Chapter 19: Golden Expert
“Wan Xiao and Zhou Qi, they are both big mouths.” Li Yuan felt quite helpless in his heart.
On the day he made a duel with Lin Lan Yue, before evening self-study, the news spread throughout the entire senior year.
Lin Lan Yue was a celebrity, and Li Yuan also had some fame.
There were all kinds of rumors.
The most important reason was that Lin Lan Yue had never made a duel with other students in these years, and Li Yuan was the first.
At the beginning, Li Yuan held the thought of ‘the clear will be self-clearing’, and didn’t bother to pay attention. Later, he realized how naive he was.
Today, over 300 people had come to watch their duel on the Stellaluna Fighting Network, mostly classmates.
And the number kept approaching 400.
This was already an astonishing number, after all, it was just a personal duel, and no one was live streaming it.
“Yuan Ge, watch me be awesome, I pulled the whole class to cheer for you!” Zhou Qi, with his yellow explosive hair and wearing leather pants, waved his hand from the spectator stand.
The virtual network had 70% realism, making the whole arena almost identical to reality. Hundreds of people gathered around the arena, already extremely lively.
“Go for it!”
“Yuan Ge, your big spear must be eager to try.”
There were many noisy sounds, and many people even took out banners and glow sticks, all of which were free props provided by the system.
Many people supported Li Yuan.
But most of the audience still supported Lin Lan Yue. She had good grades, was beautiful, and was very popular…especially among boys.
Most boys are very devoted, they only like beautiful eighteen-year-old girls.
What’s more, Lin Lan Yue was only seventeen.
…On the arena.
“Ready.” Li Yuan moved his mind.
The arena, about 30 meters in diameter, instantly changed the surrounding lights from red to green.
Li Yuan and Lin Lan Yue’s virtual bodies disappeared instantly.
At the same time, a huge countdown appeared above the arena: 30, 29, 28…
“Both duelers’ ranks are below Falling Star rank, the system has judged their battle body physique to be 8.0 level.”
“You have 24 seconds left, please select your weapon, otherwise the system will automatically select your usual choice.”
In the preparation space, Li Yuan heard the system’s voice in his ears.
“8.0 level physique.” Li Yuan felt the change in his body’s strength, he was already used to it.
“Weapon scheme number one.” Li Yuan said directly.
As an ‘old bird’ who had fought thousands of times on the Stellaluna Fighting Network, he had different weapon schemes for different duel types and opponents.
Li Yuan had set up five weapon schemes in total.
“Selected weapon: No. 9 standard spear, length 2.3 meters, weight…”
“Armor: No. 4 standard light armor, weight…” A large amount of data flashed before Li Yuan’s eyes.
The 2.3-meter spear was considered short. If Li Yuan dueled with other spear masters, he would be at a disadvantage.
An inch longer is an inch stronger.
Lin Lan Yue used a sword, so a spear that was too long wouldn’t be agile enough, and it wouldn’t necessarily be advantageous…a slightly longer weapon would be enough.
“Even when hunting a rabbit, a lion uses all its strength, what’s more, there are two thousand Lanxing coins.” Li Yuan thought to himself.
Li Yuan never wasted anything.
…
The crowd surged around the arena, the number of viewers had already exceeded 400. They weren’t all students, there were also a few outsiders.
For example – Teacher Xu Bo and Principal Tan Zhenlong.
“It’s quite lively.”
Principal Tan stood in a corner, wearing a hat, his appearance was different from his real appearance, no student could recognize him.
“It’s lively.” Xu Bo smiled, “Look, it’s about to begin.”
Principal Tan nodded, he was brought here by Xu Bo, mainly because he had nothing to do.
As the top seed in senior year, Principal Tan would naturally pay some attention to Lin Lan Yue.
On the arena.
Countdown 3, 2, 1… Whoosh! Whoosh!
Li Yuan and Lin Lan Yue reappeared on both sides of the arena, both wearing battle armor and holding weapons.
The most eye-catching was the golden symbol on top of their heads.
“Golden rank?”
“Golden expert?”
“Both of them are Golden rank?” In an instant, a burst of exclamations came from the crowd around the arena.
“Yuan Ge reached Golden rank? Last time we were in the Grand Battle Royale, he was still Silver rank.” Zhou Qi, Wan Xiao, and the others all widened their eyes.
