The wind picked up and the unsuspecting passerbys were unaware as to what would happen next. Zhi Ruo and the Masked man suddenly had a feeling as what their opponents were up too.
Zhi Ruo craned her neck, but the nearest tower that was under the Sighted Valley was too far for her to make a run for it. It seemed like the masked man knew this too, because when she took a glance at his way she found that he wasn't even looking at the direction of the towers.
Whoosh!
The sound of an leaving it's bow string was heard, and Zhi Ruo could see the arrow in question heading towards her head. Her sand was quick to rise to her aid, amongst the other things, the locals knew that their was a fight that was about to go down. And thus panic took over the area.
"Don't they know that if they accidentally kil
The man who Zhi Ruo unceremoniously dubbed as ring leader father of 10 did not take the embarrassment lightly as one would expect of a guy with his appearance. Rather he did not wait for Zhi Ruo and the masked man to finish talking, or in this case, arguing as to who would deal with him, because he was already screaming profanities to them. At his screams of bloody murder, everyone against Zhi Ruo and the masked man instantly leaped to deal with the two that was sharing a glance at the middle of a perilous situation. Zhi Ruo's sand was quick to move catching her opponents off guard. Using that momentum, where Zhi Ruo knocked off three guys with a single 10 MP infused sand wave, the masked man hurried to deal with the finishing blow. He swiftly plunged a hand held knife, no longer than his hands at the necks of the unsuspecting contestants. Zhi Ruo gave a disgusted look when there was a splatter of blood that landed on the hems of her clothes, but the crease of her brows eased up wh
Zhi Ruo acted like a menace the moment she found out that there was civilians mixed in the fight. In the middle of her battle, she realized that she could not hurt her opponents with just her sand alone, her skills were far to inferior despite the fact that she could move around freely.In times like this she somehow missed the masked man, because if he was not preoccupied with something else he would have already took advantage of her lack of strength and killed her opponents that was stunted.For some odd reason, despite her skill being an offensive one now. It's use reverted back into a stun skill when she faced higher opponents.Realizing that she was alone in fighting around 20 opponents, and she'd only manage to slip around like a rat while pitting them against each other. She finally decided to pull out Zhōngguó from her bac
"Shut the fuck up, I think I'm gonna pass out." Was Zhi Ruo's response, as she clutched her bloodied thigh. Which was healing in a visible speed but Zhi Ruo didn't feel better even after her injury healed. Her tone pricked the masked man like an ice shard going against your skin.Nonetheless, the masked man knew where she was getting at and he was a but guilty for his impulsive actions, when they were supposed to be partners in this. If Zhi Ruo heard what guilty thoughts the masked man had floating in his head then she would've added 'temporary' beside the word partner.Nonetheless, Zhi Ruo pulled out a vial from her ring and chugged it while rasing her arm out and trying to block an attack with her sand. Zhōngguó was floating independenty around her and was playing whack a mole with the other contestants. Zhi Ruo reverted back into the first tactic she and the masked man had fir
Zhi Ruo and the masked man finished on looting and finding tokens on everyone, and the score on the Sighted Valley rose up again. When Zhi and the masked man exited the bloody scene, and went into a secluded alley way to avoid eyes, they deliberately arranged the bodies in a order where their wasn't anything blocking on the road.Silently, the two made their way into the busy street adjacent of the barren (and full of bodies) street they were in previously. Instantly, they were bombarded with chatter of different kinds."Did you hear, there's a fight going on near here. I heard some of the contestants even hired the locals.""Me too, last I heard the ring leader of some team was brutality murdered. And the normal people ran away after that.""Aiyaa, why would anyone ever bother to accept mo
"Gu?" Zhi Ruo tilted her head in confusion, before a memory flashed in her thoughts making her nod slowly. "That's right, I was playing with Gu back when I was the hunting grounds. I remember that I was putting them in a container— or was it a bottle I don't know, anyways I put them in one place and I left it to you."Zhi Ruo stared blankly at the table in front of her while recalling the events that transpired, she did it in the moment; gather the Gu and all. Now that Ravel reminded her, it sparked her curiosity."That's right, only one Gu was left, it seemed to have eaten the others and it mutated." Ravel nodded as he informed what happened to the Gu. "What would you like to do with it?""It'd be nice if there's someone that can contract a Gu in the team." She wistfully said referring to Han Meng and the others, cupping her hands
Ravel bent his body in a silent goodbye, he disappeared the moment the door slid open. Zhi Ruo's face didn't change, as if their wasn't anything wrong. The masked man, now in clean clothes, and with his mask without a splatter of blood, stepped inside the room his hair in a shade of something in between blonde and and his normal dark obsidian black.However, because of the fact that there's 'blonde' in his hair, she sincerely doubts that obsidian black is his actual hair color. As if he noticed Zhi Ruo's stare, the masked man took out a towel and rubbed it in his damp hair."Are you blonde?" Zhi Ruo could not help but mutter curiously. Her head was tilted to the side, curiosity coated her voice. "Or is it dye?""I dyed my hair black before the tournament." Came in th masked man's curt reply. "It helped concealed my identity, though
Apparently, the person that the masked man saw was indeed Yu Zhúlín who was lurking around the establishment they were currently in. Zhi Ruo's senior ended up scolding the masked girl, along with the masked man that was innocently acting like he wasn't part of the whole ordeal."I get that you are mad, but why are you acting like it was my idea to go around and earning points like that?" The masked man sneakily gave Yu Zhúlín food, and it was like magic when Yu Zhúlín calmed down of his tirade after he took a bite. Food was really the key to a man's heart."Are you saying that it wasn't your idea?" Yu Zhúlín grumbled over his soup, he looked at the masked man giving his silent thanks for the food in his hands. Which he instantly knew that the masked man was paying for, because by now he certainly knew Zhi Ruo enough.The masked man shrugged mischievously, as if he was bent on digging a grave for Zhi Ruo. "It certainly wasn't mine, I was just her partner. She was the first one that ask
Yu Zhúlín proceeded to tell Zhi Ruo what she already knows. The masked man gave her a odd glance after seeing that Zhi Ruo actually sat through the whole explanation. But he didn't say anything, and played with Zhi Ruo's charades.He found that it was fun being near Zhi Ruo, he certainly doesn't mind playing along if that's what she wanted.In the mean time, he played with his hair and he willed it to turn into black. Zhi Ruo who seemed like she was listening attentively tapped her fingers in a rhythm on the table. This caught Yu Zhúlín's attention and his explanation was summarized."I know already," Zhi Ruo revealed at last, a small smile hung on her face when she saw Yu Zhúlín's eyes roll. "However, do I really have to participate on this plan of theirs? I'd rather not honestly." She drawled, s