"Next is the battle for the 6th to 10th ranks"
The 5 contestants silhouettes appeared on the stage before a protection rune manifested a dome over the flying battlefield. A young man clad in black stood on one side quietly while boundless dark sword qi radiated from him. Next to him stood a young girl whos cheerful eyes had turned almost cold and in her hand, she held a shard of frozen ice. On the opposite side was another young man except this man could command thunder and lightning using his body as a medium. The mysterious katana man, Yu Ling, Lan Du and 2 other people stared at each other with a thirst to battle.
Not one of them dared to break the silence. The tense atmosphere broke with the sound of the unsheathing of a sword. The Mysterious Katana man disappeared from his spot before appearing in the sky while formless black qi leaked out of the katana. He brandished his sword and thrusted the black qi towards one of the competitors. Although there was only a one level difference between the mysterious katana man and that cultivator, he still wasn't able to bear the destructive black qi and admitted defeat.
Four people were left and Lan Du was the next to take action. Lightning rolled around his right arm before he grabbed out at the fourth cultivator who was covered in metal.
"hah, don't you know? Metal conducts electricity!" Lan Du began laughing and that other cultivator suddenly realized his mistake, but before he could transform back into his fleshy body.. Lan Du's lightning arm had already grabbed him by the throat and transferred the lightning into his body.
"ARGGH I ADMIT DEFEAT!"
Out of the three left, Yu Ling looked the most vulnerable with her petite body quietly standing in the corner of the arena. Because of this, Lan Du next decided to attack her. He raised his palm and commanded the lightning energy in his body to smash into her but before it reached, Yu Ling's eyes opened and she called out "Ice Manifesto - Crystal Mirror"
A huge chunk of ice grew out from the ground and blocked the lightning strike and suddenly the ground began to tremble. A chilly temperature spread around the battlefield and a loud bang abruptly sounded. An even more terrible lightning strike emerged from the mirror and headed towards Lan Du, However, this lightning strike even contained a trace of cold Ice qi.
"Crap.." He used both his palms to send out another attack to collide with that lightning strike from Yu Ling, but it was to no avail, His attack was cleaved in half and his body was completely vulnerable to the attack from the strike. The freezing lightning attack descended on his body which had no defenses. His frozen body was thrown across the field as his eyes were in shock. Yu Ling began walking towards Lan Du with the ice shard still in her palm shimmering in the sunlight.
"BROTHER, HELP ME!" Lan Du tried to stand up as he yelled towards the mysterious man wielding a katana in the sky.
"Why? Aren't you my competitor as well? Why is there any need for me to help you? In any case, I would have to waste my qi fighting you after I dealt with her."
"No.. I will admit defeat after we-"
The Mysterious Katana man interrupted and spoke while his feet touched the floor. "Request denied"
Yu Ling arrived before Lan Du's miserable face before pointing her finger towards him. A thin needle appeared on the tip of the finger and began to rush towards the center of Lan Du's brows.
"EARTH TIER LOW LEVEL ! THUNDER SAGE QI DEVIATION!" A loud bang rang out in the sky as a massive thunderbolt descended down from the heavens.
"Earth tier? only those at or above the qi circulation realm can use those. This man is crazy!" A spectator stared at the scene.
"LAN DU! DID YOU ENTER THE FACTION'S LIBRARY WITHOUT PERMISSION!?" an elder from the lightning devouring faction yelled in rage towards the battlefield. There was no way a teacher gave a mere body tempering stage youngling an earth tier technique fit for those at the Qi Circulation realm. In that case.. he must have gone into the faction's library illegally.
Lan Du's Body began expanding at crazy rate, looking like an ugly giant as his face contorted crazily due to the immense deficit of qi in his body. In other words, he wasn't able to control the amount of wild qi entering his body.
"Idiot" The mysterious katana man laughed and watched from the ground.
Lan Du's body eventually reached the limit and exploded into shreds as the uncontrolled lightning qi transformed into a thunder storm throwing thunderbolts down at the two remaining contestants.
Yu Ling created a wall of Ice above her before it shattered under the pressure of the wild lightning qi. "ah, how funny, I'm forced to use this technique again" She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. For all her life, she had been told never to use this technique other than in life or death situations. However in the span of one day, she had already displayed it once and was about to be forced to show it again.
"Great Ice Body Constitution: First transformation- Ice Princess" The Great crystal ice dress once again appeared on her as she transformed into a beauty from the heavens. Her legs grew longer, her face radiated with beauty, and she became mature in the span of a few seconds. The Ginormous Ice statue, which was the size of a whale rose from the ground behind her. Her eyes twitched from the pain, but this time, a sense of pride also flashed in her eyes. She gave a smile that shook the heavens as she grabbed the thunderbolt in the sky.
"How interesting, it seems like each time she uses this technique, her proficiency in it gets better. However, it also should cost more qi." The Gazes of the mysterious katana man and Yu Ling clashed.
Who knew that a competition between mere body tempering younglings would cause such a commotion?