Chapter 57: The name of the stick technique is Tai Chi, and the qualifying round is over
However, Sun Yu still maintained his unique footwork, and although his hands moved in wide, sweeping motions, there was an inexplicable sense of perfect fluidity and ease.
At this moment, Xiong Zhan felt as if his entire body had been submerged in an ocean of cotton.
He was completely unable to use his strength; even a full-force punch felt like hitting cotton.
It caused no damage whatsoever.
"Break!!!"
However, the next moment, just as Xiong Zhan was still trying to break free from this soft sensation, Sun Yu, who had been calm, suddenly changed his demeanor.
His previously tranquil, gentle, and perfectly fluid aura instantly became violent, wild, and ferocious again.
"Bang!!!"
The next moment, Xiong Zhan, in a state of utter bewilderment and with no time to react, was directly sent flying out of the arena by Sun Yu's staff.
"....."
Not long after, as Xiong Zhan fell heavily out of the arena with a thud, the onlookers, seeing this scene, all looked dumbfounded.
They hadn't fully recovered from what had just happened.
What just happened?
How could Xiong Zhan suddenly be knocked out of the arena?!
Did he just lose like that?
That's not right!
Why did Sun Yu simply use his Spirit to make a few gestures and negate Xiong Zhan's full-power strike?!
What was the principle behind that?
Why couldn't they understand it at all?!
Could it be that Xiong Zhan was throwing the match against Sun Yu?
At this moment, apart from Xiong Zhan himself and the teachers on the rostrum, students from all three grades looked puzzled.
They couldn't figure out what had just happened.
"....."
"What staff technique was that just now?!"
Xiong Zhan, who had been knocked out of the arena, first stood up with a look of utter astonishment, then gazed distractedly at his thick hands, recalled the sensation he had just experienced, and finally looked at Sun Yu, asking with a solemn expression.
"A staff technique I created myself, Taiji Staff!"
"Taiji Staff...."
Recalling the feeling of falling into an ocean of cotton, Xiong Zhan's voice faltered, and he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, he could only sigh helplessly.
He said nothing more.
Although he didn't know what Taiji meant, Xiong Zhan felt it was truly marvelous!
He didn't feel wronged losing to this move....
This move was simply a nightmare for attack system Spirit Masters like him...
But what surprised Xiong Zhan even more was that Sun Yu, besides having a violent staff technique, also possessed such a soft and yielding one...
"Haha, Taiji Staff, what a Taiji Staff! Sun Yu, you won! I lost!"
Xiong Zhan gave Sun Yu a thumbs-up, then left the arena and returned to the audience seats!
"Referee teacher, can you announce the result of the match?"
Sun Yu looked at the referee teacher, who was also dumbfounded at the moment, and asked.
"Ah?! Oh, alright, I announce that in this battle, Sun Yu wins, and he is now ranked first in the second grade!"
After the referee teacher finished speaking, he immediately looked at Sun Yu with a complex expression.
Sun Yu, he actually defeated Xiong Zhan, a quasi-Spirit Elder at thirty levels.
This was truly astonishing.
He hadn't expected Sun Yu to win this battle at all....
"Oh oh oh!!!!"
With Xiong Zhan's concession and the referee's judgment, the spectators, after realizing what had happened, all stood up and applauded!
Although they didn't know the underlying principle, since the referee agreed, Xiong Zhan conceded, and the people on the rostrum had no objections, it must mean Sun Yu had truly won!
"Good, Sun Yu, well done!! Well done!!!"
At this moment, the loudest cheers and shouts, besides those from the first grade, came from Han Yi and Zhang Chen, who were now teary-eyed.
Although they didn't understand why Xiong Zhan lost this battle, they knew that they no longer had to be embarrassed!
Finally, it wasn't just the two of them, second-grade students, who were embarrassed.
Now, finally, all the second-grade students were embarrassed together...
This was great, it was truly great!
Compared to Zhang Chen, Han Yi seemed even more excited; heaven knew how much ridicule he had endured in the days after losing to Sun Yu.
And after this match, Han Yi could finally proudly straighten his back again.
Now that even Xiong Zhan, the top-ranked second-grade student, had lost, surely no one would continue to mock him!
Now, not only was the atmosphere among the second-grade students very low, but the third-grade students also looked at Sun Yu's seemingly slender figure with solemn expressions.
Although Sun Yu was only a Spirit Master, after witnessing this battle firsthand, the third-grade students no longer regarded Sun Yu as an ordinary Spirit Master.
They could even predict that if that kid broke through to level twenty next year, their third grade might also suffer the same treatment as the second grade did today in next year's ranking competition....
Upon realizing this, the third-grade students all turned their gaze towards the two young men sitting in the first and second positions.
They were currently the first and second in the third grade, and like Sun Yu, they were students who had passed the academy's third-tier assessment.
Meanwhile, in the stands, Li Qianjue and all the teachers and the dean of instruction nodded their heads.
They expressed extremely high praise for Sun Yu's performance in the battle.
At the same time, many teachers also shook their heads with bitter smiles, having initially thought Sun Yu would lose.
Clearly, none of them had expected Sun Yu to actually win....
This battle also completely showed Li Qianjue another side of Sun Yu; it turned out that Sun Yu not only possessed the combat power to instantly kill a Spirit Elder with one staff strike, but he also had a staff technique that could deflect and redirect force....
It seemed Sun Yu was even more mysterious than he had imagined!
If Li Qianjue hadn't already investigated Sun Yu's background in extreme detail, he might even have wondered if this kid was a descendant of their family's bloodline.
After all, to possess such talent at such a young age was rare, even among their seven great families.
As Sun Yu firmly secured the top spot in the second grade, no other second-grade students dared to underestimate him anymore.
If Sun Yu's victory over Zhang Chen in the first match was attributed to a special eye technique, then his victory over Xiong Zhan in the second match was a truly earned achievement!
The head-on clash with Xiong Zhan for a full incense stick of time had left many people's eardrums ringing, and even now, recalling it felt incredible!
Therefore, in the subsequent matches, the other second-grade students, having witnessed Sun Yu's true strength, no longer dared to challenge him, turning instead to challenge others.
However, once Sun Yu was no longer participating, the entertainment value of the subsequent matches significantly decreased...
Soon, as time passed, the final match of the second grade officially concluded. Thus, the annual Hundred Battles Academy Grade Ranking Tournament officially came to an end.
The rankings were solidified the moment the last match concluded and would remain unchanged until the ranking tournament commenced again next year...
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