His words stirred up a huge commotion.
All the martial arts course freshmen looked at him in puzzlement.
"Why?"
"Meng Chao clearly didn't join the tournament between freshmen yesterday!"
"Didn't they say that the criteria to get into the list is based on your usual results and your performance in yesterday's competition? If it's for these two criteria, he shouldn't be chosen, right? "
"That's right. Why don't you choose me? I'll go to the frontlines, and I guarantee that I'll be able to kill more monsters than him!"
This was a chance that only appeared once in ten years. There were plenty of resources, connections, treasures, and fighting experience waiting for them at the frontlines, so the martial arts course freshmen were naturally envious.
"Quiet!"
Li Yingzi frowned a little. She released spirit flames that resembled those of a griffin. Once she suppressed the entire area, she said faintly, "The name list was made by Dean Zong and the lecturers in the course after they considered many factors. I can guarantee that each student on the name list has a reason to be chosen.
"Of course, considering that this is a rare opportunity for actual combat training, in order to ensure fairness, openness, and fairness to the greatest extent, if anyone has any objections to the name list, you can raise them. The academy will give everyone a chance to be convinced!"
"Since we're in the martial arts course, the frontlines naturally hope that we can provide as much fighting power as we can. So, if you have absolute confidence in your fighting strength, you can challenge the student on the name list. Whoever wins against the student on the name list will be able to take his place and go to the northern frontlines!"
As soon as he said that, the sound of people swallowing their saliva could be heard from the crowd.
Everyone rubbed their palms and looked at Meng Chao with hunger in their eyes.
It was as if they were looking at a duck that was cooked and placed on a chopping board.
"But there are rules for challenges," Li Yingzi said coldly.
Li Yingzi said coldly. "First, the time, location, and rules of the competition are decided by the challenged. Second, the challenged can only accept one challenge per day. Once they accept three challenges in total, they have the right to reject more challengers. Third, the challenged can propose a wager, and the loser must pay the winner a certain amount of monster coins to make up for the challenged's stamina, spirit energy, and mental exhaustion.
The three rules were standard.
Usually, the fights in the martial arts course or the fights between courses had similar rules.
Since they were not convinced and challenged, they naturally had to pay a certain price.
Otherwise, there would be a situation where a few dozen people would take turns to challenge him, causing the person being challenged to be exhausted and annoyed to no end.
If there were no stakes in a fight, neither side would be in high spirits.
The students were already familiar with this and many of them were eager to give it a try.
But before they did, Meng Chao had already strode out.
"Teacher Li, is there any room to change this rule?" He asked calmly.
Everyone was slightly taken aback and revealed disapproving expressions.
Li Yingzi said with a straight face, "If you don't want to accept the challenge, you can directly give up your spot. I believe that no one will force you to step onto the stage."
"You've misunderstood. It's not that I don't want to accept it. I just feel that there are too few challengers. One a day, three at most. How can that be satisfying?"
Meng Chao smiled and enunciated each word clearly. "I want to fight against ten."
"What?!"
The students were dumbfounded, wondering if there was something wrong with their ears.
When they noticed that they heard the same voice, they began to wonder whether there was something wrong with Meng Chao's head.
"Moreover, I don't want to limit myself to the students who aren't on the list. Those who are on the list are the best of our faculty. I'm also very interested in talking to them about the latest developments in the martial arts revolution."
Meng Chao did not hide his provocative gaze and stared straight at Duan Lian's face.
He extended his hand and drew a big circle around him. "As for the rules, there's no need for you to go through so much trouble. We'll do it right here. From now on, ten of you will attack me together. If I can defeat all of you, each of you will lose three thousand monster coins to me. If you can defeat me, I will pay you thirty thousand monster coins and give up my spot to you. What do you think?"
His incredibly arrogant words caused all the students to lose control of their expressions for a total of ten seconds.
"Does he know what he's saying?"
"Fighting against ten alone is one hundred times harder than fighting against ten people one after another!"
"The top fifty students in the course aren't that far apart in strength. Even Sun Ya, who has cleared more than eighty main meridians, doesn't dare to say that she can fight against ten alone. Even if she has to fight against five alone, as long as there's someone at the level of the Four Great Kings, she'll have a headache."
"Meng Chao should have only cleared three to five main meridians. Even if he has some progress in cultivating his branch meridians, it's impossible for him to fight against ten people at the same time!"
Even Li Yingzi frowned.
"Meng Chao, martial artists aren't monsters. They won't fight against each other," she said with an underlying meaning in her words.
