Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 34 Crossing That Threshold
On a huge black metal arena.

Qi Yuan was dressed in a black Force battle suit, with his head also covered by a helmet formed by the Force battle suit. In his hand, he held a second-tier Force battle sword that was entirely black.

Opposite him, a green-haired man hovered in the air, standing on a strange curved flying disc, holding a battle sword and a shield in his hands, with a strange whip-like psychic weapon swirling above his head.

At this point, Qi Yuan's winning streak in the decisive battle space had reached a staggering 523 matches.

His exceptionally high win rate naturally attracted the attention of many people, and experts with ratings of seven stars or higher began to challenge him.

The person in front of us is the first among those who took the initiative to challenge us to achieve a nine-star rating.

"A newcomer who reached a seven-star rating in less than a day, you're amazing!"

The green-haired man spoke to Qi Yuan with a hint of excitement, "It's been a long time since I've fought a decent expert in the Domain. I hope you can step up your game later!"

"Whether it's powerful or not, you'll know once you try it!"

Qi Yuan spoke calmly, but his body was tense, ready to receive the opponent's attack at any moment.

Facing a mentalist of the same level with a nine-star rating, he felt a little pressure.

"Heh, you're quite confident. Looks like you haven't heard of me?"

The green-haired man seemed somewhat surprised.

"What's there to hear about an enemy who's about to be defeated by me!"

Qi Yuan sneered and took the initiative to attack!
"boom!"

His feet slammed heavily onto the metal floor of the alloy arena, and his body shot towards the green-haired man opposite him like a cannonball.

When a martial artist battles a mentalist, their first thought is naturally to find a way to close the distance between them!
As long as you can drag it into your melee attack range, victory is practically guaranteed!

"Haha, quite unique... but getting close to me won't be so easy..."

The green-haired man chuckled and immediately stepped on the frisbee to raise his body.

At the same time, the whip-like telekinetic weapon that had been hovering above his head transformed into a dark blue serpent, instantly intercepting and coiling around Qi Yuan's figure!
"Hmph, scatter!"

As Qi Yuan charged forward, he swung his blade horizontally, unleashing boundless lightning power as he slashed at the dark blue serpent—

“Tsk~~~”

However, at the moment the lightning sword clashed with the dark blue serpent, the serpent swam rapidly, its entire body seemingly becoming 'soft and boneless'.

"Sizzle~~~"

As the lightning blade slid down the 'snake's body,' Qi Yuan felt as if his full-force strike had hit cotton, without any sense of force whatsoever. His forward momentum caused him to stagger slightly.

The long, dark blue snake twisted and quickly coiled around Qi Yuan's neck.

"not good!"

Qi Yuan remained vigilant, and without hesitation, he activated the "Lightning Strike" secret technique, instantly unleashing a dazzling bolt of lightning condensed to its fullest extent.

"Pong!"

With the burst of extreme speed, the azure serpent had no time to dissipate its force and was directly cleaved and thrown far away.

Qi Yuan seized the opportunity to stomp heavily on the ground, and his entire figure immediately soared into the sky, rushing straight towards the green-haired figure in the air!

"Huh, a secret technique?"

The green-haired man standing on the strange flying disc lit up, revealing a hint of interest.

While maneuvering his flying telekinetic weapon to dodge rapidly in the air, he also once again steered the long, dark blue, serpentine weapon to attack Qi Yuan.

"Chi chi chi~~~"

The long, dark blue serpent coiled and swirled in the air, rapidly winding its way toward Qi Yuan.

At the same time, almost invisible, hazy ripples spread rapidly from the long, dark blue serpent, instantly forming a hazy 'water area' covering an area of ​​several hundred meters.

"Such strong bindings... is this a water domain?"

Qi Yuan's expression changed as he stood beneath the water.

He felt as if he were stuck in a thick, sticky swamp.

Endless resistance surged in from all directions, the powerful restraints and suppression making every movement extremely heavy. "This is a tough opponent... could it be..."

Qi Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he became secretly alert.

This is already the third opponent with a domain that he has encountered in his matches today.

However, the first two opponents had only reached the first level of their domain realm, and their application of the domain was extremely rudimentary, even inferior to Qi Yuan.

He defeated it with just a little effort.

However, as soon as this third opponent made his move, Qi Yuan realized that he had probably met his match this time!
In addition to the main hall, which has relatively low prices and high foot traffic, the Killing Arena also has some highly private 'meditation rooms'.

In one of the meditation rooms, a petite figure was lounging lazily on the sofa.

In front of her was a floating screen, which was showing Qi Yuan in battle.

In the Killing Arena, others can spectate the battles if they pay money.

Even the petite figure on the sofa has the privilege of watching all videos at will.

"I didn't expect that before the person I arranged even took the stage, he'd already gone up against this little madman. Well, let's see how far these two kids can fight."

At this moment, in the decisive battle space, Qi Yuan's battle with the green-haired man had fallen into an extremely passive and stalemate.

The hazy 'waters', spanning hundreds of meters in diameter, were incredibly viscous and stagnant.

Qi Yuan, who was in the middle of it, felt as if he was carrying a huge warship on his back, and his movements became extremely difficult and slow.

The blue serpent-like telekinetic weapon controlled by the green-clad man remained unaffected in its speed, easily attacking Qi Yuan.

Each time the azure serpent attacked, Qi Yuan could only unleash the full power of the "Lightning Light" secret technique to break free from the resistance and withstand the attack with great difficulty.

However, with each burst of "Lightning Light," Qi Yuan's primal force and physical strength were being rapidly depleted.

If he cannot completely defeat his opponent in a short period of time, he will likely only fall into an increasingly passive state.

"The combination of this domain's primal energy, mental power, and personal attributes is so perfect that the opponent's domain realm is probably far higher than mine, at least at the seventh or even eighth level!"

As Qi Yuan repeatedly parried the green-haired man's telekinetic weapon attacks, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

He naturally assumed that the green-haired man was someone sent by the higher-ups of the killing field to test him, and was unwilling to be defeated so easily.

"Even if the opponent is at the seventh or eighth level of the Domain Realm, I have the secret technique 'Lightning Light' enhanced by it, the difference in strength shouldn't be this great."

"No, the main reason is that he combined the domain with that psychic weapon too well. The water domain is good at binding, containing, and changing, which is a perfect match for that long whip psychic weapon."

"How can I break this deadlock..."

Qi Yuan repeatedly used 'Lightning Light' to block the opponent's telekinetic weapon attacks, while his consciousness began to spin rapidly.

"Water has many properties; it can be both soft and hard. Softness allows the long whip, a weapon of telekinesis, to be flexible and adaptable, cleverly deflecting force. Hardness also makes the long whip incredibly tough, capable of thrusting and entanglement..."

"And what about lightning..."

"What are the characteristics of lightning? Is it just about being violent and domineering...? No, it shouldn't be like that!"

"Thunder... is born from the interaction of Yin and Yang. When it is violent, it can destroy everything and shatter all things. When it is gentle, it can be continuous and erode everything..."

"Rage, destruction, gentleness, erosion... even the sliver of new life born from endless destruction... all of this is lightning!"

"Water has no form, and thunder has no form; this is the true nature of thunder!"

At that moment, Qi Yuan felt a sudden clarity in his mind!
At the same time, a strange fluctuation from a distant, unknown place instantly pierced through his soul...

……

"Huh? That's..."

Inside the meditation room of the killing field.

Upon witnessing this scene, a petite figure instantly sat up straight—

"Haha, looks like we've struck gold this time..."

(End of this chapter)