Li Jiye's fist vigorously sank into the hard soil barrier and even overflowed with a khaki-element light.
This was undoubtedly Lingard's martial art, Rock Fall Fist!
The audience naturally didn't feel it as vividly as Lingard.
While hiding in the soil barrier, he was astonished to see Li Jiye use Rock Fall Fist to break apart the hard soil barrier in an instant.
"You've lost." Li Jiye withdrew his fist and stood in front of Lingard. The khaki light flashed on his fist and was then replaced by the turquoise Wind Element.
Lingard gaped at him and finally shrugged his shoulders rather helplessly.
"Okay, I admit defeat…" He appeared to be extraordinarily unaffected when he said this. After the referee announced the end of the battle, he quickly followed Li Jiye.
"Li Jiye, right? You… Hey! Wait for me! How did you get my Rock Fall Fist? Don't you specialize in Wind Element? You…"
Li Jiye ignored him and just smiled politely before disappearing from the competition field.
Replicating skills was his biggest trump card. How could he possibly casually reveal his secret to an opponent?
Li Jiye circled around the ring for a while and finally stopped at the venue where Jovic was having his match.
Jovic's opponent was a tall and burly young man. The young man held a big sword nearly two meters in length and was looking condescendingly at Jovic.
Li Jiye knew that with Jovic's Poison Element, the moment he spread his Fatal Extraction throughout the ring, his opponent would lose out to him without skills of the same element. In a way, Jovic was basically invincible.
Jovic indeed released this martial art.
"Sorry, it seems I'm on a higher level! Lethal Twine!"
Jovic released purple-red poisonous mist all around the ring. He squeezed his hands into fists, and the purple-red mist suddenly shrank and condensed into a ring of thorns.
"Oh?" The young man smirked and raised the big sword in his hand. In the next second, Li Jiye saw the young man swing his big sword around.
The fiery red energy exuding from the big sword slashed the seemingly impenetrable poisonous fog. In an instant, the thorn ring summoned by Jovic slowly condensed and then dissipated silently.
"You… What kind of a monster are you?" Shock, astonishment, and disbelief all appeared in Jovic's expression. He watched as his B-level martial art disappeared in an instant. Let alone him, even Li Jiye couldn't help but gasp in disbelief.
Having competed with Jovic twice, Li Jiye understood his strength very well. The seemingly illusory poisonous fog simply didn't have the defensive ability of the Earth Element. In front of the burly man's sword, Jovic could only blink as he was without his mist defense.
What was the strength of his opponent?
"The winner is… Mike from Vegas Academy!"
Jovic looked a little gloomy upon hearing the referee's announcement. He shook hands with Mike and then walked out of the ring alone.
In this day's competition, among the Polar Star Academy students, only Li Jiye successfully advanced.
The students who entered the final four were Li Jiye from Polar Star Academy, Mike from Vegas Academy, Barman Yingjian from North Sea Academy, and a female student named Kate from Mante Academy.
The final four semifinals were scheduled for a week later. After witnessing Mike's terrifying strength, Li Jiye returned to his hotel and immediately started refining potions.
However, with the continuous refining of Tier 3 body-building potions, he realized that the medicinal materials in his hand were dwindling and could no longer support his consumption of potions. After obtaining the consent of the teacher in charge, he went to Yibao Pavilion in Yaoyang City alone…
Coincidentally, Yibao Pavilion was holding its weekly auction at this time. Li Jiye purchased some medicinal materials and successfully participated in the auction with the VIP card from Adele. He entered the auction hall and saw a young man wearing the Mante Academy uniform walking towards him.
"Hey! Li Jiye! What a coincidence! I didn't expect to bump into you here!" This person turned out to be Lingard, the strongest competitor in Mante Academy who had competed with Li Jiye.
"Oh God…" Li Jiye looked a little awkward. After replicating his Rock Fall Fist on the ring and winning with this martial art, Lingard had come to find him several times recently. He had avoided him for many days and didn't expect to suddenly see him here.
Seemingly unaware of Li Jiye's awkward expression, Lingard reached out and patted his shoulder.
"If you're able to join this auction, it must mean you're also a VIP guest! Let's go. We're not considered strangers, so let's go find a room together!"
Lingard's outgoing personality made him very difficult to refuse. Thus, Li Jiye followed him into a room under his warm hospitality.
As the auction started, various instruments of different shapes and colors continued to appear in the hall. During this period, Lingard made many bids. Soon, many strange objects filled the room.
On the other hand, Li Jiye wasn't tempted by these unique items. The reason he had come to this auction was to obtain the Tier 4 formula for the Azure Mystic Potion.
Sure enough, near the end of the auction, the auctioneer holding a purple-gold gavel bowed to everyone in the hall and the private rooms.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the next item is a scroll that records the formula for the Tier 4 Azure Mystic Potion! The starting price is… 7,000 gold coins! The minimum increment is 500 gold coins. Let the bidding begin!"
As soon as the auctioneer's words fell, the entire auction venue exploded into endless shouts of people's bids.
Lingard grinned at Li Jiye. "No wonder you haven't purchased anything. It turns out you had your eye on this formula!"
Li Jiye rolled his eyes and ignored him.
After three minutes, the constant bidding in the auction house gradually cooled down. At this moment, Li Jiye stood up from his seat and shouted loudly, "Room 7 bids 24,000 gold coins!"
The auction house was silent for a long time after hearing this.
This was also a risky move on Li Jiye's part. He had topped the previous bid by 3,000 gold coins in one swoop in order to deter those who desired the Azure Mystic Potion formula.
But the silence didn't last long. Not long after, a clear female voice sounded from the next room.
"Room 6 bids 30,000 gold coins!"
Li Jiye's breath was caught in his throat. He turned around and looked at the other room to see a graceful woman sitting in the translucent crystal glass room.