As soon as they got close enough, Min-ho immediately used his right leg to kick at his face but Yu-min successfully blocked it with his left arm. He then counterattacked him with an uppercut while using his right arm.
Surprisingly, Min-ho dodged his attack at the last moment while moving his head to the side.
As a result, it only grazed his face a bit.
"Not bad." Yu-min commented.
"I could say the same to you." Min-ho replied with a faint smile.
Afterwards, both of them took a step back and simultaneously attacked each other with their strongest kicks. But their legs were stopped in mid-air and clashed, creating a strong impact that formed a gust of wind around them.
The duo smiled at each other and kept fighting until one side was down.
"Woah, what an awesome fight!"
"Neither side is backing down…"
"I never expected that the new guy would be this powerful against senior Min-ho."
"Who knows! That new guy might end up defeating our senior."
"Don't be in a rush. Senior still hasn't used his full strength yet."
The audience got crazy and started gossiping about the fight.
As for the elders who were watching from the top, they haven't reacted to the battle yet.
"Sorry, brother. Show time's over. Let's end this." Upon realising that this isn't getting anywhere without him using any cultivation, Min-ho immediately enveloped his entire body with a red flame type of an aura and came at Yu-min with an unimaginable speed.
He extended his right arm while trying to punch in his gut but Kang Yu-min reflexively crossed his arms to block it.
"Hmph! Weak!" As soon as the punch came into contact with his crossed arms, Yu-min was sent flying and fell onto the bottom stairs where the audience was sitting.
Due to the strong force, his body was slammed down at the stage pretty hard that broke the boulder like stairs into pieces.
'He didn't use any cultivation until the end. I wonder why…' Min-ho thought to himself. 'Either way, he lost to me. That means, I'm still the strongest here. However, I thought he would be a match for me after him. I guess, I expected too much from a stranger whose origins are still unknown.'
Min-ho shook his head in disappointment and was ready leave the arena.
Rumble!
But the movement in Yu-min's body under the debris of the stairs halted his steps.
Yu-min stood up while having heavy burn marks on his arms and glared at Min-ho angrily.
"That hurts, you punk."
On the other hand, Min-ho laughed and had an excited look on his face. "Now, that's more like it, my friend!"
Without waiting any second, Min-ho took a fighting stance while enveloping the same aura around his body and immediately rushed forward to attack Yu-min.
He used the same punch he used before but this time, Yu-min successfully dodged it and attacked at his left shoulder at the same time.
However, Min-ho didn't budge.
"These puny attacks of yours won't hurt me." He said while kicking him with his right leg at his torso.
"I know. That's why, I'm trying something different here." At the last second, Yu-min dodged his attack and grabbed his leg while sticking himself onto it like a lizard.
"You bastard! Let go of me!" Min-ho said annoyingly while trying to shake him off from his leg.
"No way!" Yu-min smiled.
Min-ho lifted his foot with an additional weight of Yu-min's body and spun himself in a clockwise direction at a fast speed. Just like kicking a ball in the mid-air, he tried to make him lose his grip and throw him off with a strong force. However, Yu-min was stuck like a glue. Min-ho couldn't shake him off even a little.
Left with no choice, he jumped in the sky as hard as he could and made a landing in a position where the supposed leg was going to land a kick on the ground.
Before they could hit the ground, Yu-min let go of his leg and smiled hideously. "I was waiting for this moment."
"What!?" Min-ho twitched his eyebrows upon his response.
Yu-min then used his elbow and gave a consecutive hits to a certain area of his leg while they were in mid air.
On the other hand, Min-ho couldn't do anything to dodge the attacks.
As soon as they were close to the ground, Yu-min used his opponent's body for a foothold and backed away from Min-ho.
As for Min-ho, he crashed onto the ground making a huge crack on the surface and making the area misty with the dust flying around in the air.
After the smoke was dissipated, Min-ho was standing just fine while Yu-min was gasping for air.
"I don't know what you did back then, but it's no use if the attacks aren't powerful." Min-ho stated.
"Are you sure about that?" he replied with a smile on his face.
Min-ho raised his eyebrows and realised something as he looked down to his right leg. It was swollen to the point that it wasn't moving at all.
He was speechless and his mouth was gape upon seeing that.
"What happened? Why senior turned silent all of a sudden?"
One of the male disciples sitting among the audience said out loud.
"Look at his feet. One of them is swollen somehow." Another male disciple replied.
"Did his right foot hit the ground so hard that it got swollen?"
"Who knows! It happened so fast that I couldn't see it properly."
"If it did happen to swell that way, then did senior made a mistake on calculating the consequences or did he sacrifice his leg on purpose?"
"Looking at his face, it doesn't look it was intentional."
"So, that new guy did something to him?"
"Maybe… can't say for sure."
The crowd started murmuring to themselves with curiosity and doubt in their eyes on how Min-ho made a mistake during a fight.
On the other hand, some of the elders who were sitting at the top finally showed some reaction.
"What is going on? How did disciple Min-ho had his leg swollen? I'm sure it wouldn't happen because he hit the surface with a great gravity force, right?" One of the elders who were dressed in green robes and had a black beard mumbled.
"Third Elder, are your eyes for decoration or what? It was clearly the boy. I don't know about the details but I can say for sure he did it." Another voice resounded which belonged to an elder sitting one seat next to him.
Upon hearing his remarks, the elder started boiling with anger from inside but he calm himself down and replied. "Second Elder, just because you're a superior to me, doesn't mean you can rudely behave with me."
"Yeah! Yeah! Whatever."
"You-"
"Indeed, it was that boy who did it." An elder with a long white beard who was sitting in the middle spoke with a deep voice.
"What do you mean, great elder?" Third Elder asked.
"While they were falling, the boy separated himself from Min-ho and used him as a foothold to attack consecutive hits on his right foot."
"But what does that have to do with his leg being swollen. Normal attacks can't deal that much damage and I noticed that the boy was not using his cultivation at all."
"You're right. Normal attacks have no direct impact on a cultivator's body. But what if someone consecutively hit at the same spot of a body with precision?"
Third elder widened his eyes in surprise. "You mean to say…"
"Correct. He accurately hit the meridian points of disciple Min-ho's leg and stopped the blood circulation of that body part completely. As a result, his leg got swollen and now, he can't even move properly or use any cultivation technique like before." Great Elder explained.
"Don't tell me he did all that without even using his cultivation. Moreover, Min-ho is not your average fighter. He is currently at the second layer of the spirit gathering realm. I can't believe a new boy like him defeated Min-ho so easily." Second Elder said with a shocking expression in his eyes.
"Min-ho would've if he didn't let his guard down towards his opponent. However, that boy is something else as well. He hasn't used his cultivation at all and still able to overpower a cultivator to this extent. He is truly a fighting genius. Even I can't do that with precision. Yet he did it so easily while he was in mid-air. What's his name? Find out about him. I want to know where he came from. If he's not affiliated with any of the families, we can recruit him as our core disciple."
"Yes, sir!" Both elders responded simultaneously.
As for Min-ho, he was still in a shock and was spacing out during a fight.
"Hey, boy! Where are you looking at?" A voice resounded from behind and Min-ho came back to reality as he turned around.
But before he could do that, he was punched in the face by Yu-min so hard that he flew a distance away from the place where he was.
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