"What do you mean by that?" Gideon King couldn't help but freeze for a moment. Seeing Fly's calm and composed demeanor, a trace of unease rose faintly in his heart. His eyes flickered slightly, and a layer of cold sweat seeped from his palms.

  He possessed the Golden Draconian, a top-tier Beast Totem, and held Totem Armament warrior gear custom-made by Hyson Industries. From the beginning of the engagement until now, Fly had clearly been suppressed completely.

  But now... where was this guy getting his confidence from?

  "Hmph, are you trying to scare me?" Gideon snorted coldly, recovering his arrogant and bossy attitude. He felt Fly was merely bluffing, putting up a desperate struggle in his death throes.

  Fly was already the last contestant for Star City High.

  Once he was eliminated, the entire competition would be over. The championship would ultimately belong to him, to Ironpeak Academy!

  "Hmph, do you think I'll be intimidated by your empty bluster, giving you time to catch your breath and come up with some other trick to turn the tables?"

  "Stop dreaming, Fly. I won't give you any chances!"

  Gideon spoke with absolute conviction.

  Leaving aside the fact that Fly had been hit by his electric current multiple times and suffered significant injuries; even if Fly really tried any petty tricks, don't forget that the Competition Committee was on his side. If Fly made any move that even slightly violated the rules, the Referee Committee sitting at the technical table would immediately stop the match and judge Fly as the loser.

  Gideon was very reassured about this point. Before taking the stage, he had already "greased the palms" of the people on the Referee Committee.

  But who would have known that facing the aggressive Gideon King, Fly just smiled gently and then said slowly, "Well then, let me show you."

  "The true horror of the cockroach—"

  As he spoke, a faint light flickered at Fly's side. Immediately after, a pitch-black behemoth suddenly appeared behind Gideon King.

  The low, cold, and gloomy sound sent a shiver directly down Gideon's spine.

  He turned around subconsciously, only to see a gigantic creature, huddled on six legs with two sky-piercing antennae on its head, looking down at him.

  A cockroach!

  A super-giant cockroach!

  One of the creatures that humanity has feared the most for ages!

  Its forelimbs rubbed constantly in front of its head, and its massive mandibles opened and closed. The huge shadow it cast on the ground firmly shrouded Gideon's entire body!

  Gideon King, standing nearly 1.8 meters tall, looked like an infant standing at the feet of an adult in front of this gigantic cockroach.

  Gideon's eyes instantly widened as large as car headlights, and he hissed through his teeth, sucking in cold air incessantly.

  But apart from Gideon and Fly, everyone else on the scene was confused by this sight.

  Jude also revealed a puzzled expression, exchanged a glance with Leah, and asked in confusion, "What exactly is wrong with Contestant Gideon?"

  "Why did he suddenly turn his head and start gasping for air over there?"

  "And he seems to be trembling."

  "All that imposing momentum from just now is gone."

  ...

  A burst of discussion also erupted in the audience seats. Everyone was incredibly baffled by Gideon's "sudden seizure."

  Just a moment ago, they thought Fly had been driven to a dead end by Gideon, and the outcome was set. But in the blink of an eye, Gideon suddenly turned around and kept gasping at the empty space behind him. This was truly too bizarre!

  Spectators took out their phones one after another to take photos and record videos to post online. Most of the titles were along the lines of "Shocking! Ironpeak Academy's Golden Boy Suddenly Has a Seizure on the Arena!" Regardless of the actual situation, they had to grab the internet traffic first.

  The originally solemn audience seats instantly turned into a sea of joy.

  "Does this Gideon King have epilepsy?" Leah, who held a grudge against Gideon in her heart, didn't forget to seize the opportunity to dig at him with a few sarcastic words.

  "It's truly unbelievable. To think such a scene would occur on the arena of the Freshman Invitational," the veteran commentator remained bewildered by the event.

  ...

  Inside the Star City High contestant rest area.

  'Emperor' Valerius looked at the broadcast on the screen, his eyes revealing seventy percent confusion, twenty percent playfulness, and ten percent happiness. He turned to look at Dean Sterling and asked, "This is..."

  "It's Fly's unique Psychic Assault," Dean Sterling adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses with his finger and said calmly.

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  "Psychic Assault? You mean..." A look of shock appeared in 'Emperor' Valerius's eyes.

  "Correct," Dean Sterling replied. "Manipulating his own psychic energy to invade the opponent's Spirit, thereby causing the other party to see hallucinations that do not belong to the real world. Since Fly only invaded Gideon King's Spirit, the hallucinations Fly created can only be seen by him alone."

  Dean Sterling paused for a moment, his eyes looking again at Gideon King, who was constantly gasping in the broadcast, as if admiring some exquisite painting. After a while, he continued, "Fly's constant show of weakness just now was waiting for the moment when Gideon was fully satisfied and arrogant. A person's psychological defenses are often weakest at moments of extreme sorrow or extreme joy. No, rather than saying Fly was waiting for this moment, it's better to say he was actively 'manufacturing' this moment."

  "Using the opponent's personality to create a trap? Just like during the Power Assessment Test. Fly, that wily fox," 'Emperor' Valerius teased with admiration.

  "Then next..."

  "Yes, next is the moment to launch that final strike."

  ...

  On the competition field, Gideon King's mouth gaped into an 'O' shape, standing stiffly on the spot. A string of crystal-clear saliva flowed down from the corner of his mouth and hung on the back of his hand.

  And not far away, Fly was already flashing with electric light all over his body. He raised the black sickle and pounced fiercely towards Gideon.

  It happened faster than words could describe...

  Gideon King, with his back to Fly, actually spread his arms rapidly without even turning his head. Violent electric currents burst from his body, forming the Voltaic Field once again, blocking Fly's attack.

