Glenn nodded without hesitation: “Can do.”
After Glenn had agreed, he seemed to belatedly realize that his behavior might have been inappropriate and hesitated for a moment before hastily offering, “Consider this my apology for following you around before.”
What Glenn was thinking, Angel did not know, but the outcome was favorable, so the process didn’t matter to him anymore.
As their conversation paused, the countdown on the screen reached the final ten seconds.
Ten, nine, eight… four, three…
When the final second ticked away, Qi Li finally opened her eyes.
Energy ripples began to emanate from Iron Will, and layers of glossy metallic protective covers materialized out of thin air, encasing his entire body tightly.
“Iron Will has been able to stay in the position of top ranker in the seventh layer for a long time, thanks mainly to the highly difficult-to-master Trump Card of the Steel Shield,” the popular science teen came back online, “The Steel Shield is a top-tier Second-Level Trick with a defense that isn’t much inferior to Third-Level Tricks. With the current difficulty of practicing Third-Level Tricks, Iron Will’s strength is like an insurmountable wall on the seventh layer.”
“However, he is facing the Cat Lamp Witch and relying solely on the Steel Shield is likely not enough to maintain his position,” he said.
No sooner had the voice fallen than Qi Li casually tapped her lantern with a finger, and a pale yellow flame rose from her fingertip.
The flame floated leisurely toward Iron Will.
The flame seemed harmless, merely a bud yet to bloom into full force. But, upon contact with the Steel Shield, it erupted into a screeching explosion.
Everyone’s vision was momentarily engulfed in whiteness.
The flame, touching the Steel Shield, had generated an intense heat, burning a hole through the shield!
Iron Will was taken aback. This was the first time someone had breached his Steel Shield so effortlessly. Grinding his teeth, the veins on his body bulged, his muscles pulsated, his skin turned red, and a profusion of steamy sweat began to emanate from his body.
In an instant, Iron Will had grown several times his size!
He had already been quite imposing, but now he was as tall as a three-story building. Compared to Iron Will, Qi Li looked utterly diminutive.
Yet, combat strength is not determined by size.
As Qi Li once again summoned a flame, Iron Will instantly dashed, his movement almost exceeding the limit of the naked eye, appearing behind Qi Li in the blink of an eye.
Iron Will raised his enormous fist, with countless white streams of air swirling around it, and a gust of wind swept across the audience stands.
“There it is, the Hurricane Iron Fist exclusive to Iron Will!”
“Unstoppable!”
The fans of Iron Will shone with excitement, shouting loudly in support of him.
However, in the heat of the competition, just as Iron Will swung his fist, he saw Qi Li, whose expression remained unchanged, calmly bringing up another wall of flame in front of her.
Elemental Defense Spells, when up against pure physical attacks, aren’t usually very strong.
But Iron Will, observing this wall of flames, realized it was constructed from the same pale yellow flames that Qi Li had released before.
The corner of Iron Will’s eye twitched, an ominous feeling rising within him.
His initial plan was to launch a direct attack on Qi Li, but with a shift of thought, he instead roared and struck the floor.
The powerful Iron Fist shattered the floor, kicking up scores of stones, forcing Qi Li to take to the air.
While the audience was unsure why Iron Will would attack the platform, they assumed it was part of his strategy and awaited his next move.
However, to everyone’s surprise, after retracting his fist, Iron Will turned without hesitation and uttered quietly towards the judge’s position, “I forfeit.”
Having said that, Iron Will didn’t wait for Qi Li to descend from the air and leapt straight out of the arena, vanishing in just a few moments.