Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

As soon as the broadcast started, Song Jiaren took the initiative, unleashing her top-tier martial arts technique, which she had cultivated to an unparalleled level. In an instant, she closed the distance between herself and Chen Lie, launching a barrage of attacks at him.

"Boom boom boom!"

Song Jiaren unleashed the power of her Yang Flame True Qi, instantly unleashing hundreds of palm prints at Chen Lie. The dense array of 'Five Dragon Blood Flame Palms' rained down upon Chen Lie.

Faced with the dense array of blazing palm prints, Chen Lie thrust his longsword forward and then swung it through the air. Instantly, thousands of sword energies and blades emerged, directly obliterating Song Jiaren's blazing palm prints. Many more sword energies and blades even broke through Song Jiaren's true energy barrier and pierced towards her eyes.

Upon seeing this, Song Jiaren activated her Yin-Yang True Qi, causing a powerful tremor that instantly dispersed all the sword energy and blades.

At this moment, Chen Lie attacked with a slash, the blade so sharp that it instantly sliced ​​through Song Jiaren's protective inner energy.

Song Jiaren was startled. She quickly clenched her fingers like arrows and launched a counterattack against Chen Lie.

"Flying Flower Finger Arrow Skill!"

"Swish..."

Song Jiaren flicked out ten arrows of true energy from her fingertips, causing Chen Lie to stop in his tracks and be forced to parry the arrows with his sword.

Although Chen Lie stopped, Song Jiaren keenly sensed his powerful inner energy.

She made a snap decision, took out a blood-red repeating crossbow from her storage bag, and instantly strapped it to her right arm.

"This Blood God Crossbow... I originally planned to keep it as a trump card to deal with Wei Zeyang, but now it seems I can only use it on you..."

The so-called trump card is something that cannot be easily revealed to others. The power of the Blood God Crossbow is so great that ordinary people have no idea of ​​its power.

Even a genius on the Hidden Dragon Ranking would not be unscathed after being struck by the Blood God Crossbow.

However, trump cards have an expiration period. Only by using them unexpectedly on the first use can they exert their greatest power. If their power is revealed and the opponent is on guard, the effect will be greatly reduced. Using them in the finals will definitely make Wei Zeyang more prepared.

However, she had just exhausted too much energy, and if she hadn't used the Blood God Crossbow beforehand, she probably wouldn't have been able to get through this level.

"Five Dragons Blood Flame Palm!"

Song Jiaren unleashed her full power with a palm strike, and the palm print formed from the Fire Yang True Qi crashed down with a "boom".

Chen Lie unleashed a powerful, blood-red dragon-like strike, instantly neutralizing Song Jiaren's palm strike with his immense, fierce blade energy.

At that moment, Song Jiaren extended her right arm, and she continuously infused the Blood God Crossbow with Yin-Yang True Qi.

"Yin-Yang Divine Crossbow, swiftly!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"

Dozens of extremely compressed blood-red true energy particles, like crossbow bullets, swarmed towards Chen Lie after the palm print.

Just as Chen Lie drew his sword to block Song Jiaren's palm attack, he saw Song Jiaren launch a series of true energy bullets with her blood crossbow. Caught off guard, he used the blade of his sword to block them.

"Bang bang bang!"

After the first few Qi blasts collided with the Blood River Blade, the remaining Qi blasts instantly dispersed, one to ten, ten to a hundred, and dozens of Qi blasts turned into thousands in the blink of an eye. They actually bypassed Chen Lie's Blood River Blade and fell towards Chen Lie like raindrops.

Chen Lie activated his protective true energy, forming a true energy defensive shield among the five elements in an attempt to block the densely packed true energy projectiles.

Unexpectedly, the energy projectiles fired from the blood crossbow had the ability to penetrate true energy, completely ignoring the protective shield erected by Chen Lie's true energy. With a few "whoosh" sounds, they struck various vital points on Chen Lie's body.

