"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!"
That long waited familiar bell rang finally sounded again after the three and a half days break.
On the field, Seito and Yiren are facing each other without saying anything. Then, both of them nodded at the same time before getting into a ready-to-battle mode. Without any delay and warning, Yiren raised his bow and pulled an arrow, shot directly towards Seito, initiating the fight. Seito dodged it perfectly while pulled out his spirit shotgun that he used to shoot down the eagle, and shooted back a strong magic blast to Yiren, as a 'return of gratitude' for that arrow from Yiren...
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Waiting area. The members of both teams are watching the match of Seito and Yiren while having some random chatters... As they always did.
"Ah... Why do these two look so familiar with each other? I don't remember our Yiren to socialize with anyone these few days." said Blair.
"Hmm... I believe they had built up a unique bond when they competed with each other during the accuracy test. You know, how two strong people appreciate each other." said Sky.
"True, that indeed makes sense. Ah... That boy of your team looks quite dependable, who knows he might be able to win our Yiren." said Blair like how a mother talked about her son on a school sports day. "Haha. It would not be that easy, I will be very happy if he could get a draw." said Sky, like a humble parent.
"Actually, I am expecting Kenji to lose this match, that Yiren is still too strong for him." said Chris, who sounds like that mean coach of a team.
"Aww... Chris, have more confidence in our little Seito-kun." said Sky, who continues to stick onto the 'parent' role which gets ignored by Chris as always...
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On the field, both parties continue with their long-ranged attacks while completely dodged each other's attacks perfectly with Yiren occasionally blocked Seito's attack bare-handedly. After a short 'showing off of skills' and realizing this long-ranged battle would not have any results, they finally stopped their long-ranged attacks and once again stared at each other, this time with a blissful smile on their faces.
Then, Seito took out a gofu that has a hand-drawn roaring beast on it.
"Roar for me! Furry Beast!" Seito chanted as he lifted the gofu at his forehead level.
The gofu glows and started changing shape before wrapped around Seito's body and turned into a spiky coat and claws on Seito's body and limps. Yiren stared at Seito without making any moves, he looked rather amused by that transformation of Seito.
After the transformation, Seito's speed and agility greatly increased. With the newly gained speed, Seito charged towards Yiren with the spike and claws of his arms as weapons. Yiren, however, is totally unwaver by that move of his opponent, he slowly and calmly raised his right hand and formed a knife hand, some white aura can be seen emitted out from his hand. As Seito charged towards him, Yiren blocked Seito's assault with his right hand, the clash between the two of them caused a strong airflow that blows up all the dust on the ground...
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Waiting area.
"Hah! See? I knew this guy was hiding his ability all along, I definitely felt his enormous magic force that day!" Chris exclaimed, rather excited.
"Ah... He was hiding his power all this time? Tsk! I should have noticed that! After all, he is the descendant of that Hou Yi." said Blair, rather surprised.
"Chris, you said that you knew that he is strong but you are the one that arranged Seito to compete with him. Are you telling me that you did so when you know that it's impossible for Seito to win him?" Sky asked, rather hard to believe what he just heard from Chris.
"Well... Yeah... But I always wanted to see a one versus one fight between a gunner and an archer. But now the magic limiter had been adjusted back according to the original rules before the Royal Guard's intervention, where the magic levels of both sides are equivalent, it should not be a problem... I guess." said Chris, in a slightly guilty tone, just slightly.
"Ah... Haha..." Sky laughed awkwardly...
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On the field, Seito continues with his assaults while Yiren effortlessly blocked every single of Seito's attacks.
After several failed attempts, Seito finally realized that huge power gap between him and Yiren, however, instead of being startled or scared by that realization, he is filled with excitement, because he knows that with such a huge power gap, he doesn't really need to care about the outcome of this match, he just needs to enjoy the process of this precious match of him with the descendant of the legendary archer.
Noticing the excitement of his opponent, Yiren decided to grant Seito a proper fight, he removed his archery glove and switched to a martial art stance which makes Seito even more fired up. Seito took out his Gladiator's gofu and summoned it while the Furry Beast was still on him, creating a 'hybrid' of Gladiator and Furry Beast, that give Seito a wild yet gorgeous spiked armor look. With the additional effects from the Gladiator, Seito's agility increased even more as his strength increased drastically. With the increased strength, Seito once again charged towards Yiren, just that this time, Yiren did not block Seito's attack directly, but instead, he tilted his body a bit, perfectly dodged Seito's assault before performing a brilliant counterattack on Seito with a right-hand chop. Thanks to the enhanced agility, Seito blocked and escaped that hand chop just in time...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might cause the writer to stop writing."
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