Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 604 - 600: Uncivilized Guy

Chapter 604: Chapter 600: Uncivilized Guy

(Another two Chapters today, six in total, kneeling for monthly and recommendation tickets!)

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Chapter 600 The No-Quality Guy

The biggest blow and pressure had to be on Junior Brother Zhang, who was currently in first place.

He had been running without any pressure, ready to take the crown. At this crucial moment, he didn’t dare slack off. He hadn’t looked back, but when he heard the exclamations and heated discussions from the crowd, he couldn’t resist any longer. He turned his head and looked behind. About three hundred meters back, he saw a familiar figure swiftly approaching him, claiming the third position.

Seeing this figure, he finally realized who was the dark horse everyone was talking about. But... how could it be possible!

Hadn’t he just run past him? How had he caught up so quickly?

What’s more... shouldn’t he be unable to go on, lacking the stamina, and have given up already? How was he running up here?

Did they mean this guy was just like him, on the last lap, sprinting?

...

A tide of confusion swept through his mind, and his footsteps started to get a bit frantic...

No, I must try my hardest, I absolutely can’t let this guy overtake me again!

The last time was already humiliating, I absolutely cannot let that humiliation happen to me again!

Even if he runs fast, it doesn’t matter. He has no chance. I am less than a hundred meters from the finish line. Once I complete this hundred meters, I’ll be the champion!

It took a while for his mind to cool down slightly, as he clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth fiercely, silently vowing in his heart. He turned his head and pushed even harder, rushing towards the finish line with all his might.

However, he didn’t notice the cold smirk on Xiao Yi’s lips, as the distance between them narrowed.

While everyone was watching Xiao Yi desperately sprinting forward, amazed and shocked by the astonishing speed he suddenly unleashed, nobody noticed that the hands he had been swinging all along suddenly increased in frequency with a quick flick.

It was a very brief moment, and all the movements were nearly imperceptible, undetectable unless one was observing very closely.

And the moment after he had swung his arms, the Zhang surnamed man sprinting madly towards the finish line felt a sudden weakness in his knees and collapsed onto the track.

"Ah! Junior Brother Zhang has fallen!"

"He might have sprinted too hastily, too quickly, so he fell!"

"It must be because he looked back earlier, saw that student from the School of Mathematics whom he despised catching up, the pressure got to him, right?"

"He needs to get up quickly, otherwise, he will be overtaken. Though he’s a bit ahead, everyone’s speed in the final sprint is very fast. A few seconds is all it takes for them to catch up!"

"..."

Junior Brother Zhang’s fall immediately caused an uproar across the crowd, with everyone shouting in concern. His fellow schoolmates were especially anxious, rushing to his side, loudly cheering him on, urging him to get up at this critical moment. If not for the rules, they would have rushed to help him back on his feet.

Finally, moved by the cheers and encouragement from people from his school, Junior Brother Zhang managed to stand up. But by then, the accelerating Xiao Yi had already whizzed by him amid the spectators’ gasps of shock, like a gust of wind.

And perhaps it was seeing Xiao Yi, this no-quality guy he despised, overtaking him and running towards the finish line that caused Junior Zhang, who had just stood up and was biting his teeth preparing to sprint again, to collapse once more. By the time he stood up again, Xiao Yi had already charged past the finish line, greeted by resounding applause and cheers.

After these two delays, the original second and third places overtook Junior Brother Zhang one by one, surging towards the finish line.

In the end, at the crucial moment, Junior Brother Zhang, who had fallen twice, still "successfully" obtained fourth place.

The moment the teacher announced the results, Junior Brother Zhang’s face almost turned as green as a mung bean, and his gaze, when looking at Xiao Yi who became the darkest dark horse of this competition, successfully took the crown and enjoyed the cheers of the crowd, was practically shooting fire.

Especially when he heard some of the sotto voce commentary from the audience, saying things like ’got slapped in the face’, ’don’t be too arrogant’, and ’you should keep a low profile’, he almost felt a sweetness in his throat and nearly spat out blood.

