Chapter 215 - Flame Winners (1/2)

”The winner is Hei.” Song Yazhu proclaimed. After that, as soon as Hei finished his victory cry, the teacher continued, ”Given the conditions in which the fighting stage is, we will take a break before the next challenge.”

Indeed, the combat stage was in an unusable state. The material used to build it was very resistant, and in fact, the tiles hadn't been damaged. The problem was that most of the surface was covered by Xing's web. With a web of such sticky properties, how could the next two fighters fight?

Therefore, Song Yazhu proposed a break to clear the stage of the web and rescue Pablo Cortés and his spirit beasts still trapped in the web.

”Well done, Ye, Xing. Now you can rest. Tonight I'll get you all the food you want, ”Hei said to his little sisters as he walked back toward the other tournament participants.

'Yeah, yippee!' Ye yelled with joy.

She was the one in better shape of the two spirit beasts in a certain way. Her body was bruised everywhere and was covered in blood, both her own and her opponents'. Although she possessed the Metal Law, she couldn't use it during the match. As a result, she had to fight, relying solely on her body's basic resistance and her defensive spirit power layer. Against two spirit beasts at the same time, it was normal for her to have been injured.

Xing, on the other hand, didn't respond. Even though she hadn't suffered as many injuries as Ye, the technique she had used had drained her strength. At the moment, she was in a deep sleep as she let herself be dragged by her big brother.

Seeing this, Hei stroked her face gently and then stroked Ye's head. Ye rubbed her face against his hand, a sign that she liked the caresses she was receiving.

”Hurray Hei, Ye, and Xing! Congratulations on your victory!” Hei's companions exclaimed when he returned to them.

Hei replied by putting a finger to his lips and gesturing to be quiet. When he pointed to the exhausted Xing over his shoulder, the others realized that she was sleeping and postponed their congratulations.

”Congratulations on your win. It looks like we will be opponents tomorrow. I can't wait.” Hu Jie said in a low voice.

”It seems so. I also am eager to fight you.” Hei replied.

Although he normally had a calm nature, Hei also possessed a strongly combative nature. Hu Jie was a genius among geniuses and had awakened Hei's fighting spirit to the peak.

”The next to take the field will be Feng Chen of the Feng Family and William, one of the Imperial Guards of the Imperial Prince Long Tian.”

Hearing their names, the two fighters stepped forward and headed for the fighting stage, now cleared of any spiderwebs.

”Feng Chen, it's an honor to challenge someone as strong as you,” William said with a slight bow of his head.

”William, you don't need to use formalities here. Instead, I am curious to see your true strength. Knowing Long Tian, ​​his judgment is quite far-sighted when it comes to assessing a person's talent.” Feng Chen answered as he drew his sword.

”Let the fight begin!” Song Yazhu announced.

Crack!

As soon as Song Yazhu gave the go-ahead, William pulled out his glass vials containing his blood. This time, however, the vials were larger than before. Each was capable of occupying the entire palm of a hand. But the procedure didn't change anyway; William smashed them with his Katar daggers, and the weapons drank the blood contained in the vials.

Stab! Stab!

Two consecutive stabs to the abdomen flew into Feng Chen, who parried using his sword after covering it with his spirit power. William didn't undertake a challenge of strength, however; as soon as Feng Chen interposed his sword, William quickly moved aside.

'Feng Chen's knowledge of the Fire and Ice Laws is first class. If I give him the initiative, my defeat will only be a matter of time. So, as long as I keep breathing down his neck and don't give him a moment of breath, I still have a chance at victory.' William pondered as his eyes moved at high speed to detect possible gaps in Feng Chen's posture.

'He won't give me the initiative? Considering his fighting style and his Elemental Law, it is the best choice. However, even considering that, not many people would be able to attack so aggressively without creating flaws in their guard. As predicted by one of Long Tian's men, he is powerful.' Feng Chen analyzed in his mind.

From the stands, especially from the VIP grandstand, compliments came on William's foresight. Normally it would be difficult for a person to admit they were inferior to their opponent, especially at such a young age. Yet William did; after all, his opponent was Feng Chen, someone who could give even his boss, Long Tian, a hard time. So, he gave up any tactic or strategy to devote himself to a pure frontal attack. And as soon as he made a mistake, the victory would go to Feng Chen.

The two stayed in that furious dance for a while. As time passed, Feng Chen became more and more surprised by William's fencing skills with daggers. Despite trying in every way to destabilize William's rhythm, he could find no opening. Not only that, apart from lighting the flames on his sword, he hadn't been able to use any other elemental techniques.

'Since you don't fall for tricks, I'm forced to break through your guard with sheer force.' Feng Chen said to himself before activating his bloodline, ”Phoenix Bloodline, Activate!”

After activating his bloodline, the flames on his sword rose and reached an impressive temperature. William standing right in front could feel the heat of the sword breaking through his body. Soon, drops of sweat began to cover his whole body.

'Shit. Even if it's just a basic Fire Law technique, the power he can unleash after activating his bloodline is incredible. I even struggle to breathe by being so close, but I can't let go.'

Despite the difficult situation he was in, William didn't want to slow down for a second. Unfortunately, as time went by, it became evident that his body was starting to have difficulty maintaining this rhythm. Then again, it was already difficult to maintain a flow so fast and steady of attacks with no drop in intensity, let alone while facing such flames.

The situation came to a turning point when all the blood on William's Katar blades evaporated. Now, his blood injection technique was useless as there was no blood on his weapons.

Seeing this, Feng Chen smiled and made his move. So far, he had held back for fear of the high penetration of the Katar daggers and Hide's Blood Law technique. But if the blood on the weapons had evaporated, he didn't need to worry.

”Intent of the Sword, Fire Law, Phoenix Blaze!”

Another bunch of flames added to the sword's flames before condensing and fired like a beam of flame at William. The young imperial guard had no way of dodging or blocking and fully embraced Feng Chen's flaming technique. However, William stuck one of his daggers to the ground, not to be thrown away by the flames.

'The moment I let go, it's over. I won't have another chance to regain the initiative. I must win now, or I will lose!'

Without letting go of the dagger stuck to the floor, William stretched out the arm that held the other dagger Katar. ”Blood Law, Blood Spike!”

Stab!

Suddenly, William's blood oozed from small wounds on his hand caused by the Katar dagger. The weapon drank that blood and glowed red. Not only that, the blood that had been evaporated condensed again on the tip of the weapon; together with the new blood extracted from the body of its user, the Katar dagger's blade lengthened, forming a spike of blood.

Stab!

The spike generated by the Katar dagger's blade went to lodge itself in Feng Chen's stomach, who was caught off guard. The Feng family's young man fell backward as his defensive layer of spirit power was shattered around the area where the spike had stuck.

Seeing this, the spectators were incredulous. William had managed to penetrate Feng Chen's defense despite being entrapped inside the latter's flames. Everyone still remembered the blood technique William used in the previous round. If he were to use it now, would Feng Chen be able to resist?

But William didn't resort to that technique. The reason wasn't that he didn't want to win; his blood simply had failed to penetrate his opponent's flesh. 'Another protective layer, probably an Ice Law technique.'

Thinking this, William smiled bitterly. Feng Chen was too far-sighted to be caught off guard like that. It was obvious that he had left behind countermeasures in case of a surprise attack.

”But that doesn't matter. What I have to do is attack! ” William shouted as he ran towards Feng Chen with all his strength.