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Chapter 287 A Humanoid Beast? Not Me, It's Him
“Wait, why’s he not moving?”
“Is he looking down on Wu Rui?”
“Even if there’s only one opponent, he shouldn’t lower his guard!”
“Wait! He’s being suppressed?”
“Shit! Looks like you’re right! That isn’t a battle stance!”
The spectators were anticipating the beginning of the fight and wondering how Wu Rui would win against the remaining two teams. To think that he could suppress his opponents without fighting, and this was only the first match!
Wu Rui chuckled, “Be glad that you aren’t from Lode City.”
With just a simple kick, he shot his opponent off the arena. He crashed into the wall and lay motionlessly. The camera zoomed in and broadcasted how his eyes were still open and shaking in fear. He was suppressed immensely!
Wu Rui smiled as he took in the scene. His breathing technique had been refined on the battlefield and his aura was born after killing numerous beasts and bathing in their blood. Even if Xiang Ning were to fight against him, he still needed to open three of the eight gates to win. Wu Rui was very strong indeed.
His opponent couldn’t stand up after ten seconds. As per the rule, it was counted as a loss. Paramedics rushed in to bring him out as Wu Rui motionlessly stood there.
The second contestant came forward. It was the team leader himself, with the cultivation of tier three, six-star. He was the main force of his team. It was thanks to him that they had managed to win the match yesterday.
“My team will forfeit this round if you can defeat me.”
“No need, just come at me.” Wu Rui was completely confident in his abilities, and his proud look even captured some women’s hearts. He was domineering!
“Roaring Tiger Armor!” The team leader gritted his teeth. A mercury-like liquid enveloped his body as a black and gold armor appeared on his body, boosting his defense. He had already sensed Wu Rui’s strength and knew that he would lose if he didn’t use his full strength.
“Oh ho. A dual cultivator. Let’s see if you can make me use my weapon.” Wu Rui smiled, as his rod was still strapped to his back.
“You are too arrogant!”
Three flying knives sliced through the air and flew toward Wu Rui. In the spectator’s eyes, the flying knives were quick, but Wu Rui was someone who had inherited ten percent of Xiang Ning’s teaching. He had already seen the path of the flying knives. His opponent wanted to seal his path from the left, right, and back, forcing him to accept a blow from the front. He had already predicted it.
“He's in trouble! Wu Rui’s opponent sealed his path from the back and his sides! He’ll be stabbed by the knives if he doesn’t block! But if he blocks those, he won’t be able to defend against the attack from the front! It’s a trap!” the broadcaster shouted.
To them, Wu Rui was going to lose—he wasn’t even moving!
“Huhuhu, looks like he’s all talk. Both his path and fate have been sealed unless he can fly or burrow through the earth.”
“I thought he was strong. Guess that’s his limit.”
Everyone mocked him except for his opponent. The team leader instinctively knew that he didn't even have a chance to win. Instead, he felt like he was in grave danger and didn’t let his guard down. If it weren’t for his armor, everyone would have seen him drenched in cold sweat.
He held on to a sliver of hope that Wu Rui was looking down on him and hadn’t expected his trump card. When the time came he hadn’t held back. He poured his Mental Power into his armor and dashed forward, his speed exceeding Wu Rui’s. An iridium sword was directly pointed at Wu Rui’s chest as three flying knives boxed him in.
“Your speed is too slow, and your knives are too weak. You aren’t strong enough. Compared to him, his knives were like steel wires while yours are like noodles. Go back and train for another ten years.” The corners of Wu Rui’s lips curled up as he twisted his body at a weird angle at the last second to dodge the three flying knives.
While he was dodging, strength exploded from his waist as he spun and kicked the opponent’s waist. The team leader felt like his body had been split in two and almost vomited his organs as he flew eight meters before crashing back down. Everyone was dumbfounded.
“Holy shit! Did he just dodge the flying knives?!”
“He even kicked him away!”
“His opponent was clad in armor!”
“What kind of beast is this guy?!”
The referee appeared in the arena to check on the team leader. Due to the strong shock, his Mental Power was wildly fluctuating, which allowed the referee to easily remove the armor.
Everyone gasped as the camera zoomed in.
The team leader was drenched in sweat, his face a deathly pale white. If it weren’t for his rhythmic breathing, everyone would have thought that he was dead.
Wu Rui stood in the arena like a proud king, waiting for the rest of the contestants. None of them stood up. The team leader had already proclaimed that, if he lost, his team would forfeit this round. His team members weren’t happy about it at first, but they were scared now.
A nickname was given to Wu Rui: Humanoid Beast.
As he saw the referee announcing his victory after no one else came up, he pouted and walked out of the arena. The reporters immediately swarmed him, some even shoving their microphones into his face as Wu Rui was showered with questions. He only remembered some of it.
“Humanoid Beast? I’m nothing compared to that person. Give him that title instead.”
“Who’re you referring to? Is he participating in the competition, too?”
“Yes.”
“Who is it?”
The three words embodied the question that everyone wanted to answer the most. Who was this guy? How could someone as fearsome as Wu Rui, who had defeated his opponents in just a single strike with just his kicks, admit that?
Wu Rui declined to answer further because his other match was scheduled to start in twenty minutes. The terrain remained the same, but there were more dilapidated skyscrapers.