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Chapter 303 Zhang Jie: In the face of absolute power, your bonds are laughably weak!
Mental manipulation is impossible; Gao Hongliang clearly also possesses the Taixu Sword Qi.
Cheng Xiao thought to himself that it was impossible, but Gao Hongliang's next actions told him that it was all true.

Under Zhang Jie's forceful control, Gao Hongliang paused, then slapped the side of his belt. Yellow-green special effects and dynamic sound effects immediately rang out, and Gao Hongliang rushed towards Cheng Xiao like a bolt of lightning through the path deliberately left by Zhang Jie.

Oh no, it's too late!

Cheng Xiao didn't expect that he would be betrayed by his teammate so soon after the game started. Moreover, the teammate who betrayed him used their ultimate skill right away, and he had no time to think of a countermeasure. He could only put on full defense and take the hit.

"Open! Open! Gene lock, open!" A surge of golden psychic energy instantly rose from Cheng Xiao's body, forming a golden psychic energy shield to protect him just before Gao Hongliang's attack hit.

The next moment, Gao Hongliang punched the Qi shield, the powerful force deforming the shield.

Unfortunately, the power required to break through that layer of Nen shield, enhanced by both the Eight Gates Formation and the Gene Lock, was far too little.

But Gao Hongliang's attack under Zhang Jie's control was not over yet. This punch was just the prelude to his ultimate move, which was to knock Cheng Xiao into the air and create the best environment for the release of his ultimate move, High Leap Impact.

Zhang Jie had his own plans, and so did Cheng Xiao. He understood that he couldn't possibly block Gao Hongliang's ultimate move in such a short time, and the Nen Shield was just to buy him time.

So when Cheng Xiao discovered that Gao Hongliang had activated his ultimate skill but hadn't released it immediately, instead using the power boost from the activation to force himself away from the area covered in clods of earth, he instantly realized this was a good opportunity.

Cheng Xiao then used his skillful technique of leveraging the force of Gao Hongliang's fist to leap into the air and escape the predicament of being attacked from both sides.

After taking off, Cheng Xiao found that the situation was exactly as he had expected. Zhang Jie controlled Gao Hongliang to leap up and jump to a higher place in the blink of an eye. After adjusting his posture in the air, he delivered a standard knight's flying kick with yellow-green lightning effects.

"Well done!" Cheng Xiao shouted, condensing his inner energy beneath his feet and advancing instead of retreating, meeting Gao Hongliang, who had used his ultimate technique, High Leap Impact, from below.

Seeing this, Zhang Jie couldn't help but prematurely reveal a victorious smile. The other audience members also shook their heads, thinking that Cheng Xiao was too reckless and should have stayed away at this time.

In fact, Cheng Xiao's initial idea was to avoid the enemy's sharp edge and escape the attack at the lowest possible cost.

But Cheng Xiao knew that Zhang Jie wouldn't just watch him dodge. At the crucial moment, Zhang Jie only needed to use telekinesis to interfere with him, causing him to miss the best opportunity to dodge, and he would almost certainly be hit by Gao Hongliang's fatal move.

Therefore, Cheng Xiao decided to take a gamble, betting that Gao Hongliang was resisting Zhang Jie's mental control all along, and betting that Zhang Jie was not as relaxed as he seemed on the surface.

Therefore, Cheng Xiao chose a good angle when he took off, so that he was sandwiched between Gao Hongliang and Zhang Jie.

Just as Cheng Xiao and Gao Hongliang were about to collide with each other in a flying kick, and everyone thought Zhang Jie was sure to win, Cheng Xiao suddenly twisted his body and let out a roar like a lion.

Is that a lion's roar?!
The onlookers looked at Qi Tengyi with surprise and doubt, only to find that Qi Tengyi looked nonchalant and unsurprised.

"Don't rush, let's wait until they're done fighting."

"Roar!!!" The sound waves mixed with Nen energy instantly covered the entire area. Zhang Jie's expression changed immediately. The sound waves actually had the ability to shake the mind, causing him to lose control of Gao Hongliang for a moment.

This very moment became the key to Cheng Xiao turning the tide.

"Old Gao!" Cheng Xiao tried to sidestep Gao Hongliang's fatal attack, while extending his right hand.

Just as the two brushed past each other, Gao Hongliang suddenly reached out his right hand, grabbed Cheng Xiao as expected, and yanked him away forcefully.

"Old Cheng! Let's go together!"

"Alright!" Cheng Xiao used the momentum to draw an arc in the air, eventually forming an angle with Gao Hongliang, and at the same time kicked at Zhang Jie in a knight's flying kick stance. Then, his psychic energy burst out from behind him, and the instantaneous thrust allowed him to catch up with Gao Hongliang.

"Brother Jie! This is the bond between me and Lao Gao! Take this Martial God's Strong Kick!"

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Zhang Jie had just suppressed his shock at Cheng Xiao's inexplicable lion's roar when he heard Cheng Xiao's shout.

Zhang Jie took a closer look and felt disdain for the pincer attack by Cheng Xiao and Gao Hongliang.

All that fancy stuff about bonds—if you can hit me, then you're all this. And that's me.
Although he was disdainful of the impending pincer attack, Zhang Jie, in his serious mode, had no intention of underestimating his opponent. He arrogantly shouted, "You two B-ranks don't even have the right to make me dodge!"

Zhang Jie remained suspended in mid-air, raising his hands to reach out and grab Cheng Xiao and Gao Hongliang.

Cheng Xiao and Gao Hongliang suddenly felt as if they were being grabbed by a strong and powerful hand, their bodies suspended in mid-air. Although their ultimate skills were still activated, they couldn't fall down no matter what they did.

Zhang Jie's hands were clasped together loosely, and although he was standing below, his tone was condescending.

"Admit defeat. You absolutely cannot defeat me at Rank A."

"No! Our bond will never be defeated by you! Never!" Cheng Xiao, gripped tightly by an invisible psychic force, kept urging his psychic energy to break Zhang Jie's psychic power.

Upon hearing this, Gao Hongliang also shouted with fervor, "That's right! Our bond will never be broken!"

Despite their loud shouts, they couldn't change the fact that they couldn't break free from the grip of the telekinetic hand.

"Hmph, since that's the case, then we'll have to show you the reality with our actions!" A cold glint flashed in Zhang Jie's eyes, and Cheng Xiao and Gao Hongliang immediately had a bad feeling, but they still refused to admit defeat.

"Bring it on! We'll never give up!" x2
Zhang Jie made a fist with his hands in the air, stretched his neck, and put on a playful smile.

"Hehe, I hope you can keep being stubborn."

Those watching sensed something was wrong and worried that Zhang Jie might go too far and seriously injure Cheng Xiao and Gao Hongliang, so they quickly spoke up to stop him.

"Zhang Jie! Show mercy!"

"Brother Jie! Don't do anything, we're on the same side!"

"Quack! I want to see rivers of blood!"

"Huh?!" Everyone turned around instantly upon hearing the sound, only to find that Luo Li had appeared out of nowhere.

The next moment, everyone realized that the time was not to dwell on when Luo Li arrived or what she shouted, but to stop Zhang Jie from taking drastic measures.

Then, when everyone looked back at the battlefield, the scene they saw left all their words of advice stuck in their throats, ultimately turning into just one sentence.

"what?!"

This is our bond!

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