58: You're only a tiny bit worse than me (Fingertip Galaxy)

Jiang Hao looked at the dozen or so new students and felt that something was off.

If they were truly captivated by Xia Pengcheng, their expressions should have been more excited and joyful!

Instead, they wore business-like smiles, as if they had completed a task.

In an unseen corner, the Principal's lips curved slightly.

He opened the temporary group chat and sent 50 points to each of the dozen new students who had sacrificed their integrity and bravely stood up to set the mood.

【Luxury Fishing Gear Customization PM: Well done! After Junior Brother Xia and Great God Jiang finish their 'Fated Battle,' I'll delete the previous post and apologize to Junior Brother Xia.】

【Luxury Fishing Gear Customization PM: That way, the Xia family and the Principal shouldn't bother me.】

【Just Give Money: Senior is generous! Don't worry, we'll approach Student Xia later, pretend to befriend him, and help Senior test the waters!】

【Academic Daji: Leave it to me! I'm good at this!】

【Green Tea is also Tea: Then I'll act as a girl competing with you for his affection, giving Student Xia a sense of satisfaction!】

【Luxury Fishing Gear PM: I specifically investigated, this Junior Brother Xia never attended school; he had one-on-one tutors! He directly participated in the National College Entrance Examination at eighteen.】

【Luxury Fishing Gear PM: Junior Brother Xia has too little social experience. We need to help him adapt to the cruelty of society in advance! That way, the Principal won't interfere when he finds out, and might even reward us!】

【Luxury Fishing Gear PM: I only have over 300 points left! I'm counting on you all!】

Principal Xia looked at his smug, cheap grandson on the throne and shook his head.

"The more setbacks now, the less bloodshed later!"

"Being cheated out of points by a bad woman is better than being cheated out of your life by Otherworld natives!"

After a ten-minute break, the semi-finals began.

Jiang Hao also scrolled through ads for ten minutes; he had to admit,

the advertisements of this era were quite interesting! All sorts of unexpected twists and turns.

Isn't this better than those boring, awkward TV dramas from his previous life?

"The first match of the semi-finals: Jiang Hao versus Student Xia Pengcheng!"

Jiang Hao closed his wristband, just about to enter the space.

"I'm sorry, Student Jiang Hao, I only met those people yesterday when I arrived at school, I didn't know they would talk like that!"

"Ah!?"

Jiang Hao looked up in Xia Pengcheng's direction.

Except for Yu Xiyao, whose lips curled up into an expression of, "He's already surrendering? What a weakling~"

The other five all looked at Xia Pengcheng in surprise.

After all, this person used to have the attitude that anyone without a councilor background was common trash.

As a person from the Imperial Capital, it was normal for him to look down on Jiang Hao from Yunxiao Prefecture!

Even Feng Qiluo, at first, Xia Pengcheng hadn't even given her a proper look before hitting her.

Jiang Hao looked at Xia Pengcheng, who was bowing his head with reddened ear tips, and shook his head with a smile:

"It's alright, I didn't take it to heart."

After all, you've already been used as a stepping stone by me... Now Jiang Hao finally understood why Principal Xia was so hard on his grandson.

It was just as he said: he needed more discipline!

"Battle start!"

This time, a previously developed Secret Realm map was randomly selected.

These maps all had one characteristic: they were tough!

Outside.

Jiang Hao's full-power strike could blow up a small mountain a few hundred meters tall, or cut a two-thousand-meter Peak in half.

In this kind of Secret Realm, he could probably only create a pit a few tens of meters wide.

Watching Xia Pengcheng, who had already activated 'Berserk' and was glowing red all over, charging towards him with his heavenly halberd.

"For Principal Xia's sake, I'll let you have one hand first!"

Jiang Hao smiled as he watched Xia Pengcheng leap high.

Origin Energy surged around him, and the heavenly halberd in his hand was instantly enchanted with gold.

Violent air currents ruffled Jiang Hao's hair.

"Peerless Overlord Halberd!!!"

The golden great halberd, carrying an Aura that could shatter everything, smashed down towards Jiang Hao.

This was the strongest strike, a Fusion of all of Xia Pengcheng's Origin Energy!

Because Jiang Hao's strength was so great that he couldn't quite comprehend it!

There was no process; he suddenly became much stronger!

If it weren't for the equally abnormal Feng Qiluo, Xia Pengcheng would have suspected that he and the other Six Prodigies were all useless relying on family background.

So he staked everything on this one strike!

Weapon Combat Style Martial Artists always advance without retreat! If they don't dare to attack their peers, why practice Weapon Combat Style?

Xia Pengcheng looked at Jiang Hao, who was preparing to take the blow head-on, with an expectant gaze.

What if? What if Jiang Hao miscalculated and he fortunately defeated him?

Would he then be able to prove that he wasn't a good-for-nothing?

However, hope and despair are separated by only a single word.

In the eyes of Xia Pengcheng and all the spectators outside.

Jiang Hao calmly extended one hand, opening it.

He was going to catch this strike, capable of instantly killing a fifth-tier Peak Martial Artist, with a single hand!!!

A terrifying explosion sounded, and gravel flew everywhere.

Dust obscured Jiang Hao's figure.

The audience in the live broadcast room held their breath, waiting for the result.

Unfortunately, the big screen did not display a match-end judgment.

Several cracks, meters long, appeared on the ground.

Jiang Hao stood in a small pit,

holding the now colorless heavenly halberd.

His clothes weren't even stained with dust.

In the eyes of the outside world and Xia Pengcheng.

It was like an adult effortlessly catching a baby's punch.

"Crack!"

Cracks continuously appeared on the heavenly halberd, and then it shattered on the spot!

After all, it wasn't a spirit weapon, but merely a weapon provided by Creator Mode that could greatly transmit Origin Energy.

Xia Pengcheng saw his all-in strike so easily taken, and with only one hand at that!!!

He stood frozen.

Xia Pengcheng's mind was greatly shaken at this moment, and he looked at Jiang Hao's calm eyes with bitterness:

"Is the gap really that big?"

After speaking, Xia Pengcheng gave up the idea of continuing the fight, his eyes filled with disappointment and unwillingness.

He laughed mockingly: "The so-called Eight Prodigies of Xia Kingdom are simply not worthy of being ranked alongside you two. I'll disband the group when I go back."

Jiang Hao looked as if he had used too much force, almost overcorrecting and making the kid shut down.

He quickly tried to salvage the situation: "Actually, you're not that bad."

Then, after thinking for a moment about how to phrase it, he continued:

"You are the only one among the other six who has reached the third-tier Late Stage, which shows you are very capable! It's just that you happened to run into me and Vice... Feng Qiluo!"

"And you bravely attacked an opponent far beyond your own level; you are a good Weapon Combat Style practitioner, not the good-for-nothing I thought you were."

Alright, forgive Jiang Hao for not being good at comforting people; he could only extend his left hand.

He made a 'C' shape with his index finger and thumb, and smiled: "You're only this tiny bit worse than me."

Then, he made a 'C' shape with his index finger and thumb, and smiled: "You're only this tiny bit worse than me."

Xia Pengcheng was immediately moved, wiping the corner of his eye and saying thank you with reddened eyes.

Then he silently repeated 'surrender' three times.

And exited the battle space.

"Match over! Congratulations to Student Jiang Hao for advancing to the finals!"

Jiang Hao came out and looked speechlessly at Xia Pengcheng, who was sitting calmly on the throne, muttering in his heart: "Why did you just concede? That was worth at least five points!"