Chapter 41: Chapter 41: One Against Two
Mountain Breaker!
Blocking the fist coming from Hu Zi with both hands, Lin Xiu turned around and swung his hand, causing Hu Zi to stagger.
Immediately after, Lin Xiu closed in, lowered his shoulder, and then forcefully lifted it, crashing into Hu Zi's ribs.
Intense pain struck, causing Hu Zi's face to distort instantly. After falling to the ground, he struggled several times but failed to get up.
"Hu Zi."
Xiao Long couldn't believe that Lin Xiu could actually win. "Lin Xiu, I've changed my mind now. Three hundred Task Points for a White Carp, how about that?"
"It's a coincidence. I originally didn't want to help you fish, but now I've changed my mind too," Lin Xiu said, smiling.
'I should have offered more Task Points earlier.'
Xiao Long mistakenly thought Lin Xiu was swayed by Task Points and felt some regret for being too greedy before. Otherwise, Hu Zi wouldn't have been injured.
He urged Lin Xiu, "Since you've agreed, hurry up and fish. I'm waiting for it."
"Hold on, what did I agree to?" Lin Xiu was puzzled; he hadn't even stated his terms yet.
"You said you changed your mind, didn't you?" Xiao Long showed a hint of anger, feeling like a toy poodle being played with.
"I did indeed change my mind."
Lin Xiu glanced at Xiao Long and the other person, "But I haven't finished speaking. What I changed my mind about is that you two team up. If you can beat me, I'll help you fish for free today, and I won't ask for a single Task Point."
"You want to take on both of us?" Xiao Long doubted if he was hearing things right, he turned to the other person, exchanging a glance.
The other person nodded, indicating that he had also heard Lin Xiu's words.
Looking back at Lin Xiu, Xiao Long clenched his fist, "You proposed this yourself. Don't blame us Senior Brothers for being too harsh if you lose."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Long rushed towards Lin Xiu, followed closely by the other person.
Both of them were 7 Star Dou Practitioners. When they charged at Lin Xiu together, a palpable pressure emerged.
Heartbeats quickened, blood gradually boiled, and Lin Xiu felt the changes in his body from the inside out under pressure.
His emotions became more excited. Facing the two charging towards him, the three of them immediately engaged in a melee.
Not far away,
Hu Gan and Old Huo exchanged glances, both noticing a hint of confusion in each other's eyes.
Are young people nowadays all this fierce?
"Hu Gan, don't you think Lin Xiu is quite fierce?" Old Huo smacked his lips, eagerly watching the three fighters in combat.
"I suspect you have something else in mind," Hu Gan glared at him, but Old Huo kept staring ahead, paying no attention whatsoever. "In my opinion, this is clearly the exuberance of youth, unique to the young."
Youth are naturally arrogant!
With ample combat experience to rely on, and with his personal strength not weak, plus being a newly enrolled freshman, how could someone like that be easily suppressed by senior students?
Deep down, Hu Gan actually hoped to see more students like Lin Xiu at the Academy.
Competition breeds progress. While the Academy is not a sect, it still needs competition; otherwise, other students won't strive to become stronger.
"Exuberance of youth? Hmph, I think it's more like you were when you were young and brainless," Old Huo sneered at Hu Gan. "Even if you want to provoke the other two, you should at least take a break and let your Dou Qi recover somewhat. With him engaging in consecutive battles like this, those two are already preparing to deal with Lin Xiu by wearing him down."
"Rubbish, Lin Xiu is quite cunning; maybe he's intentionally provoking because he has a trick up his sleeve." Being mocked by Old Huo, Hu Gan naturally wanted to take the opposite stance.
Although Hu Gan also felt that Lin Xiu's actions were somewhat reckless and impulsive.
But he didn't say that out loud.
He had been deceived by Lin Xiu before when they were fishing for the Black Rank Dou Technique. He didn't seem like an impulsive person at all.
