Chapter 374: I, Su Yu, Am Not A Sore Loser (3)
When Su Yu saw that it was a girl, he laughed, "I don't like to bully girls. We might be opponents, I still have some respect for myself. Senior Sister, please concede. If not, I'll consider you an enemy. And genders do not matter when it comes to dealing with enemies."
The girl frowned, "Junior Brother Su, are you looking down on women?"
"Not really." Su Yu said, "Don't bother trying to trap me with words. I respect a lot of female experts. For example, Teacher Wu Qi who once killed a devil expert. I have always believed that only someone like her is worthy of being called a cultivator. I will stand my ground even in front of my teacher. Only someone with the courage to enter the Allheaven Battlefield alone to slaughter the enemies of humanity is worthy of my respect. Gender does not matter. As for you...since you're unwilling to concede, let us begin."
Su Yu was very polite when he was speaking, but the moment Liu Hong announced the start of the match, he moved without waiting.
A saber appeared noiselessly and swung down. The saber emanated an overbearing saber qi, a cold killing intent, with lightning currents cackling alongside its surface. At the same time, illusions appeared alongside a clump of black flame.
The girl cursed inwardly. Wasn't he supposed to not enjoy fighting girls? Why was he even more ferocious than before? She activated her willpower and characters.
A frosty power covered the ring. Even the temperature near the ring started dropping. The saber was slowed down by the chilly aura. But immediately after, the burning power latched onto the girl's willpower.
Her face paled. That was too painful. To the point she wanted to give up immediately.
Damn it!
Unless one was already at the Skysoar Realm, it would be extremely difficult to resist this power.
Nearby, Liu Hong was curling his lips. This black flame was really very painful. This would be troublesome. If this cultivation method was spread, the cultural researchers would...well, it wouldn't be too bad since this was only an art with 36 acupoints.
At the Skysoar Realm, this art would no longer be as threatening. But if the user of the art was also a Skysoar, this art would still be effective to a certain degree. At the very least, it would grant a warrior one extra trump card against cultural researchers.
While Liu Hong was thinking, a small hammer flew out noiselessly. It was concealed by the deceit character. The girl was still resisting the black flame with her frosty cultural weapon when her sea of willpower trembled.
Boom!
A loud rumble rang out in her mind. Her vision blurred as her cultural weapon faded away. A saber flew over and shot through her chest, nailing her to the ground outside the ring.
Liu Hong looked at Su Yu with an odd gaze. Didn't he claim that he didn't like to fight girls? Was the kid not aware that what he just did was even worse than crippling the girl? Countless people were staring at Su Yu.
Su Yu was somewhat confused. He explained, "I already held back. She might be my opponent, but she is still a girl. I had not harmed her willpower seriously..."
He was confused. Why were they looking at him like that? He had really held back! He couldn't really fight freely against a girl because he himself had just used his senior sister to act pity earlier. He was worried that the single character faction would pull the same trick against him. But why was everyone still looking at him like that?
The next person up against him was Qiu Yi. Qiu Yi's expression changed as she looked at her teacher with panic and refusal in her eyes.
No!
She refused to fight!
This Su Yu was a pervert!
He had actually stabbed through the girl's chest! To make things worse, he had not stabbed the center of the chest. Instead, he had stabbed somewhere to the side, right through the breast. She...didn't want to be subjected to the same fate!
The girl who was still on the ground had a look of despair. Su Yu had already withdrawn his weapon. With a pale face, the girl glanced at her blood-soaked breast and roared, "Su Yu! Our enmity won't end until one of us is dead!"
"..."
Su Yu frowned. Still clueless, he said, "If this is what you wish for, so be it. I already held back. Do not do something you will regret, Senior Sister."
"You...damn you!"
The girl stumbled back up and ran off with grief and indignation on her face.
...
Outside the ring.
Xia Chan and the other girls had odd looks as they looked at Su Yu. Soon, one of them whispered, "Is Su pletely clueless about girls?"
"Has he never gotten to know girls before?"
"..."
As they chatted, they soon found that Liu Yue was Su Yu's schoolmate from secondary school. Thus, they started asking her about him.
Liu Yue himself was also blanking out. With an uncertain tone, she said, "When he was in secondary school, he rarely got involved with girls. His best friend is a guy and he mostly interacted with the guys of the school. He spent most of his time at school, at home, and at the library. He would spend an entire day reading. Even when we encountered him in the library, we would only nod at each other."
Everyone blanked out slightly upon hearing that.
Liu Yue suddenly remembered something and softly said, "His...mother passed away when he was young."
The moment those words were uttered, overwhelming maternal love emanated from the girls around the ring.
