Chapter 18: An Unexpected Champion

For example, in the school, the dozen or so most outstanding senior teachers only had the strength of ninth-level Probationary Martial Artists. But in terms of status, they were no lower than ordinary Earth-Rank Martial Spirit Masters. With bonuses and salaries, they could live a very wealthy life without even needing to leave the city to hunt Savage Beasts. Some countries even offered opportunities for Artificial Awakening or allowed them to exchange for precious martial arts or secret manuals once their achievements reached a certain standard.

On the second arena, the match between Di Xuanluo and Zheng Meimei was not over yet, or rather, it had just begun not long ago.

Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo stood to the side, watching carefully.

Zheng Meimei’s build on the stage was like a moving mountain, very shocking. At the same time, her movement speed was not slow, and the force of her strikes was a full six to seven hundred kilograms!

Clearly, given Zheng Meimei’s current age, the possibility of her reaching the sixth level as a Probationary Martial Artist was close to zero. So, such terrifying strength likely came from cultivating a relatively advanced or highly mastered power-boosting martial art. If Di Xuanluo fought her head-on, he would probably suffer a great loss, given the huge difference in their sizes.

However, Di Xuanluo also had an advantage. His dodging was very precise. He was the one constantly attacking Zheng Meimei, while Zheng Meimei couldn’t land a single hit on him.

Yang Tong watched Di Xuanluo’s dodging and attacking carefully. After watching for a while, he suddenly seemed to realize something. His eyes widened, flashing with a look of surprise. “This is Inch Force!” And not ordinary Inch Force. Ordinary Inch Force was a short-distance force application technique, considered a very advanced way of delivering force. Seeing it in such a high-martial world didn’t surprise Yang Tong. But what Di Xuanluo used was Multiple Inch Force. Its penetrating power was extremely strong, and it also contained hidden force.

Understanding this, Yang Tong couldn’t help but inwardly cheer. To deal with a tricky opponent like Zheng Meimei, the only way was to destroy her from the inside. When all the hidden force input into her body exploded at once, Zheng Meimei definitely wouldn’t be able to withstand it. This method was quite ruthless, but if it were him, he would also have to use it under such circumstances.

Multiple Inch Force… This Di Xuanluo probably had other hidden methods, right? Di Xuanluo shouldn’t have a problem with this match. His own opponent in the next match would be him.

“Damn it, damn it! Stop jumping around like a flea, okay? Are you even a man? Have the guts to fight me head-on! Damn bug! Bug!” Zheng Meimei’s patience was wearing thin. In her anger, she roared loudly, utterly furious.

“Hmph!” Di Xuanluo snorted disdainfully, ignoring Zheng Meimei’s words. At the same time, he was secretly calculating in his mind. He had already delivered so many streams of hidden force into her body. Shouldn’t they have erupted by now? Could it be that this fat girl had such a tough body that she could suppress it?

“Ah—” Zheng Meimei was finally punched down by Di Xuanluo. No, it should be said the accumulated hidden force finally erupted at this moment. Zheng Meimei let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground.

Di Xuanluo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Having to deliver dozens, even hundreds of streams of hidden force continuously in one match was really a bit too much to handle.

“1, 2, 3, 4…” the referee began to count.

Zheng Meimei lay on the ground, her whole body in pain. But she wasn’t knocked senseless. She hated it, hated it so much her teeth itched. Boundless rage and hatred made Zheng Meimei forget everything. She had only one thought: to defeat Di Xuanluo.

“7, 8, keep going!” When the referee counted to 8, Zheng Meimei directly stood upright from the ground, very bizarrely.

“Di Xuanluo, I will defeat you!” Zheng Meimei seemed to roar unconsciously as a powerful force erupted from her body.

Principal Long was so shocked he stood up directly from his chair, exclaiming in surprise, “This, this, this is Awakening! Spiritual Power Awakening!”

Zheng Meimei thrust her palm towards where Di Xuanluo was. A force gathered in her palm, and with one swing, she sent it out.

Caught off guard, Di Xuanluo was struck squarely by this force. He spat blood and was sent flying backwards, directly out of the arena.

Principal Long’s figure flashed. He appeared in time to catch Di Xuanluo, checked his pulse, took out a pill and put it into Di Xuanluo’s mouth. He let out a long sigh of relief and said, “Someone, take Di Xuanluo to the infirmary. His injuries are stabilized now, but he needs to rest for a while.”

After Zheng Meimei sent Di Xuanluo flying with a distant palm strike, she smiled faintly, then went limp and fell to the ground, passing out.

“Someone, take student Zheng Meimei to the county hospital. Instruct the doctors to take good care of her.” Principal Long was in an excellent mood. He never expected someone to Awaken unexpectedly this year, hahaha… This was a great achievement! A joyful event, a great joyful event!

Principal Long quickly controlled his emotions and announced loudly, “In view of the fact that student Zheng Meimei and student Di Xuanluo cannot continue the competition, I declare the champion of this Elementary Grade Grand Final Tournament is student Yang Tong! Congratulations to him for becoming the champion of this year’s Grand Final Tournament!”

Yang Tong snapped out of his surprise. Hearing Principal Long’s words, he felt speechless inside, a complicated feeling hard to describe. This result was what he hoped for, yet also somewhat unsatisfactory.

However, overall, Yang Tong was still very happy. At least those ten low-grade high-level Beast Crystals were now in his hands. With them, the Fate-Altering Copper Coin in his mind’s sea would have energy to repair itself.

“Yang Tong, your luck is simply unbelievable, winning the champion so easily,” Feng Xiaobo said enviously.

“No, my luck isn’t the best. Zheng Meimei’s luck is the one that’s good!” Yang Tong shook his head. After Talent Awakening, although one couldn’t immediately jump to Earth Rank, undoubtedly, possessing spiritual power meant being invincible against peers even at the Novice Rank. Moreover, progressing from Novice Ninth-Level to Earth First-Level had no bottleneck at all—it was a straight leap, reaching the sky in one step.

“Ah, it’s a pity each person’s Awakening is closely related to their personality, environment, and circumstances. It can’t be replicated.” Feng Xiaobo also understood that Zheng Meimei gained enormously this time, unexpectedly Awakening spiritual power. That was incredibly lucky. “I never thought getting angry and furious could also make someone Awaken. Why don’t I have such good luck?”

The award ceremony was quickly prepared. Yang Tong very luckily stood in the first-place position.

Principal Long personally handed the trophy and the ten low-grade high-level Beast Crystals to Yang Tong, saying encouragingly, “Study well. Effort and sweat will not be in vain. I hope you can keep moving forward. The next Awakening genius might be you. Always maintain confidence, understand?”

“Yes, Principal!” Yang Tong took the trophy and the Beast Crystals. He was happy in his heart. The Beast Crystals were in his hands.