Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 162 — Xiao Rou Vs He Bei
Chu Lingxi had no idea how she could escape from the pursuit of the fireball Yifei, it was actually difficult to remain calm and think in the situation that the girl was in.
Chu Lingxi could only use all her speed and shrewdness to avoid every single fireball that almost touched her body. After a while Chu Lingxi found the fireball Yifei slowly slowed down and its size shrank.
Realizing this, Chu Lingxi exerted a deep force on her feet and moved even faster, not gradually until the six fireballs that were chasing her shrank before disappearing.
Chu Lingxi stopped her steps and breathed in relief but just a few seconds later she felt relieved, the girl was startled by Yifei who was already nearby.
Chu Lingxi was too focused on those six fireballs so did not realize Yifei was already a few steps ahead of her with a sword that had now been enveloped in blue flames.
"Good-witch!"
Chu Lingxi did not have time to dodge, as Yifei swung his sword he immediately raised his bow to resist the attack.
Easily, the sharp and powerful Yifei sword in splitting Chu Lingxi's arrow was like tofu.
Chu Lingxi's arrow arc was not an heirloom or a quality weapon, so it was no wonder the Yifei sword could cut through it so easily.
Yifei again swung his sword but before he did, Chu Lingxi immediately raised both hands hurriedly. "Stop! I surrender!"
Yifei smiled faintly before pulling his sword back.
After his weapon was destroyed, Chu Lingxi was no different from Gong Yun who could do nothing without his weapon.
"Participant Jiang Yifei qualified for the quarter-finals." Xiong Bian announced the girl's victory.
Yifei smiled in satisfaction then got down from the arena,
"How, my abilities aren't bad, are they?" Yifei folded his hands across his chest, asking Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan smiled gently then stroked the girl's hair. "You can think and see all the opportunities in the fight, you've grown stronger Fei'er."
Yifei felt happy to be praised even though he hid his emotions by putting on a careless and uncaring expression.
The next last participant was Xiao Rou against He Bei.
He Bei is a girl who is famous for her high speed knowledge and armed with a knife.
When both sides had gone up on stage, He Bei had already put on a dislike face towards Xiao Rou.
He Bei did not hide the irritation to the red-haired girl because Xiao Rou's face attracted the attention of the audience more than her.
He Bei's face was actually categorized as a beautiful woman but certainly in front of Xiao Rou, the girl was not his match so that her face was not too glimpsed by some spectators and even towards Xiao Rou.
"This match is just a tournament event, it must not poison or injure to harm the opponent. You understand?!" Xiong Bian reminded Xiao Rou and He Bei before the two started the match.
Xiong Bian could feel He Bei's dislike for Xiao Rou so he emphasized his sentence so that the girl's hatred would not endanger the other participants.
Xiao Rou and He Bei nodded, Xiong Bian took a few steps away before blowing the whistle in his hand.
"I'm gonna ruin your face until you're unrecognizable..." He Bei took out two blades behind the sleeves of his dress, he released a great battle aura.
Xiao Rou was confused by He Bei's statement but he chose not to respond and drew his sword.
He Bei became the first attacker, he moved quickly and suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Rou while attacking using his two knives.
Xiao Rou was a little surprised by He Bei's speed but he was able to react, with his sword Xiao Rou was able to withstand the knife attack before starting to counterattack.
Xiao Rou's attack speed was much more agile and had complicated movements to read.
He Bei clucked, he could feel there was a difference in his ability with Xiao Rou, He Bei immediately took some distance as he consciously fought close quarters instead of the red-haired girl's opponent.
He Bei had another way to defeat Xiao Rou that was by relying on his speed.
He Bei ran quickly around the arena of the match as well as circling Xiao Rou, those who did not have a keen look would have difficulty seeing the girl's movements.
"He circled around Rou'er in order for his opponent to panic and be confused, he clearly took everything into account..." Zhou Yuan observed the fight in the participant's seat, he was one of the people who could see the speed of He Bei's legs.
Xiao Rou tried to remain calm in the situation while observing the fight situation further when suddenly from the side a knife shot rapidly towards him.
Xiao Rou was almost too late to react but she swiftly managed to dodge the blade, even so her red hair was slightly cut off because the blade passed through it.
Not yet Xiao Rou thought He Bei had already thrown some other blades. The girl continued to release the knife while running around Xiao Rou.
Xiao Rou had no choice but to dodge, eventually some injuries started to be etched on the girl's body as it did not manage to dodge all of He Bei's attacks perfectly.
"If you keep dodging like that, your beautiful skin can be damaged..." He Bei laughed mockingly on his run.
Xiao Rou did not reply, he then closed his eyes to focus his sense of hearing.
He Bei laughed even more, thinking Xiao Rou had a problem in his brain because he closed his eyes while fighting.
He released the blade and this time it was aimed at Xiao Rou's blind spot, thinking the blade would hit its target but in reality made He Bei glare.
Xiao Rou quickly turned around and parried the blade with his sword.
"How's..." He Bei's heart paused for a moment, Xiao Rou parried her knife while the girl's eyes were still closed.
Unbelieving the incident, He Bei fired several other knives again but the same condition repeated, Xiao Rou could easily fend off the attack even though her eyes were closed.
No matter he threw his knife from which direction Xiao Rou seemed to be able to see his attack accurately.
"When one sense is closed the other senses sharpen..." Xiong Bian stroked his beard, understanding the reason Xiao Rou could easily guess the attack of He Bei's blade.
Xiao Rou could not see He Bei's running speed, but he could hear the girl's movement or vibration. By closing his eyes, Xiao Rou was able to maximize his sense of hearing and sense of civilization to a more perfect level.
The two continued to clash attacks, He Bei biting his lips as he realized the knife he was carrying had been reduced by more than half
"If it goes on like this I can lose..." He Bei bit his lips.
He Bei had no other way to defeat Xiao Rou other than the attack tactics he was using right now.
When He Bei was still busy throwing knife after knife, Xiao Rou suddenly caught one of his knives and threw it back at the girl.
He Bei was shocked and unprepared to be attacked like this, the knife Xiao Rou threw immediately stuck in his thigh.
He Bei's body instantly fell down and the girl rolled in pain, Xiong Bian who realized the situation hurriedly ended the match. He Bei could not possibly continue the fight with his condition let alone the blood started pouring profusely from the woman's thigh.
Xiong Bian immediately pulled out the knife while simultaneously exerting a deep force on He Bei to stop the bleeding.
Xiong Bian smiled faintly, he looked at Xiao Rou who was now slowly opening her eyes again. He could not believe that the girl would defeat his opponent in this way.