Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 142 — Ice Element Technique
Zhu Yin threw her knife in the instant that 11 of her other shadows followed and threw her knife together.
Zhou Yuan dodged all of the knives with the minimum possible movement and then caught one of the blades before throwing it back towards Zhu Yin's shadow.
Zhu Yin's shadow did not expect Zhou Yuan to throw the weapon he released so he was unprepared when the young man threw it back, Zhou Yuan's knife quickly hit his body, and he was not ready, zhu Yin's shadow instantly turned into black smoke.
Zhu Yin was a little surprised but did not stop throwing his knife but how many times he tried Zhou Yuan could still avoid it perfectly even catch and throw it back.
Not long after the two fought, Zhu Yin's shadow was already four more, that was when Zhu Yin only realized Zhou Yuan was playing tricks on him.
"You, are you playing me?!" Zhu Yin pointed at Zhou Yuan growled.
Zhou Yuan chuckled, "I thought you'd notice it after all your shadows had disappeared."
Zhu Yin looked at Zhou Yuan with a look of disbelief, from the beginning the young man had known of the existence of his real body among his 11 shadows and Zhou Yuan also realized that the knives thrown simultaneously were only one genuine throwing knife while the rest were mere illusion.
As Zhu Yin was still surprised Zhou Yuan could find out the secret of his illusory abilities, Zhou Yuan did not wait any longer and attacked the girl.
Zhou Yuan disappeared in Zhu Yin's sight, moving quickly and suddenly already being nearby.
Zhu Yin was startled then immediately threw the knife but Zhou Yuan could still dodge the blades even with such a close distance. Zhou Yuan picked up one of Zhu Yin's blades on his waist before quickly sticking it around the girl's neck.
Zhu Yin raised her hand, "I give up..."
The spectators who watched were stunned as well as amazed by the short match, now they began to question Zhou Yuan's identity because it was impossible for the talented young swordsman to seem widely unknown in the martial world.
Xiong Bian again announced Zhou Yuan's victory and called the last tournament participant.
This time Zhou Yuan's opponent was a man named Fang Ao, a man who had a calm appearance and was smiling kindly towards Zhou Yuan.
"Greetings Brother Zhou, introduce my name Fang Ao, you seem like a strong man but I'm sorry I have to stop your steps here."
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, "Then Brother Fang, you can do it if you can."
Xiong Bian then hid the whistle and the match immediately started. Zhou Yuan wondered what this young man named Fang Ao was capable of because he did not carry any weapons but soon he got the answer.
Fang Ao suddenly released a chill in his body which made the temperature around him decrease drastically.
Not only was Zhou Yuan affected but the spectators around him also felt the cold temperature. Some of them were shivering when the temperature touched their bodies especially when they were currently at the top of the mountain.
Zhou Yuan was the one who felt the most impact, besides the cold temperature he also noticed there were ice flakes that started to appear around his skin which made it difficult for him to move.
"This cold temperature, don't tell me it's from the Fang clan..." One of the spectators was aware of Fang Ao's strength.
"Klan Fang what do you mean?" The audience nearby asked.
"Klan Fang who is from the Star Empire who is steeped in forbidden ice techniques."
Instantly the spectators and the other participants finally realized the power that Fang Ao had unleashed.
"Ah I remember it now, I heard that their clan lives in the icy cold region and is steeped in a high-level ice elemental style." Other viewers thought the same.
Zhou Yuan heard the audience chatter but he did not know the Fang clan in question. However, Zhou Yuan had to admit that this ice technique was as high as the Jiang Family's blue fire technique.
Fang Ao then formed a disc with his ice, he deliberately took some distance from Zhou Yuan knowing the young man's physical strength was extremely strong.
Zhou Yuan sighed, should he admit this ice element young man named Fang Ao is extremely powerful. The deep energy Zhou Yuan exuded throughout his body did not help the ice on his skin melt.
Zhou Yuan drew his father's heirloom sword, he had no intention of dodging Fang Ao's attack but instead swung his sword towards those ice discs.
Although Fang Ao's disc was coated in a large amount of inner power, Zhou Yuan's sword could still cut the disc in half easily.
Fang Ao smiled wryly, he almost forgot Zhou Yuan had the sword he was carrying due to the two previous matches the young man had not used his weapon.
From the slashes Zhou Yuan made, Fang Ao could see Zhou Yuan was extremely skilled at playing the sword.
Fang Ao did not lose his mind, he started to drain the power in his legs then stomped it firmly. Instantly ice flakes started appearing at Fang Ao's feet before spreading out and quickly filled the arena of the match.
In a matter of seconds later, the tournament arena had already turned shiny by the ice plains, Zhou Yuan frowned as the arena floor became extremely slippery.
'He deliberately restricted my movements so that I could not get close to him, he really took into account all the situations...' Zhou Yuan clucked in admiration.
Although the arena floor had become slippery, but the same incident did not apply to Fang Ao himself, he could possibly move freely on the slippery ice.
Realizing that Zhou Yuan was not moving freely, Fang Ao again exerted a deep force on both of his hands and formed a disc again.
Unlike the previous one, the disc this time was bigger and extremely powerful. Fang Ao was certain that Zhou Yuan's sword would not be able to split it.
Fang Ao threw the huge disc that immediately moved swiftly towards Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan did not feel panicked even still standing quietly, he sheathed his sword back then gathered some profound strength in his mouth before turning it into energy.
"Elemental Fire — Blowing Fireballs!"
Zhou Yuan then released a huge fireball in his mouth that led to Feng Ao's ice disc.
In addition to the size of the fireball was quite large it also had a very hot temperature, Fang Ao's ice disc immediately melted as well as disappeared as Zhou Yuan's fireball passed through it.
This showed Zhou Yuan was more expert at using the type change than Fang Ao.
The fireball did not stop there and this time towards Fang Ao stood up.
"Good-witch!" Fang Ao did not expect Zhou Yuan to be able to make any changes to the type of fire and shoot it over long distances.
Fang Ao immediately formed a sturdy ice wall to block the fireball but Zhou Yuan's fire attack quickly destroyed it. Fang Ao had intended to dodge the flames but too late, his body was blown away by Zhou Yuan's fireball which pushed him out of the arena, the match was finally over.
All the spectators and participants of the tournament who watched clapped their hands at the fight, they were amused and amazed by Zhou Yuan's match.
Xiong Bian then announced Zhou Yuan was the next participant to qualify for the Main Round. Zhou Yuan's match was also the end of today's preliminary round match.
"Brother Yuan!"
Xiao Rou, Yue Linxia, and Jiang Yifei instantly walked over to Zhou Yuan as the young man descended from the match arena.
The three looked at each other because their words said the same thing, even though they knew each other's identities the three girls were not familiar with each other.
Zhou Yuan who saw the incident could only smile awkwardly.