Invincible Over the World-Chapter 70 Not Willing to Admit Defeat Directly
70: Chapter 70: Not Willing to Admit Defeat Directly
70 -70: Not Willing to Admit Defeat Directly
Yang Mingwei stood motionless under the stage for a long time, indifferent to the stirring crowd around him, staring blankly at the Immobile Ming King Gold Circle on his body.
He was extremely confident in his Immobile Ming King Gold Circle, yet it turned out to be completely useless in front of Huang Xiaolong.
Even now, he was unable to accept this fact.
Yang Mingwei’s face fluctuated between shades of dark and light.
“This match, Huang Xiaolong wins!” It wasn’t until the presiding teacher announced the result that Yang Mingwei came back to his senses.
He looked at Huang Xiaolong with a complex expression and said, “I admit I’ve lost now, but in next year’s grade competition, I will definitely defeat you!”
“Next year?” Huang Xiaolong’s face remained calm, and then he shook his head.
By next year, with Huang Xiaolong’s cultivation speed, he should be able to break through to the Seventh Rank.
By then, he would be promoted to the second year, so in the next year’s grade competition, Yang Mingwei, who would still be in the first year, would have no chance to face Huang Xiaolong.
However, Yang Mingwei saw Huang Xiaolong shake his head and clearly misunderstood him, thinking Huang Xiaolong was too disdainful to accept his challenge.
“What do you mean, Huang Xiaolong?!” Yang Mingwei snapped in anger.
Huang Xiaolong turned and walked off the stage, “We’ll talk when you advance to the second year next year.”
Yang Mingwei was stunned, staring blankly at Huang Xiaolong’s departing figure.
Advance to the second year next year?!
What did Huang Xiaolong mean?!
Yang Mingwei’s eyes widened.
On the main platform, King Lu Zhe watched Huang Xiaolong’s figure and chuckled at Marshal Haotian, “Huang Xiaolong’s strength, I didn’t expect it to have reached such a level!
It’s really beyond my expectations.”
“I’m also a bit surprised,” Marshal Haotian laughed.
He knew that Huang Xiaolong had broken through to the Sixth Rank, but the strength Huang Xiaolong just exhibited was still a surprise to him.
Originally, he thought that even if the Sect Leader could win, he would have to go through a tough battle to do so, but he did not expect the victory to be so effortless.
Huang Xiaolong defeating Yang Mingwei easily was, in fact, equally surprising and unexpected for Fei Hou.
Not long after Huang Xiaolong defeated Yang Mingwei, the results of the competitions with the other twelve first-year students also came out quickly.
However, since there were seven people in this round, one person could advance to the next round without competing, but this person was not determined by drawing lots but was directly decided by Vice President Xiong Chu.
Xiong Chu had chosen Lu Kai.
Lu Kai was recognized by the academy as the strongest student in the first year.
There were no objections when Xiong Chu decided that Lu Kai would directly enter the next round of competition.
And in this round, Huang Xiaolong drew number six.
Number six belonged to the first-year, class six student Hu Dong.
Hu Dong’s strength was somewhat weaker than Yang Mingwei’s, being at the Sixth-stage Middle Peak.
Therefore, the outcome was without suspense; just like Yang Mingwei, Huang Xiaolong easily knocked him off the stage.
Standing under the stage, Lu Kai quietly watched Huang Xiaolong and Hu Dong’s competition, his expression calm, his thoughts inscrutable.
In fact, though he appeared calm on the surface, he was equally shocked inside.
Originally, he and his father, King Lu Zhe, thought that Huang Xiaolong would have no chance to face him and would be eliminated midway through, but unexpectedly, even Yang Mingwei was no match for Huang Xiaolong.
Lu Kai’s thoughts were complicated.
Among the dozens of princes in the Luotong Kingdom, his talents were undeniably the best, and he was the most favored by his father.
But the talents he was so proud of seemed insignificant in front of Huang Xiaolong.
And standing behind Lu Kai, Zhong Yuan watched Huang Xiaolong, who had successively defeated Yang Mingwei and Hu Dong, with a gloomy and extremely ugly expression on his face.
Shortly thereafter, the second round of the competition ended, with Huang Xiaolong and two others advancing to the third round.