"A trick up his sleeve? If you mean your Thundering Palm, just say it straightforwardly. Why beat around the bush?" Old Huo smirked disdainfully.
"Exactly, that's what I mean. As long as Lin Xiu can grasp a few key points of the Thundering Palm, dealing with two 7 Star Dou Practitioners shouldn't be a big problem."
Hu Gan and Old Huo were familiar with each other; they had often bantered since they were young.
At this moment, due to the matter with Lin Xiu, both of their tempers flared, and they were at odds with each other.
"You can fantasize all you want, but the Black Rank Dou Technique itself has a high entry barrier, not to mention the Thundering Palm, which is an explosive Dou Technique," Old Huo didn't believe it at all.
In his mind, even if Hu Gan had previously given Lin Xiu a few pointers, learning the Thundering Palm so quickly was still doubtful.
Hu Gan grabbed Old Huo's shoulder, making him face him. "Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"What are we betting on?" Old Huo didn't budge an inch.
"Let's bet on whether Lin Xiu can actually use the Thundering Palm," Hu Gan, feeling irritated by Old Huo's skepticism, said.
Old Huo responded, "Okay, what are the stakes?"
"If I win, you have to refine a bottle of Meridian Forging Pill for me," Hu Gan said.
The Meridian Forging Pill is a type of Third Grade Pill, mainly used to expand meridians and incidentally to break through realms.
These days, Hu Jia has been running around everywhere, and Hu Gan can't do much about it. If he can get his hands on the Meridian Forging Pill, he can temporarily control Hu Jia's temper and make her focus on cultivation. This way, he can have some peace of mind.
"Okay, if I win, you're not allowed to come over to my place during meal times," Old Huo said.
"Just for a bit of fish? Is it really necessary?" Hu Gan was somewhat speechless at Old Huo's pettiness.
"Necessary? Is it necessary? Since you're not the one providing the Task rewards, of course, you don't feel it," Old Huo hmphed twice, shaking off Hu Gan's hand from his shoulder.
The two stopped talking and turned their gaze to the ongoing battle not far away.
"Lin Xiu, running out of Dou Qi in your body? Daring to take us two on alone, are you regretting it now?" Xiao Long attacked while verbally assaulting, a hint of satisfaction showing in his eyes.
From his exchanges with Hu Zi, he could tell that Lin Xiu had extremely rich combat experience.
However, he didn't consider direct suppression as the means to defeat Lin Xiu.
Instead, he opted for a strategy of attrition and wearing him down.
No matter how strong Lin Xiu's practical combat experience was, there was one thing Lin Xiu couldn't be good at.
That is, Lin Xiu is a freshman?
What's a freshman? Someone who has recently enrolled!
These individuals often have one characteristic, and that is their own realm is not strong.
As long as the consumption continues and no opportunities are given to Lin Xiu, it's only a matter of time before he loses.
Once the Dou Qi is depleted, it all depends on one's own wit and strategy.
"It's indeed not much left, but it's still enough to deal with you two," Lin Xiu took a defensive stance, turning his head from side to side, looking at the two with no concern.
Finding Dou Practitioners stronger than oneself to practice with is not an opportunity that comes by often.
In the previous bout with Hu Zi, Lin Xiu indeed tasted success and gained a lot of experience by facing him.
Originally, he wanted the other two to join forces, which would have put more pressure on himself and potentially earned him more experience.
But he didn't expect these two to play tricks and engage in a battle of attrition.
It's really disappointing.
The juniors open up to you, yet you play games with them.
Since that's the case, don't blame the junior for not being polite!
A tinge of regret flashed in Lin Xiu's eyes; if his Dou Qi continued to deplete, he wouldn't be able to use Thundering Palm again.
After all, he couldn't help people fish for White Carp for free!
More importantly, the attitudes of these three individuals firmly reinforced Lin Xiu's decision not to help them fish.
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