It was the finals and Fu Chen knew he was taking a huge risk. But, he didn’t care. His only goal now was to thrash Zhu Tan by himself. For the past eight months, he had been beaten by Zhu Tan.

Zhu Tan hated Fu Chen because their ideologies always clash. One didn’t like working hard while another works so hard that even watching him aches people’s hearts.

Fu Chen didn’t care if Ysla would be mad about this. He doesn’t plan on using the system to defeat Zhu Tan. For all this time, he had been working hard.

And, he does believe in Zhu Tan’s words.

‘No matter how hard you train, you can’t change the fact that you are a trash who can’t awaken the martial spirit.’

Martial Spirit! The sole reason why he was called trash. The rank of the Martial Spirit doesn’t matter. He couldn’t awaken it. And, that matters a lot.

No matter how much he trained, it was all for naught if he couldn’t awaken the martial spirit. Fortunately, he succeeded.

And, it was due to the system.

Fu Chen takes a deep breath as he stares at Zhu Tan. Knowing his spiritual qi was continuously being used, he didn’t waste his time. He rushed toward Zhu Tan with a jab.

But, Zhu Tan easily blocks his jab by slapping his hand and punching with another hand. Although Fu Chen felt a slight change, he didn’t think about it. He simply ducked and slammed an uppercut.

His fist struck the armor, slamming Zhu Tan towards the sky, but he kicked Fu Chen when he flew. Unable to dodge it, he blocks it with his forearms.

Thud! Crash!

Zhu Tan struck the ground after he fell from the sky while Fu Chen simply crashes his sole on the ground and stopped himself. As he stopped, he noticed a strange mark on his armor. It wasn’t a crack but it was a devastating blow.

Zhu Tan’s strength has exploded! Zhu Tan’s cultivation was lower than Jian Shen but physically, he was stronger. He didn’t understand how.

Fu Chen was able to get this strength because he trained hard. But, Zhu Tan didn’t. He was simply slacking off and absorbing spiritual qi into his cells.

Although it grants him an immense Spiritual Qi, it shouldn’t have increased his physical powers.

Suddenly, his eyes shrunk.

‘No, spiritual qi does improve physical strength. It’s just that to increase one’s physical strength, requires a massive amount of Spiritual Qi. That cloak he created at the start of this battle was made out of Spiritual Qi and it didn’t look like a Martial Art.’

‘So that means that cloak is levitating his physical strength while consuming an immense amount of spiritual qi.’

“It seems you got the idea, didn’t you?” Zhu Tan smirked as he slowly stood up. He continued “You thought you could defeat me before your Spiritual Qi runs out with heavy attacks.”

“In fact, it could’ve worked. My physical strength is nowhere near yours. I don’t have mastery over my martial arts either. But, as I said before, just because you work hard doesn’t mean you will be strong.”

“My Spiritual Qi cloak is made out of pure Spiritual Qi. It consumes nearly the amount of Spiritual Qi that the first stage cultivator holds in his dantian every minute. In return, my strength, agility, dexterity, endurance, and stamina increase to a whole new level.”

“That means not only I am going to defeat you. But, I am going to defeat you in your own game.”

Whoosh!

Saying so, his body dashes towards Fu Chen. He clenched his fist and struck. The fist creates extreme air pressure that shoots toward Fu Chen. But, Fu Chen uses Storm Steps and dodges the air pressure.

He comes behind Zhu Tan and punches him. His strikes land on Zhu Tan’s armor, but it doesn’t even break it. Rather, Zhu Tan instantly spun and kicks Fu Chen on his stomach.

Fu Chen lands a few meters away from him and immediately gets up.

“Did I forget to mention it? Not only did my physical powers increase, but it also increases my martial arts. That means I don’t need to master a martial art to get stronger.”

On the sideline, Meng Yu clenched her fist tightly. She understood that Zhu Tan wasn’t going all out from the start. But now, not only did he defeat her but also humiliated her ideology.

‘Fu Chen… defeat him, defeat this guy!’

Now, she only wanted to see him defeated. She clenched her fists and stared at the battle with frustration.

On another side,

Jian Shen was also watching the battle carefully.

