touchnovel Chapter 99 The Finals
Chapter 99 The Finals
Chapter 99 The Finals
Chen Lie, standing calmly in the crowd, watched this scene unfold.
After noon, the school's top ten competition concluded.
The school broadcast announced: "The top ten competition has concluded. The top ten are: Zhou Tianhong, Sun Zhengquan, Chen Lie, Lu Qingchan, Ding Jinyang, Li Pinliang, Du Nuanxue, Huang Cancan, Dong Qingfeng, and Chang Yafei."
"Students, the championship match of this martial arts competition has officially begun. Next, the school's intelligent computer will match you with your opponents. Five matches will be held simultaneously. Please look at the large screen in the center of the square."
Suddenly, the image on the big screen changed, showing several sets of data.
Zhou Tianhong VS Ding Jinyang, Lu Qingchan VS Huang Cancan, Dong Qingfeng VS Sun Zhengquan, Chang Yafei VS Li Pinliang, Chen Lie VS Du Nuanxue. "Students, the martial arts arena will be divided into five combat zones. Dongchuan TV will be recording the entire event. Next, the two top ten students from our school will be assigned to different zones for their martial arts competition."
"Chen Lie and Du Nuanxue will compete in martial arts at venue number one."
"Chang Yafei and Li Pinliang will compete in martial arts at venue number two."
"Dong Qingfeng, Sun Zhengquan, and Xu San will compete in martial arts at venue number three."
"Lu Qingchan and Huang Cancan will compete in martial arts at venue number four."
"Zhou Tianhong and Ding Jinyang will compete in martial arts at venue number five."
"The battle arenas have been divided. Please proceed to your assigned areas immediately for the martial arts competition."
After the broadcast ended, Chen Lie immediately went to venue number 1.
Facing Chen Lie was a girl of similar age.
Chen Lie knew that this was his opponent, Du Nuanxue.
After Du Nuanxue entered, she glanced at Chen Lie and said, "Du Nuanxue from Elite Class 1, Qi and Blood Value 218.47 kcal."
"Chen Lie from Elite Class 5, Qi and Blood Value: 142.31 kcal." Chen Lie also reported his information.
Du Nuanxue was somewhat surprised: "You're really lucky to have gotten this far with only 140+ calories of Qi and Blood."
However, meeting me means your luck has already run out.
Chen Lie remained expressionless, only listening intently to the broadcast.
Until the announcement rang out: "The martial arts competition begins!"
Chen Lie moved suddenly and appeared directly beside Du Nuanxue in the next moment.
"Um?"
Du Nuanxue was slightly startled by Chen Lie's agile and swift movements.
She unleashed her mastered C-level martial art, the Water Soft Palm, a set of palm techniques that swiftly landed on Chen Lie.
A C-level martial art mastered to perfection is incredibly powerful. When Du Nuanxue strikes with her palm, afterimages are created, and the friction between her palm and the air produces a "whooshing" sound, as if the void itself is being torn apart.
In just over ten seconds, Du Nuanxue unleashed more than a dozen slaps at Chen Lie.
However, these dozen or so palm strikes landed on Chen Lie, but they did not affect him in the slightest, and he easily deflected them all.
"Huh? It seems that getting to this point wasn't entirely due to luck."
Du Nuanxue murmured, "Now, I'm going to get serious."
As she spoke, Du Nuanxue launched another attack. With light and graceful steps, she came to Chen Lie's side and pressed herself tightly against him as she launched a palm strike.
For a martial arts student like Du Nuanxue, whose blood energy value exceeds 200 calories, Chen Lie no longer has the advantage in strength, but he is not inferior to her. When Du Nuanxue launched more than a dozen palm strikes at him, Chen Lie countered each move and neutralized the force of Du Nuanxue's palm strikes.
Du Nuanxue gritted her teeth, lamenting that she had already used all her strength, yet still couldn't harm Chen Lie in the slightest, and her heart sank.
The level of danger Chen Lie posed to her rose sharply.
Seeing that Du Nuanxue's panicked movements caused her to make numerous mistakes, Chen Lie knew that his opportunity had come.
He seized an opening in Du Nuanxue's defenses, and in the brief moment she withdrew her palm, he immediately moved close to meet her, appearing beside her in a flash.
Chen Lie used a grappling technique from basic fighting skills and instantly grabbed Du Nuanxue's arm.
When Du Nuanxue saw that her arm was locked by Chen Lie, she was shocked and immediately turned around and kicked Chen Lie.
Chen Lie blocked Du Nuanxue's kick with an elbow strike, and then he bent his hand back and tightly gripped Du Nuanxue's neck.
In the No. 1 duel arena, Chen Lie had one hand locked around Du Nuanxue's arm and the other hand gripped her neck.
At this moment, Du Nuanxue had completely lost the ability to attack. She still wanted to struggle, but Chen Lie increased the force and tightened his grip on Du Nuanxue's neck, causing Du Nuanxue to keep rolling her eyes back.
"What the heck? What's going on? Close-fitting short-sleeved clothing?"
With one hand gripping her neck and the other twisting her arm, could it be that Chen Lie is trying to take advantage of Du Nuanxue because she's pretty?
Look, Du Nuanxue is even rolling her eyes, which shows that Chen Lie has absolutely no mercy for her and is using all his strength.
"This is the first time I've seen a martial arts student of this level fight without using martial arts techniques, but directly using close-quarters combat?"
He seemed to be using fighting techniques from martial arts.
Chen Lie restrained Du Nuanxue with both hands. Seeing that the broadcast was not going to start, he turned to the teacher hosting the martial arts competition and asked, "Why haven't you announced the results yet? She's almost out of breath."
