The first opponent

  Dong Dabao held Lu Hu's hand and found that his palm was hard, after Lu Hu let go of his hand, he took a look at his palm and found that it was a gold ingot weighing two taels. This made Dong Dabao overjoyed, he quickly put it in his pocket, then went forward to hug Lu Hu and shouted: "Brother Hu, you are really too kind, from now on you are my brother!"

  Lu Hu looked at Dong Dabao's excited face and couldn't help but laugh: "Hehe, brother, don't be so polite. In the future, as long as we brothers work together, there will be many good things."

  Zhan Yi naturally saw the movements of the two, and now he hated to snatch the gold in Dong Dabao's pocket. Just that one piece was worth at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, but it was taken away by Dong Dabao for nothing. Poor him, as the eldest, still had to be frugal.

  But soon he changed his mind, since Lu Hu was so rich, wouldn't he not have to worry about money in the future? He could also take the opportunity to ask Lu Hu about his way of making money. Who knows, maybe one day he would become a big rich man too. After thinking it through, he put on a pretentious look and said to the two: "Alright, money is just materialistic, you two shouldn't be blinded by it all the time. We have more important things to attend to."

  "En en, boss is right, let's hurry over to the stage and take a look." The two nodded in agreement.

  Upon arriving at the stage, Zuo quickly found out his sequence for the trial. It was just as Dong Dabao had said - after the ten people on stage finished their trials, it would be his turn to go up. This made him feel a wave of tension in his heart. Although he had fought before, this was his first time fighting against someone with actual martial arts skills. Moreover, he didn't know if his speed and strength could make up for the gap in technique. After all, when facing these people, he couldn't use the Soul Refining Furnace's ability to harm them mortally.

  "Older brother, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so tense?" Lu Hu asked curiously as he looked at Zhan Yi.

  "Hmm, nothing, I'm fine, just thinking about what if I couldn't beat them." Zhan Yi was lost in his own thoughts, and when asked by Lu Hu, he blurted out what was on his mind without thinking.

  "What, boss? You're saying you're afraid of not being able to beat them? Are you kidding me? From what I've observed, there are a few skilled people in there, but they're not top-notch masters at all. I can take care of them easily, and you don't need to worry about it." Lu Hu was taken aback, saying in disbelief.

  "This... Ah Hu, if I said that I don't know any martial arts at all, only know how to subdue demons and capture monsters, and have never fought with a master before, do you believe me?" Zhan Yi said very sincerely.

  Lu Hu listened to Zhan Yi's words and was somewhat perplexed, repeatedly muttering that he only knew how to subdue demons and catch ghosts, but didn't know any martial arts. This was too contradictory. Even if he could rely on his cultivation techniques when battling against demons and monsters, without agile movements, it would be impossible to dodge their attacks. The more he thought about it, the more puzzled he became. He raised his head and said, "Boss, I'm not saying I don't believe you, but this doesn't make sense. Can you explain?"

  Zhan Yi looked at Lu Hu with a completely puzzled expression, couldn't help but roll her eyes and said in an annoyed tone: "Come on, it doesn't make sense, you still say you believe, too perfunctory. Actually, I don't know how to explain either. All I can tell you is that my strength is great, my speed is also okay, but I just won't be good at techniques because I was just an ordinary student before and only recently made some small progress in cultivating the True Essence Technique. Now do you understand?"

  "Haha, boss, now I completely understand what you're saying. You're telling me that you actually have a strong body but don't know how to use it, right?" Lu Hu nodded vigorously and smiled.

  "This...I suppose." Zhang Yi couldn't help but admit that Lu Hu's words were true, but no matter how he listened to them, he felt like he was being hinted at as a fool.

  "Haha, boss, actually you don't have to worry about this. As the saying goes, 'all martial arts are invincible except for speed', as long as you have enough explosive power and can bring your speed to the extreme, no matter what kind of martial art it is, it won't be a match for you." Lu Hu looked at Xianyi's reddened face and felt that he was being a bit too frank, but couldn't find a better way to describe it, so he just shared his thoughts with Xianyi.

  "Ah Hu, I think you're underestimating my intelligence. If I knew how to bring out the speed to its extreme, would I still be worried about not being able to beat them?" Zhan Yi said with a gloomy tone.

  "Hmm... so even you don't know this, huh? You're really too... never mind, let me tell you. To bring your speed to the extreme, all you need to do is focus your energy and gather your strength at a certain point in your body, then suddenly release it...". Just as Lu Hu was halfway through his explanation, he saw Zhan Yi's face turn slightly green, so he quickly changed his tone and explained how to use his strength instead.

