Chapter 135 Twenty-Nine Seconds

Let's rewind time to the moment it began.

The two teams instantly engaged in a fierce and inseparable battle.

Gao Junwei charged towards Han Jiangxue. No matter the outcome, Gao Junwei's ultimate goal was Jiang Xiao.

Compared to the shield warrior Li Wei Yi, Gao Junwei's choice to use Han Jiangxue as a breakthrough point was perfectly sound.

Zhang Mingming's task for Gao Junwei was to charge into the enemy ranks and disrupt their formation! To throw Team No. 1 Middle School into utter chaos, and if he could severely injure Jiang Xiao in the process, that would be even better.

The problem was that Han Jiangxue's target wasn't Yu Zhen, but Gao Junwei!

At the very start, Han Jiangxue directly activated Shattered Space above her head!

Yu Zhen's instantaneous lightning could only strike downwards from the sky, while Han Jiangxue, standing beneath the Shattered Space, almost perfectly countered Yu Zhen's instantaneous lightning.

At the same time, Han Jiangxue opened her hands, and her slender fingers flicked repeatedly, sending gusts of Wild Wind swirling towards Gao Junwei.

Even Gao Junwei, moving at high speed, narrowly dodged the first and second gusts of Wild Wind, but he couldn't evade the third!

In an instant, Gao Junwei was sent flying into the air, hurtling towards Han Jiangxue!

Once he was away from his own team, Gao Junwei could unleash his "Fearful Howl" Star Technique without any reservations.

Strictly speaking, Fearful Howl was a range Star Technique. Although it manifested as a roar, covering your ears or using earplugs wouldn't work.

As long as you were within the range of Fearful Howl, even a deaf person would be terrified by the "roar."

While the written description was lengthy, only a moment passed on the battlefield, but Han Jiangxue's actions made Gao Junwei's expression change drastically.

A golden flame whip crawled out from her hand, like a golden fiery serpent, coiling and scattering on the ground, burning the artificial turf beneath her feet.

Han Jiangxue picked up the flame whip and lashed it out fiercely towards Gao Junwei... no, not to whip him, but to ensnare him!

The two fiery serpents opened their bloody mouths, but it was a feint. They didn't use their fangs to injure him, but instead used their slender bodies to wrap around their prey!

Gao Junwei's head was tightly bound by the Torch Flame Whip, and the miserable screams that came from within the layers of the fiery whip sent chills down the spine.

Fearful Howl?

At this moment, Gao Junwei was crying out for his parents, scalded and burned by the raging Torch Flame Whip. Where would he find the mind to unleash Fearful Howl?

Han Jiangxue yanked the Torch Flame Whip!

The next moment...

A series of gasps echoed through the silent stadium, and the spectators were stunned.

Gao Junwei's figure plunged headfirst into the Shattered Space, disappearing without a trace!

Su Rou covered her mouth with one hand, staring at the computer screen in shock: "Wha... what happened? What did Han Jiangxue just do?"

In her live broadcast room, the barrage of comments exploded. Many of those gathered in Su Rou's live broadcast room were old fans who followed Class One and knew what Han Jiangxue's Shattered Space meant.

"My God, is Xue Shen trying to kill someone?"

"She used Shattered Space? She actually used Shattered Space in a battle against humans?"

"It's over, it's over. She's gone too far. Is Gao Junwei going to die?"

"My God, Han Jiangxue can't do this. She'll go to jail."

"This woman is too vicious, isn't she? Even if they had conflicts before, it's not enough to put someone to death, right? This is a normal competition. How could she be so reckless and kill someone directly?"

"Heh, for the sake of Gold-quality Star Beads, for the sake of extra points on the college entrance exam, she'll resort to any means. There are still people supporting this kind of person? I really don't know what the school is training her for, to kill her own compatriots?"

"What the hell? Where did all these trolls come from? This is the live broadcast room for Jiangbin No. 1 Middle School. Where did so many trolls come from?"

"I'm just asking you, is there really anyone who supports this kind of woman? Just because she's pretty?"

"When your Gao Junwei was in the preliminary rounds, he robbed more than twenty participating teams, wearing bloodstained headbands on his arms, and beat so many students unconscious, severely injured, and even crippled several other contestants. Why aren't you saying anything about that? Selective blindness?"

"Heh, did Gao Junwei kill anyone?"

"If killing people didn't disqualify you from the competition, do you think he would have shown any mercy?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm just asking you, did he kill anyone?"

"Last year, he wanted to kill Li Wei Yi, but he didn't succeed."

"Heh, do you have any evidence? Just spouting nonsense here?"

Because they were separated by screens, people said whatever they wanted, without any restraint in their words.

And in the Red Sun Gymnasium, everyone was shocked.

Whether it was the host on the stage, the audience in the stands, or even... the aloof Yu Zhen!

Yu Zhen dodged Jiang Xiao's Blessing and Xia Yan's Flame Arc.

She watched Xia Yan rushing towards her, quickly retreating, while guarding against Jiang Xiao's Blessing, and once again waving her deep blue scepter, still aiming at Jiang Xiao in the enemy's back row.

Yu Zhen, who was highly focused, was awakened by Zhang Mingming and Zhang Weiliang's voices!

The arrogant girl subconsciously looked towards Gao Junwei's direction, but saw his fleeting figure.

Shattered Space?

Before the competition, Zhang Mingming had analyzed the personality of each member of the opposing team.

They were absolutely certain that Han Jiangxue did want a good ranking and extra points on the college entrance exam, but she would never ruin her future. She was an extremely cautious person!

She would definitely not use such a dangerous Star Technique like "Shattered Space" in such a competition.

