Chapter 12: Battle of Boiling Blood Below Zero (Part 2)
On the third day after Blade Crying Night (also Moonquake Night),
Latia Martial Arts Tournament Arena.
clang!!
Gu Yinyue withdrew his attack at the last moment. The long sword in Rui's hand let out a painful groan, but it was not broken by the brute force of Longyun's chopping, and he finally saved his life.
"Give up?"
The muzzle of Naraka's crossbow was aimed at the back of Rui's head, emitting dots of purple light.
"Give up."
Rui chuckled resignedly and raised his hand. Even with all his talent, it was still a struggle to compete with this martial arts fanatic and ascetic. While the difference in level wasn't that big, the many subtle differences accumulated within gave Gu Yinyue a significant advantage.
Gu Yinyue nodded, stopped making things difficult for him, and watched him walk off the stage.
"The winner is Gu Yinyue!"
The referee announced the result of the match loudly, but Gu Yinyue seemed to have completely ignored the cheers around him and looked towards the entrance of the stadium in the direction of the locker room.
Because of the series of adverse events brought about by the disaster of Blade Night, Latia seemed to have no intention of taking care of this grand competition, so the schedule was shortened by nearly half, and the competition that was originally scheduled for two days was squeezed into one day.
This round of competition is the final singles elimination match. After Gu Yinyue's match, the next match is Beichen. Her luck in the draw is really not good. In the first match, her opponent is the seeded player who won the championship, "Mad Dog" Glen She, which made many people who were optimistic about her very disappointed.
Xifeng and Yagad were seriously injured during the Night of Blades, so the only weapons she can rely on now are the twin claws - Black Disaster and Su Jie.
Half an hour later, the two most anticipated fighters of the competition stood on the cleaned and replaced ring with new spare stone slabs.
Glenshe Tuling, the quasi-chief of the Tuling tribe, has not yet revealed his weapons.
And the mysterious girl of the Tuling tribe, Yashu Tuling, who (to outsiders) has survived so many games with just a pair of grappling hooks.
The stadium suddenly became extremely quiet, with only the faint sound of breathing in the audience seats - this was a competition between members of the same tribe. Would Tu Ling's dark horse defeat the next tribe leader, or would the future tribe leader naturally defeat his own tribesmen to establish his image?
"Prepare—"
With a snap, the referee crushed the spirit crystal in his hand, and in the noise of the spirit crystal shattering, the two people on the field disappeared at the same time.
No, it didn't disappear—it was just a sudden change from extreme stillness to extreme movement, which took the human vision time to adapt and capture.
First, three parallel silver-white afterlights struck the enemy's throat like a cheetah pouncing on its prey;
Then, the black iron glove, with a strong sound of wind, firmly blocked the cheetah's attack;
After a pause of less than a second, the hook flipped along the wrist, turned at a tricky angle, and stabbed the enemy's chest from bottom to top again;
In almost the blink of an eye, the opponent's powerful arms were like a giant python. While blocking the tip of the hook blade, he stretched out his fingers to clamp the hook blade and bent it to the side, wanting to break the white shadow's fangs!
However, this time, Rabid's opponent was not as panicked as last time.
Her hand skillfully drew a counterclockwise circle in the opposite direction of his fingers' force, relieving Glenshe's strength like a cat's tuck, and then she pulled her arm sideways - then, she dug her claws into the ground, and with the reaction force, her whole body flew upside down into the air. Her slender and agile legs came together, and like a reindeer ready to leap, she kicked him hard in the chest!
Mad Dog stepped back a few steps, shielding his chest with both hands. He obviously hadn't expected his opponent to improve to this level in just one month. He didn't use any weapons in this kick, but he used 70% of his strength to defend himself.
Very good, she looks a bit like a Tuling warrior. Even without weapons, her body is quite strong.
This is my "sister" - Glenn She's mouth curled up with excitement, he jumped back a few steps, then slowly staggered his legs forward and backward, leaned his upper body forward, and clenched his fists at his sides - obviously he was ready to get serious.
After the two figures separated for a few seconds, they collided again like two fighting beasts.
One is a petite and agile leopard cat, the other is a swift and ferocious lion. Although the lion has the upper hand at first glance, the leopard cat still uses its advantages in size, flexibility and skills to fight the lion to a draw.
The speed as light as the wind is against the speed of bravery and killing.
With a rhythm that was almost impossible to fully grasp with the naked eye, his fists and claws launched a dazzling attack and defense.
In one second, the tip of the hook went straight for the opponent's eyes, but was deflected by the iron armor on the gloves. The gloves attacked the opponent's chest and abdomen, and the opponent immediately twisted his waist into an arc to avoid it gracefully;
In a second, the two fingers under the gloves curled together and pinched the opponent's neck, but the hook claw stabbed down fiercely from top to bottom, blocking the gloves and sliding the knife tip to the opponent's shoulder, but was violently opened by the other glove;
Within a second, the clanging sound of weapons clashing rang out, singing a clear and fierce accompaniment of the battle song in the silent and quiet arena;
In one second, the boundary between life and death blurred and became clear several times. The ocelot and the lion held the scythe of death on their heads, but at the same time, they put it behind their minds.
