Jiangnan no longer dared to wander aimlessly in the sky. He flew straight back to the top of the stone-pillar mountain to seek comfort from Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao.
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao were stunned when they saw his weak expression and pale face.
“Little Nan? What happened to you? Why do you look so drained?”
“Weren’t you just giving special attention to Ye Xingxuan? How did you end up exhausting yourself like this?”
Jiangnan: (›´﹏`‹)
These people were truly risking everything for one hotpot meal.
He could not take it any more.
Little Dimple said earnestly, “Master bled from his nose five times on the way back. His face kept flushing red then turning white. He probably ate too many little ginsengs.”
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao looked baffled. Did eating too many little ginsengs cause this?
How had they never heard of it?
“Nosebleeds? Five times? Is it the pressure of being an instructor for the first time?”
“Little Nan definitely has excessive internal heat.”
Jiangnan covered his face: (ﾉ)﹏(ヾ)
“I’ve got serious internal heat, the really fierce kind. I need to cool it down properly.”
Only half an hour remained until the 24 hours ended.
A full seven people had made Jiangnan bleed and successfully claimed their vouchers.
The trainees were all itching to try. The remaining girls, now knowing the little secret, all wanted a go.
Unfortunately, Jiangnan was hiding beside Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao, making it awkward for anyone to act.
As for Wang Zhan, Xiang Zu and the others who had escaped the baseball field, they were now fully transformed into human cannonballs.
Each one swollen into a sphere, their mindsets completely shattered.
We endured countless hardships, harder than the Journey to the West, got batted around like balls and still didn’t get a voucher.
How exactly did those girls make South God bleed?
Even though they refused to accept it, they still located He Jia and Ye Xingxuan via tracking.
Wang Zhan gritted his teeth. “Can you give us some tips? We want to make South God bleed too.”
At this moment, Xiang Zu wanted to bury his head in the ground. He had bragged so confidently before, only to be reduced to this spherical state.
How could he face Ye Xingxuan now?
Ye Xingxuan, He Jia and the other girls clung together in terror, faces pale at the sight of Wang Zhan’s group.
What inhuman torment had they suffered? She could barely recognise them.
They all looked identical now.
Ye Xingxuan swallowed hard. “You want to learn from me too? To make South God bleed?”
The human cannonballs nodded frantically, faces full of anticipation.
He Jia: (٥≖_≖)
“Give up. You’re all quite plump now, but it’s not the same thing.”
The catgirl trio: “It’s not that we don’t want to tell you. You simply couldn’t pull it off.”
“If you tried what we did, you’d only get beaten even worse.”
Wang Zhan and the others looked stunned. What method was so secretive?
Wang Zhan and Xiang Zu exchanged a glance. In that case, they had one last attempt.
“Let’s do it. Follow the plan we discussed.”
“I refuse to end the training like this. We have to try.”
“I refuse to believe South God is truly unbeatable.”
Hearing that Wang Zhan’s group wanted to challenge Jiangnan again, everyone gasped in shock.
Their bodies were swollen, and now their courage too?
They all rushed over to watch the spectacle.
Below the melted stone-pillar mountain, the human cannonballs stood solemnly.
Wang Zhan: “South God, we want to try again. Can you give us one more chance?”
Xiang Zu gritted his teeth: “I’m not convinced. Fight me again if you’ve got the guts.”
Jiangnan looked down from the mountain top, face filled with horror.
“Hiss. Are you cosplaying angry pufferfish?”
[Resentment value from Wang Zhan +1000]
[From Xiang Zu…]
Xiang Zu nearly exploded on the spot.
Damn pufferfish.
Who do you think made us look like this?
Have some self-awareness.
Xiang Zu roared, “Enough talk. Let’s settle it with strength.”
Jiangnan teleported down, flashing a bright smile. “Are you really ready?”
Wang Zhan nodded heavily. The surrounding trainees cleared the area, faces full of expectation.
Only Wang Zhan, Xiang Zu and the other three remained.
Wang Zhan and Xiang Zu in front, the three behind.
From the mountain top, Xia Yao observed. “Oh ho ho? They finally realise numbers mean nothing against Little Nan?”
Zhong Yingxue: “They’re probably planning teamwork.”
Jiangnan raised his right hand, golden middle finger pointed at the five.
(･ิ≖ω≖･ิ)┌∩┐
“Come at me.”
Wang Zhan reached out and touched Xiang Zu. The two charged side by side towards Jiangnan.
At the same time, the air-ability user behind roared, “Spirit skill: Air Lock.”
Instantly, the air within 300 metres grew heavy as mercury, slowing Jiangnan’s movements.
Yet it did not affect Wang Zhan’s group.
“Spirit skill: Absolute Asphyxiation.”
The oxygen in the area was cleared, leaving Jiangnan unable to breathe, while specially supplying oxygen to Wang Zhan’s team.
Jiangnan grinned. “Interesting.”
He opened a spatial wormhole, one end at his mouth, the other 500 metres away.
He took a deep breath and held it.
The correct move would have been to shift the battlefield outside the skill range, but Jiangnan chose not to.
Wang Zhan’s face lit up with excitement. He had guessed right.
Someone as confident as Jiangnan would definitely tough it out.
Xiang Zu and Wang Zhan both reached out towards Jiangnan, shouting, “Collapse.”
