Chapter 092: Total Annihilation (Fifth Update, Seeking Votes)

In the course of one morning, Xin Lang consecutively challenged the chief champions of nineteen combat halls. Although a few of those champions were only at the level between fourth- and fifth-tier martial artists, none of them could last more than three moves against him. Most were finished off by Xin Lang in a single strike.

Xin Lang had originally intended to challenge all twenty bronze combat halls, but because he had begun with the nineteenth hall, by the time he defeated the champion of the first hall and wanted to go back to challenge the champion of the twentieth, he discovered that he had already gone too far. The distance from the first combat hall to the twentieth was long, and by the time Xin Lang made his way back near the school cafeteria, it was already the noon break. The students in the combat halls were all heading toward lunch.

"It looks like I’ll have to challenge the champion of Hall Twenty this afternoon," Xin Lang thought.

"Boss, over here!" a voice suddenly called out to him.

Xin Lang looked up and saw Gu Fatty, Qian Baidu, and Hong Jingang emerging from the nineteenth combat hall.

"How did it go? Did you win your matches?" Xin Lang asked.

Gu Fatty said, "How could Qian Baidu and I embarrass you, Boss? Sure, we didn’t one-shot our opponents like you did, but we still won in complete victory!"

Though Gu Fatty and Qian Baidu were only second-tier martial artists, they were unmatched among those of the same level, and even against opponents one or two tiers above them, they still had a chance to win.

Xin Lang then looked at Hong Jingang and said, "Brother Hong, you’re probably a winner too, right, if you’re speaking?"

"Heh heh!" Hong Jingang laughed. "My opponent was too weak, nothing special at all. If all my opponents were like Xin Lang here, then there’d at least be some thrill in fighting! By the way, Brother Xin, what were you doing all morning? Don’t tell me you thought your opponents were too weak and went back to the dormitory to sleep?"

"Hehe, I just wandered around a bit."

Xin Lang kept a private thought to himself and didn’t tell Hong Jingang that he had challenged and defeated the champions of nineteen combat halls. He was afraid Hong Jingang might imitate him and go challenge the rotating champions of every combat hall. With Hong Jingang’s strength, the chances of losing were not high, and Xin Lang did not want anyone else taking away his points.

"Fatty, the fifteenth still hasn’t passed. Is lunch still on you today?" Qian Baidu asked with a sly grin.

"Tch, I’ll treat, I’ll treat. So what if one meal is enough to bankrupt me? Come on, let’s have a feast at noon!" Gu Fatty said, then added, "Oh right, I heard from Ling Feng that as long as you spend one gold coin, you can come and go through the Martial Arts Academy’s gates whenever you want! Damn it, how about tonight you come with me to the pleasure district and finally end your days as a virgin?"

"Shameless!" Ouyang Yanran happened to pass by Gu Fatty again and overheard his disgraceful words.

"Uh..." Seeing Ouyang Yanran walking into the cafeteria, Gu Fatty felt like crying without tears. "Is somebody deliberately messing with me?"

Xin Lang patted Gu Fatty on the shoulder and comforted him. "From now on, when you go there, be careful. Keep a low profile."

"All right, Boss, I’ll remember that!" Gu Fatty replied miserably.

The four of them entered the cafeteria. Qian Baidu was not polite at all; he ruthlessly ordered a lavish tableful of food at Gu Fatty’s expense, then rolled up his sleeves and started eating heartily.

Xin Lang had challenged nineteen combat hall champions in one morning and expended a great deal of energy, so naturally he wasn’t going to spare Gu Fatty any money either.

Although Hong Jingang had only met Xin Lang and the others the day before, his personality was bold and unrestrained. Since he had already treated them as friends, he naturally would not stand on ceremony either, and he ate more ferociously than anyone else at the table.

Only Gu Fatty looked dejected, sighing repeatedly and barely eating a few bites.

"What’s wrong with our romantic saint? It’s only one meal. Why are you sighing like that?" Qian Baidu said while stuffing a chicken leg into his mouth.

Xin Lang asked, "Fatty, don’t tell me you’ve really fallen for Ouyang Yanran?"

Gu Fatty answered bitterly, "Boss, you hit the nail on the head! I think I really have fallen for her!"

"No way!" Qian Baidu cried. "You sowing machine only knows how to breed all day long, and now you can actually fall in love with someone? You’re kidding, right?"

Gu Fatty sighed. "Maybe it’s because I still haven’t gotten her."

Qian Baidu grinned wickedly and asked in a low voice, "Fatty, tell the truth. How much have you gotten away with?"

Gu Fatty looked utterly defeated. "What could I have gotten? Just a little hand-holding, and a half-push-half-yield kiss on the lips, that’s all."

"Damn it!" Qian Baidu cursed after hearing this. "You’re saying you haven’t gotten much? You’ve even kissed her, and you still want more?"

Gu Fatty said, "That was all back in Nine Sun City. Ever since we came to Xia Capital, I haven’t even had the chance to say a single word to her. Looking at things now, I don’t even know whether I’ll have another chance in the future."

Xin Lang thought to himself with a sweatdrop, "I never would have guessed Fatty and Ouyang Yanran had already developed this far. No wonder Fatty gets so angry every time he hears him say he’s going to visit Ouyang Yanran."

Watching how Gu Fatty and Qian Baidu each already had someone they liked, Xin Lang’s thoughts drifted to his own...

*****

"Did you hear? The rotating champion at the nineteenth combat hall got one-shotted today!" a student at the table beside Xin Lang and the others said.

"You mean that show-off, that arrogant guy Ling Feng?" another student asked.

"Exactly! He was blown away by a new student in one move and smashed into a bloody mess. After getting up, he still didn’t even know how he lost!" the first student laughed.

"Boss, they’re talking about you!" After being influenced by Gu Fatty, Qian Baidu had also started calling Xin Lang "Boss."

A student eating nearby said, "What? Even the champion of the nineteenth combat hall got instantly killed?"

The first student was shocked. "What do you mean? Don’t tell me the champion of the eighteenth combat hall you went to today was also one-shotted by someone!"

"Yes! He was also one-shotted by a newcomer!" said the third student.

At this point, another student from a different table leaned over and said, "No way. The rotating challenger of the main ring at our sixteenth combat hall was also one-shotted by a freshman! Could it be... all the same person?"

"Ah..." The first three students were all stunned.

Then several nearby students overheard their conversation and came over as well. After everyone exchanged information, they uncovered a shocking fact: more than ten combat halls had had their main-ring title holders instantly defeated that morning.

What began as a topic from the first student quickly spiraled out of control. In no time at all, the entire cafeteria was buzzing about it. In the end, everyone discovered that a mysterious student had, in the space of one morning, challenged nineteen combat hall champions in succession, and most of those champions had been defeated in a single move.

"Boss, the person they’re talking about... isn’t it you?" Gu Fatty was the first to notice how strange the whole thing was.

Hong Jingang’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Xin Lang in astonishment.