Chapter 405 - Doubt [4]
Crash—!
With a loud crash, an orc ca crashing down on the hard ground.
"Haa...haa..."
'I will definitely make you pay for what you've done.' Kevin swore to himself as he stared at the orc opposite him. With his head on the ground and his eyes closed, the orc was knocked down cold.
"The opponent is knocked out cold, the match is over."
The referee's voice resounded across the grounds, marking him the victor of the duel.
"Winner, Kevin Voss. He will be advancing to the top 64 of the tournant."
Announcing his victory, the referee raised Kevin's hand in the air.
The loud cheers coming from the audience rang out.
Kevin in return smiled at the audience.
'...That piece of shit.'
Or at least pretended to smile.
In reality, he was still fuming about what had happened yesterday.
The humiliation and embarrassnt he felt were sothing he had never felt before in his life. Just recalling what happened sent shivers down his spine. The embarrassnt was just too much.
Turning his head and staring towards the distance where Ren stood, Kevin deeply sighed.
Then, turning his head, he looked towards Emma who was seated next to Ren. Noticing his stare, the two of them waved in his direction.
Staring at the two of them from the arena grounds, doubt crept inside of Kevin's heart.
'...Could the figure in the dream really be Ren?'
Part of him truly wanted to dismiss such thoughts from his mind, but after looking back at the past, Kevin realized that there was a chance that the figure in the vision was Ren.
The Hollberg incident, the ti when they were attacked by demons when they were returning from the dungeon, and just a week ago when he lost himself.
In those tis, Ren truly reminded Kevin of the figure in the vision.
No matter how many tis he wanted to deny reality, he knew that he couldn't...but Kevin wasn't planning on letting those visions dictate his mind.
In the first place, he never truly understood what the visions signified. Were they a vision of the possible future?...or were they simply just visions?
He spent a lot of ti trying to rack his brain over the matter, but regardless of how much he thought about it, he couldn't quite understand it.
In the end, he just stopped thinking about it.
He realized that thinking on the matter was simply going to be a waste of ti.
Be it the present past or whatever the visions signified, Kevin was not planning on letting the visions corrupt his mind and turn his back on his friend.
Never...
***
"The real matches should begin now."
With my arms crossed, I solemnly gazed at the platforms below.
"...the real matches?"
"Yeah."
I nodded my head. Seated next to was Emma who was leaning back with her cap held down, covering her face. A small shadow cast over her beautiful face.
Apart from the two of us, pretty much everyone else was fighting in the arenas below. Jin, Amanda, Hein, Ava, you na it, they were all fighting.
Sohow, I ended up stuck with Emma whilst waiting for our turns.
"What I an is that the next opponents are going to be extrely hard to deal with."
"Munch...much..."
The repetitive munching sound of her chewing on her gum rang out. From the way she was acting, she didn't seem to be the least bit worried.
"Munch...much...I'll still win."
"Say that when you get matched up with Kevin."
Pop—!
Emma's bubble burst apart.
"...Even better. This way he will finally fight seriously for once."
Lifting her head, a fire appeared in her pupils. It was clear that she was excited at the prospect of fighting Kevin.
"Suit yourself."
'If Kevin really goes all out against you, you'd probably lose in a single move.'
I thought as I shrugged my shoulder. She didn't need to know anyway. The chances of her going against Kevin were the sa as going against .
The only difference was that I wasn't planning on going on easy on her if she did go up against .
"Oh look, Kevin's looking at us."
I waved in Kevin's direction.
"Really?"
Raising her hat and staring at Kevin, Emma waved her hand too. With a forced smile on his face, Kevin waved back.
"...He still looks embarrassed from yesterday."
I muttered out loud as I stared at Kevin's forced smile. Overhearing my words, Emma's face cringed as she lowered her hat.
"Ugh, don't remind ."
"Winner, Kegigoth. He will be advancing to the top 64 of the tournant."
Following her words, the referee announced another winner and my previous joyous mood shifted.
Lowering my head, a deep frown erged on my face.
'He's strong.'
Walking back to his area was an enormous orc. update faster perks? google search pan.da no.vel,rember to remove punctuation His very presence attracted the attention of the spectators as his frightening display of power over the tournant had made people realize that he was a fearso contender for the top spot.
"Winner, Sarfu. He will be advancing to the top 64 of the tournant."
"Winner, Vaalyun Venmoira. He will be advancing to the top 64 of the tournant."
"Winner, Borerlig Barrelbeard. He will be advancing to the top 64 of the tournant."
Following him, a series of new nas started getting called up.
A trace of solemness appeared on my face as I stared at the individuals whose nas were being called up.
'They are all higher ranked than .'
I could tell from a simple glance that they were all rank from the undulations of mana surrounding their bodies.
"Winner, Gilbert Von Dexteroi. He will be advancing to the top 64 of the tournant."
Yet again attracting my attention was another announcent, and the frown on my face deepened. This ti, it was out of annoyance.
'...How troubleso.'
Proudly standing in the arena was Gilbert who basked in the cheers of the crowd. With a calm and composed look, he walked back to his stands.
With a rank of , he was soone that I needed to watch out for.
"...I can't believe that scum is also participating."
