Chapter Twenty: Initial Display of Sharpness

  "Come, come, come! Big win big, small win small! Betting on Li Shuo's brother wins 1:1, betting on Zhou Fu's brother wins 1:3. The more you bet, the more you lose. Everyone be careful, don't miss out when walking by!"

  At this moment, Li Xiao heard a loud shout from the stage below. He turned his head to look and found that Nai Liang was setting up a gambling den downstairs.

  "This guy is crazy, a first-time spiritualist who can't even reach the spiritual realm, and yet he's talking about crushing victory? He's actually losing three times over, what an idiot."

  "Hmph, this guy's tricks have long been seen through by me. In fact, he is going to turn things around and give us a false impression, making it seem like that useless Li Xiao is very formidable. I've already got everything under control, so, you little brat, go all out and get Zhou Fu for me!"

  Nai Liang's words attracted many students, who all pressed their treasures onto Zhou Fu's body.

  "Li Xiao, you can't lose, otherwise I'll be bankrupt!"

  Ni Liang took out a large package of jade, these students were mostly wealthy people, generally trading in jade, if Ni Liang really had to pay three times the amount, this guy was rich, but he might not be able to afford it.

  "Let's get started."

  Li Xiao coldly stared at the fat man Zhou Fu in front of him, and in an instant, his body was covered with five colors, twenty different curses were directly applied to his body.

  Even if it's just a guy who can only deal with one level of spiritual power, Li Xiao must raise his own strength to the extreme, otherwise he may lose.

  Zhou Fu saw Li Xiao and suddenly added many curses, his eyes widened. He hurriedly began to recite silently and applied three curses on himself.

  In fact, Zhou Fu's current spiritual power is enough to apply six or seven states, but unfortunately, the curse seals are really hard to remember. Zhou Fu spent a year and only remembered the simplest three curse seals.

  "Get out of here!"

  Fatty let out a loud roar, his entire body moving like a violently raging machine as he charged at Li Xiao fiercely!

  Li Xiao saw this and, with the blessing of the curse seal's state, struck out with a fist!

  Suddenly, Li Xiao's face changed color, and the other party seemed to be an unbreakable copper wall and iron wall. Even if Li Xiao had added twenty curse seals, he didn't have any advantage in front of a Tongling first-grade disciple.

  Li Xiao suddenly understood the difference in their realm and hastily dodged Zhou Fu's power, hiding aside.

  Xun Meng Yin, Fei He Yin, Ling Hou Yin, the three major seal techniques greatly enhance Li Xiao's movement speed. Although Zhou Fu's strength is unmatched, Li Xiao has a clear and incomparable advantage over Zhou Fu in one aspect.

  Zhou Fu stopped and looked around for Li Xiao's trail, just at this moment, Zhou Fu's body suffered a series of blows!

  Severe Strike Seal, Shockwave Seal, Frenzy Seal, Tiger Seal!

  The four major attacking seals under Li Xiao's display, continuously impacted Zhou Fu's body, and actually forced him to the edge of the stone platform, losing his footing and falling off the stone platform!

  Apart from admitting defeat on the spot and falling off the stone platform, it is considered a loss.

  Zhou Fu flew into a rage, his face twisted in fury. He had not expected that despite being one realm higher than his opponent, he would still be unable to suppress him and instead was defeated by Li Xiao.

  "Haha, it seems like a big victory for the Zhuang family! I'll take all of these things."

  Ni Liang was overjoyed and put all the jade stones into a ring on his left hand, apparently this ring was an extraordinary treasure.

  Li Xiao walked over, and Ni Liang, with a warm smile all over his face, grabbed onto Li Xiao:

  "Li Xiao brothers, this time I owe you again, I was able to earn so much, don't worry, brother, I won't forget your share, after we go out, I'll treat you to a meal in the cafeteria!"

  Nai Liang's words left Li Xiao speechless. The cafeteria food was free, so why did he need to treat him?

  "Alright, let's drop it and see what Chun Yu Xi and Nan Men Ao are up to."

  Ni Liangxin was in a great mood after making a fortune, and he dragged Li Xiao away, ignoring the discussions of the other students, and walked towards another stone platform.

  "Hey, Jun Yu Xi brothers, what are you standing here for? Where is Nan Men Ao?"

  Ní Liáng soon saw Chun Yu Sì, who looked obviously out of sorts, gazing sternly up at the high platform.

  Li Xiao and Ni Liang only then noticed that the proud figure of Nanmen Ao was standing on the high platform, but at this moment he was being beaten back and forth like a sandbag!

  "Damn it, who is that? Isn't Nán Mén ào Xiōng a powerful cultivator of the Three Realms of Spiritual Cultivation, how can he be suppressed by someone like this?"

  Ni Liang rubbed his eyes, hardly daring to believe it.

  "That's right, his name is Lü Hao, and his strength is extremely terrifying. He is one of the most famous four-strong spiritual masters among the new students in the college!"

  Sun Yu's voice was very solemn, with the realm of Nanmen Ao Tongling San Chong, in the eyes of ordinary students, he was indeed a talented person. But compared to Lv Hao, a rare talent that is hard to come by even after a hundred years, he still fell short.

  Don't look at the difference between Tongling San Chong and Tongling Si Chong, it's just one boundary, but anyone knows that cultivation is getting harder and harder. The genius of Tongling San Chong, even if he cultivates for another year, may only reach Tongling Si Chong, but Lü Hao shortened the time by half, and cultivated to Tongling Si Chong within a year!

