Chapter 71: Chapter 71 Xia Hua Vs Fan Li

THE FIRST MATCHES were quite intense. When it was Xia Hua’s turn, hot gazes from the men in the spectators’ area were directed at her body.

Those beautiful curves that no other woman could compare to sent blood out of their noses. Along with her straight hair that felt like the softest silk ever discovered, she looked like a goddess that descended from the heavens to purify their souls.

Her round-shaped face tackled a lot of her charm, coupled with her red lips that were softer than everybody’s pillows. It wasn’t right not to covet her. That was what most men felt.

Even the old men’s eyes were fervent when they stared at her. After all, she could be of great help to them. Oftentimes, they heard rumors about her special body. This special body could help a man cultivate faster by frequently having sexual intercourse with her.

Finally, their eyes focused on the match.

She held the grip of her sword—no, it was a sheathed saber that resembled a katana. Bending her knees a little, she had a calm expression as she looked forward to the fight against her opponent.

“Let the battle begin!” Xia Jieke waved the red flag as the wind whistled in between Xia Hua and her opponent, Fan Li, who came from the Northern Territory.

At that moment, Xia Hua felt the slight killing intent from her opponent. Hence, she would not hold back from killing him as well. But she still needed to be careful.

A second after, Xia Hua disappeared from her position. Instantly, she appeared in front of the man. This startled the latter. Immediately, the man retreated several steps when the saber almost slashed him in half.

Turning more cautious, he scanned her from head to toe. He was immediately shocked when he saw that her saber wasn’t even unsheathed, but it almost hacked him into two.

“You’re quite good at running,” she said. “But this time, let’s see if you can run.”

Hurriedly, Fan Li unsheathed the sword from his back. Swinging his sword to the side, he did a forward slash at her and pushed his body forward to create another attack.

Xia Hua’s eyes sharpened as she saw the strength of his attack. She didn’t dare dally and glissaded to the side. However, the slashes made of qi actually followed her to where she dodged..

Unsurprised, she could only face the incoming attacks head-on. But she quickly fell to a disadvantage. Fan Li took this opportunity to pounce on her and flipped his sword to stab her in the abdomen.

Before the slashes reached her, Xia Hua’s eyes made the other party think that she was prepared for this. Swiftly, she swirled her body horizontally, and just when the slashes changed directions, they hit Fan Li instead who hastily stacked up his defenses.

Retreating, he had a solemn look on his face. It seemed like what the rumors told them was true. This woman was really shrewd with her methods. Nevertheless, he knew that she was really strong.

In fact, Xia Hua was just testing the waters.

Impaling the arena floor with his sword, Fan Li started to recite some incantations with his eyes closed. When the spectators saw him do this, their hairs stood on end. Gradually, the skin of Fan Li started to peel off on its own, showing a tarred skin underneath. On it, some reddish characters appeared like tattoos on the eyes of everybody.

“This was it! Fan Li’s going to transform into his demon form!” a spectator shouted which made the others realize what he was about to do.

“Sure enough, although Xia Hua was strong, it wouldn’t be an easy feat to defeat opponents who made it to the Annual Death Competition.”

Another spectator agreed, “Not to mention, all of them passed through the first two clusters. Fan Li was one of those who were particularly strong.”

“But it’s still impressive for Xia Hua who was only at the Ninth Stage of the God Emperor Realm to hold her stand against a Tenth Stage God Emperor.”

ROAR!

A shrilling cry entered everybody’s ears. Fan Li couldn’t afford to be careless when facing a person from that man’s family, the Xia Family. All of the siblings were ridiculously talented, especially that monster Xia Jieke.

With horns protruding on his head and his eyes bloodshot, he picked up his sword once more. The moment he found his momentum, he attacked!

SWISH!

Xia Hua’s pupils constricted and quickly brandished her unsheathed saber against the incoming attack. Parrying the sword with her saber, their eyes locked onto each other.

“Demon,” she muttered.

Pushing each other’s weapons forward, the both of them retreated a couple of steps. Finally, Xia Hua decided to unsheath her saber and let its scabbard hang on the side of her body. With the saber’s silver and shiny appearance, it reflected the light of the sun, blinding some of the spectators from the side.

Fan Li’s eyes turned serious. “It’s actually that rumored saber the City Palace Lord found.”

Quickly, he rushed forward and performed his own sword technique. Xia Hua also did the same. Both of their paths kept whistling in the arena.

