The comments said I was deeply affectionate, I just added points by using an alternate account.

Chen Guan's opponent was an elementalist from Taipei Academy whose ability was rock skin, which provided incredible defense. However, this was nothing to Chen Guan, who was an old rival of Wang Hanyue.

He was lucky; this person was not as strong as Wang Hanyue, and he won easily.

Long Ao's opponent was a ninja student from Kamiya Academy, who was completely crushed and defeated by Long Ao's powerful physique.

An Changqing and Su Yuehe continued their rapid progress.

Guan Jinyue's match caught Chen Guan's attention; her opponent was a strength enhancement type player from Zero Academy.

The match was a complete rout. Guan Jinyue didn't even draw his sword; he simply used the sword energy of his fingers, which resembled a sword, to blast his opponent off the stage in three moves from a distance. The sharpness contained in the sword energy was astonishing to the spectators.

Her power was undeniable, and Chen Guan was secretly alarmed.

Unlike his good fortune, Wang Hanyue, Zhou Dun, and Sun Miao stopped there.

On the third day of the individual competition, the quarterfinals were underway, and the competition became increasingly fierce.

Chen Guan had a premonition that he was going to lose.

With his second-tier strength, it's no surprise that he lost in a place like this.

Sure enough, his luck ran out, and he met Kevin Ross.

Zero Academy's ace, with the ability to manipulate atoms, is widely recognized as a strong contender for the individual championship in this league.

Arena number seven.

Chen Guan and Ross stood facing each other.

Ross was a somewhat thin white young man with blond hair and blue eyes, and a lazy and cynical look on his face.

He was wearing a silver-gray combat suit specially made by Zero Academy, with his hands in his pockets, seemingly not taking Chen Guan seriously.

"Carrying a coffin?" Ross said in fluent English, a hint of interest playing at the corners of his lips. "Your ability is illusion magic? Is there anything special in this coffin?"

Chen Guan remained silent, only gripping his scythe tighter. Facing Ross, any distraction could be fatal.

Even if he were to lose, he hoped to give it his all and lose without regrets.

"The match begins!"

As soon as the referee finished speaking, Rose casually waved his right hand, which was in his pocket.

Without warning, the alloy arena floor beneath Chen Guan's feet melted, instantly transforming into a quicksand-like swamp of metal that seemed intent on swallowing him whole.

Chen Guan reacted extremely quickly. His Swift Boots flashed with light as he leaped backward, simultaneously plunging his scythe into the still unmelted ground beside him, using the force to throw himself out of the swamp.

However, Ross's attacks followed immediately.

He lightly tapped the air with his left index finger.

Dozens of tiny metal particles materialized out of thin air beside Chen Guan, instantly accelerating to bullet-like speed and shooting towards him.

These particles are not physically thrown, but are directly formed from metallic elements in the air, and they move at an astonishing speed.

Visual distortion!

Chen Guan unleashed his mental power, attempting to interfere with Ross's visual judgment and cause the metal particles to deviate.

But Ross just scoffed, "A mere trifle."

For him, the visual distortions created by illusions had little effect.

Dangdang Dangdang!

Chen Guan swung his scythe, dancing into a gray blur as he desperately parried. Most of the particles were knocked away, but a few still grazed his arms and ribs, leaving bloody marks. A strange shockwave penetrated his body, causing his blood and qi to churn.

"Good response," Ross commented, waving his right hand again.

This time, the air around Chen Guan seemed to freeze. No, it wasn't frozen, but rather the air molecules were forcibly fixed, forming an invisible cage that trapped him inside, making his movements instantly extremely sluggish.

At the same time, Ross spread his five fingers on his left hand and aimed them at the coffin.

"break down."

An invisible wave enveloped him, and Chen Guan felt a terrifying sensation that his scythe, his combat uniform, and even the cells beneath his skin were about to be torn apart.

This is an attack that acts directly at the atomic level.

Chen Guan's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his mental power poured out recklessly. He no longer used sophisticated illusions to deceive, but instead transformed into a violent mental shock that pierced straight into Ross's brain.

Mental shock is a relatively rudimentary method of mental attack, and its effect on opponents with much higher mental strength is limited. However, Chen Guan had no other choice at this moment, and his only goal was to interrupt the opponent's decomposition process.

Ross frowned slightly, clearly not expecting Chen Guan to have such a direct mental attack method.

Although his superpowers were strong, his mental strength was not top-notch. This sudden attack made him slightly dizzy, and the decomposition process was interrupted for a moment.

In that instant, the faint gray energy on Chen Guan's body suddenly erupted, forcefully breaking free from the air cage's restraints.

He exerted force with his feet, forcefully breaking free from the stagnation. The scythe, carrying all his strength and remaining gray energy, transformed into a fierce gray light, piercing straight for Ross's chest. This was a desperate strike.

Ross's eyes turned cold. In front of him, countless metal fragments rapidly gathered from all parts of the arena and even from the air, instantly condensing into an extremely thick alloy shield.

clang!

An ear-piercing, tearing sound of metal rang out.

The scythe slammed into the alloy shield, sparks flying. Chen Guan's all-out attack only left a deep dent in the shield, failing to penetrate it.

The immense recoil caused Chen Guan's hand to crack, the sickle almost slipped from his grasp, and he was thrown backward by the shock.

Ross, however, only took half a step back, and the dent on his shield was quickly repaired with a light touch of his finger.

High judgment.

Chen Guan fell to the edge of the arena, his arms trembling, his mental energy nearly exhausted, and his ash energy completely depleted.

Ross dismissed his shield, dusted off his hands (which weren't actually dust), looked at Chen Guan struggling to get up, and shook his head.

"You're quite good. You have unique skills in illusion and mental power, and you're ruthless in close combat. But unfortunately, your level of power is far too low."

His tone was flat, with a condescending air: "Atoms are the foundation of all things. To control them is to control the world itself. Your illusions cannot deceive the reality of atoms."

He raised his hand, his fingertips pointing at Chen Guan: "Admit defeat. If you continue fighting, you might break off some important parts."

Chen Guan gasped for breath, watching the heart-stopping fluctuations at Ross's fingertips.

He gritted his teeth and finally slowly loosened his grip on the sickle.

"I surrender."

He did not continue to resist. The current Ross was an opponent he could not match, unless he used the system to exchange for a one-time attack method to cheat.

That's unnecessary.

"Zero Academy, Kevin Ross wins," the referee announced.

A murmur arose from the stands.

Chen Guan's journey ended there, but his performance still left a deep impression on many people.

Chen Guan struggled to his feet, picked up his sickle, carried the coffin on his back, and walked step by step off the arena.

The feeling of defeat was unpleasant, but he knew it was due to the difference in strength; Ross's mastery of his abilities and his level of power were indeed far superior to his.