Chapter 72: Elegance or Demise?
All eyes turned there. No one believed Su Jiu would win, but the opportunity to witness the battle of the number one talented individual from the four cities was still a pleasure.
However, some people in certain corners also noticed this. It was a young man standing in a corner of Zhiyuan High School. Wearing a staff uniform, he held his arms, his fingertips tapping lightly.
“Being with Lord Liu Yue, this Su Jiu… is she related to the death of Lin Feng, that good-for-nothing? And the Sword Technique, is it also with her? If so, capturing Li Yi would be killing two birds with one stone.”
Behind him were twenty students with dazed expressions. Their stomachs were bulging beneath their school uniforms. If anyone remembered, the one leading them was named “Tang San”.
He stared blankly at the stage, seemingly thinking of something, and giggled foolishly, “Priest… it’s her, that good-for-nothing like me, hehe.”
“Stand firm in the center of the arena, prepare to receive God’s embrace. I’m going to activate the formation.”
“Okay, hehe… God—”
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Looking at the opponent’s increasingly powerful aura and the pressing sense of oppression.
Facing the mocking jeers from all sides, which sounded like rolling thunder, Su Jiu’s mindset did not change at all. She did not use her Avatar, nor her Beast Weapon. She held the wine gourd in her hand, her gaze as deep as water.
At about seven or eight meters from Su Jiu, Li Yi stopped. He smiled faintly and said disdainfully, “I won’t take advantage of you either. I’ll give you time to power up slowly, otherwise, you won’t have time to cry later.”
“Brother Yi, you’re so funny… why don’t we finish this fight quickly.”
As he said this, the students behind him burst into cheerful laughter, and it seemed as if the center of the arena was filled with a joyful atmosphere at this moment.
“No need…”
Su Jiu shook her head, ignoring him. Instead, she turned to the referee, who was acting as the judge, and asked calmly, “Can we start?”
The middle-aged referee glanced at her, formed his hand into a gun shape, and fired into the sky. With a “bang!” brilliant fireworks erupted in the sky.
Under everyone’s bewildered gaze, Su Jiu slowly walked forward, holding the wine gourd upside down in her right hand, her waist-length green silk gently swaying.
“Why not use a Beast Weapon? With your relationship with Lord Liu Yue, wouldn’t it be easy to ask him to help you find one?”
Li Yi frowned slightly. The feeling Su Jiu gave him was somewhat strange. He originally thought it was Ah Hu’s carelessness that caused him to lose to her wind and frost aura, but… it seemed there was something else going on.
“If you die, I can’t take responsibility.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu gently shook her head. The next moment, her eyes flashed with blue light, and frost surged around her. Frost also formed on the wine gourd. She lowered her stance and rushed out fiercely, her figure ethereal.
The test of Blizzard Technique and Ice Cone ended, and it was determined that they were still not very useful… it was still more convenient and faster to smash with the gourd.
“What is Little Junior Sister trying to do? She’s actually charging forward with just a wine gourd.”
“Just now, our school’s Dean said that she only has a healing bloodline!”
“Maybe she wants to catch them off guard? But Li Yi is much stronger than that Bearded Student.”
Although the watching students marveled at Su Jiu’s speed, they felt more that Su Jiu was overestimating herself. There were differences even among Advanced Stage Warriors.
“So fast! Is this a Priest?”
Unlike the watching students, everyone on the judging panel had different expressions. Huang Fusheng glanced at the deeply focused old man from the Li family, then withdrew his gaze and focused on the stage, thinking to himself: As expected… this Su Jiu is not simple.
“Seeking your own death!”
Seeing the opponent attack, Li Yi’s brows furrowed slightly. He also summoned a flaming saber about a meter long. The back of the saber had five rings, and a few strange characters on the blade indicated its extraordinary nature.
“Heh!”
He got up and retreated, clenched his fists, brandished his great saber, and swung out a red arc of light, as if he could already foresee the scene of her being sent flying and heavily injured.
“Bang!” The red and white light collided.
In an instant, the great saber collided with the jade gourd. It was not a one-sided affair as imagined. A deafening sound, like the striking of a bell or a cauldron, erupted, and the airwaves instantly swept outwards, as if the flags were about to be blown over.
“Little Junior Sister, she’s not going to get hurt, right? Hurry up and call for rescue!”
“Damn it, hurry up with the rescue! What if the person dies later?”
The mist caused by the evaporating frost and snow obscured the situation. Many people from different schools anxiously shouted. They didn’t want any accidents to happen to such a cute Little Junior Sister.
“To dare to duel with our number one of the year, and with a wine gourd, are you crazy?”
Those from Li Yi’s school shouted loudly, mocking her overestimation of herself.
Their mockery quickly drew angry glares from the crowd. Sometimes, cuteness really worked, and even the bystanders started arguing with those from Li Yi’s school.
“Li Yi’s saber has power amplitude, how can Sister Jiu be so reckless!”
Even Bai Qianyu, who had always blindly believed in Su Jiu, panicked. She had investigated all of Li Yi’s abilities in order to challenge him.
Su Jiu’s direct head-on confrontation like this was bound to result in injury. This Li Yi was not someone that veterans like Wang Mazi could compare to.
After another ten breaths, the argument grew louder, and some people even yelled for the referee to stop the match.
“Stop the match quickly! Do you want that girl to die in there?”
The referee on the field stared blankly at the scene inside, then swept his gaze across the audience again, sighed lightly, and casually waved his hand, sending a gentle breeze to blow away the mist on the field.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to save her, but… alas.
As the lower layer of mist dispersed, the crowd saw blood constantly dripping.
“Drip!”
“Drip!”
“Sister Jiu is injured!”
Seeing this, Bai Qianyu felt a strange pang in her heart. Her mind went blank for a moment. Without thinking too much, she wanted to rush onto the stage to stop the match.
Even Lu Ke, who usually opposed Su Jiu, clenched her fists slightly. Although she disliked Su Jiu, she acknowledged her fighting spirit for honor.
“Stop! She’s fine!” Lu Nan’s voice suddenly rang out.
“So much blood, how can Su Jiu be fine?”
Bai Qianyu stopped slightly, looking indignantly at Lu Nan. However, at this moment, there was also a hint of disbelief in Lu Nan’s eyes. Because she was worried, Bai Qianyu did not notice it.
Then, Bai Qianyu ignored the obstruction from the staff and rushed straight onto the stage. This was one of the few times she didn’t listen to her teachers and acted like a bad student.
But as she got closer, she was stunned. She stopped at the front of the stage, somewhat lost.
“Sister Jiu…”
After a while, the mist completely dispersed, revealing a scene that no one present dared to believe.
It was Li Yi who retreated a few steps. The tiger’s mouth holding the Crimson Flame Saber had a large gap, which was constantly dripping blood. Opposite him, Su Jiu, like an immortal pointing at mortals, lightly held the mouth of the wine gourd, her small hand holding the jade gourd upside down.
Li Yi’s face, besides the pain, was filled with surprise. He, a seemingly weak Priest girl, had actually managed to suppress him in close combat!
Su Jiu’s expression remained unchanged. With a carp flip, the jade gourd in her hand struck again, her posture as elegant as it was forceful.
“Bang!”
Li Yi’s heart tightened. He didn’t care about dignity anymore and quickly created distance. He dared not clash head-on again. Holding the great saber in his hand, he began to swing it gently.
He had to use a martial skill.
He never imagined that one day he would have to use a martial skill against someone his age, and in such a flustered manner. It was rather laughable.
