[Silent Touch] was the technique that Regina taught Liu Ying to fight against the Blight (Devourers).
This technique was created by a powerful Valkyrie to face the Devourers. It turned Psychic Energy (or mana) and physical strength into pure kinetic energy and transferred it to her opponent without touching him.
The theory behind this technique was not very complicated, so Liu Ying reached initial mastery of it quickly. But at the same time, [Silent Touch] was a very deep technique.
At the highest mastery, it could ignore most kinds of defenses, be used from long distances, and even use Kinetic Energy as a defensive barrier.
Unfortunately, Liu Ying was far from reaching this level.
But even so, after months of polishing and training [Silent Touch], she had achieved great progress on it.
Moreover, Liu Ying's aspect, [Chaos Titan], granted her a supernatural level of strength, which strengthened [Silent Touch] greatly. This aspect was practically tailor-made for a technique like [Silent Touch].
Thanks to that, she managed to create a barrier of kinetic energy around her body just before Yaru's attacks hit her.
Thus, despite receiving Yaru's [Overlord Fist] three times, Liu Ying had not been so badly injured as Yaru's thought.
In fact, besides some slight internal injuries, Liu Ying was virtually unscathed.
Yaru did not know it. He did not have knowledge about [Silent Touch]; and unlike a mana barrier, which was visible, a barrier of kinetic energy was invisible to the naked eye.
It caused him to miscalculate the damage he caused to Liu Ying, and at the same time, it gave Liu Ying the opportunity to catch him by surprise.
Grabbing his arm, Liu Ying grinned at Yaru and clenched her right hand into a fist.
Then, she punched Yaru's chest.
[Silent Touch]!
Mana surged out of her body, turning into powerful kinetic energy that was concentrated into her knuckles.
Then, that kinetic energy hit Yaru's body.
"Gah!" Yaru groaned in pain. He desperately tried to concentrate as much of his mana as he could on his chest to defend against the attack, but how could his hurried defenses stop Liu Ying's full-strength fist.
In the next instant–
*Bam!*
Yaru's body was sent flying away.
Liu Ying stood up pantingly and grinned. Despite the blood sliding down her lips, her expression was confident and cheerful.
"I won." She declared.
"""OOOOOHHHH!!!"""
Cheers of surprise erupted from the stands, and even the demigod was looking at Liu Ying in admiration.
He checked the state of Yaru, confirming that he was not in danger, before declaring the result of the battle.
"The winner of this battle is Liu Ying of Machine Revolutio!"
"""OOOOOHHHH!!!"""
Once more, cheers erupted from the audience. But Liu Ying did not pay attention to them. Instead, she looked in Bloed's direction with a grin.
Bloed shook his head before smiling with a proud expression.
"Well done." He said to her when she returned to the group.
"Don't you think I deserve a reward?"
"… Yeah, I think so." Smiling wryly, Bloed took a step forward and kissed her lips softly, making the demon girl blush.
"It's enough for now."
Bloed smiled wryly again.
"Sister Liu Ying, how are your injuries?" Little Gina asked at that moment, although judging by her expression, instead of being worried about Liu Ying, she seemed eager to stop Bloed and her from flirting.
Liu Ying rolled her eyes before answering.
"Nothing to worry about. These little injuries will heal with a bit of rest."
Bloed observed her body with his blue eyes and agreed. Even so, he told her to ask the healing mages to cast a few healing spells on her just in case.
Just like that, the sixth battle of the challenge ended with a score of 3-3.
"I think it's my turn now, huh?" Princess Elwha spoke up then.
Bloed nodded. "Are you confident?"
"Don't worry, I'm stronger than you think."
Seeing the confidence in Princess Elwha's expression, Bloed smiled.
"Go then."
"Mm. It won't take long."
Just like that, the white-haired and silver-eyed elven princess walked towards the stage.
Meanwhile, the people of Flying Leaves were looking at each other with serious expressions.
"Are you alright, Yaru?" Anna, the leader of Flying Leaves, asked the young man that had been defeated by Liu Ying.
"I am." He replied with a shadow in his expression. "Sorry, I underestimated my enemy and ended losing."
"It doesn't matter. Fortunately, you did not suffer any major injury."
Yaru did not reply and just looked at the ground with an unsatisfied face.
To be honest, he thought that his defeat had been unfair. He had not shown his entire strength during the battle, and if Liu Ying would have not caught him by surprise with her last attack, he would have won.
"Don't worry, you will have another opportunity to fight her." Aware of his thoughts, Anna consoled him. Then, she looked at one of her club's members with a solemn expression. "Gregory, it's your turn. Be careful."
"Don't worry, boss. I won't lose."
With a grave look, the young man called Gregory walked towards the stage.
He frowned when he saw that his opponent was an elf, but when he noticed that her cultivation was at the initial stage of A-Rank, his expression turned serious.
He was at the middle stage of A-Rank, so his mana was stronger, but after seeing several battles where members of Machine Revolutio defeated stronger enemies, he did not dare to underestimate the elf girl.
Taking a deep breath, he grabbed the greatsword on his back and took a stance.
At the same time, Princess Elwha took out a rapier she asked Bloed to make and put on an ice-cold expression.
Seeing that both combatants were ready, the demigod in charge of the challenge nodded.
"Very well, if both of you are ready, then start!"
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I owe yesterday chapters. I'll try to post them in the week...
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