XIAO SHUXIANG'S
55 - Young Cultivator Tournament (2) [Revised]
"She..why so strong!"
Jing Mi tried to resist the pressure of Rong Rui's sword, her face looked bad because of the pressure she felt.
"If this continues, I will lose"
Jing Mi then remembered that while she was fighting Xiao Shuxiang, she had fallen because Xiao Shuxiang was clinging to her feet. Jing Mi felt she might be able to practice this way.
While trying to withstand the pressure of Rong Rui, he tried to find the right position on both legs.
Only, Rong Rui realized that. He instantly loosened his sword attack, and the next second instantly charged at Jing Mi back until the boy was pushed off by about a meter and a half and then fell down.
Bruuk!
"Akh!"
Jing Mi had not yet caught her breath, Rong Rui again attacked her. It was fortunate that Jing Mi quickly rolled over so that Rong Rui's sword only hit the arena floor.
A BAAM!!
The sound of Rong Rui's sword was really loud, a crack was seen on the floor of the fighting arena.
Jing Mi who saw the crack swallow, thank goodness she was not hit by Rong Rui's attack. Otherwise, he might not see the sun anymore.
"A-What is this girl? Does he intend to cut me in half?!" Jing Mi looked at Rong Rui who was still standing while looking at her, Rong Rui's gaze made her feel uneasy.
"What have I done? Why does he seem to hate me so much? I never even talked to him..." Jing Mi was about to cry, she blamed herself for making a woman hate her so much and unfortunately again, she did not know the reason the girl hated her.
Rong Rui himself looked confused when he saw the boy who was still not standing looking at him with teary eyes.
!!
"What... She's crying...?"
Rong Rui suddenly felt bad. Usually all the opponents he faced would look at him with an annoyed look, only this time someone saw himself with eyes that seemed to say "What's wrong with you?! Why are you attacking me?!"
"I'm..." Rong Rui muttered softly, clearly his opponent's gaze did say things as he thought.
Long enough that Rong Rui and Jing Mi looked at each other, some onlookers wondered about the two participants who had yet to continue their fight.
Huan Shan and Feing Chu also looked astonished. Not only them, but also Yuen Liang felt astonished.
Huan Shan finally spoke, "You two why stay quiet? There is no winner among you. Continue on!"
Jing Mi tried to stand up, she held tightly to her sword. The look in his eyes turned to Rong Rui, his face looking sullen. "He's... Bad girl,"
Rong Rui flinched, she seemed as if she had just heard a curse pointing at her. He stared in disbelief at Jing Mi, wondering inwardly about what she had just heard.
Too bad, Rong Rui's incredulous gaze was even misinterpreted by Jing Mi who thought that Rong Rui would cut her out.
"Why does he hate me so much?! This cannot be allowed, how can I bring a future wife like Aunt WeiWei if one woman alone cannot be understood..."
Jing Mi took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "I think I should be able to defeat this girl in front of me first. Only then can I talk to him."
The fight again started, this time it was Jing Mi who attacked Rong Rui first.
The trail!
Their swords clashed again, although this time there was no intention of Rong Rui to retaliate against Jing Mi's attack.
She was too shocked because she just felt like she was cursed to be a bad girl, I don't know who said it. But strangely, Rong Rui felt that it was this boy who said that.
The traaang!
"What have I done to him?" Rong Rui then attacked Jing Mi, this time she only took out a portion of her power.
Rong Rui, "I have to find out about the truth of what I just felt. I wanted to ask this boy why he looked at me like I was a bad girl. But for that, I can only do it if this boy succeeds."
The trail! The trail!
To the other participants and cultivators, the fight between Jing Mi and Rong Rui felt bland and boring altogether. But to Xiao Lu and Qi Xuan, this was Jing Mi's second most intense fight.
The first time the two felt Jing Mi was great at fighting when her fellow students were training with Zong Ming.
They originally thought that Jing Mi would lose with just one strike because against a child she had never known. It was unexpected that Jing Mi and the girl were still fighting until now.
"Brother Jing, you're getting better." Qi Xuan smiled, there was a feeling of pride as well as envy when he saw his fellow students getting more and more powerful.
Xiao Shuxiang who also saw Jing Mi's match seemed to cross his arms and exhale softly. His eyes look disappointed.
He obviously wanted bloodshed, an incredible fight. At least one of the two children he saw was slashed in the hand area. Xiao Shuxiang was itching to go down to the arena.
The trail!
"Ukh!"
Jing Mi could feel even greater pressure than before, she felt that this girl she was fighting against was starting to give off her original energy.
Rong Rui was actually already feeling exhausted, he was trying to make his opponent tired faster than him, but it turned out that this opponent was getting stronger and stronger.
"If I don't use all my strength, then I will lose..." Rong Rui again attacked Jing Mi, this time she was faster and the pressure on her sword was stronger.
The trail! The trail!
Jing Mi herself was unaware of the hidden talent she had. The longer he fought with the opponent, the more accustomed his body was to following and surpassing his opponent's movements.
Jing Mi did not know this, as if while fighting.her body and brain were not connected to each other. Jing Mi's brain seemed to stop thinking, while her body continued to move and equated her movements with the movements of the opponent.
