Chapter 96
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The next day…
The tournament continues and the Outer Sect Stadium where the battles are going to be held is already filled with people. This is because today is the semi-finals where the top ten of the finalist would be chosen.
The crowd is excited and thrilled to see this battle where the best of the many who won yesterday are going to compete. This would be a quick fight as there are only a few of the disciples are left to fight. While the rest of the losers yesterday would be within the crowd watching the battles.
It was already around 9 a.m. when the battle began.
The lower ranks have their own arena and those who dare to challenge higher ranking ones also have their own arena. So in total, there are three areas in the coliseum which is having simultaneous bouts.
The lower level fights attract only those in the level 1 and level 2 Qi practice. But the eyes of most of the people are glued on the second and middle arena. This is because this is where the true masters are fighting.
As of this moment, in the second arena, a 2nd level is challenging someone from the 3rd level. He is fighting against a tall and bulky woman with rippling muscles and a slightly curvy body which are insinuated due to her body-hugging uniform.
The woman is showing sneer on her face as the young man tried his best to fight against her. However, from her physique alone and her level, plus her fighting skill, the young man was defeated in just a couple of moves.
As the young man fell helplessly on the ground, he suddenly shouted.
"Yu Rong! I like you very much! Please go out with me!" he shouted while gritting his teeth in pain.
When the crowd hears this, they all chuckled.
This is not new in this battle arena; they could see different people trying to win the women's affection through strength, their gentlemanly ways, or brutality. But some would desperately try even after being defeated, so these people are all looked down upon by the Qi practitioners in the Outer Sect.
As the battle in the arenas continues, the number of winners and losers increases.
Soon a familiar name was called and the crowd began to cheer.
Fan Wenling slowly walks up the stairs of the arena while the crowd cheers for her. The commotion in the crowd seems to not be affecting her in any way as she reaches the stage. Her opponent at this time also walks up the stage.
It is the young man with the silver-framed glasses, his name is Zhang Ting.
He belongs to the top 5 of the strongest Outer Sect members. As he walks to the stage, a group of people began cheering him. From one look, one could tell that this group of people belongs to the most affluent people in the Outer Sect.
From their clothes to their accessories, one can tell that they have used their own money to buy such things outside the sect.
As the two face each other, a slight smile appears on the face of Zhang Ting.
"Wenling, you are as beautiful as ever. If you wanted, I can give you anything just be my girlfriend… Heck, I can even give you the thing that you wanted the most for your master, the Qi Mending Pill… what do you think?"
Upon hearing the words of Zhang Ting, Fa Wenling just smirked.
"Zhang Ting, it has been a while since you were flaunting about that Qi mending pill of yours. But I would still answer you the same answer as the last time. Eat shit…" Fa Wenling said with a smirk.
"Haha… You truly are something. I am offering you a toast, but it seems that you are going to drink a forfeit today. Hehehe…"
"Well, see…"
After the two exchanged some words, the judge, which is Elder Ki, frowns, and with a wave of his hand, the battle between the two commences.
Elder Ki did not jump off the stage immediately instead, he slowly backs away while watching the two combatants.
At this time, the usual hot-headed Fa Wenling immediately began charging towards Zhang Ting. Fa Wenling did not hesitate to condense a large amount of Qi in her hand as it turns into a Qi blade. Without hesitation, she immediately directed her attack at Zhang Ting's right shoulder to make him unable to fight back.
But it seems that Zhang Ting already known this and quickly dodges to the side. Upon doing so, he easily shifted his body to the right and quickly condenses his Qi, and turns it into a small knife. He began stabbing his knife formed Qi in Fa Wenling's vital parts.
When the crowd saw this, they all showed disbelief in their eyes.
"Booo! That was despicable! This is just a monthly assessment, why should you be too brutal?" shouted someone from the crowd.
"Those are fatal strikes! This contest should already be the loss of Zhang Ting!" shouted someone.
"Stop the fight!"
"Stop the fight!"
The crowd shouted, as Fa Wenling quickly dodges the vital strikes from her opponent. If she is a bit slower, then she would surely die in this battle.
Elder Ki on the side suddenly wanted to go up to stop the fight, but two elders suddenly blocked his path.
"What is the meaning of this?" Elder Ki shouted in anger.
"Elder Ki, we suggest for you not to intervene in this matter. This is a command from the Core." One of the elders said with a slight smirk on his face.
"Damn you people…" Elder Ki curses.
Meanwhile, the other elders are being suppressed even the crowd as a few elders also appear. Now no one dares to say what they wanted to say. Though they feel that something is wrong, yet they did not suspect something is really happening in the dark as the fight is still happening as usual.
Others are quiet as they do not have a close relation with Fa Wenling. In fact, Fa Wenling is one of the thorns on their side. If she is to be eliminated in this battle, then that would be better.
At this moment, on the side, Old Chang is looking at the stage with gritted teeth. He did not expect that his old enemy would do such a despicable thing.
They actually mobilize the whole of Outer Sect elders to deal with him and his disciple. But he could not do anything about this but to watch at the dangerous circumstance of his disciple.
"I'm sorry, Wenling… I was too impatient. I should not have involved you in this mess…" he muttered to himself as he turns around and left.
He was too ashamed to stay as he could not even protect his own disciple in her impending incident.
At this stage, Fa Wenling is actually not that worried. Though the strikes from Zhang Ting are fatal, yet she could easily dodge every strike.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ting is the one feeling a bit flustered. The reason for this is because there were no hidden attacks that were done. According to the plan, a few level 5 and level 6 inner sect disciples are going to sneak attack Fa Wenling making her unable to dodge. Then he would take the final strike which would either end her life or cripple her.
What he wanted to do is not to kill her, but to make her his personal servant. That way, he could make her pay for the humiliation he has suffered in her hands.
Even the elders are showing suspicion in their eyes as the plan was to secretly attack Fa Wenling. Though they could attack her openly that would surely tarnish the reputation of the sect if ever this comes out in the public. So for those in the know, they would choose to keep their silence for fear of offending the core.
But this type of attitude is not applicable to the other low-level sect members so they still have to be discrete when doing such things if they want to get disciples from the outside.
While those conspirators are waiting for the time to come at hand where Fa Wenling would suffer defeat and die or even be crippled, there are those who did not want her to get hurt.
Though she is a proud woman, she is also not that vile. Especially for the group of women on Tang Guan's side. Fa Wenling might not be a part of them, but she is someone they still look up to.
Meanwhile, at this moment, a young man is watching this scene to the side with a slight smile in his eyes. He has already noticed that there is going to be a foul play in this match, and upon checking he truly found something weird.
There are actually Inner Sect disciples lurking in the Outer Sect and wearing an Outer Sect uniform at that. Because of this suspicion, he decided to act.
While looking at the match, a slight smile appears on his scarred face.
"Though you are a bit haughty, you have not offended me that much and have actually helped me learn alchemy. With this, we are even…"