Absolute Choice 7
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However, with Shi Xiaobai's teachings, Feng Yuanlin had put on some cosmetics on the shield!
Did you use all your strength to shatter a shield?
Sorry, that's just a worn-out bronze shield!
The perfect golden shield is waiting for you!
In less than a minute, Mill, who no longer had any fighting spirit left, was struck down by Feng Yuanlin's sudden shield bash, ending the match.
From the beginning to the end, Feng Yuanlin did not say many words to posture, but the act of switching the two shields had allowed his posturing to be presented in an extreme manner.
The Transcendents shut their mouths.
However, there were still some who remained stubborn, claiming that humans were not strong but rich, with them possessing powerful treasures.
Regarding this, Shi Xiaobai only sneered.
This was because in a short while, Pulp Farmer, who had learned the Shi-style Posturing Technique, was about to go next!
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Chapter349 Unarmed combat
Posturing required skill, but there was also a need for strength.
If not for Feng Yuanlin's shield being sufficiently hard, allowing him to withstand fifty-six of Mill's punches, everything would only be theory craft.
Therefore, Shi Xiaobai was very pleased with Feng Yuanlin's performance and he was actually somewhat surprised.
This youth that looked rather unreliable was rather shocking when he turned serious, especially as a result of the stark contrast he had from his stone-like appearance.
From the looks of it, the top ten rookies in the official forecast were worth their salt. Of course, it definitely had something to do with the seven other Transcendent Bravehearts like Mill not living up to their reputations.
After the battle, Mill's reputation was ruined. In Transcendence, where the strong were considered supreme, it was an indelible stain on him for losing to another race.
And regarding the true strength of the humans as a race, the audience went from contempt to having divided opinions.
A number of Transcendents began believing in the possibility that humans were strong, while the majority of Transcendents supported another viewpoint—humans were very weak, but very wealthy, allowing them to possess very powerful treasures.
Feng Yuanlin had used his superpower, which should have been considered his own strength, but the Transcendent citizens did not understand such a thing. They only knew that the worn-out bronze shield had an extremely formidable defense. Furthermore, this human had a golden shield as well. From the looks of it, he might be hiding a platinum shield or a diamond shield. The number of treasures humans had was frightening, but the strength of humans remained a mystery.
At this moment of time, no Transcendent believed that the human named Feng Yuanlin had won lying down in the first round from before. By association, the voices that believed Pulp Farmer and Liu Yu had fixed their matches gradually vanished as well.
There were even members of the audience who began looking forward to the second time the humans could clash with the other Bravehearts—Pulp Farmer versus Siba, who was ranked fifth among the Transcendent Bravehearts!
Regardless of race, it was only natural to be exclusive or to show curious ambivalence to something foreign. Towards a completely mysterious race, their instinct to be exclusive caused them to belittle humans. However, once there was something the foreign entity was worth exploring for, their buried curiosity would sprout with no way of curbing it.
As they looked forward to the battle between a human and Siba, the audience lacked interest in the matches that followed. Like a food chain, Moya was standing at the top of the chain, while the eight Bravehearts were on the second level. The other Bravehearts from the other races were trampled beneath them, without being able to put up any resistance. Moya and the other eight Bravehearts would usually end the battle the moment they appeared.
Only at the twenty-third round of the 64-to-32 playoffs did Pulp Farmer and Siba's battle begin. This unbreakable food chain was finally challenged, its stability at threat. What was the true strength of humans, and where would they be placed in the food chain? Or would they win the battle with some astounding treasure?
But contrary to all expectations, the audience was immediately left extremely surprised when Pulp Farmer appeared. This was because Pulp Farmer had taken off all his armor, appearing only in casual clothing. He did not even hold a single weapon in his hand!
Unarmed combat?
"Is this human crazy?"
The Transcendent citizens were feeling somewhat stupefied and also somewhat incensed. As Transcendents, their biggest advantage came from their natural physique, allowing them to surpass the physiques of other races. And the reason why humans were discriminated against was a result of their greatly inferior physiques.
This human that was proficient at using spears wanted to use his disadvantage to fight the Transcendent Bravehearts in their greatest advantage?
Siba felt insulted as he cursed, "Fool, do you think I'm the same as that trash, Mill? Watch your arrogance and pick up your spear or I will rip your limbs apart, making you regret your stupidity for life!"
Pulp Farmer remained silent with a calm expression. He was composed and turned his body sideways in an unrestrained manner. He reached out his right arm and used his palms to make a curling inward gesture.
The way he looked seemed to indicate that this was nothing, give it your best shot!
Siba turned furious as his body instantly swelled up. He transformed from a short green-skinned dwarf to a three-meter tall giant that was covered in muscles. The first form of the Transcendents was a gift the heavens gave them. It was also the main reason why they enjoyed a sense of superiority over other races!
Siba’s firm muscles were harder than steel, and his power was frightening. In terms of physique, a hundred Pulp Farmers would not have been enough to beat Siba!
