Chapter 303: Zhang Yu Battles Ying Xin

Chapter 303: Zhang Yu Battles Ying Xin

The night wind swept across the 666th floor of the Myriad Laws University City, causing several colored flags to snap loudly.

Facing the moonlight, Ying Xin and Zhang Yu stood opposite each other under the watchful eyes of numerous workers.

As their gazes collided, two distinct marital intents seemed to contend in the air, radiating a heavy, oppressive pressure.

Standing in a nearby corner, Yu Xinghan looked at Ying Xin—a woman whose frame was robust, her muscles like solid granite—and could not help but feel a flicker of admiration.

He thought to himself: "That waist... that chest... those arms... and those legs... it is clearly a physical body tempered a thousand times over. Pouring a hundred tons of cement into her in a single night would probably be nothing at all. As expected of a sixth-generation civil engineer, a prodigy raised on construction sites since childhood."

To be massive was to be strong; to be massive meant one could do more work and earn more money.

And earning more money naturally meant possessing more charm.

Yu Xinghan understood this deeply, and at this moment, he felt a distinct charm emanating from Ying Xin.

Thus, in the next breath, he quietly activated the recording function of his ocular remains, beginning to film the scene before him as the lens panned back and forth between Ying Xin and Zhang Yu.

Meanwhile, Ying Xin's sharp gaze swept over Zhang Yu, her mind racing: "How does this fellow's vital spirit and energy feel even more abundant than it did half a month ago? It seems he knew he would have to fight me, so he took medicine beforehand to nurture his essence and restore his physical stamina?"

But the thought only flashed through her mind before she dismissed it.

After all, half a month ago, her ranking was already above Zhang Yu's.

And during these past two weeks, she had remained exactly as she always was, not only persisting in her daily bitter cultivation but also never daring to harbor the slightest thought of saving money.

Whether in terms of effort or expenditure, she dared not relax in the slightest.

In contrast, Zhang Yu had not only taken a half-month leave from classes but also spent a massive amount of time working every day, wearing down his body time and again...

Looking at Zhang Yu, Ying Xin thought to herself: "The gap between you and me now is probably even wider than it was half a month ago."

On the other side, Li Xiao looked first at Ying Xin, then at Zhang Yu. He felt that one was a classmate who frequently studied and cultivated alongside him, while the other was a fellow townsman who had helped him out.

Particularly Zhang Yu, who had aided him several times on the construction site before, throwing him out of the danger zone to the entrance.

Had it not been for the other party, he probably would not have survived.

At this thought, he also felt a wave of regret on Zhang Yu's behalf.

Li Xiao sighed in his heart: "Zhang Yu really... if only he were like me, interacting more with Ying Xin and her circle in daily life, he would certainly have more room for compromise now, instead of ending up like this..."

"Once Zhang Yu loses, I will drag him over to get reacquainted with Ying Xin, to smooth things over between them."

"Having cultivated with Ying Xin and the others for so long, she should still grant me this bit of face, right?"

Just then, Tu Lishan, whose body was resplendent with the golden light of his Dharma remains, walked over, looking at the two of them and asking, "Are you both ready?"

Ying Xin looked at Tu Lishan and said respectfully, "Teacher Tu, I am ready to begin at any time. I only wonder what the method of competition will be?"

Zhang Yu also looked curiously at Tu Lishan; after all, this was a clash between prodigies of the Civil Engineering Department, possessing a high technical threshold, so it could not possibly be a mere brawl like gang thugs.

Tu Lishan smiled faintly, pointing to the ground littered with construction waste not far away, and said, "Since Zhang Yu was previously chosen as a model worker for clearing waste, then your competition item today shall be the transport of construction waste."

"We will set a limit of 5 hours to see which of you can transport more construction waste."

Hearing these words, Zhang Yu's gaze focused, and he thought to himself: "This fellow... could he be trying to use the pretext of a competition to make us do free labor for him?"

Tu Lishan continued, "You must absolutely not look down upon the matter of transporting construction waste."

