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After Xue Jing was the first to be drawn, his opponent was drawn immediately after.

Contestant number 2—Yin Muhu.

"Shady Girl?" Xue Jing was slightly taken aback.

It was indeed a coincidence.

He hadn't expected that his first opponent in the finals would be this young lady.

"Buzz—"

Xue Jing's phone vibrated with a ringtone, and he took it out to look.

It was indeed Yin Muhu who had called.

Pressing the answer button, Xue Jing spoke, "Hello?"

The naïve voice of the young girl, Yin Muhu, came through the receiver.

"Xue, did you watch the drawing ceremony?"

Xue Jing nodded and said, "Yes, I'm watching. I didn't expect the first match to be between you and me."

Yin Muhu sighed, "My luck is really not good, just out of the newbie village and I run into the final boss."

Xue Jing chuckled and said, "You exaggerate too much."

"Not at all, that's exactly how I feel," Yin Muhu replied.

"However... to feel intimidated before the battle is not in the spirit of a martial artist. Since I've encountered you, I will give it my all."

"Xue, you better be careful... You might just get an unexpected surprise from me."

Xue Jing whispered, "Hmm, I'm looking forward to it."

After chatting for a bit longer, Xue Jing hung up the phone.

The drawing ceremony continued, and soon, all the results were out.

Three people, in particular, caught Xue Jing's attention.

One was Otogirusu who had drawn number sixteen and was not in the same half as Xue Jing.

One was Zhou Yinglin, who had drawn number eight.

If the Maple City elimination tournament's rules were followed, he would meet Xue Jing in the quarterfinals, but the final competition rules had changed to a double-elimination format after the top eight, with a redraw for matchups.

Therefore, whether he would meet Zhou Yinglin or not still depended on whether they could draw each other in the top eight.

However, Xue Jing did not doubt this, as Zhou Yinglin's participation in U19 was abrupt and pointless, clearly intended to trouble him. Given his status, a simple drawing issue couldn't stop him.

Xue Jing estimated that he would probably meet this person in the first or second match of the top eight.

The third person Xue Jing noted was a contestant named Ji Huaiyu.

This person was no stranger; a disciple of the Four Symbols Shadowy Spirit School. Previously, during the Maple City elimination tournament, Xue Jing had an interaction with him just before his first entry.

At that time, Xue Jing had taught a lesson to a rude disciple from the Four Elements Dojo, and Ji Huaiyu had thanked him right away, leaving a deep impression on Xue Jing.

Apart from these three and Yin Muhu, Xue Jing did not recognize the other contestants, or rather, even if he did, he did not care much about them.

"Well, since I'll only meet Zhou Yinglin in the top eight... that does give me room to play some tricks," he mused.

Xue Jing stroked his chin.

He had already decided to steal the master's criticized technique, the so-called 'Supreme Ingenuity's Impeccable Gun.'

Given this, by watching Zhou Yinglin's two matches from the sidelines before he encountered him... that should be enough for him.

Now that [Visualization True] had reached Lv8, as long as Zhou Yinglin demonstrated his spear skills right before his eyes, Xue Jing could imprint them firmly in his consciousness.

Then, through consciousness simulation, he could repeatedly perform surgery-level observations and analyses in the consciousness space.

Combined with his [All Weapons Mastery] effect in combat skills, his understanding of spear techniques had almost reached the level of his sword skills. Learning 'Impeccable' within a few days was not an impossible task.

"Defeating Zhou Yinglin with Impeccable... His expression should be quite amusing."

...

On the rooftop of a building, Xue Jing's head bore dragon horns, his body entwined with silver-white Dragon Thunder, and with his legs slightly bent, he held a fighting stance, slowly practicing the Armor Shaking Skill.

Now, after several days of practice, his endurance limit had increased again, reaching eighteen times gravity.

Practicing the Armor Shaking Skill, a high-load physical activity, in an environment of eighteen times normal gravity was extremely challenging even for him now, causing him to sweat profusely with a pool of water continuously spreading from beneath his feet.

The building quality of the Zhige Base was excellent. Xue Jing weighed over 120 kilograms, and under eighteen times gravity, his weight exceeded two tons. Despite such weight, the only contact with the ground was through the soles of his feet, creating immense pressure, and the floor also had to withstand the occasional jumps and landings by Xue Jing.

But the floor of this building showed no signs of inability to cope.
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"Hoo—"

After completing a full set of the Armor Shaking Skill, Xue Jing breathed out, his power rotating and vibrating to shake off all the sweat from his body as mist.

The Yellow Grannie Skill operated within him, his internal organs moving slowly like embryos, absorbing nutrients from his body and gradually growing stronger.

Xue Jing picked up a clear glass container from a table beside him, filled with a bright red medicinal liquid—his pre-prepared supplementary secret medicine for the Yellow Grannie Skill.

Opening the container, he gulped down its contents without minding the slightly bitter, strange taste, wiped his mouth corner, and thought:

"My current pure martial arts strength should be enough to handle this competition... but it's hard to guarantee a sure win; I need to find a way to strengthen it further."

He always remembered what Miao Miao had once said: battles between martial artists are not about comparing numbers, and there isn't a rule that having higher stats necessarily leads to victory. Histories of the underdog winning against the odds abound.

His battle yesterday with Otogirusu was, in terms of results, a slight win for him, but the actual difference in raw strength between the two was not significant; he couldn't exert the kind of overpowering force over Otogirusu that would guarantee victory.