The anomaly in the sky continued for a few minutes more until it began to fade slowly and sooner the sky turned blue with a few small clouds around
" What could that have been? " Wang Yong wondered with a serious expression
" Maybe it was a tribulation? " Said Lan Xue looking at her mother
Lan Zexi shook her head and Ren Bao answered her " No little girl, tribulations don't have this kind of impact, this was something else " Ren Bao made a thoughtful expression as he grabbed his beard
" Well, anyway it doesn't matter right now, now, we still have a big problem to deal with " The Emperor said with a wry smile making Ren Bao and Wang Yong turn to see him both of them nodded in agreement and Wang Yong said " The battle stopped because of that you should restart it "
The Emperor nods and walks towards the balcony's edge
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Chen Kai, He An, and the old referee looked at the sky until the anomaly disappeared, then the old referee said " What a strange thing was that "Then he turned to see Chen Kai and He An, and with a serious expression he said " That strange phenomenon has interrupted the battle, let me check what the Emperor had to say about "
The old referee was about to call the Emperor but then he saw him approach the balcony's edge. The Emperor smiles and with a powerful voice, he says " What a strange phenomenon that was, but there is no need to be alarmed, whatever it was, it disappeared without any consequences, besides, we are here to enjoy the tournament, so don't worry and enjoy the fights, Elder Qiu continue with the battle! " Elder Qiu nods and turns to see Chen Kai and He An
The people in the stands seemed nervous and scared by the anomaly in the sky, but after the emperor's words, they calmed down quite a bit. Some decided to leave, but it was a minority which did not affect the large number of spectators there
Shallot frowns as he grits his teeth in annoyance ' Damn, whatever that thing was, someone of the Mortal Realm didn't make it, I'll have to go to see those two if I want to get some answers '
On the platform, Elder Qiu looked at Chen Kai and He An then said " Are you two ready? "
Then He An said " Could you wait a sec Elder, I want to tell him something " Elder Qiu and Chen Kai looked at her in doubt, then Elder Qiu nodded and said " Be quick little lady, you won't want to make everyone here wait "
He An turns to see Chen Kai with a serious expression, then she says " My grandmaster told me about you Chen Kai, I hope you can let me go alive after this battle, I don't want to end like that guy of the Lan Clan or you, trying to kill me as your martial brother tried with my little sister " Chen Kai frowns slightly hearing her then He An continues " If you understood, that I will gladly fight with you, after all, that's what you want, no? "
Chen Kai frowns and after a few seconds he nods as he says with a serious expression " What I did to him has nothing to do with this battle, besides if you want me to fulfill those conditions you have to do something for me "
He An looks at Chen Kai with displeasure, thinking that she was wrong in judging him earlier and that he, like all the young men before, was just attracted by her beauty, but what he said next made her look at him in surprise
Chen Kai stands on guard and says, " I want you to fight with the sole intention of killing me, I don't care what you try, I will respond with the same strength as you, do you think you can do that? "
He An looks at Chen Kai unable to believe what he said and he isn't the only one Elder Qiu looks at him with a doubtful expression. He An frowned as she told him " That's fine, but how can you guarantee you'll keep your end of the deal? "
Chen Kai looks at Elder Qiu and says to him " Elder, if I try to kill her or my power increases, you can interfere or disqualify me, you have my permission "
Elder Qiu frowns and says " Understood, but what will your master say about this? He won't like this deal of yours "
Chen Kai frowned and said " What he thinks doesn't matter, besides, I promise you that he won't do anything if you stop me " Chen Kai looked below the platform and saw Shallot smiling coldly at him, it seemed like he has heard everything despite the great distance between them, and he wasn't the only one
Feng Gengxin frowns after what Chen Kai said, then she thinks ' It looks like I was sure he only wants to fight, but why does he want to fight He An in the same conditions? Is he underestimating her? Or is something else '
" Grandmaster, why they aren't fighting yet? Did He An manage to reason with him? " Zhou Zhenya asked Feng Gengxin, but the old woman kept all her attention on the platform, not hearing at all her questions
" Hey, what is going on? Why aren't they fighting? " A man asked with doubt " Hey beautiful! If you want, you can talk with me! " Another one yelled as hard as he could making a wide smile
The crowd was getting impatient, just like the Emperor on the balcony who frowned and said " Why aren't they fighting? The young woman is going to quit too? " He turns to see his father and Ren Bao, who are looking at the platform with serious expression
Elder Qiu noticed that the crowd looked impatient so he said " It seems that this took longer than I expected, I will accept the conditions you made, and now are you ready? "
He An nods and frowns then raises her guard, and her body begins to emanate a scorching cold air that freezes the ground where she is standing, and soon after her eyes start to shine in a light blue light
" It seems that big sister An wants to use her full power from the start " Zi Ya said with a serious voice as she looked at the platform
Chen Kai raised his guard keeping a calm expression, then he thought " I think he does it like this... " Chen Kai closed his eyes for a few seconds and when he opened them many looked at him in surprise including Elder Qiu and He An