The trail!
The eyes of Yuen Liang and the other cultivators were wide-eyed. Some of them even stood up so in disbelief.
They were shocked and the reason was also realized by Xiao Shuxiang. He snorted, "Brother Jing... The fight may feel less and a bit boring. But looking at the reactions of these people, anyone knows... He has a rare---natural instinct ability."
Xiao Shuxiang's gaze was then directed at Yang Shu. The old man looked mediocre even somewhat confused by the response of the people who saw the match of one of his students.
Xiao Shuxiang shook his head, "Aiya... This old man, I am speechless. He was a cultivator, but could not see the potential of his students. Or maybe... Haaah... Never mind. Considering he gave the peanut seller's old book to practice, makes it less worthy of condemnation."
The faster and stronger Rong Rui attacked Jing Mi, the more this opponent could follow her moves including the stronger it became.
Just as Rong Rui was intending to take out his sect master, suddenly his opponent's movements slowed down and the next second his opponent's attack became extremely low.
Slaaash!
Almost Rong Rui's leg was hit by Jing Mi's sword attack, fortunately she quickly jumped backwards.
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bruuk!
Rong Rui did not realize that he was standing at the end of the arena stage, when he stepped back he fell and walked out of the arena.
Jing Mi and Rong Rui were both shocked, they only realized they had fought to the edge.
Rong Rui's siblings and the seniors who brought him were seen patting their eels. The first time they saw the careless Rong Rui.
Huan Shan began to announce that the representative of the Butterfly Sect won the first round.
Jing Mi descended the arena stage and approached Rong Rui, she was seen not listening to her name being mentioned by Huan Shan.
"You all right?" Jing Mi extended her hand towards Rong Rui.
Rong Rui himself felt astonished, and then received Jing Mi's helping hand.
There was no conversation between the two, they looked both silent. The atmosphere that Jing Mi and Rong Rui thought was so awkward.
They were instead startled by Huan Shan's voice asking the second participant to go up to the arena stage.
Rong Rui and Jing Mi then walked towards the place where their friends were. Rong Rui's steps were heavy because she was so exhausted, while Jing Mi was seen withstanding the pain on her entire body.
When Jing Mi got to where Xiao Lu and Qi Xuan were, she immediately collapsed from being too exhausted. His body seemed to be all numb, his mind was also so shaken. This was Jing Mi's first experience of fighting while being seen by many.
"hah hah huh! I think I'm at my father's place now.." Jing tried to catch her breath, lucky for her to still be able to breathe now.
Xiao Lu tried to calm Jing Mi down, while Qi Xuan walked up to one of the Lotus Flower Sect disciples to ask for water to be given to Jing Mi.
The next fight was the representative of the Red Cloud Sect, Tan Bao. And he was going against the representative of the Demon Poenix Sect, Cheng Hai.
Tan Bao was so shocked when he heard his name being mentioned by Huan Shan, that even more surprising he would be fighting against such a famous disciple of the Neutral Flow Sect.
"Se-Se-Senior Boss.." Tan Bao tightly embraced Wen Tian's arm, his legs and hands trembling as he watched his opponent Cheng Hai walk up the arena stage.
Cheng Hai was 12 years old, had a firm face and a sharp eye gaze. The black-coloured clothes with the blood-red poenix complexion made Cheng Hai look like such a feared Black Flow cultivator.
"Se-Senior Boss.." Tan Bao was anxious to faint. I don't know why he couldn't do that.
"Representative of the Red Cloud Sect?!" Huan Shan was actually tired of constantly calling the participants, could he not call them once?!
"I want to go to the auction!" Huan Shan cursed the participant who had so long taken to the stage.
Had he not seen one of the children raise his hand, it was possible that Huan Shan had already disqualified the participant he had mentioned.
Wen Tian raised his right hand while shaking his left hand that was embraced by Tan Bao. He told Tan Bao to immediately go up to the arena stage while threatening his junior.
"You don't embarrass me, or I'll tie you up and take you to the wolf den!"
"Se-Senior Boss, I'd rather go to sa-sa-nest wolf da-rather than fight him.."
Nah!
Wen Tian was annoyed, he then snapped at his junior's head. This made Tan Bao moan.
"Don't be such a coward, you see me! Your opponent is older than you but his level of practice is the same as yours. I can tell you, you're far more genius than he is.." Wen Tian began to take out his praise to Tan Bao.
"I-I'm a genius..?!" Tan Bao could not believe what he heard from this Senior Boss of his.
"Of course you're a genius, look..!" Wen Tian held onto Tan Bao's shoulder, slightly lowering his body while telling Tan Bao to look towards where Cheng Hai was standing.
"..you and your opponent have the same practice of being at the 3rd level of Forging Qi, even though your opponent is already 12 years old. You who are still seven years old are already at the Forging Qi level 3, if not a genius then what..?"
Wen Tian's words were as smooth and powerful as a professional instigator. Tan Bao who heard Wen Tian's words became even more excited and did not feel afraid anymore.
While Tou Li who also heard the words of his Senior Boss also felt confident that he and Tan Bao were genius children.
"Let's go, please,"
"Senior Boss, pray for me." Tan Bao then started walking nervously towards the fighting arena.
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