The two of them walked out of the battle arena one after the other.
The staff member looked at Rong Xin with some disbelief.
"Yo-you voluntarily admitted defeat?"
"Yes."
The staff member seemed fairly familiar with Rong Xin and had a certain understanding of his strength, so he continued asking, "But it's only been less than three minutes, did you really fight seriously?"
Rong Xin gave a bitter smile, "Actually, the fight itself didn't even last a minute. Out of those three minutes, I spent two minutes resting after the fight. Teacher Zhang, if you don't believe me, you can use a lie detector."
"It's not that I don't believe you, I'm just a bit surprised. Then I'll announce the result of this spar."
The staff member's gaze was still sizing up Qin Siyang, "The winner, Qin Siyang!"
Qin Siyang clasped his fists and saluted all around, grinning, "Seniors, thanks for coming to watch. I still have a lot of things to take care of, so before school starts, I won't be accepting any more challenge letters. See you!"
After saying that, he didn't linger and walked away directly with a swagger that recognized no one as family.
After Qin Siyang left, many people gathered around Rong Xin.
Although they couldn't ask about the details of the fight, they were very curious about Rong Xin's evaluation of Qin Siyang.
But Rong Xin simply repeated four words over and over, "Completely convinced."
Seeing that they couldn't get anything more out of him, everyone lost interest and dispersed.
Rong Xin came over to Shi Tao's side. Shi Tao smiled at him, "Rong Xin, thanks for taking the lead this time. You worked hard."
Rong Xin, however, looked a bit helpless, "Brother Tao, you should stop teasing me a little. I really overestimated myself. I should've listened to you and honestly waited for you guys to fight."
Shi Tao said, "Ever since the safe zone was established, anyone who managed to make a name for themselves was never useless. Not to mention someone like Qin Siyang, whose name has echoed far and wide."
"At the time, I wouldn't listen. I just wanted to see how much Qin Siyang really weighed. Now it looks like I was the one being weighed."
Shi Tao nodded and said, "He's very strong?"
"Very strong."
"How strong?"
"I couldn't test his limits."
Shi Tao looked at Rong Xin, paused for a moment, then said, "Then I'm afraid it won't be easy for me to say that I can definitely beat him either."
"Brother Tao, aren't you going to start the Path of the Believer as soon as school starts? Once you advance to sequence level six, your chances of beating him should be pretty high."
"Beating up a freshman and still using sequence suppression, that would really be shameless of me. I'll start the Path of the Believer after I fight him."
"But Ban Dingyuan has already started the Path of the Believer and will be back before school starts. If you don't advance your sequence level, how will you fight him?"
"I've already talked to him. He'll wear a sequence level restriction bracelet when he fights me, battling at the same level as me."
Rong Xin didn't agree, "But his skills will still be enhanced. He still has the advantage. Where's the fairness in that?"
Shi Tao, on the other hand, looked relaxed, "In this world, absolute fairness only exists in theory."
"Besides, Ban Dingyuan didn't start the Path of the Believer just to take advantage of me. After school starts, he has to represent our South Glory University and go to Central Glory University to fight those demons. He needs to be well prepared."
"That's true. Ban Dingyuan does live up to his name."
"Anyway, I've already decided. Before fighting Qin Siyang, I won't start the Path of the Believer. That way, if I can beat him at the same level, I'll have a reason to go talk terms with President Zhao and fight for more benefits for our association."
Rong Xin lowered his head and thought for a while, hesitating to speak.
Shi Tao saw his hesitation and said impatiently, "If you have something to say, just say it."
"I remember Qin Siyang only awakened his sequence at the beginning of this year, right?"
"Seems like it. The time he registered his sequence awakening was at the end of January."
"But he's already sequence level five now, and it hasn't even been half a year."
"Yeah. His speed of earning points and sequence potions really is fast. Not just him either. I've heard that among this batch of freshmen, four or five of them already have enough points for sequence level five. Back when we enrolled, only Ban Dingyuan was sequence level five. You really have to sigh and say the new generation surpasses the old."
