20 Chapter 20: Contest 5 (1/2)

The first two girls called to compete against one another where from two noble families. Both girls were evenly matched in strength. One was had an earth affinity, while the other had water. It was a very interesting battle to watch, and Ying Yue quite enjoyed it.

Ying Yue was very excited to watch all the battles.

Even though she was a bounty hunter in her past life, and thus very good at fighting bare handed, as well as with a plethora of other weapons, Ying Yue couldn't say that say that she was super confident in her abilities using spirit powers.

Although she was currently the most powerful girl competing in terms of martial rank, she had no real battle experience implementing her powers. Watching other girls compete gave Ying Yue some much needed insight, and so she was glad that she wasn't called to go first.

While there was a lot that Ying Yue learned from reading The Almighty's journal, seeing spirit powers used in reality and not just in theory gave her a better understanding than she already had.

Much to Ying Yue's disappointment, the battle between the two girls finally ended, with the girl who had the water affinity winning. Ying Yue found her final move really inventive, because she soaked all the earth that the other girl was using in water, wrenching her earth away from her, and then finally encasing the girl's head in water so she couldn't breathe and passed out. This made Ying Yue realize that the elements had much more uses than what she thought they were confined to. Ying Yue got very excited, as she wanted to test the limits of each element's control and see how they interacted with each other. Of course, Ying Yue knew that this would have to wait for later, as she currently had to focus on the competition, and that's not even mentioning that the only attribute she had cultivated with so far was void.

When Ying Yue was thinking of this, it dawned on her that she would have to fight with the void attribute, as it was the only element she currently had. Even though she had an affinity with much of the other elements, she had not cultivated with any of them yet, and so it would be very risky for her to try to use them in battle. Ying Yue berated herself. How could she have been so stupid? Even though she now had the highest martial rank, she couldn't use elements in battle.

Sure, she could just chuck her opponent into the void and call it a win, but that would give her away.Based upon her father's lineage, she should only have the options of wielding fire and maybe lightening. She couldn't just go around letting people know she aligned with so many different attributes, as that would simply bring too much unwanted attention. Added on to the fact that the void attribute was considered simply a legend in this country, Ying Yue had put herself in quite the tight spot.

Ying Yue spent so long lost in her own thoughts trying to come up with a solution that many rounds of the contest passed. She was so lost in thoughts, that she didn't even notice when her own name was called.

”Ying Yue? Ying Yue!” Zhu Xinya yelled, shaking Ying Yue out of her thoughts. When Zhu Xinya saw Ying Yue in a daze, she took it as her mistress being afraid and overwhelmed.

”What?” Ying Yue said, looking at Zhu Xinya.