Chapter 1595: Chapter 1597: The Beginning, The End

The sudden change at Nanshan Academy left everyone at Hengqin Academy bewildered.

Their eyes turned back to Lu Xiaobu.

But, Lu Xiaobu was still the same Lu Xiaobu, in the Foundation Establishment Stage, nonchalant.

They really couldn’t understand why this man had such great capability, or should they say charisma.

The old principal and the City Lord watched this scene from afar.

"He’s truly a frightening individual. Not only is his strength formidable, but he also has such strong personal charisma. If left unchecked, the consequences would be unimaginable," the City Lord squinted his eyes.

This Lu Xiaobu kept breaking the impression he had in his mind, time and again.

"Indeed. Until now, I hadn’t truly noticed," the old principal sighed in admiration, then sighed again, "If only he could be a bit more tactful."

He truly developed a fondness for this talented individual!

"Low-key? That’s not his style!" the City Lord said firmly, then let out a cold smile, "Do you know why I’m certain he won’t deliberately lose this match?"

"I’m eager to hear," the old principal had already asked this question before.

Since Lu Xiaobu knew he had been exposed, he could very well half-heartedly participate in the competition.

"Because he’s not after anything else," the City Lord’s eyes were cold, "he wants my Nanshan City!"

"What?!"

The old principal’s pupils dilated instantly, unbelievingly asking, "Are you saying, he wants to seize power?!"

"Of course! I saw it from the last time! His ambition is nakedly undisguised! He treats Nanshan City as if it’s already in his grasp, that’s why he’s putting in such effort," the City Lord said icily, "However, he’s underestimating me a bit!"

The old principal remained silent, as he still hadn’t recovered.

He never thought that this person’s target was the entire Nanshan City, it was terrifying!

Not to mention whether he could achieve it, just having this thought was already shocking.

He, an outsider, what made him think he could take Nanshan City?

Even if he succeeded, could he convince the people?

...

The focus returned to the competition.

"Stop wasting time, let’s get started," Lu Xiaobu flicked away his cigarette end and said casually.

"Yes!" Jiang Hanyi nodded.

"By the way, what are the competition rules?" Lu Xiaobu asked.

If it’s one-on-one, it wouldn’t be fun, five Golden Cores against five Foundation Establishments?

"Players take turns, you can continue if you think you’re capable," Jiang Hanyi explained.

"Oh." Lu Xiaobu understood.

This makes sense!

Otherwise, those two old geezers wouldn’t have pointed him out, because if it were one-on-one, he wouldn’t have the power to turn the tide!

"You all step down," Lu Xiaobu motioned to Li Zhilai and the others.

He decided to go first, of course, it would be one against five.

It wouldn’t be good if those in the Foundation Establishment Stage died.

"Boss, I want to give it a try!"

Li Zhilai suddenly spoke up.

"Give it a try?" Lu Xiaobu looked at Li Zhilai.

"Yeah, give it a try!" Li Zhilai nodded.

He knew what it meant to get on stage, but he still wanted to give it a shot.

To test how big the gap was between him and the Golden Core Stage.

Moreover, he felt that with the continuous resources supplied by the Martial Arts Academy, he was also close to a breakthrough.

"Alright, give it a try then," Lu Xiaobu yawned and stepped down from the stage.

"Who’s going?" Li Zhilai looked at the opposing side.

"I’ll go." Zhou Shuai stepped out, deliberately glancing at Mu Qing before he did.

The implication was obvious, everyone understood.

"Alright, first match, Li Zhilai versus Zhou Shuai! Begin! No attacks after conceding!"

After Jiang Hanyi confirmed with both sides, he announced the start!

"Kid, you’re pretty arrogant. Daring to challenge me, a Golden Core, with just a Foundation Establishment?" Zhou Shuai looked at Li Zhilai, his eyes filled with disdain.

He knew this guy wanted to use him as a whetstone.

But didn’t he know that if the whetstone wasn’t chosen correctly, the knife would break?

"Let’s begin."

Li Zhilai took a deep breath, and an eerie aura rose around him.

Facing someone at the Golden Core Stage, he couldn’t afford not to be cautious.

"Dark Spiritual Root? Interesting." Zhou Shuai squinted at Li Zhilai.

Mutated Spiritual Roots had their own uniqueness, so he needed to be cautious.

...

The battle process won’t be described.

After all, the Foundation Establishment Stage was still a Foundation Establishment Stage, and there was a qualitative gap with the Golden Core Stage.

However, Li Zhilai wasn’t completely powerless. His unique soul impact made Zhou Shuai suffer some hidden losses.

Finally, the match ended with Li Zhilai conceding, his body covered in bruises.

"Remember, Foundation Establishment is just Foundation Establishment," Zhou Shuai stood on the stage, looking at the carried-away Li Zhilai, and said with a faint smile.

Then, he turned his gaze to the onlookers from Nanshan Academy.

To him, now these people should understand the terror of the Golden Core Stage!

He wanted to see their fear.

That would be the greatest acknowledgment of his victory.

However.

There wasn’t, still the same nonchalant attitude.

This made Zhou Shuai instantly displeased. What did it mean?!

Then, his gaze turned to Lu Xiaobu!

He understood, only by defeating the one they all depended on, would they truly submit beneath him.

"You! Come up!"

Zhou Shuai pointed at Lu Xiaobu, saying coldly.

He was very displeased with this overly arrogant guy; he wanted to make him pick up his teeth from the ground!

"Aren’t you going to try?" Lu Xiaobu looked at Jiang Tai and asked.

"Me, forget it." Jiang Tai smiled wryly, Li Zhilai wasn’t a match, him going up wouldn’t make a difference.

"Alright then."

Lu Xiaobu stood up, lit another cigarette, and lazily walked up to the stage.

His mind wasn’t on these current matters, but on future ones, so he appeared very laid-back.

Yet this apathy was seen by Zhou Shuai as contempt!

Think about it!

A Foundation Establishment guy daring to look at him this way, wasn’t it contempt and humiliation?

"You’re dead!" Zhou Shuai said through gritted teeth.

"Oh." Lu Xiaobu nodded and looked at Jiang Hanyi, "Can we start?"

"We can." Jiang Hanyi nodded.

Then!

"Swish!"

"Snap!"

"Boom!"

"Wow!"

"Holy crap!"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

You all couldn’t believe what you saw.

Just now, at the instant ’start’ was said, the lazy Lu Xiaobu vanished from sight, and the furious Zhou Shuai suddenly flew into the air, landing directly off the stage.

Is it... over?!

The people from Hengqin Academy were flabbergasted, unable to believe seeing the reappeared Lu Xiaobu on the stage—what exactly happened?!