Chapter 82: Suppressing the Stone Man

Chapter 82 Suppressing the Stone Man

Shi Dang’s eyes widened, and the more he fought, the more alarmed he grew.

Was he about to lose in the very first match?

He roared and swung the broadsword in his hand, the blade carrying a howling, vicious wind as it wildly swept and hacked in all directions.

Yet, it was useless.

Though his attack range was wide and his strength fierce, his speed and agility were slightly lacking. Every heavy, powerful chop could only strike the afterimage left by Qin Feng.

Then he was pinned by Qin Feng’s spear tip, which clung like a stubborn bone.

Shi Dang took a deep breath, abandoned his assault in time, and raised his broadsword to defend.

The spear shot out like a dragon, clashing with the broadsword and sparking tiny bursts of light.

“Clang! Clang! Thud! Thud!”

The sound of striking iron rang out without pause.

Shi Dang, the favored contender for the championship, had completely fallen into a disadvantage, suppressed by Qin Feng, without even a chance to counterattack.

The battle on Platform 073 instantly drew the attention of countless spectators.

After all, Shi Dang was one of the three pre-tournament favorites, and his first match naturally attracted intense focus.

Yet, the scene unfolding before them made everyone’s eyes go wide.

On the floating holographic screens scattered around the arena, the barrage of comments exploded instantly.

“What the hell? What’s going on? Am I seeing this right? That’s Shi Dang? One of the top three favorites, getting beaten down?”

“This speed is insane! Who is this Qin Feng?”

“All basic spear techniques! Not a single killing move—effortless, smooth, the spear moves like an extension of his arm. Every thrust lands exactly at the moment when Shi Dang’s old strength has just faded and his new strength hasn’t yet arisen. This is a master-level spear art!”

“Master-level spear art… Is this Qin Feng a monster?”

“Aaaah—!”

On the platform, Shi Dang let out a roar of unwillingness.

“Break… for me!”

He seized the moment, pouring all his strength into the broadsword in his hand, abandoning all defense and evasion, and in a posture of mutual destruction, he slashed fiercely toward Qin Feng’s direction!

The killing move of the *Rock Broadsword*—[Rock Shatter]!

This strike carried the force of ten thousand jun; where the blade passed, the air let out a pained groan of unbearable strain.

This was an all-or-nothing blow!

Facing this earth-shattering slash, Qin Feng’s high-speed figure finally came to a halt.

His eyes sharpened, and he no longer fought evasively.

Confronting this wild assault, he did not retreat—he advanced!

“Well struck!”

With a clear shout, Qin Feng stomped hard, his body moving with the spear, spear and man becoming one.

The alloy spear in his hand blazed with light in an instant, and a domineering aura of unstoppable momentum and sweeping thousands of troops surged skyward!

The killing move of the *Thousand Troops Spear*—[Thousand Troops Retreat]!

The spear thrust out, like a mountain collapsing, like a tsunami!

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of spectators, that brilliant point of spear light collided with the vast blade of light with a thunderous impact!

“Clang—!!!!”

A sound of metal clashing, enough to pierce eardrums, rang throughout the arena!

A terrifying energy shockwave, centered on the two fighters, spread wildly in all directions, causing the platform’s energy shield to ripple violently.

Dazzling sparks burst and scattered.

The next second, the outcome was clear!

A burly figure, as if struck head-on by a battering ram, was forced back three large steps, man and blade together, by an irresistible force!

“Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!”

With each step Shi Dang retreated, he left a deep footprint on the hard alloy platform.

When he finally managed to steady himself, the tiger’s mouth gripping the blade had already split, blood slowly trickling down the hilt.

His eyes, as he looked at Qin Feng, were filled with disbelief.

In contrast, Qin Feng merely let the spear shaft tremble slightly, dissipating all the recoil force.

He still stood in place, his posture straight as a pine, majestic and unmoving.

In the head-on clash of killing moves… the difference was clear!

The two had comparable physical constitutions, but whether in absorbing force or delivering it, Qin Feng’s technique far surpassed Shi Dang’s by too great a margin.

“Aaaaaah—!”

Being utterly defeated head-on became the final straw that broke Shi Dang’s mental defenses.

His eyes bloodshot, he raised his head to the sky and let out a beast-like roar. A far more savage and primal aura than before erupted from within him!

The Stone Man bloodline!

His skin, visible to the naked eye, rapidly keratinized and hardened, shifting from its original bronze hue to a rock-like gray-white.

His muscles bulged in lumps, his entire frame seemed to grow taller, his build becoming more massive, like a giant carved from granite.

“Stone Blood Body!”

Shi Dang’s deep voice echoed across the platform, each word carrying a metallic texture.

“Let’s see how you break my defense!”

This scene once again ignited the barrage across the arena.

“Here it is! The intelligence released by the Star River Military Academy before the tournament was right! Shi Dang really does have the bloodline of the Stone Man race!”

“Full petrification! How terrifying must that defense be? Now Qin Feng’s attacks are useless!”

“How can he still fight? Qin Feng is going to lose—no matter how fast his spear or how strong its power, if he can’t break the defense, it’s all for nothing!”

Facing Shi Dang, whose aura had surged and who seemed already invincible, Qin Feng’s expression remained unchanged.

He simply raised the spear in his hand slowly, the icy tip aimed from afar at Shi Dang.

While Shi Dang was striking a pose, Qin Feng moved.

Flowing Light Chasing Shadow!

Qin Feng’s figure, in the sight of everyone, abruptly vanished.

No afterimage, no warning—just disappeared into thin air.

In its place, on the platform, a single point of cold light suddenly blazed!

That glint of cold light seemed to pierce the distance of space and time, and before anyone could react, it suddenly expanded!

Fast!

Fast to the extreme!

So fast that the hundreds of thousands of spectators in the arena only saw a straight streak of light flash across the sky!

"Pfft!"

An extremely faint sound, almost inaudible.

The streak of light faded.

Qin Feng's figure had already appeared behind Shi Dang.

He maintained the posture of thrusting his spear, the long spear held level.

The entire arena fell into dead silence.

Time, at this moment, seemed to have been pressed on the pause button.

One second.

Two seconds.

Shi Dang slowly lowered his petrified head.

His gaze fell upon his own chest.

There, at the joint between his heavy alloy armor and petrified skin, an extremely inconspicuous spot, a hole the thickness of a spear shaft had appeared.

A thread of crimson blood was spurting out from that hole.

His indestructible [Stone-Blood Body] had been pierced through with a single strike!

"I... lost..."

Shi Dang murmured softly, his eyes filled with disbelief and bewilderment.

He could feel the vitality within his body rapidly draining away through that wound.

That seemingly insignificant spear thrust had not only pierced his defense but also precisely destroyed the energy circulation core within his body.

The rock-like gray-white color all over his body receded like a tide, returning to his original skin tone.

His burly frame could no longer support itself; he staggered a step and finally fell to one knee.

The broadsword in his hand could no longer be held, dropping onto the alloy arena with a crisp and loud "clang."

This sound also jolted the referee, who had long been stunned.

He paused for half a second, then suddenly snapped back to reality, raised his hand, and announced with all his might:

"Ring 073, Qiming First Martial Arts Senior High School, Qin Feng — wins!"

Swoosh swoosh swoosh—

The medical team quickly ascended the arena and began treating Shi Dang.

(End of chapter)