His face turned solemn as he spoke, "As your teacher, I can tell you that within transport lies the Great Dao itself."

"From the very moment you stepped onto the Immortal Path, the first thing you did was to transport spiritual opportunity."

"And as you continuously climb the Immortal Path, what you do is nothing more than transporting spiritual opportunity from one place to another, and transporting Dharma power from one place to another."

"Even to the point of transporting vital energy and blood, transporting water, transporting heat, and further to transporting electrical charge, transporting spiritual coins... as your realm in the Immortal Path rises, you will be able to transport more and more things, and transport them to further and further places."

"It can be said that the essence of the Immortal Path is transport."

On the other side, Li Xiao's eyes lit up brilliantly upon hearing this, experiencing a sudden sense of enlightenment as he thought: "Indeed, from stepping onto the Immortal Path to my current cultivation in the university, everything I do daily is just transporting spiritual opportunity, transporting Dharma power, transporting vital energy and blood, transporting construction materials... the Immortal Path is transport!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xinghan's gaze also shifted slightly: "There is some truth to that; the stronger an Immortal Path practitioner is, the more they can transport things. From transporting the Dharma power and vital energy within their own bodies, to transporting the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning of the external world."

"Not only that, transcending the Immortal Path itself, transporting information from one place to another, transporting spiritual coins from one place to another, even transporting people from one place to another... this is the truly Great Dao."

At this thought, a certain realization faintly dawned within Yu Xinghan's heart, and he aimed the camera of his Dharma remains directly at Ying Xin: "Transporting spiritual coins and people is something I cannot yet do. But as for transporting information, I wonder how effective it will be."

And listening to Tu Lishan's words, Fu Ji could not help but sigh with admiration: "This teacher of yours possesses great talent, clarifying the profound mysteries of the Immortal Path in just a few sentences... it is truly a pity he did not become an evil god."

Tu Lishan continued, "Returning to the item of this competition, as Foundation Establishment students of the Civil Engineering Department, your transport naturally possesses more Immortal Path technology."

"If you wish to defeat your opponent, if you wish to transport more and faster, you must pay attention to the circulation of Astral Qi and properly apply Astral Qi fluid dynamics."

"There is also the issue of heat dissipation during long periods of channeling power, the friction between the physical body and Dharma power, wind resistance under high-speed movement, and the proper use of force dynamics to control the transported items so they do not fall or topple... It can be said that while the whole matter seems simple, the details everywhere are manifestations of Immortal Path technology."

"The final victor will inevitably be the one whose application of the Civil Engineering Department's Immortal Path technology is a cut above." Meanwhile, a map projection appeared before everyone, displaying a route totaling 21 kilometers from the construction waste pile on the 666th floor of the Myriad Laws University City to the waste treatment plant on the 1st underground floor.

Tu Lishan said, "Your goal is to transport the construction waste from here to the waste treatment plant within 5 hours."

"I have already contacted the treatment plant over there; they will separately tally the weight of what you two transport."

"After the match ends, whoever has transported a greater weight will be the victor."

"And the victor will obtain the opportunity to participate in the wilderness project internship next month."

Having finished, Tu Lishan looked at the two of them and asked, "Do either of you have any questions?"

Ying Xin said indifferently, "I have no questions."

Zhang Yu, however, raised his hand and said, "Teacher, is there a wage for this competition?"

Tu Lishan said plainly, "You may choose not to compete."

Zhang Yu cursed in his heart: "Damn it, this guy must have pocketed a hefty transport fee."

Then Zhang Yu looked back at Ying Xin and asked, "Classmate, how about we make a pact? The loser of this battle pays double the wages to the winner, calculated according to the standard waste clearance rates."

In Ying Xin's eyes, this was simply the opponent proactively sending her money, so she naturally agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Tu Lishan said, "Since neither side has any issues, the competition will officially begin in three minutes."

