Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 337 Let's temper his arrogance.

Xue Caini pursed her lips. In front of Chen Lie, she naturally couldn't tell Wu Yiyi to go easy on him, as that would be too hurtful to Chen Lie. Just then, a soft laugh suddenly came.

"Hehe, you're really good at pretending. It seems that people from Nanjiang Province aren't very good at martial arts, but they're quite good at talking." The speaker was naturally Ruan Liusu, who had been chosen.

Wu Yiyi stared intently at Ruan Liusu behind Chen Lie and asked, "Who are you?"

"Southern Jiangsu Province, Sixth Genius Class, Ruan Liusu." Ruan Liusu raised her small face, speaking nonchalantly.

"People from Southern Jiangsu Province, the fourteenth province of this planet, dare to spout nonsense here in our Southern Jiangsu Province?"

Wu Yiyi snorted coldly.

"Oh, are the people from Nanjiang Province really that capable?"

There was also a guy from Nanjiang Province in our sixth genius class. I think his name was Wang Kan. He was supposed to be at the peak of the Refining Stage, but his strength was a bit weak. He couldn't even withstand ten of my moves.

Nanjiang Province seems to be the sixth or seventh ranked province on Earth. It certainly has abundant martial arts resources; are people there all relying on drugs to boost their strength? By the way, you should know this Wang Kan, right? After all, he's from the same province as you.

Wu Yiyi frowned slightly and said coldly, "Anyone can talk nonsense."

Chen Lie was well aware of Ruan Liusu's exceptional talent in combat. In the Hundred Battles of Geniuses in the Sumeru Illusion Realm, he was matched with extremely difficult opponents in the Refining Stage. However, he was unexpectedly matched with Ruan Liusu as his opponent, which also showed that Ruan Liusu's actual combat skills were among the best in the Refining Stage. At that time, Ruan Liusu was only in the middle stage of the Refining Stage.

"Alright, you two."

At this moment, Xue Caini stepped between the two and said, "Our sparring session is meant to improve students' practical skills; let's avoid any conflict."

Then, Xue Caini said to Chen Lie and Wu Yiyi, "Chen Lie, Wu Yiyi, why don't you go up to the dueling platform and have a friendly spar? But remember, stop before you've even touched a target."

The plaza of the second campus has twenty-four battle arenas, forming a fan shape.

Upon hearing Xue Caini's words, Chen Lie and Wu Yiyi walked up to the nearest opposite stage.

As soon as I stepped onto the battle stage, a beam of light swept across the stage's intelligent equipment.

"Character recognition successful: Battle stage number 17, the two sparring partners: Chen Lie from the first genius class VS Wu Yiyi from the first genius class. Please get ready."

On the battle stage, Chen Lie and Wu Yiyi stood facing each other.

Wu Yiyi stared directly at Chen Lie. Originally, she thought that since she and Chen Lie were classmates and had no grudges against each other, she would hold back in the fight.

But Ruan Liusu, who was with Chen Lie, annoyed her. Since she stood up for Chen Lie, she figured he was probably in cahoots with her. Wu Yiyi decided to teach Chen Lie a lesson.

So she said to Chen Lie, "Hey you, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. I'll let you make the first move later!"

"Oh? Are you sure?"

Wu Yiyi simply nodded without saying a word.

At that moment, the voice of "The martial arts competition begins" rang out on the battle stage.

Seeing that Wu Yiyi didn't answer, Chen Lie simply said, "Watch out, I'm about to make my move!"

"Let it pass..."

Before Wu Yiyi could finish her sentence, Chen Lie's blood and qi suddenly surged like waves, and a powerful force emanated from him.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Lie threw a punch, and a blood-red dragon phantom several tens of meters long instantly charged towards Wu Yiyi.

Feeling the power of Chen Lie's punch, Wu Yiyi's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately circulated her qi and blood to resist with all her might.

"boom!"

Wu Yiyi felt an irresistible force crashing towards her; the immense force sent her flying.

As Wu Yiyi was knocked away, she quickly regained her balance and landed safely on the ground below the battle stage.

After landing, Wu Yiyi subconsciously looked down at her arm, which was trembling from taking the force of Chen Lie's punch.

"How could someone in the late stage of the Refining Realm possibly display such strength?"

After realizing what was happening, Wu Yiyi immediately pointed at Chen Lie on the battle stage and said, "You can't just be a late-stage Refining cultivator!"

Chen Lie did not answer Wu Yiyi's question, but walked directly off the battle stage.

At the same time, an announcement rang out from the arena: "The martial arts competition is over. Chen Lie defeats Wu Yiyi."

"This sparring session has been archived."

As Chen Lie stepped off the battle platform, Ruan Liusu immediately went to greet him.

