Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 617 Winning Streak, Top Three in the Entire System

The moment the swords clashed, a powerful shockwave rippled outwards from the battle arena.

Those in the front row of the audience who were below the third level of Qi Condensation Realm all experienced their true qi flowing backward and their blood churning due to this powerful shockwave.

Although Gongsun Huaying's sword is a level-earth spiritual treasure, she herself is not capable of unleashing the full power that a level-earth spiritual treasure should have.

Chen Lie's "Blood Dragon Emerging from the Sea" is a high-grade Earth-level skill with immense power.

Moreover, the high-level Earth-grade martial arts techniques collected by the Tai'a Star Province Martial Arts Academy are usually comparable in power to ordinary Heaven-grade martial arts techniques.

Chen Lie continuously channeled his true energy into the blade. He had reached the second-tier Qi Flowing Realm, and the speed at which true energy was generated within his three dantian, like a silver river pouring down from the heavens, far surpassed that of ordinary fourth-tier Qi Gathering Realm martial artists.

As Chen Lie continued to exert his power, the sword and saber energies clashed for only a moment before Gongsun Huaying's sword energy began to crumble.

"Boom boom boom!"

Under the overwhelming force of the blade energy, the sword's owner, Sun Huaying, was instantly sent flying backward by the immense impact.

Chen Lie seized the opportunity, swung the Blood River Blade horizontally, and pressed forward like lightning, unleashing a sweeping attack that cut through the enemy ranks.

"boom!"

A massive sword formed from five elements energy swept across a corner of the battle arena, cleaving the air in two.

Under this immense force, Gongsun Huaying was swept off the battle stage, landing with a "bang" outside the stage. Her previous ethereal beauty was completely gone, and she looked extremely undignified.

At this moment, Gongsun Huaying's mind was completely blank.

She, a member of the royal family of the Great Xia Star Kingdom of the Ten Star Alliance, actually fell into the hands of someone from a planet in a peripheral star region.

Chen Lie's strength on Blue Star is just too outrageous, isn't it?

Whose new life on a barren planet could suppress the people of the Ten Star Alliance planets?

"The duel has ended. Changxia Star's Gongsun Huaying vs. Blue Star's Chen Lie."

Blue Star's Chen Lie wins and advances to the next round.

……

Chen Lie put the Blood River Blade into his storage bag and jumped off the battle platform.

At this moment, the audience outside the arena was shocked.

Chen Lie of Blue Star actually possesses such strength? Gongsun Huaying of Changxia Star was also defeated by him? Has Blue Star really developed in recent years?

It seems like just recently, Earth joined the Interstellar Alliance. The so-called Fourteen-Star Alliance is a joke. But will the Ten-Star Alliance eventually become the Eleven-Star Alliance?

The students from Martial Arts Class 17 gasped in shock as they watched the fight that had just taken place on the stage.

Chong Yuxing and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Is this Brother Chen's strength? We all entered Starry Sky University together, when did he become so strong?" Hou Yutan couldn't help but ask.

"With this kind of strength, let alone competing for the top ten in the entire department, I think he even has a chance to take the number one spot!" Nie Cheng said.

Qiao Xuanxi remained silent. Although she knew that Chen Lie was stronger than her and had long since stopped secretly comparing herself to him, she still couldn't accept that Chen Lie was so much stronger than her.

Is the number one in the Eastern Star Region really that powerful?

"Do you think that the level of martial arts on Blue Star has now surpassed that of most planets in the Central Star Region?"

"Even if Blue Star can produce star-domain level martial arts geniuses, it still needs fertile ground to nurture them. People from peripheral star domains and ordinary barren planets, no matter how talented, cannot compare to a martial arts superstar like the Ten-Star Alliance," Hou Yutan said.

"It's entirely possible. If I had the chance, I'd really like to go and see Earth!"

……

After Chen Lie stepped off the fighting platform, the announcement for the next martial arts match immediately rang out.

"The fourth match is between Zhang Miao from Beimangxing and Tian Sisi from Suyunxing."

"Please come up on stage immediately for the duel!"

……

Zhang Miao and Tian Sisi from Beimangxing immediately stepped onto the dueling platform, and the fourth duel began with the announcement of "The duel begins."

Chen Lie returned to the waiting area and sat down.

Huang Yuxi nodded slightly to Chen Lie and said, "You must have expended a lot of energy just now. You need to recover as soon as possible to prepare for the next round of the competition."

Chen Lie's performance greatly exceeded her expectations. The gap between him and Wei Zeyang should not be too large, especially his sword technique. She wondered if Chen Lie had cultivated it to the pinnacle, as its power was not much weaker than an ordinary Heaven-grade sword technique.

