Chapter 24

The entire venue was filled with a collective gasp.

"Really just one punch and one palm!"

"How come this Zhang seems so pitiful and a bit funny? He fought his way into the top 64, and the result..."

"Funny as it may be, this Xu Xiaoshou is really too strong. His strength is on par with the top two!"

"You still can't see it? This guy might really have a先天肉身 (innate physical body)!"

"Innate physical body?"

"Who knows? A few days ago, someone already analyzed it, saying there's a 70% chance. After today's one punch and one palm, it's probably 90%."

This statement made many people fall silent. An innate physical body, that's recognized as extremely difficult to cultivate, and the effort might not even match the reward. Could it be that someone really cultivated it?

"Maybe it's because Xu Xiaoshou took drugs? Look at that scorching heat wave, it's clearly not his original ability!"

"Right, right! I think so too. People like him should be banned from the competition. He even applied for a ban himself, but the referee doesn't do anything about it?"

Some people felt jealous, and this wave of protests naturally reached Xiao Qixiu's ears.

He showed disdain and didn't even bother to explain.

Everyone has their own opportunities. Who ever said you can't cultivate a super-strong technique before the competition?

If that's the case, you can't even practice before the competition, break through during the competition, and improve after the competition?

Xu Xiaoshou was just like that. The "Jinzhao Huozhong" given by Elder Sang couldn't even be considered an opportunity. One wrong move, and it could lead to death.

If you have the ability, you can also cultivate an innate physical body. Maybe someone will use you for human experiments!

Xu Xiaoshou walked back to the waiting area on his own. The competition continued, from 64 to 32, with many matches still to go. He had plenty of time to rest.

While sucking on the Chijin Dan, he kept an eye on the information bar, and he couldn't help but feel elated.

"Received admiration, passive value, +142."

"Received jealousy, passive value, +874."

"Received ridicule, passive value, +113."

"Received attack, passive value, +1."

Each of these, it wasn't just the passive value that was increasing, but people's hearts!

Listen to how many people are saying good things on the field; look at how many people are jealous of me in secret. Tsk, tsk!

Xu Xiaoshou glanced down.

"Passive value: 42888."

Clang!

He bumped his head on the railing, and the audience's ridicule made the value soar to 43003.

"How can there be so many!"

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned. He remembered that after the three matches yesterday, it was just over ten thousand. How could it soar so much in one morning?

He racked his brain but couldn't recall what he had done to anger so many people.

Killed Wen Chong?

Impossible, he was still in the barrier at that time. The majority of the passive value couldn't have been received, and even if it was, it would be a few hundred at most, maybe a thousand.

How could it soar to over thirty thousand!

Xu Xiaoshou quickly looked back at the information bar. Each line was very objective and real, just a few dozen or a few hundred, no big numbers appeared!

Could the system be wrong?

This thought popped into his head, but he immediately dismissed it. He'd rather believe a meteor fell from the sky.

Sitting cross-legged on the chair, Xu Xiaoshou drank some water to calm down, but he was still dazed, not knowing what had happened.

"Received attack, passive value, +1."

"Received attack, passive value, +1."

"..."

While he was dazed, the information bar still refreshed every second, never stopping. Xu Xiaoshou, feeling dizzy, suddenly slapped his head.

"Jinzhao Huozhong?!" He seemed to understand something.

In the early morning, after he ate this thing, his body was constantly being scorched. For the system, the scorching should be calculated as an attack every second.

That means an increase of one passive value every second.

Yes, this tiny increase seemed insignificant, and Xu Xiaoshou didn't pay much attention to it.

But, it couldn't be ignored over time!

Calculating, he met the old man around 7 AM, and it had been about three hours since then.

Xu Xiaoshou started counting on his fingers, then used his toes.

Three hours, that's six hours, one hour is sixty minutes, one minute is sixty seconds...

Over twenty thousand seconds!

Over twenty thousand passive values!

Hiss!

Steam came out of Xu Xiaoshou's nose, and the chair beneath him, without the protection of spiritual energy, was completely melted through.

With a thud, he fell to the ground.

The staff immediately ran over to ask what happened.

Xu Xiaoshou waved his hand to indicate it was fine, and the staff was about to leave when he called out, "Wait, can you help me calculate how many seconds there are in a day?"

"A day?"

The staff member's eyes rolled: "86,400!"

Snap!

The cup in his hand shattered, and Xu Xiaoshou, who had just struggled to get up, fell back to the ground: "What did you say, say it again!"

The staff member, seeing the steam coming from his body, didn't know whether to help or not, and could only answer: "86,400!"

"Gulp!"

Xu Xiaoshou swallowed, over eighty thousand?!

His face became a mix of pain, happiness, shock, and silly laughter...

The staff member didn't know what he was up to, remembering the referee's instructions to ignore Xu Xiaoshou's requests and treat him like a fool.

He silently left, thinking, "No wonder the referee is so wise!"

Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath of the Chijin Dan, using the trembling of his body to suppress his excitement, but he found that his Chijin Dan was almost gone.

In just over half a day, the two bottles of pills given by Elder Qiao and the referee were all used up.

Xu Xiaoshou felt a pang of pain. This is a life-saving good thing!

However, this also showed the power of the "Jinzhao Huozhong," which was indeed extraordinary.

Realizing the value of this thing, Xu Xiaoshou was no longer in pain, but rather began to be overjoyed.

Pain?

Ha, just bear with it.

Behind every successful person, there is great pain. Focusing only on the pain, how can you experience the joy of extravagance?

He waved his hand to call the staff member back and instructed, "Go find Elder Xiao, the chief referee on the stage, and ask him for some Chijin Dan. Remember to get a lot."

The staff member looked at him as if he were a fool.

What are you thinking?

Xu Xiaoshou, already red-faced, wasn't embarrassed: "I'll tell you the 'Three-Word Secret,' remember it!"

"First, if he doesn't agree, say, 'The medical staff won't give me any, but I need some Chijin Dan. I'm a contestant, I can't hold on.'"

The staff member was about to go crazy. Who would dare talk to Elder Xiao like that? He's the grand elder of the Spirit Law Pavilion, not a street vendor.

Free?

Dream on!

"Second, if he still doesn't agree, say, 'Ha, don't think I don't know you two are working together, using people as experiments,' with a heavy tone and a harsh voice!"

The staff member's head was spinning. This Xu Xiaoshou is really daring, with a heavy tone and a harsh voice, why don't you just fly away!

"Third, at this point, he will definitely agree. There's no way he won't. Then say, 'You've given it, but is this all you can offer? Add a zero!'"

The staff member sneered, "You go yourself!"

"What do you mean, I go myself!" Xu Xiaoshou was immediately unhappy, "I'm a contestant, you're the staff. We need to do our jobs!"

"I have a match to fight soon, I need to rest. Hurry up."

"Cheer up, don't be a coward. He's not scary. Remember, the higher the status, the more they value their identity. He won't act without a reason."

The staff member stumbled, "You haven't given enough reasons to die!"

"Go!"

Xu Xiaoshou waved his hand, and the staff member, not knowing how to argue, left with a bitter face.

I'm so hard!

I want to change jobs!