The girl selling goods at the market had never seen money before.

A wall of fire several meters high suddenly rose up, completely blocking their path.

An overwhelming sense of oppression descended upon them.

"Didn't you say you wanted to challenge me? Why are you running away?"

Bai Jinxuan raised her head, her scarlet eyes appearing especially terrifying in the face of the rolling waves of fire.

"Who said I ran away?"

He Qianlu wanted to step forward, but was stopped by a man in light armor carrying a katana.

"She's strong, don't be impulsive, baby. Listen to me, I'll lead you to victory."

"But......"

Seeing the two of them flirting in front of her, Bai Jinxuan felt disgusted. Were they not taking her seriously?

What right do they have to dawdle here!

She quickly pulled two cherry bombs from her waist with her right hand and threw them at them.

"boom--!"

He Qianlu, unable to dodge in time, was about to be blown away, but fortunately the meteor hammer caught her, preventing her from being seriously injured.

After the smoke cleared, she immediately yelled, "How can you have no morals at all?! We weren't ready!"

"Not ready? That's good!"

A wicked laugh echoed across the battlefield. The next second, Bai Jinxuan descended from the sky, bursting into their heavily guarded formation. With a sweep of her scythe, she deflected the attacks of the three men, then swiftly dodged to stand in front of He Qianlu.

"careful!"

The three—one wielding a katana, the other a short sword, and the other a meteor hammer—shouted in unison.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

Bai Jinxuan kicked the red-haired girl in the abdomen, sending her flying. At the same time, she quickly reached out with her left hand, grabbed her neck, and dragged her to the ground like pulling a ribbon.

"Ugh... let me go..."

Red Hair placed both hands on Bai Jinxuan's left hand, trying to pry it off, but Bai Jinxuan reacted quickly and immediately restarted the accelerator, dragging her into the mist like a python returning to its den.

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Outside the venue, the entire audience stared intently at the big screen.

The commentator's impassioned voice echoed across the arena.

"The young lady has found her target! Is the pre-match challenge about to begin?"

"Wow...so fast! The young lady has made her move! First, three fiery peppers, then an assault! And she's not wearing any armor! How dare she attack four fully armored contestants before the Shadow Demon Tide catches up!?"

"She did it!!! The sudden attack caught the four-person team from No. 2 Middle School completely off guard! They were really too careless! It seems that even if the top five science students from No. 2 Middle School were combined, it wouldn't be easy for them to contend with the young lady if they were of the same level and equipped!"

"This is real, hard-earned combat experience! According to an anonymous student from No. 1 High School, their school's young lady frequently goes to dungeons to fight monsters, and her skill level is highly regarded even by an 8th-tier teacher... My god, she just fought 3 at once, and now she's fighting 4 at once. Just how high is her ceiling?!"

"Got her! The young lady's target was the princess! She dragged the princess away right in front of three knights! She's practically a demon!"

Seeing the unstoppable force on the big screen, Zhang Mengli's eyes widened: "No way, she's really that strong? I heard she's going to participate in the humanities competition tomorrow, Murong Yao, is that true?"

"Of course, she also said she would beat me; she never says anything she's not sure of."

Murong Yao looked proud.

The commentator's voice continued.

"This is shocking! If the young lady were fighting at her peak near-4th rank, I might be able to believe it, but she and the three knights are only at the initial 3rd rank! Can she really create such a huge gap just by relying on combat skills?"

"Wait! Knight, the knight has realized what's happening!"

On the big screen, in the picture.

Tai Dao was the first to react, raising his sword and leaping into the air. White energy flowed to the blade as he roared, demanding that Bai Jinxuan return the princess.

As a result, three cherry bombs flew out, and before he could even use his martial arts skills while he was airborne, he was blown to the ground.

In the end, the Shadow Fiend tide surged in like an avalanche, engulfing the three knights completely.

The battle ended.

The whole audience was shocked.

Even the commentators were dumbfounded.

She paused, only snapping out of her daze after the host patted her on the shoulder, before continuing, "Now we'll start playing the replay. You can see that from the start of the battle between the young lady and the princess to its end, it only took... 12.36 seconds!"

"Her strength isn't just about her rank! According to data analysis, the reason she's so fast is because her 'ineffective movements' are zero! Not only that, but her way of generating power is also faster and more powerful than others! This is experience she gained from countless real battles!"

"In comparison, the top science students at No. 2 High School are too stupid. They pay great attention to defense and posture. Even the greatsword user who ranked outside the top 100 at No. 1 High School knows that armor is useless when the Shadow Demon Tide arrives. But the heavy armor user from No. 2 High School and these knights wore heavy armor until they died."

"And the princess was even more ridiculous. Until she was attacked, she still believed that both sides needed to be prepared for the battle... You could say she was the weak point of the entire team. It was because she was attacked that the other members of the team became so anxious, which ultimately led to the collapse."

After the explanation, the audience finally understood why Bai Jinxuan was so strong among people of the same class, while these other people were like chicks, easily manipulated.

It turns out it's a human problem!

"No wonder they say No. 1 High School is the best high school in Star City, the students they produce are truly exceptional!"

Hearing the exclamations of the audience around her, Zhang Mengli couldn't help but purse her lips.

