C89 Part1

Translated by An Edited by An

No. 013, Li Yuan, 16 years old. From LanJing City, fire attribute. Six Guardian Beasts, namely: Liang Qing, HongYan, Wen, Ji Yang, Tian Yue, and Zhu Lei.

No. 183, ZiZi, 16 years old. From Cang City, fire attribute. Five Guardian Beasts, namely: Xun, Yuan Mu, ZiRan, Cheng, and Cong Shang.

This battle between these two participants was the first confrontation between Cang City and LanJing City, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeded teams on the list of the strongest. Everyone hoped to be able to guess the true strength of the two Saintess Halls through this match. Would Cang City still have a tight grip on the rankings or would LanJing City counterattack?

Like everyone else, Yang QiQi also attached great importance to this game, even more than Xiao Yuan. So far, she had not been allotted to fight against a participant from any one of those two strong teams, so she did not know her strength when compared to theirs. Although she had watched their previous matches from the video recordings obtained and sent over by Nian JiMo, their opponent’s strength was too weak. That made it difficult for her to get a hang of the two’s strengths.

Xiao Yuan’s opponent in the match was QiuShui City’s Female Warrior Xue Yue. She didn’t know how much strength the latter could force out in the end. But the two opponents of this round were evenly matched. And since they each met a capable competitor, they would do everything possible to achieve victory.

After a quick probing at the beginning, the two sides shortly reached the stage of intense fighting. Yang QiQi focused her eyes upon the two Female Warriors, ignoring the fierce fight between their Guardian Beasts. That side was what Ling Yue and the others should pay attention to.

Both females were experts at wielding their fire attribute. Moreover, their personalities were also very similar; they belonged to the category of people with very little patience. After sending a fireball to each other, Li Yuan yelled out first, “Gigantic fireball!”

The fire element in the air condensed quickly, forming an enormous fireball with the diameter of about a meter.

“Heavens! What a big fireball ah! She really is a representative of the second-ranked LanJing City Saintess Hall.” A Female Warrior with fire attribute sitting in the audience whispered involuntarily. She had been eliminated from the competition in the first two rounds.

She was not the only one. Other Female Warriors present there were also staring at the fireball hanging in the air as bright as the rising sun in amazement. But it was not a wonder that they were shocked. Since fireballs condensed by green-ranked fire attribute basically did not exceed half a meter in diameter, it was clear that Li Yuan’s ability far surpassed them. If it wasn’t because every arena had a rank distinguishing device, they would have all wondered if she had reached the yellow rank.

“Female Warrior ZiZi, watch out for the ball!” Li Yuan took two steps back and charged forward, kicking the ball fiercely.

*Fwoosh* The fireball flew straight towards ZiZi.

“Quite competent.” ZiZi was not idle. Seeing her opponent condense her attribute just now, she also condensed a fireball no smaller than the other party’s. When she saw Li Yuan attacking first, she was not frightened. She pushed her palms forward and shot her fireball to meet with Li Yuan’s head-on.

Li Yuan smiled coldly. She fixed her gaze on her own fireball: “Explode!”

The giant ball of fire erupted and split into countless small fist-sized fireballs, rushing at ZiZi like shooting stars. She wanted to break it into tiny pieces to avoid being blocked by the opponent’s massive fireball.

Li Yuan was not the only one who had an excellent plan; ZiZi had an equally good idea. She joined her hands and spread her palms so that each of her fingers was set in different directions. Then, everyone saw her big fireball stretch out like a piece of chewing gum, forming a large motionless net in the air and trapping the small, fist-sized fireballs. When Li Yuan realized that the situation was far from good, she hastily directed the little fireballs to the not-so-thick-looking fiery net, hoping to pierce through it. However, the condition of the little fireballs were like an insect stuck to a spider’s web. It seemed weak and unable to bear the slightest amount of force when in reality, it was practically impossible to break away from the net.

“Close.” As soon as ZiZi spit out the word and clamped her palms together, the blazing net in the air wrapped up. It seemed to mash Li Yuan’s little fireballs inside it.

“Combine!” The small fireballs once again merged into one, but this time it was in the shape of a cone. The sharp end slammed into the small opening that the opponent had not fully closed yet. However, it was a step too late and was completely absorbed by the other side.

Why would Li Yuan be willing to have her fire element devoured?! She gritted her teeth and used the whole of her attributal power without holding back. She knew perfectly well that doing this might prove extremely dangerous; she could very likely make a breakthrough to the rank. At this time, however, she was already riding a tiger that was hard to get off . And since her element was swallowed, she would either admit defeat or burn out her potential, forcing the opponent to do the same in order to maintain the advantage…… Then, it all depended on the fact that one of them would be unlucky enough to break through the critical juncture of the green rank first.

After swallowing Li Yuan’s fireball, ZiZi did not relax. On the contrary, she became more vigilant and sure enough, she saw Li Yuan hurling countless fireballs at her. At this point, she seemed to fighting with her back to the river . Li Yuan couldn’t possibly stop halfway but wasn’t her own situation also the same? Nevertheless, as soon as she knew who her opponent would be, she knew that this battle would inevitably be perilous. She had long been mentally prepared to succeed or become a martyr.

Li Yuan’s little fireball touched the surface of ZiZi’s fire element, but it didn’t make an attempt to go in. She just wanted to set them together so that she could concentrate her power on it.

For a time, the little fireballs dragged their tiny and slender translucent tails, gorgeous as fireworks, and tragic like moths attracted to the flame, and threw themselves onto the big burning ball. They assembled, reunited, and strengthened on its belly, and then, like a sharp dagger, made a vain attempt to cut through the layer of captivity.

ZiZi clearly felt the pressure on her fireball increasing; it was very similar to eating too much and having cramps in the stomach…… not only cramps but also the possibility of exploding at any time.

Her attributal power had all been utilized, and now, she was like an emptied warehouse.

Going further meant to burn out her potential, which was very dangerous.

She raised her head and glanced at Li Yuan. The latter’s face was deathly pale and sweaty, looking as if she was about to fall down at any time.

That person was already burning out her potential ah. She, too, had no other choice now.

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