Chapter 58 (1/2)

Chen Dong’s two arms had abruptly expanded. Countless water vapors rapidly gathered, and in several seconds, his arms grew to around 6 meters long, and they now looked like a pair of large drills.

The circular drills were spinning at high speeds and were full of sharp barbs. It could be imagined if that thing were to brush past Xia Fei’s body, even a combat suit with sturdy defense would be grounded to shreds by it!

Creating cold ice required a level of mastery, while controlling the cold required an even higher level of mastery. Chen Dong’s understanding toward his Freeze Special Ability had already reached the latter.

“Come, let’s fight again!”

Chen Dong yelled and proceeded to dash right at Xia Fei. The two huge ice drills spinning in his hands created an ear-piercing whine.

Xia Fei gritted his teeth and exerted strength to both his legs and shunted to the side.

*Crash!*

The pair of drills came into contact with the icy surface as a slew of broken ice scattered in every direction like an explosion!

Before Xia Fei could steady himself, Chen Dong’s arms lashed out horizontally, causing the two spinning drills to sweep past him. Xia Fei tapped the ground with both feet as his entire figure leaped upward as he evaded the cut from Chen Dong’s follow-up attack.

*Thud!*

Xia Fei landed squarely back on the platform as the ice cleats on the bottom of his combat boots gripped tightly onto the icy surface. Xia Fei had only been able to duck and avoid that series of attacks just now, completely unable to mount a retaliation at all.

Chen Dong’s speed was simply too fast. Not only were the weapons he was wielding in both his arms much more powerful than before, but even the speed and the force behind his attacks had also been strengthened!

This pair of drills that Chen Dong was wielding was already 6 meters long, and it was continually spinning like a real drill.

Xia Fei needed to be further away from Chen Dong to dodge his drills, making it that much harder for him to get close enough to Chen Dong’s body to dish out his counterattacks.

Technically, the bigger the weapon’s size, the heavier it would be, which meant the frequency of each swing would decrease. But for some unknown reason, Chen Dong seemed to be able to brandish those two large drills of his much faster than the two icy blades; could his physique had been bolstered by his ability as well?

Xia Fei kept dodging even as he continued to think about this problem, ‘That completely defies common sense. How could a weapon that became heavier provide even more frequent swings?!’

All of a sudden, Xia Fei discovered that the shape of Chen Dong’s two ice drills had been changing the whole time; it was just that the difference was extremely minute, such that the average human would hardly be able to spot it.

As Xia Fei continued to duck and weave while keeping his eye on Chen Dong’s ice drills, he finally understood what was going on. It turned out that the ice drills were actually automatically changing along with Chen Dong’s movements.

It meant that Chen Dong was not actually wielding that pair of ice drills at all. Every time his arm moved forward even by one centimeter, the ice drills would also automatically change by a centimeter in the same direction. As long as he could control the morphing ice drills to fit his arm at all times, there was actually no need for him to use any strength to manipulate the drills!

What an amazing ability!

It was an ability that allowed the user to move it with their mind. Such an ability was absolutely incredible!

A whole 30 minutes had passed, and Xia Fei had been evading Chen Dong’s attacks without once going on the offensive himself as he was in a passive position now.

Evasion also required Xia Fei to expend a lot of physical strength and keep his concentration levels at peak condition. This was especially true when choosing the right path to escape. He simply could not make even the slightest mistake.

The temperature in the ring was about a dozen degrees below zero, yet Xia Fei was sweating profusely, as he was using up a lot of his physical strength.

Standing in the corner of the ring, Xia Fei took out a White Dew fruit from his spatial ring and popped it in his mouth, quickly munching on it.

The White Dew had the miraculous effect of replenishing physical condition when eaten. In such a battle, Xia Fei needed to ensure that he had enough physical strength at any given time, as even the slightest of mistakes would turn out to be problematic.

Chen Dong threw an icy stare at Xia Fei. 30 minutes had already passed, and no matter how hard he had tried, he still couldn’t land a hit on Xia Fei at all ever since their fight started, and he was slowly becoming somewhat annoyed by this.

A dozen or more victors had already been decided in the other 26 rings. In contrast, the candidates in the ring no. 21 had hardly even exchanged blows with each other beyond the handful of bouts, let alone tell which party would be victorious right now.

Having won his first match, a bald man came over to the information system in the main hall to check his opponent for the next match, and the display screen showed that his next match would be whoever ended up winning the fight between Chen Dong and Xia Fei.

That bald man laughed, a hand rubbing his shiny bald head as he said, “To think I would have such bad luck, actually pitting me up against that madman Chen Dong.”

As for Xia Fei, this man had basically disregarded him. He cracked his knuckles and made his way over and stood in front of ring no. 21.

“Hmph, others might be afraid of you, but I’m not!” The bald man sat down below the ring as his eyes stared daggers at Chen Dong, the flames of battle smoldering in his irises.

Chen Dong took two steps back, stooped, and then went hurtling straight for Xia Fei like a cannonball, his two ice drill arms placed right in front of him.

Xia Fei hurriedly did a sidestep to dodge this charge, and just as Xia Fei’s figure moved, Chen Dong’s ice drills suddenly swelled!

Chen Dong had increased the length of his ice drill in that instance and went piercing right toward Xia Fei!

Xia Fei had not expected that Chen Dong’s assault this time around would be so fierce. He struggled to twist his body, his feet desperately stomping on the icy surface. The ice cleats on his combat boots could sense the explosive force Xia Fei had applied, so the spikes extended themselves, lodging his two feet tightly into that ice to provide maximum support for Xia Fei!

*Crash!*

Xia Fei’s entire body soared upward, the ice drills barely brushing past the soles of his shoes. It was yet another close shave!

Chen Dong had clearly seen himself attack Xia Fei countless times. The barbed ice drills would always be just several centimeters away from Xia Fei’s body, yet he would avoid the attacks every time with his unpredictable movements.

Chen Dong was becoming more and more annoyed. He kept increasing the intensity of his assault, like a combination of a raging blizzard and ferocious hailstorm, wildly attacking, again and again!

Xia Fei was nowhere near as irritated as Chen Dong, but instead, his mind was actually becoming clearer and more composed. He did not spend too much time practicing the Crafty approach, so there were still many moves that he had yet to master with proficiency.

After fighting for over an hour, and countless near-death experiences, Xia Fei was slowly becoming more and more dextrous with utilizing the Crafty approach. Combat was the best way to hone the technique, as Xia Fei discovered that it was far more efficient for him to experience and try out new moves during actual combat than to train by himself.

Swallowing another White Dew to replenish his lost strength, Xia Fei’s eyes began to show excitement.

On the other side of the ring, Chen Dong had abruptly stopped his attack on Xia Fei as he tossed an unknown fruit into his mouth from his spatial ring.