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Chapter 137 - 137 112 Victory or Defeat

137: Chapter 112: Victory or Defeat 137: Chapter 112: Victory or Defeat Even with an icy skin and jade-like bones, Le Mulan still felt as if her body was about to melt at this moment.

The power within her body, urged by the medicine, burst forth like lava, making her figure rush forward like a gust of wind.

Neither Purple Cloud High School, Purple Cloud Pharmaceutical, nor her family had spared any resources in this competition and the upcoming new technology publicity.

This made Le Mulan feel a burden she had never experienced before.

But she didn’t mind this burden.

The care from the family, the investment from her parents, her brother’s guidance…

all these gave her a life of a favored child since childhood.

Because her genes, her talents were regarded as the most outstanding after repeated testing.

Thus, she continued to receive, continued to be cared for, and continued to be treated with various favorable conditions…

This also kept a certain hustle in Le Mulan’s heart.

She hoped to let everyone in the family know, to make those siblings who were screened out understand.

She was worth this investment.

And in this breakthrough of body refining technology, in the technical combat extension of the company, she finally had the opportunity to prove herself to the family and pay back to her parents.

Le Mulan stared intensely at the distant Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu.

“Originally thought I could be second…”

With a swoosh, Le Mulan leaped past Bai Zhenzhen.

“This distance…” Continuing to stare at Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan gritted her teeth in her heart: “Too hard to catch up…

No, I must at least try…”

Just then, Le Mulan suddenly noticed with surprise a shadow appear beside her.

“Someone caught up?”

“Who?”

“Song Halong?”

But seeing the slender figure, Le Mulan knew it wasn’t.

“Then that’s…

Bai Zhenzhen?”

Seemingly not expecting that the figure she leapt over would catch up, a trace of surprise flashed across Le Mulan’s face.

“She can actually keep up?”

And on the other side, Bai Zhenzhen felt an intense tearing pain coming from multiple parts of her body under the wild wind, and her internal organs were bearing enormous pressure.

Unlike Zhang Yu, who just relied on deep excavation of his body and could explode with physical strength beyond the limits without taking much medicine.

Although Bai Zhenzhen had achieved a portion of Red Marrow Primordial Qi exercise effects through Spirit Root during this time, she ultimately couldn’t reach Zhang Yu’s level.

So, before the competition started, she injected herself with 12 needles, which was where the pressure on her internal organs came from.

But after accelerating with Zhang Yu, with the continuous acceleration of blood circulation and the full exertion of her muscles, she felt the scars on her body becoming more painful.

So she didn’t continue to run with full force, instead choosing to maintain her position at third.

“Anyway, I can’t catch up with Yu Xinghan, leave this guy to Yu Zi.”

“I need to maintain my physical state, can’t get injured before the next round…”

But just as Bai Zhenzhen thought so, Le Mulan caught up.

Bai Zhenzhen understood that she couldn’t have the thought of conserving strength anymore.

“Yu Zi will defeat Yu Xinghan and take first place.”

“At the very least, I must maintain third, or else he’d laugh at me.”

Upon seeing Bai Zhenzhen’s entire body emanate streams of heat, under the fierce exertion of her muscles, her scars gradually turned crimson, like dragon claws, continuously tearing at her body, bringing a flesh-tearing pain.

Feeling Bai Zhenzhen, who kept trying to catch up, Le Mulan accelerated desperately trying to shake her off.

“How can I lose to this poor person?”

“I want everyone in the family to know, the money invested in me is not wasted.”

Bai Zhenzhen fiercely chased after Le Mulan, their two figures sweeping the track, the winds they raised clashing, seemingly sparking electricity and fire.

“I want to join the Top Ten with Yu Zi!”

The red scars on Bai Zhenzhen’s body became even more enchanting, seeming to drip blood under her full acceleration, continuously transmitting a tearing pain like flesh being ripped apart.

“Damn…

should’ve not saved on painkillers…”

Anger surged in her heart, Bai Zhenzhen brutally pushed her increasingly painful body, forcing herself against Le Mulan in the last 500 meters.

Roar!

With a roar from both of them in their hearts, there was only one thought left in their minds.

Surpass the opponent!

I want to surpass the opponent!

In the next moment, under Le Mulan’s shocked gaze, Bai Zhenzhen crossed her body, returning to third place.

But when Bai Zhenzhen looked ahead with excitement, she found Zhang Yu’s speed slightly slowing down.

Originally running side by side like two streaks of lightning, Zhang Yu, and Yu Xinghan had already decided the outcome.

Swoosh!

Ultimately, Yu Xinghan crossed the finish line first.

Zhang Yu followed closely, his face pale as he stopped after crossing the finish line.

Bai Zhenzhen, the third to cross, ran up to Zhang Yu with concern, “What’s wrong?”

Zhang Yu shook his head, indicating he was fine.

Zhang Yu felt the position of his heart, having pushed to the limit time and time again in the race with Yu Xinghan.

He felt his heartbeat accelerating, as if it was about to explode out of his chest.

The beating of the heart seemed already unable to keep up with Zhang Yu’s demand on his body, unable to satisfy his will’s command for physical explosion.

But under such circumstances, under the stress of the duel, and under Zhang Yu’s continued intense exertion, he could feel his heart breaking through what normally would take days, smashing its limits.