  Don't underestimate this doubling of time, it represents not only the speed of cultivation, but also innate talent.

  Within a year, reaching the third level of Tongling, this life can reach the peak of the Tongling realm, which is the ninth level of Tongling! However, a rare talent who reaches the fourth level of Tongling within a year will find it easy to break through the ordinary realm and become a super strongman renowned in one aspect!

  Nanmen Ao on the stone platform has completely lost his ability to fight back, under Lv Hao's fierce attack, Nanmen Ao is already covered in scars and has no strength to continue fighting.

  But every time Lü Hao stopped, Nanmen Ao would get up again, unwilling to admit defeat!

  This is the pride of Nanmen Ao, the unyielding spirit of a true strongman.

  "Never mind, I've already felt your strength and it's really too weak, you'd better go down."

  Lü Hao kicked Nanmen Ao off the stone platform with one foot, and Chun Yu Xi and others rushed to catch him, while glaring at Lü Hao in anger.

  "A bunch of trash, stop staring at me! If you've got what it takes, come on up!"

  Lü Haona's disdainful gaze enraged Li Xiao and the other three, just as Ní Liáng was about to climb up, Chun Yu Xi hastily pulled him back, only to see Li Xiao leap up!

  "Woah——isn't this the most infamous waste among the students? I didn't expect him to actually have the guts, daring to go up against Lü Hao, a four-star Spiritual Master."

  "Alas, seeking death by oneself is indeed seeking death. Those students who didn't even reach the spiritual realm in previous years were said to have been directly expelled from the academy. This Li Xiao wasn't expelled and yet he dares to challenge our academy's most outstanding strongman, Lü Hao. Is he dreaming of making a name for himself?"

  "No matter what, he's asking for humiliation. Even if Lü Hao stands still, he can easily defeat him."

  Everyone was discussing and speculating, and basically no one thought highly of Li Xiao.

  "This trash should have been driven out long ago, I don't know what the college instructors are thinking, actually leaving behind such dregs of the cultivation world, they should be kicked out!"

  Sun Yu and Nie Liangzheng were worried about Li Xiao, but when they heard the voice, they suddenly became angry. They found Wang Qi and three others standing among the crowd, and the previous words came from a martial artist's mouth.

  Lü Hao on the platform saw Li Xiao flipping over and coming up, with a look of disdain in his expression.

  From the crowd below, he knew that the one in front of him was actually the only super waste among the students who hadn't even reached the spiritual realm, and even if he defeated him, he wouldn't feel any sense of accomplishment.

  "I'm standing right here, unmoving. I only need one hand to defeat you. However, I'll give you a chance - if you can make me take even one step back, then you win."

  Lü Hao didn't care about Li Xiao at all, which instantly made Li Xiao extremely angry.

  He was despised for the first time, taking advantage of the effect of the twenty curses that had not yet dissipated, Li Xiao took a big step forward, his body like a swan goose, and went straight to attack Lü Hao.

  "Bang——"

  Li Xiao's speed was pushed to the limit, but Lü Hao just waved his hand casually, and a powerful force that couldn't be resisted crashed into Li Xiao's body. The terrifying pressure made Li Xiao's skeleton almost unbearable!

  His hind legs hooked around the edge of the stone platform, and that casual strike just now almost knocked Li Xiao off the stone platform, completely defeated!

  Li Xiao's internal self-mutilation true scripture rapidly circulated, absorbing this power and guiding it into the last extreme spring hole of the hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, where it violently impacted.

  He repelled Li Xiao, and Lü Hao seemed to have done something insignificant, his expression cold and calm.

  At this sight, Li Xiao thought of Nanmen Ao's encounter and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger rising from his heart, with a mouthful of hot blood rushing up!

  One punch was thrown, and Li Xiao's right arm instantly burst out with an unimaginable wave of power, as if a primordial dragon was raging and going wild within!

  Lü Hao was shocked at this moment, looking at Li Xiao's fist, it seemed as if he was facing a furious ancient dragon, and for a moment, he was so shocked that the power of Tongling Fourfold burst out completely, and his spirit instantly applied several curses to his body.

  "Hmm——"

  Two fists faced each other, and a dull sound came from it.

  Li Xiao's body was hit by a massive force, and he spat out blood continuously. His body flew far away and fell outside the stone platform. Lu Hao's condition wasn't much better either. His body was also thrown out by a strong force, almost falling off the edge of the stone platform. Fortunately, Lu Hao thrust one hand deeply into the stone wall at the edge of the platform, using this force to pull himself back onto the platform.

  Sun Yu Yi supported Nanmen Ao, and Ni Liang hastily caught Li Xiao. The two were solemn in expression and directly rushed to the medicine hall without stopping here.

  This scene fell into the eyes of a distant seated instructor, who was the only instructor in charge of the entire martial arts arena, and it was precisely Yue Changsheng.

  "Unmatched potential, slow promotion speed, is it really the blood of an ancient remnant?"

  Yue Changsheng muttered to himself, looking in the direction where Li Xiao had left.

  Lü Hao may have won, but according to his previous promise, he could also be considered defeated. He slowly walked down from the stone platform, looking at Li Xiao who was on Ni Liang's back with a puzzled expression, wondering what was going through his mind.

  Suddenly, Lü Hao's expression changed, and he looked towards a disciple who walked out of the Central Main Hall.

  His heart was shaking, this was the aura of a Quadruple Spirit Master, absolutely no mistake! Among all the new students in the National Academy this year, there were actually more than one Quadruple Spirit Masters besides him!