The tiny air blasts fired by the blood crossbow seemed to be able to pinpoint their location by sound, striking the weakest points on the human body. The vast majority of the attacks landed on Chen Lie's vital points such as Baihui, Mingmen, Tanzhong, and Jiuwei.

His dantian's qi sea was also attacked, and his true qi dissipated in an instant.

Seeing Chen Lie's true energy dissipate, Song Jiaren couldn't help but giggle: "Boy, for someone from a barren planet like you to force me to use the Blood God Crossbow against you, that's quite an honor!"

"The Blood God Crossbow?"

Chen Lie looked at the bloody crossbow on Song Jiaren's arm with great curiosity.

"Indeed, it took me a lot of effort to get my hands on this divine crossbow crafted by the Blood God Cult."

Although this divine crossbow is only a low-level spiritual treasure, it is infinitely mysterious. First, it can infinitely compress true qi to form a true qi bullet with ten thousand times the mass, which can easily penetrate the protective true qi of a martial artist.

Secondly, it allows me to communicate with spiritual energy, enabling me to control my spirit and remotely manipulate the released true energy to attack your vital points.

Besides these, there are many other wonderful uses, but my understanding is insufficient; I can only uncover these two points.

As Song Jiaren spoke, her face turned cold, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "I originally intended to keep this Blood God Crossbow to deal with Wei Zeyang, but you forced me to take it out ahead of schedule."

Now that Wei Zeyang is on guard, my Blood God Crossbow will be difficult to use.

"You lowly wretch from a barren planet, having squeezed into the top three, should have obediently admitted defeat. Now you've forced me to reveal my trump card prematurely. If I lose the top spot in the entire department because of this, you'll be the culprit!"

"Then your Blood God Crossbow is quite good; it can actually control energy with divine power."

"But don't get ahead of yourself. You haven't even passed my test yet, and you're already talking about being number one in the entire department?"

"You've been hit by my Blood God Crossbow, and all your vital points have been severely struck. It's already a testament to your resilience that you haven't collapsed immediately. Your true energy has been completely shattered, and you still dare to make a sound?"

Chen Lie said calmly, "Let me give you a reminder: whatever you do, remember not to open the champagne halfway through."

After speaking, Chen Lie suddenly drew his sword and leaped up. A huge sword shadow descended from the sky and slashed towards Song Jiaren.

"Blood Dragon Slash!"

"Boom boom boom!"

A powerful blade aura accompanied by a slashing shadow created a fierce storm.

Song Jiaren, who was in the eye of the storm, was stunned. He was seriously injured, so how could he still unleash such power?

Song Jiaren channeled her inner energy to defend herself, but the blade's shadow fell with overwhelming force. She only managed to resist for a few seconds before being swept away from the battle stage by the powerful blade energy.

With a "thud," Song Jiaren fell to the ground outside the battle platform without any suspense.

"How...how is this possible? He clearly suffered a severe blow, and his dantian was damaged. How could he ignore the Blood God Crossbow?"

Song Ga-in is simply unbelievable.

Logically speaking, with the Blood God Crossbow, she could defeat even Wei Zeyang by surprise. Why did she fall into the hands of this Blue Star person?

"The duel has ended. Blood God Star Song Jiaren vs. Blue Star Chen Lie."

Blue Star's Chen Lie has won and advanced to the Martial Arts Department Finals.

As the announcement of victory rang out, Chen Lie jumped off the battle platform.

Song Jiaren's Blood God Crossbow is indeed quite powerful; it would likely be effective against most people, but using it against Chen Lie would be like kicking a hornet's nest.

Chen Lie's physique is comparable to a young celestial beast. Even Shen Jiuxi on the Hidden Dragon List, who has repeatedly used ruthless methods, has been unable to subdue him. How much less could Song Jiaren?