Looks like I wasn't the only one that felt annoyed by Gilbert's appearance as Emma lifted her hat and threw a disgusted look in his direction.
"Well, he is only 25. He just barely made it to the threshold."
The maximum age one could participate was 25 years, and Gilbert just barely made it.
"Tsk, sotis I forget that he's only a couple of years younger than us."
Emma clicked her tongue before once again lowering her cap and basking in the sunlight coming from the sun.
Following her words, a few more people's nas were called up. Those were the nas of the winners of the first half of the round of 128.
Ten minutes after the winners were announced, it was ti for the second half of the matches to begin.
"Guess it's my turn now."
Standing up, I stretched my shoulders.
So far the matches had been smooth sailing, but I knew that whoever my next opponent was, it was going to be soone powerful. I could no longer hold back as I did before.
"Platform 13, Caeruleum vs Han Yufei."
"Please may the contestants make their way to the platform."
Hearing my alias being called out, my hands froze mid-stretch.
Abruptly lifting my head and staring towards the designated platform, I saw a youth slowly walk to it with a calm and composed look.
A calm yet dangerous aura spread throughout his whole body as walked toward the platform.
"Shit..."
I silently cursed underneath my breath.
Although I did expect soone strong, I didn't think they would be at this caliber.
Han Yufei, rank, and a forr classmate of mine.
Soone whose combat talents were on the sa level as the protagonists, and soone who I had been keeping in mind for a while.
"Oh, this is going to be an exciting match to see."
Emma muttered from behind as she lifted her hat. Turning my head, I rolled my eyes.
"...Right."
'Well, she isn't entirely wrong.'
Han Yufei was definitely soone who I would definitely have trouble fighting.
My matchup did not attract that much attention. update faster perks? search p.anda no.vel,rember to remove punctuation With the people having already witnessed the sa repetitive magic card attack system from , there really wasn't any excitent for my match as I headed down to the platform.
Stepping onto the arena, I removed all unnecessary thoughts from my mind as I focused my attention on my opponent. Han Yufei.
Standing opposite with his hands behind his back, Han Yufei gazed in my direction with a small frown on his face. Seemingly trying to peer through .
I rely smiled at his stare.
With a frown on his face, Han Yufei opened his mouth.
"...Are you going to use those cards to fight ?"
"Mhm, who knows."
I replied in a playful tone.
'...I most likely will.'
Of course, the playfulness was rely a front I was putting on as I knew that he was going to be an extrely tough opponent for .
"I see."
At my words, Han Yufei nodded his head before he stopped speaking. A brief mont of silence ensued.
However, the silence did not last for long as it was soon broken by the referee's shout.
"Match begin!"
Bang—!
In the next instant, Han Yufei's body shot out.
Appearing halfway through the arena, with a stomp of his left foot, Han Yufei's body rose in the air. His leg ripped through the air with a crackling sound, filled with outstanding force. Like a whip, it venomously aid for my head.
A powerful wind blew past my face as the kick swiftly headed my way.
In response to his kick, I rely raised my hand. I wanted to see just how powerful his attack was.
Bang—!
A powerful blast spread as my arm ca into contact with his kick. The power of his kick was so strong that my arm recoiled back.
Han Yufei quickly followed up after his first attack as he thrust his hand forward. With his fingers linked together, like a sharp dagger, they headed straight for my neck.
'Dangerous.'
I thought as I stared at the incoming attack. Update faster? please co to Channeling my mana towards the tip of my fingers, I flicked my left hand and a card popped up in front of Han Yufei's hand.
Bang—!
A powerful blasting sound resounded throughout the square as a wild and powerful wind unfurled throughout the arena. Following this, an enormous ice pillar appeared.
Cracka! Cracka! Cracka!
The pillar did not stay for long as it soon cracked apart before shattering completely.
Crash—!
Standing a few ters away from , surprise flashed across Han Yufei's face as his movents ca to a stop.
"From the way you reacted after my attack I can tell that you are hiding your strength."
He carefully moved his head up and down as he scrutinized from head to toe.
"You are far stronger than you let out. I can tell this from the way you were able to react to my attack."
Leaning forward, Han Yufei took a pose as the air around him changed completely.
"I don't understand why you are hiding your strength, but I will now take things up a notch."
'...This might be dangerous.'
I thought as I looked at Han Yufei.
If before he looked like a calm and composed individual, right now he looked like a terrifying dragon that wanted to devour alive.
Then, taking a deep breath, Han Yufei muttered.
"Martial body."
The mont Han Yufei uttered those words, mana surged over from all around and poured into his body.
Strands of mana light swirled around his body as the ground beneath his feet started to crack. His entire presence changed completely as heavy solemness descended on my face.
However, amidst the solemness was a trace of excitent.
That was because finally, I could see one of the techniques that I had been coveting for a very long ti.
'Martial body.'
A secret ancient Chinese technique that would push the body to the limit and forcefully raise the sub-rank of a person by one.
It was a godly technique that once mastered could even help soone train faster than before.
"Get ready."
Snapping out of my thoughts was Han Yufei's cold voice rang out. Following this, with a loud 'bang', his body suddenly disappeared from where he was standing before reappearing right before .
Bang—!
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