After Chen Lie finished speaking, the broadcast announced: "In the first duel arena, Chen Lie versus Du Nuanxue, Chen Lie wins and advances to the next round."
After the broadcast started, Chen Lie immediately released Du Nuanxue.
Du Nuanxue couldn't help but lie on the ground and cough for a while.
Her eyes were red as she pointed at Chen Lie and said, "You did this on purpose! What kind of martial arts competition is this?"
Chen Lie merely glanced at Du Nuanxue and said indifferently, "It's your own fault for being dishonest. You tried to break free even after I subdued you, so you can't blame me for increasing the force."
After saying that, Chen Lie turned around and left the Absolute Arena.
As he stepped off the dueling arena, Chen Lie sighed inwardly.
In the next martial arts competition, when facing an opponent of this caliber, I must defeat them in one move before they can react, otherwise things will get complicated.
Meanwhile, the results of the other four duels have also been announced.
The announcement came over the loudspeaker again: "The top ten finalists are: Zhou Tianhong, Dong Qingfeng, Chen Lie, Lu Qingchan, and Li Pinliang."
"Next, the intelligent computer will randomly allocate the slots. If one person is not selected, please look at the large screen above."
The screen displayed: Zhou Tianyu VS Dong Qingfeng.
Lu Qingchan VS Li Pinliang.
Chen Lie was given a bye.
Seeing that he had failed once, Chen Lie stepped aside and watched the two battles in the arena.
In the first duel arena, Zhou Tianhong defeated Dong Qingfeng with overwhelming force in a single move.
Chen Lie had a vague feeling that Zhou Tianyu might become his final opponent.
His Qi and Blood value is probably twice that of his own, maybe even a little more.
In the second duel arena, Lu Qingchan's strength was also far superior to Li Pinliang's, and Li Pinliang was defeated within a few moves.
After the two duels ended, the school's loudspeaker blared again.
"The top three in this martial arts competition have emerged: Zhou Tianhong, Lu Qingchan, and Chen Lie."
"Next, the intelligent computer will randomly assign three students to a duel, with two students competing against each other and one student skipping the round. Please look at the big screen."
The large screen above the square suddenly changed its display.
The screen above shows: Chen Lie VS Lu Qingchan.
Zhou Tianyu received a bye.
Upon seeing the information on the screen, Lu Qingchan was taken aback.
She couldn't believe that Chen Lie had actually gone this far.
To be an elite student who has made it to the top three in the martial arts competition, one must have had at least 200 or more points of Qi and Blood in the past, right?
So, does that mean Chen Lie's blood energy value is 200 calories?
However, when they had dinner together a month ago, Chen Lie's parents were still worried about his blood energy level not breaking through 1.
How is it possible to increase one's Qi and Blood value from 1 to 200 in just one month?
Even a master of divine sense couldn't do that.
Could it be that Chen Lie was hiding his true strength back then?
"Chen Lie and Lu Qingchan, please begin your martial arts competition immediately."
Returning to the broadcast, Lu Qingchan cleared her mind and stepped onto the training ground.
Chen Lie stepped onto the stage from another direction of the training ground.
The two stood facing each other, and Lu Qingchan spoke first: "Lu Qingchan from Elite Class 1, Qi and Blood Value 265.78 kcal."
Chen Lie said, "Chen Lie from Elite Class 5, Qi and Blood Value: 142.31 kcal."
Upon hearing Chen Lie's news, Lu Qingchan asked in confusion, "With only 140 calories of Qi and Blood, how did you manage to defeat all those people with over 200 calories of Qi and Blood to get here?"
Chen Lie ignored her and simply waited for the broadcast to start.
Seeing that Chen Lie ignored her question, Lu Qingchan's beautiful face immediately showed a hint of anger.
He thought to himself, "You're ignoring me, huh? Fine, you wait and see. Today I'm going to really test your strength and find out what's going on."
The announcement rang out: "The martial arts competition begins!"
Lu Qingchan immediately assumed a fighting stance and began to unleash her martial arts skills.
But Chen Lie appeared beside Lu Qingchan with incredible speed, before Lu Qingchan could even react.
Before Lu Qingchan could react and try to retaliate, Chen Lie struck her directly on the back of the neck with a palm strike.
Lu Qingchan felt everything go black before her eyes and collapsed.
After all, Lu Qingchan's father and his own father were comrades-in-arms, and Chen Lie couldn't bear to let Lu Qingchan fall to the ground.
So, just as Lu Qingchan fell to the ground, he caught her and made her fall onto him.
"Such a strong fighting spirit! Giving the enemy no time to react, he directly defeated them with a single blow, killing them instantly."
Even the teacher who hosted the martial arts competition was amazed by Chen Lie's skill.
Chen Lie's move was something that even many battle-hardened high-level martial artists couldn't do.
"Chen Lie defeated Lu Qingchan and advanced to the finals."
As the broadcast sounded, Chen Lie carried Lu Qingchan down from the training ground.
Just as Chen Lie was looking for a place to put Lu Qingchan, Lu Qingchan slowly opened her eyes.
Seeing that she was in Chen Lie's arms, Lu Qingchan screamed "Ah!" and then pushed Chen Lie away with great force.
"What are you doing?"
Lu Qingchan landed on the ground, did a somersault, and stood up again. She pointed at Chen Lie angrily.
"I knocked you unconscious in the dueling arena, I just didn't want you to fall to the ground," Chen Lie explained.
"What did you say? You knocked me unconscious?" Lu Qingchan asked in disbelief.