Chapter 69: Unexpected Move
"Let the duel begin!"
Whoosh!
After hearing Shi Xingtai's announcement from above the barrier of the dueling platform, Shi Quanzhou and Shi Li dashed towards each other at their full strength, using their movement techniques to their limits.
Whoosh!
With Shi Quanzhou's muscles being well-defined under his robes, he was able to move at a speed faster than Shi Li due to the fact that the pathways for his energy were wider than Shi Li's. Hence, he was the first one to strike!
"Take this! Mountain Fist!"
Whoosh!
As if a meteor was falling from the sky at an astonishing speed, the fist hastily headed towards Shi Li's face in order to make him fall into a concussion as this would allow Shi Quanzhou to continuously jab Shi Li until he concedes.
Shi Li looked at this and smiled as he ducked down and disappeared from Quanzhou's sight, as if he wasn't there in the first place. In the end, his Mountain Fist was not able to hit anything, prompting him to stop his fist after the energy was shot out, and shot out it did.
After the energy from the fist collided with the ground of the dueling platform, a soft rumble could be heard as the ground shook for a slight bit.
He then stood where he was and looked around as he did not have a clue as to where Shi Li went. All of a sudden, he felt a dangerous aura creep up behind him as a gust of wind resounded, breaking through the sound barrier!
Bang!
In the nick of time, Shi Quanzhou did not hesitate to channel all of his strength and let it all out in one burst through his legs as he turned around to see Shi Li holding on his sword as it was stuck firmly to the ground.
At this point, Shi Quanzhou decided that it would be better to fight Shi Li at his maximum strength. Although he was already used to fighting while wearing his robes, it still shackled his full power from being used. Hence, he decided to remove it.
Whoosh!
The flapping of fabric could be heard as Shi Quanzhou's robe was taken off, revealing a nice set of well-defined muscles that make Shi Quanzhou's body look like a piece of art.
"Waaahhhh!!!" After Shi Quanzhou removed his robe, the female spectators around the arena could not help but look at Shi Quanzhou with a gaze of slight lust, infatuation, and other feelings that showed their admiration and adoration for Shi Quanzhou's body.
As for Shi Li, after noticing that Shi Quanzhou removed his robe, he felt that the aura surrounding Shi Quanzhou was intensified by a great degree, making him clench his teeth and deciding not to dilly-dally any further.
Crack!
As he yanked on the hilt of his sword and was about to stand up to get to his battle stance, Shi Quanzhou used the advantage of having extremely intrepid body strength to get closer to Shi Li in an instant.
Whoosh!
Shi Quanzhou sent a left hook which was dodged by Shi Li by ducking, and then sent a right kick which was dodged by Shi Li by rolling on the ground.
If the fight between Shi Li and Shi Quanzhou before was like a formal tournament, at this moment, with Shi Quanzhou's body being revealed to everyone, it felt more like a street fight amongst thugs, with the weaker one trying to scurry away from the thug. Of course, to the spectators, the weaker one was Shi Li.
Contrary to what they see, Shi Quanzhou looked at Shi Li with shock. As to why, it was because he was able to dodge his attacks at the last moment with the least amount of movement. If Shi Li were to cultivate a dodging technique for a long time, then it would be understandable on how Shi Li was able to these types of things. But that was not the case at all! Shi Li cultivated his martial techniques as priority rather than any other technique!
"What a monster," Shi Quanzhou could not help but mutter to himself as he tried to grab Shi Li by his chest. Of course, Shi Li would not let that happen, ducking his head even further in order to slither behind Shi Quanzhou. Yet it was still futile.
Shi Quanzhou tried to predict Shi Li's next move and was successful to do so, binding his whole upper body with his two thick and strong arms.
Shi Li looked at his current situation and tried to squirm his way out of Shi Quanzhou's grasp. Shi Quanzhou could not help but laugh at Shi Li as he tightened his grip around his upper torso.
What could he do? Although Shi Li was able to unleash attacks exceeding 100 ren, Shi Quanzhou's body, when not limited by his robe, was able to punch and kick at a strength of a little bit over 100 ren!
"So...Shi Li? Do you give up?" With a playful smile on his face, he gradually tightened the grip even more around Shi Li's upper torso as he made sure that Shi Li could still breathe.
Although Shi Li could still breathe, he was breathing heavily as his lungs and diaphragm were being constricted by Shi Quanzhou's grasp around him. At this time, Shi Li gave out a weak laugh as he said, "Give up? Why would I give up? You're the one who would give up!"
"What?" Shi Quanzhou was confused by Shi Li's words, only for him to feel a stinging pain just below his left kneecap.
After seeing this move by Shi Li, all of the spectators could not help but fall silent. Even the remaining participants from the sidelines fell silent as they looked at Shi Li's move.
"To think that this type of movement technique can be used that way as well..." Shi Daoliang, having the same kind of movement technique as Shi Li, felt enlightened after seeing this.
What did Shi Li do? He used his movement technique to shoot out a sword light towards Shi Quanzhou's left shin!
"Gah!" Shi Quanzhou could not tightly hug Shi Li anymore as the feeling of pain was spread throughout his body, originating from the wound he got from Shi Li's sword light.
Since the grip around him was loosened, Shi Li was able to break free from Shi Quanzhou's grasp before looking at his face. "Are you okay?"
The person he was up against was 14 years old, since it was probably rare for him to feel this much pain. As for Shi Li, he had already went through two lifetimes, what would a little pain do to him?
Shi Quanzhou kneeled down on his right knee as the blood trickled down from the slightly deep wound. Shi Quanzhou knew that Shi Li did not go all out on the sword light from his feet since it had the ability to cut off his leg if he did use his full strength.
With beads of tears welling up around his eyes, he tried to force a smile on his face before saying, "I-I'm fine..."
Shi Li noticed the tears Shi Quanzhou was trying to hold back and got closer to him as he grabbed a towel from the insides of his robe. "Here, let me help you dress the wound for now."
Ripppp!!!
The sounds of fabric being ripped could be heard throughout the clan arena as the spectators were still dumbfounded from Shi Li's unexpected move.
While Shi Li was still ripping his towel into strips, Shi Xingtai woke up from his slight stupor and instantly announced as the spectators were brought back to reality, "Shi Quanzhou cannot fight any further! Shi Li wins this duel and can proceed to the quarterfinals!"
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TrueDawn
TrueDawn I have decided to remove the phrase 'Novice Tournament (number)' from the titles since it looks cluttered.