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#137 - Chapter 137: First Battle Victory

Following the signs, Qi Jing arrived at the entrance of the arena, which resembled an underground parking garage leading down to the stage.

To be honest, he felt a bit nervous being alone, especially with the entire school watching the live broadcast and so many spectators around.

This wasn't like the chaotic environment of yesterday's preliminary rounds; it was a proper, grand arena.

But he had Xiao Pi in his arms, and having a living creature with him boosted his courage.

He imagined that Zhao Zilong's determination to charge in and out of Changban was fueled by the infant A'dou in his arms.

"Xiao Pi, are you nervous?"

Xiao Pi patted his little chest, indicating that he was very brave.

"Pika ~"

Then, he gave Qi Jing a thumbs-down, as if to say:

"You're no good, this competition depends on me!"

Qi Jing laughed and said:

"Hahaha, I'm no good, I'm counting on you later."

This opponent was very weak (at least to Qi Jing), making him perfect for Xiao Pi to practice on.

He could even bring out Kabi for the match, but he'd never trained him for battle, so he decided against it.

Lost in thought, he walked onto the arena.

The arena thoughtfully marked the contestants' positions on the ground.

After Qi Jing stood in place, his opponent entered from the opposite entrance.

The host's voice echoed from the sky:

"Now, let's begin our regular segment. Does Ao Wu have any pre-battle declaration?"

Ao Wu shouted: "Winning requires momentum, losing requires grace!"

"Ao Wu is very spirited! Does Qi Jing have any pre-battle declaration?"

Qi Jing delivered his prepared lines:

"Give me a few minutes, I'm going to sing the first song of the day for my girlfriend later."

"Oooooh!" × n

Before the host could speak, the audience erupted in cheers.

"Oh? The first song? It seems this student is very confident in winning against his opponent. Without further ado, let's see who is stronger.

The countdown to the match begins: ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, start!"

As soon as the match began, Ao Wu immediately began to transform because he knew the yellow-skinned rat would unleash electricity immediately.

Although its range had only been shown to be less than ten meters in the previous matches, he didn't dare to gamble.

However, this time, Xiao Pi didn't unleash electricity right away, but instead, he grew larger!

Before long, there were two giant beasts on the field.

A five-meter-tall big yellow rat and a three-meter-tall standing ninja turtle.

However, Ao Wu's weapon was a pair of brass knuckles, not nunchucks or sais.

After watching Ao Wu's battle videos from below the stage, Qi Jing determined that he didn't need to lift a finger; he could leave everything to Xiao Pi.

Just an animal-type transformation, no need to do it himself.

Xiao Pi took the initiative, releasing lightning bolts towards Ao Wu to test his mettle.

Unsurprisingly, just like in the previous matches, he retreated into his shell whenever he encountered a high-damage skill.

Logically, the turtle shell should conduct electricity, but when Ao Wu fearlessly poked his head out, Qi Jing knew his shell was unusual and there must be something fishy about it.

Xiao Pi released another electric shock, and Ao Wu quickly retracted his head again.

Before retracting, he kicked off the ground, using the reaction force to push his shell forward.

The smooth turtle shell slid across the slightly flat arena, approaching Xiao Pi in no time.

Xiao Pi took out the谪仙 umbrella sword, preparing to strike his shell to see how hard it really was.

Who knew that a foot would suddenly extend from the back of the sliding turtle shell, kicking off the ground again to change direction, directly bypassing Xiao Pi and heading towards Qi Jing.

Ao Wu knew that defeating the big rat was useless; defeating the main culprit was the best option.

But how could Xiao Pi let him have his way? He charged at him with the umbrella sword.

A strike landed on the turtle shell, sending him flying.

Upon closer inspection, Qi Jing found that the strike hadn't left any marks on the shell. Was this turtle shell really that hard? This was a super sharp umbrella sword!

But Ao Wu didn't think so.

He really didn't expect this strike to be so powerful, directly knocking out one-third of the source energy in his body.

His turtle shell wasn't really that hard, no, it wasn't hard enough to ignore the umbrella sword.

The defense of this turtle shell was linked to his own source energy, as if he had used source energy to add a shield to the turtle shell. Each time it received damage, the shield value would decrease according to the size of the damage.

Because the shield value was replenished by source energy, the greater the damage received, the more source energy was consumed.

Xiao Pi's strike directly knocked out one-third of his source energy, which meant he could only withstand one more strike, otherwise, he would faint due to source energy exhaustion.

Moreover, the place where he was hit by the umbrella sword was still throbbing.

Oh my turtles, how am I supposed to fight this?

Ao Wu had already thought of surrendering.

Forget it, surrendering would be too embarrassing.

He decided to fight to the death.

The turtle extended its thick hind legs again, pushing forward, and the turtle shell continued to rush towards Xiao Pi.

This time, Xiao Pi directly electrified the umbrella sword, planning to give him a physical and magical double attack later.

He didn't believe he still wouldn't deal any damage!

Ao Wu constantly turned and accelerated during his movement.

Whether it was because the turtle shell had no resistance on the ground, this slide was super fast, and Xiao Pi couldn't hit him.

Xiao Pi and Ao Wu staged a scene of cat and mouse in the arena, like two spinning tops colliding in a plate, always a little distance apart.

During this time, Ao Wu nearly hit Qi Jing several times, but he dodged each time.

Ao Wu found that although his speed was faster than Xiao Pi, he still couldn't hit Qi Jing, so he decided to use his least favorite move—Rotating Whirlwind!

All of his limbs began to swing clockwise, causing the turtle shell to rotate. After a few seconds, his rotation speed could already stir up a small tornado around him.

It's just that he was already a little disoriented. He could only control his limbs to increase the speed of the turtle shell. If he wasn't wearing an anti-dizziness headband, he would have vomited a long time ago. At this time, he was almost unconsciously crashing around the arena.

Seeing this, Xiao Pi quickly avoided the edge. He was also afraid of being hit by this high-speed rotating turtle shell, it would definitely hurt.

Each time the turtle shell hit the wall of the arena, it would lose a bit of its source energy. At this rate, Ao Wu wouldn't last long.

However, as long as he hit Qi Jing once before his source energy ran out, that would be enough. Now, he was surrounded by a small whirlwind, which could attract surrounding objects, so he definitely wouldn't be easily dodged like just now.

Qi Jing exclaimed, "Good fellow!" This was trading life for attack range, but how could he be hit by a turtle shell crashing around?

Unsurprisingly, Qi Jing hadn't been hit once when Ao Wu stopped moving.

In fact, Ao Wu had already fainted, but due to inertia, he crashed around in the arena for a while longer.

"The match is over, Ao Wu's source energy is exhausted. Please have the medical staff take him off the arena."

There's no way to treat source energy exhaustion, you can only wait for him to slowly recover, so there's no need to ask him if he'll perform.

"Oh? Qi Jing has taken out a guitar, so let's welcome his performance with applause!"

Amidst the applause, Qi Jing took out a stool from his space and sat on it.

Today was the first step in him becoming brave, breaking through social anxiety, starting with singing to the whole school!

"The song I'm going to sing next is called 'Still Loving You,' dedicated to my girlfriend. Thank you for listening."