Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 151 — Main Round

Zhou Yuan was split into 12 bodies after using the Elemental Sword Technique.

The eyes of Xiao Rou, Yifei and Linxia widened watching let alone Zhou Yuan not stopping to get there, every four reflections of him immediately charged towards the three girls.

The situation has now turned around with those who have been besieged. Xiao Rou, Yifei, and Linxia did not expect that all of their opponents were real Zhou Yuan real bodies and none of the twelve were illusions.

In a short time the situation changed forcing the three girls in a defensive position even continued to be cornered over time.

Not only did Zhou Yuan make his body split into 12, but the sword used by each of his shadows was also covered in blue flames.

Seeing that the situation was getting them overwhelmed Zhou Yuan immediately stopped his attack, Zhou Yuan did not want to injure the three girls any more than this.

When Zhou Yuan stopped his attack instantly 12 of his body re-integrated. Xiao Rou, Linxia and Yifei breathed a sigh of relief after it was all over.

"Brother Yuan, you still remain impressive from the last time we met..." Linxia smiled bitterly.

Zhou Yuan smiled gently, "You guys have also grown stronger, I can't win from you guys if you don't use this technique."

Yifei sighed, he was the one who first felt Zhou Yuan's strength with his swordsmanship, during this time both of them had only practiced sparring using his bare hands.

The swordsman without using the sword had a much different strength, Yifei had enough difficulty facing Zhou Yuan empty-handed especially at this time when the young man was playing with his sword.

Xiao Rou looked silent but not too happy, at first the girl thought that she would impress Zhou Yuan after practicing for a few years but as Xiao Rou's strength increased, zhou Yuan's strength had also greatly increased.

"No need to take heart, it's just a match practice, you can be stronger than me in the future..." Zhou Yuan stroked the heads of the three girls in turn.

Linxia smiled, "I understand Brother Yuan, we just need to train diligently..."

It was getting dark, Zhou Yuan cooked the three of them before Xiao Rou and Linxia bounced.

"Fei'er, you have to go to bed early, tomorrow we'll compete in the tournament..." Zhou Yuan saw Yifei standing on the inn porch, not going straight to the room even though it was getting late.

Jiang Long did not seem to be going home to the inn after time approached midnight like this.

"Brother Yuan, do you think I am a talented person, seeing your abilities just now it seems like I am indeed a weak person..." Yifei lowered his head.

Zhou Yuan smiled, he felt that the girl was still thinking about her defeat earlier. "Fei'er, don't compare yourself to anyone else, you don't know what I'm going through to have this much power. I have trained more than anyone, learned more than anyone, experienced many battles that included life and death... Don't look at me now, but look at how I got to this point."

Yifei nodded and forced to smile. He then left Zhou Yuan who was now shaking his head at the behavior of the girl.

***

The tournament resumed and this time it was the Main Round, all the participants who managed to qualify here were arguably talented warriors.

Zhou Yuan looked around the audience seat area, now the number of spectators was much more than on the day of the preliminary round.

While on the other hand, the seats of the participants began to diminish, Zhou Yuan realized that this match would be more challenging and entertaining.

It is not impossible that two candidates who are rumored to be champions meet in this main round like Liu Yuwen and Zuo Lang.

Zhou Yuan looked towards the four special seats where the 4 Emperors were sitting there, Jiang Long had also been in a seat, this time the middle-aged man looked even more excited when welcoming this tournament.

Zhou Yuan chuckled softly, this matter must be related to Jiang Long who had known of his abilities.

Xiao Rou was as usual sitting beside her, although the girl was a little moody as a result of yesterday, at least she was ready to continue the tournament.

Not long after, Xiong Bian rode the arena, all eyes were immediately fixed on the Head of the Academy.

"Brothers and sisters, it does not feel like this tournament has entered the Main Round, those who have qualified until here are talented participants because they have defeated their opponents three times in a row..."

On top of the arena Xiong Bian gave a speech, not only did he reintroduce his name, he also announced the rules in this tournament for the audience to remember him again.

Xiong Bian also welcomed the arrival of the four emperors who had been present, their arrival as an important proof of how valuable this tournament was in the martial world.

Zhou Yuan slightly yawned, he felt bored by Xiong Bian's monotonous speech. Fortunately Xiong Bian was aware of the feelings of the onlookers so he immediately ended his speech.

"Don't wait any longer we start the first game right away. Participants named Chu Lingxi and Bai Hu, immediately advanced onto the arena..."

The first match in the main round is filled by a girl who wears a bow in her hand against participants who use swords.

The girl who carried the bow was Chu Lingxi while the young man who became her opponent was named Bai Hu.

Chu Lingxi won the match in the preliminaries due to her extremely high archery skill, she was able to predict the opponent's movements and aim her arrows on target.

During this time, Chu Lingxi's arrow never missed the target, so the audience rumored that the girl was dubbed as the eagle eye because of the sharpness of her eyes.

Bai Hu's own participant was a swordsman who combined swordplay arts with illusions. It wasn't difficult for Bai Hu to the main round because every participant who was his opponent almost lost quickly.

Chu Lingxi immediately took some distance before the match began, as the archer she was extremely weak in close combat.