Fortunately, Chen Lie came from a barren planet. If he were from a planet in the Ten Star Alliance, or even a planet with a stronger martial arts level in the Middle Star Region, there would be no chance for anyone else in today's freshman martial arts competition. He would definitely be the number one freshman in the entire school.

In Huang Yuxi's view, Chen Lie's background greatly limited his talent.

"I did feel a bit drained just now, but not much, it won't affect me," Chen Lie replied.

Huang Yuxi hummed in agreement, inwardly marveling at her father's discerning eye, which allowed him to spot Chen Lie at a glance.

Afterwards, Shen Jiuxi watched the battle unfold on the arena and began to ponder deeply.

How could someone from an Eastern Star Region planet, who has only been enrolled in Starry Sky University for half a year, have such profound attainments in martial arts?

It's obvious that Chen Lie hasn't broken through the 'Five Qi Gathering' realm yet. Once he does, he'll definitely be able to get on the Hidden Dragon List.

She had always considered herself a genius, and among her peers on Canglong Star, she was second to none. But this Chen Lie in front of her truly surprised her.

Soon, the results of the duel between Zhang Miao of Beimang Star and Tian Sisi of Suyun Star were also announced. Tian Sisi, relying on her superior martial arts skills, defeated Zhang Miao of Beimang Star.

The fifth match then began, with Hai Ranxing facing off against Canglongxing's Meng Bingcheng.

During the battle, Meng Bingcheng completely overwhelmed Zheng Zhong with her absolute strength.

The first round of the competition for the top spot in the martial arts department quickly came to an end.

A female voice rang out from all directions: "Ladies and gentlemen, the first round of the competition for the top spot in our Martial Arts Department has concluded. The second round of the competition will now begin."

The computer will randomly match the five students who just advanced, and one of them will receive a bye in this round.

Please look at the light curtain wall!

A series of new matching lists appeared on the light curtain wall—

Su Yunxing Tian Sisi vs Lan Xing Chen Lie

Canglongxing Meng Bingcheng vs. Xueshenxing Song Jiaren

Wei Zeyang, a faint star: This round is a bye.

……

"The second round of the competition for the title of the best in the entire Martial Arts Department is now beginning!"

"The first match is between Tian Sisi from Suyunxing and Chen Lie from Lanxing."

"Please come up on stage immediately for the duel!"

Upon hearing the broadcast, Chen Lie quickly got up and went up the long ladder to the battle arena.

In another waiting area, Tian Sisi looked at the light curtain wall in front of her and sighed.

"Chen Lie from Blue Star is truly bizarre. He's from a peripheral star system, yet he possesses such formidable strength!"

Tian Sisi knew that she was the weakest of the five, and she was likely to lose this round.

Beside her, Tian Sisi's martial arts teaching assistant, Li Yaxian, said, "Judging from the scene of Chen Lie's fight with Gongsun Huaying just now, this Chen Lie is probably one of the top three or even two among all the freshmen in the martial arts department."

Don't even mention Chen Lie, even Gongsun Huaying from Changxia Star is someone you can't handle.

He, a person of humble origin, has gained such strength in just half a year. He will surely be among the top 100 on the Hidden Dragon List soon.

"You definitely can't win this match, but consider it an opportunity to see the true value of this underprivileged genius," Li Yaxian said.

Tian Sisi hummed in agreement and got up to go up to the battle stage.

On the battle stage, Tian Sisi walked up to Chen Lie and gave him a deep look.

"Um... is it alright to stop here?"

"I always stop short of causing a scene!" Chen Lie said.

"Oh well!"

Tian Sisi took out her magical double hooks, solemnly gathering her strength in preparation.

At that moment, the announcement "The competition begins!" rang out.

Tian Sisi struck first, using her Ren Shui True Qi to power her pair of Wu hooks, and attacked Chen Lie.

Su Yunxing Tian Sisi, like Chen Lie, is from the second arena of the Tian Er campus. Chen Lie has watched many of her matches and knows that Tian Sisi's strength is barely enough to reach the late stage of the Qi Gathering Realm. Her ability to reach the top five is purely due to good luck, as she is matched with weaker opponents in the All-System Martial Arts Competition.

So Chen Lie wasted no time. He held the Blood River Blade horizontally, and his true energy, like a raging torrent, converged on the blade.

"Sweep through the enemy ranks!"

"Boom boom boom..."

A powerful blade of energy, hundreds of meters long, instantly swept across the center of the battle arena.

Under the sweeping force of this blade energy, Tian Sisi had almost no power to resist and was directly blasted off the battle stage.

The broadcast came on at just the right time.