However, Pulp Farmer did not reveal any fear. He did not have any plans on using his weapon, as though a melee battle with Siba was not a problem at all. A mocking smile even suffused across his lips.
With this, not only was Siba feeling humiliated, even the Transcendent citizens could not tolerate it any further.
"Fuck, Siba, flatten the arrogant human!"
"This fool is courting death for him to dare to engage in a melee tussle with us, the Transcendents!"
"Siba, if you lose to this fool in a melee tussle, you might as well commit suicide on the spot!"
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Tempers flared from the audience stands once again. Clearly, Pulp Farmer's acts had infuriated the Transcendent citizens. In their hearts, the Transcendents were the strongest race, with only the Infernals being able to compete with them. And when it came to melee fights, the Transcendents were invincible!
The human was challenging the honor of their race!
Seeing the situation losing control, the referee gestured for the audience to quieten down with no avail. The referee announced the beginning of the duel amid the din!
"Human, prepare to die!"
Siba was extremely eager to strike. The moment the referee gave the signal, Siba charged at Pulp Farmer like a bull!
The audience was still yelling angrily as they looked forward to Siba ripping the arrogant human to pieces!
Despite the din, one could hear the sound of Siba charging forward. As he trampled across the ground, it was as though a hammer was slamming into a wargong, causing the ground to quake!
Pulp Farmer did not move, but instead, he bent his knees slightly as he clenched his right fist, retracting it towards his chest!
That was a stance of him readying a punch!
Siba laughed from his extreme anger. This human actually wanted to fight him using fists?
"Courting death!" Siba roared angrily and rushed in front of Pulp Farmer. His fist that was thirsting to strike ou
t suddenly slammed forward!
The winds from the punch howled as air crackled, as though the terrifying power was ripping through the void!
At the same time, Pulp Farmer's fist came thrusting forward like a bayonet.
But in that split second, the hand that he was clenched tightly suddenly opened, like a blooming flower bud. His body moved slightly to the side at that moment, while his right foot took a step forward!
An eye-popping scene suddenly happened.
With Pulp Farmer dodging slightly, he easily came beside Siba. He reached out his right hand and grabbed Siba's right elbow, and hooking his right foot around Siba's legs, he used a tiny bit of force!
"Bang!"
Siba instantly lost his balance and crashed to the ground!
At that moment, it was as though the audience had their throats pinched. The invectives they were hurling came to an abrupt halt.
This was because although Siba had fallen to the ground, the battle was not yet over.
Pulp Farmer was using one hand to hold onto Siba's right arm, preventing it from touching the ground!
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Chapter350 Leonis on the brink of raging
The physical strength of Transcendents was indeed terrifying, but having strength did not mean that they were powerful. A simple and nimble dodge by Pulp Farmer, a grab, and a trip, allowed him to cause the large and heavy Siba to fall to the ground.
According to the rules, in order to ensure that the contestants had sufficient stamina, contestants in any battle before the final round would be considered to have been defeated if their four limbs touched the ground, or if they fell out of the arena.
Therefore, by tripping Siba, Pulp Farmer had already won the match.
However, by holding on to Siba's right arm and preventing it from touching the ground, Pulp Farmer's intentions were obvious!
What an arrogant human!
While the Transcendents were reeling in shock, their emotions turned complicated. From time immemorial, it had been the Bravehearts of the Transcendents who held back, but this time, they were being humiliated by another alien race!
Pulp Farmer remained composed as he said unfeelingly, "Aren't you getting up?"
Siba was somewhat stupefied, but when he heard this sentence, he was immediately incensed. He roared loudly and got up from the ground.
Siba said in fury, "Human, what trick did you use!?"
From Siba's point of view, whatever that happened in that instant was too strange. All his strength had been easily neutralized, and with a slight use of force from the human, he found himself unable to find his footing.
This was clearly not some physical strength that had caused him to fall, but some weird trick!
Pulp Farmer sneered without a word.
The Transcendents' physiques were indeed superior to humans, and he was indeed not their match in a simple fight. However, a melee battle was never limited to the clash of punches head on. Fighting skill played an extremely important role as well!
Pulp Farmer remembered that he had said to Shi Xiaobai not long ago, "Shi Xiaobai, I want to learn to posture."
Shi Xiaobai's answer was very simple. In a sentence, he said, "Since they think their physique is extraordinary, why don't you beat them in a melee fight? Use your weakest trait to defeat their strongest!"
Use your weakest trait to defeat their strongest!
This was the best form of posturing!
No, this was no longer posturing, but actual awesomeness!
And Pulp Farmer happened to possess this capability. Most rookies believed that Pulp Farmer was impressive with spears, but they suffered a memory lapse by not remembering a piece of information provided by the official forecast—Pulp Farmer had been a defending champion of the National Secondary School Martial Tournament for three consecutive years!
Therefore, not only was Pulp Farmer proficient with spears, he was actually proficient in a multitude of weapons. His martial arts were amazing!
Pulp Farmer gestured with his right hand again and said with his eyebrows raised, "Shall we continue?"
