"Roar, roar, roar!" the Stone Giant bellowed fiercely.
Its palm, while swinging towards Jia Yan, actually started to enlarge.
In an instant, it swelled to twice its size, casting a terrifying shadow over Jia Yan’s body.
However, Jia Yan’s speed continued to act as his best evaporating agent, as the opponent’s attack smashed down, his speed in the air suddenly surged again.
The mountain-like giant hand smashed onto the ground.
With the Stone Giant temporarily unable to counterattack, Jia Yan instantly seized the opportunity, his foreleg shooting out fiercely towards the adversary’s head.
This time, he used more power than before, previously it was fifty percent of his strength, but now it was seventy percent!
The Stone Giant on the ground, its eyes glimpsing this scene, felt its soul shudder in terror!
Jia Yan’s strike was clearly more powerful, the previous hit already felt strenuous to defend against, and now this even more potent attack, it knew it couldn’t block!
And at this moment, the Mantis Referee directly intervened.
"So this is what it feels like when the Mantis Referee makes a move!" Jia Yan had long anticipated this outcome, so his gaze had always been on the Mantis Referee aside.
One could only see the Mantis Referee pushing off fiercely from the ground with several of its legs, its wings spread open at this moment, perhaps out of habit, or perhaps to maintain balance.
In any case, his speed at this moment actually broke through Jia Yan’s line of sight, impossibly fast.
But Jia Yan, in this moment, carefully perceiving, was still able to sense the approach of this Strong One within his sensory organs.
In his Compound Eyes, a trace of joy suddenly appeared.
No matter the opponent, there are always specific methods to counter them; even the most terrifying existence can become familiar over time. Although one may never overcome them in a lifetime, familiarity with such a being increases, and with even a slight improvement in strength, the challenge of defeating them becomes not so difficult after all.
These past few days, Jia Yan was constantly sensing the power of the referee Strong One, and now that his own strength had improved, he could actually sense the opponent’s movements.
"It seems I am not entirely without some power to fight back? Of course, the gap is still too great right now."
Just as Jia Yan was sensing all this, he felt an immense object that had suddenly arrived in front of his foreleg, blocking his path.
The Mantis Referee had arrived.
Even though Jia Yan had expected this, in that moment, the tip of his foreleg still exerted a slight force, thrusting forward fiercely!
A faint sound emanated from where the two made contact.
"Alright, the winner has been decided."
The voice of the Mantis Referee sounded before him.
But within his eyes looking at Jia Yan, there was a deep surprise.
As a Mid-term Powerhouse in the Starry Sky, always on the verge of stepping into the high ranks, he had not much regard for this flying creature, whose fame was high, thinking of him just as an Early-stage contestant.
Yet, this individual’s consecutive performances also surprised him. Having interacted with Jia Yan several times, he could make a rough judgment about Jia Yan’s actual strength. However, seeing Jia Yan’s large-scale enhancement of his strength in successive battles, especially at this moment, he finally felt a hint of threat from Jia Yan’s power.
You must know, this Strong One was about to reach the High-tier Star Space Level, standing at the very peak of the Starry Sky. But to block Jia Yan’s strike, he actually felt somewhat strained!
Looking at the surface of his foreleg, which Big Mosquito had pierced with a deep groove, his expression became stern.
Jia Yan hopped backward, directly thanking the referee.
He had gotten the answer he sought and naturally behaved a bit more meekly. At least for now, his strength was far inferior to that of his adversary.
With an inscrutable gaze, the referee stared at Jia Yan for quite some time before finally withdrawing his look.
"This round, Jia Yan wins!" he declared.
Wow. At the edges of the competition arena and in the stands, a tumultuous cheer erupted.
They didn’t expect that this Early Stage Powerhouse, already a sensation, merely a hired aid, could actually defeat a Middle-order Powerhouse, and not just any powerhouse, but one from the Zeji Team—a not ordinary Strong One.
"This Jia Yan, where does his strength truly lie? Does he even have a limit?" The Four-eyed Monster in the audience was astounded as well. He thought he had known quite a lot about Jia Yan before, but now seeing him easily defeat the Stone Giant whom he had previously been unable to beat just added to the ambiguity surrounding Jia Yan’s strength.
"How impressive, even the strong ones in the contestant seats started to fear Jia Yan’s capabilities, imagining that Jia Yan hadn’t even utilized his full strength. If he were to unleash his full potential, then probably most Middle-period Powerhouses would find it difficult to be his match!"
And all this depended on how much strength Jia Yan was still holding back!
"Alright, Zeji Team, send out your next contestant." The Mantis Referee didn’t give everyone much time to reflect and immediately announced the start of the next battle.