"The duel has ended. Tian Sisi from Suyun Star vs. Chen Lie from Lanxing Star."

Blue Star's Chen Lie wins and advances to the next round.

Tian Sisi, who was knocked off the fighting stage in one move, was filled with frustration.

In this martial arts competition, she fought her way into the top ten of the entire system, weathering all the storms and defeating many geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance planets. She never imagined that she would be instantly killed by someone from a marginal star region planet.

After regaining her balance, Tian Sisi quickly returned to the waiting area.

Upon seeing this, Li Yaxian said leisurely, "The gap between you and him is too great."

But don't be discouraged. You're only at the late stage of the third-order Qi Condensation Realm, and your martial arts foundation is quite profound.

Blue Star is a planet on the edge of the star system; it's difficult for even one person to reach the Heavenly Aperture stage during the Qi and Blood stage. You will definitely be able to surpass him in the future.

Tian Sisi was taken aback. Was this meant to encourage her to surpass others later on?

She herself is from Suyun Star, and she rose to prominence later. Shouldn't she only be able to use this against those martial arts geniuses who are at the three-star level?

Compared to Chen Lie, she really can't say that she came from behind, because Chen Lie is probably the one who came from behind.

But Tian Sisi could only nod dejectedly.

After Chen Lie returned to the waiting area, the broadcast started again.

"The second match is between Meng Bingcheng of Canglong Star and Song Jiaren of Xueshen Star."

"Please come up on stage immediately for the duel!"

……

As soon as the broadcast ended, Meng Bingcheng of Canglong Star and Song Jiaren of Xueshen Star quickly stepped onto the battle stage.

As the announcement "The duel begins" rang out, Meng Bingcheng and Song Jiaren suddenly engaged in battle.

On the battle stage, boundless true energy clashed against each other, with various true energies of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, and electricity intertwining and creating a series of booming collisions that sounded like a storm in the void.

In the blink of an eye, Meng Bingcheng and Song Jiaren had exchanged hundreds of moves.

Inside the waiting area, Huang Yuxi analyzed the strength of Meng Bingcheng and Song Jiaren. Those who could reach this stage in the martial arts competition should all be at the late stage of the Qi Gathering Realm. There were no weaklings among them.

Huang Yuxi said to Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, your opponents are all different. Wei Zeyang goes without saying, but Meng Bingcheng and Song Jiaren are also quite powerful. None of them are easy to deal with."

"Teaching Assistant, I have a question. In this freshman martial arts competition, apart from the overall champion, it seems that the rewards for the top ten in the martial arts department are all the same. Since the rewards for tenth to second place are the same, why is there such fierce competition?"

"It's normal that you don't know this. Starry Sky University is a martial arts academy that cultivates geniuses from all the planets in the entire Canglan Star Region. It is located on Canglong Star and is under the jurisdiction of Canglong Star, but it does not belong to Canglong Star."

Any genius who can stand out at Starry Sky University will not only receive a reward, but their home planet will also benefit.

The rankings in the Newcomer Martial Arts Competition and the Hidden Dragon Ranking will bring benefits to their family, faction, and star. Otherwise, why do you think so many people would compete for a place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking?

Then, Shen Jiuxi snorted coldly, saying meaningfully, "You've been at Starry Sky University, yet you don't even understand its basic rules. What a country bumpkin!"

Huang Yuxi turned around and glanced at Shen Jiuxi, ignoring her, and continued, "If you are a member of a major family on Canglong Star and consistently rank in the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List, according to the rules, Canglong Star will receive more interstellar resources because of you."

The official Canglong Star team will return most of these resources to your family, meaning that if you consistently rank at the top of Starry Sky University, your family will continuously benefit.

You are a Blue Star citizen from the Eastern Star Region. If you win a place in the top ten of the entire system in the Freshman Martial Arts Competition, Blue Star will also benefit from you.

For example, the public assets of the Canglan Starfield include Spirit-Nourishing Flowers, Yuan Stones, and rare martial arts medicines that are uniformly distributed to each star.

If Blue Star receives 100 each year, then if you win a top ten spot in the entire system's martial arts competition, Blue Star will receive 110 this year because of you.

If you're in the top five of the Martial Arts Department, you'll receive 120 Blue Stars; if you're in the top three, you'll receive 130 Blue Stars.

If you can win first place in the entire department's martial arts competition, the resources allocated to Blue Star will be at least 40% more than in previous years.

Chen Lie asked, "So many?"

"Because planets in the outer star regions can only receive a very small amount of interstellar resources each year. If it is a planet in the Ten Star Alliance, even if someone on that planet wins first place in the school's martial arts competition, the increase in resources that year will be far less than one ten-thousandth of what it was in previous years."

