For a moment, the ring was a blur of flying fists as bursts of energy radiated outwards.

Hou Yuwei’s strength was indeed on a completely different level from Zhou Heyuan’s.

With her superior speed and more refined techniques, she briefly gained the upper hand, relentlessly pressing her opponent.

However, the young man was like a slippery, unmoving reef. No matter how ferocious Hou Yuwei’s attacks became, he always managed to neutralize them with minimal effort.

The battle lasted for nearly three minutes. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The instant Hou Yuwei’s assault slowed and a slight disorder appeared in her breathing, the young man seized his chance!

His eyes hardened in an instant. After being on the defensive the entire time, he launched his first counterattack.

His techniques were simple and direct, yet they were filled with a brutal, murderous intent.

Just three moves!

Hou Yuwei was struck hard in the abdomen by one of his vicious elbow strikes, sending her flying backward like a kite with a broken string. She crashed to the ground, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Defeated again!

Even Hou Yuwei, with a life force index of 20.0, had lost!

The entire hall once again fell into a deathly silence.

Despair and indignation were written on everyone’s faces.

The master of the Hongchang Martial Arts Hall grinned even more smugly.

"Heh heh heh, and here I thought she was supposed to be so tough. Personally instructed by Master Sun, and this is all she amounts to! It looks like the Extreme Martial Arts Hall truly has no worthy successors. Everyone, if you want your children to learn real combat skills, you’d better open your eyes and make sure you don’t choose the wrong place!"

His words were like poisoned barbs, piercing the hearts of every member of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

Just as the crowd was seething with anger but dared not speak, when the oppressive atmosphere had reached its peak...

A calm, gentle voice slowly drifted over from the entrance of the Martial Arts Hall.

"I’ve also been personally instructed by Master Sun, so I suppose I’m part of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. And I’m also a high school student."

Hearing this, everyone turned to look.

They saw a young man with an upright posture and refined features approaching at a steady, unhurried pace.

His stride was steady and his gaze was calm, as if the tense, hostile atmosphere around him didn’t affect him in the slightest.

As he walked, he took off his jacket, revealing the simple Martial Arts Uniform underneath.

Then, to everyone’s astonishment, he walked up onto the ring, one step at a time.

He looked at the young man who had defeated Hou Yuwei, a faint smile on his face.

"I’m here to fight you."

The young man from the Hongchang Martial Arts Hall looked at the boy before him, who seemed even younger than himself, his eyes filled with contempt and impatience.

He couldn’t be bothered to say a word, merely crooking a finger disdainfully and assuming his fighting stance once more.

Below the ring, Hou Yuwei, who had just been helped to her feet, stared in confusion at the unfamiliar figure on the platform. She felt he looked familiar but couldn’t place him.

Meanwhile, Li Weiguo and the just-recovered Zhou Heyuan froze as if struck by lightning when they got a clear look at the newcomer’s face. Their eyes went wide as saucers!

Their mouths fell open, and almost in unison, they gasped in trembling voices filled with a mixture of utter shock and wild joy.

"Qin Feng?!"

Li Weiguo and Zhou Heyuan’s cry, a mixture of extreme shock and wild joy, boomed through the silent Martial Arts Hall like a sudden clap of thunder.

The name seemed to possess a strange kind of magic.

The moment she heard the name, Hou Yuwei, who had been struggling to her feet, froze completely.

Her eyes, dimmed by her defeat, suddenly blazed with light as she stared in disbelief at the tall, refined figure on the ring.

Qin Feng!

Of course she was no stranger to that name!

Just a few days ago, she too had signed up for the senior bracket of the highly anticipated Qimingxing Inter-School League.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t strong enough and was eliminated in the first round by a formidable upperclassman.

But she had watched the entire competition from start to finish and had witnessed the birth of a legend with her own eyes.

She had watched with her own eyes as this young man named Qin Feng cut a devastating and almost unreasonably dominant path through his opponents, ultimately crushing the dark horse Zhou Qi and his Six Gates Perfection Killing Technique in the finals with absolute power to be crowned the ’Qiming General Star’!

’So... it’s him!’

’The monster from Qiming First High School who made history!’

’He came from an ordinary community like this?!’

A storm of shock and disbelief raged in Hou Yuwei’s heart.

Down below the ring, the Martial Artists who had been dejected and furious over the Extreme Martial Arts Hall’s repeated defeats were first stunned by Li Weiguo’s cry. Then, as if a fuse had been lit on a powder keg, the crowd instantly erupted!

"Qin Feng? Which Qin Feng? Could it be... the Qiming General Star from our own Silver Seagull Community?!"

"That’s him! I saw his picture in the news a few days ago! It’s definitely him!"

"My heavens! The Qiming General Star is back! He’s one of us from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall?"

"Of course he is! Teacher Li and Zhou Heyuan both know him! Now we’re in for a real show! They came to challenge us and ended up kicking a steel plate!"

The fact that the Silver Seagull Community had produced a Qiming General Star had long ago become the talk of the surrounding neighborhoods, a fact known to almost everyone.

After all, it was a joyous event and a great source of pride for the entire community.

Most of the Martial Artists present were residents of the surrounding communities, so they had naturally all heard of Qin Feng.

It was just that none of them had ever imagined that this legendary figure would appear before them today, and in such a fashion!