She felt that she was being implied.

However, compared to that, there is something more concerning about her now: why didn't Bai Jinxuan just eliminate He Qianlu directly, but instead took her away?

When this question popped into her mind, her first reaction was to ask Murong Yao. But when she turned around and saw Murong Yao, she found that Murong Yao looked terrible.

Now is not the time to ask these questions; let's continue watching the game.

With this thought in mind, she looked up at the big screen.

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"Let...let me go...!"

Because Red Hair was also wearing light armor and a helmet, Bai Jinxuan gradually caught her breath and was able to speak as she maintained a steady pace of running.

"If you've got the guts... then let me go! Let's fight fair and square, what kind of skill is a sneak attack!"

"Oh?"

Bai Jinxuan found it somewhat amusing, but she held it in.

In the previous battle, she had already clearly sensed the level of this guy's strength.

In a sense, she had fooled herself before, which led to her having to ask Yao Yao for details. Now it seems that her behavior was quite foolish.

This girl is incredibly weak. Why do I say that? It's simple. Even after dragging her out for so long, she still hasn't broken free. Even if I let her fight me fair and square, she would most likely get completely crushed.

However, as I said before...

I respect every challenger. Since she's made her offer, then come on!

The silver-haired girl pushed off the ground with one foot, slid several meters, and then threw her to the ground with a flick of her wrist.

"Come on, I'll give you 10 seconds."

Bai Jinxuan glanced behind her at the monster tide and the contestants who were frantically fleeing, and said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Qianlu bought a longsword, got into a fighting stance, and charged forward while shouting, "Take this! You demon!"

As she charged forward, her body leaned forward, her sword stretched out long. She looked at Bai Jinxuan speechlessly, easily dodging the thrust, crouching down, and then sweeping her leg.

He Qianlu instantly lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"Eight seconds left, is that all?" Bai Jinxuan stood up, remained still, and grinned.

This made He Qianlu's face flush red. She quickly flipped herself up and poured her strength into her longsword.

"You forced me to do this!"

"Yes, yes, I forced you to do this."

Although the other party used martial arts, Bai Jinxuan was not flustered. To her, it would be interesting if this guy could actually hurt her.

Otherwise, it's too boring to just dominate weaker opponents.

"Pay the price for your arrogance! Bai Jinxuan, this is the power of No. 2 Middle School, the Righteous Slash!"

In an instant, her longsword emitted a blinding white light. Then, she slashed down with all her might, and the white light gathered into a dense sword aura, slashing towards herself.

The strength is passable, but as a special move, it seems a bit lacking.

Hmm... I can dodge it, but with the scythe, I'll try that move.

A strange idea suddenly popped into Bai Jinxuan's mind. She began to spin the scythe rapidly, and the black afterimages gradually disappeared around her—the speed had reached a point where it was almost invisible to the naked eye.

If I cut fast enough, I might be able to disperse the sword energy.

Oh right, you can also use your strength here.

Belatedly realizing what was happening, she channeled her inner energy, covering her hands and scythe. Although she couldn't use this energy to perform martial arts techniques, she could still neutralize it by colliding with the sword energy.

In this way, he first unleashed a vortex of energy, and then, just as the sword energy was about to strike him, he quickly slashed three times to disperse it.

Most of the remaining energy of the sword aura was neutralized by the vortex and subsequent strikes. Only a small amount of energy clashed with the defense and struck Bai Jinxuan, leaving a small cut on her face.

"No...impossible..."

The strongest move was easily neutralized, and Qianlu stared wide-eyed in disbelief, her legs trembling.

"We should be at the same level, you can't possibly be this strong... there must be some mistake..."

She instinctively took a step back, and the longsword fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Bai Jinxuan stopped spinning the sickle. A black blade flashed across her white school uniform, and the back of the blade slammed to the ground with a thud.

She took a step forward, dragging her sickle.

"No...don't come any closer!"

Overwhelmed by fear, He Qianlu momentarily forgot that this was an illusion; at that moment, she only felt that she was being watched by the most terrifying creature in the world.

It could be fatal, or even worse than death.

"don't want......."

Her voice trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Seeing that she had lost all fighting spirit, Bai Jinxuan put on a stern face.

"Didn't you want to be fair and square with me? Didn't you want to show me the power of No. 2 Middle School? Stand up and continue, there are still 4 seconds left."

"I lost......"

Before she could finish speaking, Bai Jinxuan kicked her to the ground.

"Who told you to lose? There are 3 seconds left."

"I'm sorry, I was so arrogant and ignorant, I..."

"I told you to stand up!"

Bai Jinxuan rushed forward, grabbed her helmet, and lifted her up by the head and half of her body.

"You have 2 seconds left!"

However, beneath the helmet, the person opposite him kept their eyes tightly shut and refused to move.

......

"boring."

She put down the red-haired girl and tossed her aside like a rag doll.

so boring.

I thought she was incredibly strong, possessing some mysterious power that she could unleash, and that she would truly show me what justice was. But instead, she just set off a show for herself and then went back to her own slump.

Can someone like that really be called an explorer?

　Boring as hell.

Bai Jinxuan took a deep breath and glanced back at the surging tide of monsters.

The safe zone has shrunk considerably; it's time to end this farce...