Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 144 — Explosive Bubble
The next day Zhou Yuan and Yifei returned to the tournament event but different this time the two sat in the audience seats.
Zhou Yuan and Yifei could actually sit in the seats of the participants back but they did not want them to because they did not move freely.
Zhou Yuan sat on a chair that could look at the entire arena while Yifei sat beside him.
"Are Miss Xiao and Miss Yue going to fight today?" Yifei asked.
"I don't know but we'll see." Zhou Yuan nodded slowly.
Like yesterday, Xiong Bian will start his show with an opening first, nothing different, he welcomed the arrival of the guests who had been present at the tournament event.
Yifei waved his hand at Xiao Rou and Linxia when the three of their gazes met, the two girls then waved their hands also towards Yifei in response.
Zhou Yuan frowned, he had not expected their familiarity to be so quickly intertwined.
"It looks like the friendship between the three of you is close enough?"
"I don't know Miss Xiao or Miss Yue's response to me but I already consider them friends." Yifei.
Zhou Yuan nodded softly, he had only first seen such a cheerful-faced Yifei aside from Jiang Qisha.
Zhou Yuan's attention returned to the arena of the match where Xiao Bian had already finished his opening event.
"Alright without waiting again we will start the tournament, participants named Zuo Lang and Huang Dan please go up to the arena..." Xiong Bian called out to the participants who were about to fight.
"Ah, here comes the fight I've been waiting for, Zuo Lang the explosive bubble. I want to see his famous bubble ability..."
"Why his opponent is Huang Dan, the ape stick, if it's like this I'm pretty sure Huang Dan will be the winner of this game."
"Empty Muzzle, you know nothing about Zuo Lang, once the bubble explodes, Huang Dan will instantly faint instantly..."
The audience became boisterous discussing the ability of both, arguably this game is quite interesting where both of them have high expertise each.
Zhou Yuan was also curious, he had seen Zuo Lang's ability to use his bubble but he had yet to witness how a bubble could be used as a fighting tool.
Shortly after Xiong Bian blew his whistle, a second later Huang Dan dashed towards Zuo Lang and swung his silver-colored staff.
Huang Dan already knew Zuo Lang's bubble abilities and he realized Zuo Lang's weakness lay in close combat.
Without waiting any longer he narrowed the distance between the two, Huang Dan swung his silver stick with a deep force but a few more inches of his staff touched Zuo Lang, something holding down Huang Dan's swinging stick.
Huang Dan frowned when he realized that the one holding back the swing of his cane was a bubble shield.
Zuo Lang created a bubble that enveloped his body, although the bubble looked weak yet Huang Dan's wand could not penetrate it.
Zuo Lang again swung his staff a few times but to no avail, the bubble was not broken and only created cracks.
With his bubble technique, besides being able to attack Zuo Lang, he also used it as a defense.
Huang Dan clucked, he swung his wand back towards the bubble but before he did. Zuo Lang created another bubble again.
The bubbles were small but they were numerous, they were moving slowly towards Huang Dan who reflexively shattered when coming into contact with the man.
When the bubble shattered, an explosion instantly occurred, leaving Huang Dan with no other choice but to jump backwards.
Huang Dan clucked in annoyance, there was now a distance between himself and his opponent and Huang And could see Zuo Lang continuously creating even more bubbles.
'So, the explosion was created from the air pressure trapped inside the bubble, I just found out there is a technique as powerful and unique as this..." Zhou Yuan who was watching the two fought incessantly to cluck in admiration.
The explosion that Zuo Lang released was able to make others hurt if he hit it, now he could see Huang Dan getting cornered against the bubble that had almost filled the arena of the match.
Huang Dan poured a great deep energy into his staff at once the silver stick was enveloped in the wind. In one swing, Huang Dan created a huge gust of wind.
The wind managed to make the bubbles moving towards him pushed for a while but it was only a moment before the bubble moved back towards Huang Dan.
Not just making bubbles, but Zuo Lang can control the bubbles like his body.
Huang Dan was further cornered as the bubbles filled the arena, he was sure that the slightest bit of his body hit the bubble, the other bubbles would explode.
Huang Dan continued to retreat until finally his feet touched the limits of the arena match. Huang Dan sighed, he really did not dwell against Zuo Lang.
Huang Dan removed his wand to the floor and raised his hand. "I admit defeat..."
The instant match was also over, Zuo Lang flicked his finger as the bubbles that filled the match arena erupted and disappeared in midair.
The match was short-lived, Huang Dan was so helpless against Zuo Lang even before he used his cane-style that made his name famous in the martial world.
Xiao Bian then announced Zuo Lang's victory, as well as calling the other participants who were going to fight the young man.
"I give up, I won't be able to fight it."
"No need to fight, my strength is no match for Brother Zuo."
The two participants who were going to be Zuo Lang's opponents instantly gave up after seeing his bubble ability.
If Huang Dan was famous to lose easily especially the two who had strength under Huang Dan.
Instantly, Zuo Lang was decided to qualify for the Main Round.
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly at the incident while shaking his head. "Why don't they just try to compete with him, at least if they can't win they can get experience and lessons."
The match resumed, and the next few matches the participants began to fight and show strength.
Zhou Yuan yawned wide as well as the few spectators nearby, arguably the next match was nothing interesting and very boring.
In the new seventh match there was one of the quite famous participants called and entered the arena. That participant was Yue Linxia.
"Finally the Ghost Sword entered the arena as well, I can't wait to see it."
"I heard that Sister Yue has a strange swordplay and beyond reason, almost neither her movements nor her sword have any sound at all."
"That's not all that makes her famous but look at the girl's elegance."
Zhou Yuan heard the audience chatter, he did not expect Linxia to have such a unique nickname as Ghost Sword.
Linxia has a sword skill called the Sound Sword Technique, this technique minimizes the sound arising from his movements while absorbing the surrounding sounds.
Of course no one knew of the Sound Sword Technique in this era because the technique had been lost hundreds of years ago so they thought the Linxia technique was quite strange and beyond their wits.
Linxia started to climb the arena of the match instantly making a lot of attention instantly aimed towards him. Linxia's sweet face with his graceful white dress made many men turn towards him including Zhou Yuan.
"Is Miss Yue that pretty?" Jiang Yifei felt dislike for Zhou Yuan to look at Linxia without blinking.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly. "Xia'er has a charismatic graceful look while you are a sweet girl."
Yifei's face flushed red and immediately threw away his face to cover his blushing embarrassment. He had not expected himself to be praised as well by Zhou Yuan.