The stadium became even quieter, and even the breathing of the audience was hard to hear, because almost everyone was holding their breath unconsciously.
And at the point where millions of eyes converged, the white shadow and the mad dog's figures almost overlapped -
The hook claw hit the boxing gloves, and the collision also brought about the belief of victory on both sides.
The palm wind passed through the slender neck, and the fighting spirit of the soul was also resisting.
The heavy kick hit the overlapping defensive arms, igniting the most primitive excitement in their hearts.
A powerful punch landed on the petite figure's abdomen, burning the two men's admiration and recognition of each other—and their desire to defeat.
A satisfied and happy smile unconsciously appeared in the eyes of Tu Ling and his sister.
In this battle, there was no spiritual crystal to assist, no sneak attacks with long-range weapons, and even no tactics or strategies. What was there was only the pure, brutal and beautiful high-speed close combat between the two warriors.
At this moment, the speed of air flow slowed down, the speed of dust falling to the ground slowed down, the speed of eye blinking slowed down, the time of the knife light remaining slowed down, and the time of the clouds rolling slowed down.
The birds stopped singing, the hourglass slowed down, and all things stopped, just so that this fierce and brilliant battle could be clearly imprinted in their eyes!
clang!!
In another evenly matched attack and defense, Glenshe laughed excitedly and spoke in a wild and low voice while throwing a heavy punch.
"I've made rapid progress. How did you train?"
"Hmm—it cost me a bit of my life."
Beichen didn't know how to answer specifically. He smiled helplessly under the mask and answered vaguely: Although Glenshe raised his eyebrows in surprise, he did not slow down the attack.
"It's good to be strong, but don't go astray."
"It's not really a crooked path. My only asset, 'longevity', is the most abundant one."
Because she's a shrine maiden with no end in sight.
"absurd!"
Glen She, however, had no way of understanding Bei Chen's words. His voice was filled with pity for his rival, who he sympathized with, and he growled angrily.
It seemed he had to win, to let her know that rushing for quick success would lead to nothing! ——Thinking of this, the wind from Crazy Dog's hand grew even more powerful.
"I know it's ridiculous," Beichen also waved his hands to block the attack in rhythm with him, "but I really don't have much time - so I..."
Even if my opponent is Glen She who is so strong, I can't lose!
Yes, after the incident where Duke Latia demanded the Black Disaster and Su Jie, and after the battle on the Night of Blades, Beichen realized how pale his idealism was.
Perhaps subconsciously in her heart, she thought that she already had considerable combat power. She had the Red Moon Knight Yagad, the humanoid Moon Messenger Atlas, the Star Vein weapon Zephyr, the top-grade Yeyue twins - and the help of Yaye, Xiao Ping, Gu Yinyue and his group, and the two princes Heyang - she once thought that she had the qualifications to say no to power.
But when the Duke openly asked her for the twins, when she saw Yagad half-kneeling on the ground and spitting blood, when she saw Xifeng being supported by Gu Yinyue and almost unable to stand, she finally came to her senses and realized how naive she was.
In an environment where survival is not guaranteed, who can still refuse such a big piece of fat for the sake of emotional exclusivity? It's too hypocritical.
She finally understood the mocking look in Xiao Ping's eyes at that time.
Xiangying is her only long sword, and she doesn't want to change this principle and will not change it, but at the same time she needs to adapt. Obtaining the power of Xiaxue is also something she must do, so she must continue to participate in the competition.
In the best case scenario, Gu Yinyue and she would become the two participants in the finals, then she could admit defeat and give the championship to Gu Yinyue. If Gu Yinyue lost, then she would have to work hard to become the champion and then exchange the contract rights of Xiaxue for Gu Yinyue - in any case, at least she had to do her best to reduce Gu Yinyue's strong enemies.
So, when she saw Glenn She listed as her opponent on the schedule, she finally made up her mind.
——The resolution that had been lingering in my heart ever since I met the old Atlas.
On the second day after Blade Cry Night, she woke up Agard, who was in bed sleeping because her body was overloaded, and asked her about the "Pandora's Box" in her body.
Lao Shi once said that Pandora's Box seemed to be something that could absorb the astral power in the atmosphere and convert it into human vitality, so if you can control it, you might be able to greatly improve your physical fitness in a period of time.
At that time, Yagad gave this answer.
"Yes, but if you use it this way, you will be extremely tired and weak for a long time afterwards. This side effect is very dangerous. Do you really want to do this?"
"Yes. I have to win."
Finally, the knight gave Beichen a small black button-like object, and the moment the object touched Beichen's palm, it magically melted and seeped into Beichen's body.
"This is the last component of Pandora's Box. With it, you can control Pandora's Box. However, apart from using it to absorb star power and convert it into life force, please do not use it casually. I am worried that it will alarm the Red Moon."