  Zhan Yi had originally intended to kill Lu Hu, but after listening to his techniques on power and speed, he became more and more entranced. Although Lu Hu's words were not well thought out, his hundreds of years of practice had given him unique insights into power and speed, especially when it came to using one's mind to control power, which gave Zhan Yi a new epiphany.

  Originally, the cultivators and demons were much more powerful than ordinary people because they had strong soul energy, which allowed them to react faster than ordinary people and better control their body's energy. The stronger the soul energy of the cultivator, the more terrifying it was to control the energy, and the faster the neural response speed.

  After understanding these, Zhan Yi carefully tried a few times and found that the speed was indeed much faster. Although he was not very familiar with it yet, it was definitely more effective than his own way of fighting before. He couldn't help but smile at Lu Hu: "Hmm, Ah Hu's method is really good."

  "Of course, boss. I didn't think you wouldn't even understand such a simple thing, it's really frustrating." Lu Hu heard Zhan Yi praise him and couldn't help but feel a little proud.

  "Ah Hu, if you dare to mock me again, believe it or not, I'll strangle you to death right now." Zhan Yi's slightly improved mood was instantly ruined by Lu Hu's words.

  "Haha, boss, I misspoke for a moment, don't take it to heart, you hear that they're calling you on stage over there." Lu Hu awkwardly smiled and quickly changed the subject.

  Zhan Yi listened carefully and indeed heard the broadcast calling him to go on stage, so he didn't bother with Lu Hu anymore. He quickly got up and walked towards the staff arranging the matches at the edge of the stage. After asking about his opponent, he went onto the stage.

  But when Zhan Yi saw the opponent in front of him, he still felt a little intimidated and secretly scolded in his heart, "Who arranged this? The first match is against such a sturdy guy."

  All I saw was a man standing opposite me with his arms spread wide, over 1.9 meters tall, with a strong back and waist, and a head like a bull's, and because it was summer, he seemed to have deliberately worn only a vest to show off his strength, the muscles on his chest were like iron, shining brightly in the sunlight, you could tell at a glance that he must be a long-term practitioner.

  While secretly scolding Zhan Yi, he thought to himself, can this big guy really beat him? If he gets punched, will it be like being hit by a cow? The more he thinks about it, the more nervous he becomes. He seems to see himself already being knocked out by his opponent's punch and flying backwards with blood spitting from his mouth.

  But Zhan Yi didn't know that the robust man opposite him was even more nervous, as he had seen Zhan Yi's stone-locking move in the morning. Now facing off against Zhan Yi, it seemed like he could also see himself being grasped by Zhan Yi with one hand and swung around like a stone lock.

  The two of them looked at each other for about a minute, their foreheads sweating, both suppressing the urge to flee, while the onlookers nearby were puzzled: "Hey, what are they doing? Why aren't they fighting?"

  "I don't know, I think he's probably practicing internal strength, haven't you seen him sweating?"

  "After that, I don't think they look like it, maybe they want to hook up with each other, otherwise why would they be so excited? Look at their eyes, as if they're fantasizing about being hooked up themselves."

  "Get out of here, you're just fantasizing about being messed with by those two."

  A murmur of discussion erupted below, but the beautiful woman sitting in front of the monitor at the back couldn't help but burst out laughing. None other than Maiyi, the number one beauty of the Moer clan.

  The trial of Zhan Yi was actually arranged by her, intentionally letting the clan members arrange it. Since she saw Zhan Yi lift the stone lock, she began to pay attention to him. She felt that this young man had an inexplicable mystery about him, making her want to understand him more, but she was also afraid that it was just her own illusion, afraid that Zhan Yi was only strong in terms of physical strength, so from the beginning, she arranged for him to fight against a very powerful and robust man.

  All she saw was her zooming in on Wing's face on the monitor, looking at his tense eyes and sweat beads on his forehead, giggling nonstop. After a while, she whispered: "Idiot, watch me not scare you to death."

  Two girls sitting not far from her also came over after hearing what she said, and asked curiously: "Miss, who do you want to scare to death?"

  "Hey miss, isn't this the handsome guy you've been paying attention to? Why did you blow up his face so big, are you into him or something?"

  "I... what are you talking about? Don't be ridiculous, I just think he's really fun to watch. You guys see how scared he looks?" Mai's face turned slightly red as she immediately denied it.