The second day of the third round of the competition was in full swing.
Ever since Tang Yi revealed a sliver of his strength, public opinion of him had improved drastically. He had gone from being cursed as the "Big Waste" to earning a reputation on par with the other seeded contestants.
In the subsequent matches, Tang Yi continued to win as expected. He breezed through five consecutive matches with incredible ease, practically winning with a mere flick of his wrist. Some opponents even surrendered the moment they faced him, hoping to conserve their strength.
And in today’s sixth match, Tang Yi once again encountered a seeded contestant: Yuan Qiong of the Yuan Family.
This match immediately captured everyone’s attention.
"Tang Yi, I have to admit, I underestimated you. I never imagined you possessed the strength of a Battle Grandmaster, let alone that you defeated Su Four Sabers. But don’t celebrate too early, because against me, you have no chance of victory."
Seeing that his opponent was Tang Yi, Yuan Qiong’s gaze sharpened as he spoke slowly.
But Tang Yi didn’t reply at all. He felt it was pointless. An enemy he could defeat with one hand simply wasn’t worth mentioning.
So, Tang Yi simply crooked a finger at Yuan Qiong, signaling for him to cut the chatter and just attack.
"Fine. In that case, I won’t waste any more words. Let’s settle this with our skills," Yuan Qiong said slowly.
After he spoke, he charged toward Tang Yi. When he was still five meters away, he leaped into the air.
"Flying Flame Leg!"
In mid-air, Yuan Qiong twisted his body, bent his right leg, and launched a sweeping kick at Tang Yi.
The kick was like a soaring mantis swinging its massive scythes, looking utterly ferocious.
"That’s..."
"The Flying Flame Leg, the Yuan Family’s Profound Tier Middle Grade Martial Technique! I can’t believe Yuan Qiong is going all-out right from the start!"
"So it wasn’t just Su Four Sabers of the Su Family who mastered his clan’s signature technique; Yuan Qiong of the Yuan Family has learned his as well! Fengyue City is brimming with talent today."
"Amazing. It looks like Tang Yi is in for a tough fight."
"A tough fight? What are you talking about? Didn’t Tang Yi easily beat Su Four Sabers? Yuan Qiong is about as strong as Su Four Sabers, so there’s no way he’ll be a match for Tang Yi."
"Idiot, what do you know? Tang Yi only beat Su Four Sabers because he was hiding his strength and Su Four Sabers underestimated him. That’s why he was carelessly knocked off the stage. If Su Four Sabers had been prepared, Tang Yi wouldn’t have had such an easy win."
"That’s a good point. Let’s just watch. We’ll see who’s stronger soon enough."
Seeing Yuan Qiong use the Yuan Family’s strongest Martial Technique right from the start, the crowd immediately burst into discussion.
Of course, no one dared to underestimate Tang Yi now. Nor did anyone dare to confidently claim that Yuan Qiong’s Profound Tier Martial Technique would be enough to harm Tang Yi.
And at that moment, as Yuan Qiong’s kick came flying, Tang Yi finally moved.
"Intermediate Boxing Technique, Break!"
With a great shout, he clenched his right hand into a fist. His expression was grave as he threw a punch to meet the incoming kick.
In truth, Tang Yi could have easily defeated Yuan Qiong without even moving. He could have just stood there, let the kick come to him, and then struck back casually.
But Tang Yi didn’t do that. Instead, he feigned a grave expression, as if he were using all his strength.
But in reality, Tang Yi hadn’t even used a tenth of his power. Moreover, the punch he threw was just an ordinary one.
He was putting on an act!
He did this because he didn’t want to appear too shocking. If he defeated Yuan Qiong with a flick of a finger, how much would that shake the people of Fengyue City?
This would defeat the purpose of hiding his strength.
"One strike to decide it all! It looks like Tang Yi is going all-out too!"
"Wow, I haven’t seen Tang Yi really fight before. I had no idea his aura was so astonishing."
"Incredible! They’re both so powerful. I wonder who’s going to win."
"My money’s on Yuan Qiong. After all, he’s on the offensive, and that martial technique of his is a leg-based art. It’s way more powerful than your average Profound Tier Martial Technique."
"I’m picking Yuan Qiong, too. He’s a famous seeded contestant, after all. Everyone has seen how strong he is."
"I think it’ll be Tang Yi!"
In the blink of an eye, amidst the crowd’s chatter, Tang Yi and Yuan Qiong collided.
BOOM!
Following the loud boom, a figure was sent flying.
It was Yuan Qiong!
Tang Yi’s fist had met Yuan Qiong’s kick, and in the next moment, Yuan Qiong’s body was sent flying backward uncontrollably.
He flew straight off the stage before crashing down.
Immediately after, Yuan Qiong coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Tang Yi won.
"WHOA!"
Everyone knew Tang Yi was strong enough to have withstood Su Four Sabers’ Profound Tier Martial Technique, but they never imagined he was *this* strong.
With just a single strike, he had defeated Yuan Qiong, a seeded contestant and a Battle Grandmaster!
Such strength was simply astounding.
The audience went wild with shock, their discussions incessant.
Yet Tang Yi himself was also stunned.
’I clearly only used a sliver of my strength—not even a tenth of my power—yet it created such an astonishing effect. I completely didn’t expect this.’
’I even pulled my punch when it hit Yuan Qiong. I can’t believe I still sent him flying.’
’I was just planning to trade a few blows with Yuan Qiong for show before defeating him. I guess that plan’s out the window.’
In fairness, it wasn’t Tang Yi’s fault. Having just advanced to the Battle King realm, he still hadn’t fully grasped the extent of his own power. Furthermore, while his Fist Technique looked like a simple punch, it was actually more than ten times stronger than a normal one.
After all, his Fist Technique had leveled up from Basic Boxing Skill to Intermediate, so even a casual punch was several times more powerful than before.
Tang Yi hadn’t expected this result at all. ’But what’s done is done,’ he thought. ’Whatever.’
Amidst the crowd’s astonished discussions, Tang Yi stepped off the stage, preparing to go watch Tang Piaomiao’s match. But at that moment, he felt a murderous gaze shoot toward him.
Just as he was wondering who had it in for him, Tang Yi turned his head and saw it was Mu Xianling.
Mu Xianling was glaring at Tang Yi with murder in her eyes, as if she wanted to slice him into a thousand pieces.
If looks could kill, Tang Yi would have died ten thousand times over by now.
"Uh."
Tang Yi scratched the back of his head. ’I don’t think I did anything to provoke this girl,’ he thought.
’Sure, I tricked Mu Xianling into a bet to be my servant for three years, but it’s just being a servant for three years. It’s not like I’m asking her to strip and sleep with me. There’s no need to look like she wants to murder me, right?’
’Did I go too far?’
After muttering to himself for a moment, Tang Yi looked toward Mu Xianling again, but she had already turned and walked away.
Tang Yi gave a resigned smile, then continued on his way to Tang Piaomiao’s stage to watch his match.
After taking the Full-Attribute Pills, Tang Piaomiao’s strength had become outstanding. Although he hadn’t yet advanced to Battle Grandmaster, his power was already great enough to contend with one.
He seemed to have firmly secured the sixth-place spot among all the contestants, ranking just below the five seeded contestants who were already Battle Grandmasters.

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