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Chapter 15 - Chapter 15 A Small Success

"This kid has got something," Huang Qian, who was watching from the sidelines, was somewhat surprised to see Li Fei win his third match.

Li Fei's third victory was against an opponent that even Huang Qian wasn't sure he could beat.

"Was he pretending before? What was he plotting?" Huang Qian was puzzled.

It was his turn to face Li Fei in the next match, which made him suddenly feel nervous.

Thirty minutes later, Li Fei faced his fourth match against Huang Qian. After entering the ring, Huang Qian did not launch a fierce attack right away but cautiously probed instead.

After a few rounds and finding that Li Fei only knew how to defend, Huang Qian began to attack with more confidence, though he still held back some strength just in case Li Fei launched a counterattack.

Immersed in the breakthrough of the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body, Li Fei repeatedly tried to align his breath and body's reactions with Huang Qian's attacks, to successfully deploy the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body at the moment of impact. But he always fell just a bit short of the perfect rhythm, either slightly too fast or a bit too slow.

Three minutes later, Huang Qian kicked out with a sweeping low kick, hitting Li Fei's calf.

Yet, it felt to him like he had kicked a tire full of air, and he was violently bounced back.

This unexpected development threw Huang Qian's balance off, and Li Fei immediately stepped forward, throwing a straight punch at Huang Qian's face. Huang Qian retreated half a step and leaned back to dodge, but Li Fei suddenly lashed out with a leg, sending Huang Qian to the ground with a hook scythe leg.

According to the match rules, Li Fei couldn't continue to attack an opponent who had fallen, so he stepped back two paces to wait for Huang Qian to get back up.

"This kid is a bit bizarre, as if he's practiced some powerful Horizontal Training Skills?" Huang Qian watched Li Fei warily.

Meanwhile, Li Fei was elated inside.

He had finally gotten the rhythm right. As Huang Qian kicked him, he used his Breathing Skill to drive the Qi-Blood to condense at the point of impact. His skin tightened, muscles bulged, and he blocked the sweep without being a fraction early or late, successfully using the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body to withstand Huang Qian's blow.

The Heavenly Gang Dominator Body could not only block attacks but also rebound shock forces. That was the domineering aspect of it, which was why Huang Qian had been rendered unstable.

"Bring it on!" Li Fei beckoned to Huang Qian with a crooked finger.

Now that he had succeeded once, a breakthrough was within reach, and he was eager to try again.

"Fuck!" Upon seeing Li Fei's arrogant gesture, Huang Qian could no longer contain himself and rushed forward to launch a fierce attack.

After a few moves, he punched heavily against Li Fei's chest protector. Instead of retreating after being hit, Li Fei thrust his chest forward to meet the blow.

Even with a layer of protective gear between them, Huang Qian still felt a force rebounding back, forcing him to take half a step back.

"Again!" Li Fei stepped forward, shouting out.

Huang Qian clenched his teeth and continued to punch, but now every punch that landed on Li Fei had a force rebounding back. It was like hitting a sturdy, resilient cowhide drum with all his might!

After a long bout, his opponent was fine, but his own arms had gone numb from the impact...

Qi-Blood Condensation, moving with the situation, any part of the body could instantly rebound force upon impact; this was the lesser mastery of the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body!

So, a strange scene unfolded in the ring:

Even though Huang Qian was the aggressor, he was the one being forced to retreat continuously by Li Fei.

At one moment, Huang Qian stepped into nothing and tumbled off the ring.

Unbeknownst to him, Li Fei had pushed him to the edge of the ring. His last step back took him over the side.

"Li Fei wins!" The referee announced the result following the rules that falling out of the ring counted as a loss.

By this point, Li Fei had scored four consecutive victories in the group matches.

His Myriad Blood Pearl had also absorbed enough energy to level up again:

[Myriad Blood Pearl:

Rank: Level 3, 1%

Blood Souls: 16 beads]

With this upgrade, the number of Blood Souls had increased by four, bringing the total to 16.

Simultaneously, the Blood Souls' recovery rate increased to 1.6 beads per 24 hours.

What made him even happier was that he had successfully made a breakthrough in the realm of the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body, reaching lesser mastery.

Hao Yi had promised him that once he achieved lesser mastery of the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body, he would get access to the Implant.

"It looks like even without the Myriad Blood Pearl, my talent in martial arts isn't bad at all," Li Fei's face beamed with a smile.

...

At 11 o'clock in the morning, Li Fei finished all his group matches and advanced with six consecutive wins, coming out on top.

The elimination rounds wouldn't start until the afternoon, so Li Fei went to look for Li Tianyu at the 'Xuan' ring.

