"Ye Ling has higher chances of winning this fight." Hu Anjing suddenly said.
"True, I think so too." I nodded at her words.
I mean it would be unrealistic if Lai Xinyue could win easily.
I wish I could check to see if Ye Ling has any special talent but as this is a crowded place I don't want to go blind or sensory overload when I activate the [Peeping eye of Heaven], so I would try it later in a more private setting.
To say the least, I don't think she can be an ordinary person if she has this much talent even without a master to back her up.
Anyway, the fight is about to start.
——(POV third person)——
"Senior sister, this is an honor for me to spar with you." Lai Xinyue said with her stoic face. If her eyes were not shining as she spoke, no one would believe that her words were genuine.
Luckily for her, the other person was somewhat similar to her when it comes to human interactions so no misunderstandings were formed between them.
"Thank you, junior sister. I hope our fight would be satisfactory." Ye Ling said with a scowl on her face. This wasn't because she had a problem with Lai Xinyue but she was scowling because she was thinking if her answer was good and friendly or not.
Fortunately for her, Lai Xinyue was not one to be known for her understanding of facial emotions so she didn't misunderstand her scowl to be about her. Well, to be more clear, Lai Xinyue didn't even see her scowl at her so it's only natural to not be misunderstood.
However, for the crowd and the other disciples from the heavenly sword sect, this only created more misunderstandings and confusion.
They were saying kind words with wrong facial expressions, Isn't this a bit… ingenuine?
'Are they taunting each other?'
'They must have personal problems with each other to be this blunt.'
'Are they crazy?'
'How can they look this calm when saying this kinds of words?'
These were some of the things that were going through the audience's minds. They were all silent, waiting for the fight to start and their waves of anger to unleash. They wouldn't think in their wildest dreams that these so-called geniuses didn't have the ability to hold a simple conversation.
But there was one person who knew the truth.
Li Huang was massaging his temples. He knows that this conversation was the result of their unique personalities and they had no problems with each other, in fact, it seems that Lai Xinyue even idolizes Ye Ling.
"They are truly shit when it comes to communication." He muttered with a dumbfounded look on his face.
"I can't think of anything to make it more awkward…" Hu Anjing added with a puzzled look on her face.
Li Huang just nodded at her words.
"At least they can fight without any need to talk so it would be watchable…" Li Huang took a deep breath.
"That's… true." Hu Anjing said.
Back on stage, the two female disciples were staring at each other. The tension was high in the audience, they were watching in anticipation of the explosive start of the fight.
They knew that in this situation the starting move can decide many factors about the fight so they don't want to miss even a moment of it.
A few more seconds of silence passed and the natural frown on Ye Ling's face deepened.
"Don't you want to attack?" she asked Lai Xinyue while frowning. She was confused about Lai Xinyue not attacking because everyone she has fought until now wouldn't lose a chance like this and would attack first.
The crowd all gasped.
Her frown was a show of confusion by her, but to the crowd, it looked like she was angry that Lai Xinyue is wasting her time by not doing anything until now.
They soon quieted down to hear Lai Xinyue's reaction to this obvious provocation from Ye Ling.
It didn't take much time for Lai Xinyue to answer back.
"Senior sister, I am better at defending." She said with no emotion on her face.
Li Huang almost fell from his chair.
He then looked at Hu Anjing.
They both could see the 'what the fuck is going on' in each other's eyes.
But the crowd almost had stars in their eyes. Why wouldn't they? This fight is one of the most exciting so far, if not the most exciting one and it is yet to start!
The audience thought that Lai Xinyue was hinting at Ye Ling to attack as much as she wants but, she can't pass her defenses.
Ye Ling and Lai Xinyue who didn't know about the commotion that they were creating, continued to bicker.
"Are you sure you want that?" Ye Ling asked with a big frown on her face. She was more confused about this junior sister, does she really want me to attack first?
The crowd didn't even breathe and waited for Lai Xinyue to taunt back.
"Yes, I would be grateful if you can attack me, senior sister." She said it the same way she did until now, with little to no emotion. But this time you could see the eagerness in her eyes.
The crowd translated this as Lai Xinyue showing her fangs to Ye Ling without restriction.
On the other side, Ye Ling eased her frown and nodded.
"Very well." She said. This was one of the most successful talks that she had with another person, others usually won't talk long with her.
Because of this, she decided to not fight like she usually did. She would usually attack with all her power but she wanted to test this junior sister first, so she started attacking with half of her power.
Their fight started and you could see the sparks flying as their swords clashed. Ye Ling was surprised at first that this girl can fight with her. true, she is using only half of her power but even half of her power is too much for a Qi Gathering practitioner. They kept fighting for 15 more minutes and then she used more power in her attacks.
She wanted to find the limit of this junior sister.
The crowd was all cheers all the time. You could say that this was one of the best fights with almost equal sides. Well, at least so far they were equally matched.
The fight went on for 10 more minutes and Lai Xinyue still could parry Ye Ling's attacks, albeit hardly. This time Ye Ling wasted no more time and used her full power and attacked Lai Xinyue with pure sword mastery.
Lai Xinyue could defend at first but it didn't take long for her to be unable to fight more. After 5 more minutes, she was so exhausted that she couldn't even move her sword.
She was barely standing and seeing this, Ye Ling stopped attacking and frown— looked at the referee.
Seeing this the referee assessed the situation quickly and ended the fight in favor of Ye Ling because Lai Xinyue was unable to continue fighting.
After the referee announced the winner the crowd broke into cheers again.
Meanwhile, Ye Ling went in front of Lai Xinyue and looked at her with her signature frown.
"I will carry you." She said and immediately lifted Lai Xinyue and carried her bridal style.
Seeing this, the men and women of culture in the crowd cheered louder and some even cried while clapping.
Li Huang was baffled.
"What the fuck was this?" he unconsciously muttered.