"boom"
wilder finally managed to get a hit on Joey.
"Hm?" Although Joey blocked, he was still shocked.
This turn of events made Wilder smile He had finally hit Joey, but this only lasted for a second until he noticed
"snoorrr"
This made Wilders' face red.
This was embarrassing, especially for him.
The crowd was in absolute shock.
"This guy isn't serious yet." These were the words going through their minds right now, and in fact, they were correct.
Joey wasn't fighting at full strength.
But
He wasn't the only one.
"You are worthy of being my opponent, Joey, but you are also very unlucky to have met me in a duel," Wilder said in a loud voice in hopes of waking Joey without touching him.
He was still met with silence, other than a particularly loud snorr.
"Good, since you've underestimated me, then you shall die," Wilder said in a loud voice.
He performed a few exquisite movements and screamed.
"First palm of bronze"
All of a sudden, a faint halo with a bronze luster appeared on his palms
This had jolted Joey up. He watched as Wilder took his stance till the bronze luster appeared on his hands.
Joey responded, "Interesting."
This time his eyes were wide open. This was serious.
"Die"
wilder started dashing towards Joey at full speed.
"You will have to catch me first." Joey had a sly look on his face.
"Firebird Dance sleeping drift"
Joey vanished from wilder's line of sight.
But that didn't make wilder panic. This time he twisted his body and did a backflip.
"boom"
Joey had just hit Wilders previous location but before he could recover
Wilder thrust his first palm of bronze at Joey Point Blank.
"nice try"
Joey swayed and dodged the attack, which he later followed up with an attack.
Joey was now wide awake, so this would become a nightmare for wilder.
The fight went on and most people in the crowd didn't even realize the time that had gone by. Every single moment was like a brush between life and death. It was also very thrilling and funny because Joey would sometimes fall asleep while fighting.
"Hmm, let's end the battle," a voice drifted from behind the leader of the infantry unit, Arthur.
It was the old man from earlier.
"Hmm," Arthur nodded.
He knew that if the fight were to go on, Joey would eventually win.
But he didn't want someone as talented as Wilder to be in the second grade, plus he didn't want the trouble from Wilder's backers.
"Stop, it's a draw," Arthur's voice echoed.
And immediately they both stopped fighting, Wilder specifically was exhausted. He had basically been the guy taking almost all the initiative to strike, while Joey would just dodge or counter attack. This stressed him out a lot.
"This is quite a hassle, I didn't really think that there would be a draw. Forgive me, I am a bit dumb," Arthur said to the crowd.
He really didn't say anything about a draw, so the crowd naturally didn't say anything, but a few nodded subconsciously.
Wang Ben and the others smacked their faces with their palms and thought "These guys must have a death wish."
But they didn't notice the evil smile on Arthur's face.
"I called myself dumb and you agreed with me? I will show you dumbasses who the dumb one is, "Arthur thought in his mind.
He was being shameless. Was it their fault that he hadn't thought the rules through?
Okay, let me think of a way to solve this... hmmm Arthur put his hand on his chin as if thinking of a solution.
A few seconds went by and then
"Oh oh, I have it," Arthur said in an excited tone.
"From now on, anyone that draws will have to survive 10 exchanges with me," Arthur said.
The crowd was contemplating the idea as it sounded like a good one and it was fairly easy. It was only 10 exchanges after all.
"Senior Arthur, please have mercy." A cadet from behind cupped his hands at Arthur.
When those words exited the mouths of the cadet, it surprised the candidates. Were they missing something here?
Frank and the others looked at Wang Ben's face. He was staring at them calmly, but when he noticed they were looking at him, he could only smile and shake his head.
He looked helpless.
Arthur was like this: sometimes he liked to cause trouble and bully people less strong than him.
"Stories" Arthur said righteously, "I have always been a merciful leader. Why do you make it sound as if I want to bully the weak?"
He wasn't fooling the cadets, though they knew him and they knew his tactics. He wanted to knock the candidates down a few notches because of his mistake.
The cadets looked at Arthur disdainfully. He was always like this, so he couldn't hide it from them.
"Brother Arthur" wang Ben's voice echoed
"What do you want? You better not have the same opinion as this loser over there. " Arthur was now staring at Wang Ben.
He naturally knew that Wang Ben would protest; his candidate was one of the people standing on the stage right now, so Arthur expected it.
Wang Ben could only shake his head after hearing that this guy was annoying.
"No leader, Arthur I would do no such thing. I just wanted to make sure the candidates were safe and the battle was over as quickly as possible, "Wang Ben said.
"Oh? What do you have in mind then? " Arthur asked Wang Ben with a look of interest; he wanted to know the scheme Wang Ben would come up with.
"Let them both fight you at the same time," Wang Ben said.
"Oh? That's a good idea," Arthur said dully.
He was confused as he was expecting Wang Ben to come up with an excuse or a way to stop him from beating up these two guys.
"Okay, you heard the man, both of you come at me," Arthur said with a smile that he wouldn't be using his full strength if this were a boring fight.
"Wake up" wilder hit Joey, who was already dosing off.
"You better stop that." wilder thought that this would be an easy battle and the sleeping joey pissed him off.
"go"
They both dashed forward.
"boom"
Wilder threw a kick at the leader, Arthur.
But Arthur didn't move.
"Damn" Wilder stopped the attack mid-air and fell back.
It was a faint, but seeing that Arthur saw it and didn't react disoriented him.
"How did he know?" wilder thought
Actually, he was just thinking too much. Arthur didn't react because of Wilder's faint. It was because even if it weren't a faint, he would still be able to withstand it easily. The difference between a cultivator and an ordinary person was just too huge and even though Arthur had reduced his strength, he was still a monster.
"woosh"
A shadow suddenly breezed past wilder and towards Arthur.
It was Joey, and his eyes showed excitement.
"firebird dance sleeping fist," joey said softly it seemed like he was cursing on the air
And then
"boom"
He and Arthur had collided and although he was sent flying back, he managed to take one strike, unlike Wilder, who ran
"Good, that's one exchange," Arthur said.
Joey stood up again and smiled at Arthur. He had a hint of madness in his eyes.
When Wilder saw this, he looked embarrassed.
Why was he scared?
He stood up and leaped at Arthur immediately. He wasn't going to be scared anymore.
"Oh, I forgot, you lose if you get knocked out."Arthur said this to throw Wilder off his game, and he succeeded.
"Ahahahahaahah, the noble faction breeds scaredy cats?" Arthur laughed hysterically.
A few cadets frowned The leader of the infantry unit's cadet was a person of the noble faction, and he took every opportunity to humiliate them.
They hoped it would change soon, but they had to endure for the time being. That didn't stop Arthur from doing what he wanted.
"Don't be scared, little boy, come at me," Arthur said in a loud voice.
"If you don't come at me, I will come at you."
On one hand, he hated being humiliated. On the other hand, he didn't want to get beat up or knocked out by Arthur.
The Maniac had an issue with the noble faction and everyone had told him to stay away from him because not only was he the leader of the infantry unit, he was also a sly and shameless person.
"boom"
A look of surprise appeared on Arthur's face.
Unknown to Wilder, Joey had moved behind Arthur and sneak-attacked him.
When Wilder saw this, he ground his teeth and lounged at Arthur.
Arthur saw that and laughed out loud. He was surrounded by candidates, but he didn't care.
"finally grew a peer of balls huh?"
"Let's do this."