Pi She gracefully descended like a flower on stage, her skirt fluttering wide open. The boys were holding their nose just in case. Her counterpart on the other hand, ascended in a colorless straight walk.
Like Hong Luo Si, she had also won all her fights. More or less because half of them surrendered to earn her smile in return.
"This is as far as you will go. Let me show you your place trash." The red head opposite to Luo Si was very pissed at the fact that another girl was competing for her spotlight, a lesser existence at that.
Yet, she wasn't the only one. The Min villagers had a special sense of pride to begin with.
"Have a taste of my 3 Patel Lotus Flame." Pi She arrived in front of her Luo Si in an instant, attempting to hit her face.
"As expected from our genius. Miss Pi She already learned the 3rd Lotus Flame Move." The onlookers screamed up in amazement.
"Sigh* Your actions will one day reflect on yourself. Here, I will show you." Luo Si crossed her arms shoulder wide in front of her chest.
"Tse, learn to block first, bitch." The crossed arms did not hinder her path.
Luo Si instinctively knew that her body could not take on the travelling fist, but she did not intend to in the first place.
The fist was just about to land. Suddenly, however, Luo Si opened her arms. One hand bent her opponents stretched arm back at the inner side of the elbow, while the other redirected the flaming fist into Pi She's face. The latter tried to counter the redirecting but the foreign might seemed to have no limit of being stopped. The more power she used to straighten her arm, the more her arm gave in.
Peng*
"Argh!" The attack hit Pi She's cheek and slightly exploded. She was thrown back by her own attack. Not prepared for such an outcome and K.O.-ed.
"213 wins."
Half a minute later, the doll got back up with tears running down as she held her swolen cheek. There was a tiny bleeding cut on the edge of her face. One wouldn't notice at first sight.
"You... you..." Pi She shuddered in anger. But she did not explode as tears swelled up at the eye corners. "Why do you bully me!" Her face was the source of her ego and pride.
"Hey, the round is over." The judge needed to intervene personally and drag her of the stage.
"How dare she touch our princess. Don't worry my beauty, I will revenge you. She needs to pay for her sins." Seeing their village gem being bullied was the last thing her fanboys could tolerate.
They were deeply touched by the crying child. People cursed Luo Si for defeating Pi She. But even more for daring to ruin her looks.
"Silence, next match." The judge shouted. This was a fighting tournament. It was almost guarateed to have many kids injured.
The matches continued, just that Hong Luo Si constantly received death stares. She herself did not understand this situation. In her opinion Pi She would have suffered far greater damage any other way.
Not that she was trying to be nice, it was just a means to end the matter quickly and not gathering so much hate. Yet, just a small scratch was enough to spark a forest into flames.
Nevertheless, no matter how many times she was fought by the enraged practicioners, all her matches ended the same way.
8 consecutive wins.
11 wins in a row.
She had proven her position as a black horse and could not be stopped by any opponent, just by relying on her Foundation Technique.
"How can this be? She is just in the second Martial Learner realm. And does't use anything special." The others on the fifth arena went mad.
"Maybe she learned a body cultivation technique."
"That must be it. How else can you explain her stamina? She isn't even breaking a sweat after 11 rounds. She must definitely have trained her body for a long time. She even exchanged some fists with Min Kai, who is in the late 3rd stage."
12 wins.
15 wins.
18 wins.
The wins piled up.
Some fighters already left the stage, because if one lost 16 matches, they were no longer able to qualify for the next round.
Under the watchful eyes, half of the players had already left as they had not won a single round and were hurt all over.
"That person is truly a dark horse. On our stage, only Min Xuegang has the same record as her." The one who denied Luo Si to be a seed for the finals blurted out.
"Number 23 vs 213"
"Hah, speaking of the devil. Now She is gonna lose."
"Ohoh, it's starting to get interesting." Fu Hantian leaned forward.
"Uncle." Wuying was a bit worried since her opponent was a whole realm above her. The past few days he had done nothing but being looked inside his room. Thinking about his 3 days of torment made him realize how pitifully ignorant he had lived.
"No, I was just thinking how far she could go with Wu Ji Quan alone." Hantian replied with a calm smile.
"Tse, a girl thinks she can stand equal to me? Just give up. You cannot defeat me with those puny moves." Min Xuegang snorted.
"You are right. I only need my feet to defeat you." Luo Si remained as stoic as the youth and just took a casual battle stance.
"Fine, have it your way. Take my spear." Xuegang swung his spear in an arc like manner after turning around once.
Luo Si evaded the strike. Her hair was blown from the might of the strike. She countered with a kick on the others stomach, sending Xuegang 1 meter back from where he came from. The kick was not enough to defeat him as she only relied on her qigong fighting style.
She could use her Ice palm but that was her ace at the moment. And unwise to use inside the village of fire. Xuegang was a tough opponent for those who took his strikes, but Luo Si also knew his weak point.
'Those who rely on weapons, have usually a weaker physique than body practitioners.' She kicked at the stomach again after evading the spear strikes.
Pah* Pah* Pah*
Min Xuegang tried to dodge the kicks, but failed every time. After 7 consecutive strikes on the exact same spot, he fell.
"Um, 213 wins." Even the judge was a bit stunned. The kicks looked rather basic but always targeted the minute flaw after Xuegang thrusted his spear.
"This resentful soul is very good. She hasn't even used any offensive technique so far. The Fu must have nurtured her well" The main judge commented.
"Tse, Xuegang only practiced the spear for a year. He definitely was not proficient enough to be counted in the top 20." The judge to his right blurted out.
"True."
At this moment, even the players took notice of the unusual happenings at the fifth stage.
"How did she do this? Her opponent is even a whole rank above her, but she makes it look so easy."
"She must definitely have found a way to cheat."
"Or maybe she found a way to tweak the difficulty of her opponents."
"Hmph, I think the GM is just biased towards women and makes the game easier for them."
The matches went on. Practitioners were eliminated one after the other. Some even dropped out themselves out of fatigue.
Luo Si's matches started to drastically change after she defeated the spear-wielder. Whenever her number was called, the opposite would surrender before even stepping on the stage, making her win-streak rise without pressure.
"The elimination contest is over. The best fighters may now remain on the battlefield, while the others leave."
Those who did not attain enough points could only sulk and train for the next contest. Besides Luo Si there was only one other player that made it, but barely into the finals. Unsurprisingly it was a face that had already made a big appearance in the cage.
It was John Cage with his now 2nd degree fire vein. As many attacks were fire based, it was easy for him to get a fire-based technique, as well as resisting the incoming heatful attacks.
Anyhow, apart from Hong Luo Si, there were many other, who had dominated their arena and the first ones even without breaking a sweat, which even surprised her a bit.
Beside Luo Si, the 5th arena was represented by Pi She, Xuegang. Both holding their distance from the earlier. Pi She came third as she did not want to risk anything fighting Xuegang. There was also a fourth one, but he could be considered a lucky accident as every opponent he encountered was beaten up previously by Xuegang.
"I congratulate those 24 strong martial juniors, qualifying for tomorrow's main event." With that said, the main judge ended the preliminary.