He no longer had the face to stay on the field, feeling as if the entire audience, every single person in the world, was mocking him, laughing at him. His cheeks burned, a hot flush spreading, and finally, amid another round of uproar from the crowd, he roughly pushed away the student from his school who was offering him a towel and mineral water, and rudely stormed off the field.

"What an uncultured guy!"

"Serves him right for not getting the champion. I really don’t know how the School of Mechanical Engineering could admit such a student!"

"Our Z University’s quality, when did it fall to this level? Damn, some schools, just to stand out in sports events and the like, admitting these uncultured students is just too unreliable. We must definitely protest to the school’s admissions office later!"

"Exactly, recruiting students with specialties is unfair to begin with. Why should they get extra points? A few dozen points on the college entrance exam, that’s a huge difference!"

"..."

The onlookers all cast contemptuous looks at Junior Brother Zhang as he left the field without any sportsmanship or courtesy, and the School of Mechanical Engineering was collectively scorned as a result.

In contrast, the always low-key and silent Xiao Yi, who became the biggest dark horse of the competition and won, made them all feel that it was truly a comparison between the heavens and the earth.

After winning the competition, Xiao Yi’s smile, his demeanor, were so graceful. Facing the enthusiasm of the students from his school, no matter how tired or hard it was, he always kept a smile on his face, continuously gesturing, without any hint of arrogance from his victory, and he was so friendly and amiable.

The more they looked, the more they felt that they had been blind to cheer for that Zhang guy instead of this student from the School of Mathematics. Their eyes had truly been wasted before.

The students from the School of Mechanical Engineering also felt ashamed and disgraced, hastily packing up their things and preparing to leave. Only a student council officer stayed, preparing to go on stage to collect the award certificate.

Xiao Yi had noticed what was going on too, but he had not the slightest bit of sympathy for that Zhang surname. As for such a person, he wasn’t worthy of any sympathy at all. Just for his rough action in pushing away that person from his school, Xiao Yi felt that his actions just now were entirely correct!

For such an unrefined, uncultivated, narrow-minded person, he didn’t think he deserved to place in the top three of the competition. He even felt some regret that he hadn’t struck harder to ensure that he wouldn’t be able to get up and be completely out of the top six!

As for the School of Mechanical Engineering, he felt no pity either. Everyone should be responsible for their own actions, and similarly, an institution should be responsible for its actions.

Since they admitted such a student and even initially took pride in him, then it was only natural that they should feel ashamed for him too!

The resentful glance that Zhang surname cast him when leaving, Xiao Yi saw it all too clearly, but he didn’t take it to heart at all. If he knew what was good for him and didn’t come looking for trouble again, that would be the end of it. But if he dared to keep making unwarranted trouble, seeking Xiao Yi’s issues, that would definitely be a death wish!

"Classmate Xiao, you were amazing. This is the latest energy drink, here, have a sip to replenish your energy."

A female student from the School of Mathematics bashfully handed Xiao Yi a bottle of drink, her eyes shy and timid, but her large eyes were intently fixed on Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi’s performance today had many girls’ eyes shining brightly.

Some girls nearby, who wanted to approach but didn’t have the courage, looked at this girl with envy.

"Classmate, there’s no need for that, I’m not that tired..."

Xiao Yi, who had seen fierce sword fights, walked through gunfire, conversed with the Grim Reaper, and slept with corpses, had encountered many important people and big scenes, but when had he ever seen such a spectacle? Seeing this girl whom he didn’t even know looking at him with watery big eyes as if about to cry, his head suddenly felt too big, his face turned panicked, his cheeks reddened to the ears, he kept waving his hands, and his feet kept retreating backward.

"How can you not be tired? You’ve just run such a long distance, you must be tired..."

But this girl obviously went all out, or rather, seeing Xiao Yi’s expression, she felt even more like she had an opening. Watching his movements, she also took a step and moved over with enthusiasm again.

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