LIGHTNOVELONLINE chapter 36
Chapter 36: Support Only for Master
On the stone-built arena, the judge presiding over this area solemnly opened the bamboo scroll.
“Tianyan Sect, Youlan!”
“Taiyi Sect, Luyi!”
“Please step onto the stage!”
The referee enthusiastically called out, but unfortunately, the surrounding people were not very cooperative and did not react much.
After all, this was just an elimination match. If it wasn’t particularly exciting, it was almost impossible to elicit cheers from the crowd.
After the match began, formations were set up on all four sides of the stage to protect the audience outside the stage.
With this formation, the audience could watch the match a little closer.
However, they still had to sit in the audience seats. It was still impossible to stand directly by the stage to watch the cultivators fight.
Zhishi sat in the audience seats, looking towards the stage where Youlan was.
Although Youlan was not her master, she still had to support her junior sister’s match.
Of course, she would only support with her eyes. It was unrealistic to expect her to shout cheering words.
Her shouts of encouragement were reserved only for her master♡
“Hey, isn’t that the fairy? Let me take a look.” A young master, hearing the referee’s words, sat next to Zhishi.
Zhishi glanced at the young master, feeling that he looked very familiar, as if she had beaten him up before, or maybe not.
But before Zhishi could throw him out, the young master recognized her first.
“It’s… it’s you?” Hong Songzi froze upon seeing Zhishi’s face.
Was Zhishi an unparalleled beauty? Yes!
But compared to this beauty, the fear Zhishi brought to Hong Songzi was more direct.
“…” Zhishi looked at Hong Songzi expressionlessly, frowning.
“I’ll change seats right away.” Hong Songzi wiped his cold sweat and said.
“No need, I don’t eat people.” Zhishi said.
She was not a violent cultivator; on the contrary, she was very kind to people.
“Haha, no need.” Hong Songzi wanted to leave but found that other seats were occupied.
While Hong Songzi was still hesitating, the referee had already shouted, “The match begins!”
“Sit down, don’t disturb others.” Zhishi said coldly.
“Okay… okay.” In his life, Hong Songzi had never been so timid in front of anyone other than his sister.
Outside the stage, the atmosphere was tense, but on the stage, it was unexpectedly harmonious.
The match had already begun, but Youlan and the girl named Luyi on the opposite side did not immediately start fighting.
“This is my first time dueling with someone, please go easy on me.” Youlan smiled, captivating the surrounding audience.
Unfortunately, Luyi on the opposite side was not tempted and looked down on Youlan’s actions, “Fox spirit.”
“I’ve been called that many times before.” Yulan wasn’t angry, as she was used to it.
“Watch the blade!” Luyi stopped hesitating and pulled out a person-high curved broadsword from behind her.
This weapon was quite surprising, including to Yulan.
After all, for a seemingly delicate woman to wield a broadsword, it was quite incongruous.
In a hurry, Yulan crossed her hands to defend, unable to even dodge.
“Is that all?” A smile appeared on Luyi’s lips.
But she quickly noticed something was wrong, as the feeling from the blade was very strange.
Blood splattered everywhere, even horrifyingly so, but Yulan wasn’t hurt at all.
Seeing this, Hong Songzi was astonished, “What’s with this blood?”
Zhishi didn’t explain to Hong Songzi, only said, “She won.”
“Won?” Hong Songzi didn’t understand at first, but soon he realized.
On the stage, blood-red patterns began to spread across Yulan’s fair skin, making her already charming appearance even more enchanting.
Drops of blood suddenly floated around Luyi, like seeds waiting to sprout.
Luyi knew this must be Yulan’s attack, but the blood drops surrounded her so densely that she couldn’t dodge at all.
She had to try to sweep away these blood drops with her broadsword.
However, before she could swing her sword, she found her skin covered with the same blood-red patterns as Yulan’s.
The patterns absorbed her spiritual energy, weakening her strength by more than half, but this didn’t stop her from sweeping away the obstructive blood drops.
“This wicked technique! She must be a demoness from the demonic sect!” Seeing Yulan’s attack, Luyi was almost certain she was a demoness.
“Watch me break this! Then I’ll leave some scars on your pretty face!” She shouted, cutting through the blood drops with her blade.
She guessed these blood drops were like bombs, so she carefully controlled her spiritual energy to avoid triggering them.
Unfortunately, Luyi only guessed part of it right.
These were indeed bombs, but whether they exploded had nothing to do with Luyi’s spiritual energy.
Yulan gracefully bowed, and then the blood drops simultaneously exploded.
The blooming blood roses enveloped the enemy.
When the blood roses disappeared, Luyi was already kneeling on the ground, unable to stand.
In that moment, she felt her spiritual energy being completely devoured by the blood roses.
No, it wasn’t just her spiritual energy, her physical strength was being devoured too.
Her blurred consciousness and labored breathing told her that continuing to fight was impossible.
“Thank you for the lesson.” The patterns on Yulan’s body gradually disappeared, and she gracefully bowed.
“Tianyuan Sect, Yulan, wins!” The referee announced the result after a few seconds of stunned silence.
“What on earth happened?” Hong Songzi exclaimed, opening his folding fan in shock.
“Yulan won, it’s that simple,” Zhishi said calmly.
Yulan’s inner demon technique made her fully accept her bloodthirsty condition and her body mutated by the blood.
Afterwards, her master taught her how to use spiritual energy to effectively utilize her tainted blood.
With her master’s personal guidance, it was not surprising that she performed so well.
“I always feel that the moves used by this fairy are a bit sinister.” The young master shivered as he saw drop after drop of blood.
But he also felt that this added a touch of eerie beauty to Yulan.
“Moreover, the battle was too one-sided.” Spectators naturally wanted to see a thrilling fight, and Hong Songzi was no exception.
Zhishi, seeing that Yulan had decided the outcome, was about to close her eyes. “Battles are always one-sided; evenly matched fights are rare.”
“Even so,” Hong Songzi wanted to say more, but seeing Zhishi’s demeanor, he obediently kept quiet.
Zhishi ignored Hong Songzi and searched for her master’s figure among the dozens of arenas.
Then, amidst the countless voices, she heard what she had been eagerly awaiting.
“Tianyan Sect, He Youzhou!”
“Night Crow Sect, Nan Wen!”
“Please come to the arena!”
Zhishi suddenly stood up and shouted, “Master, good luck!”
“Fair… fairy?” Hong Songzi was startled by her shout.