Song Jiaren's Blood God Crossbow attacked Chen Lie's dantian and indeed dispersed Chen Lie's true qi. If it were an ordinary person, they would lose their fighting ability directly. However, Chen Lie's true qi regenerated at a speed like the Milky Way falling from the sky. A fourth-level Qi Gathering Realm martial artist could not compare with him at all. In just a dozen breaths, Chen Lie's true qi was able to recover more than half.

Song Jiaren opened champagne halfway through the event and actually started lecturing him. If she had seized the opportunity to act quickly and not given Chen Lie a chance to recover, she could have really made Chen Lie suffer.

But it's impossible for him to win, because Chen Lie still has mental energy to rely on. As long as he can stall her for a while, Chen Lie's true energy will recover.

As soon as Chen Lie stepped down, a holographic projection of Bai Xinlin, the announcer of the martial arts competition, appeared on the battle stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the two students who have advanced to the finals of the Martial Arts Competition for Freshmen in the 7366th year of the Galaxy Calendar have appeared."

First, there is Wei Zeyang, the star of faint light.

Second, there is Chen Lie from Blue Star.

The champion of the martial arts department in the freshman martial arts competition will be one of these two.

"In previous years, those who entered the finals of the three major departments of Starry Sky University were all from the Ten Star Alliance. This year, Chen Lie from Blue Star should be a surprise to everyone."

However, everyone has witnessed Chen Lie's performance. His appearance in the finals of the martial arts department's competition for the top spot was not due to luck, but because he has absolute strength.

According to the Interstellar Alliance, Blue Star has joined the Interstellar Alliance and is now a member of the Fourteen Star Alliance.

In other words, both students competing for the top spot in the entire department are from planets within the Interstellar Alliance, just like in previous years.

As soon as Bai Xinlin's character projection uttered those words, the audience below immediately sighed, and some even began to complain.

The Ten Star Alliance is the Ten Star Alliance, what is Earth compared to that?

The so-called Fourteen Star Alliance is a joke in the eyes of the people of the Ten Star Alliance planets. The four planets selected from the four cardinal directions are not comparable to the planets of the Ten Star Alliance in the slightest. These four planets are even inferior to most planets in the Central Star Region.

But this Chen Lie from Blue Star is indeed formidable. After his performance in the previous rounds of battles, the martial arts students and audience from Canglongzhou have almost accepted Chen Lie's abnormality.

With so many marginal planets, it's not impossible for one such genius to emerge every hundred years.

"Chen Lie and Wei Zeyang, please get ready. You have ten minutes to adjust your breathing and rest."

Ten minutes later, the grand finale of the martial arts department's competition for the top spot will begin on time!

……

Inside the waiting area, Chen Lie had just sat down when Huang Yuxi pressed him for an answer: "Chen Lie, I saw you were hit by Song Jiaren's Blood God Crossbow earlier. How are your injuries?"

"It's alright, that little attack won't affect me much," Chen Lie waved his hand.

"Oh?"

Huang Yuxi was very puzzled. As a master of the Innate Breathing Realm, she could see clearly that Chen Lie's vital points and fatal acupoints had been attacked, so how could he be unharmed?

Shen Jiuxi, standing behind, said expressionlessly, "This guy is thick-skinned; this little bit of damage won't break through his defenses at all."

Huang Yuxi asked Shen Jiuxi, "Are you and Chen Lie friends?"

"Friends? Are you kidding me? Someone from a barren planet dares to be my friend?" Shen Jiuxi said disdainfully.

"That doesn't make sense, does it?" Huang Yucheng, who was next to Shen Jiuxi, asked, "If you look down on Chen Lie so much, why did you give him the spirit sword?"

Shen Jiuxi's face stiffened: "I'm doing my own thing, why are you asking me so many questions?"

Ignoring all that, Huang Yuxi said to Chen Lie, "After so many battles, your strength must be severely depleted. Take these ten minutes to recuperate!"

Chen Lie simply nodded.

Huang Yucheng, who was behind her, questioned, "Sister, do you really expect Chen Lie to win first place in the martial arts department?"