They joined Xiao Long to draw lots and determine the matchups for the next round.
Whether by chance or design, Huang Xiaolong drew number three, Chen Qiang, as his opponent for the third round, avoiding a clash with Xiao Long.
However, Chen Qiang’s strength was also formidable, acknowledged as the second strongest student in the first year, only behind Xiao Long, with a Sixth-stage Late-stage Peak Fighting Energy and a Top Level Tenth Grade Beast Martial Soul—the Long-Armed Water Ape.
This Martial Soul was the same as Yang Mingwei’s.
Although Chen Qiang was much stronger than Yang Mingwei, Huang Xiaolong still managed to defeat him with ease, without even summoning his Martial Soul.
Seeing that even Chen Qiang lost to Huang Xiaolong, the crowd around the platform was stirred into a commotion, shockingly surprised.
In the end, both Huang Xiaolong and Xiao Long advanced to the next round, meaning the two would vie for first place among the first-year students.
No one had anticipated that it would come down to Huang Xiaolong challenging Xiao Long for the top position among the first-year students.
Just a few days before the grade competition, discussions amongst the teachers and students, even those from the second and third years, unanimously agreed that only Chen Qiang was qualified to compete with Xiao Long for first place in the first year.
But now, it was Huang Xiaolong, a newcomer who had just entered the academy this year!
Standing on the platform, Huang Xiaolong faced off with Xiao Long.
The two stared at each other, neither speaking a word.
Beneath the platform, everyone felt an inexplicable tension, and the Great Hall fell silent.
Li Lu watched intently, her gaze fixed on Huang Xiaolong and Xiao Long on the platform above, her small hands clenched tightly, palms sweating.
“You’ve taken me by surprise,” Xiao Long finally said, breaking the silence.
“But you should know you can’t possibly win against me.
So you might as well surrender!”
Hearing this, Huang Xiaolong remained calm, “Just now, Yang Mingwei also told me to surrender.”
Yet the result was Yang Mingwei’s crushing defeat!
Xiao Long could hear the implication in Huang Xiaolong’s response, but he didn’t get angry; instead, he laughed, “But I am not Yang Mingwei!” As he spoke, he released his full aura without reservation, a presence far more imposing than what Yang Mingwei and Chen Qiang had shown before, enveloping everything around.
“Seventh Rank!
Prince Xiao Long has indeed broken through to the Seventh Rank!”
“With Prince Xiao Long’s Seventh Rank strength, the title of first place in the first year is no longer in doubt, is it?
I can’t believe Huang Xiaolong can still win against Prince Xiao Long after this!”
“If it were me, faced with Prince Xiao Long’s Seventh Rank strength, I would have already surrendered!
Yet Huang Xiaolong dares to stand there, truly overestimating himself.
Just posturing to save face!”
The audience beneath the platform erupted into shocked discussions.
Of course, some people, envious of Huang Xiaolong’s talent, couldn’t help but mock and ridicule him.
Hearing the cold mockery and sneers from the crowd, Huang Xiaolong looked indifferently at Xiao Long across from him, who was releasing his Fighting Energy.
Seventh Rank?
However, Huang Xiaolong had already anticipated Xiao Long’s breakthrough to Seventh Rank, and so he felt neither surprise nor shock.
“What do you say?
Are we still going to fight?” Xiao Long asked, looking at Huang Xiaolong.
“Make your move,” said Huang Xiaolong calmly.
Xiao Long was taken aback.
Knowing his own Seventh Rank strength, Huang Xiaolong still dared to challenge him?
It was clear to Xiao Long and everyone else that Huang Xiaolong’s Fighting Energy was only at the Sixth-stage Middle Peak.
The Seventh Rank was a watershed, and it was a recognized fact in the Martial Soul World that no matter how strong a Sixth Rank warrior was, they could not defeat a Seventh Rank warrior.
Did Huang Xiaolong intend to defy this widely acknowledged truth of the Martial Soul World with his Sixth-stage Middle Peak strength?!
Xiao Long locked eyes with Huang Xiaolong, and after a moment, nodded, “Since you’re not willing to concede defeat straightaway, then I shall personally make my move.” With that, he summoned his Martial Soul from within his body.
