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Chapter 31 - Chapter 31

The other matches were also quickly finished, and the last two matches would take place after an hour of rest. Jiang Mang meditated to calm down and restore his qi and cultivation while waiting for the next match.

The next match was announced an hour later, and he would face the other twin Hu Ji. Jiang Mang repeated his former actions by preparing a leaf, which again confused the spectators. When the match began, he again played a tune to activate his inner vision, which showed him a cute beautiful girl completely different from her sister, who too had created a consciousness shield. They attacked at the same time, Hu Ji used a whip as her weapon while coating it with qi to increase its powers, and Jiang Mang used a claw attack to deflect the whip. They exchanged multiple attacks, but Jiang Mang was more skillful and able to close in on her. This made her retreat, which again created a gap in her consciousness shield, but unlike Hu Fa, who looked him in the eyes, Hu Ji always avoided eye contact. This made it impossible to use his eye techniques and only left him with the Illusion Paradise or Charming Voice.

Jiang Mang decided to use the charming technique as the illusion attack could damage her and influence her next battle. Jiang Mang spoke with Charming Voice to Hu Ji:

"You are quite strong, but I will still win against you."

This action startled the 16-year-old girl, which made the charming technique succeed. Jiang Mang managed to charm her and make her fall for him. Hu Ji stopped fighting after she was charmed as she didn't want to harm the person that she loved. She forfeited the match but followed Jiang Mang to get to know him and stay by his side.

Her actions confused all the spectators and participants. It even startled the headteachers in the beginning until they figured out that he used a charm attack but what surprised them was that they didn't recognize the technique. While the teachers were discussing the charm attack, the spectators burst into outrage about Hu Ji's actions. Hu Ji was one of the most loved girls, and she had willingly followed Jiang Mang to his seat while starting a conversation.

Jiang Mang was capable of lifting the charm effect but decided not to as he wanted to observe its effects on Hu Ji. He thus started conversing with her, which attracted the jealousy of all the male students spectating. The boy and girl conversed about their families and lives while commenting on their previous opponents. Jiang Mang felt that she was extremely interesting and wanted to become friends with her after the tournament.

Bai Han and Hu Fa's match ended a couple of minutes after Jiang Mang's match, and when Hu Fa looked towards the duo conversing she felt confused. She headed towards her sister and Jiang Mang to learn about their situation. This action of her made the male spectators' jealousy for Jiang Mang only grow. It also angered Bai Han as he had also set his eyes on the twins and would not tolerate the two spending time with another male.

When Hu Fa arrived beside her sister, she became even more confused as Hu Ji behaved not like her usual self and was proactively trying to get to know the 11-year-old boy. Jiang Mang noticed her arrival and felt that it was time to dispel the charm effect on Hu Ji. The moment he dispelled his technique Hu Ji became confused before understanding the situation after an explanation.

Jiang Mang explained what he had done to Hu Ji to the twins. Hu Ji was angry at first while Hu Fa started laughing after understanding what happened. The twins ultimately understood that he meant no harm and even respected him for not taking advantage of Hu Ji and made friends with Jiang Mang. They continued conversing with him until the next match, unaware of the consequences of their actions.

As they became more familiar, they grew more fond of the aloof but confident blind boy. They even explained to Jiang Mang their profound spirits. Hu Fa had a fairy profound spirit that enhances her qi manipulation ability while Hu Ji had a fairy profound spirit that enhances the girl's usage of weapons and can control them from a distance or influence their movements like when she used a whip as her weapon.

Their conversation lasted until the final match announcements. Jiang Mang and Bai Han would compete for first place, and the winner would gain a peak Xuan tier technique of their choice.

The final match would be held as last and would only begin after all the other matches were held. These took an hour to finish and announced the start of the expecting finals. Jiang Mang prepared himself on the stage with his zither as he knows that he isn't Bai Han's match in speed, and it would thus be better to stay put and deal with him using his musical abilities combined with his other techniques. Bai Han, on the other hand, prepared a dagger to fight and cut the weak musician cultivator down.

When the match started, Bai Han was capable of conjuring a barrier to prevent illusions like the Hu twins. This made the usage of illusions limited and ineffective, but Jiang Mang expected this and was thus prepared. He played Lust song to harass and distract Bai Han through stimulating his senses. He then used a death qi wave to push Bai Han back before he managed to arrive. Unfortunately, it was only able to slow him down, but the harassment was effective. This created an opening in Bai Han's consciousness barrier, which Jiang Mang used to activate his Illusion eyes. This pulled Bai Han into an illusion, but his will was too strong, and he was able to break free after two seconds but this time allowed Jiang Mang to abandon his zither and approach Bai Han, before launching a claw attack. Bai Han returned the moment the claw attack was launched, and he was able to avoid the attack by a hair. Unfortunately, Jiang Mang immediately followed up with a kick coated by his life qi and managed to knock Bai Han immediately out as he doesn't specialize in defense.

The match ended after a short but exciting exchange where Jiang Mang became the winner of the tournament and the number one student in the foundation realm.