Li Jiangchang was completely stunned.
Before he could even react—
Boom!
The immense force struck him square in the abdomen, sending his body hurtling backward like a cannonball.
He crashed into the ground after flying four or five meters, rolled violently seven or eight times, and finally came to a stop, coughing and disoriented.
Gasps erupted all around.
"Wh–What just happened!?"
"Did Li Jiangchang… lose!?"
"But wasn't he elementalized? How could he be hit!?"
"Maybe he just awakened his Snow-Snow Fruit and can't maintain elementalization for long!"
"Yeah, that must be it!"
"…"
The murmurs spread like wildfire.
Meanwhile, Li Jiangchang's face was red with fury and humiliation.
The realization that he, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, had just been defeated by someone with a Zoan-type fruit made his blood boil.
And when he saw Zhao Xuan turn around, clearly done with the fight, that humiliation turned to pure rage.
"Zhao! Xuan!"
Li Jiangchang's voice cracked with anger. His face twisted in fury as he shouted,
"We haven't finished! Where do you think you're going!?"
Zhao Xuan stopped mid-step, turned slowly, and looked at him calmly.
"You still haven't realized the difference between us, have you?"
"If I hadn't let my guard down earlier, you wouldn't have even touched me! I'm a Logia user, damn it!" Li Jiangchang screeched, his pride burning.
Then he charged again, teeth clenched.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
His feet pounded the ground in rapid succession as his figure blurred toward Zhao Xuan.
A chill swept through the air as the Snow-Snow Fruit's power flared to life.
The temperature plummeted.
Even the spectators standing over ten meters away began to shiver uncontrollably.
If it were anyone else, they'd already be freezing, their bodies trembling and their movements slowed.
But Zhao Xuan?
He stood calm and unmoving, completely unfazed.
With the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit coursing through him, he possessed incredible resistance to extreme environments—be it burning heat or biting cold.
Li Jiangchang's frost couldn't even graze his defenses.
When Li rushed in, Zhao Xuan finally moved.
His muscles tensed instantly, body turning solid as steel.
Iron Body!
Li Jiangchang's Storm Kick slammed into him with a deafening crack.
But Zhao Xuan didn't even budge.
It was like kicking an iron wall.
The backlash sent Li Jiangchang staggering backward, pain flashing across his face.
And Zhao Xuan seized the opening.
A faint, obsidian sheen spread across his right leg—
Armament Haki, flowing like liquid shadow.
In the next instant, Zhao Xuan's kick whipped through the air like a blade, crashing straight into Li Jiangchang's midsection.
"Elementalization!"
Li Jiangchang roared, forcing the Snow-Snow Fruit's power to its limit as his body dissolved into flurries of white.
Logia-type fruits were immune to all physical attacks—
but Armament Haki was their natural nemesis.
And when Zhao Xuan's kick connected—
Boom!
The blow landed with devastating force.
"Im—Impossible!!"
Li Jiangchang's eyes went wide as his scream tore through the hall.
He was blasted off his feet again, sailing through the air before crashing into the ground with a heavy thud.
He tumbled seven or eight meters, leaving a long trail of scuffed floor behind him, before finally stopping.
"You've lost," Zhao Xuan said quietly.
His voice was calm—cold even.
Then, without another word, he turned and began walking away.
"W–Why!?"
Li Jiangchang's voice cracked with disbelief as he shouted from the ground,
"I don't accept this! I don't accept this! I'm a Logia user! How could I lose to a Zoan user!? How did you even hit me while I was elementalized!?"
Zhao Xuan stopped briefly and looked over his shoulder.
"Because…"
He raised his right arm. A faint black glow shimmered along his skin.
"I've already awakened Armament Haki."
With that, he walked off, leaving behind a room full of stunned silence.
For a moment, no one spoke.
Then—
"Wha—He lost? He really lost!? A Logia user beaten by a Zoan user!?"
"No freaking way!"
"Wait, did he just say Armament Haki? What's that!?"
"It's a combat technique that strengthens both attack and defense!"
"My brother's at Nanjing University—he told me about it! It's a skill they only teach at the university level! Most people need a physique over a thousand to awaken it!"
"Over a thousand!? And Zhao Xuan's already awakened it at a hundred!?"
"That's insane! Absolutely terrifying!"
"He's not human—he's a monster!"
The training hall buzzed with disbelief and awe.
Every single student there would remember this day—
the day when a so-called "weak Zoan user" crushed a Logia user without mercy.
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