" Grandmaster, what is going on? His strength now is on the same level as sister An, is this some illusion? " Asked Zi Ya to Feng Gengxin with a surprised voice
But then Zhou Zhenya responds to her with a serious voice " You're wrong, this isn't an illusion, he decreased his strength on purpose to be in the same realm as He An, what is he trying to do? "
Wang Jun looks at Chen Kai in anger ' Soon... soon I will prove to you who is the best one here for Yue! '
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On the balcony
The Emperor frowned seeing Chen Kai, then he said " What is this? He decreased his cultivation level to match the young girl's realm, how is he doing that? "The Emperor
" Well, that should be obvious, they can increase their strength, so why not decrease it too? " Ren Bao said with a serious expression
Wang Yong nods and says " Now I can feel the same strength from him as the girl from the Luhe Palace, he must be planning something if he wants to fight in the same conditions as her "
Lan Zexi looks at Chen Kai in hatred she wants to kill him but by just looking at Shallot her body frozen in fear, unable to even look at him
Lan Xue and Ying Jie couldn't believe that Chen Kai had become so powerful when he was far weaker than them before ' There is no chance for Jun to win against him... why is he so stubborn ' Ying Jie thought with a very worried expression, while Lan Xue just looks at Chen Kai with hate
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Shallot begins to grin, seeing Chen Kai on the platform, and then he thinks ' I see the brat managed to learn how to control his Ki at that level just by seeing the skinny brat, if he only hadn't wasted his time, he could have been stronger than the skinny brat, haha '
Callion on the other hand smiled mockingly at the platform. He didn't care if Chen Kai learned to control his Ki faster than he did, in the end, he was the strongest of the two, and that won't change anything now
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" Begin! " Elder Qiu yelled and immediately Chen Kai jumped towards He An who looked at him with a serious expression
Chen Kai retracted his right fist and *SWOOSH* he attacked He An aiming his punch at her stomach but *SWOOSH* He An disappeared leaving a cloud of ice-cold air floating in her previous position
" Hmm? " Chen Kai noticed that the white smoke began to freeze his entire right arm until it was covered in a thick layer of white ice. He retracted his fist and turned to see to his left where he saw He An standing a few meters near him
Chen Kai raised his frozen arm and *BANG* he clenched his hand and arm muscles making the ice blow and disappear without a trace
He An extends her hands in front of her and when she crosses them she whispers " Echoes of the Ice Goddess " Soon after a dense fog covered the platform, it was so dense that it limited the sight of those outside of it, and thanks to the barriers the fog was limited to just the platform
" Hey, what is that? I can't see anything! " " Me neither! " The expecting crowd wondered in surprise, unknowing what was going on inside the fog
" Grandmaster, when did He An learn that technique? I thought it was limited to the teachers? " Zhou Zhenya asked with disapproval, it seemed that she wanted to learn that too but Feng Gangxin said with a wry smile " It seems that that little girl sneaked her way to the great library because I too didn't know she could do it "
" It seems that she is trying to kill that guy, Let's just hope she can keep that technique up long enough to win " Zhou Zhenya said with a serious voice as she turned to see the platform
On the platform things were different, the place looked like a foggy area instead was like a snowy storm where the wind blew very hard, and ice particles flooded the place
Chen Kai frowned at this he couldn't see anything passing a couple of meters, yet he could still feel Elder Qiu and He An's energies
Chen Kai feels He An moving around, and he thinks ' There you are ' Then *BANG* he jumps towards her, cracking the ground where he was. Che Kai approached her when suddenly " ...!! " *ZOOM* He evaded some kind of ice spear that was aiming at his face. Chen Kai barely evaded the spear by tilting his head to the left, but the spear cut his right cheek, making him bleed slightly
Chen Kai looks surprised, yet he makes a serious expression and creates a Ki ball in his left palm ready to attack He An from the distance and abruptly *STAB* " Ack... " something pierced him from the back
Chen Kai turned around and sent a powerful punch that created a shock wave that shook the ice storm, yet he said " What? " When he didn't hit anything
Chen Kai searched for He An energy again and when he noticed that she was still in the same place, he made a serious expression ' She hasn't moved again, then what is going on? ' Chen Kai ran towards He An who seemed to want to keep her distance from him
*SWOOSH* Another Ice spear moves towards Chen Kai, and he thinks ' That won't work ' and *CRASH* he hits the ice spear shattering it into pieces suddenly *SWOOSH* " Agh, what? " An Ice Sword pierced Chen Kai's right shoulder from the right side and *SWOOSH* *SWOOSH* two more attacks came from the left side, he raised his left hand by instinct but his arm was pierced by what looked like Ice spears, different than those that He An had shoot him before
Chen Kai frowns and jumps back but *SWOOSH* " Grr " Chen Kai grits his teeth in pain as an Ice spear pierces his left shoulder making him bleed
Chen Kai looked at his attacker and saw an Ice sculpture with the same shape as He An, the ice sculpture moved fast trying to run from Chen Kai's sight but *BOOM* Chen Kai blew it in pieces with a Ki blast
Chen Kai frowns seeing the ice sculptures ' That's why I couldn't see or feel what was attacking me, these things are ice puppets '
Chen Kai grins slightly and thinks ' Perfect, she could be more useful than I thought '