"I see."
"What a pure little brother. He hasn't even gotten involved in any girl before."
"So pitiful. He lost his mother at a young age."
"No wonder he doesn't understand that stabbing through the breast of a girl is worse than severing the girl's hand."
"..."
The girls started pitying Su Yu. Previously, they were still slightly furious as they thought that he was being too nasty. But when they learned that he had never gotten involved with girls and was basically a pure boy, their anger dissipated. A pure boy like this was very rare nowadays!
...
Faced with the odd gazes, Su Yu frowned and decided that he couldn't be bothered to care anymore. He had really held back. Unlike Chen Hao, he knew how fearful public opinion could be. It wouldn't be good for his image to be too cruel against girls.
And not even Qiu Yi was his main target here. His main target was Di Feng. When it was a fight between guys, nobody would pity the loser even if the loser was killed. But if it was a fight between a guy and a girl, it wouldn't be proper to be too heavy-handed.
He couldn't understand what all those people were muttering about. The way they looked at him made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Next." Su Yu hollered.
Qiu Yi had a look of refusal on her face. Chen Qi's senior brother was supposed to fight next. The previous girl was ranked 40, But since Chen Qi's senior brother, Guo Shengquan wasn't around, it would be her turn to fight next. But she really didn't want to get in a ring with Su Yu.
Zhou Pingsheng looked furious. They had not achieved their goal of exhausting Su Yu even though Su Yu had used his willpower in the previous fights. As someone occupying the 24th rank, Qiu Yi was actually quite strong.
"Qiu Yi, go."
Zhou Pingsheng ordered with voice transmission. Why was she so afraid? After some hesitation, she clenched her teeth and jumped into the ring.
Su Yu exhaled and looked at Qiu Yi. In truth, she was his initial target for the day. Zhou Hao had caused serious injuries to his body so he would probably need to work harder to defeat Qiu Yi.
She was very strong. With her physical body at the fifth-stage Infinite Strength Realm and her willpower at the peak of the Mental Tempering Stage, she was as strong as a regular seventh-stage Infinite Strength cultivator. If she fought with all her strength, Su Yu might not be her match in his current condition.
But for some reason, Qiu Yi seemed really hesitant even after the match started. She looked like she didn't want to be there. And Su Yu also noticed that as they fought. A thought rose in his mind. Was this a spy of the multiple character faction?
The fight continued. After less than three minutes, when Su Yu burned her willpower for the second time, Qiu Yi wailed and fell off the ring.
"..."
She had faked her defeat. But why? Su Yu was confused. Was she really a spy? He was certain that Qiu Yi had not utilized her full strength. In truth, many other people had odd looks in their eyes. Qiu Yi had clearly not shown her full strength. She seemed unwilling to fight.
Even Zhou Pingsheng saw that. He looked at her furiously but she only lowered her head silently. She wasn't really afraid that Su Yu would hurt her too much, but there was no need for her to risk herself. After all, there was still a senior brother waiting above her.
Her main goal was to exhaust Su Yu, and she had indeed wasted some of Su Yu's willpower. Was she supposed to fight Su Yu to the end like the senior sister earlier? Or should she fight until she was reduced into Zhou Hao's state?
At this point, Zhou Pingsheng could no longer be bothered to say anything. He looked at Di Feng. Di Feng exhaled deeply.
Su Yu had finally climbed to the 24th rank. Di Feng previously occupied the 9th rank. But not anymore. Previously, he had dropped in ranks in order to deal with Su Yu. He had only managed to climb back up to the 12th rank recently.
There was no need for Su Yu to say anything. Di Feng leaped into the ring by himself. With a cold look in his eyes, he smiled, "Su Yu, I hope you can really leave this ring on your own two feet today."
The surrounding students were watching nervously. They were fully focused on the two.
It was Di Feng's turn!
After defeating Di Feng, Su Yu would have swept through all the single character faction members in the top 100. But would he be Di Feng's match in his current match?
Di Feng, a seventh-stage Infinite Strength and peak Mental Tempering Stage cultivator. It was also rumored that he possessed a second-tier character. Nobody knew if he had one for sure, but there was no denying that he had the combat strength of a peak Infinite Strength cultivator. He once fought a Skysoar and was defeated, but he had managed to actually put up a fight.
Even with the Soul Devouring Art, Su Yu was probably as strong as a seventh-stage Infinite Strength cultivator. His combat strength had definitely not reached the level of a ninth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator.
With his injuries, was he Di Feng's match? While Di Feng was eagerly waiting for the match to start, Su Yu suddenly jumped off the ring.