Jiangnan released a spatial wormhole. Xiang Zu’s hand went in one end and emerged in front of Wang Zhan’s chest.
Wang Zhan took the full hit.
But Xiang Zu had cancelled his collapse skill the instant his hand entered the wormhole.
Wang Zhan ignored it completely. His left hand behind his back, his right hand slammed towards Jiangnan’s waist.
Jiangnan raised a spatial barrier.
Wang Zhan’s hand pressed against it, but the expected collapse never came.
Suddenly, the ground beneath shifted, forming a hand that grabbed at Jiangnan.
Caught off guard, Jiangnan’s ankle was seized.
“Copy.”
A flicker of surprise crossed Jiangnan’s face. Wang Zhan had not copied Xiang Zu’s ability, but his teammate’s earth ability?
The earlier touch on Xiang Zu had been a feint for him to see?
Betting that he would fear Xiang Zu’s collapse power and defend accordingly, allowing the earth sneak attack and copy?
“Void Black Hole.”
Immense suction erupted between them. Wang Zhan grabbed Xiang Zu. “Teleport.”
The two instantly appeared 200 metres away, escaping the pull.
Jiangnan clapped lightly, looking satisfied. “That was impressive. You’ve grasped some essence. Progress.”
“Not everything you see is real? Interesting.”
Xiang Zu sneered. “Your ability has been copied. Your greatest asset, mobility, is no longer a threat to us.”
“Making you bleed won’t be hard.”
Yet Wang Zhan could not smile. The pressure only grew.
Jiangnan’s eyes showed no panic. Surprise? That was all.
Wang Zhan even suspected Jiangnan had deliberately played along.
Jiangnan chuckled lightly. “Is that so? Then I suppose I’ll get a little serious.”
“Blood Burn. Emperor Engine.”
With a thunderous heartbeat, Jiangnan vanished, reappearing instantly before the pair.
His middle finger already thrusting towards Xiang Zu.
Sensing the spatial fluctuation, Wang Zhan’s scalp tingled. He teleported away with Xiang Zu.
The moment they appeared, Jiangnan teleported in the same pose, middle finger thrusting as before.
The microsecond difference created the illusion the three had teleported together.
The finger was about to hit Xiang Zu.
Wang Zhan: !!!
“Spatial wormhole.”
He hurriedly opened one to redirect the attack. Jiangnan’s finger struck Xiang Zu but emerged behind Jiangnan himself.
As if anticipating it, Jiangnan opened a matching wormhole. The emerging finger went straight back in.
This time it burst from Wang Zhan’s chest and struck hard.
[Resentment value from Wang Zhan +1000]
What godlike reaction speed and battle awareness?
Another void black hole from Wang Zhan, but before the suction could fully form, Jiangnan released his own.
The two collided and annihilated each other with a boom.
Terrified, Wang Zhan hoisted Xiang Zu and teleported away, binding with void chains.
He cursed, “Xiang Zu. Stop being so damn arrogant. Don’t you know your own limits? Haven’t you been beaten enough?”
Xiang Zu gritted his teeth, unusually silent. “You handle mobility. I’ll attack. The rest of you, use every attack you have to hinder South God.”
Collapse power radiated from both hands. Xiang Zu sensed Jiangnan’s spatial fluctuations and teleported in pursuit.
Stone spikes erupted from the ground. Air cannons blasted relentlessly. Fireballs rained down.
The three figures flickered across the field, too fast for the naked eye.
Only now did Wang Zhan and Xiang Zu truly grasp Jiangnan’s terror.
Even with teleportation, they could not match his attack speed.
They teleported once. Jiangnan teleported three times.
His attack rate was staggering. Even with spatial barriers and wormholes for defence, they could not react.
Their minds could not keep up.
Xiang Zu’s face filled with despair. He could not even touch Jiangnan. Attacks were either blocked by barriers or redirected by wormholes.
Redirected strikes even severely injured their earth-ability teammate.
After the high-speed, high-mobility clash, Xiang Zu and Wang Zhan’s bodies were riddled with fifty or sixty holes.
Boom.
A massive explosion. The fire-ability teammate was sent flying over 100 metres by Jiangnan’s axe kick, vomiting blood and passing out.
Jiangnan returned to poking holes in Xiang Zu and Wang Zhan.
The air-ability user’s face went white. Why could South God still move freely in his air lock and absolute asphyxiation?
What monstrous physical conditioning? At least give some reaction time.
Bang.
Jiangnan teleported over in a spare moment and brought an axe kick down on the air user’s crown, knocking him out too.
Teleporting back, Jiangnan jabbed a finger into Wang Zhan’s throat.
Intense choking made Wang Zhan’s eyes bulge. He vomited blood.
His body collapsed weakly to the ground. Both were now blood-soaked gourds, riddled with holes, faces bitter.
“I submit.”
He had copied Jiangnan’s spatial ability, yet lasted barely ten minutes. Three minutes was his limit.
Xiang Zu clenched his teeth, hand over his eyes, hot tears streaming. Jiangnan had literally poked him to tears.
“Bloody monster.”
White steam rose from Jiangnan’s body. He took a deep breath of fresh air and flashed a bright smile.
“Not bad, not bad. I’m quite satisfied with this round. Finally looking like proper fighters.”
“But remember this. What’s truly powerful is never the ability. It’s the person.”