Exactly one second the whistle sounded, Chu Lingxi immediately released an arrow from her bow.

Bai Hu clucked, he immediately fended off the arrow with his sword.

Seeing Bai Hu being able to cut his arrow in half did not make Chu Lingxi discouraged, instead he took out four arrows and then released them simultaneously.

Bai Hu snorted, again with ease the young man could fend off the arrows heading towards him without difficulty. Bai Hu immediately moved quickly towards Chu Lingxi and narrowed the distance between the two while fending off every arrow that the girl released.

Bai Hu did not know that Chu Lingxi had such a high leg speed to take her distance back.

Every time Bai Hu got close, the girl would jump so high that it made Bai Hu clench her teeth in annoyance.

"Coward, can you just run and shoot!" Bai Hu cursed furiously.

Chu Lingxi frowned, "Why are you angry? Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages, no need to blame others, blame yourself less quickly."

Bai Hu cursed, he then made an illusion where his body became five people. It was just that in front of Chu Lingxi who was referred to as the eagle eye, the illusion could not anchor it. Quickly, Chu Lingxi realized Bai Hu's real body.

Bai Hu clucked in annoyance repeatedly, he was indeed very agile fighting distance with but if his opponent relied on distance then his position was not advantaged, he was indeed very agile, Bai Hu only regretted that his teacher had not had time to teach him long-range attacks.

Chu Lingxi continued to shoot until she finally realized that the girl had already finished off half of the number of arrows she was carrying.

Chu Lingxi was indeed seeded due to her distance as well as speed but all that was meaningless if her attack was parried by Bai Hu's sword.

"It seems like there's no other way, I should use it now..." Chu Lingxi sighed then took out another arrow.

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes at the arrow, in contrast to before, Chu Lingxi's arrow which now had a red color.

Chu Lingxi poured a deep energy at her dart before shooting it towards Bai Hu.

Bai Hu's facial sharpening became serious as the arrow was now moving faster than before, he swung his sword to slash the arrow but suddenly something happened.

Bai Hu belatedly realized that the arrow Chu Lingxi had released was of a different color, when the arrow was cut off, a powerful explosion created made Bai Hu unable to dodge and so bounced several meters away.

Bai Hu coughed, he did not expect the arrow to explode like that, not only was he surprised even those watching were no less surprised.

Bai Hu was intending to avoid Chu Lingxi's arrow this time but the girl he was fighting with already knew what the young man was planning to do.

Chu Lingxi shot another arrow but this time Bai Hu was ready and swiftly dodged the arrow easily.

When the arrows that Bai Hu had avoided landed on the arena floor, the arrows erupted but this time it was not an explosion created but a puff of white smoke.

The white smoke was not poison but to block the visibility, in a few breaths, the arena became filled with white smoke.

Chu Lingxi quickly moved between the smoke, with the sharpness of her eyes she could notice Bai Hu's existence even in a puff of smoke. Chu Lingxi immediately released an arrow, this time Bai Hu could not see his attack so the arrow exploded hitting his back.

Bai Hu coughed, she suffered a burn on her back before falling unconscious.

Xiong Bian immediately checked Bai Hu's condition, he breathed a sigh of relief the young man had only suffered a minor injury. Xiong Bian called some of the organizers to hold Bai Hu to the arena family and deepen the treatment.

Xiong Bian announced Chu Lingxi's victory, the match was actually very interesting, Zhou Yuan did not expect any participants to use arrows in a tournament like this.

"Alright, we continue the second match, Xiao Rou's participant against Yin Ruo's participant, immediately ascended to the top of the arena..."

This match was greeted enthusiastically by the audience, you could say the two participants who competed were talented and famous warriors.

Xiao Rou was famous for her face that was always flat but had a mature beauty, the ability to imitate the style of her enemy was already famous in this tournament. While Yin Ruo was the dazzling girl from the look of her red dress, she was dubbed as the red scarf.

The two girls then advanced onto the arena, Xiong Bian did not wait anymore and directly hid his whistle.

Yin Ruo released the scarf on his body before flowing with deep energy, not long after which he directed his shawl which immediately moved towards Xiao Rou.

The scarf was so long that Yin Ruo's attack range was wide, Xiao Rou dodged some of the attacks before swinging her sword at her shawl.

Xiao Rou's forehead shriveled when the scarf was so flexible that it was difficult to cut by his sword.

"This match is interesting, I so want to see how Xiao Rou won her fight, she cannot replicate Yin Ruo's style if there is no shawl..."

"Right, the only way that he could win was to approach Yin Ruo and attack him at close range, but it would be difficult because his shawl would protect him."

Xiao Rou continued to move backwards while dodging the attack of the shawl, even if the red-haired girl was not injured in this way but if left in her position longer the situation would not support her especially she was already nearing the limit of the arena.

Realizing the situation Xiao Rou used a technique that made her body split into five.

Bai Hu who was already sober almost choked on his own breath, that illusion technique was unmistakably his. Xiao Rou had clearly imitated him in the previous match.

Yin Ruo's expression changed, he tried to target one of the girl's bodies but what his shawl captured was his shadow.