The fights inside the arena continued.
The two fighters on the stage completely abandoned their defenses, battling each other like wild beasts, their punches landing with brutal force. The dull thuds of fists and feet striking bodies sent chills down the spines of the students in the stands.
This was a competition never before seen in the academy. Everyone was stunned, and some female students even closed their eyes, unable to watch.
boom!
As a massive shockwave swept through the center of the arena, creating a cloud of dust, the two figures abruptly separated.
Nie Yun was bruised and swollen, his hair disheveled, and he was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently. His student uniform was now a tattered sack, a far cry from his initial dashing and aloof demeanor.
He tried to stand up, but his body swayed unsteadily, clearly indicating that he was seriously injured. In the end, he could only kneel on one knee and barely support his body.
In contrast, Zhang Fan continued pacing back and forth at the edge of the ring, relaxing his aching joints and muscles. His student uniform was also torn to shreds, revealing bloody welts beneath his clothes, indicating he was badly injured, but which ironically gave him a wild beauty.
Zhang Fan continued pacing back and forth at the edge of the ring, watching Nie Yun's constant efforts to stand up, and couldn't help but smile.
If you want to wake a man up, reasoning with him is useless; he simply won't listen. The best way is to beat him up first, and then try to reason with him; that way, he'll listen.
Zhang Fan accepted the challenge and fought his opponent with brute force. He not only wanted to smash the damned class cage in the academy with his fists, but also to awaken the blood in the hearts of the common people, just as he had done behind the lines of Phos.
You must be punished for doing something wrong!
Call him a busybody or stubborn, but he just can't bring himself to ignore these injustices.
"Just admit defeat." Zhang Fan watched as Nie Yun tried to stand up several times, only to kneel down again, swaying precariously.
Nie Yun is now suffering from severe internal injuries; if it weren't for the fact that he was holding on to his last breath, he would have collapsed long ago.
“I can’t give up.” Nie Yun gasped for breath. “The only way for you to win is for me to die in the ring.”
"I see you're quite ambitious. Why did you do that before?" Zhang Fan glanced at the other side of the arena, where Alice was furious and embarrassed by Nie Yun's betrayal.
"Hehe." Nie Yun managed a rare smile. "I was ignorant before, and my vanity blinded me."
“My life before was too smooth. Even the fourth-year students of the past couldn’t shake my position.” Nie Yun laughed. “Back then, I foolishly thought that geniuses should pursue higher goals.”
"So, I was just a frog in a well. Thank you for waking me up, but..."
"That's no reason for me to give up! To this day, I am still the strongest student at Ryan Military Academy!" After struggling several times, Nie Yun finally stood up. "If you want to win, you must step over my dead body!"
Sigh, Zhang Fan thought. This was truly an arrogant boy who valued honor more than life itself.
"Even after today, you will still be the strongest student at Ryan Military Academy." Zhang Fan slowly walked up to Nie Yun and looked directly into his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Nie Yun asked through gritted teeth, looking completely bewildered. "I don't need your sympathy!"
“No, no, no, this isn’t about pity,” Zhang Fan laughed. “We’re not on the same side to begin with, so it’s not shameful for you to lose to me.”
The fighting arena was eerily quiet. Everyone held their breath, listening intently to the conversation between the two fighters on the stage, hoping to glean deeper information from their incomprehensible exchange.
The trainees saw Zhang Fan lean down and whisper something in Nie Yun's ear. Nie Yun was stunned for a while, then collapsed onto Zhang Fan and fainted.
"Huahua, do me a favor and take him to the school clinic." Zhang Fan helped Nie Yun to the edge of the arena and handed him over to Huahua below.
"Okay, sure!" Hua Hua quickly replied, then shouted to those around her, "What are you all standing there for? Come and lend a hand!"
"Make way, make way!"
Immediately, several male students from Class 1, Grade 3 of the F Training Camp came out and, together with Hua Hua, lifted Nie Yun up and ran towards the exit of the venue.
"So, who's next?" Zhang Fan looked at the other side of the ring. "Hey, little bitch, don't look so surprised. If you've made it to the ring, you should be prepared to get beaten up."
Alice's face was ashen, her body trembled with extreme anger, and her clenched fists were so tight that her nails dug into her flesh.
From childhood to adulthood, no one dared to speak to her like that. The Charlie family was second only to the Ryan royal family in the Duchy of Ryan, and in some places their power even surpassed that of the royal family, because Alice's father, Marquis Charlie, was the current Supreme Elder of the Senate.
There are countless noble families in Lane, but the Charles family is the most special one. Other families may have their titles stripped, but the Charles family is an exception. Not only are their titles hereditary, but they also have exemptions.
To understand the source of the Charlie family's glory, one must trace it back to their ancestors.
At that time, the ancestor of the Charlie family was a minor baron in decline. Baron Charlie brought back a "star core" from an alien planet that was no longer inhabited by humans after going through many hardships, which saved the Duchy of Ryan from the brink of collapse.
This led to the establishment of a bond between Baron Charles and the Grand Duke of Lane, resulting in the prosperity of the Duchy of Lane and the rise of the Charles family to the highest ranks, making them second only to the royal family in the Duchy of Lane.
Alice grew up in such an environment. Her elders doted on her, and even the current Grand Duke Ryan spoke to her with a gentle tone. Other nobles were even more respectful to her, almost to the point of being cautious.
But now, she was being called a "little bitch" by a lowly commoner in front of the entire academy.
"All of you, attack together!" Alice was nearly driven mad with rage. "Tear him to pieces!"
"All of you, come at me!" Alice roared at the noble students surrounding her. "Whoever kills this slut, I'll make my father grant him endless riches and glory!"
Alice was so furious that she could even utter words like "slut," and it seemed rather inappropriate to call a man a "slut."
But having been pampered since childhood, she couldn't think of any vicious words. This word, which she had heard from her aunts who liked to talk badly about people behind their backs, was the most vicious word she could think of.
The noble children around Alice hesitated when they heard her words. After all, most of them were just there to "gild their resumes" and get by. Noble students like Barkley, who already had a certain fighting foundation, were a minority.
Training Camp A is indeed powerful, but this power mainly comes from the talented civilian trainees within the camp.
All the noble students' eyes turned to the nine Crescent Guard members.
The Crescent Moon Guard, who had become the focus of attention, could no longer remain silent, and the nine members of the Crescent Moon Guard exchanged glances.
“Surrender,” a representative of the Crescent Guard stepped forward and said. “If you admit defeat, we guarantee you can leave here safely.”
For the Crescent Moon Guard cadets, this was the biggest concession they could make, even at the risk of disobeying Alice's orders.
"Hey!" Zhang Fan laughed, "Do you guys think I'm definitely going to lose?"
“You are indeed very skilled, I admit that we are no match for you one-on-one. But…” the representative continued, “we have nine people.”
"How will you know if you don't try?" Zhang Fan said, getting into a fighting stance.
"Come on, all of you come at me together."
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