Sun was transported to a plain terrain. There was nothing but meadows around him.
A second later, his opponent appeared.
The participants can't see or hear the spectators or their parents since it would interrupt the battle.
Therefore the participants are relocated to a different place in order to fight.
The spectators can see them fighting from all angles since there are invisible cameras everywhere.
"Ha, nice to meet you, trash.", Radal Slaw could not hold in those words.
"Likewise.", Sun said and did not seem to be affected by the insult.
"I've researched you. You're only a Beginner 3. I'm Intermediate Rank... This is going to be an easy win.", he said and smiled like a villain.
"A pretty ruthless fellow we have here, huh?", Sun provoked him lightly.
"Huh? Shut up trash. You can't even cultivate properly, how can you insult me?", Radal said.
"It seems we can't compromise. Let's speak with fists rather than words. This is a tournament after all.", Sun said and smiled coldly at Radal.
"What's this pressure?! Killing Intent?", Radal was confused for a second.
"No, it can't be. He's only a beginner 3. Even if this information is wrong, which two months difference, he can only have reached Intermediate Rank 1. I'm Intermediate Rank 3, so no worries!", he thought and calmed himself down.
"3 2 1 Start!"
"Here I come little trash bag, let me show you how to burn off trash like you.", he said and summoned his Soul Origin.
"Fire Dragon Fist."
Red flamed engulfed the arms of Radal, increasing his power level by twofold.
"Here I come. See if you can dodge this."
Radal punched with a fast and steady pace, always staying in the offense leaving nearly no openings for his opponents.
"Nine Heaven Arts: Tiger Punching Technique.", Sun activated Arcas Form as well in order to think at a much faster pace.
"Left in coming, dodged. Right one is a feint, coming from below."
Sun could clearly see all moved made by Radal. Soon, he figued out his attack pattern and could predict his attacks.
"Damn, why can't I hit this guy. It's almost like he's ... predicting.", Radal could not believe that trash like him had that kind of skill.
"Well, I guess he only got brains but no power. Ha, power is absolute here. Try to predict and avoid this.", he thought.
"Red Dragon's breath.", Radal pulled back and created some distance between them in order to charge up for the attack.
A heatwave was coming from Radal's mouth, then a large fireball was shoot to Sun.
The grass around the fireball scorched immediately leaving nothing but a pile of dust behind.
"So this is an Intermediate Level Soul Origin Spell. Not bad.", Sun thought.
"But not enough to destroy me. Nine Heaven Arts: Dark Bear Body."
The dark energy surrounded Sun as he used this Heavenly Martial Art.
The Nine Heaven Art use animal abilities as a base and all kinds of elements can be added to further enhance the martial art.
The dark energy absorbed the fireball like a black hole, leaving nothing behind.
"What? Not even a scratch?", Radal was surprised.
"Well. Not bad. Now my turn.", Sun said calmly.
A dark aura surrounded Sun and gave off a killing aura. If Sun was inside a forest now, every animal would've fled.
"Wait, don't come near me. I'm the Son of the Slaw family. One of the five great families. If you harm me, I won't let you off hook so easily.",he said.
"Huh?! Trying to threaten me with your status? Hiding behind your mother like a baby?", Sun provoked him.
"YOU-"
Before he could even finish his sentence, Sun flash stepped in front of him and knocked him out by striking his neck.
"Radal Slaw is unconscious, unable to continue. The winner is Sun Reed."
Pff, too easy." Sun thought.
...
In the VIP Room, a tall man stood up quickly and left after seeing Radal losing.
On the way the door he murmured: "Stupid Son, I need to give him a beating today! Embarrassing me today like this!"
"Ha... Mr. Slaw is easy to lose temper after seeing his Sun losing."
The head of the Herla Family, Sana Herla, commented.
"Indeed.", the head of the Fu Family, Zan, added.
Those two are the heads of one of the five great families in Esperia.
"By the way, you son won as well, Honzo." Zan said.
A tall and muscular man with long hair stepped forward.
"He, only to be expected of my first son, Darius Yao."
"Well, he's the strongest of the young generation after all.", Herla said.
"But this boy, his name was Sun Reed, right? He didn't even use his Soul Origin to fight Radal. He relied solely on Martial Arts. Even though I've never seen this kind of strange Martial Art, he seems to be very interesting.", Zan said.
"Hmph, look at his poor cultivations level, only Beginner 3. It was only through his Martial Arts that he won, otherwise in a showcase of magic power, this Sun Reed would've lost.", Honzo Yao commented.
"Well, well, Honzo. Don't be so fast judging him. I'm quite interested in this fellow. Even beating an Intermediate Rank with only Martial Arts and with a lesser Cultivation Rank...", Sana said.
...
"This concludes today's preliminary battles. The next battles will be held in two days. Out of 500 participants, 250 passed today's one-on-one fights. The next event will be 'Capture the Flag' ", the moderator from before came up the stage.
...
Everyone left shortly after and the full stadium was now empty.
"Sun, how did you do that?", Minerva asked.
She saw the match and didn't recognize the Martial Art. Sun should be still at the peak of Beginner 3, so how was he able to beat someone of the Intermediate Rank? The only plausible answer to that question was the Martial Art Sun used.
"Confidential.", Sun smiled.
"Confidential my ass. Tsk, I give up. Just be sure to rest well. The NFT is only beginning.", Minerva said.
"I know, don't worry. I know my limits very well.", Sun said.