The cost was wear and tear on the heart muscle in this bout, causing him to fall behind Yu Xinghan in the final sprint.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “It’s like muscles breaking through limits during training need growth and recovery to become stronger.”

“My heart may have broken through under this pressure, but it doesn’t strengthen out of nowhere; it needs time and resources to repair and grow stronger…”

At this moment, Zhang Yu only felt an extreme hunger from his body.

He needed to eat a lot, replenish the nutrients consumed in the race, and his heart freshly breached, yearned for nourishment, to grow stronger.

“Breaking the limit is just breaking the limit.”

Zhang Yu thought while touching his chest, “Real growth does not come without a basis of materials and energy.

My heart now wants a lot of nutrition and food to become stronger.”

“And then match it with Red Marrow Primordial Qi, accelerate digestion and growth.”

The level 10 Red Marrow Primordial Qi granted Zhang Yu a powerful metabolism and digestion ability, one of the reasons for the rapid increase in his physical strength.

On the other side, Yu Xinghan glanced coldly at Zhang Yu, thinking to himself, “Was the slowdown at the end due to the effect wearing off or the side effects?”

Although he understood that the opponent likely took some potent medicine to keep up with him, being matched by a student from Songyang High School, especially one whose Golden Core disciple position he took, left Yu Xinghan feeling a strong sense of displeasure.

“Seems I was a bit too careless.”

“Next round, I should take some medication myself.”

And when the surrounding cameras focused on him, Yu Xinghan instantly smiled, “Everyone, remember to keep an eye on Immortal Rhythm Group’s xenogeneic muscle surgery next month…”

After leaving the arena, Yu Xinghan connected to a call from Li Xuelian.

Li Xuelian was the daughter of Master Xinghuo and nominally Yu Xinghan’s senior sister.

Upon hearing Li Xuelian’s inquiry, Yu Xinghan reported his results, “I secured first place in the first three events.”

“Taking first in the last event won’t be a problem.”

“Rest assured, senior sister, the Immortal Rhythm contract won’t have issues.”

“Who else but me can be first place in this physical competition’s total score?”

…

In the stands.

Le Jingchen’s face was somewhat unsightly, only because Le Mulan failed to make it into the top three, ranking just fourth.

Instead, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, relying on some technology or powerful medicine, squeezed into the top three positions.

Especially Zhang Yu, who even ran side by side with Yu Xinghan for a while.

Although it had much to do with Yu Xinghan’s intentional withdrawal, it was enough to attract countless attention, completely stealing Le Mulan’s thunder.

“Songyang High School…”

Thinking of how Purple Cloud High School’s limelight was snatched by Songyang High School, a cold light flashed in Le Jingchen’s eyes.

At the next moment, as his phone vibrated, a series of messages came through.

Le Jingchen glanced over the phone screen, thinking, “Zhou Family’s Zhou Chechen and Lan Family’s Lanling all say there’s no tech breakthrough at Songyang High School?”

“And say this Zhang Yu…

is the dog of Bai Long Zhang Pianpian?”

Le Jingchen’s mind shifted, “Is it White Dragon High School…

Immortal Rhythm Group?

Is it Immortal Rhythm Group’s little actions?”

He turned his head sharply towards the big screen, thinking, “If this Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen are also using Immortal Rhythm Group’s technology, wouldn’t there be five people from Immortal Rhythm Group in the top ten ranking?”

Le Jingchen seemed to already see the conclusion of the sports event, with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s backing technology exposed, White Dragon and Immortal Rhythm Group become the biggest winners.

…

After the third gym competition, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen immediately rushed to the buffet area.

With a pale face, Zhang Yu said as he walked, “Azhen, I need to eat more, then use my technique to digest and strengthen my heart, so that in the next round, I can perfectly display my physical strength to defeat Yu Xinghan.”

Bai Zhenzhen frowned and said, “Even if we take first place in the next round, it’s still not enough for the total score to be first, right?”

The gym competition consists of four races, with Physical Strength accounting for 50 points, Agility 75 points, Speed 75 points, and the final Strength section 150 points.

Bai Zhenzhen felt that with Yu Xinghan taking first in the first three rounds, even if Zhang Yu scored 150 in the fourth, he still couldn’t catch up.

“So not only do we need to take 1st place, but also need to widen the gap in the strength section.”

“Yu Xinghan now has a perfect score of 200 points for the first three rounds, while I have 191 points.”

Zhang Yu said sternly, “The score is based on performance in the competition.

If I take first, getting 150 points, and perform stronger than Yu Xinghan in the next strength game, his score will naturally be lower.”

“To beat him, he must be suppressed below 141 points or lead him by more than 9 points.”

Hearing this, Bai Zhenzhen felt a boundless difficulty.

“In a contest with a total score of 150, leading a monster like Yu Xinghan by more than 9 points?

Is it possible?”

Zhang Yu said, “Whether it’s possible or not, one must try.”

“Moreover, to allow contestants who just fully exerted themselves to gain ample rest, recovering their physical strength and energy, there is a 1.5-hour rest period before the next round, within this time we can do a lot.”

So after arriving at the buffet area, Bai Zhenzhen brought plate after plate of food for Zhang Yu, watching him engulf it all hastily.