Chen Lie nodded.

On the battle stage, the fight between Song Jiaren and Meng Bingcheng had reached a fever pitch. The two had already exchanged thousands of blows and were both feeling exhausted.

After the initial attack, Meng Bingcheng knew he couldn't afford to expend any more energy, otherwise, even if he won this round, he would inevitably lose the next. So he proposed a deal: "How about we settle this with one decisive blow?"

"Can!"

Song Jiaren nodded; she knew they couldn't afford to waste any more time.

If you overexert your strength, even if you win this match, you won't be able to last until the next one. At that time, not to mention Wei Zeyang, even Chen Lie will probably have a hard time defeating you.

Song Jiaren and Meng Bingcheng launched their attacks simultaneously, each unleashing their strongest martial arts techniques.

"Extremely Frosty Yin Palm!"

"Five Dragons Blood Flame Hand!"

"Boom boom boom!"

As Meng Bingcheng and Song Jiaren unleashed their ultimate martial arts techniques, a burst of air erupted on the battle stage, sending shockwaves rippled outwards.

Due to the force of the recoil, Meng Bingcheng and Song Jiaren were both thrown off the battle stage.

"The duel has ended. Meng Bingcheng of Canglong Star vs. Song Jiaren of Xueshen Star. Both sides land at the same time."

The computer determined it to be a draw.

……

"The third round of the Martial Arts Department's competition for first place has begun."

On the light screen, the original text instantly changed to—

Wei Zeyang of Weiguang Star vs. Meng Bingcheng of Canglong Star

Blue Star Chen Lie vs. Blood God Star Song Jiaren

……

"A draw? How could such a low-probability event happen?"

"Song Jiaren and Meng Bingcheng fought for thousands of rounds without a clear winner. They were evenly matched, so a draw is not surprising."

"I think both of them are quite exhausted; they probably won't be able to keep up!"

……

The spectators outside the arena all commented.

At this moment, the broadcast sounded again—"Match 1, Wei Zeyang of Weiguang Star vs. Meng Bingcheng of Canglong Star."

"Please come up to the stage immediately for the duel."

As soon as the broadcast ended, Meng Bingcheng, who had just stepped off the stage, was sent back to the battle arena before he could even return to the waiting area.

On the other side, Wei Zeyang also stepped onto the battle stage.

Wei Zeyang crossed his arms and said calmly, "Meng Bingcheng, I watched your previous martial arts competition. Your strength is not bad, but it's just not bad."

Even in your prime, you wouldn't be a match for me, let alone now that you've expended so much power.

If you want to maintain some dignity, then get off the battle stage yourself!

Meng Bingcheng snorted coldly: "How arrogant! I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve!"

After the announcement that "the duel has begun" rang out, Meng Bingcheng suddenly attacked, unleashing the mid-grade Earth-level "Frosty Yin Palm".

He thrust out a palm, and a large handprint made of icy Yin energy solidified and surged toward Wei Zeyang.

Wei Zeyang shook his head and said, "He asked for trouble!"

He spread his hands in front of his chest and pushed out with one hand.

"Boom boom boom!"

A powerful force instantly pierced through Meng Bingcheng's protective aura and struck him directly.

With a "bang," Meng Bingcheng was knocked off the fighting stage by a single palm strike.

"The duel has ended. Wei Zeyang of Weiguang Star vs. Meng Bingcheng of Canglong Star."

Wei Zeyang of Weiguangxing won and advanced to the finals.

Wei Zeyang walked off the battle stage expressionlessly.

"Next match: Blue Star Chen Lie vs. Blood God Star Song Jiaren."

"Please come up to the stage immediately for the duel."

……

Before the broadcast had even finished, Chen Lie stepped onto the battle stage.

Inside the waiting area, Huang Yucheng in the back row stared intently at Chen Lie.

He actually made it into the top three of the entire martial arts department in the freshman martial arts competition. Could he possibly win first place?

Huang Yucheng then shook her head. It shouldn't be possible. Wei Zeyang from Weiguang Star is no ordinary person. Before the competition even started, he was already considered the top freshman.

On the battle stage, Song Jiaren and Chen Lie faced each other.

Song Jiaren was still very cautious when facing Chen Lie.

She was not fooled by Chen Lie's background. Based on Chen Lie's previous performance, Song Jiaren was certain that he was her formidable rival.

She really couldn't understand why a human from Earth could be so powerful.

Chen Lie took out the Blood River Blade from his storage bag, its more than two-meter-long blade pointing at Song Jiaren.

At that moment, the announcement "The duel begins" rang out.