“He secretly climbed the ranks behind our backs?” Yan Zhou said, “Next time we have to let Yuan Ge take us to the Grand Battle Royale.”
“Golden expert? Both of them are Golden?” Li Tian You stood in a corner, looking at the symbol above the heads of the two people on the arena, “Lan Yue reached Golden rank as well?”
Lin Lan Yue didn’t know Li Tian You.
But that didn’t stop Li Tian You from having a crush on Lin Lan Yue (lust at first sight).
There were quite a few senior year boys like him who secretly admired Lin Lan Yue, but few dared to confess their feelings.
“Damn, Li Yuan is also Golden?” Gu Qiang Han stared at the symbol above Li Yuan’s head, “No wonder Teacher Xu praised Li Yuan so much.”
Both duelers being Golden rank instantly increased the excitement.
“Oh? Both of them are Golden rank?” Principal Tan was also slightly surprised, “I wonder if they have reached 500 points, if they have, they would be qualified for special recruitment.”
“Old Tan, I told you, these two students are extraordinary.” Xu Bo smiled, “Why else would I drag you here?”
Not to mention senior year students.
Even students from Wudao University, many of them couldn’t reach Golden rank.
…
“You reached Golden rank?” Li Yuan held his spear, stared at the red-haired Lin Lan Yue, and felt quite surprised.
The Stellaluna Fighting Network was divided into nine ranks: Bronze, Silver, Golden, Falling Star, Moonlight, Eclipse, Transcendent, Legendary, Martial Saint.
For minors to reach Golden rank was extremely rare.
Even many of the self-proclaimed martial arts experts on live streams, most of them were only Moonlight rank, very few reached Eclipse rank.
Transcendent rank and above? Those who could reach it were already top martial arts experts in reality, they wouldn’t possibly be on live streams.
At least, Li Yuan hadn’t seen a Transcendent rank expert while watching live streams.
He had only seen them in some combat videos.
“Just you can break through?” Lin Lan Yue looked at Li Yuan, her voice cold.
Lin Lan Yue wasn’t surprised by Li Yuan reaching Golden rank, she had expected it long ago.
“You have hostility towards me?” Li Yuan vaguely felt it.
The next moment.
“Boom!” Lin Lan Yue moved.
Her light armor was also fiery red, and she, like a ball of fire, charged towards Li Yuan like lightning.
With 8.0 level physique, her burst speed was 18 meters per second, and her standard punching force was 800 kilograms.
And the arena was only 30 meters in diameter.
From starting to getting close, Lin Lan Yue could reach Li Yuan in at most 2.2 seconds.
“Shoo!” A fiery red sword, like lightning, attacked Li Yuan.
“Rip!”
Li Yuan grinned, clenched his spear, and his body moved instantly, stabbing forward fiercely.
Middle-Level Thrust!
“Clang!” The fiery red sword and the spear collided, the spear trembled and deflected to one side, and the sword in the air, like a venomous snake turning its head, changed direction and stabbed again.
“This sword technique.”
“It’s quite strange, the explosive force is so strong, even stronger than my spear’s straight thrust, is it a move attached to a high-level cultivation technique?” Li Yuan was surprised in his heart.
He had heard that Lin Lan Yue cultivated the 《Blazing Inferno Cultivation Technique》among the seven high-level cultivation techniques.
Each cultivation technique was divided into parts, such as posturing practice, breathing technique, fist technique, etc.
Li Yuan hadn’t come into contact with high-level cultivation techniques.
But he knew that it was an advanced version of the 《Blazing Inferno Cultivation Technique》, one of the seven basic cultivation techniques.
“The 《Blazing Inferno Cultivation Technique》is good at attack, this high-level cultivation technique should be the same, head-on confrontation is not my forte, her swordsmanship is also at the third section.” Li Yuan’s spear technique changed instantly: “I have to be careful.”
The spear suddenly retracted, no longer attacking actively, but changed into a blocking stance.
At the same time, Li Yuan began to move his body, using his footwork to relieve force.
“Clang!” “Clang!” The sword light and the spear shadow changed and collided, in the blink of an eye, it was already more than ten moves.
“How can his footwork and foundation be so steady?” Lin Lan Yue was also surprised, “My ‘Fire Sea Sinking Boat’, he actually deflected it with one thrust of his spear.”
