"You can go if you want to," Zhi Ruo drawled, her mask was illuminated with whatever light that was at the arena." No one is really stopping you here." She said, the people that was cleaning the blood and grime off the arena was slowly retreating now. It seems like they were done.Huang Yanyuan pursed his lips upon hearing Zhi Ruo's reply. He found that she was right, and no one was really truly keeping him back. The only reason that he was staying back was because he found it weird that he would go out by himself when everyone around him seemed like they were fine sitting down. Seeing that Huang Yanyuan was staying silent, Ravel took this chance to pull out some lamp and lit it up quietly. The light from the lamp engulfed the entire podium, and everyone casted a glance towards Ravel's direction. They were unperturbed by the light, they merely took this chance to relax for a while."No, I'd just stay here with you guys after all." The man assented, he glanced at his torn up robes and
Everyone got out of their room slumping, they knew that the tournament was about to start again after the walls started shaking and the cheers only became louder. To their expectations, they know that there is probably more drunk man now than the last one. It was a normal scene now, all of them summarized.They didn't wait for the staff to get them, they all went earlier than expected. Ravel was no where to be seen, and Zhi Ruo didn't care, she knew that he was probably with her grandfather now. She met up with the others after seeing that she wasn't the only one that decided to go out early."Yo," the girl greeted raising her arms. The rest of the men turned to look at her direction and nodded, they took in Zhi Ruo's lax appearance and they could not help but tense up. They can't be too friendly now, after all, who knows which one of them fights the other.Like he didn't notice the tensed up atmosphere around him, Alberu greeted Zhi Ruo with an up tone. "Good morning." He said, raisi
"Alberu Luminaf vs. Huang Yanyuan""Huo Feng vs. Yu Zhúlín""Ye Zhi Ruo vs. Han Wanran"The names that was being displayed on the board flashed, and it dazzled everyone, everyone but the people on the podium that was looking at their names with blank gazes. Zhi Ruo puckered her lips upon seeing who she was partnered up with."Oh, atleast you got your wish fulfilled." Zhi Ruo said jokingly towards Huang Yanyuan, though the tone of her voice bordered between blandness. Her voice caught everyone's attention, before they all went to look at the board again. They all sighed to themselves."Oh," near her, Zhi Ruo could hear her future opponent mutter to himself. Han Wanran looked like he wanted to be somewhere else the moment he saw his name next to Zhi Ruo. He didn't have any other choice though. It wasn't like the others were any better. Zhi Ruo made her eyebrows twitch, she could not care less as to who her opponent was. She knew she would end up facing them sooner or later. "Ah, well, g
Zhi Ruo's eyes narrowed dangerously under her mask and her lips puckered up like she was pondering over something. Her eyes scanned her status one more time, and she half pondered if she should just lock her cultivation realm up, or level up. But the second one she can't do because she needed mission for those.But the girl noticed something. Well, it was hard not to notice because of the hard fact that it was basically the only sore thing that was sticking out from her status window. And that was her STR stat that was well over 500+ now. But she still have not received a single notification from the system.[How come that I could still pump up MP on my weapon, which in turn ramps up my STR stat, but then, I am being told that I can not pump up on the other status points I have?] She could not help but ask the system. The girl was currently blind and deaf to the world as she asked her problem. [That is because the ancient sentient weapon named as "Zhōngguó" is used to serve as a medi
Zhi Ruo eyed the bloody mess Alberu has made for himself, in judgement and scrutiny. Like she was saying 'oh, do they not really see that act that they call as a mess right there?' However, since everyone said their opinions, Zhi Ruo wasn't the kind of person to go and ruin it for them.So the girl stayed silent and kept to herself. But when Alberu took a punch through this gut, because he dodged it from his face, it made her crack a small smug smile. Though the snort that came from her lips accidentally got out, did, earn her a glance from both of her senior brothers."I know you just laughed," Huo Feng told Zhi Ruo who was snickering to herself. "Why even bother hiding it when you are basically wheezing everytime the guy receives a punch." From the corner of Zhi Ruo's eyes, she could see Han Wanran sighing and sagging on his seat in vague amusement."Whatcha even going to do about it, you twat." The girl muttered under her breath, which was not heard by any other ears but hers alone
However, the more Huang Yanyuan's eyes blurred as his consciousness started to waver. The more he panicked, without relying on his sight, he decided to close his eyes and let his body move as the wind directed him too. This made him catch his breath in the long run, as he steadied himself on his feet.The smoke cleared up, and only a few residue was left around the entire arena. However, when the smoke cleared up because of the two's (Huang Yanyuan and Alberu) movements; that helped disapated the smoke faster— everyone saw that Huang Yanyuan was still closing his eyes without even trying to open them.Alberu breathed, his body maneuvered into a more comfortable position before he stopped entirely. His hand reached out to adjust his mask, his eyes gazing at his opponent in front of him that was struggling to stay unto his feet. Briefly Alberu wanted to know if his fight had amused the audience yet.This, by far, was the only fight that he willingly put himself at risk because he wanted
"Stop." The practitioner'a voice echoed as he went into between Huang Yanyuan and Alberu. His hand was outstretched, clasping Alberu's hand that was holding a ball. Much like the one that he used beforehand, the one where it would explode and turn into a smoke screen. And his other hand was holding Huang Yanyuan securely.Huang Yanyuan was convulsing under the practioner's hand, his body was aching. But his gaze was set upon Alberu, it seemed like he did not even notice the practitioner holding him. It wasn't until he felt the pain on his arm did he finally notice. His eyes snapped towards the practioner, as Alberu snatched his injured hand that the practioner was holding with a sharp hiss under his breath. "What?" Huang Yanyuan managed to croak out, his eyes watched as the practioner put his hand down gently. Huang Yanyuan dropped his hand weakly after being released.The practitioner glanced at Huang Yanyuan with pity crossing his eyes. And Huang Yanyuan could clearly see the emoti
Zhi Ruo gazed at the silent man in front of her, taking note of the fact that most of his wounds are already slowly healing. Meaning that he still got a huge vitality in him tht could help the process of healing, which would also lead Zhi Ruo to believe that he wasn't as tired as he seemed."I was right," Zhi Ruo said thoughtfully to herself. "You are still putting up an act aren't you." She stated. But her words didn't catch Alberu off guard. Rather, he wasn't reacting at all. Then, out of nowhere, the guy laughed boisterously. Like Zhi Ruo just hit the on button somewhere in him."Out of all people to notice, it just had to be you." He stated, his tone matching Zhi Ruo's. And the girl didn't like that. Not one bit liking how he was matching her characteristics, now people are going to think that they are really in cahoots if he keeps that up."Don't sound too disappointed now." Zhi Ruo muttered, Alberu went past her with a stride aiming to go to the podium with or without her. The g