With a resounding boom, a burst of ringing sound erupted from within Ying Xin's body, accompanied by surges of Dharma power and muscle vibrations as her entire being began to warm up.

On Zhang Yu's side, he twisted his body, the vertebrae of his spine colliding piece by piece to produce a sound like massive boulders crashing together.

And along with their warm-up movements, the muscles of both individuals gradually expanded, their entire physical frames ballooning as if inflated, steadily breaking through a height of three meters to become two mini-giants.

Clearly, for the upcoming competition, both had chosen to stretch their muscles and bones to ensure a smoother exertion of power.

Three minutes later, as the countdown in the spiritual realm projection hit 0, Ying Xin and Zhang Yu moved simultaneously.

Ying Xin struck out with a palm, and a roaring torrent of Astral Qi whistled forth like a great dragon, sweeping up a sky full of construction waste as she charged furiously toward the direction of the meta-magnetic channel.

Zhang Yu, on the other hand, brought forth a sky full of cloud energy, as if riding a cloud dragon, enveloping a vast expanse of construction waste as he surged out wildly.

Within Ying Xin's ocular remains, all advertisement projections had already been completely blocked by her, leaving only the guidance of the navigation route, as well as various highlighted red obstacles and pedestrians...

Amidst the rumbling, thunderous roars, she was like a great deity commanding the wind and clouds, running wildly along the path with a sky full of construction waste, growing faster and faster.

The operation of every shred of Astral Qi, the flight trajectory of every piece of construction waste, every obstacle on the road, and the behavioral prediction of every pedestrian were all displayed within the vision of her ocular remains.

Ying Xin was not certain whether the long speech Tu Lishan had just delivered was merely to get them to transport waste for free.

But she understood that the principles he spoke of were not wrong; transport... contained a vast amount of Immortal Path technology.

Having been raised on civil engineering construction sites since childhood, Ying Xin possessed a profound understanding of this truth.

"Anything, once it grows larger in scale and faster in speed, sees its difficulty skyrocket, and the required technology rises along with it..."

"And now, I carry 25 tons of supplies, moving at nearly 200 meters per second."

"Every movement I make, every twitch of muscle, every burst of astral energy—all are the crystallization of immortal techniques, honed through long, arduous cultivation and vast investments of resources..."

Boom!

With a roar through the atmosphere, every strand of astral energy under Ying Xin's control surged along the paths preordained by the Eye of Bones, erupting in a manner most aligned with the principles of martial kinetics and astral fluid dynamics.

Simultaneously, the heat within her body was swiftly expelled alongside the flow of sweat, evaporating explosively within the astral energy.

As Ying Xin took her first step onto the magnetic channel, the spiritual power in her dantian surged abruptly, transforming in an instant to firmly anchor her feet to the channel.

At the same time, her waist and abdomen twisted, channeling tons of force through her muscles. Her entire body seemed to transform into a section of high-strength rail, dragging the blazing astral energy and the swirling debris of construction waste into the magnetic channel.

Amidst the series of explosive booms, with each step Ying Xin took on the magnetic channel, shockwaves erupted, propelling her forward at ever-increasing speeds. The debris of construction waste, wrapped in streams of astral energy, trailed behind her like meteors, racing from the 666th floor down to the first basement level.

Whether it was the explosive release of physical strength, the manipulation of astral fluid dynamics, the reduction of wind resistance, the transformation of magnetic spiritual power, or the choice of movement trajectory—at this moment, Ying Xin felt she had executed everything flawlessly.

"Zhang Yu, take a good look at the gap between you and me..."

But before Ying Xin could finish her thought, a white dragon, trailing clouds of mist, surged past her, accelerating downward in a blazing streak.

Gazing at the figure of Zhang Yu at the forefront of the astral dragon, feeling the terrifying heat radiating from his body, the bulging veins and crimson skin...

Ying Xin's expression shifted slightly. "The Life-Sacrificing Demon-Slaying Technique?"

"Are you serious? Going all out from the start?"

(End of Chapter)