I heard that Wei Zeyang of Weiguang Star recently withstood three moves from a genius on the Hidden Dragon List without being defeated.

He is absolutely the best among this year's freshmen; he's a shoo-in for first place in the martial arts department, and has a very high chance of being first in the entire university.

"Oh? Is that so?" Huang Yuxi asked.

"Yes, a while ago, Wei Zeyang's class had a sparring match. Many people have heard about the fact that one of their students, who was ranked over 160th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, had a three-move exchange with Wei Zeyang."

"No matter what, we've come this far, so naturally we have to try our best," Huang Yuxi said.

At the same time, she warned her sister not to disrupt Chen Lie's will to fight at this critical juncture.

At this time, a man in his forties arrived at the waiting area.

"Chen Lie, I've finally found you!"

Upon hearing the voice, Chen Lie immediately turned around and, after recognizing the speaker, said, "Director Zhang?"

This man is Zhang Wenwu, the director of the Blue Star's resident working group at Starry Sky University.

"Chen Lie, I just received a message from an academic affairs staff member of Xingkong University, saying that you won a place in the top ten of the martial arts department in the university's freshman martial arts competition?" Zhang Wenwu asked.

"Yes!" Chen Lie nodded.

"Is...is this real?"

Zhang Wenwu was stunned. The top ten in the freshman martial arts competition was a ranking exclusive to the Ten Star Alliance planets. Today, it was actually Blue Star's turn.

"How could this be fake?"

"Winning the top ten in the entire Department of Freshman Martial Arts Competition will be of great benefit not only to you, but also to Blue Star."

"Chen Lie, in just six months, you've actually developed this kind of ability?"

Zhang Wenwu was extremely shocked. He knew Chen Lie was talented, but he never expected him to be this talented.

Huang Yuxi then stood up and said to Zhang Wenwu, "You're from the Blue Star school-based work group, right?"

I am Huang Yuxi, Chen Lie's martial arts teaching assistant.

"Martial arts...assistant teacher..."

Zhang Wenwu knew that the martial arts teaching assistants at Xingkong University were all top students in their fourth year, and were at the level of peak martial arts masters.

Such a powerful individual may not be weaker than the top experts on Earth, the ninth-tier Grandmasters.

He knew that ordinary students would never have martial arts teaching assistants, so Chen Lie was really well-connected and actually had a martial arts teaching assistant at Starry Sky University.

"Hello, Assistant Teacher Huang."

I am Zhang Wenwu, director of the Blue Star Campus Working Group.

"Director Zhang, Chen Lie is about to participate in the finals of the martial arts department's competition for the top spot. He was severely exhausted just now, so let him recuperate properly first."

"We can talk about it after the martial arts competition!" Huang Yuxi said.

"Of course! Of course!" Zhang Wenwu nodded repeatedly.

"Please have a seat."

After Huang Yuxi finished speaking, she sat down again.

After Zhang Wenwu sat down, he instantly realized the hidden meaning in Huang Yuxi's words.

"What? The finals for the best in the entire department?"

So, Chen Lie not only made it into the top ten of the entire department, but also into the top three?

……

Ten minutes passed quickly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Martial Arts Department Finals of the 7366th Starry Sky University Freshman Martial Arts Competition, a battle for the top spot in the entire department, has officially begun!"

"Now, please welcome Chen Lie from Blue Star and Wei Zeyang from Micro Star to the stage to compete for the title of the best freshman in the Martial Arts Department."

……

Chen Lie and Wei Zeyang stepped onto the battle stage at the same time and stood opposite each other.

"Chen Lie, Wei Zeyang, you have 30 seconds to prepare. The competition will begin on time in 30 seconds."

……

Chen Lie took out the Blood River Blade from his storage bag, its blade pointing directly at Wei Zeyang.

Wei Zeyang also took out his weapon, a magical halberd, and spoke in a calm tone.

