The next day
Cross was standing on the stage with a blank face, across from him was Ling Yun, who scratched his cheek and said "Um. What do you want to play?" Cross giggled and said "Whack-a-mole! Hehe" as he grabbed his mac from thing air and smashed it down on Ling Yun.
Ling Yun didn't know what Whack-a-mole was but he for sure wasn't going to take that mace, that was bigger that him, to the head. There was no way.
Ling Yun dodged to the side and hesitated, Cross giggled and whispered "You can't attack an enemy and you want my sister? You must be joking.." Ling Yun's eye opened wide and he said "You-" Cross swung his mace at Ling Yun while saying cutely "Come on, Mister! You talk too much!"
Ling Yun jumped back and took out his sword, much to the shock of the audience.
Yufeng frowned and Luna patted her hand, whispering "That's my husband..." Yufeng was shocked and Luna explained "The fool.. he doesn't like to sit still. Also, I think he might be testing him..." she told Yufeng what happened at the Palace and Yufeng slapped her forehead and giggled "This kid.. really..."
Luna smiled and sighed saying "Sometimes even I don't know what's going on in his head." Yufeng shook her head and laughed.
Cross grinned and smashed the mace on the ground as he said "Much more fun! Hehe" before shooting toward Ling Yun and swinging his mace out, Ling Yun swung his sword and met the mace. The blow was heavier than expected and Ling Yun slid back.
Cross was excited and limited his strength as he continued his assault, charging at Ling Yun and swinging his Mace at his head, ignoring the sword piercing at his throat. Cross had a crazy look in his eyes as he pushed forward, Ling Yun trembled and moved his sword away, pushing off his foot to dodge the mace as he said "You're crazy!"
Cross chuckled and shot forward, he spun the mace in his hands and stabbed it into the ground, using it as leverage as he vaulted over and kicked Ling Yun in the chest, lifting the mace behind him and bringing it over his head, slamming it towards Ling Yun, who was flying in the air.
Ling Yun trembled and swung his sword up, growling. A flying sword slash hit the mace and stopped it's momentum before the actual sword slammed into it. A shockwave spread from the collision and assaulted the crowd.
Cross was in the air, pushing down on his mace, while Ling Yun was holding his sword his both hands as the ground cracked under him. Cross chuckled and swung his little body under the mace, sweeping out Ling Yun's feet and rolling to his back, setting his feet on Ling Yun's back.
Cross extended his legs out and threw Ling Yun in the air, he pushed off the ground with his hands and shot up after him, locking his feet around his neck before spinning in the air and slamming Ling Yun into the stage.
Cross grabbed his mace and spun in the air, barreling down to Ling Yun, like a saw blade. Ling Yun rolled over and Cross smashed the mace into the stage, spreading cracks everywhere. Cross giggled and threw out his mace, hitting Ling Yun in the chest and sending him flying.
Cross smiled a bit and walked over to Ling Yun before slapping his chest and sending him smashing into the ground, off the stage. He giggled and jumped off, dragging Ling Yun with him as he went back to the Blue Wind team.
Quarterfinals, Cleared!
Cross fixed Ling Yun up and sent him back with a few words. Ling Yun smiled happily as he went back to the Sword Villa viewing area, feeling like a brand new man!
Semifinals, time!
Yun Che fought against Ling Jie and Cross watched. After a hard fought battle, Yun Che came out on top, Ling Jie started crying but Cross send a whisper to his ears and he perked up as if nothing ever happened, happier than ever. It was as if he had won, and not Yun Che.
Yun Che shook his head feeling like he couldn't understand Little Jie at all.
The next match was Cross vs. Qingyue.
Cross had a dark look on his face as he stood across from Qingyue, who had a warm smile. Without her idiotic 'Ice arts' she was actually a very kind and gentle woman. Very shy, but very gentle. Cross looked at her warm smile and really wanted to slap this kind woman to death.
It was a very gut feeling, he felt it would bring him extreme satisfaction.
Unfortunately he did nothing of the sort and walked to Qingyue. He grabbed her hand and dragged her to the edge of the stage before just throwing her off. Qingyue didn't struggle, or rather she couldn't struggle. She was completely suppressed.
Cross walked away without looking at her, he came into the contact with her body just now and felt his anger rising. He needed to vent, good thing the night was rolling around.
A while later
Cross and Yun Che were standing across from each other on the stage. Cross' eyes flashed and he suppressed his strength to the 1st level of the Spirit Realm before charging at Yun Che with a grin, Yun Che didn't say anything and grinned as they collided their weapons.
(I'm not going to explain this fight, you can just imagine a kid with a mace and Yun Che with his sword clashing extremely fast like Goku and Vegeta or smt. Hehe)
The battle was world shaking, the most amazing thing anybody had ever seen!
Anyway.
Cross won and got the armor, as Yun Che got the pellet. Blue Wind Imperial Family got both spots and Cross anticipated suspicions so he had his clone watch the fights from the stands. What were they gonna say? Nothing that's what.
Ling Kun stood up and said "Little Cross, I would like to be your master." everybody sucked in a cold breath of air and looked at Cross with jealousy. Yun Che held back a laugh and Cross said childishly "But mister, you're very scary and my Grandpa always warned me of 'Stranger Danger'!" as he hid behind Yun Che's leg with a terrified look on his face.
Ling Kun felt his eyes twitch and a suffocating aura appeared above the arena.