This provocative stance was taught to him by Shi Xiaobai. However, Pulp Farmer was indeed bad at posturing, so he was rather stiff when doing such an action.
The stiffness of his posturing nearly drove Siba mad!
Siba roared angrily as he charged once again.
The story that happened after this became Siba's nightmare for life, and it also subverted all that the Transcendents knew.
They saw Pulp Farmer easily defuse Siba's attack, and with a cool pose, slammed Siba to the ground. He even did an over shoulder throw, and every time Siba fell to the ground, he would hold up Siba's wrist or ankle, preventing all of his limbs from touching the ground.
This was a merciless form of teasing and blatant humiliation. However, the audience could no longer remain angry because all of this already indicated the overwhelming disparity in strength.
At least if one considered the rules, Siba had lost countless times!
Finally, Siba could no longer tolerate the repeated humiliation and ran out of the arena, pretending to have been defeated out of carelessness, ending the heart-wrenching situation that he was powerless at overturning.
Pulp Farmer had used his excellent fighting skills to completely trash Siba, who was ranked fifth among the Transcendent Bravehearts!
This was the might of humans!
The Transcendents had no choice but to admit that in terms of fighting techniques, humans were not to be underestimated.
From their point of view, humans had already proven themselves. They were a race to be taken seriously.
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After the battle ended, Pulp Farmer returned to the audience stands, but he did not look very happy.
Feng Yuanlin exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? Why don't you feel happy at all?"
Pulp Farmer sighed and said, "It wasn't perfect enough."
Liu Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Pulp Farmer, you have been corrupted by Shi Xiaobai so quickly. Isn't that perfect enough? Is there a need to posture any further?"
Pulp Farmer shook his head and said with a heavy tone, "It's not posturing. Didn't you notice that there was no way for me to clash head on with the Transcendent Bravehearts? In terms of physical strength, they are on a completely different level than me. If I got hit by his punch, I would have definitely been the one being defeated. Although I managed to trash him with my fighting technique, it's completely different from what Shi Xiaobai said. I was clearly using my strongest trait to defeat my opponent's weakest trait."
With Pulp Farmer saying this, Feng Yuanlin and Liu Yu were stunned. That was indeed the case, as they could not help but cast their gazes at Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai smiled and said, "It's already sufficient. There's no need to posture, just proving that humans are very awesome is good enough."
In fact, Shi Xiaobai was somewhat disappointed as well. According to the objective, to complete a perfect posturing by 'using your weakest trait to defeat their strongest', it needed Pulp Farmer to clash with Siba using his fist, beating him down with a single strike.
But he had been too optimistic. Although Pulp Farmer was a martial arts genius, the physique humans had was indeed too disparate from the Transcendents'. It was already pretty good accomplishing such a feat.
Shi Xiaobai did not reveal his disappointment but gave a word of encouragement, "Continue working hard. If you are able to really defeat Moya, that would be true awesomeness."
Shi Xiaobai was cognizant of his body increasing rapidly in strength as it constantly absorbed the energies of the holy tree's fruit. He could not help but feel a sense of anticipation.
After he completely absorbed the holy tree's fruit, how strong would his physique be?
Was it strong enough to physically repress the Transcendent Bravehearts?
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The tournament continued on. The on
ly person to challenge the defending champion, Leonis, had to be determined out of the sixty-four Bravehearts by the afternoon. As such, the tournament battles happened in close succession.
Thankfully, the method to determine victory was simple and crude. Therefore, every match did not take long to end.
Pulp Farmer and company had become the focus of attention. They demonstrated their redoubtable strength against other races in a way no different from fighting the Transcendent Bravehearts. Even when they encountered the other Transcendent Bravehearts other than Moya, they were still able to easily defeat them.
The audience was completely disappointed in the eight Bravehearts, but they were filled with confidence when it came to Moya. They looked forward to seeing the outcome when any of the three humans encountered Moya.
However, Pulp Farmer and company had pretty good luck. They did not encounter Moya up to the final eight.
And during this period of time, Pulp Farmer eliminated two of the eight Bravehearts, Feng Yuanlin eliminated one, while Liu Yu eliminated one during the 16th-finals. One of the other Bravehearts was ruthlessly eliminated by Moya.
Hence, when the tournament reached the final eight, there were only three Bravehearts out of eight, including Moya.
This was something unthinkable in previous years.
The Transcendents who witnessed this with their own eyes began doubting if their Bravehearts had the ability to fight the armies of the Infernal King.
And just as the intense quarterfinal battles were about to begin,
Leonis, who should have appeared only tomorrow, suddenly appeared in the arena.
At that moment, the audience shut their mouths.
This was because everyone could clearly sense a formidable fury from him!
It was a rage that made him seem like he wanted to annihilate everything in front of him!
After Leonis came to the arena, his eyes swept across every member of the audience in the audience stands. He twitched his nose, as though he was trying to catch the scent of something. Suddenly, his eyes fixated on a spot around Shi Xiaobai, Pulp Farmer, and company.