Chapter 53 - Someone Got Plagiarised... (1/2)

A/N: Double update for a celebration since exams ended. This was supposed to be a short chapter, but I don't know how it ended up as this monstrosity. Enjoy the 2800+ words in this chapter though.

Huang Yu stood in the middle of a massive platform as he was surrounded by a hundred other students. He was about to fight his entire class by himself, yet he appeared extremely leisurely, as if he was just taking a walk in a park.

This naturally angered a majority of the students in the class. They were all proud sons of heaven and this was the first time anyone their age group had shown such disdain towards them.

While a lot of them were clueless about Huang Yu's strength, there were also quite a few that had seen a glimpse of Huang Yu's power. Those that had were shivering in fear at the thought of fighting him again.

Despite having so many other people fighting with them, they didn't feel secure at all.

On the platform as well was Gu Yue. She wasn't going to try and fight him since she knew that it would be a worthless endeavour.

None of them were going to scratch Huang Yu unless he allowed them to anyways.

”Gu Yue.”

Turning to the source of the voice, she was greeted with the sight of Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan.

”Yes?”

”Let's work together. We haven't sparred with Huang Yu together for a while and we all have grown quite a lot since then. With everyone else in the class as well, I'm sure that we can finally edge out a win.” Tang Wulin said enthusiastically.

He tried to grab Gu Yue's hand in order to pull her into the group, but to his surprise, Gu Yue moved her hands behind her back before she answered him. ”I'm sorry but I won't be fighting.”

Xu Xiaoyan suddenly cut in. ”Big Sis, why? Don't you want to finally beat Huang Yu once?”

”I've beaten him once…” Xie Xie blurted out with a cheeky smile.

”You want to say that to his face?” Xu Xiaoyan asked with a raised eyebrow.

Xie Xie instantly paled before he shook his head frantically, causing Xu Xiaoyan to laugh at him and Tang Wulin to chuckle slightly.

At this time, Gu Yue gave her reply. ”There's no need. I've been sparring with him for quite a while already. It wouldn't make a difference whether I choose to join or not.”

”But don't you want to fight together with us?” Tang Wulin asked.

”I'm sorry.” Gu Yue said as she shook her head.

Slightly downtrodden, Tang Wulin left along with Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan as they prepared for the battle to begin.

Wu Zhangkong, Shen Yi, and another person suddenly appeared in the sky. The other person that appeared, stood in front of both Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi.

When she had heard of this battle, she had almost laughed in disdain. With Huang Yu's strength, how could he possibly lose to a bunch of brats?

However, when she heard that Huang Yu had agreed not to use sword intent, her interest was piqued.

To her knowledge, all of the feats that Huang Yu had done that day was because of his powerful sword intent, a testament to how well Huang Yu managed to trick her.

She didn't have a clue as to Huang Yu's normal battle prowess without sword intent. Hence, she wanted to gauge his prowess in his other aspects of combat.

Huang Yu noticed their arrival, but chose not to comment on it. He wouldn't try to continue the feud with her as long as she didn't act as reasonable as she did previously.

Channeling spirit energy into her throat, Elder Cai declared,

”The battle begins now.”

Instantly, a wave of martial spirits were summoned as they all charged at Huang Yu who was at the epicenter of all of their attacks.

A smile appeared on Huang Yu's face as he dropped down into his fighting stance. As the attacks neared melee range, Huang Yu took a deep breath before he just… disappeared from their line of sight.

They were swiftly brought out of their thoughts as they suddenly heard a shout from within their ranks.

Turning to the source, they were greeted with the sight of Huang Yu utterly demolishing five students having an average cultivation of Rank 35, with absolute ease.

[Arang]

Huang Yu slammed his elbow into the gut of one of his classmates, bending him into an < shape. Before he was sent flying, Huang Yu grabbed his arm and used him as a shield to block an energy beam.

The student quickly disappearing a flash of light, Huang Yu dashed forward.

[Open Palm Strike × 4]

Huang Yu struck four students in the throat with powerful blows from his palm. Having eliminated those students, Huang Yu disappeared once again in a burst of speed.

He was akin to a spectre, fading in and out of existence, eliminating 3 to 6 students every time he did so. Huang Yu seemed to easily escape their senses every time and his skill in martial arts was unprecedented.

Flying on top of the platform, Wu Zhangkong stood there with a cold expression, yet Shen Yi could tell that Wu Zhangkong was radiating a type of pride that said, ”This is my student. He's stronger than all of you.”

He was moving at extremely fast speeds to perform his feats of disappearances and reappearances. However. What confused Elder Cai was the fact that Huang Yu's legs weren't moving that quickly nor were they exerting large amounts of force despite him moving at such speeds.

Watching for a while longer, her eyes suddenly widened. 'Is this a footwork technique? It seems comparable to the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Technique, but I've never heard of a technique like this before. Or maybe…

He made it himself?'

Elder Cai suddenly suċkėd in a sharp breath, drawing the attention of Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi. She quickly calmed her expression before waving them off.

The thought she had just entertained had frightening implications. Shrek Academy had wanted Huang Yu to join for the sake of his powerful sword intent and so that Shrek Academy's name wouldn't be ruined by her actions previously.

However, if it was true that Huang Yu actually had the capabilities to create his own techniques, that was a different talent entirely! It was one arguably even more important than just sheer combat power!

The knowledge to create general techniques that could be used by anyone.

Shrek Academy had truly hit a goldmine in Huang Yu if that footwork technique was his own.

Back down on the platform, Huang Yu dodged a staff aiming for his cranium with a tilt of his head. Taking a step, he seemed to teleport behind the attacker before knocking him out with a strike to the nape.

It was called Bo-bup, and it roughly translated to Way of Walking from Korean.

Why from Korean? This was a martial arts technique and the martial arts he used was Taekwondo, so he might as well.

But to be honest, the Taekwondo he was using now had changed quite a bit from the one he had originally learned.

This version was far more powerful and deadly. In terms of lethality, he would say that it even surpassed the likes of Krav Maga.

Perhaps he would have to give it a new name. Renewal Taekwondo perhaps?

Huang Yu was suddenly broken out of his thoughts as he dodged a sudden scythe that had been aiming at his neck.

Shifting his gaze to see that it was Xu Yucheng who had attacked him, Huang Yu's lips curved up slightly as he easily sidestepped several swings of his scythe.

Xu Yucheng sneered before suddenly swinging his scythe in a strange arc, four yellow rings appearing behind his back as he did so.

Aimed at Huang Yu's vitals once more, Xu Yucheng's scythe glowed black as it rapidly approached its target.

”N, no way…” someone stuttered out

”What type of monster is he? How is a monster like him in the outer court?”

”You're telling me that he is thirteen just like us?”