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“Lu Yue is really f*cking pretentious. 1 really find him an eyesore,” Xia Long said with a glare.

“Big Brother, me too.”

“Big Brother, Second Brother, me too.”

Xia Hu and Xia Bao agreed.

Everyone retreated far away, but Feng Qi did not go far. After all, unexpected situations might arise during the dual. He could also provide a guarantee if he stayed.

He looked at Lin Ran and Lu Yue and said,

“Let’s begin.”

At this moment, Lin Ran was the first to attack. He formed a seal with one hand in front of him, and the Spiritual Qi in the air instantly fluctuated, forming several fireballs out of thin air that smashed towards Lu Yue.

However, before these fireballs could approach Lu Yue, they were defeated by the sharp sword energy that shot through his body and turned into sparks that scattered.

Then, Lu Yue waved his hand and pointed forward. Immediately, Jian Lan, which was behind him trembled, and the sharp sword energy turned into a white color that almost materialized and suddenly shot towards Lin Ran.

Lin Ran clearly had some understanding of Lu Yue’s moves. After his hands formed a seal and changed several times, the Spiritual Qi in his body fused with that in the outside world and outlined the trajectory of the spell, forming several Spiritual Qi shields in front of him.

However, Lin Ran had clearly underestimated Lu Yue’s strength.

In his disbelieving expression, the sword energy passed through the layers of Spiritual Qi barriers and did not decrease in might.

Fortunately, Lin Ran reacted in time and decisively formed a seal. Immediately, an external force pulled him to the side and dodged Lu Yue’s sword energy attack.

The white sword energy flew straight ahead, leaving a bowl-sized hole in the special wall in the distance.

“Tss!” Everyone who saw this scene could not hide their surprise.

“Lin Ran, the spell genius, should be more than this,” Lu Yue said.

“I’m getting serious.”

Faced with Lu Yue’s provocation, Lin Ran took a deep breath and quickly crossed his hands in front of him.

The Spiritual Qi in his body quickly circulated according to the path of the hand gesture. Then, he grabbed at Lu Yue. Immediately, the huge Spiritual Qi hand condensed slammed down on him.

Jian Lan trembled as sharp sword energy seeped out of his body, trying to shatter the Spiritual Qi hand.

At this moment, Lin Ran continued to form seals.

When Lu Yue shattered the Spiritual Qi hand, Lin Ran had already completed the trajectory of the three spells. The special tiles under Lu Yue’s feet twisted and locked his feet.

Lightning and ice spikes appeared out of thin air and shot straight at him.

Lin Ran’s hand seals were too fast, and the speed at which the trajectories of the spells formed was also extremely fast. Fortunately, Lu Yue reacted in time and released sword energy towards the lightning and ice spikes, destroying them one by one.

However, at this moment, Lin Ran completed three more spell trajectories and attacked again.

This was why Lin Ran was so powerful.

The greatest advantage of Hand Seal techniques was that they were released extremely fast.

When Lin Ran became completely serious, he was like a spell turret. He kept forming hand seals, and various spells quickly formed and smashed at Lu Yue.

At this moment, Lu Yue could only passively defend and could not divert his attention to attack.

His indifferent expression finally became serious at this moment.

His right hand kept moving in front of him. Wherever his index finger pointed, Lin Ran’s spells were all defeated by the sword energy.

The battle between the two completely stunned the other freshmen.

Ten minutes later, after Lu Yue used the sword energy to defeat Lin Ran’s spell once again, his eyes became sharp. He raised his hand and pointed forward.

Immediately, white smoke emitted from the trembling Jian Lan behind him.

This ball of white smoke condensed into the shape of Jian Lan in the air. With a wave of Lu Yue’s hand, it shot towards Lin Ran.

The surging sword energy was released, and a sword energy storm blew around. Wherever the white fog sword energy passed, sword marks were left on the ground.

“Surrender!” Lin Ran suddenly shouted.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yue pointed at the white fog sword energy with one hand. Immediately, it dissipated.

“F*ck, buddy, you’re too strong. Is this the strength a freshman should have?” Looking at the expressionless Lu Yue, Lin Ran looked very depressed.

After a series of spells, he realized that he could not break through Lu Yue’s sword energy defense at all.

At this point in the battle, the Spiritual Qi in his body was almost exhausted. Even if he blocked Lu Yue’s attack, he would definitely be defeated subsequently.

At the thought that Lu Yue had not pulled out Jian Lan from behind him from the beginning to the end, which meant that he had not shown his true strength at all, Lin Ran felt even more depressed.

He originally thought that he was the strongest in the class, but he did not expect to be defeated in the first battle.

Presently, he had moved his own ranking in the class behind Lu Yue and was now the second strongest in the class.

At the very least, Xia Long and the others were definitely not his match.

Seeing Lin Ran dealt a blow, a smile appeared on Feng Qi’s face.

Lin Ran’s advantage was not in combat. In terms of strength, it was impossible for his name to be recorded in history.

Therefore, he had a premonition that Lin Ran would lose to Lu Yue.

Looking at the indifferent Lu Yue, Feng Qi turned to look at Mu Qing in the distance and shouted,

“Senior Sister, come and test Lu Yue’s strength.”

When Mu Qing heard this, she nodded vigorously and walked in front of Lu Yue.

At this moment, Lu Yue’s expression was stunned. Clearly, he did not understand why Feng Qi would let the unknown Mu Qing in the class challenge him.

Lin Ran, who had come to Feng Qi’s side, also looked surprised. He couldn’t help but look at Feng Qi and say,

“Brother Qi, why are you getting Senior Sister to test Lu Yue’s strength? This is too dangerous. If I hadn’t set up several Spiritual Qi shields in front of me in the battle, I wouldn’t have been able to withstand the invasion of the sword energy even if I stood far away. Aren’t you afraid that Senior Sister would be injured?”

Feng Qi grinned.

“Open your eyes and take a good look. This is what it means to crush with strength..”