Rong Xin didn't echo Shi Tao's words and instead continued his own line of thought, "Brother Tao, then tell me, by the time you go looking for him, will he have already started the Path of the Believer?"
Shi Tao froze for a moment, then said, "He… shouldn't be that fast, right?"
Although Shi Tao's words didn't fully agree with Rong Xin, they also didn't carry much confidence or certainty.
"Brother Tao, I think to be safe, we should prepare both ways. If when you look for Qin Siyang he's still sequence level five, then fight him at the same level. If Qin Siyang has started the Path of the Believer, then you should start it too. Don't let it turn into him being level six while you're level five."
At this point, Rong Xin didn't dare look Shi Tao in the eyes and said softly, "I think that if Qin Siyang's sequence level is higher than yours, you'll probably lose pretty badly."
"Alright, say less. I know," Shi Tao replied coldly, "Before the fight, I'll make sure to confirm his actual strength. I won't be so arrogant as to think nothing of everything else. After all, he's not some ordinary person."
"Rong Xin, we have a stall at the black market. Don't forget to prepare the materials for trading. You've been busy with fighting Qin Siyang these days and haven't gone to the black market. Pick up the pace. Once Ban Dingyuan comes back, I'm not confident I can hold onto the stall."
"Got it! Thanks, Brother Tao!"
"Are you Rong Xin?"
Just as the two were about to leave, someone called out to Rong Xin.
They turned around and saw a strange face of someone their age.
Only, there was a sharp, cold edge in his eyes.
Shi Tao immediately realized that this young man was not gentle in killing intent.
This visitor meant trouble.
Shi Tao subtly stepped half a step forward, guarding Rong Xin at his side, "Who are you? What do you want with Rong Xin?"
"My name is Chu Baxiang. I want to go up to the battle arena with you."
Shi Tao frowned, "Chu Baxiang? Chu… you're the crown prince of the Chu Legion?"
Chu Baxiang said coldly, "I'm the top scorer in points when South Glory freshmen special recruits were signed. I want to go up to the battle arena with you."
After figuring out Chu Baxiang's identity and knowing he wasn't a dangerous person, Shi Tao finally relaxed his tense combat nerves a little.
Rong Xin, however, looked confused, "Why are you challenging me?"
"To see whether I'm stronger or Qin Siyang is stronger."
Rong Xin stared in shock, "Young Master Chu, what kind of logic is that? If you want to measure yourself against Qin Siyang, go challenge him. Why come challenge me? What did I do to you?"
"He refuses to fight me."
"No, if Qin Siyang won't fight you, does that mean I have to?"
"If you beat me, I'll give you a Tier 4 God-Hunting tool."
"Even if you gave me a Tier 3… huh? Wait! What did you say? A Tier 4 God-Hunting tool?", Rong Xin waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, that's even worse. If I lose, I don't have a Tier 4 God-Hunting tool to compensate you."
Chu Baxiang said indifferently, "If you beat me, I give you a Tier 4 tool. If you lose to me, you don't have to compensate anything. You just need to tell me which of us you think is stronger."
Rong Xin froze on the spot, "There's actually such a good thing? Chu Baxiang, are you serious?"
"I don't have time to joke with you."
"Alright! I agree! You decide the time."
Chu Baxiang nodded, "I'll notify you."
"Chu Baxiang!"
Chu Baxiang turned back and looked at Shi Tao, who had called out to him, "What is it?"
Shi Tao said, "Um, can you bring me along too? I want to fight you as well."
Chu Baxiang asked, "Have you also fought Qin Siyang?"
"No."
"Then I'm not interested in you."
"But I'll fight him in the future!!"
"We'll talk about the future later."
After saying that, Chu Baxiang left by himself.
Left behind were a Rong Xin full of joy, and a Shi Tao full of regret, grievance, sorrow, and jealousy.
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