How Am I Still Alive?
Chapter 80 - 80 66 The Year the Flowers Bloomed

80: Chapter 66: The Year the Flowers Bloomed 80: Chapter 66: The Year the Flowers Bloomed “There’s a top hundred encounter!

Quickly, look at the screen on the southwest side.”

For the spectators outside, watching noobs speed through isn’t interesting.

Every time strongmen encounter each other, it attracts even more attention.

“Who?”

“Axe King Lu Ping’an and Mobile Dune Sun Xingwen, one at 72 and the other at 59.

Both are combat-focused contestants in the top hundred.”

These titles sure sound subtle.

Currently, most students haven’t met the prerequisites for receiving a “title.”

But sometimes people who don’t have these things are the ones that like them the most.

According to their performance in the first round, many outstanding students were given embarrassing titles that they weren’t even aware of themselves.

“Axe King, Axe King…

it’s on his profile.

Skilled at wielding large battle axes, strong at close combat, but has poor luck.

Uh, really unlucky, he already encountered Sun Xingwen in the second round.”

“…Who can win?

Their positions are quite close.”

“Definitely Sun Xingwen.

Can Axe King beat Sun Xingwen?

No, he doesn’t have the ability, you know?

I’m not targeting him, but an exclusive melee fighter in close range going against an Elemental system expert—and it’s first-tier versus second-tier—they can’t win!”

In the eyes of the spectators outside, the outcome of this battle was predetermined from the moment they faced each other.

The wisest choice for Lu Ping’an would be to follow in the footsteps of his previous opponent and simply admit defeat.

“Just admit defeat, I’ll also save some energy.”

Looking at the opposite Sun Xingwen’s handsome face, he adjusted his glasses, seemingly already sure of his victory.

Lu Ping’an smiled and replied to the arrogant youth opposite of him with his axe touching the ground.

He could understand the other party’s arrogance since some were born as mules and others born in Rome.

The person in front of him was probably born owning two sets of Roman houses, a lucky child.

“Elemental system, huh?

I’ve never seen one before.

Let’s see how you fight.”

Among the six main categories of conventional Abnormal Abilities—Transformation, Protection, Elements, Life, Inheritance, and Rules—each has its own advantages, disadvantages, and strategies.

From what Lu Ping’an saw, the (self-) Transformation system had a fast development speed and was strong early on; it was exemplified by Hua senior sister and Meow.

For his own Rule system, it was basically useless in the early stages (under normal circumstances).

However, its advantage was in its growth potential.

In addition to having information about their developmental paths, this system earned invisible benefits and preferential treatment in the Secret Realm.

However, if everyone had the choice to change their Talent Abilities, 99% of them would choose the scarce and powerful Elemental system.

“Really?

You won’t admit defeat so easily, Axe King.

I can only see you tragically buried under the sand dunes.”

The words of the youth gave Lu Ping’an a subtle feeling.

He didn’t mind the arrogance and extravagance of the young, lucky genius—it would be strange if he didn’t act so.

It was just…

“Axe King…

wait, hold on a moment.”

Lu Ping’an quickly took out the small booklet and flipped to his own page.

He hadn’t seriously looked at his own information.

Who had the time to check themselves?

Was that thing useful?

“…Expert in axe techniques, skilfully wielding the Vajra decorated large axe!

Nicknamed Axe King…”

Reading the description on the page, Lu Ping’an’s hands trembled.

He almost couldn’t help but tear it apart.

Muttering to himself, “I still need to use it, I still need to use it.

Hold on!

Hehe, if I find the person responsible, I’ll teach them what real cruelty is,” for the first time, his defenses were broken and he calmed down.

At this moment, he changed his mind.

Using an axe against a skilled opponent didn’t seem to be the best idea.

Anyway, it won’t be long before it’s revealed, so just enjoy the game.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ping’an’s calm gaze signaled the beginning of the battle.

“Be buried under the sands.”

The youth abruptly opened the oil painting in his hand, and in an instant, the whole world filled with sandstorm.

As a second-tier Painter professional, the first-tier is the excellent Advancement of the Scholar Path, with the core ability of “Writing.”

Once reaching the second tier, they could use their “brush” to “paint” over “written” media, rewriting reality with their intentions.

As a stroke fell, a “stain” appeared on Lu Ping’an’s rushed path.

It was quite difficult for a 2-tier Painter to directly rewrite reality.

However, when paired with the Talent Abilities for “Elemental Control,” the sand shackles in front of Lu Ping’an became real.

In other words, the Elemental system had the same weakness in the early stages.

However, when paired with a second-tier Painter’s “Entrance to the Scene,” it had the power to distort reality.

“Come to me.

In my domain, I make the rules.”

The youth activated his domain, and the Taboo item that had been painted with the desert landscape attracted a large amount of sand.

Powerful Taboo items (at least Upper Black Iron), combined with powerful Talent Abilities and 2-tier Profession, made up Sun Xingwen’s combat system.

How could Axe King fight?

He couldn’t!

“Huh.”

He breathed in, and it was all sand, making Lu Ping’an uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, every stroke from Sun Xingwen added another “sand shackle” to Lu Ping’an.

“Terrain card combined with Elemental Ability, Axe King is done for.”

“He is ranked too low, really too low.”

The audience outside, including most of the professors, did not hold high hopes for Lu Ping’an’s future.

Low-level combat series professionals, when confronted with such a well-rounded yellow sand combination, barely had any power to resist.

“…Come out, my little darlings.”

Suddenly, Lu Ping’an opened his coat.

Seeds and roots peeked out, and a huge volume of water gushed out from the “Space Bag.”

The next moment, the sand that restrained Lu Ping’an turned into a nutrient base for the plants—his “bottlenecks” on his hands bloomed!

They even had thorns.

“Cactus?!

Sand-resistant plants?”

When the sand was captured and replaced by vegetation and water, it naturally couldn’t float freely.

On the other hand, besides the restraining effect of yellow sand on Gardeners, Gardeners were also able to prepare corresponding sand-resistant plants.

Pressing down on his limbs one after the other, all the sand shackles solidified and then shattered.

However, what was really making a difference were the plants, and even more so, the source of the water that had come from nowhere in a large amount.

“Large-capacity liquid space bag?

You really are rich…”

As others envied Lu Ping’anʼs generous funding, the already-small room reached its limit.

As Sun Xingwen was brought into close combat range, he revealed another trump card.

“Divine Armor Protection.”

This wasn’t an abnormal ability; it was just a verbal reinforcement for self-suggestion.

The next moment, a large amount of yellow sand gathered to form an armor.

Sun Xingwen transformed into a tall sand giant.

Taking the structure of the sand into account, this form was almost immune to physical attacks and was naturally resistant to various types of close combat.

Lu Ping’an just laughed.

First, it was environmental restraint, and then Elementalization.

He was really copying directly from the textbook.

“Shrink Land.”

With a light step, he passed the giant’s heavy step and reached its head.

Shrink Land was a divine skill, and everyone recognized it!

Lu Ping’an gently pressed his hands on the giant’s head, softly and slowly.

The restrained sand giant could not see it.

“Bloom.”

In the next moment, the desert landscape blossomed, and a lush scene unfolded.

“Boom!”

The giant collapsed to the ground with a loud crash, scattering sand all over the place, leaving nothing but a beautiful garden.

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