‘You said, we weren’t the same after all. I don’t understand why you said that? Was it because you were stronger than me? Was that your pride or do you mean something else?’

‘But, no matter what you said, I want you to win this battle. The people who have the talent but do not work hard are scum. But, the people who do not have talent but also do not work hard are worse than scum.’

‘He might be smart. He might have unlocked an ultimate potential but nothing can outdo hard work. Prove him that the hard work means more than anything else.’

‘It means our passion, sacrifice, and belief poured for one and one thing alone. That’s the meaning of hard work.’

Unfortunately, Fu Chen couldn’t read minds. But, he had the same thoughts about hard work. He believes that hard work can outdo everything. It’s just that the world gives up on you before even you could outdo yourself.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Crack! Crack!

The moment, fists and kick slams each other. Fu Chen tried to dodge as many attacks as possible while landing the solid hits on Zhu Tan. On other hand, Zhu Tan didn’t hide.

With his Spiritual Cloak, he simply continued blaming his fists on Fu Chen, one after another. Some of them struck him hard while some were dodged by him.

But, slowly, both of their armors started breaking apart. But, while Fu Chen’s armor was breaking, Zhu Tan used his Spiritual Qi to heal his armor. For him, the damage to the armor amounts to nothing.

“First Stance- Crushing Fangs!”

Both of them clenched their fists and slammed against each other. The impact broke both of their armor. Zhu Tan still had his cloak while Fu Chen had nothing.

But, he didn’t care. He simply turned his bleu spiritual qi into red and slammed his claw on Zhu Tan before even he could react.

“Second Stance- Pouring Blood Claw!”

Tap! Tap!

The droplets landed on his cloak and penetrate it easily. Before he could form his armor, the droplets were already on his skin. These droplets were very lethal as they began to pierce his skin.

“Ahhhh!”

Zhu Tan screamed in pain. For Fu Chen, this pain would amount to nothing but for him, it was extremely painful. He gritted his teeth as his eyes turned red. He also formed the blood claw and slashed at Fu Chen.

Although his droplets weren’t lethal and they only fell on the ground, his claw still left a heavy mark on Fu Chen.

Although he could’ve dodged this easily, he decided to take this head-on. Because Fu Chen was ready for the next attack. His wrists were combined and the amount of spiritual qi gathered at his palms was immense.

“Third Stance- Tiger Cannon!”

“Tch!”

“Martial Soul, come out!”

“Roaring Tiger First Stance!”

Zhu Tan relied on his restored armor and his martial spirit and his forearms to block the energy beam. It was so strong that his armor broke. But fortunately, his martial spirit was still defensive enough to stop it.

The next moment, he clenched his fist and poured all of his strength into it to slam Fu Chen to the ground.

Bang!

Fu Chen flew out when Zhu Tan punched his palm. Fortunately, only his palm was hurt.

“All three stances and you didn’t deal a single trace of damage on me. All that hard work you did was meant nothing. I told you. There is no way you can defeat me.” Zhu Tan didn’t attack him immediately but rather mocked him.

He knows Fu Chen hasn’t learned another martial art. And now, he has used all three stances of this martial art. So, there is no way for Fu Chen to win. Even if he uses his eye talent, he will only make it harder for himself.

Even though his words reached Fu Chen, they didn’t make him angry. Instead, it only made him laugh.

“Hahaha! You think just because I have used all of my attacks, I have none.”

When he said that, Zhu Tan’s eyes trembled. Because he remembered that Fu Chen can copy other martial art. His eyes instantly fell on Jian Shen.

“I chose not to copy his martial arts. Because I wanted to win against you through my hard work.”

“And, THIS IS HOW I AM GOING TO DO IT.”

Whoosh!

The next moment, his Tiger armor was restored but it was no longer blue. It was red. And the moment, it got restored. His leg spits out a powerful force against the ground and threw him behind Zhu Tan.

Before even Zhu Tan could see what happened, Fu Chen caught his head and slammed him to the ground.

‘When it was the first time they met, Zhu Tan also caught his head and slammed him on the ground.’

This scene was deeply imprinted in his mind.

On the tall building,

Elder Zhu suddenly stood up and his lips trembled.

“Fourth Stance- Ultimate Red Beast!”

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