"As long as you're up for it…" Lu Zihan, delighted that Shen Zhe did not back off, declared, "If you lose, yesterday's gamble will be nullified, and you will stop pestering Ling Xueru!"
"What if you lose?" Shen Zhe looked at him and asked.
"Me? How could I lose?" Lu Zihan sniffed.
"So you're suggesting that I'm a sure loser. In that case, why would I have this match with you?"
Shen Zhe said, "It's true that my grades are terrible, but I'm not an idiot!"
Lu Zihan was stunned.
It did make sense. Why would anyone take part in a game that they would surely lose?
Besides, Shen Zhe did win against him the day before.
He frowned and asked, "What are your conditions?"
"It's very simple. If you fail, you will apologize to my friends in public and provide healing herbs for them. I'll make a list of the herbs they need!" said Shen Zhe.
"Public apology? Herbs?"
Lu Zihan frowned.
For a descendant of the Lu family, healing drugs were not a big issue, but apologizing in public would certainly demean him.
"That's right. Let's call it a day if you're scared of failure!"
Stretching out his arms, Shen Zhe pretended that he was leaving the arena and said, "After all, you lost the last contest, and you will remain a loser if there are no more contests…"
"You…"
Lu Zihan gritted his teeth.
He had learned everything about Shen Zhe: the last place in the school, two illuminated stars after nine years in school, awful grades… The guy had only defeated him by cheating. It wouldn't happen again!
He clenched his fists firmly and said, "Alright, I agree!"
If he refused, it would've been a denial of his years of hard work. How could a top ten student be scared off by a slim possibility?
"Let's begin!"
Shen Zhe nodded in satisfaction.
He needed new herbs, and the guy was ready to offer them. Before he said anything else, Lu Zihan had charged at him full of fury.
The genius showed extraordinary abilities at the very beginning of the battle. Seven stars glittered in his body, imposing a heavy pressure on Shen Zhe.
BAM!
Before his fist approached She Zhe, the air was already exploding.
Shen Zhe didn't dodge and simply punched back.
He had never learned any battle techniques, but he was quite experienced in street fights. His target was exactly Lu Zihan's face.
Faces were certainly the enjoyable part to smack.
Not expecting that the guy dared to fight back, Lu Zihan sneered and was about to knock Shen Zhe out with a graceful posture to show his extraordinary strength, when he discovered that Shen Zhe was twice as fast as himself.
His face turned pale. "How could Shen Zhe be so fast? Wasn't he a weak student?"
He had checked Shen Zhe's grades in the previous semester. The guy might not be capable of killing a chicken. Why was he so strong at the moment?
If he was that strong, why did he chicken out the other day?
While those ideas popped up in Lu Zihan's head, Shen Zhe's fist reached his face.
BAM!
Lu Zihan trembled dizzily.
Having illuminated seven stars, he was far sturdier than ordinary people, but it was of no use for Shen Zhe, whose body had reached the seventh stage.
After one collision, the power of the stars in Lu Zihan's body was dispersed.
"Is this… the power of a Body Practitioner?"
At that moment, Lu Zihan knew that the guy must've polished his body, or he couldn't have been so ferocious.
He didn't know the specific stage Shen Zhe was in, but the guy was obviously stronger than him…
He was about to attack again, when he was kicked in the face. His head went blank and he fell. Then, Shen Zhe sat on his chest heavily.
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
His cheeks moved beyond his control.
"I surrender…"
Almost weeping, Lu Zihan cried out.
He had to surrender!
Considering the enemy's strength, if the fight continued, not only would his face be broken, but it was possible that he would die on the spot!
He thought he was there to brutalize noobs, but he didn't know that he was the actual noob who couldn't put up any resistance.
Shen Zhe shook his head and said, "I don't accept it!"
"…" Lu Zihan freaked out.
"What do you mean by 'I don't accept it'?"
"'I surrender' means you can stop smacking…"
"You don't accept it? Are you serious?"
"I didn't know you could do that… Where's your dignity and manners?"
"Well…"
"Shen Zhe is smacking Lu Zihan?"
"Lu Zihan has illuminated seven stars and has reached the fourth level of body polishing, but he couldn't survive Shen Zhe's one punch…"
…
Zhao Chen and the rest of them, who had been worried, were shocked at how things turned out in the end.
Shen Zhe had been their friend for the longest time. They knew his strength very well. But why was he beating such a genius as Lu Zihan as easily as if he were a chicken?
"Is the face actually a vulnerable part?"
Liu Pengyue was deep in thought.
He never had a chance to fight back just then. He decided to attack his enemy's faces first in future fights.
"This isn't just about face smacking; this is… a prodigal student?" said Zhao Chen with mixed feelings.
He had heard that certain geniuses had bad grades at the beginning, but after they realized their mistakes, they could catch up with the top places and make great achievements soon!
Those people were called prodigal students!
Was his friend one of such people?
He had turned out to be so good, when he had never worked hard until that semester. If he carried on, what level would he reach?
"It seems that he won't be last place this semester…"
Thinking about that, Zhao Chen remarked, "I really wonder about his place in the finals of this semester!"
Strength was directly related to grades. Those with good grades were strong, and vice versa. Since Lu Zihan, a top ten, was no match for Shen Zhe, it wasn't hard to imagine that Shen Zhe's result in the next exam couldn't be bad.
…
"He's rather fast…"
Ling Xueru didn't chase Shen Zhe until after a brief hesitation. She didn't know his destination, and she failed to find him around the classroom.
The class would start soon. If she couldn't find him, the teacher would definitely punish him.
"I thought that he had changed his attitude, but he's horsing around again…"
She sniffed and was about to abandon her search, when she heard an announcement.
"I surrender!"
"That's Lu Zihan? Was he messing with Shen Zhe?"
Briefly stunned, Ling Xueru looked awful.
Lu Zihan had been pursuing her. She knew exactly what he did in secret.
He would secretly attack those who were interested in her. Many students had been injured by him in the recent years.
It was also the reason why he threw a tantrum at Shen Zhe the day before. Was it possible that he would still not let go of Shen Zhe?
The gamble that Lu Zihan lost to Shen Zhe was too humiliating. Lu Zihan kept it from spreading with his connections. Since Ling Xueru had left early, she didn't know anything about it.
She thought that Lu Zihan had picked on Shen Zhe that day because he had failed to do so the day before.
However… If he was teaching Shen Zhe a lesson, why was he giving up?
Had Shen Zhe somehow defeated the proud guy?
In that case, Shen Zhe would've truly made tremendous progress.
Thinking about that, Ling Xueru felt satisfied and comforted.