Chapter 88: Tournament-4!
"Match Begin!"
Shiyue got into a defensive stance while Bai Leng looked at her and said: "Just surrender Miss Shiyue. I've seen your matches to know that you can't beat me. If possible, I'd like to not hurt a beautiful woman like you!"
Hearing his words, a hateful expression appeared on her face as she spat: "Stop blabbering, just come at me. I'm not one to surrender without a fight!"
Bai Leng, maintaining his calm expression, nodded: "Alright, as you wish!"
Saying that He dashed towards Shiyue as he began to attack her at a terrifying speed.
Palm attack, fist attack, kick, elbows.
He attacked however he could while Shiyue dodged his attacks by hair's breadth.
She was surprised by how aggressive Bai Leng was being in this match.
In all his previous matches, he remained calm, however, right now, he was on the offensive.
Shiyue planned to dodge his attacks and exhaust him before finishing this match with one attack.
At this moment, Bai Leng's voice reached her ears: "You don't think that you are dodging my attacks with your skills, do you? If so, then let me clear your misunderstanding, I'm just giving you face because you are a woman. If I beat you in one move, it wouldn't look good on you, but I think this is enough, right?"
Hearing this, Shiyue's eyes widened as she noticed Bai Leng's attack speed increasing at a visible pace and
Boom!
She was hit with a palm attack on her stomach before being sent flying out of the ring with an exploding sound.
"Winner! Crimson Sky Sect's Bai Leng!"
Bai Leng gave her a last smile before turning around and leaving.
The next match was between Mo Fan and a protagonist from the second-ranked sect, Shadow Veil sect who wore a black-colored sect uniform.
This match was intense and went on for long.
The shadow Veil Sect's protagonist employed multiple stealth skills which confused Mo Fan, however, after a while, he came out victorious.
After some more matches between protagonists, it was finally, Ashen's turn.
He hasn't fought after the preliminaries and his opponent this time was Lu Xian, a protagonist from the celestial Harmony sect.
Ashen went on the ring as he waited for Lu Xian patiently. He planned to kill Lu Xian right here and now. After that, he would just say that he couldn't control his strength, and at most, he would get eliminated from the tournament.
But elimination vs killing a protagonist without any consequences. Obviously, the second option was better.
And killing him wouldn't be a problem. The plan was simple.
He was right now at the Core Formation realm, meaning with only one finger, he could kill Lu Xian. That was how big the difference in strength was.
Ashen didn't see any way for World's will to save him.
As soon as the Match would begin, Ashen would use all his strength in a single attack that would kill Lu Xian for sure.
There wouldn't be any time to save Lu Xian for World's Will.
He was waiting for this match patiently. He just wanted to kill any protagonist he could, but, for some reason, he didn't get to fight any protagonist.
While he was thinking all this, Lu Xian didn't appear for a long time, instead, an old elder from the Celestial Harmony Sect approached Chen Lu.
"Where is Lu Xian?" Chen Lu asked.
The old elder bowed as he apologized: "Lu Xian cannot fight. He has been injured in his previous match and hence, he'd like to surrender!"
"What? He too?" Chen Lu was baffled as he glanced at Ashen, thinking internally: "What kind of luck does he possess? Everyone surrenders in front of him without a fight!"
The old elder replied: "He said that he could fight, but the sect leader decided to make him withdraw. Please accept his surrender!"
Chen Lu nodded as he announced: "Winner, Phoenix Feather Sect's Wang Ashen!"
Meanwhile, Ashen sighed and left.
He understood that it was all the World's will's doing.
"Liu Nutong, why did you make your disciple withdraw? If he wanted to fight, just let him!" Chen Lao asked.
Liu Nutong shook his head as he explained: "No, It isn't that I couldn't let him fight, but, it is just that I got a bad feeling as if something bad will happen if let him participate in the fight. I can't let anything happen to him. He is the hope of my sect!"
Chen Lao nodded in understanding: "I understand!"
After this match, the next matches also ended after intense fights.
Now, the fourth round commenced and there were only eight participants who advanced - Bai Leng, Mo Fan, Ashen, Han Yujin, and four other protagonists.
"The fourth round of the tournament, Begin!"
"Crimson Sky Sect's Bai Leng VS Phoenix Feather Sect's Mo Fan!"
This was a match worth to see and Ashen paid full attention to it. Mo Fan had low luck right now but he had some ridiculous cheats while Bai Leng was too skillful and had a ridiculous amount of luck.
"Match Begin!"
As the announcement was made both stayed on their spot, waiting for the next person to make their move.
Bai Leng waited, however, seeing that Mo Fan wasn't ready to make the first move, Bai Leng rushed in as he began to shower punches on Mo Fan.
Mo Fan endured his punches without dodging at all. He just stayed vigilant to notice if Bai Leng was going to use any skill to send him flying out of the ring.
A frown appeared on Bai Leng's face as he thought: "Why is his body so hard as if it is made of iron? Also, my punches don't seem to be having any effect on him, what's going on? Looks like I can't hold back in this fight!"
Making up his mind, Bai Leng created some distance between both of them as he grabbed the wrist of his right arm with his left hand tightly, moving his left hand's grip to the back as if squeezing his right forearm.
Crimson Blood Pump fist!
He attacked with this familiar move, planning to use the pumping force of the skill to send Mo Fan out of the ring.
Mo Fan knew that this was no ordinary skill as he conjured Phoenix Origin Palm and met his attack head-on!
Boom!
The exploding sound of their fists colliding reverberated in the arena as both of them stayed on their spots until the pumping force of the skill gave Bai Leng the energy and power to throw Mo Fan away.
Mo Fan's eyes widened in surprise on witnessing the large amount of force coming from Bai Leng after his original punch.
Boom!
With the force of the punch, Mo Fan was sent flying to the back of the arena before somehow maintaining his balance and stopping at the edge of the ring.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)