"What?!"
Qiao Xingxing turned around abruptly, only to find that Qin Zhen had appeared behind her at some point.
At Qin Zhen's command, the Shadow Rats launched an attack decisively.
Qiao Xingxing immediately reacted and tried to retreat, but her body's reaction speed was simply not fast enough. She could only watch helplessly as the shadow suddenly rose up under her feet and stabbed towards her.
"ah!"
With her left shoulder pierced through, Qiao Xingxing couldn't help but let out a scream.
Upon hearing the screams, Qin Zhen, who was standing at the back, squinted his eyes with obvious enjoyment.
"As expected of the top student at Dragon Academy, even his screams are different from the other students'—they're incredibly pleasant to hear!"
Qiao Xingxing clutched her left shoulder wound tightly, biting her lip and staring intently at Qin Zhen. Her face was deathly pale, whether from the pain or from excessive blood loss.
Seeing her like this, Qin Zhen became even more excited.
"Let's continue! Let me hear your screams a little longer!"
After saying that.
Qin Zhen gave the Shadow Rat another attack order, while simultaneously rushing towards Qiao Xingxing himself.
!!
Qiao Xingxing felt a chill run down her spine and immediately retreated without hesitation, barely dodging the Shadow Rat's attack.
But Qin Zhen's attacks came one after another.
Before she could even land and steady herself, Qin Zhen grabbed her left arm and twisted it backward forcefully.
"ah--!"
Qiao Xingxing let out another painful scream, her whole face scrunched up, large beads of sweat streaming down her forehead, her expression one of extreme agony.
"Qiao Xingxing!"
Cui Peng, standing below the stage, was also sweating profusely with anxiety and cried out in concern.
It wasn't just him.
Even the spectators were shocked by Qin Zhen's actions.
"Isn't that a bit too harsh?"
"Qiao Xingxing is clearly no match for Qin Zhen, but instead of ending the match quickly, he's starting to torture him! That's going too far!"
"Is this your first time watching a game from Ruifeng Academy? They're always like this."
"Isn't the referee going to do anything about it?!"
"It's no use! Unless the Dragon Academy representative voluntarily withdraws, the referee has no right to interfere with the match."
"But if Qiao Xingxing forfeits, then Longteng Academy will only have that freshman left as a student representative. Won't they be doomed to lose this arena battle?!"
Everyone at the scene was talking about it.
Qin Zhen on the arena stage, however, paid no heed and instead curled his lips in excitement, as if he were about to strike again.
At that very moment.
Lu Yuan's voice rang out from below the stage.
"Dragon Academy chooses to abstain!"
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes turned to Lu Yuan.
Even Qiao Xingxing on the stage looked up at Lu Yuan and spoke with all her might.
"No! I can still..."
"Senior Sister Qiao!"
Before Qiao Xingxing could finish speaking, Lu Yuan interrupted her and gave her an encouraging smile.
"You've done enough. Have you forgotten how you persuaded Cui Peng just now?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xingxing pursed her lips and lowered her head in silence.
After a moment, he looked up and looked at Lu Yuan again.
"I understand, I abstain."
Qiao Xingxing bit her lip and spoke with extreme reluctance.
She considered herself to be no less capable than Qin Zhen, but only now, when the two were officially fighting, did she realize how naive she had been.
She could even sense that Qin Zhen hadn't used his full strength during their fight, yet she had already lost.
Both of them are clearly seventh-level Heavenly Evolution Beast Tamers, yet their strengths differ by such a large margin.
Where exactly did the problem go wrong?
Qiao Xingxing looked dejected and walked off the arena platform with her head down.
Lu Yuan casually tossed her a small bottle.
Qiao Xingxing quickly reached out and took it, looking at the crystal-clear liquid inside the bottle, and then looked at Lu Yuan with a puzzled expression.
"This is……"
“A healing potion,” Lu Yuan explained casually. “Your injuries are quite severe. Drink this potion first.”
After saying that.