  Gideon raised an eyebrow. "Hey! Do you take me for a fool? I told you earlier that I had uploaded massive amounts of warrior combat data into my brain via a brain-computer interface! How could your petty Psychic Assault deceive me? I was just putting on a show just now, beating you at your own game. You're still a bit too green to fight with me!"

  Gideon revealed a smug expression of satisfaction again. His Voltaic Field firmly blocked the chop of Fly's sickle. His brows danced with joy, fully believing that Fly was at his wit's end and victory was in the bag.

  But in the next second...

  A deafening thunderclap rang out. At the same time, a terrifying wave of air rose with him as the center, sweeping out in all directions.

  "You... what are you doing?" Gideon said in panic. He felt that Fly was actually channeling electric current into his body.

  "Heh heh," Fly smiled brightly. "You did such ample preparation work, you should know that my Thunder-Roach is also of the electric attribute, right?"

  "Moreover, if I guessed correctly, the bone plates on your back are 'batteries' that store electrical energy, right?"

  Gideon spun around abruptly, his face pale as a sheet.

  While "admiring" Gideon's expression, Fly said slowly, "If this battery is subjected to high-voltage input and output simultaneously, what do you say will happen to it?"

  Gideon was terrified to the extreme. "What... what do you want to do?"

  At this moment, he was caught between a rock and a hard place. If he withdrew the Voltaic Field, Fly's fierce and unstoppable black sickle would chop down; if he continued to maintain the Voltaic Field, then Fly would continue, even at higher voltage, to channel current into him.

  And just as Fly expected, the bone plates on his back were indeed the source of his power. Imagine, if a battery undergoes high-voltage input and output at the same time, there is only one result—Bang

  What to do?

  Gideon was not an idle person after all. He quickly forced himself to calm down. At this moment, he sharply observed that Fly's skin was slowly turning red, and white smoke was even rising from some places.

  "Heh, under the output of my Voltaic Field's current, you're not feeling too good either, right?" Gideon laughed again.

  Fly raised an eyebrow. "What do you think?"

  "Then let's see who is faster!" Gideon roared and rapidly increased the current output. There was only one thing in his mind: as long as he could electrocute Fly into unconsciousness before Fly released a stronger current, then the victory of this match would still be his.

  Of course, this was very risky. Releasing a stronger current meant that the bone plates on his back would increase their output. If Fly took the opportunity to increase the current input at this time, then there would really be danger.

  However, it was the best solution at the moment. It was a high-stakes gamble to snatch victory from the jaws of danger. It was a contest of who was faster, a contest of whose guts were bigger!

  But Gideon was ultimately one step too slow. How could the meticulous Fly let such a good opportunity slip away?

  Just at the instant Gideon released a powerful current wanting to attack Fly, Fly's mouth moved.

  "Goodbye."

  This was the last word Gideon heard before losing consciousness.

  BOOM!

  Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gideon King's body suddenly exploded. A mass of thick blood mist scattered, looking like an exquisitely beautiful cherry blossom tree. Subsequently, tiny beads of blood in the mist fell flutteringly. Looking from afar, it seemed as if blood-colored snow was falling on the arena.

  Gideon spun as he flew out backward, landing straight on the grass outside the arena. His entire upper body was embedded directly into the grass, while his two legs swayed up and down like windshield wipers.

  Before long, a wisp of black smoke slowly floated up from his body.

  The discussions of the audience came to an abrupt halt.

  The entire stadium instantly fell into a deathly silence.

  Fly put his hands in his pockets, restoring his previous calm and breezy appearance, as if what he had just experienced was nothing of consequence.

  "After all that plotting, you were still one move behind." Fly whispered softly, looking at Gideon's constantly swaying legs.

  That insufferably arrogant Gideon King was now planted in the soil like a big radish.

  "Referee, you can announce the result of the match now, right?" Fly turned around, looked at Referee Carlos, and said softly.

  "Huh?" Carlos was stunned.

  The whole process was simply too rapid. From Gideon drooling and playing dumb to now being blasted away and buried in the soil, less than a minute had passed in total.

  Such a sudden change in the situation in such a short time left Referee Carlos unable to recover his senses for a moment.

  Gideon King, who originally held all the advantages, was actually insta-killed just like that?

  Gulp.

  Carlos swallowed a mouthful of saliva in disbelief before slowly announcing to the audience seats: "The winner of this match is..."

  "Star City High, Fly!"

  As Carlos shouted this sentence loudly, thunderous applause immediately erupted from the audience seats!

  "Fly!"

  "Fly!"

  "Fly!"

  ...

  Immediately after, wave after wave of shouts followed. Everyone was excitedly cheering Fly's name.

  Because for the audience, Fly was not just the winner of this match.

  He had proved one thing to everyone even more.

  Even an ordinary person from a humble background like Fly could defeat a rich person like Gideon King!

  "Let us congratulate Fly for leading Star City High to win the championship of this year's Freshman Invitational!"

  Commentator Leah clapped her hands excitedly.

  "Fly is the champion!"

  "Star City High is the champion!"

  "Let us congratulate Star City High for successfully defending their title once again!" Commentator Jude also shouted excitedly, pushing the atmosphere inside the stadium to a climax.

  "Fly, congratulations!"

  'Emperor' Valerius ran out from the preparation tunnel and hugged Fly excitedly.

  Dean Sterling stood in the distance, looking at Fly, applauding with gratification.

  "Uh, is it necessary to be so excited?" Fly pushed 'Emperor' Valerius away with a look of "disdain." He really didn't understand why this aloof noble young master suddenly became so emotional.

  Fly thought somewhat helplessly.

  However...

  Fly looked at Gideon King, who was still planted in the soil.