What made Han Jiangxue take the risk?

Was it the extreme desire for extra points on the college entrance exam?

Or was it hatred and disgust for Gao Junwei?

Or... was she truly confident?

In that moment of Yu Zhen's daze, a beam of Blessing descended from the sky, landing on Yu Zhen's head, enveloping her proud figure.

Following that, Yu Zhen's alluring voice cried out, "Ah~"

Zhang Mingming's expression changed drastically. It was difficult for vines to catch Xia Yan, who was moving at high speed. He released a surge of frost, quickly condensing an ice mist armor around Yu Zhen, and slammed down with his other hand. Another beam of Blessing landed on a speeding figure – Xia Yan!

But...

After Xia Yan had experienced Jiang Xiao's wonderful Blessing, she wouldn't be too interested in other healers.

There was a qualitative difference between Silver and Bronze Blessings.

The Bronze-quality Blessing landed on Xia Yan's body. She tilted her head to the left and right, and a crisp cracking sound came from her neck. She sighed in relative comfort, her eyes filled with killing intent, still fixed on Yu Zhen, who was standing blankly in place.

One person, one blade, fleeting in an instant.

Yu Zhen was awakened from her daze by the intense pain, spitting out a shower of blood, and was directly sent flying by Xia Yan.

Xia Yan wielded her giant blade with great force, many times more ferocious than Zhang Hui had been.

Although Xia Yan was holding a wooden giant blade, if she really wanted to kill, facing Yu Zhen, who was wide open and stunned, Xia Yan could completely shatter her heart, or even cut her body in half.

But Xia Yan's figure didn't stop at all. As the referee blew his whistle and announced, "Yu Zhen is out of the competition, unable to fight," Xia Yan unleashed another Flame Arc, and then turned to charge towards Zhang Weiliang!

Contrary to everyone's expectations, this exceptionally low-profile shield warrior was actually so skilled.

After only a few short rounds, Li Wei Yi and Xia Yan were covered in a thin layer of frost.

This was from the passive Star Technique of the Icebound Walker from the Ice Cave Other Dimension Space, which added a slight freezing effect to each attack of the user.

But that was all Zhang Weiliang could do.

The steady Li Wei Yi roared "Scorching Flame" at Xia Yan, and then stomped his foot directly, unleashing "Flame Rift"...

At the same time,

Zhang Mingming's body was blown high into the air by a gust of Wild Wind. In the sky, Zhang Mingming's eyes met Han Jiangxue's fiery gaze in the distance.

Swish!

Han Jiangxue waved her left hand, and Shattered Space opened again. In her right hand, a golden Torch Flame Whip crawled out again, landing on the turf beneath her feet, coiling in circles.

Zhang Mingming's eyes narrowed. Even though he had a thousand grievances and ten thousand unwillingness in his heart, he could only shout loudly, "We concede! We concede!"

Han Jiangxue flung the Torch Flame Whip, but she flung it into her own Shattered Space, pulling Gao Junwei's body out.

"Ah... cough cough, cough cough..." Gao Junwei gasped for breath, whether it was because of fear or because he was choked by the cold wind, he was panting heavily and coughing violently.

No one knew what he had experienced, and few people would probably want to experience it firsthand. At this time, his handsome face was scarred and bloody, disfigured by the Torch Flame Whip.

But it didn't matter. In this magical world, as long as the healer cast a few Blessings, Gao Junwei would be restored to his original state.

Han Jiangxue turned to look at Jiang Xiao and said softly, "Twenty-nine seconds."

Jiang Xiao looked at her radiant face. Beneath the swirling snowflakes, her black hair danced lightly in the wind, and her blue ribbon fluttered gently.

As the person closest to her, he could always see her soft side in private, but he seemed to have forgotten what a proud person she was.

"Toot! Toot!!" The referee blew his whistle and shouted loudly, "The match is over, Jiangbin No. 1 Middle School wins!"

In an instant,

The Red Sun Gymnasium was stunned.

Long before the game started, the media had been constantly building momentum for this match, saying something like: "Although this is a battle between first and eighth, there is no doubt that this match will be a battle of the finals level."

They worked hard to analyze the fighting power of both sides, the degree of team cooperation, and what kind of cooperation they could achieve.

But,

What stunned everyone was that in just 29 seconds, this "final" had already come to an end.

The Team No. 3 Middle School, which had been praised to the sky, was beaten to pieces.

It was no exaggeration to say that they were rubbed on the ground, and their bones were crushed...

"Well done! Awesome!!" Xing Lang sat in the locker room, watching the TV screen, and roared out loud.

Zhang Hui leaned against a corner of the locker room, looking preoccupied, but when he saw this scene, he felt extremely refreshed.

The biggest reaction came from the female mage Liu Chang. When she saw Yu Zhen being cut down by Xia Yan's blade, spraying blood all over the sky, she clenched her fists and shouted loudly!

When she saw Xia Yan casually add a Flame Arc to Yu Zhen, Liu Chang cheered and ran out of the locker room.

Zheng Jiang: ???

Xing Lang: "Liu Chang? Where are you going?"

Saying that, the two hurriedly chased after her.

The locker room was not far from the arena. Liu Chang quickly ran through the player tunnel, directly to the edge of the court, and without saying a word, threw an exploding flame ball into the sky.

The Star Warriors who maintained order on the scene hurriedly came to intercept her, not knowing what Liu Chang was going to do.

But they saw Liu Chang gathering exploding flame balls one by one, throwing them into the sky one by one, shouting, "Yay! Scattering flowers~ Setting off fireworks~"