A man with a black cloak was standing in the air as he said "Little Cross, come to grandpa. You had enough fun right?" Cross jumped up excitedly and shouted "Grandpa!" he pointed at Ling Kun and said "Grandpa this old man said he wants to be my master! But I don't talk to strangers just like you told me!"
The cloaked man blurred and Cross was in his arms as he said "Very good, Little Yuyu. You get extra desserts today." Cross cheered and they both disappeared. Everyone felt that they were able to breathe again and looked at Ling Kun, what bad luck! His Grandpa was 100x stronger than Ling Kun.
Cross replaced his clone, that was sitting in the stands next to Cang Yue, who rolled her eyes nd giggled "Little Yuyu?" Cross rubbed his nose and said "It just came to me." Cang Yue giggled and shook her head.
A while later
Cross was standing outside with Ling Jie. He was near the Frozen Moron Sect residences because nobody comes near them. Every since Cross erased Yufeng's husband's memories of Little Fairy, he's been all over her. Though Cross thought it would be better for her to leave him but that wasn't any of his business.
Cross looked at Ling Jie and narrowed his eyes as he said "Little Jie, you made it into the Top 3. Ahead of your brother, do you think this is enough?" Ling Jie was startled and said "But you sai-" Cross cut him off shouting "Enough! I know what I said. I want to know if you think you deserve it! I don't want to be flattered I want your true thoughts!"
His voice was very loud and piercing, Ling Jie trembled and knelt down, crying as he said "Little Jie failed to accomplish the task. I don't deserve it!" Cross smiled and lifted him from the ground as he said "Good! Now quickly acknowledge me as your master!"
Ling Jie jumped and said "Say whaaaaat?" Cross slapped him into a building and said "You don't want to!?" Ling Jie jumped in the air and slid on his knees right in front of Cross as he knocked his head on the ground and said "Disciple greets Master!"
Cross grinned and said "Good! I will not only teach you my Divine Slapping Art but actually stuff as well." Ling Jie was skeptical and Cross slapped him saying "You think your master is as useless as you!?"
They caused quite the commotion as Chu Yuechan appeared and said "What are you doing?" Cross looked at her and said "Oh, perfect timing!" He pulled her to his side and said "Little Jie, you know Chu Yuechan, right?" Ling Jie nodded and said "Yeah, my dad was obsessed with her but he seemed to forget she existed a few days ago... Master, she's pretty but what does this have to do wit-"
Cross shouted "Quiet!" Ling Jie trembled and shut his mouth, Chu Yuechan looked at Cross with meaning. That fly 'forgot' about her? Impossible. He must've done something, then she remembered Cross saying that he could wipe her memory of Yun Che forever and she started trembling.
Her eyes widened as she remembered Qingyue forgot was the 'Frozen Heart Arts' were! She was scared and in disbelief!
Cross couldn't care less how much Chu Yuechan was trembling and said to Ling Jie "You know that Frozen piss sect's ice arts are 'Number 1' right?" he was heavily sarcastic as he said 'Number one'/ Ling Jie nodded and Cross said "It's simply not true. They're all morons. The only reason the sect is famous is because they collect pretty girls to turn into emotionless robots and gain popularity. Other than this, their arts are complete garbage."
Chu Yuechan said "Hey!" Cross ignored her and continued "They are all disgusting and retarded, as your master, I forbid you from even coming into contact with them in the future. They might infect you with their stupidity, you're already dumb enough."
Ling Jie scratched his cheek and chuckled, Cross pointed at Chu Yuechan and continued "She's their best disciple... for now, and she can't even come close to my control over the Ice element. This is your first lesson."
Cross waved and a pure ice doe appeared, the doe nuzzled on Cross' waist, shocking Chu Yuechan and Ling Jie. Cross pet the doe and said "Control over your energy is key. Without control, you're simply a 3 year old with a butcher knife. For you, your energy is Elemental-less, which is good because we can mold you to whatever suits you best!"
The doe skipped around and Cross continued "Not only is control important but purity is a close second. My energy is extremely pure, what does this mean? Well, based on the purity of your energy, you will be stronger! Allowing you to fight above your rank! Do you understand?"
Ling Jie nodded heavily before asking "Master, what does this have to do with Chu Yuechan?" Yuechan was also wondering the same thing. Cross pointed at the doe and said "It was everything to do with her because, your Master is so much stronger than her, she could be called an ant."
Ling Jie's eyes popped out and Chu Yuechan's face turned ugly, Cross continued "Also! Their frozen piss arts cannot even come close to mine. What they do is borrow the Ice element, whereas I have complete control over it. The key in noticing the difference is actually the doe behind you. Elements, when mastered to a certain extent, become alive. Everything in this world has life, the air, the ground, the sky, the clouds."
Cross whistled and the doe came back, he waved his hand again and Deer of different colors started appearing next to the Ice Doe. Cross continued "All the Elements can be mastered, but none of them can at the same time..."
All the Deer merged into the Ice Doe and it became pitch black with multicolored specks as Cross continued once more "Everything becomes nothing when put together. Do you understand?" Ling Jie stared at the Doe in a trance.
Cross silently stepped back and dragged Chu Yuechan along with him, leaving Ling Jie to his enlightenment by himself.
Chu Yuechan said "How strong are you really?" Cross replied "Compared to you, I am a God." Chu Yuechan felt like he wasn't joking and sucked in a cold breath of air. Cross said "Anyway, goodnight. If he asks where I am, tell him I will see him tomorrow." as he disappeared, leaving a stunned Chu Yuechan alone with her disordered thoughts. Too much information for her to digest in one night.