Chapter 958: Iron Fist

Qi Xia slowly lowered his head, and after a moment, a very strange smile appeared on his face.

Tian Long also paused for a few seconds upon seeing this expression.

"Tian Long... thank you for telling me this wonderful news..." Qi Xia laughed. "So 'Shang Yi Zhan' and 'Xia Yi Zhan' are nothing..."

His smile became more and more arrogant, and even his expression began to twist.

"You with that smile... have you gone completely insane?" Tian Long asked.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Qi Xia slowly covered his face with his hands and bent over on the fleshy staircase. "That means even if we had a one-in-a-million chance of killing the Guan Li Zhe and taking the 'Liezhe'... we still couldn't go anywhere? Ha ha ha..."

Tian Long was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Bai Yang, you should have figured out this answer yourself, right? Is it because I said it out loud that you've completely despaired?"

"...Despair?" Qi Xia laughed wildly. "Do I need more 'despair' right now? I just think you're utterly ridiculous..."

"I'm ridiculous...?"

"It's a circle... everything is just a circle..." Qi Xia slowly reached up to grab his hair, muttering hoarsely. "'Liezhe' isn't just a circle itself... it's also dragging everyone around in circles between the various stations... how interesting... Tian Long..."

"What...?"

"If even you're this foolish... I can finally rest easy..."

"I'm foolish...?" Tian Long paused. "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Tian Long... none of us can escape anymore... ha ha ha ha..."

"Of course..." Tian Long was silent for a moment before continuing. "If I could escape, why would I go to 'Xin Shijie'?"

In the next second, Qi Xia suddenly sprang up and grabbed Tian Long by the collar.

Tian Long could barely budge Qi Xia's body and was pulled forward a step by the grab.

"You haven't even been there!!" Qi Xia roared maniacally. "You don't even know what's waiting for you ahead!! What an insignificant 'Long'?!"

"What..."

Tian Long quickly gathered his strength and shook off Qi Xia's arm in an instant.

"Bai Yang... you've truly gone mad..."

"Tian Long!" Qi Xia laughed manically. "Go ahead... just go to your so-called 'Xin Shijie' and see... exactly what's waiting for you there..."

"Go ahead...?"

"Maybe you don't even need 'Sheng Sheng Bu Xi'!" Qi Xia roared again. "Maybe that place is your very own 'reality world'!"

Tian Long was about to speak when he felt a barrage of noise from above his head. He slowly looked up and saw that the multitude of faceless people had undergone a change.

Their bodies seemed to have become even tougher at that moment.

The expressionless army was trying to break through the giant mountain.

They raised their hands and slammed into the mountain range, sending countless sands and soils cascading down, dyeing the streets here anew.

"Playing tricks..." Tian Long lowered his head and snorted coldly. "Bai Yang, you've lost all value in negotiating with me. Once I truly board the 'Liezhe' and leave, you can all rot in 'Tao Yuan'."

Tian Long knew he couldn't get further entangled with Qi Xia, so his figure slowly retreated into the air.

At that moment, Qi Xia also restrained his smile and gradually regained his composure.

"I won't rot here..."

He realized his current state was highly abnormal, and if he woke up like this, the impact on "Zhong Yan Zhi Di" would be hard to predict.

"Bai Yang... we'll meet when we wake from the dream."

After Tian Long spoke, his figure quickly vanished, and the giant mountain in the sky gradually dissipated into mist.

Qi Xia took a deep breath and fully exited his terrifying nightmare.

Thanks to Tian Long this time, he had verified whether he could use "Sheng Sheng Bu Xi" for combat.

At least in his dream world, he and Tian Long were equals. No matter how many times Tian Long used the same method to "enter the dream," Qi Xia should be able to find a way to counter it.

But if something like this happened in "Zhong Yan Zhi Di"... what should he do?

...

Qi Xia suddenly opened his eyes and saw the classroom ceiling.

He slowly relaxed, but before he could say a word, he heard a whooshing wind, and instantly realized something, quickly saying:

"Don't..."

Before he could finish, something like a hammer slammed viciously into his abdomen.

The punch was so fierce that it nearly flipped Qi Xia along with the desk beneath him.

Qi Xia hurriedly clutched his abdomen and slowly rolled off the desk, then lowered his head, kneeling on the ground.

Was this really a human fist...?

It was more like an iron hammer... it hurt so much.

"Damn... how did you wake up before I even hit you?" Qiao Jia Jin looked at his own fist. "Could it be that the wind from my punch was too strong..."

Qi Xia knelt on the ground with his abdomen covered, saying nothing. This was the first time he clearly felt Qiao Jia Jin's fist, and it felt like his soul was about to be knocked out of him.

Unexpectedly, after exchanging several rounds with Tian Long using "Hui Xiang" without getting hurt, he woke up only to take a solid punch from Qiao Jia Jin.

Could anyone really withstand such a hard fist?

"Trickster... you... are you okay?"

Qiao Jia Jin looked embarrassed and hurriedly went to help Qi Xia, but saw Qi Xia bow his head and extend a trembling hand to stop him.

"Uh..." Qiao Jia Jin was stunned. "Trickster, don't be too proud... I put all my strength into that punch... I probably couldn't even take it myself."

"No... I'm fine..." Qi Xia gritted his teeth and said, but the next second, he let out a few muffled coughs, "Cough... cough cough..."

No wonder Qiao Jia Jin's punch had woken him up when Tian Long invaded his dream last time.

This punch could wake the sleeping and put the awake to sleep.

It was basically the day-and-night reversal punch.

"No... Trickster, I'm really sorry... I tried my best to guess when exactly you wanted me to wake you..." Qiao Jia Jin gave a bitter smile. "But I couldn't quite figure it out. I only started gathering my energy when I saw you starting to laugh maniacally... who knew you'd open your eyes just as I was about to throw the punch..."

"No... it's okay... it's not your fault..." Qi Xia coughed a few more times, but he still couldn't stand up.

"Oh man... this... this..." Qiao Jia Jin worriedly scratched his head and ears. "Trickster, how about you get up and punch me back... I feel bad seeing you like this..."

Qi Xia kept his head down and waited for a minute before feeling the pain in his abdomen slowly subside.

Qiao Jia Jin quickly stepped forward to help Qi Xia up and guided him to sit in a nearby chair.