Lu Yuan then turned to look at Cui Peng.
"You take Senior Qiao to the medical room first, I'll take care of things here."
Qiao Xingxing felt a warmth in her heart after hearing Lu Yuan's words.
But Cui Peng looked at him with a face full of suspicion.
"Give it to you? Even Qiao Xingxing couldn't beat Qin Zhen, what makes you think you can win?!"
At this point, Cui Peng paused slightly.
"Why don't you just go up on stage and admit defeat? We can just give up the points from the arena battle! That guy surnamed Qin is no good. He focuses on torturing his opponents' beast tamers. With your skills, you'll definitely get tortured by him, so let's just forget about it!"
Qiao Xingxing stood silently beside Lu Yuan, watching him just as he did.
Although she didn't say anything, she was thinking something similar to Cui Peng.
She knew that Lu Yuan might not be as weak as outsiders thought. After all, it concerned the academy's ranking, and the academy teachers certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to send a completely incompetent freshman as the starting representative to participate in the competition. Therefore, Lu Yuan's true strength had definitely not yet been revealed.
but.
She personally experienced Qin Zhen's power, which was on a completely different level from any opponent she had encountered before.
Even if Lu Yuan is hiding his true abilities, so what?
The opponent was clearly not an enemy that ordinary students like them could fight.
Therefore, she also hoped that Lu Yuan could abstain from the competition to avoid unnecessary harm.
Lu Yuan just smiled indifferently at this.
"Who says I'm bound to lose? Maybe I'll just get lucky and win!"
"What a joke!" Cui Peng retorted without hesitation. "Qin Zhen's beast taming level has already reached the seventh level of the Heavenly Evolution Realm. What can a kid like you who just broke through to the Heavenly Evolution Realm do?"
Others may not know Lu Yuan's true level, but as representatives of Dragon Academy, they had already received information about their teammates and naturally knew that Lu Yuan had only recently broken through to the Heavenly Evolution level.
This is also why Cui Peng never had a good impression of Lu Yuan.
The students who can participate in the joint school exam are all the best in their respective colleges. They have all broken through to the Heavenly Evolution level long ago. Compared with these prodigies, Lu Yuan, who has just broken through to the Heavenly Evolution level, is just a rookie.
"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and take Senior Qiao to the infirmary!"
Lu Yuan didn't bother to explain further to Cui Peng and simply turned around and walked onto the arena stage.
"Your teammates don't seem to have high hopes for you!"
Seeing Lu Yuan stroll leisurely onto the arena stage, Qin Zhen smiled and spoke, but his tone was full of sarcasm.
"Why care so much about other people's opinions or comments? I just need to do what I want to do." Lu Yuan looked at Qin Zhen with a faint smile on his face, without any hesitation.
Qin Zhen raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"I didn't expect our philosophies and viewpoints to be so similar. It seems that not all the students at Dragon Academy are incompetent and boring good-for-nothings!"
"Oh!"
Lu Yuan sneered.
"I don't want to be compared to scumbags, it's really disgusting."
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's merciless words, Qin Zhen's ever-smiling expression subtly changed.
"He's just a new student, all he can do is boast!"
"That's not necessarily true!" Lu Yuan corrected him in time.
Seeing that Lu Yuan still had a joking and laughing expression, Qin Zhen became increasingly displeased and couldn't help but snort coldly.
"Hmph! Then let me test just how strong you really are!"
After saying that.
Before the referee could announce the start, Qin Zhen immediately issued an attack command to the Shadow Mouse.
"Shadow Rat, use Shadow Cloak!"
Upon receiving the command, the Shadow Rat immediately burrowed into the ground and rushed towards Lu Yuan at an extremely fast speed.
Those watching from below the stage could only catch a glimpse of a dark shadow flash by.
Lu Yuan remained standing there without reacting, as if he hadn't realized what was happening at all.
See here.
Qiao Xingxing and Cui Peng, standing below the stage, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Lu Yuan, watch out!"
"Move faster!"
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