
Chapter 73: 73
A smile appeared on Ryan's face as he put down his sword and extended his hand to help the girl stand up. The girl accepted him and immediately stood face to face with Ryan.
“Good fight! You almost got me there for a minute” Ryan said. He recalled back to the nimble sword that almost pierced through his waist and shuddered.
“But in the end, I didn't do it. Good luck in the next round” replied the girl before she left the platform and walked towards her clan in the stands.
“Good work Ryan. Nice fight!” The loud shout from Miko drowned out the cheering crowd as she congratulated Ryan. Ryan thumbs up at Miko before she jumps off the stage and approaches John and Miko.
“Good stuff. Good recovery.” John congratulates Ryan on his fight.
“I almost got lost there. The girl is quite strong.” Ryan responded as he sat down.
The technique is quite strange and difficult to predict, but you do what you should do. You flood her graceful and unpredictable techniques with pure power, and place her in a holding position at a point where she can't ‘ t recover. ” John was quite impressed with Ryan's fight there. While it may seem simple, Ryan has made the right decision and turned the fight from a technical fight into a raw power fight.
The group watched the rest of the fight until the fourth round finally arrived.
“Yeah, I woke up again.” John jumped up and started walking towards his fight stage. He arrived at the same time as his opponent, who was a boy from the Ronan Clan. Ever since John won his fight in the first round, he assumed his opponent rank, which was in the forties. Thus, in this fight, he was up against a rank eighteen opponent, who was much stronger than his previous opponent and roughly equal to Ryan's strength.
John nodded his head towards the boy and the boy did the same. Although the Ronan Clan and the Fenix Clan were not close allies, they were not enemies either. The two groups treated each other quite well, so no fighter felt worthy to insult each other.
“Let's fight well, I'm John.” John said with a smile towards the boy.
“Roy, I'm looking forward to it. I won't be like that Crimson Valley boy and underestimate you.” Although Roy does not know exactly how John can win, John's fight at least shows that underestimating him will result in a quick defeat.
Roy pulled out his sword and steadied it at his side. John responded well and took out his scythe, which resulted in Roy raising his eyebrows in surprise.
“A sickle huh? Never fought a sickle user before. It must be fun.”
The referee starts the start of the fight, and John and Roy stand there staring at each other.
‘I don't want to reveal the Highest Combat Art before I fight Dylan in the final, so unless I am forced to do so, I want to hold it in and keep it as a trump card. I will just use my body Qi like I did against Ryan, and use it to strengthen my body without using any specific techniques or battle arts. ‘
Although the strength of his Qi core was astounding for his cultivation level, it was still much lower than Roy, who scored nearly six hundred on the test. John knew that only by using his body strength could he win, but he still wanted to hold on as much as possible to save the trump cards for the final.
The peng!
The sword and scythe collided, and the two fighters were thrown back several meters.
“You said you wouldn't underestimate me, but that blow is still a test shot.” John could not help but realize that the attack from Roy was far from his full strength.
Roy smiled and nodded his head. “I don't underestimate you, that blow is a testing blow to see where your strength is. If it overwhelmed me, I held back a lot to immediately defend myself. But I also don't think it's your full strength, it's my t?”
John smiled and said nothing as he once again ran towards Roy.
The Myriad Annihilation Scythe!
A powerful crescent Qi flew towards Roy, and Roy attacked with his own technique.
The explosion!
The technique collided in mid-air, during which time John attacked with a second attack technique, and Roy widened his eyes slightly at the force of the attack.
“No wonder you scored so high despite being in the middle of the Fog Creation Realm. You are really strong!” Roy could not help but praise John's attack. It was definitely stronger than anything he could achieve when he was in the middle of the Fog Creation Realm.
Although it was John's strongest essence attack, however, it was still blocked by Roy, although he had to use one of his strongest moves to completely undo it.
John and Roy continued to exchange blows for a few minutes, and John repeatedly lost in the exchange. Roy ran backwards after the exchange and shook his head at John.
“It was enough to test the strength of each other. We have up to five more fights after this one if we win all the way to the final, so I want to save as much strength as possible for the next battle. Don't you think that's? when we both go out? ” Roy is happy to fight John, because he knows John is a fighting expert, but the Qi expenditure in the end is not worth it.
“I guess you were right.” John nodded his head at his opponent's words. He became so engrossed in fighting with his essence power that he almost forgot that he was in a tournament. John shook his head at himself as well.
‘I'm really a battle fanatic. Even during this tournament, I only want to fight as much as possible. I think it's time to end this. ‘
John focused his mind and began to channel the qi from his dantian body into his body. Immediately, an intense and slightly sinister battle aura burst out from John, leaving Roy and the crowd speechless.
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