"Chen Lie, your strength has improved again?"

Chen Lie nodded.

"Your martial arts skills are progressing so quickly!"

Ruan Liusu couldn't help but sigh, thinking that his family had said that Chen Lie came from an impoverished province and had an ordinary family background, so his true martial arts talent was largely limited by his environment.

Now that I'm at Blue Star University, with ample resources, my martial arts will naturally soar to new heights.

Inside the monitoring and observation room in the plaza of the second campus.

Qin Ruoxi sat on the sofa indoors with a beautiful girl of similar age.

Before them was a huge virtual screen, displaying the battle scene between Chen Lie and Wu Yiyi on the fighting stage. "See that, Xiaoxiao? That boy on the fighting stage is Chen Lie, whom I mentioned to you."

Qin Ruoxi pointed to Chen Lie in the light screen and said to the girl next to her.

"Xiaoxiao, is this the martial arts genius you were talking about who's qualified to follow my cousin?"

The beautiful girl casually glanced at Chen Lie in the light screen and said indifferently, "My cousin is among the top ten on the Blue Star Blood Qi Ranking. He is a martial arts genius at the Great Perfection of Blood Qi Stage and the Rainbow Transformation of Blood Qi Stage."

My cousin is recruiting people now, but he's not just hiring any Tom, Dick, or Harry.

"Xiaoxiao, don't you know the saying that you can't judge a book by its cover, and you can't measure the sea with a bucket?"

Let me tell you, don't underestimate Chen Lie. He comes from one of the poorest provinces on Earth. According to my grandfather, his true talent was limited by the scarcity of resources.

"Do you know what level he's at?" Qin Ruoxi asked.

"What realm? A student in the genius class can only be at the Refining stage at most, right? It's impossible that he has already reached the Blood Refining stage, is it?" the beautiful girl said.

"Heh heh, I sparred with him while suppressing my strength. He should be at the peak of the Refining Stage, with one foot already in the Blood Refining Stage." The beautiful girl was slightly taken aback: "In that case, for someone from one of the poorest provinces on Blue Star, to reach the half-step Blood Refining Stage after only a month at Blue Star University is indeed quite remarkable."

"If he were only at this level, would I be so concerned?" Qin Ruoxi whispered, "This Chen Lie possesses eight times the strength!" "What? Eight times the strength? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The beautiful young woman was immediately taken aback.

Eight times the strength value: There seem to be fewer than 20 people on Earth who have eight times the strength value in the Qi and Blood stage.

Reaching eight times the strength value means there is hope of breaking through the second extreme realm of the Qi and Blood stage.

Looking across the five stars of the Eastern Region, those who can reach the realm of Qi and Blood Transformation into Rainbows are all top geniuses without exception.

"How could I be wrong? And let me tell you, this Chen Lie comes from a poor province and has only been in the genius class for a few days. He hasn't even had time to comprehend the twelve extraterrestrial crystal pillars in the second campus square."

Even if someone with eight times the strength comprehends all the crystal pillars, the effect will probably be mediocre, but it should increase strength by 0.2 times, right? In addition, he has only used one bottle of Star Liquid so far, so there is still room for improvement in strength.

Let me make a bold assumption: if he puts in a little more effort, he might be able to reach nine times his current strength.

The beautiful young woman suddenly stood up from the sofa: "Impossible! Nine times the strength—even my cousin hasn't reached that level, let alone someone from a barren land like him!"

"I'm just making an assumption, why are you taking this so seriously?"

"Nine times the strength? Of course I know that's impossible. I'm just saying this to make you take it more seriously." Qin Ruoxi shrugged. The beautiful girl finally calmed down, circled the sofa in the observation room, and then said softly, "Eight times the strength has the potential to reach the Qi and Blood Transformation Rainbow Realm. If he could follow his cousin, it would indeed be excellent."

But you should know that geniuses are all self-important, not to mention a regional genius. Most of these people go from martial arts high school to genius training camp, then to the provincial martial arts champion of the genius group, and then to the first in several provinces. At each stage, they are far ahead of the competition and are always admired and respected by everyone around them.

Their ambitions are probably sky-high; would they willingly humble themselves and follow their cousin?

"This person should have joined the super genius class, but he offended Huo Jinghong, so he was assigned to an honors class."

Here's what I think: it's precisely because he offended Huo Jinghong that he was able to be successfully recruited by Brother Jiang Yuan. Brother Jiang Yuan's strength is no less than Huo Jinghong's, and he can protect him.

"That makes sense, but that alone isn't enough to make him humble himself, is it?"

Could his conflict with Huo Jinghong be quite serious? Once he displays eight times his usual strength, the higher-ups at Blue Star University will surely intervene to protect him, right? They'll probably also try to mediate the conflict with Huo Jinghong. "That's what the girl said."

