"You scoundrel, scoundrel, scoundrel!"
After several exchanges, Qi Ling had not gained any advantage over Qin Xuan.
On the contrary, he was like a toy being toyed with by Qin Xuan.
Although not destroyed, he was attacked without a moment's respite.
Until he was hit again by a junior using a low-level martial art, Qi Ling's eyes finally turned a terrifying blood red.
At this moment, all thoughts of the competition and propriety were cast aside.
He only knew that the person in front of him treated him as a plaything, and he would tear him to shreds!
With a thought, a golden light erupted from Qi Ling's hand.
The long-lost Fumo Fist was unleashed once more.
However, compared to its previous upright and peaceful nature, this Fumo Fist was filled with brutality.
A large amount of vital energy was mobilized by Qi Ling, surging rapidly through his meridians.
Even with the protection of the Meridian Protection Pill, he still felt a throbbing pain in his meridians.
"Junior, die!"
With a roar of anger, the golden light in Qi Ling's hand, along with his body, shot towards Qin Xuan like lightning.
Seeing this, Qin Xuan remained unhurried.
He bent his knees slightly and settled his qi in his dantian.
As Qi Ling approached, he suddenly leaped from the ground!
Then, utilizing the exquisite coordination of wind and fire attributes, he directly charged behind Qi Ling in mid-air.
By the time Qi Ling stopped his punch, Qin Xuan had already fled nearly a hundred meters away.
"How can he run?!"
After recovering from the shock of Qin Xuan's escape, Yun Cangliang shouted in disbelief, pointing at Qin Xuan in the center of the arena and yelling loudly.
Qin Xuan could not hear his shouts.
But if he could, he would have given the man a huge eye-roll.
That punch from the opponent carried at least the full force of a high-level Grandmaster.
As a mere intermediate Grandmaster, he couldn't even defend against it, let alone use its momentum!
What else could he do in such a situation but run?
Stand there and let the opponent hit him?
While fleeing, Qin Xuan mentally calculated the time.
When he was at the far left of the arena with Qi Ling just now, there were fifteen minutes left until the medicinal effects wore off.
After some fighting, about ten minutes had been consumed.
In other words, as long as he could stall Qi Ling for another five minutes, he would definitely be the winner of this match.
Given that, why would he let victory slip through his fingers?
"Haha, I heard that if you get first place, you can choose any Divine-level Supreme to guide you for seven days."
"Although I've already learned most of what I need, it would be nice to reunite with my masters."
As time ticked by, Qin Xuan began to consider which master he would learn from for another seven days.
However, just three minutes before the medicinal effects were set to expire, Qi Ling suddenly exerted his power.
Risking damage to his meridians, he once again broke through his limit of channeling vital energy!
He forcibly increased his speed by another level!
Unfortunately, the distance between them was still too great.
Even though his speed now surpassed the limit achievable by a high-level Grandmaster, he still couldn't reach Qin Xuan before the medicinal effects ended.
It was over.
This time, the winner was me!
Arriving at the center of the arena, Qin Xuan spread his arms, ready to greet the audience.
But at that moment, something completely unexpected happened.
Qi Ling, whose speed had begun to gradually decrease, suddenly increased his speed once more.
Not only that, but his aura also significantly intensified.
"This is bad, he's breaking through mid-battle!"
Sensing Qi Ling's change, Sun Yingxiong was the first to exclaim.
Su Qing Tan, standing beside him, had already silently taken to the air, preparing to rush forward and save Qin Xuan.
However, before they could even act, a thunderous roar echoed from above the arena.
A black figure descended abruptly, flying directly towards Qi Ling, who was charging at Qin Xuan.
Qi Ling had no time to react before he was pinned down by the dark figure, completely immobilized.
"Qi Ling's level has advanced, he is automatically disqualified. Qin Xuan wins this match!"
Arriving next to Qin Xuan, Hu Sanqiang directly raised Qin Xuan's arm and announced the result of the match.
As for the newly advanced Qi Ling, he had already completely fainted beside the two of them.
On his face was imprinted a vivid, giant palm print.
"This, Qin Xuan actually won?!"
Hearing the result of the match, the Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters watching the event fell into silence.
An intermediate Grandmaster, only twenty-six years old, had defeated a quasi-high-level Grandmaster who had taken a strengthening pill by surpassing his own level!
If this news were to reach other peers, who would believe it?
What's more, they had all bet on Qi Ling to win!
To make a profit from the low odds, they had practically emptied all their available assets!
Qin Xuan's victory was equivalent to directly wiping out nearly a year's worth of their operational budget.
Thinking of this, their silence became even more profound.
Only the bookies who had won money and those who had bet on Qin Xuan to win showed any hint of a smile.
About an hour later, the matches for all groups finally concluded.
The officials jointly held an awards ceremony for the winners of each group.
And until all the rewards were distributed, Qi Ling, lying on the hospital bed, had still not woken up.
"Today's arrangements are concluded."
"Tomorrow morning, the top three finishers from all groups will gather here again, understand?"
After the awards ceremony, Ke Wudi, representing the Dragon Country officials, issued a notice to all participants.
As the most special among them, Qin Xuan was directly kept behind.
"Defeating even a high-level Grandmaster like Qi Ling, Xuan'er, you are now fully capable of handling things on your own."
On the way to the interior of the arena, Ke Wudi praised him while listening to Hu Sanqiang recount Qin Xuan's performance.
Qin Xuan scratched his head with a foolish grin.
Just as he was about to respond humbly, he saw Zheng Wanqing, with a smile on her lips, softly say to him, "Yes."
"But strength alone isn't enough, family matters also need to be put on the agenda."
"Ah?"
"You mean..."
He didn't know why his third master would shift the topic from the match to starting a family.
But since she brought it up, he might as well ask her for a favor.
"I've also considered starting a family, but the matter with the Qin family hasn't been resolved yet. Getting married at this time isn't ideal."
"However, speaking of starting a family, there's something I'd like your three masters to help me with."
"Go on."
"It's like this, the Su family head, Su Qing Tan, insists on betrothing her granddaughter, Su Ni Shang, to me."
"As a junior, my words carry little weight."
"My refusal won't register with her."
"So I can only ask my three masters to appear as guardians and politely decline this engagement on my behalf."
"As you all know, General Su and I are just ordinary friends, with no emotional foundation."
Having said all this, Qin Xuan felt that there should be no problem with this matter.
After all, his three masters were all very supportive of him.
A reasonable request like this would surely be carried out according to his wishes.
But when he heard Zheng Wanqing's smiling reply, he realized he was wrong.
And not only was he wrong, but he was incredibly wrong!