Chu Tian's probing this time involved activating his psychic perception.
Through subtle observation with psychic perception, Chu Tian completely understood that his spiritual energy fluctuations could be clearly detected by the other party. Then, the other party used her own spiritual power to counteract attacks from others.
However, Chu Tian had no idea what this woman's talent was. After all, Lanfeng had yet to reveal her talent.
Although Chu Tian had learned from their previous duel with Xiaolong how she evaded talent abilities, he couldn't replicate it. This wasn't a talent but a meticulous control of her spiritual energy, which was something he couldn't grasp quickly.
Even if he managed to learn it, it would take time to become proficient.
Watching Lanfeng approach, a golden light suddenly flashed in Chu Tian's eyes.
In just a breath's time, a confident smile appeared on Chu Tian's face.
Then, he rushed toward Lanfeng at high speed, and the ice in his hand condensed into icicles that were projected towards her.
However, Lanfeng remained calm and effortlessly dodged each of Chu Tian's ice attacks.
Her movements were relaxed and graceful, as if Chu Tian's attacks were nothing at all.
However, the ice that fell to the ground suddenly emitted intense cold.
The surrounding onlookers felt the piercing cold, causing them to instinctively step back.
However, at this moment, Chu Tian suddenly activated his Blink ability.
Lanfeng coldly smiled and delivered a sharp elbow strike to her right side.
To her surprise, her elbow struck Chu Tian's fist.
With a bone-cracking sound, Lanfeng's arm dislocated. Her composed demeanor was replaced with a hint of panic and disbelief.
But Chu Tian didn't let the opportunity slip away. He forcefully pushed Lanfeng and sent her flying out of the ring, landing among the onlookers, knocking over several mercenaries.
The match was decided. Chu Tian emerged as the winner.
The mercenaries in the audience applauded, as they considered it a legendary feat for a C-rank talent to challenge and defeat a B+ rank talent like Lanfeng.
After dealing with Lanfeng's injury, the three platforms used for the competition were dismantled, leaving only an award platform.
The post-match ceremony officially began.
Just like in his previous life, first came a long speech by Caesar, full of official rhetoric.
Next was a speech by the commander of the Mercenary Base.
Initially, it was expected that the Executive Commander of the Third Human Base would also speak, but in the end, Caesar gave the speech on her behalf.
After more than half an hour, the actual award presentation finally began.
The commander handed each of the winners an electronic card that shimmered with a purple light. These purple cards were the keys to enter the Eye of Insight, but they could only be used once.
After receiving the key, Chu Tian placed it in his system space. He didn't need to use it yet; he had to wait for the Executive Commander to personally open the Eye of Insight in five days.
After the awards were presented, Chu Tian left the still lively competition venue and headed to the luxurious banquet hosted by Cleosha.
Satisfied after a hearty meal, Chu Tian settled the bill and left. He went directly to the mercenary base's terminal to catch a flight to the Death's Edge. In the next five days, he wanted to visit the Alaska that could speak human language.
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A punch obliterated a fierce beast's head, and Chu Tian continued moving toward the city.
Chu Tian never minded getting more talent points because he could feel that as he progressed, his talent points would become increasingly insufficient.
Three fire-tailed rats appeared, all of them once ordinary rats mutated in the city's sewers.
Rats were known for their high reproduction rates, and while they had low combat power, they were numerous. Under normal circumstances, unless a talented individual with exceptional abilities came along, most people would avoid the path of fire-tailed rats.
But Chu Tian wasn't an ordinary person.
He condensed a ball of flames in his palm, causing the temperature in the area to rise. The three fire-tailed rats, sensing the danger, stopped feasting on the dead corpses and warily raised their heads.
Chu Tian wouldn't let these fire-tailed rats go to spread the word. He quickly formed the fiery ball into a large fireball and launched it at the rats.
Before the three fire-tailed rats could react, they were turned into ashes by the flames.
With no bodies to decompose, Chu Tian received over two hundred talent points for the kills.
Having killed the three fire-tailed rats, Chu Tian activated his invisibility and leaped into the sky.
Before long, he landed near a children's park, and from there, he headed to the zoo within the park.
As soon as he touched down, two burly werewolves approached him, holding bone-made weapons. Two of them pointed bone-made spears at Chu Tian's throat.
It seemed that any sudden movement would result in the spears piercing his throat.
However, Chu Tian didn't seem concerned. He smiled kindly at the werewolves, recognizing that these werewolves were his future combat units. He couldn't afford to offend them easily.
Just at that moment, a huge and burly Alaskan approached him.