Qin Ruoxi said, "Then let's make sure Brother Jiang Yuan successfully recruits him before he reveals his eight times strength."

He was from a small place in Sichuan, and his knowledge was limited. He probably didn't know what eight times the strength meant for Earth.

However, before having Jiang Yuan personally recruit him, it would be best to dampen his arrogance.

"Eight times the strength indicates that his blood and qi are exceptionally pure, making his combat power far beyond that of ordinary people. Furthermore, he is at the peak of the Refining stage; unless someone at the Blood Refining stage were to take action, it would be impossible for him to do so."

Qin Ruoxi frowned. She had sparred with Chen Lie before and had a certain understanding of his strength.

Someone at the early stage of Blood Refining could most likely defeat Chen Lie, but certainly not easily. Ideally, the person should be a stronger early stage Blood Refining cultivator.

Beside the battle arena in the second campus square, Xue Caini, the instructor of the first genius class, came to Chen Lie's side.

"Junior, did you conceal your cultivation level? Are you really a late-stage Refining cultivator?"

"No, but I'm not far from reaching the peak of the Refining Stage," Chen Lie said.

"Even if someone is at the peak of the Refining stage, they can't defeat someone at the late Refining stage with a single punch, right?" Xue Caini wondered.

"Perhaps it's due to my innate talent for combat."

"How am I supposed to arrange opponents for you if you do this?"

Xue Caini rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

Opponents in martial arts sparring should always be of similar strength.

Chen Lie is at the late stage of the Dirty Refining Realm. Based on the strength he just displayed, even someone at the peak of the Dirty Refining Realm would probably be far inferior to him. However, the Blood Refining Realm is somewhat unsuitable.

Furthermore, those who have entered the Blood Refining stage are most likely to be extra students in the super genius class, merely nominally enrolled in the key class.

"Then let's just not make any arrangements," Chen Lie said.

"How can this be allowed?"

Xue Caini is a teaching assistant in the gifted class, so she naturally has to strictly follow the rules and regulations of the gifted class.

After thinking for a while, Xue Caini began to contact the teaching assistants of other gifted classes.

Before long, she found Chen Lie an opponent she considered to be evenly matched.

He is the martial arts champion of the 26th province ranked in the Blue Star Martial Arts Index. His name is Shang Zhaolong, a person who has reached the peak of the Dirty Refining stage and has one foot in the Blood Refining stage.

Chen Lie walked onto the dueling platform with a blank expression, and within just two or three minutes, the battle was over, with Chen Lie defeating Shang Zhaolong. Seeing Chen Lie win so easily once again, Xue Caini muttered to herself.

"This junior, Chen Lie, is probably almost at the Blood Refining stage. How can a freshman in the genius class be so strong?"

Having completed the two battles, Chen Lie headed directly to the gathering place of the top genius class.

At this point, the competition between the gifted classes was already more than halfway through.

Luo Zhixun smiled and said, "Chen Lie, your strength has improved significantly compared to a month ago, hasn't it?"

Chen Lie nodded, looked at Ruan Liusu who had been standing there, and asked, "Aren't you going to complete the two combat missions?" Ruan Liusu shook her head and said, "I don't need to. I actually came here today specifically to study the extraterrestrial secret techniques within the crystal pillar, not to participate in this group sparring."

Chen Lie then understood and asked, "Did you gain anything from studying the crystal pillar?"

"Yes, because I participated in the construction of ten crystal pillars, and with the help of the Star Liquid we obtained in the Sumeru Illusion Realm Refining Stage competition last time, my strength has exceeded 7.5 times," Ruan Liusu said.

"7.5 times?"

Chen Lie glanced at Ruan Liusu. In an environment like Blue Star, for someone of Ruan Liusu's age to have 7.5 times the strength was truly astonishing.

Sunan Province is only the fourteenth major martial arts province on Blue Star. The resources that people in the top ten provinces on Blue Star can enjoy are quite different. Even in Sunan Province, Ruan Liusu's family background may not be considered the best.

"What's your family background like? What do your parents do?"

"My father is the vice president of the Wushu Association of Southern Jiangsu Province, and my mother is a provincial councilor."

If you're interested in my family, you can visit them in southern Jiangsu Province when Blue Star University is on break.

Ruan Liusu blushed, a rare occurrence for her. She subtly invited Chen Lie to return, touching her slightly flushed cheeks, and whispered, "Lanjing is over 8,000 kilometers from Sunan. It's only a half-hour journey by starship, so it won't waste too much time."

"We'll see when the time comes."

Chen Lie waved his hand. He was only curious about Ruan Liusu's family background, not interested in her family. Why would he go to her house?