34: I'm going to take on ten!

2:30 PM.

Jiang Hao arrived at Yunxiao Martial Arts School on time.

Wu Jun and Wang Lei, who had been waiting at the entrance for a long time, approached with excitement and shouted, "Welcome Brother Jiang to Yunxiao Martial Arts School!"

As they spoke, they held up a sign that read:

"Welcome Brother Jiang! Brother Jiang is invincible!"

"Pfft!"

Jiang Hao almost choked, seeing the people around him looking at him in confusion at first.

Then they seemed to recognize something and had a look of realization.

Jiang Hao reached out to stop the 'Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix' who wanted to crawl on the ground and hug his thighs, saying speechlessly:

"How did you guys even pass your xia country language exams? Is 'grace us with your presence' a term you can just throw around?"

"I'm here today to 'challenge the school' in a roundabout way. Aren't you afraid of getting beaten up for this?"

Wang Lei said with high spirits, "Brother Jiang, for you to come and beat them up is the blessing of several lifetimes!"

Seeing how much this guy was sucking up, Wu Jun pushed Wang Lei away in disgust and said, not wanting to be outdone:

"'Grace us with your presence' is perfectly appropriate! There's not a single thing wrong with it! Your arrival, Brother Jiang, simply makes Yunxiao Martial Arts School shine with glory!"

Fine, fine! If Principal Li had known earlier that there were two such 'Crouching Dragons and Fledgling Phoenixes' among the students, he might already be the former principal.

"Senior Wang Lei, right? Is your injury healed?" Jiang Hao decisively changed the subject.

Wang Lei replied seriously, "Yeah, a support-type teacher with a healing talent helped me, and Liu Yang too."

"Liu Yang wanted to come too, but he was afraid of getting beaten, so he didn't. He asked us to say hello for him."

"Oh right, there's also Sister Xu. After she came back, she had a sudden Epiphany and is now on leave, cultivating in seclusion at the training grounds to Breakthrough to the Fourth-Tier!"

Speaking of this, both Wang Lei and Wu Jun looked envious.

Jiang Hao nodded; it seemed these four, who weren't familiar with each other before, were now on good terms.

Jiang Hao followed the two to tour Yunxiao Martial Arts School. Along the way, people recognized him as the one who sliced through the direwolf pack.

They crowded around wanting photos.

Jiang Hao declined them all with a smile.

After all, he was here to 'challenge the school' today. Wouldn't it be awkward later for those wanting photos?

The group arrived at the Arena.

Thanks to the emergence of the Virtual Combat Space, the current Arena only needed to be able to seat people.

It didn't need to be particularly sturdy.

In the center was a podium and the storage area for the Virtual Combat Pods used by the contestants.

During battles, both sides would fight in specialized rooms, while spectators inside and outside could watch through large screens or Smart Wristbands by entering the livestream.

This livestream wasn't on Blue Star Net, but on a globally popular platform dedicated to short videos and livestreams—Xunyin.

Many people liked to scroll through short videos in their spare time.

So ordinary people could also come in to watch the Martial School's livestream.

"Good afternoon! Student Jiang Hao, I am the deputy head of the Publicity Department at Yunxiao Martial Arts School. Just call me Old Wang!"

"I will be the commentator for today's match."

"Hello, Teacher!" Wang Lei and Wu Jun shouted.

Jiang Hao shook hands with Teacher Wang and looked at the dozen or so people already waiting in the competition area, asking:

"Teacher Wang, are those my opponents for today? Can we open a large free-for-all room?"

Teacher Wang pushed up his glasses with his middle finger. Jiang Hao seemed to see a glint of light flash across them:

"Of course! No problem. Principal Li said today is to teach those troublemakers a good lesson."

Jiang Hao nodded in understanding.

Isn't it just about giving them an education? Since this is the first and last time he'll 'challenge' Yunxiao Martial Arts School...

Let's call it the 'Final Lesson'!

Walking to the competition area, looking at the dozen or so 'unique' and 'trendy' men and women, Jiang Hao gave a bashful smile:

"Will you all fight me together, or will I fight the whole group of you? Either way works for me!"

The dozen or so seniors were stunned, then reacted by glaring at Jiang Hao.

A senior with a large head, purple-dyed hair, and ten gold rings on his fingers stepped out.