"..."
Everyone blanked out when they saw that.
Di Feng bellowed, "Su Yu, what are you doing?"
"I'm stopping here today." While walking away, Su Yu said, "I'm satisfied with my progress today. I'll continue two days later. For now, I need to go back and heal my wounds."
"Bastard! Damn you! Scoundrel!" Di Feng roared furiously.
Holy shit! In order to give him the chance to fight, the students of his faction had either conceded or forced themselves to face Su Yu. But when his turn finally arrived, Su Yu decided to stop?
He actually stopped! Didn't Su Yu claim that he was going to challenge him today? Bastard!
Di Feng roared furiously as his source qi and blood force shot into the sky. Su Yu was actually stopping here! Hearing that felt even more uncomfortable than actually being defeated.
"Su Yu! You piece of trash! Didn't you claim that you will slaughter your way through the single character faction?"
Di Feng roared.
Zhou Pingsheng also appeared exasperated. He bellowed, "Su Yu, are you conceding?"
Su Yu asked in astonishment, "I'm ranked 24th. How is this me conceding? Manager Zhou, are you bad at math? I'm conceding because I am not challenging the people above me? It's not like someone below me is challenging me. How odd. Do you call this conceding? I climbed all the way to the 24th rank without a single defeat. When did I concede?"
"You!"
Zhou Pingsheng was further infuriated. Damn this bastard! He was clearly playing with them! He had never intended to fight Di Feng today!
"Manager Zhou, it is against the rules for a teacher to interfere in matches between students. Someone as knowledgeable as you should not deliberately ignore the rules."
Su Yu appeared completely calm even while uttering words that could probably be used to anger someone to death. What nonsense. He was no fool. He wasn't even sure if he was Di Feng's match in his peak condition. Why should he fight when he was already injured?
If he really sustained injuries that required several months of recuperation, it wouldn't be worth it even if he could ultimately win.
Su Yu smiled, "I'll be taking a break for three days. If anyone wishes to challenge me, go ahead. I will concede. Feel free to kick me out of the ranking. I can always climb it from the bottom. I hope the single character faction can help me protect my rank. Otherwise, I will climb the rank from the bottom through you guys again."
"Bastard!"
Zhou Pingsheng was bursting with anger. Damn this scoundrel! He was actually telling the single character faction to protect his rank. Damn him!
Su Yu smiled, "I hope the single character faction can kick anyone thinking of challenging me out of the ranking. Otherwise, I will simply concede until I'm ready to fight again. As someone who had lost over 8,000 matches, I don't really care about defeat. I will be visiting this place frequently until only Di Feng is left above me."
"..."
Silence enveloped the area.
Even the unrelated students and researchers had odd expressions on their faces. In that case, the single character faction might really need to protect Su Yu's rank. Otherwise, Su Yu would pester them to no end.
He would visit this place every few days, targeting only the single character faction members. And they would need to either surrender or simply not accept the challenge. The moment they fought, they would be tortured by him.
In the ring, Di Feng was bursting with anger.
His willpower rippled out as he roared, "Su Yu, you shameless scoundrel! Aren't you challenging me? Get in the ring!"
He was really going crazy.
Su Yu turned his head to look at Di Feng again. With a smile, he said, "So what if I refuse? Are you going to jump off the ring and hit me?"
"..."
Di Feng had the urge to throw caution to the wind and jump down to kill this bastard. That smile was too annoying. That smile was basically saying that he was toying with them. He was calling them clowns. He was calling them idiots.
The endless disdain contained in that smile ultimately caused Di Feng to leap off the ring. Right that moment, Zhou Pingsheng's expression changed as he hurriedly grabbed Di Feng and threw him dozens of meters away.
After crashing onto the ground, Di Feng finally regained his clarity of mind. He looked at Su Yu again. With a smile, Su Yu said, "Anyone attacking a student outside a ring is to be treated as a member of the Myriad Race Cult. Such a person is to be executed without mercy. Martial Uncle, be sure to not be lenient the next time. Someone like this is basically a member of the Myriad Race Cult."
Nearby, Chen Yong smiled and nodded, "I'll take note."
Su Yu had a look of disdain as he gave both Zhou Pingsheng and Liu Hong a look. With a smile, he turned around.
"Di Feng, I can grow very fast. Wait for me. I'll come to toy with you again some other time."
After uttering those words, he helped Wu Jia up and left in a carefree manner.
"Ahhh!"
Di Feng roared furiously. This felt worse than an actual defeat. He couldn't accept this. He was indignant.
Su Yu had been toying with them all along! Su Yu alone had toyed with all of them!