Meng Chao quirked his eyebrows.
Just as he expected, the lecturers and dean of the course already knew about what happened yesterday. That was how he got his spot.
"Thank you for the reminder, Ms. Li, but I believe in myself, and I believe in the power of the Ultimate Style."
Meng Chao's arms trembled, and his shoulder blades and chest let out cracking sounds. His eyes shone brilliantly, and his fighting spirit, which was as sharp as a blade, shot out. "Which ten students want to challenge me? Come forward!"
Duan Lian could no longer hold himself back. With a growl, he strode forward.
His muscles were filled with explosive power, and his incredibly elastic uniform was stretched until it was as thin as a cicada's wings. He looked like a balloon that was about to explode.
The other students looked at each other at a loss. Sun Ya, Xie Feng, and Jiang Rui were too embarrassed to surround and attack Meng Chao with Duan Lian, but three students from the list of twenty-one students stood forward. Along with the six people who were publicly acknowledged as the strongest among those who failed to be selected, they formed a killing formation with ten martial artists and an astonishing pressure.
"Very well. Next, I will let you understand the fighting style that represents the future and the secrets of the Ultimate Style. Of course, you will also understand why I went into the grove with Wu Wu last night."
Meng Chao was not afraid even when he was surrounded by ten people. Instead, he slowly crouched down and got into a crouching position.
For an instant, visible ripples appeared in the air around him.
His fighting spirit seemed to have gained physical form, and it turned into layers of waves. Among the waves were wind blades that could cut through hair.
Even his body became indistinct and mysterious.
Even the students who had looked down on him in the beginning could not help but feel their hearts tense when they saw this.
'Could it be that he wasn't just boasting? Did he really understand some secret of martial arts?'
The ten students surrounding him instantly stopped underestimating him. The wind blades scraped against their skin, causing goosebumps to rise all over their bodies, causing their hairs to stand on end.
In a daze, they had the feeling that they were not the ones surrounding Meng Chao, but a peerless beast from the apocalypse dressed in human skin had surrounded them.
Whoosh!
Meng Chao moved.
He stomped against the ground, and sparks and shattered stones flew more than ten meters away. He would have been fine if he did not move, but once he did, he pushed his speed to the limit and turned into a fierce afterimage that charged at Duan Lian, who was the strongest among them.
"Perfect timing!"
Duan Lian let out a beast-like roar and threw a punch. The spirit flames that swept up turned into a raging lion that opened its mouth wide.
Both sides clashed head-on with the momentum of an avalanche.
At the moment their fists intersected, Meng Chao spun like a top.
Not only did he avoid Duan Lian's attack, he also used the friction to increase his speed.
Just like that, he moved in a strange arc and avoided the attacks from the other three students. Then, he continued moving out of the crowd.
No one could react to the situation.
They watched helplessly as an astonishing murderous aura and fighting spirit surrounded him. He assumed a high-speed attacking stance and sprinted like a mad dog. He charged across half of the field, jumped onto the rostrum, passed by Li Yingzi, and passed by even more instructors. With a few leaps, he jumped to the back of the rostrum, right at the top of the audience seats.
Even then, he did not turn his head around.
Instead, he jumped down without hesitation and vanished from the field.
Li Yingzi was speechless.
Duan Lian was speechless.
Sun Ya, Xie Feng, and Jiang Rui were speechless.
All the martial arts course students were speechless.
The challengers snapped out of their daze and quickly chased after him to the top of the audience seats. They stood on their tiptoes and looked outside.
"Oh no, the guy ran away!"
"He sure runs fast. In the blink of an eye, he ran out of the martial arts course and crossed half of the campus!"
"What … What does he mean? Didn't he say that he wanted to fight against ten people?"
Everyone stared at each other, and there was something stuck in their throats. They could not spit it out.
"Damn it, we fell into his trap again!"
Duan Lian slapped his thigh and gritted his teeth. "He just said that as long as we can defeat him, he'll give us thirty thousand monster coins and give up his spot to us.
"The problem is, he didn't specify where the arena is. He just drew a circle around the area and said that it's here. Who knows just how big his circle is and where he's' here '!
"The field is also 'here'. The entire martial arts course is also 'here'. The entire Agricultural University is' here '. Our university is famous for its complicated terrain and lush vegetation. If he just found a random spot and slept comfortably until midnight, no one would be able to catch him.
"He's never thought about fighting against ten alone, and it's impossible for him to fight against ten people alone. This is just a ruse to provoke us. What's with the Ultimate Style? From the start, he's been thinking about running away!"
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