The white-haired school beauty sighs every day, yet he keeps getting stronger.

The black, viscous, gelatinous liquid is all-pervasive and extremely heavy.

Once you sink in, the surrounding water will rush towards you.

It felt as if all the bones and flesh in my body were about to be crushed.

These four are not melee card masters, and their physical abilities are average.

He was quickly knocked unconscious by the raging waves.

"Bang bang bang!!"

In a moment, they were pushed off the stage by the surging black water.

His eyes were closed and he was unconscious.

In the blink of an eye, four out of seven were gone, leaving only three melee card masters!

"Why am I able to create swirling eddies? The answer is simple: it's because I learned it on the spot!"

Zhang Ziyang twisted his gauntlet, making a crisp sound.

This is not difficult for the Black Rhino Armor, which has the ability to manipulate water elements.

Black Rhino turned around, his bright yellow eye mask facing the remaining three.

"Next, it's just you guys left!"

The remaining three card masters, trapped in place and unable to move, looked at each other, and then raised their hands in perfect unison.

"Wait, don't do it!!"

"I admit defeat, I admit defeat."

"Calm down, let's stop fighting!"

The three shouted loudly and surrendered at lightning speed.

France and Denmark can only look up to them.

He encountered a young genius in the arena. Armored in both water and fire, the young man was a monster who could fight ten strong opponents at once. He tried his best but could not defeat him.

After this battle, their Dao hearts were basically shattered.

Zhang Ziyang: ? ? ?

Isn't this the backbone you have as combat card masters?

Where is the moral integrity!

Out of ten people, you three are the biggest slackers!

He sighed, and all the black water on the arena receded and returned to the Black Rhino Warrior Armor.

Below the ring, the referee swallowed hard before daring to climb onto the stage and announce:

"Because the remaining three contestants conceded defeat, Zhang Ziyang successfully defended his title, achieving the feat of defeating ten opponents at once!"

As soon as the words were spoken, cheers erupted like a tidal wave.

Zhang Ziyang deactivated his transformation, and the armor on his body vanished as light and shadow.

He shook his head as he watched the three card dealers walk down dejectedly.

"Well, at least I've honed three skills, so it wasn't a wasted trip."

……

competition is over.

Zhang Ziyang was immediately invited by the arena staff to collect his prize money.

The ten million was returned in full, and then the prize pool was scooped up again.

A full twenty million!

He became rich overnight.

Furthermore, higher-ups from the arena approached Zhang Ziyang, wanting to collaborate with him and cultivate him into a star player.

They will provide traffic support.

They'll be rolling in endorsement fees from all sorts of brands.

Zhang Ziyang declined on the spot.

Are you kidding me?

He was destined to be a free spirit and a wanderer throughout his life.

Who the hell wants to be an internet celebrity?

A life under the spotlight was not suited to him.

Seeing Zhang Ziyang's persistence, the arena's higher-ups regretfully gave up.

But I still added their contact information.

They agreed that Zhang Ziyang could contact them in advance for the next challenge.

They can match Zhang Ziyang with sufficiently strong opponents and promote him in advance.

In exchange, the arena will give Zhang Ziyang a certain percentage of the ticket revenue.

Zhang Ziyang did not refuse this point.

You can never have too much money.

He's far from reaching the point where "money is just a string of numbers to me."

After discussing the collaboration, Zhang Ziyang took his leave.

He originally wanted to continue his sprint and challenge the reigning champion on the 30th floor.

However, we were told that the champion had something come up and couldn't come, so we'll have to reschedule for another time.

What else could Zhang Ziyang say?

He is not stupid.

Most likely, it's an attempt to stir up trouble in the arena, a way to promote themselves and make a fortune.

But it doesn't matter, good food is worth waiting for!

If you can dodge the first day of the month, can you dodge the fifteenth?

As he walked downstairs, he was constantly being stared at with curious eyes by onlookers.

Some daring young women even asked him to take photos with them.

These two battles seem to have really made him famous.

In a few days, they'll probably all have nicknames in the martial arts world.

Zhang Ziyang took the elevator downstairs.

They stopped on the 10th floor, the door opened, and three beautiful figures walked in.

They were all taken aback when they saw Zhang Ziyang.

