Chapter 1575: Chapter 1577: Even More Embarrassing

"Come! Battle!"

With a loud battle cry from Li Zhilai, the fight officially commenced.

"Swift!"

Li Zhilai’s ghostly sword charged towards Lu Xiaobu as if accompanied by a horde of malicious spirits.

Many timid onlookers didn’t dare to watch.

In fact, there was no cheering at the scene!

After all, cheering for such a ghostly figure, to be honest, felt a bit burdensome.

Lu Xiaobu sprang into action simultaneously.

In an instant, a double bed transformed into battle armor, attaching itself to Lu Xiaobu’s body.

"Ka-chak!"

The knight robot appeared once again!

Those who had never seen the knight robot were all dumbfounded!

"What is this?!"

"A battle armor-shaped magic treasure?!"

"I’ve seen battle armor-shaped magic treasures before, but I’ve never seen one that’s so fully covered!"

"How does one even fight with this?!"

"But, it’s so cool!"

"Ahem, even though I don’t like Lu Xiaobu, this thing is really cool!"

"..."

The students in the Violent Martial Class who had seen it before, especially Old Nine and Old Seven, started mimicking the gesture of wearing a straw hat again.

It’s incredibly cool!

"Flashy nonsense."

Even as Li Zhilai saw this scene once more, the admiration in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

However, at the same time, he knew that this thing’s defensive power wasn’t great—it couldn’t withstand his flying sword.

Lu Xiaobu couldn’t care less about them.

He was now carefully experiencing something.

When he was at the Qi Cultivation Second Layer, he didn’t feel much, but now at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, he seemed to understand the combat style of cultivators a bit!

The combat style of martial artists doesn’t need much explanation, as it relies on muscle strength and combat techniques to strike at the enemy’s weak points.

However, cultivators are different.

They don’t train their muscles; instead, they use energy to stimulate their muscles to exert strength greater than their natural limit.

This is why after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, they don’t engage in close combat anymore.

Even if muscles are amplified, they have their limits!

You can’t expect your body to burst from a single battle—that’s not feasible!

So it all turns into a form of ranged combat.

This is why someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage can almost instantly defeat a large number of Qi Refinement Realm fighters.

The fighting in the Qi Refinement Realm has limits, constrained by the body’s endurance!

But ranged combat in the Foundation Establishment Stage doesn’t require that endurance!

Of course, this is also why there are so many who fight beyond their level in the Qi Refinement Realm.

Obviously, if my energy isn’t strong, but my muscles are a bit stronger, can’t I still manage?

But Lu Xiaobu is different.

After his strength attribute was upgraded, it reached the full mark of one thousand points.

This means that with just physical strength, he can rival someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

So what happens when he amplifies that?

Lu Xiaobu narrowed his eyes.

Amplitude!

Punch!

"Boom!"

Lu Xiaobu’s fist hadn’t even touched the flying sword yet!

A sonic boom resounded throughout the entire square!

Lu Xiaobu’s punching speed, remarkably, had already broken the sound barrier!

What a terrifying power this was?!

Take, for instance, a ping pong ball, which everyone knows.

It’s just a hollow plastic shell.

However, someone once conducted an experiment, accelerating a ping pong ball to the speed of sound.

At such a speed, the ping pong ball could directly penetrate the exterior of pork and create a cavity inside.

If it hits a person, the outcome would probably be the same!

A tiny, fragile ping pong ball is already that terrifying, so what about a human punch?

It might be an exaggeration to say it could destroy heaven and earth, but hitting would surely be fatal, and a brush with it would spell death!

Of course, this applies to ordinary people; cultivators are still strong!

Consequently, the scene was filled with dropped jaws!

Punching through the sound barrier?!

This is terrifying!

"Gulp!"

The director swallowed hard.

He’s in the Golden Core Stage, as everyone knows!

Yet, even for him, he barely breaks the sound barrier when wielding a sword.

In other words, this guy, Lu Xiaobu, at mere Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, already wields power equivalent to a random strike from someone at the Golden Core Early Stage! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, Golden Core Early Stage!

A whole Foundation Establishment Stage was crossed!

This is terrifying!

Even he felt scared—hence, the situation on the stage was imaginable.

Li Zhilai’s aggressive flying sword was punched back, flying even faster than before!

Moreover, blood trickled from the corner of Li Zhilai’s lips simultaneously.

His sword, struck by this punch, had cracked!

This... is impossible!

Li Zhilai’s pupils dilated, the whole person was dumbfounded!

A punch, just one punch!

And Lu Xiaobu hasn’t even opened his spirit root yet!

What if he had opened it?!

Yet.

At that moment, he realized Lu Xiaobu had disappeared, leaving a trail of shadows rushing towards him!

Lu Xiaobu’s agility and strength were both at one thousand.

If his punching can break the sound barrier, then so can his speed.

With the short distance on the stage, Lu Xiaobu didn’t even need a second to reach Li Zhilai’s side.

Yet, Li Zhilai had just started to react, preparing to evade!

Suddenly, Li Zhilai felt someone touch his neck, and he was instantly terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat!

He was acutely aware that what had touched him wasn’t a hand, but a knife!

This meant that, had it been real, he was already dead!

Then he saw Lu Xiaobu start circling him.

Many afterimages surrounded him.

Meanwhile, Lu Xiaobu’s voice came from all directions.

His speed was supersonic, so he had already changed positions before the sound reached him.

Thus, creating this effect of sound from all directions.

"Defeating you now, you would be unwilling. Come, let me see your ultimate move," Lu Xiaobu’s voice reached Li Zhilai’s ears.

Li Zhilai let out a bitter laugh.

He didn’t expect that one day he would be treated this way.

Even needing others to grant him an opportunity to unleash his ultimate move!

But, what Lu Xiaobu said was indeed true; if he didn’t even have the chance to use his ultimate move, he wouldn’t be willing to accept it!

So, at that moment, he let go of all his mental burdens, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

Then he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Bai Gui Ye Xing!"

In an instant, a multitude of ghostly entities emerged from his body, charging at Lu Xiaobu.

However.

An awkward scene occurred.

The ghosts were left baffled.

They couldn’t find Lu Xiaobu anywhere!

In reality, what seemed to be ghosts were just extensions of Li Zhilai’s will.

Since Li Zhilai couldn’t find Lu Xiaobu, how could they?

"I lost," Li Zhilai chuckled bitterly and sat down on the ground.

Before using his ultimate move, he thought it could salvage some face, but instead, it made things worse!

The scene fell silent, with everyone yet to come to their senses.

Only Bao Wu paused for a moment, seemingly recalling combat similar to Lu Xiaobu’s style.

That rumored figure from the Demon Realm!

Could Lu Xiaobu be from the Demon Realm?

No! Impossible! The Demon Realm was sealed long ago!

Bao Wu shook his head, denying his own thoughts.