Chapter 1236: Gu Feng's Challenge
At this moment, facing Gu Feng and his grand entourage of dozens, all of Li Tao's former high spirits and ambitions had vanished into thin air.
Not everyone was like Xu Fan, who had faced countless life-and-death situations. Li Tao was just an obscure student at the base.
Forget about the Hidden World Families backing Gu Feng, just Gu Feng himself was someone Li Tao wouldn't dare to offend!
Now, hearing Xu Fan's question, Li Tao mustered the courage to quietly explain to Xu Fan, "No, you can't. The base has a special duel arena, and you must pay a thousand points to fight to the death."
Xu Fan took out his card and asked Li Tao, "How many points do I have in here?"
Li Tao weakly replied, "The initial points for instructors are two hundred, after paying the rent, there should only be one hundred left."
"I see, killing someone is actually so troublesome..." Xu Fan couldn't help but sigh.
On the side, Gu Feng, seeing Xu Fan and Li Tao chatting so casually, was already filled with intense anger.
"Xu! You're too arrogant!"
Who was Gu Feng? A super-genius student of the Grey Wolf Team, even Zhou Minghui and Liu Tianle were not in Gu Feng's eyes. Gu Feng truly valued the geniuses from the other eight teams, even those super geniuses on the Earth List.
And Xu Fan? Just someone who got lucky and inexplicably ended up third on the Earth List!
Gu Feng thought that by calmly talking to Xu Fan and even subtly invoking the identity of the Hidden World Families to pressure Xu Fan, he was already giving Xu Fan immense face. However, Xu Fan seemed not to appreciate it!
Truly infuriating!
"Xu Fan! Today I, Gu Feng, officially challenge you, right here in this base, right in front of the Grey Wolf Team students. I want to show you how ridiculous your so-called third rank on the Earth List is!"
The dozens of students around Gu Feng erupted in cheers for him.
It's rare for a student to challenge an instructor unless an exceptionally outstanding student had an irreconcilable conflict with the instructor, only then would such a challenge arise. And once initiated, the instructor absolutely cannot refuse. If refused, they would lose all face as an instructor.
Would Xu Fan refuse? Of course, he wouldn't refuse!
New at the base, just becoming an instructor of the Grey Wolf Team, Xu Fan was troubled about how to establish authority when Gu Feng hurried over, like bringing a pillow to a sleepy person. How could Xu Fan refuse?
Moreover, with the title of third on the Earth List, Xu Fan wanted to avoid the scenario of being constantly challenged. He had to set an example!
At this moment, Xu Fan's lips curled into a cold smile, "A mere challenge without stakes is too boring. If I win, I want a hundred points from each of you. How about it?"
"A hundred points?" Gu Feng sneered, shaking his head. "If you win, I can give you not just a hundred points but two hundred!"
Xu Fan's eyes lit up; didn't Li Tao say points were hard to come by? Gu Feng seemed to have plenty...
Faced with such a fat sheep, how could Xu Fan pass up the opportunity? Immediately, he coldly said, "I mean, if I win, everyone behind you has to put up a hundred points each."
Gu Feng's face froze, "Everyone a hundred points? Your appetite is too big!"
Xu Fan showed some disdain, "What? You don't dare to accept even this little stake?"
The youngsters behind Gu Feng, full of youthful vigor, couldn't bear such humiliation from Xu Fan. Immediately, they clamored together, urging Gu Feng to bet against Xu Fan.
Gu Feng put on an affected grateful expression, thanked the group behind him, then turned back to Xu Fan, his face darkening.
"Each person one hundred points, we accept! But if you lose, I want you to kneel down, hand over the title of third on the Earth List to me with both hands, and call me grandpa three times!"
"Remember, each of us is involved! If you lose, you'll end up with dozens of grandpas!"
Seeing Gu Feng's gritted teeth, Xu Fan inwardly sneered.
Xu Fan, having witnessed much bloodshed, always prioritized practicality. His calm composure in setting the stakes demonstrated his unwavering coolness.
In contrast, Gu Feng was battling Xu Fan for pride. Xu Fan didn't kneel and yield as Gu Feng wanted, which made Gu Feng very angry. For this pride, Gu Feng was even willing to gamble everyone's points.
In comparison, Gu Feng was like an inexperienced student, while Xu Fan was the seasoned veteran. Even before the duel began, Gu Feng had already lost to Xu Fan by a considerable margin.
At this point, Xu Fan waved his hand, speaking with impatience, "Let's get started, I'm pressed for time."
Gu Feng grinned menacingly at Xu Fan, flexing his wrists, looking as if victory was assured, "Clear the way! Let me show you all how laughably weak this so-called third on the Earth List is!"
The crowd cleared a circle, surrounding Xu Fan and Gu Feng in the center, eager with excitement. Some students were even more thrilled than if they were competing themselves, cheering non-stop for Gu Feng.
"What Earth List third! In front of the true geniuses of our Grey Wolf Team, it's just rubbish!"
"A hundred points, betting for the Earth List third to call grandpa, what a bargain!"
The crowd surrounded the two, chattering away, unabashedly disregarding Xu Fan who was in the arena.
A little further away, Zhou Minghui and his group also stood watching, a cold smile on Zhou Minghui's lips.
In the center of the crowd, Xu Fan and Gu Feng were ten meters apart. Although Gu Feng's attitude was arrogant, at this moment, he seemed like a different person, utterly focused, without the slightest relaxation.
Waves of spiritual power rose from Gu Feng's body, who assumed an attacking posture, spiritual power swirling around his fists. Suddenly, they appeared the size of an infant's head, his muscles bulging, like inflated rubber, looking extraordinarily powerful, full of explosive force.
Contrarily, Xu Fan stood with his hands behind his back, seeming somewhat indifferent.
Gu Feng's aura built up layer by layer, quickly reaching its peak.
"You're courting death!"
Gu Feng let out a low growl, like a beast, his figure turned into a black shadow, swiftly dashing toward Xu Fan, the violent spiritual power on his fist gathered into a brilliant light, glaringly bright, aiming straight for Xu Fan's head.
A mere ten meters was indeed too close. In the blink of an eye, Gu Feng had already closed in on Xu Fan, his fist unstoppable as it barreled down towards Xu Fan's face like a mountain.
Gu Feng's lip curled with a sinister, cold smile.