"Jiang Chen, I have to admire you for having the courage to challenge me. For your bravery, I'll give you a chance today!"
As Meng Dongxing spoke, he slammed his hands into the air, and a golden shield instantly appeared around his body. At the same time, he raised his head and smiled contemptuously at Jiang Chen, his domineering voice ringing directly in everyone's ears.
"Come on, Jiang Chen! I won't make a move for three attacks. If you can break my Yellow-Rank Advanced martial skill, Golden Light Shield, within three moves, I will concede defeat!"
"Wow! Senior Meng really deserves to be the number one Golden Student. He's so cool!"
"It's said that Senior Meng's defensive martial skill can withstand several attacks from a Qi Protection Realm warrior. How could this guy possibly break it?"
"Did Jiang Chen lose his mind challenging Senior Meng? This is just asking for trouble."
Under the martial arts stage, many students looked at Jiang Chen with pity. This kid challenged Meng Dongxing—he was going to be crushed within minutes!
Jiang Chen sneered inwardly as he observed Meng Dongxing's so-called "invincible" defensive skill.
Does this guy think he can show off in front of me with that?
A slight smirk appeared at the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth. Although he had broken through to the first layer of the Qi Protection Realm and was now stronger than Meng Dongxing, the martial skills he had mastered were still only at the Yellow-Rank Primary level, except for his foot technique, which had reached the Black-Rank Primary level. Meng Dongxing's Yellow-Rank Advanced defensive skill was indeed formidable, and breaking it within three moves wouldn't be easy.
Therefore, Jiang Chen decided to upgrade one of his martial skills before smashing through Meng Dongxing's "turtle shell" defense!
Thinking this, Jiang Chen began throwing punches on the stage.
[Ding! You throw a punch and gain 10*100 experience!]
[Ding! Your Yellow-Rank Primary martial skill, Stone Fist, has reached perfection and been upgraded to Yellow-Rank Intermediate: Ground-Breaking Fist!]
[Ding! You throw a punch and gain 10*100 experience!]
[Ding! You throw a punch and gain 10*100 experience!]
[...]
[Ding! Your Yellow-Rank Intermediate martial skill, Ground-Breaking Fist, has reached perfection and been upgraded to Yellow-Rank Advanced: Mountain-Crushing Fist!]
"What is this guy doing? He's just throwing punches like an idiot."
The crowd of students muttered in disbelief.
"Haha! This is hilarious. Senior Meng, just end this farce with a single punch. This guy must have a screw loose!"
Another student shouted to Meng Dongxing from the sidelines.
Meng Dongxing's face darkened as he watched Jiang Chen's strange behavior. "Jiang Chen, what are you trying to do?"
Jiang Chen continued throwing punches and smiled. "Nothing much. I'm just warming up before the competition. What's the hurry?"
He added, "There's no rule against warming up, right?"
Meng Dongxing clenched his fists, barely suppressing his growing anger. "How long do you plan to 'warm up?'"
"If you're scared, just kneel down and kowtow to me. Maybe I'll consider letting you go," Meng Dongxing taunted coldly. "Don't waste my time!"
"Afraid of you?" Jiang Chen scoffed. "I'm just giving you a little more time to enjoy being the number one Golden Student."
He continued, "I'm actually being kind to you. Since you're so impatient, let's finish this in five minutes."