezha.

“Three minutes, I’ll finish you!”

Li Guanxiong roared and charged actively at Nezha.

Nezha’s previous attacks had indeed made him feel a sense of danger.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have used this skill.

“Hardcore Arena?”

Cao Guoqing, who was about to release another Skill Card to boost Nezha’s speed, froze for a moment, then spoke blankly.

“What is Hardcore Arena?”

At this moment, Jiang Yuan and Gu Guai also came to Cao Guoqing’s side and asked.

The previous scene happened too quickly.

When Li Guanxiong sent Cao Guoqing flying, Jiang Yuan had just arrived beside the Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast.

Under the Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast’s rapid movement, Jiang Yuan finally reached Cao Guoqing, who had been sent flying.

However, this experience also gave Jiang Yuan a reminder.

No matter what, he was the prey, and Hunters could appear at any time.

He couldn’t be like before.

It was only because Nezha reacted quickly; otherwise, he would probably have been eliminated.

He admitted that he had been overconfident just now.

“A Skill Card that can block buffs from others,” Cao Guoqing explained the function of the Skill Card Li Guanxiong had just used.

“It creates an arena that lasts for three minutes. Within these three minutes, both parties can only use their own inherent Energy; any buff effects, or already active buff effects, will not work on either of them.”

“There’s such a Skill Card?” Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Indeed, the development of the Skill Card world over so many years should not be underestimated.

There’s actually such a Skill Card?

“Indeed, this Skill Card is a bit niche. If it couldn’t remove buff effects, I wouldn’t even know about it,” Cao Guoqing shook her head helplessly. Now, the battle between the two of them could only be resolved by themselves.

If she wanted to intervene, it would only be possible if Nezha could hold on for three minutes until the [Hardcore Arena] time expired.

However, looking at Li Guanxiong, he clearly wouldn’t give them that chance.

“Here it comes, all or nothing!”

Outside, Li Guanxiong’s teacher was extremely excited, standing up excitedly after seeing Li Guanxiong release [Hardcore Arena].

“Isn’t it just a forced fair duel? Is that considered all or nothing?” The Golden-haired Young Woman sounded a bit disdainful.

What was the big deal? You haven’t seen Nezha’s skill, have you?

Do you really think brute force can overcome everything?

“Of course, it’s not just that,” Li Guanxiong’s teacher sat back down with a confident smile.

“Just watch.”

“Flesh against sharp weapons is indeed a weakness.”

“But this doesn’t apply to Li Guanxiong, even if Nezha’s Purple Flame Serpent Spear is extremely sharp!”

As Li Guanxiong’s teacher’s words fell, before the Golden-haired Young Woman could speak, she saw another blue quality Skill Card appear in front of Li Guanxiong on the screen.

“Again? He’s only Star Epoch Late Stage, isn’t he afraid of ending up like Su Zihong?” Wang Wenqing asked, somewhat puzzled.

They had clearly seen how Su Zihong died.

It was precisely because he put all his abilities into attack, and in the end, he had no way to deal with Nezha’s sudden killing move.

Otherwise, he could have dragged it out for at least a bit longer.

And now Li Guanxiong is doing the same?

“Just watch, he doesn’t need defense or evasion.”

“Either you die, or I die!”

Li Guanxiong’s teacher’s eyes gleamed with fanaticism, and at the same time, Li Guanxiong, holding the blue Skill Card in the scene, also had a look of fanaticism in his eyes.

As the blue Skill Card flashed, two crystal-clear blue Energy blades grew from Li Guanxiong’s fists.

The moment the blades emerged from his fists, Li Guanxiong stomped his back foot and charged at Nezha.

His three-meter-tall body leaped into the air, using the force of his descent to chop down directly at Nezha.

Nezha now understood that his strength buffs were gone, but he still chose to block this attack with his Fire Tipped Spear.

To test the strength difference between them.

“Bang!”

The fist-blade slammed heavily onto the Fire Tipped Spear, bending it into an arc.

Nezha’s Wind Fire Wheels instantly touched the ground, but then rose again with powerful thrust.

Li Guanxiong’s right-hand downward chop was blocked, and his left hand directly thrust at Nezha’s abdomen.

Nezha was startled and quickly wrapped both hands around Li Guanxiong’s thrusting left hand.

However, he only barely managed to block it, and it wasn’t until Nezha’s other two hands joined that he prevented the fist-blade from piercing his abdomen.

Nezha kicked upward at the fist-blade, deflecting the one aimed at his abdomen. Then, after the Wind Fire Wheels released flames at Li Guanxiong’s abdomen, Nezha suddenly accelerated and created distance.

Nezha took a deep breath; his strength was still a bit inferior compared to his opponent’s.

There was no helping it; most of his strength was given by others, while Li Guanxiong’s strength was his own.

After gaining the upper hand with one strike, a smile reappeared on Li Guanxiong’s face.

However, before he could speak, Nezha’s other two arms made a grasping motion, and an identical Fire Tipped Spear appeared in Nezha’s hands.

At this moment, Nezha finally used his full strength.

But even so, Li Guanxiong was not afraid in the slightest.

He was very confident in his own strength.

And he had just proven that Nezha’s strength was not as great as his own.

Li Guanxiong stomped the ground again and charged at Nezha.

Upon reaching Nezha, his fist-blades continuously attacked.

However, Nezha was unhurried, constantly parrying the fist-blade attacks.

Fire Tipped Spear parry.

Fire Tipped Spear downward strike and thrust.

Fire Tipped Spear side parry and thrust.

Fire Tipped Spear outer block and thrust.

Li Guanxiong watched his fist-thrusts being continuously parried and blocked by the Fire Tipped Spear in Nezha’s hands, and he was instantly enraged, changing his thrust to a quick slice towards Nezha’s head.

Nezha ducked, but another fist-thrust followed, sweeping towards his abdomen.

With the Wind Fire Wheels fully activated, Nezha directly charged upward for a distance, dodging the attack aimed at his abdomen.

Once his face was parallel to Li Guanxiong’s, the Fire Tipped Spear suddenly swept horizontally.

Li Guanxiong reacted quickly, using his fist-blade to block the Fire Tipped Spear’s attack.

But if he blocked one, could he block the other?

The Fire Tipped Spear thrust directly at Li Guanxiong’s chest; Li Guanxiong had no way to block and could only retreat quickly.

Although Li Guanxiong reacted very quickly, a white spot still appeared on the bronze-colored Energy on his chest.

Fighting up to this point, Nezha had to admit that this three-meter-tall person in front of him was much stronger than the Human Tiger he had defeated two days ago.

Not just in terms of strength.

Including skill, reaction, and response, he was much stronger than that Human Tiger.

If he dared to say he could take down that Human Tiger within three breaths.

Then he wouldn’t say the same about this three-meter-tall person now.

Within ten breaths!

A sharp glint flashed in Nezha’s eyes, and with the Wind Fire Wheels spinning, Nezha chose to take the offensive.

The spear tassel rotated, and the entire Fire Tipped Spear burned with flames, thrusting out like a fiery dragon towards Li Guanxiong.

Seeing this, Li Guanxiong hurriedly used the back of his fist to block the Fire Tipped Spear’s direct thrust.

The Fire Tipped Spear had only touched him for a moment, and a small white spot had appeared on his Energy defense.

If it really pierced through, wouldn’t it go straight through him?