"I never expected that my final opponent in the all-system martial arts competition would be a human from Earth."

I don't know if you're worth me using my spiritual weapon, the spirit halberd.

"It makes no difference; you'll lose whether you use it or not, so why worry unnecessarily?"

Wei Zeyang laughed heartily: "Indeed, quite arrogant."

More than 20 years ago, your strongest planet in the Eastern Star Region, Crimson Flame Star, sought help from Glimmering Star due to internal strife.

At that time, one of my elders led a three-thousand-strong interstellar expeditionary force to the Eastern Star Region to assist in quelling the rebellion.

My elders later told me more than once that the Eastern Star Region was a barren wasteland, and even after several thousand years, it would not be as good as one-tenth of the Central Star Region.

Unexpectedly, twenty years later, you, a person from the Eastern Star Region, have managed to defeat numerous geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance and stand against me.

"Your strength is indeed considerable, but compared to me, it's far from enough!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's see who's the real deal!"

"Then I'll show you today how there are always people more capable than you, and how there's always something beyond your understanding!"

……

Chen Lie and Wei Zeyang simultaneously assumed their fighting stances, ready to unleash their power.

At that moment, the voice announcing "The duel begins!" rang out instantly.

Chen Lie and Wei Zeyang attacked simultaneously. Chen Lie's crimson spirit blade surged with true energy, clashing fiercely with Wei Zeyang's halberd.

"Bang"

A sound of clashing blades and halberds rang out, followed by a sudden burst of explosive energy from the impact.

During this exchange, Chen Lie was forced to retreat more than ten steps due to the recoil from the immense force, and a numb sensation arose from his right arm, which was holding the spirit blade.

After exchanging blows, Chen Lie instantly realized that Wei Zeyang was far stronger than him.

His strength seems to be at the peak of the third-order Qi Condensation Realm, and he has also broken through the True Qi Extreme Realm of Five Qi Converging to the Origin, but his strength exceeds that of an ordinary fourth-order Qi Gathering Realm peak.

We have to use our ultimate move!

Chen Lie activated the second level of the Hunyuan Wuji Qigong at extreme speed, leaping hundreds of meters and forcefully slashing downwards with his sword.

"Blood Dragon Blade Technique, Evil Dragon Splits the Abyss!"

"boom!"

A sword shadow formed by a thousand-meter-long blade of energy descended from above, with a dragon shadow coiling within it.

With a single slash, the martial arts arena was sliced ​​in half.

Wei Zeyang used his halberd to block the way, but because the ground collapsed, he fell directly into the underground cave.

This strike was a high-level technique of the Blood Dragon Blade Technique; with a single swing, it drained half of Chen Lie's true energy from his three dantian.

Fortunately, Chen Lie's internal energy could keep up with his speed; otherwise, he would have been exhausted after just two strikes.

The audience outside the arena was shocked to see this.

How could this strike be so powerful? It actually caused the battle platform to collapse? The battle platform was made of special materials from Starry Sky University, and ordinary fourth-tier martial artists could not damage it in the slightest.

Even Huang Yuxi was taken aback. She hadn't expected that her teaching assistant student could actually make such a move.

Zhang Wenwu, from the Blue Star campus work group, suddenly stood up. Could it be that someone from Blue Star could take the top spot among the martial arts department freshmen?

On the battle platform, a deep knife mark formed a chasm, almost splitting the platform in two.

At this moment, a burst of halberd light surged from the chasm, and Wei Zeyang soared into the sky. He wielded his halberd, unleashing his halberd techniques, and launched continuous attacks on Chen Lie.

"Boom boom boom..."

The swords and halberds clashed again, and the sound of their impact stirred up a storm on the battle platform.

This time, Wei Zeyang used all his strength, aiming his halberd at Chen Lie's vital points, and the attack was fatal.

Chen Lie wielded the Blood River Blade to defend himself, and his arm would go numb for a moment after each of Wei Zeyang's halberd strikes.

