Chapter 312: Rivalry (1/2)
”Hah… Hah… Hah…” Kairu's breathing was rough, standing in the center of scattered jet-black daggers. His strong body suffered many cuts and blood started to dye his skin.
He suffered under Lu An's relentless attack, the unlimited swap with the daggers caught him off guard. He could not read where Lu An would come from. Even if he predicted it once, Lu An would just swap with the other daggers. He tried to destroy the dagger, but it was futile as Lu An made more daggers.
If this continued, he would lose for sure. Kairu was thinking hard about how to turn the situation in his favor. However, the Flaming Lion could not think another way aside from going all out. But if he went all out, he might accidentally kill his opponent.
'Screw it!' Kairu did not care anymore about the sparring. This was about his honor as a member of the Crimson Clan. He was not willing to get taken down without using his all.
Kairu's fur stood up as his body released out a thick hot air. His fur turned redder as his mane slowly transformed into fire.
Lu An stopped his attack as soon as he noticed the change in his opponent. He decided to observe his opponent before deciding his next move. He was thinking about how to make Kairu give up, the despair.
From a distance, Tang Shaoyang noticed the change too. Kairu was using a huge amount of mana he should not have in the sparring match. He could see the fierce mana around the lion beastmen and was aware of who was the winner of the match.
Without any words, he moved from his spot toward Kairu who was in the middle of the transformation. He put his hand on Kairu's shoulder, ”This is enough, you lose!”
”I am–” The Flaming Lion was about to tell out that he had not lost yet until a huge force pushed his shoulder. Kairu easily fell on his knees and looked up in shock and anger mixed. The lion beastmen met with Tang Shaoyang's scary gaze while grinning at him.
”I told you this is just a sparring match, not a life and death fight. I allowed you to fight but you were not allowed to fight seriously, were my words not clear enough for you?”
Kairu immediately lowered his head as his body trembled faintly. The Flaming Lion felt the scary presence from Tang Shaoyang. His sharp instinct was screaming at him to listen to the man's words.
”You lose today, but this is not the end. Lu An is not going anywhere, as long as you follow me, you will always have a chance to take back your honor by defeating him!” Tang Shaoyang pulled Kairu up and tapped his shoulder, ”Of course, you have to be stronger than him!”
”But I haven't lost yet…” the unyielding spirit in Kairu's eyes remained there. He thought he could win as long as he used his all.
”You didn't use all your powers so did Lu An,” he pointed at the surroundings with the scattered daggers, ”He just swapped his body around with the dagger, it was just a movement skill but you could not even match him. He did not even try to harm you by avoiding the vital spots!”
Kairu lowered his head as he could not refute Tang Shaoyang's view about the match.
”You know, Kairu! Knowing and acknowledging your weakness is what man ought to do. You learn from your mistakes and move forward by improving yourself! That's what you should do, not staking your life in a battle against your ally. That is just stupid!” Tang Shaoyang tapped his shoulder a few more times before sending a thumb to Lu An, ”Great skill, I see you are improving so much.”