Chapter 70: A Drop of Wine Shatters Ten Thousand Pounds!
“The chill that pierces the mouth, truly incomparable to the Sprite from the convenience store.”
Sensing the approaching figure, Su Jiu leisurely took another sip of wine, feeling the coolness slide down her throat. Unconcerned, she narrowed her eyes, savoring the aftertaste.
“The little girl looks down on me?!”
Seeing this, Bearded Student’s face darkened slightly. He crouched, then leaped up, arcs of electricity crackling. The oversized club in his hands was surrounded by yellow electric light, clearly indicating he had been charging power as he ran.
“You overestimate yourself.”
As the opponent’s words fell, Su Jiu glanced at him lightly, a faint smile gracing her lips. She shifted her gaze, then began to shake her wine flask with some distress, staring at the jade pot and muttering to herself, “How did it get empty? I originally wanted you to have a taste too.”
“Alas, she gave up.”
Observing Su Jiu’s motionless stance, not only the spectators but also the judges sighed faintly, expecting her to surrender.
Li Yi chuckled, then his expression turned serious. He whispered, “Gave up? So cute… But that person is from Lord Liu Yue. I hope Ah Hu doesn’t go too easy on her.”
Quietly watching Su Jiu, or more accurately, the Su Jiu on stage, Bai Qianyu felt as if she was transported back to that Friday afternoon. It was so similar…
The silence was like a mountain village at night, a deep, secluded spring!
The image of Su Jiu, the one who had exploded a strong man’s arm with a single punch, resurfaced in Bai Qianyu’s mind.
She was definitely not giving up!
“Alas… I originally wanted to let you try my newly learned ice cone, but the wine…”
Su Jiu flipped the jade pot upside down, her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. Yet, a hint of crystalline shimmer was seen sliding in mid-air. She slowly relaxed her brows, a blue light flashing in her eyes, and a surge of cold air emanated around her.
“It seems I have something.” Su Jiu smiled faintly.
That shimmer, transformed by the frost, became a pale yellow, tear-shaped ice crystal, slowly free-falling, like a wilting flower, beautiful in its decay.
Two meters away, Ah Hu was slightly stunned. He didn’t understand why the other party was pouring wine there, but he was only responsible for victory. Whatever Li Yi told him to do, he did!
It was all just the master’s task!
He took a deep breath, gripped his wolf-tooth club, and swept it to the side, imbued with the power of lightning. The next moment, like a thunder god’s weapon, it struck heavily, wielding immense force!
“Ice Cone, Break!”
Seeing this, Su Jiu gripped the wine pot with her backhand, her expression unchanged, and swung it sharply towards the ice crystal in front of her. The sound of the wind breaking through the air was like a ghost’s wail.
The wind from the force blew her sleeves slightly open, revealing E Huo, who was sneakily stealing magic crystals. E Huo looked at the stunned crowd with a blank expression and then quietly retreated to Su Jiu’s wrist.
*Disturbing…*
“Bang!”
A crisp explosion resounded, and a turbulent air circle appeared beside Su Jiu, then slowly dispersed like a smoke ring.
“Whoosh!” Followed by a roar like a sniper bullet, “Pop!” the sound of something piercing an object rang out, and a crystal shard shot through the air.
Su Jiu retracted her gaze, turned around, and said calmly to the referee, “Announce the result. He’s not seriously injured, but he will die if he doesn’t receive treatment.”
The power of the ice cone was still insufficient. If it were a sword-drawn battle, with this force, the opponent would have been split in two.
As expected, ranged skills from bloodlines are somewhat useless to me…
What does that mean?
The referee blinked in confusion. He tilted his head to look behind Su Jiu and saw that Ah Hu’s body was still in its previous posture, but there was a thumb-sized hole in his chest.
You could directly see the spectator stands through it!
As for why there was no bleeding… a thin layer of frost had sealed it!
“How…”
“Thump!” Ah Hu’s robust body quietly collapsed. His damaged meridians no longer allowed him to fight.
Silence fell upon the surroundings.
Then, someone started clapping, and scattered applause erupted from below. The crowd looked at Su Jiu with a strange gaze. The burst of power she displayed was at least that of an Advanced Stage Warrior.
But for someone with a healing bloodline, the power amplification shouldn’t be this significant?
Could it be some kind of power talent?
“Is the amplification of Twin Bloodline this great?”
Mr. Huang Fu Sheng was also astonished. He glanced at the Li family’s old man and found that his face was also full of disbelief, which brought him considerable relief.
Su Jiu’s victory meant his own victory. He then smirked and muttered to himself in front of the elder, “My nurtured disciple wouldn’t even lose to a Priest girl, would he?”
He then provocatively raised his eyebrows, as if saying, *No, that couldn’t be, could it?*
“Hmph! Arrogant youngster, what’s so great about defeating my grandson’s guard?” The old man snorted, a terrifying aura erupting from him. The pages on the surrounding tables rustled loudly.
The judges felt a sense of dread. They were already at War General Level, but facing the old man’s pressure, they found it difficult to resist.
“Tsk, tsk, can’t win so you throw a tantrum? Stop acting like an old fogey just because you’re old.”
With another cheeky smile, a white light flashed in Mr. Huang Fu Sheng’s eyes, and he lightly snapped his fingers, the surrounding air pressure gradually stabilizing.
“Hmph! If it weren’t for giving your Lu lineage some face, my grandson alone could pierce through your entire team!”
The old man snorted coldly, his gaze falling on the stage as he seemed to await his grandson’s performance.
Mr. Huang Fu Sheng raised his eyebrows but did not retort. What the old man said was true; his grandson, Li Yi, possessed that strength!
If Su Jiu and the others were stars chasing each other, then Li Yi was the sun, capable of melting any of those stars.
This was because he had mastered a certain Li family combat technique. His exquisite swordsmanship, combined with that top-tier ancestral bloodline, meant that not only most students but also many teachers from his own school were no match for him.
Of course, this did not refer to old subordinates like Mr. Lu Nan. If Mr. Lu Nan were to make a move, Li Yi would undoubtedly be crushed, as… who wasn’t a genius in their youth.
On stage, Su Jiu scanned her surroundings, her gaze falling on the cheering crowd, but her heart remained unmoved.
She had merely defeated a high school student. Her current goal was to obtain the tournament’s accessories, then improve herself before the Gaokao, successfully achieving bone setting to reach Advanced Stage Warrior and obtain an Energy Shield for safety.
According to her estimations, the Ancient God Sect might make a move this month. She had to reach Advanced Stage Warrior as soon as possible to have the power to protect herself!
Therefore…
Su Jiu lightly tiptoed, tapped the referee’s shoulder with her wine pot, and softly said, “Let them all come up together. I’m in a hurry.”
“Huh?”
Hearing this, the referee thought he had misheard and scratched his ear.
“Let everyone remaining from Huawen come up. I don’t have time to play house with them.” Su Jiu raised her voice, audible to the front rows and even the judges’ seats. The lively atmosphere paused slightly.
“But… this is a solo competition right now?!” The referee was the first to recover, stammering, unsure why he felt a strange pressure from this girl who was much shorter than him.
If it were any other student, he would have slapped them away for disturbing the order.
He had intended to politely refuse, but Su Jiu’s next sentence completely disarmed him.
“If I fight all of them by myself, isn’t it still a solo match?”
Su Jiu’s voice immediately became like oil thrown into a fire. The surrounding crowd erupted.
