The student stared in astonishment at the alloy revolver in Lin Ran's hand, his eyeballs nearly popping out.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he last saw an alloy weapon after enrolling.
Even the most struggling awakened ones couldn't possibly be unable to afford a Bronze-grade magic-infused weapon, right?!
Alloy weapons, those were for ordinary people to use!
This student from Qingjing Yan Yun University was clearly looking down on him, intending to humiliate him by using an alloy weapon to fight him!
Thinking of this, the student's anger surged.
Good! Very good! Excellent!
Even if I can't defeat you, I'll make you pay a heavy price for your excessive arrogance!
What era is it, still using alloy weapons!
Then, before his anger could fully ignite, it was extinguished.
Because... the countdown ended.
The alloy revolver in Lin Ran's hand, precisely at the end of the countdown, spewed a dazzling flame.
The speed at which the bullet left the barrel was so fast it made one doubt if it was actually a high-level magic-infused equipment!
Bang!
The bullet hit the student's head with unerring accuracy, stunning him and successfully triggering his emergency protection.
Thus, bathed in green light, he was transported to another arena.
Lin Ran, meanwhile, continued to wait here for new challengers.
In fact, because Lin Ran finished so quickly and couldn't find a new match immediately, he had to wait here for a short while.
The next person to be teleported in was a short-haired girl.
She too began to look displeased upon seeing Lin Ran's team uniform.
For contestants like them, encountering a student from a prestigious university was like being served a death sentence.
This time, Lin Ran didn't stick to his alloy revolver but swapped his weapon from the Ring of Souls to an alloy Tang saber.
Similarly, at the end of the countdown, the short-haired girl fell victim to Lin Ran's rapid charge and horizontal slash, and was sent to the next match.
"A bit too fragile... I haven't even started using my strength yet!"
Lin Ran couldn't remember how long it had been since he encountered such weak opponents, and for a moment, he felt a sense of disorientation.
The reason he hadn't used the Golden Dragon Spear, activated the Eternal Mangekyo, deployed the Room domain, summoned the King's Treasury, or manifested the Golden Dragon Martial Soul was precisely because he feared the fight would be too boring.
Yet, even without them, it was still like cutting through vegetables.
It made sense, of course. His closest sparring partners were Luo Qingyan, who possessed dual SSS-grade talents, a top-tier bloodline perfectly suited to both, and an epic-grade special equipment, the Angel's Heart.
When hunting in forbidden zones, he faced swarms of ferocious and brutal Tier 3-4 and Tier 4-5 beasts and alien races.
The weakest opponents he encountered within Yan University were heirs from influential families with SSS-grade talents – and he often fought multiple at once.
It was indeed too much to ask for these ordinary students to pose any obstruction or trouble for him in a one-on-one fight...
The third student to be teleported in wasn't as tense and fearful as the previous two.
Upon seeing Lin Ran's team uniform, he actually became excited and recognized who Lin Ran was.
Thus, throughout the countdown, he delivered impassioned speeches about his courage and readiness to face strong opponents.
Unfortunately, Lin Ran had no interest in his rambling. Precisely at the moment the countdown ended, he used a newly acquired alloy war hammer to smash him out of the arena.
Even as it ended, echoes of his speech could still be heard from this arena!
It was truly as if his voice and spirit were still present...
The spectators' stands.
Because of Lin Ran's earlier boast that had made him famous, his performance was naturally the most anticipated.
Those who could directly see Lin Ran's arena naturally got their fill.
As for those who couldn't, they would generally use their bio-chips to get a peek.
And then, they witnessed a truly astonishing scene.
Lin Ran, switching between completely different weapons, consecutively and instantly eliminated three opponents with different attack angles.
These three contestants, not counting the pre-match countdown, didn't even last a combined total of five seconds.
A gun, a saber, a hammer...
A clean, swift, and decisive set of unbeatable consecutive wins, KOing three competitors!
"What is this? It's like playing father and son!"
"He's already done it again? My god... such terrifying speed and attack power!"
"Damn it, if this arena wasn't personally approved by the Dragon Country's Supreme Council, I'd suspect something was wrong with the arena itself!"
"Yeah, it's like the arena AI is malfunctioning, the opponents just shatter on contact and are immediately declared defeated!"
"It's actually reasonable... this speed that's unnervingly fast must also have terrifying attack power!"
"Damn! It's just too fast... I didn't even see what happened before it was all over, I didn't get my fill!"
"..."
The onlookers marveled at these scenes, their mouths hanging open.
They had witnessed powerful students dominating weaker ones in previous years.
But never had they seen someone like Lin Ran, who only needed an instant to defeat an opponent.
At the very least, wouldn't they need to display some elements of their talent abilities?
How could someone like Lin Ran simply crush opponents with raw physical strength alone?
Even more outrageously, Lin Ran was utilizing only the most common alloy equipment that everyone could afford, clearly holding back.
Now, a large number of people could understand why Lin Ran had been so arrogant during his interviews.
If they were honest with themselves at this moment, they would all reach the same conclusion...
If they had Lin Ran's strength, they would be even more arrogant than him!
People cheered, roared, and spread Lin Ran's fame.
Driven by the psychology of admiring strength, many were conquered by Lin Ran's powerful performance and involuntarily sided with him.
As for the unwavering opposition who targeted Lin Ran, seeing him briefly dominate, they could only grit their teeth in their hearts.
"Just you wait! You'll get yours eventually!"
"It's nothing special to just beat these non-prestigious school students, he's at best a bully of the weak!"
"Exactly, once someone truly skilled shows up later, let's see how arrogant you still are!"
"Hurry up and arrange a strong opponent for this guy! Let's curb this fellow's arrogance!"
"..."
Although those people hoped for it, they never succeeded.
Lin Ran continued his brutal spree, defeating a total of nine people, before finally encountering a worthy opponent...
His team uniform bore the maple-leaf yellow of Xiang Chu University!