BOOOOM!!!
In the very next instant—
Zhao Xuan's fist—wrapped in Armament Haki and crackling thunder—smashed down brutally on the grandmaster's skull.
A deep thud rang out.
Terrifying force exploded outward in a tidal wave of destruction.
In just a fraction of a second—
The entire left side of that grandmaster's skull caved inward.
Right now—
If Zhao Xuan wanted to dodge…
If he wanted to avoid those six incoming grandmaster attacks…
He could have evaded at least two.
But—
He didn't.
Because to break this stalemate—
To shatter this "deadlock"—
There was only one way.
A life for a life.
Zhao Xuan ignored the six incoming grandmaster strikes completely.
Power roared through his fist.
Then—
BOOOOM!!!
His fist fell again.
Hammering once more onto the already-disfigured skull.
Another dull thud—
The grandmaster's head flattened further.
The crushing of the skull compressed the cranial space dramatically.
And—
Bright crimson blood…
Pale brain matter…
Surged violently out of all seven orifices—
Like floodwaters bursting from a ruptured dam.
"SPLAAAAT!!"
It sprayed everywhere.
Zhao Xuan followed up instantly.
Another punch.
A heavy iron fist smashed into the already-deformed head.
POP!
The grandmaster's skull burst open—
Just like those videos where bullets explode giant watermelons.
Blood showered across the air.
And then—
SSSSHHHH!!
The attacks from the other six grandmasters arrived.
Fists—
Kicks—
Energy blasts—
All slammed into Zhao Xuan's body at once.
BOOOM!!
His body was sent flying like a meteor, crashing dozens of meters away.
THUD!!
The arena trembled.
The impact shattered entire layers of blue stone tiles—
Chunks of debris fragmented instantly.
In the blink of an eye—
A crater ten meters wide and nearly two meters deep formed where he landed.
"DAMN IT! DAMN IT!! DAMN IT!!!"
Through the cloud of dust—
The beast-controller roared hysterically.
He was kneeling beside the decapitated corpse of his grandmaster slave—
Face distorted—
Body trembling—
"You killed my loyal servant!
You actually killed my loyal servant!!
UNFORGIVABLE!
UNFORGIVABLE!!!"
With a shriek, he bellowed:
"KILL HIM! ALL OF YOU—KILL HIM!!"
At his command—
Six grandmasters charged toward the crater where Zhao Xuan had fallen.
Inside the pit—
Zhao Xuan staggered upright.
"Hurts…
Damn, that hurts."
He had barely stood up—
When six figures appeared before him.
"You sure came fast."
He inhaled sharply—
Then—
Tap, tap—
He stepped forward with Shave.
And rushed straight into their midst.
In the next instant—
He was already in front of one grandmaster.
The incoming punch swung toward him—
Zhao Xuan let his entire body relax.
Paper Art activated—
His frame became weightless.
He slipped past the strike effortlessly.
Ignoring the other five incoming attacks—
Zhao Xuan focused everything on a single target.
"ROAR!!!"
His fist crashed down.
THUD!!!
A direct hit to the skull.
The grandmaster's face collapsed inward instantly.
Then—
BOOM!!!
He was blasted away by the other five grandmasters' attacks.
Zhao Xuan hit the ground again—
Cracking more stone—
Dust raining down.
But—
He sprang up immediately.
A madman.
An absolute lunatic.
Blood dripped from his lips—
He grinned fiercely.
Tap-tap!
He dashed forward again—
Straight at the grandmaster whose face he had just smashed.
The others no longer existed in his eyes.
BOOM!!
His fist landed again.
And again.
POP!!
Another head exploded like a watermelon.
Blood fanned out like a fountain.
The remaining five grandmasters attacked—
Sending Zhao Xuan flying yet again.
And again—
He stood up.
Laughing wildly.
"Hahahahaha!! AGAIN!! AGAIN!!! AGAIN!!!"
Completely unrestrained—
His battle instincts fully awakened.
He charged in—
THUD!! THUD!! THUD!! POP!!
A sequence of blows.
The third grandmaster died, head bursting under Zhao Xuan's iron fists.
As expected—
He was blasted away again by the remaining four.
But—
Zhao Xuan only became more excited.
He sprinted back into the fray—
Unstoppable.
A life for a life.
One punch for one head.
THUD!! THUD!! THUD!! POP!!
The fourth grandmaster fell.
At this moment—
The dust settled—
Revealing three headless corpses lying in the massive crater.
And the arena—
ERUPTED.
"Wh—What just happened!?"
"That was only seven or eight seconds!!"
"How—HOW!?"
"In seven or eight seconds he killed three sixth-rank grandmasters under siege!?"
"MONSTER!! HE'S A MONSTER!!"
Shock.
Screams.
Disbelief.
Then—
Laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
"Good! GOOD!!"
"Break to rebuild! This Zhao Xuan kid—excellent!!"
The Kyushu side roared in approval.
Meanwhile—
The foreigners' faces turned pitch black.
"Damn it! DAMN IT!!"
"He must die! That Kyushu brat must die! If he doesn't—Kyushu will birth another invincible emperor within ten years!"
"Relax. He's finished. That fighting method—'life for a life'—it's suicide.
Even seventh-rank experts wouldn't dare withstand six grandmasters' full attacks head-on!"
"He's definitely internally injured!
Unless his physique exceeds twenty thousand—he cannot survive this!"
"Hah! Twenty thousand!? Impossible! He's just an 18-year-old brat!"
"Exactly! Even if he ate spirit herbs every day since birth, even with an Ancient-Type Zoan Devil Fruit, he can't reach twenty thousand!"
…
On the ring—
The battle continued.
After Zhao Xuan killed three grandmasters in an instant—
The beast-controller froze in shock.
But once he saw blood on Zhao Xuan's lip—
His panic vanished.
Only fury remained.
"Kill him!!
KILL HIM!!!
ALL OF YOU!!!"
But—
Tap-tap—
Before the three remaining grandmasters could move—
Zhao Xuan rushed forward first.
This time—
He didn't use "life for a life."
First:
This method was too costly.
He had opened his status panel a moment earlier—
His Physique had already dropped by nearly 500 points.
He was now close to falling below 1000.
Second:
Only three grandmasters remained.
And fighting three at once—
Was absolutely within Zhao Xuan's capabilities.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He slammed into them like a storm.
Seven or eight punches flew in seconds.
Two grandmasters were blown away.
The last one charged at him—
Zhao Xuan activated Iron Body—
Tanking a full-power punch.
Then—
His abdominal muscles clamped down—
Trapping the grandmaster's fist.
A jerk—
A pull—
The enemy was dragged toward him.
BOOM!!!
Zhao Xuan's fist smashed the man's skull inward.
He pulled him back—
BOOOOM!!!
Second punch.
POP!!!
The head exploded.
From charging in—
To killing a grandmaster—
It didn't even take two seconds.
Most spectators didn't even react yet—
Before Zhao Xuan had already reached the second grandmaster.
BOOM!! THUD!! BOOM!! POP!!
Another head burst.
Two seconds.
Then—
Tap-tap!
He flashed behind the last grandmaster.
Three punches.
POP!!!
The final head exploded.
In less than six seconds—
All remaining grandmasters died.
Zhao Xuan didn't pause.
He blurred forward—
Straight toward the beast-controller.
The man stood frozen.
Completely stunned.
Even when Zhao Xuan appeared before him—
He didn't react.
"It's over."
Zhao Xuan's fist swung.
POP!!
Another giant watermelon exploded.
Absolute silence.
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