Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 150 — Three Against One
Zhou Yuan found out from Yifei that the Preliminary Round had finished on the third day, when Zhou Yuan was practicing the girl had indeed gone to the tournament and watched with Xiao Rou and Linxia.
From Yifei Zhou Yuan was told who the participants who qualified and entered the next round, among them Zhou Yuan had heard their names such as Song Bai and Gong Yubu, among others, while the participants that Zhou Yuan had seen were Long Sha and Yin Ruo.
Long Sha was the young man he met while walking around in the academy a few days ago, he was known as the Iron Hand while Yin Ruo was the opponent of Long Sha's match practice, he was known as Iron Hand, she was the girl who used the shawl as her weapon.
Zhou Yuan had never seen Gong Yubu's participants but from Jiang Yifei's words, he was a nineteen-year-old teenager who had a fat body and had a weapon in the form of a mace.
The Main Round will be held the day after the preliminary round, this is intentionally because the academy committee will change the audience seats to be even bigger because in the Main Round later, this is deliberately because, the audience is usually twice as many.
Zhou Yuan made use of the time even more vigorously practicing mastering the blue fire technique of the Jiang Family. Although he only practiced for a few days, Zhou Yuan's improvement in training was already very rapid.
Jiang Long who was constantly near him while giving pointers to Zhou Yuan was amazed by the development of the young man, all the knowledge he imparted could easily be devoured by Zhou Yuan.
"Yuan'er, try to show me your palm?"
Jiang Long frowned, after Zhou Yuan practiced the fire element for quite a while, he had yet to find any signs of the young man being exhausted.
Jiang Long held his breath after examining Zhou Yuan's palm. "You, you already have two hundred inner energy circles?!"
Jiang Long looked at Zhou Yuan with a look of disbelief, he did not expect that the fifteen-year-old Zhou Yuan already had that much inner circle.
Not only did he check the amount of inner strength alone when he saw Zhou Yuan's palm, Jiang Long also checked the quality of the bones the young man had.
The result was much more shocking than Jiang Long had expected, he was now beginning to understand why Zhou Yuan's opponent in the first tournament had lost a single blow to the young man when he was a burly man who had a strong defense.
In just one touch, Jiang Long realized how terrifying Zhou Yuan's physical strength was now that even an adult would have difficulty accepting his physical attacks.
"Yuan'er do you realize with your abilities now you must be a champion in this tournament?" Jiang Long asked.
"Of course Senior, I've realized that." Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, he already knew about it long before he went to the academy.
"It is fitting that Brother Qisha sends you to this tournament, he already knew of your abilities from the very beginning!?" Jiang Long clucked in annoyance.
Jiang Long was sure that no one could defeat Zhou Yuan's strength as strong as any of the participants.
Although he could not feel Zhou Yuan's tiers of strength yet he could guess with the amount of his profound strength as well as the strength of his bones, Zhou Yuan could match those at the peak of the Golden Realm.
No participant under 20 years of age can reach this level.
Yifei, Xiao Rou and Linxia who were at Zhou Yuan's inn back then were not surprised after Jiang Long said so. From the very beginning they knew that if Zhou Yuan participated in this tournament, the chances of them becoming champions were practically nil.
Jiang Long sighed, calmed himself down as well as stared at Zhou Yuan for quite a while, he still could not believe that in the martial world there was someone as incredibly talented as Zhou Yuan.
Though in history he had never heard of any swordsman who reached the peak of the Golden Realm at the age of 15 years. All of these events are beyond human reason.
Jiang Long wanted to question Zhou Yuan's strength but the inn door gate was knocked from the outside.
A committee came and said that Jiang Long was called the Head of the Academy along with the other three emperors. They will discuss the Main Round later.
"Yuan'er, let's continue the practice next time..."
Jiang Long scratched his head, he actually wanted to ask the way Zhou Yuan gained this high strength at his age. Having no other choice, the middle-aged man had to fulfill Xiong Bian's call.
"Seems like uncle was very surprised to see your ability?" Yifei chuckled.
"We took advantage of this free time to rest Brother Yuan, before the tournament started I had been training hard." Linxia who replied, was taken in by Xiao Rou.
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly and then asked them to practice a match with him, "We haven't practiced for a long time, I want to see how far your strength is now."
Xiao Rou, Yifei, and Linxia felt challenged, the three of them were his students Zhou Yuan and almost all of them had fought with the young man.
"No need for one-on-one, you can advance three at a time. I also want to exert all my abilities." Zhou Yuan drew his father's heirloom sword and then signaled them with his finger.
The three girls looked at each other, as Zhou Yuan said they would move at the same time.
Xiao Rou and Linxia pulled out the sword in its sheath while Yifei made a blue fireball in both of his hands.
No more waiting for Xiao Rou and Linxia to advance simultaneously using their abilities in sword playing. Xiao Rou used the water sword technique then Linxia used the sound sword technique.
Yifei created fire wings on his back that allowed him to float through the air, the girl shooting fireballs at Zhou Yuan from a distance.
In a short period of time Zhou Yuan received dozens of attacks at once making him have no choice but to hold on.
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, Xiao Rou and Linxia's swordplay was so compact that he had no gap to counterattack, on the other hand the flames that Yifei shot out disrupted his concentration.
"Water Sword Technique — River Flow Art!"
Linxia drained the deep tunaga on his sword then using one of the moves from the Water Sword Technique, his swordplay changed from a swing to a puncture.
In the first five seconds, Yifei made a dozen stabbing movements quickly.
Zhou Yuan focused on avoiding the girl's quick stab while occasionally fending her off with his sword, even if it managed to avoid her Zhou Yuan remaining injured when the wrong stab of Xiao Rou scratched her cheek which left her with a minor injury.
Not yet Zhou Yuan balanced his body after receiving the attack, Linxia used the skill of his sword technique.
"Sound Sword Technique — Illusion Tone!"
Zhou Yuan and Linxia's swords instantly clashed violently, creating a buzzing in the ears. Xiao Rou even had to stay away before Linxia used the technique.
Zhou Yuan's gaze became blurry for a moment and when he could see clearly again, Linxia's body became numerous.
"Illusions are interesting, but they won't work for me..." Zhou Yuan swung his sword at Linxia's real body.
Linxia was surprised that Zhou Yuan could know his real body, he held back Zhou Yuan's sword swing with his navel but he did not expect that Zhou Yuan's sword swing was as humming as it collided with his navel.
"How can..." Linxia.
Zhou Yuan canceled the illusion of Linxia's voice with a voice back, Zhou Yuan used the same stance to thwart the illusion that the girl had made. Now the shadow of Linxia disappeared into smoke.
Feeling Linxia's attack was ineffective, Yifei flew up and landed near Zhou Yuan. Without further ado the girl immediately gave up her bare hands science along with her fire element.
Zhou Yuan chose to avoid Yifei's attack rather than fend it off, the girl's fire was hot enough, even if it could be held back but Zhou Yuan's clothes would be hollowed out by it.
After dodging some of Yifei's attacks, Zhou Yuan began to counterattack with the Kick of the Sky Ruler.
Yifei who initially attacked was now in a defensive position, one of Zhou Yuan's kicks in the girl's hold made Yifei's hand hurt, Zhou Yuan swung another kick until it hit the girl's body, the same kick made Yifei instantly push a few steps.
"Then it's my turn to attack you guys, the Elemental Sword Technique — Thunderbolt Shadow!" Zhou Yuan used his sword technique.