Chapter 118: Outgoing Concern (2/2)

In the past, she treated me as an equal. It's my turn to do it for her.

Boom!

Suddenly, a crater formed just beside the arena where Shi Meili and I were. There, Shen Rong stood in front of us, grinning from ear to ear. He was the one who caused the crater when he jumped down from the platform above the coliseum.

For some reason, I'm getting the feeling that Shen Rong staged everything and he purposefully pitted me against Shi Meili.

”Since this year's Red Sea Tournament is a cause for celebration, I would like to personally oversee the match.” Shen Rong announced. ”This generation's cultivators are promising. And with the current Rush Hour eliminated, we have more time and resources to further their growth. I hope that next year, we can have another Red Sea Tournament with twice as many shelters participating. With that, may I ask the two participants to please ready yourselves? On my signal, the first Red Sea Tournament match will commence. Ready... ”

”Go!”

Swish!

A gust of wind blew from where Shi Meili was standing and a hundredth of a second later, she was already right in front of me with daggers at the ready. There was no hesitation of murder in her eyes that for a moment, I thought she was really willing to kill me. Fortunately, I'm quite confident with my speed as well and I managed to dodge her by the skin of the teeth.

”Are you really in the Immortal Realm?! How fast can you move?!” I exclaimed as I dodged and stood where Shi Meili was standing a moment ago.

”AMAZING! In a hundredth of a second, the two of them managed to attack each other and exchange places. What crazy moments! They may as well be in the Ancient Realm!!!”

Apparently, Shen Rong even went as far as to hire a commentator for the Red Sea Tournament. I couldn't help but think that the commentator's cultivation was on par or higher than Ancient Realm since he could easily observe our movements. That, or he has a special skill that makes him see through anyone's movements no matter how fast they moved. Does he have the time element? I could only wonder.

”You're slower compared to him.” Shi Meili simply commented as she unleashed another attack. I could detect a little bit of bitterness and sadness in her voice but I didn't take it to heart. There was a lot going on in my mind right now that I don't have the leisure to ponder on every word she said.

This time, Shi Meili managed to attack me before the hundredth of a second even occurred. Tens of her afterimages could briefly be seen before I experienced my right arm being cut off from where it was.

'And here I was, thinking that I could let my guard down when fighting against Immortal Realm Cultivators. Why are they so strong? Technically I'm in the Ancient Realm right now, right?' I told myself. Albeit it's hard to believe that Shi Meili managed to land a hit on me, and she was even able to cut my arm off, it already happened and there was no way I could bring it back.

Sigh~ she really is a handful, just like before.