"Zhang Ziyang?"

"Jin Yunxi? Zhou Hongyu, and Teacher Song?"

The four looked at each other in surprise, not expecting such a coincidence.

The two had only been separated for a little over half a day.

But their experiences differed.

Zhang Ziyang fought two matches in a row, still full of energy, and his clothes weren't even dusty.

His relaxed and carefree demeanor suggested he had just returned from a picnic or outing.

Jin Yunxi, however, was somewhat embarrassed.

Her delicate face was deathly pale, and her lips were completely bloodless.

His clothes were torn in several places, revealing red, swollen, and bruised skin.

She had Zhou Hongyu's coat draped over her shoulders and was hugging her left arm.

He looks like he's suffered a pretty serious injury.

Zhang Ziyang took two steps back to make room for the three of them to enter.

After hesitating for a moment, I still asked:

"are you OK?"

Jin Yunxi tilted her head back and revealed a bright smile:

"Yes, Hongyu brought a healing wildcard, and her injuries have already received basic treatment. Although the process was somewhat difficult, I still managed to complete the challenge!"

After saying that, she raised her hand and gave Zhang Ziyang a peace sign.

The movement aggravated the injury, causing his smile to freeze instantly. He quickly lowered his hand and hugged his left arm.

"Yunxi!"

Zhou Hongyu immediately went closer and helped her up with heartache.

"I am fine."

Jin Yunxi shook her head and looked up at Zhang Ziyang:

"By the way, I've already heard from Teacher Song that you successfully challenged and defended your title, setting a new record. That's amazing!"

The girl's gaze was sincere; she offered her heartfelt congratulations.

Zhang Ziyang paused for a moment, then smiled:

"Well, thank you."

Zhou Hongyu hesitated for a moment, then spoke:

"Um... I'm sorry for doubting your strength before. I didn't expect you to be so strong."

"It's alright, I'm actually a little uncomfortable with your politeness."

"What?! They were just trying to apologize to you out of kindness, and you're not even appreciating it?"

Zhou Hongyu bristled like a kitten, revealing her little tiger teeth, and gave the boy in front of her a fierce look.

Zhang Ziyang laughed: "Hey, that's more like it!"

"Ding!"

The elevator arrived at the lobby on the first floor and opened.

The four walked out and said goodbye at the door.

Zhang Ziyang waved goodbye:

"Bye-bye, see you at the Tianxing meeting."

"Okay, see you at the Tianxing meeting!"

The three teachers and students from Longwu High School waved goodbye.

After Zhang Ziyang left, Zhou Hongyu felt somewhat discouraged.

"Meeting Tianxing? I'm only a Tier 1, 6-star! That guy is already Tier 2, 8-star, and he can quickly defeat the 20th floor champion. His combat power is definitely among the higher tiers of Tier 3 card masters. He's a monster! How can we beat such a monster! Is he really the same age as us? Are you sure he's not some big shot using an alt account?"

"Hongyu, stop making things up."

"Yunxi, don't you feel even a little bit hurt?"

"It would be a lie to say I wasn't affected."

Jin Yunxi watched the boy's receding figure in the distance, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

But she quickly recovered.

Jin Yunxi's eyes were firm:

"But that's precisely why we should be even more determined to catch up. If we can't get first place, then we should strive to secure second place! We must not become discouraged or depressed just because our opponents are strong, otherwise we will only fall further and further behind."

Depressed emo?

nonexistent!

Facing challenges head-on is her style of doing things.

Song Wenjing looked at Jin Yunxi with a look of satisfaction in her eyes:

"That's right, don't compare yourself to others, compare yourself to yourself! As long as you can improve a little bit every day, you'll eventually reach the top! Let's go to the hospital to treat Yunxi's injuries. There are only a few days left until the Tianxing Small Meeting, so we need to make the most of our time for some intensive training."

"Huh? Another training session?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hongyu's face fell.

*Snap*, the happiness is gone.

Upon hearing this, Song Wenjing's expression turned serious, and she pushed up her rimless glasses perched on her high-bridged nose.

"If you complain again, your training load will be doubled today!"

"Ah? Teacher Song, no!"

Amid the girl's pitiful screams, the vehicle arrived.

They quickly drove the three of them to the hospital.