WHISH!

CLANG!

WHISH!

It was as if it was not the fight of two people anymore but the fight of two weapons, Xia Hua’s saber and Fan Li’s sword.

WHOOSH!

When it finally stopped, the whole area froze. At this moment, Xia Hua wielded her saber and vanished into thin air.

Fan Li was shocked and became vigilant of his surroundings. However, no matter which direction he checked, he could not find any clue of the other party’s location.

‘What the hell is this technique?’

BANG!

Fan Li’s mind exploded. With a saber against his neck, he knew it was the end for him. When he was about to admit defeat, Xia Hua mercilessly gashed his neck with her saber. Almost instantly, she formed a hand seal and fire appeared in her hands.

With an expressionless face, she slowly burned his body to ashes. She then caught his soul in her palms and clenched her fist.

POOF!

Just like that, the genius from the Northern Territory died. Not even his soul was spared.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

What he lacked wasn’t power. It was his battle experience that made him lose the match.

Runic Demon naturally knew about this. Hence, he could only shake his head when he saw this scene. It was only normal for such a scene to occur. But it could still raise some dissatisfaction from the crowd, especially the supporters of the Northern Territory and the other participants themselves.

Nonchalant, Xia Hua nodded at her big brother as she returned her saber to its scabbard.

Xia Zhiguang gave this saber to his daughter. He coincidentally found it and gave it to her. It was a saber that was once called the Silent Shadow Saber, a human-ranked imperial relic, a weapon that could amplify the user’s overall combat ability. Hence, this magnified Xia Hua’s confidence to swiftly deal with her opponents.

Sitting back with the other participants from the Central Domain, her face remained aloof, as though what happened was nothing to her.

She was right. That was really nothing.

That was what everyone thought. It was only the beginning of the fight. When half of them were already eliminated, the second round would become even more intense, as those who remained in the competition were definitely stronger than the rest.

After all, the competition’s general rule was: If you lose once, you are already out of the competition.

“Ms. Xia is still as cold as before,” a young man beside her seat talked. “You shouldn’t have killed such a weak opponent.”

When the participants from the Northern Territory heard this, they were immediately infuriated. But they could only swallow their wrath. After all, this young man was really not to be trifled with. In fact, others said that he would be the next Xia Jieke, while some others really did not think so.

Xia Jieke was simply beyond everyone’s expectations. Every time they expected something of or from him, they would always be left with jaw-dropping moments. He always exceeded their expectations.

Xia Hua just stared at the young man’s smiling face. He was a handsome-looking man, but he would pale in comparison with Lin Diyu, much more to Yang Lujia.

“Sheng Fudi,” Xia Hua called, then her eyes sharpened. “Stop talking. Just watch the match.”

“Alright, let’s follow what Ms. Xia wants,” he tactfully agreed. “However, if Ms. Xia thinks I have a need to watch the next matches, then Ms. Xia’s wrong. Do you think they would be able to defeat someone like me?”

His voice was laced with overbearing confidence.

Xia Hua ignored what he said and she immediately looked forward to the next fight. Earlier, when the two clusters were done, two people managed to enter her sight and whom she needed to be wary of.

That was Cao Nima and his disciple, Cao Xiaoma.

She felt extreme danger from these two.

And on the next fight, it was finally something she anticipated seeing.

“What do you think of her?” Yang Lujia asked his first disciple.

“She’s pretty good. However, she was also cautious. It seems like she’s also a worthy opponent.”

“You better wait. Perhaps you can have a good fight with her. But be careful, she carries with her a dense killing intent.”

Lin Diyu’s eyes turned solemn. “Yes, master.”

“It’ll be your match now. Be careful,” Yang Lujia warned. “Do not let your guard down. Your opponent is from the Western Territory. Those monks’ prowess is strong. Their techniques are your natural enemies as you cultivate a technique opposite their principles, the Asura Blood Scripture.”

Lin Diyu nodded and flew to the arena.

As he landed, countless gazes from the women were shocked. This young man looked very handsome. Especially when they saw his furrowed brows, it made Lin Diyu even more attractive to the eyes of women.

In contrast, the other party in the arena was extremely ugly to their eyes, particularly because this man was bald.

He was Sima Tuo.

“Okay, next match! Cao Xiaoma versus Sima Tuo! Let the match begin!” Xia Jieke announced, his eyes lighting up.