First, he displayed his Third-Tier Peak essence energy fluctuations and said disdainfully to Jiang Hao:

"I know you. You got famous a couple of days ago by editing videos to look like an expert, right?"

The senior seemed to want to crack his knuckles, but despite his efforts, no sound came out.

Seeing the senior's Face was about to be lost, Jiang Hao kindly chimed in:

"Senior, although your head is big, you don't seem to have a brain. Don't you know that spreading fake videos on Blue Star Net gets your account banned?"

"I suggest you go back to kindergarten."

"If I give you Face, you're a senior. If I don't, you're just an idiot."

"Who are you calling an idiot!" The senior's Face instantly turned red with anger.

It's all the Arena's fault—don't they turn on the AC on a hot day? Look how hot the senior is getting.

Seeing Teacher Wang in the back signaling to 'turn up the heat,' Jiang Hao secretly gave an OK gesture.

"Look at him, he's getting worked up again!"

Jiang Hao spread his hands toward the dozen or so 'leeks' behind him.

The dozen or so seniors, with sour expressions, glared back, each releasing essence energy fluctuations of Third-Tier Peak or even Fourth-Tier!

"Wow, these people have some skill! That Senior Sister Xu, who looks cute but turns into a berserker in battle, is still in seclusion for her Fourth-Tier promotion."

Jiang Hao praised these 'favored children of heaven' in his heart.

"Junior, I know you have some ability, being able to deal with hundreds of direwolves at only the Third-Tier."

A 'big' senior sister emitting Fourth-Tier Peak essence energy fluctuations walked out, and the dozen or so people automatically made way for her.

A senior with long hair and plastic armor looked provocatively at Jiang Hao and said:

"With Senior Sister Yun taking action, a mere Third-Tier kid won't even be able to block one move!"

"Shut up! I hate it when people interrupt when I'm talking!"

The irritable Senior Sister Yun used a death stare to silence the guy immediately.

Turning back to Jiang Hao, she continued to boast:

"The gap between a Fourth-Tier Martial Artist and those below is beyond your imagination! Any Fourth-Tier Martial Artist could easily deal with those hundreds of direwolves!"

Although Senior Sister Yun raised her head proudly, her fingers were twitching involuntarily, and her gaze drifted to the side.

But Jiang Hao believed her!

(Captain Qin: So it turns out I'm a Third-Tier Martial Artist?)

Senior Sister Yun said quickly, as if hiding something: "Enough talk, let's duel!"

Jiang Hao looked at her in surprise; he didn't expect Senior Sister Yun to be a card game fan.

Unfortunately, Principal Li called me here to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!

Jiang Hao and the dozen or so fellows walked into the Virtual Combat Pods.

As the battle royale began.

Jiang Hao appeared on a grassy field, watching a butterfly fly slowly. He reached out and quickly caught it, watching it struggle between his fingers.

He felt the breeze blowing against his Face.

"Is this the creator mode that only the Ten Great Martial Arts Schools can access?"

creator mode featured not only System-generated scenes but also real locations on Blue Star.

He heard that in global-level Martial School leagues, there were even 5v5 team battle maps of Secret Realms and ruins!

"Terrifyingly powerful!" Jiang Hao gave a versatile evaluation.

"I believe some of you already know the two sides about to Face off, but I'll explain one last time!"

"First, appearing alone on the grass is:

The challenger from outside the school,

The young junior preparing for the National College Entrance Examination,

The terrifying existence who One-hit Killed a pack of direwolves!"

"Let us welcome—Student Jiang Hao!!!"

"Oh!!!" x10086

"As for those dozen or so standing together over there, they are our school's troublemakers."

"Alright, introductions finished!"

"Now,

Let the match begin!"

"Damn it! I'm Yun Xiaoxiao! I don't even get an individual introduction?"

Senior Sister Yun was like a pufferfish, ready to explode at any moment.

Two girls next to her desperately held her back to prevent her from quitting the battle to find the commentator.

They all forgot that in creator mode, you could exit just by thinking 'exit' three times in your heart.

Two hundred meters away, Jiang Hao, also speechless from the bizarre introduction, silently gave a friendly gesture toward the sky.

He stuck out his thumb.

Jiang Hao shouted loudly toward the fellows opposite him and the audience watching the livestream:

"I want to fight ten!"