The difference in strength between him and Wei Zeyang was obvious. If it were anyone else, they would have been exhausted or their arms would have been crippled long ago. But Chen Lie's physique and the speed at which his true qi grew were incomparable to ordinary people.

Therefore, Chen Lie decided to wear him down!

Mental attacks should be avoided if possible, because the heads of the three major departments are watching. Even if Chen Lie uses mental attacks, he must restrain himself, otherwise he will not be able to hide them from the discerning eyes of the three True Essence Realm martial artists.

He has three major consciousnesses, but he can only use the abilities of one of them. Otherwise, if the heads of the three departments ask him, he will have a hard time explaining.

There are still three martial arts competitions to come, so it's better to save your mental energy techniques for later and have more options.

After receiving hundreds of moves from Wei Zeyang, Chen Lie finished charging up and unleashed another powerful attack.

With a single slash, the violent blade energy seemed to slice through the air, descending upon Wei Zeyang's head once more.

"Blood Dragon Slash!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The thousand-meter-long blade energy descended, and the battle platform broke in half again, forming a cross with the huge blade mark from before.

With a ferocious strike, Wei Zeyang was once again knocked off the fighting platform.

In an instant, Wei Zeyang rushed out again. This time, he was furious and unleashed a series of deadly attacks with his halberd while simultaneously striking Chen Lie with a palm.

"Great Vajra Hand!"

"boom"

As the powerful palm strike landed on him, Chen Lie did his best to avoid the center of the force and used the blade of his Blood River Blade to block half of the palm.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Lie used the "Blood Dragon Blade Technique" to fight Wei Zeyang. After recovering his true energy, Chen Lie unleashed another powerful move.

After several such incidents, Wei Zeyang's lack of sustained energy finally became apparent.

Chen Lie could sense that as the battle progressed, Wei Zeyang's power was gradually diminishing.

Wei Zeyang swung his halberd across the sky, forcing Chen Lie back, and his heart sank.

"What's going on? This Earthling doesn't seem tired at all?"

He had just realized that Chen Lie wanted to wear him down, but who was he? Why would he be afraid of being worn down by someone from a barren planet? Even if they got into a war of attrition, he wouldn't be the one who was worn down in the end.

But now he realizes he was wrong. With the continuous strain, his condition has begun to decline, while his opponent is still at the peak of his power.

Knowing he couldn't outlast Chen Lie, Wei Zeyang immediately changed his strategy and began to unleash his ultimate techniques in an attempt to end the battle quickly.

He used all his strength, his halberd flashing like a dragon, and struck at Chen Lie.

"Mysterious Sun Thunder Halberd, kill!"

"Boom boom boom!"

A beam of light from a halberd pierced across the entire battle arena, heading straight for Chen Lie.

Chen Lie had just finished charging up his power once again and slashed down with his sword.

The moment the halberd's edge and the blade's shadow touched, the two kinds of true energy collided.

Chen Lie pushed his "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong" to its limit, using all his true energy to fight against Wei Zeyang's spear strike.

Within moments, Wei Zeyang's condition deteriorated again, and his lack of follow-through became even more pronounced.

Finally, with Chen Lie constantly increasing the pressure, Wei Zeyang's true energy supporting the Xuan Yang Thunder Halberd began to collapse.

"Boom boom boom!"

After a deafening explosion, Wei Zeyang was sent flying backward as his true energy collapsed completely.

Just as he was about to regain his footing, Chen Lie, who was relentlessly pursuing him, attacked.

"Sweep through the enemy ranks!"

Chen Lie unleashed a powerful slash, striking Wei Zeyang and knocking him off the battle stage.

Wei Zeyang fell off the battle stage with a "bang".

The broadcast came on at just the right time.

"Blue Star Chen Lie vs. Glimmering Star Wei Zeyang".

Blue Star's Chen Lie emerged victorious, claiming first place in the martial arts competition for all freshmen in the Martial Arts Department.