"good!"
Beichen nodded vigorously, then closed his eyes and began to feel this magical object in his body with his heart.
Three days later, she stood before Glenshe in this new form. By draining nearly all of the astral energy from a small forest, she gained a 0.5x increase in power over three days, allowing her to fight Glenshe to a draw. The price, however, was that, not counting external energy recovery, she might not be able to wield her weapon for a month.
Beichen's gaze inadvertently glanced at a corner of the audience.
Atlas, Yagard, Xifeng, Gu Yinyue, Xiao Ping, Ling Shuang... They were watching her over there, waiting for her victory.
Especially Agard and Zephyr - despite being injured, they still forced themselves to sit in the audience seats.
With someone like this watching her, and having paid such a price, there was no reason for her to lose, even against such a powerful enemy!!
“Haaaaaaa!!”
It was unknown how long the high-speed offensive and defensive battle had lasted. At the last moment, Bai Ying seized the flaw that Glenshe had exposed in less than half a second due to a slight lack of physical strength. The hook calculated the angle that would cause injury but not be fatal, and swept it across his chest. Glenshe immediately came to his senses, roared, gave up defense, and punched her forehead with a straight punch!
The final blow in a flash of lightning!
when! !
The game stopped with a loud metallic sound.
Beichen's white hood was slid back behind her by the airflow, and her silver mask was swept to the ground by Glenshe's domineering fist. Her golden wig slipped off her head, revealing her long black hair that was longer than her shoulders.
Glenshe's punch missed, but Beichen's hook claw hit Glenshe's chest.
Judging from the battle situation, Yaxu Tuling narrowly won - but Beichen, who was gasping for breath, was nervous.
First of all, she dodged Glenn She's last punch not because of her good skills and quick reaction, but because her legs were weak and she missed a step and luckily dodged it. She almost pounced on him with the last punch.
So, the question arises—she knows her own physical condition. Everything was going well, and she didn't feel any fatigue or discomfort during the fight. Why did her legs suddenly give out on such a flat ground? Could the side effects of Pandora's Box be taking effect now? This is not a good sign.
But the biggest problem is not here──
"You...you're not from TuZero?! You're participating in the competition under a fake identity!!"
The referee shouted loudly from outside the court. Beichen was startled when he heard it. He looked away from Glenshe's stunned face and turned to look at the referee.
Then, the referee, like Glen She, was nailed to the spot as if struck by lightning.
What he saw was a female face whose beauty was beyond words.
The satin-like black hair contrasted sharply with the white clothes, the dark pupils shone like stars, the eyelashes were thick and curled, the nose was high and straight, the lips were small and crystal clear - although it was obviously not much different from the Xiang Beichen of the past, but after some subtle adjustments, this face suddenly became so charming that even Glen She was tempted -
Beichen looked at the two people nearby with a bit of confusion. She seemed to have no idea why they were in a daze.
Pandora's Box greatly optimized Beichen's physical abilities, which naturally elevated her appearance, which could only be described as pretty and cute, to a level of soul-stirring beauty that was even more stunning than Xiaoying's. Now, even the faces she made would be particularly charming.
Seeing her tilting her head with a puzzled look, Glenshe suddenly covered his nose with his hands, cursed under his breath, and took a step back in embarrassment.
Damn, so cute—no, too pretty!
The mad dog who was unusually calm towards women certainly didn't know that he would have such an embarrassing day. If he had known that there was such an abominable face under the mask, he should not have treated her as a young girl and touched her butt!
"Uh, what happened?"
With the added bonus of her stunning appearance, Beichen's voice seemed to become even more pleasant to the ears due to the psychological effect of the two people. The referee was confused to find that she was talking to him.
Then the referee remembered the purpose of his coming forward.
"Yash Tuling violated the rules and advanced directly—No! Yashu Tuling...used a false identity to participate and is disqualified!"
The referee silently shed tears in his heart for saying something that displeased the beautiful woman, while he announced in a slurred manner the treatment that would be taken after Beichen's identity was revealed.
Beichen's face turned pale instantly - and the audience suddenly became noisy.
The people in the front row were excited because they saw Beichen's face, while those in the back were probably excited because the game was so exciting, or they immediately started discussing gossip after discovering that Beichen was not from Tuling. Yagard, Xifeng and others in the audience obviously did not expect the final result to be like this. Yagard was so worried that he stood up suddenly.
And just then──
"Quiet!"
Mad Dog roared at the top of his lungs, shaking almost the entire arena. Then he pushed the referee away, walked to Beichen, took off the ring on his hand, and put it on Beichen's finger.
"I lost the last blow just now, and she won."
"Ah? But..."
Glenn She gave the referee a glare that made his hair stand on end and he immediately shut up. Then he raised Beichen's hand and waved it to the audience:
"From now on, she is my wife. Her household registration is transferred to the Tuling tribe, and she is given a new name, Yaxiu. Is that okay?"
"……ha?"
Beichen and the entire audience's jaws dropped.
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