Chapter 160: The Strongest Defense
Xiang Beifei inquiringly glanced at Elder Luo and noticed that Elder Luo winked at him.
Elder Luo understood Professor Guo too well, knowing the temperament of his old friend who would impart all his knowledge to any student, as long as they could become elites that bravely fought desolate beasts and defended the Jiuzhou Alliance, he would set aside any prejudices.
Even though he disapproved of idlers like Elder Luo, and even though a promising seedling like Xiang Beifei had been snatched away by Elder Luo first, Professor Guo was still willing to give Xiang Beifei a chance.
Xiang Beifei held deep respect for Professor Guo, this selfless university professor was much better than the narrow-minded Yuchi Shen.
"Then what should I do?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Hit me, use your Spiritual Power to hit me."
"Eh?"
"Don't worry, it's fine if bones break, I have healing abilities."
"What?"
Xiang Beifei didn't quite understand what this meant.
Is it he who breaks, or is it me?
The other party is at least of SR rank, so they shouldn't be so fragile, so it must be me, right?
"Hit me! With all your might! However you want!" Professor Guo didn't give a further explanation, but urged him on.
Xiang Beifei had no choice but to comply.
He looked seriously at Professor Guo, knowing that with his own late-stage Qi-Controlling abilities, he definitely couldn't hurt Professor Guo, so there was no need to hold back.
Hum!
Fierce flames suddenly lit up on Xiang Beifei's fist, circulating around his arm, the powerful Spiritual Power forming a violent gust.
His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and then he threw a punch towards Professor Guo's chest!
Professor Guo didn't move, just thoughtfully watching Xiang Beifei's fist, letting it hit his body.
Boom!
Xiang Beifei's fist, like a small mountain, smashed explosively onto Professor Guo's body. But Professor Guo's defense was too strong; Xiang Beifei felt as if he had hit a steel wall.
The flames on his fist immediately started spinning, trying to use the circulation of Spiritual Power to dismantle the opponent's defense, but at that moment, Xiang Beifei's expression slightly changed!
Because he felt a terrifying force from Professor Guo's body connecting to his Spiritual Power, which then flowed back in the manner of his Spiritual Power's circulation, vibrating up his arm from his fist!
"What the hell!"
Xiang Beifei was shocked in his mind; he knew that if this force shook even slightly, his arm might suffer a comminuted fracture!
But he didn't panic; at this critical moment, he quickly analyzed the rebound force from Professor Guo and once again spurred his Spiritual Power, quietly operating the cultivation technique he had been practicing, rapidly linking to Professor Guo's rebound force and forcibly diverting it away.
Swish!
The rebound force was drawn outside by Xiang Beifei's arm. This force was so powerful that it shattered the sleeves of his arm, but still continued along his arm to his body, shredding his clothes to rags.
"So strong!"
Xiang Beifei stepped back two paces, looking at his clothes in astonishment, now tattered and torn into strips by the rebound force.
However, Professor Guo's eyes lit up, "Your arm isn't broken?"
Xiang Beifei shook his right hand and clenched his fist again, rubbing it twice, and spoke gravely, "That was close, very dangerous."
It was his first time encountering such a strange rebound force; it seemed more like the effect of his own Spiritual Power that increased in intensity after Professor Guo amplified it, at least three to four times, before bouncing back!
If Xiang Beifei's control over Spiritual Power wasn't as agile, his arm might indeed have suffered a comminuted fracture!
Professor Guo exclaimed, "Never has there been a practitioner at the late stage of Qi-Controlling who could act against me and not fracture an arm; you are the first!"
But soon, he gasped in shock, looking at Xiang Beifei, "Wait, how come your cultivation is at the late stage of Qi-Controlling? Didn't they say you were only at the middle stage?"
"Hahaha! What about that! You still want to snatch such a disciple? Keep dreaming!"
Elder Luo was smugly pleased.
In fact, when he heard the news two days earlier, Elder Luo was also shocked, no less so than Professor Guo, but now he was delighted.
"What's going on? Hasn't he only awakened the system for less than four months? He's already at the late stage of Qi-Controlling?" Professor Guo murmured to himself.
The students who awakened to the system in the same period, even those of SR rank, were only at the middle stage of Qi-Controlling now, and those contemporary Awakeners at the late stage of Qi-Controlling, their system talent has to be—
"SSR? It's SSR!"
Professor Guo looked at Xiang Beifei incredulously. This year at Liangzhou University, not a single SSR Awakener was among the new students. Two SSR candidates, who disdained Liangzhou University for accepting an N-rank like Xiang Beifei, deemed it self-degrading, were persuaded by other schools to change their minds and enrolled elsewhere, leading to only SR Awakeners as the highest in the new students.
Because of this, many people within the school's upper echelons had a very low opinion of this N-rank new student, Xiang Beifei!
But to everyone's surprise, this so-called N-rank new student, Xiang Beifei, had already reached the late stage of Qi-Controlling!
Except for an SSR talent in Body Cultivation (体修), who else could reach such a level?
Elder Luo warned Professor Guo with a watchful gaze, "Hey, Guo Zhenghong, you should understand what I'm trying to say! Some things are best kept to oneself."
Professor Guo came back to his senses, his expression turning serious, and said, "You don't need to tell me that!"