Bear Tyrant was carried off by the teacher and taken to the school medical room. The surrounding students were left in shock.
"No way, could it be true? Bear Tyrant is not this brat's opponent, and was knocked out with two punches and carried away like a dead dog — is this person really a Martial Apprentice 3rd Heavenly Layer?" some students exclaimed in disbelief.
"Didn't you hear the teacher say? That kid has already advanced to Martial Apprentice 4th Heavenly Layer."
"Bullshit — Bear Tyrant is a Martial Apprentice 5th Heavenly Layer expert. No matter how you look at it, Bear Tyrant is strong."
"Normally it should be like that, but that brat's martial skills were terrifying! One punch and one kick unleashed endless force. Even if I stood under the arena, I felt like I was being swallowed."
"Listen to what the teacher said: he has cultivated his martial skill to the realm of perfection. His power is boundless. Level‑crossing challenges are nothing. That's why Bear Tyrant was easily defeated."
"To cultivate a martial skill to perfection is incredibly difficult. I've never heard of any school student becoming this strong all of a sudden."
Many students discussed this spiritedly, completely shocked. They had originally thought Xia Ping would lose, but instead Bear Tyrant was defeated effortlessly and carried away like a dead dog.
Even Xia Ping's classmates from Third Year Class 36 couldn't believe it would happen.
Jiang Yaru stood there stunned. She had expected to take care of Xia Ping in the hospital, yet instead she had to care for Bear Tyrant.
She realized she truly didn't understand the current Xia Ping at all — when exactly had he broken through to Martial Apprentice 4th Heavenly Layer and perfected his Five Form Fists?
"How could this happen?" Liang Xiaoxue was also shocked.
Seeing Xia Ping's performance on the arena, she was deeply intimidated. He was once just an ordinary person with no skill — how did he become so formidable?
"Oh no! This is bad, this is completely over," some students said in horror when they saw Bear Tyrant kicked off the arena like garbage.
Gao Wan and Yang Wei's faces turned green — they wished they could smack themselves several times for making that bet.
Now that Xia Ping had defeated Bear Tyrant, their contract meant they'd have to run naked in school.
It was easy to imagine them becoming school celebrities, mocked and pointed at tomorrow.
If things got serious, they might even be discovered by the police and treated as abnormal, arrested and held for over ten days.
"Yang Wei, Gao Wan!" Xia Ping stood on the arena, looking down at them and lazily said, "Now that I've won the duel, according to our contract, you two should go run naked."
Swoosh! Immediately, everyone on the arena turned their attention to Yang Wei and Gao Wan, all with curious looks.
"Xia Ping, actually you're one of our students. Is it possible to cancel this contract? If we really do this, it won't reflect well on the school," Gao Wan stammered.
Xia Ping calmly said, "You might be joking, but I am not. If you refuse to fulfill the contract, then I will consider it as you having breached it."
Yang Wei and Gao Wan's complexions changed — if Xia Ping reported them to the authorities for breaching the contract, their credit scores would immediately drop drastically. That would make it very difficult for them to get into a good university.
"Xia Ping, don't go too far!" Yang Wei said in grief and indignation.
Xia Ping sneered: "How am I going too far? You had the skill to bite me."
If he had lost the competition, and had begged for mercy, would these two have spared him? Everyone knew the answer was no. (26)
"You!" Yang Wei and Gao Wan were both furious, but they were helpless.
"Xia Ping, you've gone too far! We're all classmates, so have some mercy!" one student spoke up, trying to uphold justice.
"This is a small matter. Why be so calculating?" others chimed in.
"Right — we'll forgive them and pretend nothing happened," a group of students supported.
Yang Wei and Gao Wan looked unbelievably smug, thinking Xia Ping had offended public anger and now couldn't back down.
"Shut up!" Xia Ping wiped them aside with a glance, "If you want to protect them, you must first see if you have the skill. If you're not confident, then go up to the Flying Dragon Platform and beat me. If you win, I'll listen to you. If not, get lost!"
The thing that bothered him most was people who had nothing to do with it telling others to be broad‑minded. Such people would be struck by lightning sooner or later!
"This… this!" a group of students shouted angrily.
Several students murmured under their breath — "That bastard is too arrogant," and "He thinks he's invincible since defeating Bear Tyrant."
"But sooner or later someone will tidy up someone like him," others said in low voice, noses flaring with rage.
Regarding these people's complaints, Xia Ping didn't get angry — instead, he was very happy because he heard the system broadcast repeatedly: "Hate Points +1, Hate Points +1…"
Obviously, his remarks just now had earned him a lot of Hate Points, which was a huge benefit.
However, the number of Hate Points still seemed small — it looked like he needed to increase them more. Xia Ping touched his chin, staring at Yang Wei and Gao Wan, shouting: "You two are still here waiting? The performance bond — I'm waiting to watch a good show. Don't try to break the promise. And you worthless people — you just show off with your mouths. If you have the guts, go run naked with them. If not, shut up and stay where it's cool."
He was firing verbal artillery at the crowd, his face showing contempt.
"Bastard!" Yang Wei and Gao Wan were furious, wishing they could bite him to death, but because of the contract they couldn't do anything — unless they truly didn't care about their future.