When he arrived, he just caught sight of Li Tianyu defeating her opponent.

The referee declared Li Tianyu the winner, yet fatigue was clearly etched on her face, causing Li Fei to frown slightly.

"How is she?" Li Fei asked as he found Chen Lixin in the crowd.

Chen Lixin's expression was also serious as he shook his head, "Bad luck, there were already two strong contestants in this group, and two others are lackeys of Chen Lixin; Tian Yu had to fight through four tough battles in a row, and it's taken a lot out of her."

Li Fei sighed, "All I need is to win one more match."

The top two from the group would advance, and the first round of the knockout stage in the afternoon was from 16 to 8. As long as he could get into the top eight, he would earn the title of 'Outstanding Graduate'.

"It's a pity she won't think so,"

Chen Lixin said.

At this point, Li Tianyu walked over to the two of them, pointed at herself, and said with a hearty laugh,

"First in the group, nailed it!"

"Awesome, awesome."

"Congratulations, congratulations."

They said with some perfunctory enthusiasm.

"What, you think I can't do it?"

Li Tianyu raised an eyebrow.

"Let's see who we draw next,"

Chen Lixin said.

"Pfft, I can take on anyone."

Li Tianyu was brimming with confidence.

Then she looked at Li Fei and casually asked, "How about you? Did you make it through?"

"Yeah, made it, first in the group,"

Li Fei said calmly.

...

"I'm even thinking about going to the Martial Arts Hall,"

Li Tianyu suddenly said, before the start of the knockout stage that afternoon.

She still found it somewhat unbelievable that Li Fei had qualified as first in his group.

"That special-grade instructor really has something. You seem to have been reborn."

Chen Lixin was also sizing up Li Fei.

"Yeah, the teacher is indeed very powerful."

Li Fei nodded, attributing his sudden surge in prowess entirely to Hao Yi.

"The knockout round begins, the first match..."

In the center of the sports field, a teacher from the Zhi Ge Department shouted loudly.

The afternoon's knockout matches were all held in the central arena of the sports field. Each group's first place would battle against members who were second in other groups, so at this stage of going from 16 to 8, Li Fei didn't need to worry about running into Li Tianyu.

Since it was a knockout match, the number of referees increased from one to four. If neither side could secure a victory within five minutes, victory would be determined by the scores given by the four referees.

"The third match, Li Fei versus Zhao Li."

Soon it was the third match, and it was Li Fei's turn to go on stage.

"Good luck!"

Li Tianyu patted Li Fei on the shoulder.

"Yeah."

Li Fei nodded and walked onto the stage calmly.

"I want to see just how freakish this kid is."

Below the stage, Chen Lixin was watching Li Fei intently.

He had received Huang Qian's report and knew that Li Fei was no ordinary contestant, so he was very interested in this match.

However, the ensuing fight seemed quite ordinary; Li Fei only defended and did not attack, letting his opponent make the moves.

"That's it? You actually lost to someone like this?"

Chen Lixin turned to look at Huang Qian, angrily questioning him.

"Master Chen, I..."

Huang Qian struggled to defend himself.

Only in the last minute of the match did Li Fei begin to exert strength. Enduring his opponent's attack, he exhibited the Heavenly Gang Dominator Body, disrupting his opponent's rhythm with rebounding forces time after time.

When his opponent showed signs of instability, Li Fei immediately used the Hook Scythe Leg, bringing the opponent down four times in succession to win the match 'thrillingly'.

With that, Li Fei successfully advanced to the top eight, securing the title of 'Outstanding Graduate'.

First, he had managed to Breakthrough and upgrade the Myriad Blood Pearl, and now he had also secured the 'Outstanding Graduate' title—the gain was indeed substantial.

Li Fei glanced at Chen Lixin below the stage; his goals were far beyond just this.

"It seems he has practiced some Horizontal Training Skills, taking advantage of the competition format. He's not a concern."

Chen Lixin made his own confident assessment and did not regard Li Fei as a threat.

Huang Qian wanted to say that the Horizontal Training Skills Li Fei practiced were not that simple and were much more sophisticated than what the school taught, but he opened his mouth and ended up saying nothing.

The competition continued.

Li Tianyu's match was the fifth one. Her opponent was clearly not as strong as her, and she won without much effort, securing the 'Outstanding Graduate' title as well.

After all eight matches were completed, the top eight contestants drew lots again.

Li Fei and Li Tianyu were in the same half of the draw, but fortunately, they did not draw each other for the quarterfinals. If both of them could make it into the semifinals, then the Li Family would be guaranteed 100% to have someone in the finals.

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