173: Pressure

Long Yuan chuckled and said, "This is called strategy! The difference in strength is too great, so if I don't dodge, am I supposed to go head-to-head with you? I definitely need to wear you down first. If you have the ability, hit me; if not, then pretend I didn't say anything!"

His words seemed to make things clear, but they actually contained a hidden trick: a provocation. If Lai Min didn't continue to fight, he couldn't use this strategy, but with his provocation, Lai Min would definitely continue to fight, and even more fiercely…

Furthermore, although he could easily defeat the opponent now, he didn't want to appear too strong. Appropriately hiding his strength was the right path, especially since Yun Yi was watching from below. Therefore, the implication of his words was that Lai Min's strength was too great, and he was the weaker party, so he had to adopt the correct strategy to possibly defeat Lai Min. So, bring it on…

As expected, when Lai Min heard Long Yuan say that he couldn't hit him, he was furious. He felt that not being able to hit Long Yuan was likely due to his fist technique. Although the School Exercise Fist was a Yellow Rank Medium Grade Cultivation Technique, every student in the school practiced it, and everyone was very familiar with it, so it was not surprising that Long Yuan could dodge it. So, he changed his fist technique, using the Shattering Stone Palm that he had recently obtained from the school library. This was a pseudo-Yellow Rank Cultivation Technique, but not everyone knew it, so Long Yuan's dodging strategy would not work.

"Wow, what kind of palm technique is this?"

"The Shattering Stone Palm! Lai Min is truly an expert. He must have practiced it to the Proficient Realm in such a short time, right?"

"Proficient Realm? I've practiced it too. Lai Min should have reached the Minor Achievement Realm! His strength is indeed formidable; the power feels even stronger than the School Exercise Fist…"

"It seems less flexible than the School Exercise Fist, but it has the advantage of power augmentation…"

"Yes, that's the advantage of the Shattering Stone Palm. It's very suitable for someone like Lai Min, who is strong and has outstanding power, to practice…"

"But can this power-type palm technique hit Long Yuan?"

"This…"

As soon as someone brought it up, everyone realized. From Long Yuan's performance just now, his characteristic should be agile footwork and graceful movement. The Shattering Stone Palm focuses on power, so wouldn't it be even harder to hit him than with the School Exercise Fist?

Looking at the situation on the stage, it was indeed so. Although Lai Min used the Shattering Stone Palm with great effort, his movements appeared very clumsy, as if he was carrying two heavy objects on his shoulders and swaying as he moved. Everyone watching felt very distressed…

Lai Min unleashed a set of Shattering Stone Palm techniques without even touching Long Yuan's clothes, and he couldn't help but feel exasperated. At this moment, he felt that he had exerted too much force earlier, and now he was experiencing shortness of breath and lack of Qi. If he didn't take down this incredibly slippery Long Yuan soon, he was afraid that his strategy would indeed succeed, which was something he could not accept no matter what. As the former number one person in Fengyang No. 1 High School, he had to defeat Long Yuan today and reclaim his glory!

"Long Yuan, it seems you've been hiding your strength. To force me to use my trump card is enough for you to be proud of!" Lai Min said fiercely.

He let out a long roar towards the sky, hissing and bellowing, pounding his chest with both fists. His entire body gradually swelled, and the robes he wore were stretched by his Physical Body. Since these robes were not magic robes but ordinary student robes, they couldn't withstand the expansion of his body and kept bursting open, soon turning into strips of rags hanging on Lai Min's mutated body…

Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly realized that this guy was actually a hidden Bloodline Warrior!

In an instant, Lai Min's body expanded by more than three or four times. Coarse black long hair sprouted all over his face and body, and his muscles bulged in pieces, his whole body filled with a rough sense of power. He looked like a muscular black-haired great ape, with surging Qi and blood, and a terrifying sense of oppressive power!

"Is this the Great Strength Vajra Ape Bloodline? It certainly has something, but it has no deterrent effect in front of me…" Long Yuan's thoughts raced. He wasn't flustered at all. It was a joke; if the Bloodline of the Heavenly Dao could be scared by him, what kind of divine Bloodline would it be?

He even faintly felt his Bloodline within him stirring, as if it had a desire to devour the opponent's Bloodline! This thought startled him, and he quickly controlled it. Good heavens, if he really devoured Lai Min's Bloodline, wouldn't he become a person of the Demonic Path?

"Let's see how you'll dodge now?!"

After transforming, Lai Min pressed forward step by step with his massive body. The space of the arena also became relatively smaller due to his body's expansion, making it somewhat difficult for Long Yuan to dodge flexibly. Of course, he didn't want to dodge now; instead, he wanted to test the opponent's strength and see what level the power of this Great Strength Vajra Ape Bloodline could reach…

"Why aren't you dodging anymore? Weren't you very good at dodging?" Lai Min looked down at Long Yuan with a condescending sneer.

Long Yuan looked up, revealing a handsome smile with his white teeth, and said, "I'm not dodging anymore! But I suggest that in the future, when you want to transform, you'd better wear a better magic robe. Otherwise, looking like you do now, people who don't know might think you have exhibitionism!!!"

"You?! Long Yuan, you deserve to die!!!" Lai Min's anger flared instantly upon hearing this. He roared, raised a giant furry hand, and brought it down on Long Yuan's head!

Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah!!!

A chorus of exclamations immediately rose from below the stage, and several figures rushed towards the stage. They were the teachers who had been watching the battle from the side, naturally worried that Long Yuan would be killed by Lai Min's palm strike…

"Ah—"

A cry of pain suddenly rang out. Before the teachers could rush onto the stage, Lai Min's massive body suddenly flew backward, arcing through the air before crashing heavily onto the arena, shattering the ground beneath him. He was embedded in the ground in a " big" (big) shape!!!

Debris from the exploding ground shot outwards with the Qi wave, and many people were instantly hit, screaming incessantly…

Oh my God!!!

Another uproar erupted from below the stage. Everyone watched, dumbfounded, at the incredible scene…

No one expected this match to escalate to such an extent. Long Yuan, who appeared to be the weaker and thinner one, actually gained the upper hand in a power clash, sending Lai Min, who had transformed into a giant ape, flying with a single palm strike. Who could believe this?!

Even Yun Yi was dumbfounded!

He was confident that Long Yuan would win, but his certainty was mainly because Long Yuan's trump card was the Nian Needle. As long as he used it, he would surely force Lai Min to concede. What he found incredible, however, was that Long Yuan actually sent Lai Min flying with a palm strike. This completely exceeded his understanding of Long Yuan and made him feel that Long Yuan seemed to be on the verge of escaping his control. He secretly thought that this kid's strength was growing too fast, and it seemed that the plan needed to be implemented as soon as possible…