Chapter 116: Competition (2)


    The first three elimination rounds posed no threat to Su Chen, and he didn’t even need to waste much thought on them.


    However, Cloud Leopard’s issue had truly stumped him.


    This made it so that his face was always stony and serious during the first three rounds, making him look as if he were anxious about the uing battle.


    However, anyone who looked down on Su Chen because of this was fated to be sent flying by an Erupting Firebird.


    In the first three rounds of battle, he used a total of seven Erupting Firebirds to deal with three opponents. Thest opponent was a big stronger than the others, and he forced Su Chen into using four Erupting Firebirds, as well as dodging and defending himself for the first time.


    No one could even force Su Chen to use a different move.


    The fourth round of battle took ce in the morning of the third day.


    Based on thepetition’s rules, the forty students in the fourth round would first be paired against each other. The losers would have one final chance to redeem themselves. They would be paired against each other twice, and the five remaining victors could challenge someone from the twenty students who had won to try and take their ce.


    The first opponent Su Chen encountered was a young maiden with a round face andrge eyes.


    The maiden appeared very cute, but she spoke mercilessly. “I am the great Wang Yaohui! No one can stop my advance, and anyone who attempts to do so will be ughtered without pardon!”


    Su Chen was rendered speechless by her delusional1 behavior.


    However, the young maiden had some skill to back up her attitude. Her Rainbringer Sword really did seem to fall like drops of rain. Many of her fans beneath the stage were cheering for her.


    Since his opponent was so impressive, Su Chen was also forced to pull out some new tricks.


    You like rain, do you?


    Then I’ll give you some wind and thunder to add to the fun a little.


    Su Chen struck out with his Thunder de.


    At this point, Su Chen’s Thunder de had reached the stage ofrge sess. The strike boomed with the sound of thunder, dispersing the clouds and rain, stopping the maiden’s sword strikes in their tracks.


    However, anyone who had fought to this point to get on the Dragon Transformation List definitely had some ability. The round-faced maiden pulled out another sword when she discovered that her Rainbringer Sword wasn’t getting her anywhere, and she switched to the Sun and Moon dual-sword technique.


    The girl was a dual-sword wielder.


    Weapons were allowed at the end-of-yearpetition, but the use of Origin Tools was forbidden just like the admissions exams.


    In truth, Su Chen was not particrly adept at using Origin Tools.


    Thus, when his opponent came at him with her swords, he didn’t know what the best way to counter was.


    Should he also pull out a de and y along with her?


    Or should he use something else?


    His opponent saw that he was only dodging and not attacking. She believed that she had pushed Su Chen into a dead end, and she yelled in excitement, “Su Chen, you were never the Dual Swords Queen’s opponent in the first ce. Since you appear to have some skill, I will give you an opportunity. As long as you are willing to kneel and surrender, I am willing to ept you as my retainer......”


    Upon hearing those deluded words, Su Chen suddenly snapped out of it. Why am I wasting so much time? Won’t a p be enough to send this little girl flying?


    As he thought this, he really did p her.


    The p directly bypassed the dense curtain of sword strikes and appeared in front of the young maiden before urately striking her face. The round-faced maiden did a 360 in midair before gracefully flying off the stage andnding on the ground. When shended, she spit out two broken teeth.


    The maiden hadn’t expected such a sudden turn of events even in her wildest dreams. She sat there in a momentary daze before suddenly breaking out into tears.


    The Dual Swords Queen’s dreams were shattered.


    After twenty head-to-head battles, the victors went off to rest while the losers continued to battle each other.


    After two more rounds, the five victors were allowed to select their own opponents.


    That afternoon, the five victors from the losers group selected their opponents.


    The first challenger immediately stepped out and pointed at Su Chen.


    “I challenge him!”


    Logically speaking, students would only challenge the weakest target in order to ensure sess.


    Su Chen’s challenger seemed to think that Su Chen was a weak chicken.


    But that was unsurprising; after all, he had avoided the end-of-yearpetition for eight years in a row. If he wasn’t a weak chicken, then who was?


    Su Chen didn’t like to pretend. He wouldn’t try to lie and convince people that he was super weak only to turn around and p their faces.


    However, he didn’t like to be egotistical or unt himself either. He wouldn’t stupidly go up to others and tell them that he was actually very strong and that they should be careful not to underestimate him. In fact, if he could, he preferred to use the simplest method avable to take care of his opponents in order to preserve his trump cards.


    Thus, even though he had won a few battles, his simple battle style gave people the impression that he possessed a few powerful Origin Skills butcked personal strength.


    Under these circumstances, who would they pick on if not Su Chen?


    Su Chen’s challenger was an extremely brawny and strong student carrying arge de on their back.


    This time, his opponent didn’t bber anything nonsensical like “you should give up, you’re not my opponent.”


    He was very serious and respectful because he knew that this was thest barrier between him and the Dragon Transformation List..


    If he won, he would be an expert that had battled his way onto the Dragon Transformation List, an elite amongst all the students.


    If he lost, he would remain a nobody.


    As such, he attacked with all of his strength.


    His de whizzed through the air, piercing forwards, chopping downwards, and slicing upwards.


    His movements were sharp and concise, and his simple de strikes carried a menacing intent behind them.


    Even Su Chen took him seriously. His challenger was clearly much stronger than the round-faced woman from earlier.


    Since his opponent was strong, it was better to be a bit more cautious.


    Thus, he retreated. As he dodged with the Snaking Mist Steps, he began unleashing Erupting Firehawks.


    This was a very simple and practical battle tactic: increasing the distance between himself and his opponent before using long-range attacks to bombard him.


    If Origin Qi Schrs had sses, then Su Chen would be a mage. Launching attacks from medium to long ranges was his speciality.


    On a stage, where space was limited, his best bet at achieving this was to simply avoid using the Snaking Mist Steps and constantly unleash strengthened Erupting Firehawks.


    The de-wielding male’s offensive capabilities were incredibly fierce and his attacks were quick. However, when faced with Su Chen’s battle tactics, he couldn’t figure out how to effectively counter.


    He constantly swung his de, sending waves of de Qi crashing everywhere. Streaks of de light flew through the air.


    Because they were still in the Qi Drawing Realm, the strength the des possessed and the distance they could travel was limited. Even so, they cut sharply through the air and possessed a certain amount of threat to Su Chen.


    Even rarer was the fact that the de Qi was clearly being closely directed. Though he looked like he was just randomly swinging his de, he was in fact constantly restricting and reducing the space in which Su Chen could dodge. Slowly but surely, Su Chen found it harder and harder to move and dodge the attacks.


    Bang!


    A de strike mmed into Meg’s Guardian.


    This was the first time that Su Chen was unable to dodge a blow, so he had to forcefully endure it.


    Excitement appeared on the face of the de-wielding male. “Finally can’t dodge anymore? Try my Absolute Tyranny Beheading on for size!”


    The de chopped downwards, the force behind the blow constantly increasing. This was the de-wielding male’s most powerful move yet.


    Su Chen gently sighed.


    He stepped forward.


    With this single step, his figure suddenly seemed to vanish, reappearing behind the de-wielding man.


    He pushed out carelessly with his palm, not even looking at his target as he said, “Take care, I won’t send you off.”


    The de-wielding man was already charging forwards in the first ce. When Su Chen’s palm strike hit his back, he flew through the air, iling as he left the stage.


    The fourth round ofpetition had been concluded.


    Su Chen had fought his way onto the Dragon Transformation List.


    1. The exact trantion literally means “eighth grade”. Some of you who know japanese may know this as chuunibyou.