In Lin Lan Yue’s feeling, Li Yuan, who was only defending, was like a tortoise.
She couldn’t break through at all.
…
“So fast!”
“This kind of exchange, Lin Lan Yue’s sword kept attacking, how did Li Yuan block it?”
“Awesome!”
“His footwork is so exquisite.”
“Li Yuan’s spear technique, so steady.” Most of the watching students were amazed.
They had mostly seen higher-level duel live streams and combat videos.
But in their subconscious, those were martial arts experts, their classmates shouldn’t be so strong.
“Do you know what it means to be number one in martial arts skill in our grade?”
“I told you, Lin Lan Yue is no match for Yuan Ge.”
“Yuan Ge, hurry up, beat her.”
“Yuan Ge’s big spear, always lasts long!”
“Even Teacher Xu’s attack, Yuan Ge could block for several moves, what more Lin Lan Yue?”
The students of senior year (2) class were excited.
Their skills weren’t high, but they also knew a simple principle of martial arts, the one who had been defending for a long time would usually have consumed more energy.
“The defense is indeed excellent.”
“This sword technique should be a variation of ‘Fire Sea Sinking Boat’, the attack is fierce.” Principal Tan also commented, a little surprised, “Li Yuan actually blocked it, his spear technique is indeed steady, it seems he has comprehended a defensive killing move.”
“Xu Bo, you’ve taught a good student.” Principal Tan laughed.
“Old Tan, since you’ve said so, hurry up and approve his first-class scholarship.” Xu Bo smiled.
Principal Tan instantly shut up.
“Hmm?” Xu Bo smiled and said no more, continuing to watch, suddenly his eyes lit up, then he shook his head and said, “Lin Lan Yue is being careless.”
…
On the arena, Lin Lan Yue kept using her sword technique, her swordsmanship was like raging flames, pressing forward step by step.
“Clang!” “Clang!” “Clang!”
Li Yuan’s spear, either swept horizontally, or stabbed and chopped, or retreated using footwork, occasionally thrusting forward to force her to retreat.
Lin Lan Yue couldn’t get close.
After cultivating the ‘Firmament Pillar Technique’, Li Yuan was solely focused on defense, and it already had the charm of being as steady as a rock.
“Fifty-seventh sword.”
Li Yuan counted silently in his heart, “She’s been attacking all the time, her energy consumption is very high, the momentum of her sword is weakening.”
“She’s a little anxious.”
“In a life-and-death duel, as long as one is anxious, one is prone to making mistakes, wait.”
On the fifty-ninth sword, Li Yuan keenly captured the slight change in the momentum of the opponent’s swordsmanship.
Sixty-third sword.
“Whoosh!” The sword light was like fire, extremely fierce.
Lin Lan Yue was still attacking fiercely, determined to break Li Yuan’s defense, her swordsmanship was sharp, but she unconsciously had relaxed her defense.
After all, Li Yuan hadn’t attacked at all from beginning to end, he had been defending all the time.
“Now!” Li Yuan’s eyes suddenly lit up,
“Boom!”
Li Yuan completely ignored Lin Lan Yue’s sword, his spear suddenly shook, like a giant dragon hidden in thousands of rock crevices, suddenly burst out and stabbed forward.
Spear technique killing move – Dragons Hidden in Rock Crevices!
“Not good!” Lin Lan Yue instantly sensed something was wrong, she felt that Li Yuan’s aura had instantly changed, as if a sleeping beast was revealing its fangs.
The momentum was terrifying.
“It’s too late to retreat.” Lin Lan Yue realized this, her eyes flashed with a cold glint, and she didn’t hesitate.
She didn’t retreat, but instead, she stabbed even more fiercely with her sword.
“Thump!!”
The spear was like a dragon, piercing through armor, directly piercing through Lin Lan Yue’s chest, blood splattered, her body instantly turned into nothingness.
The light armor couldn’t block Li Yuan’s big spear at all.
“Rip!”
The next moment, the violent sword also pierced Li Yuan’s shoulder, blood spattered.
“Clang~” The sword fell to the ground.
On the arena, only the injured Li Yuan was left.
“The spear is longer than the sword, so I have 0.1 second more reaction time.” Li Yuan shook his head, then revealed a smile.
“One minute, two thousand Lanxing coins in hand.”
“So cool!”
(End of Chapter)
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