As their identities became clearer, the girl who had initially been on guard let out a surprised chuckle, "Shen Qian, I never expected to run into you."

Shen Qian quickly recognized the other person.

This is also the candidate from the top province in the southwest, the top genius of Xicheng this year, Li Jiaqi, who is said to come from a family of martial artists.

Shen Qian had a deeper impression of her, after all, she had fair skin, a beautiful face, and long legs, which made her more memorable than Cao Wen, whose looks were only average.

I never expected to run into geniuses from the same province again, but it's true that the higher you go, the smaller the circle becomes, so there's nothing I can't figure out. It wouldn't be surprising if I ran into Cao Qian again.

"Hello," Shen Qian greeted.

"Shall we chat and get to know each other first, or should we just start fighting?"

Li Jiaqi chuckled.

Shen Qian was not fooled by the other party's bright smile, because he could see very clearly that although Li Jiaqi was smiling, there was always an indifference in her eyes.

She didn't take Shen Qian seriously at all.

Just like last time at Jiutian Pavilion, Li Jiaqi didn't pay any attention to anyone in Jingcheng from beginning to end.

"bring it on."

He gave a brief reminder before taking the initiative.

Li Jiaqi was still smiling until Shen Qian's fist was almost touching her chest. Then she suddenly bent her body backward at an incredible angle and kicked Shen Qian hard in the abdomen with her calf.

Shen Qian sidestepped the kick, but Li Jiaqi braced herself with one hand and instantly completed a 180-degree turn, delivering an even more powerful kick to Shen Qian's neck.

Unable to dodge in time, Chen Qian could only raise his hand to barely block the attack.

Bang!

He staggered back several meters before finally regaining his balance.

His arm was trembling uncontrollably; that kick almost caused Shen Qian's bone to fracture.

"How boring. You're much weaker than I thought."

Li Jiaqi did a backflip and stood up again, clapped his hands, and said casually.

Shen Qian did not refute, but asked with a solemn expression, "What kind of martial art is this?"

Li Jiaqi's martial arts skills are unique, transcending the scope of basic martial arts. However, they are not martial arts performed with vital energy. She actually achieved the effect of combos with simple punches, kicks, and body movements, with graceful yet fierce movements.

I had never seen such a martial art before.

It combines flashy design with practicality, making it difficult to defend against; it's definitely not something you'd find in textbooks.

The last time I saw such a smooth offensive before sinking was on "myself".

The system uses a seamless combination of basic martial arts techniques, which is fundamentally different from Li Jiaqi's continuous moves.

"Ancient martial arts, butterfly legs...never seen that before, have you?"

Li Jiaqi didn't hide anything and laughed.

Ancient martial arts techniques...

Shen Qian guessed that this might be related to the other party's background. The foundation of the Xianwu family was extremely profound. Shen Qian had already sensed this when he got Huo Ling'er's cultivation technique for free.

Huo Ling'er came from a martial arts family, a fact she learned from Huang Tao before Shen Qian took office.

"I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry to get to the next floor!"

Seeing that Shen Qian remained silent for a long time, Li Jiaqi lost her patience, and with a swift movement, she flew over like a wild goose.

Shen had a premonition that he was no match for Li Jiaqi.

The opponent is a level above me in both power control and combat skills.

"Phew, I'm really not satisfied..."

Chen Qian let out a long breath, realizing that he could only reach the tenth floor by his own strength.

Perhaps if Shen Qian's opponent on this level wasn't the top-tier Li Jiaqi, he could still win, but Shen Qian was satisfied. After all, he had personally defeated Cao Wen, who was no weakling.

Li Jiaqi's attacking posture was equally graceful, like an elegant black swan, concealing a beautiful killing intent.

Shen Qian went from being on the defensive at the beginning to barely managing to hold on, and quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

"Defeat all the opponents you encounter along the way."

Without further delay, since it wasn't a life-or-death crisis and there were no visible resource targets, Chen Qian could only issue the AFK command in his mind.

"Task objective generated, system is parsing..."

"It is predicted that several high-quality battles will occur in succession, which will greatly enhance the host. In order to save storage space, the system will switch to performance mode and start real-time auto-play."

"Ding! Yellow warning!"

"After this AFK period, the system energy will drop below 50%. Please find suitable resources as soon as possible so that the system can replenish its energy. Otherwise, the system may activate its self-protection mode and forcibly accumulate energy (Note: The consequences of forcibly accumulating energy are unknown, please try to avoid it)."

A series of prompts that echoed in his mind startled Shen Qian.

Real-time AFK mode?

This is unexpected but acceptable, since the system has already demonstrated different modes, such as the perfect AFK record for clearing Kirito's formation, which proves that the system can potentially take Shenqian along for fun.

At this moment, Shen Qian was quite emotional. The system had been around for nearly four months. Were the two "people" finally going to fight side by side for the first time?

As for the low energy warning below, Shen Qian also kept it firmly in mind.

By now, Shen Qian could probably guess that the electromagnetic storm that swept through the city was caused by the system, which at the time drained the instantaneous power of the four nuclear power plants in Jingcheng.

Not to mention the weather protection system, even the city protection system has been paralyzed.

Looking back, the memory of the sinking is still fresh.

If other ways to replenish energy can be found, it's best to prevent this from happening again.

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