Town Competition (7)

The yin and and yang energies whipped around the stadium like the wind from hell and destroyed the ground. Khoru's attack raged forward and slammed against Pan Meli's butterfly shield, and surprisingly, it didn't disperse.

It was incredibly tenacious as it tried its best to eat away at Pan Meli's defenses, rendering her immobile. If Khoru were to attack right now, she'd be defeated.

"Argh! Attack Form!" She yelled as she backed away and disabled her butterfly shield. She continuously evaded the yin and yang energies as they tore everything apart. She drew back her bow string and Khoru watched in awe as the butterfly transformed into an arrow.

Pan Meli aimed the bow at Khoru with a nasty glare before letting it go and watching the bright green arrow fly at lightning speed towards Khoru. Khoru gritted his teeth and stabbed his sword into the ground.

He bent his entire body back in order to dodge the arrow, which still managed to graze his forehead.

'Curse this big forehead of mines!' Khoru yelled in his head before getting up. He was about to rush towards Pan Meli, but his pupils shrank when he noticed that she was already letting go of the bow string again, sending another green arrow flying at him.

'What the hell? But she just launched an arrow!' Khoru started to feel even more uneasy than before and hastily dodged the arrow. He watched as the arrow suddenly disappeared after not hitting its target and reappeared on the bow.

'What the hell? That's not fair!' Khoru felt that he was fighting an automatic turret and didn't know what to do. He wasn't too avid on revealing his trump cards so he tried to come up with a split-second solution.

He ended up thinking for too long and was brought out of his mind when he felt intense pain in his left arm. He looked at it and saw a green arrow pierced into it, slowly burning bits of his flesh.

'AGH!' Khoru ripped the arrow out of his arm and instantly realized that it would burn anything it touched. He looked towards Pan Meli, who had an annoying smirk on her face for the entire time. Khoru grimaced and rushed forward, completely disregarding the fact that his arm was injured.

Pan Meli's smirk grew wider as she brought the arrow back and pointed it head-first at Khoru. As soon as she let go of the bow string, Khoru disappeared. At that exact time, she felt a baleful aura behind her that disappeared just as fast as it came.

"Wha-" Before she could even speak, she twisted her body more than the average human was allowed. Her pupils shrank and her expression turned grim when she saw Khoru's katana piercing forward.

She instantly jumped away in hopes of gaining distance but it was no sue. Khoru disappeared from her view again and that horrible aura appeared once more. She turned around, expected Khoru to be there.

Unfortunately, she was wrong. He played the classic psychological game that most people played in battles.

Her senses went crazy so she used her bow to shield her behind, but felt an impending force crush both the bow and her forearms.

"Agh!" Pan Meli went flying into the ground. She gritted her teeth as she immediately deployed her butterfly shield before Khoru reached her. He appeared in an instant, with his katana nearly planting itself on the shield. He landed on the shield and looked at Pan Meli was a devilish glare.

"Don't hold out on me now, it'll only make your fate worse than it already is!" He said. Khoru was fed up with Pan Meli and the way she fought, so he decided to play things smart. He would only reveal a sliver of one of his trump cards.

Pan Meli had no words and only clenched her broken hands in pain as the butterfly shield tried its best to protect her. Khoru's eyes shined with a hideous tint as he lifted his katana and prepared it near his waist.

Pan Meli's pupils shrank when she realized what he intended to do, but there was nothing she could do. She was already planted on the ground and her last ditch effort was to use her butterfly shield to protect herself.

And what of it if she managed to block or evade Khoru's move? She couldn't draw her bow anymore because it was broke, and her arms were in the same condition. Her face went pale when she accepted her fate.

"First Stroke!" Khoru said in a conniving voice and a horrible expression. He unsheathed his katana and summoned a massive cluster of yin and yang energies that clashed with each other, dishing out explosive and chaotic damage that destroyed Pan Meli's butterfly shield.

Just as her butterfly shield was destroyed, the man from before that stopped the first match had appeared again, restoring the stadium and erasing Khoru's move. Khoru's face was slightly pale when he looked at the man who stood before him.

He was a bit annoyed that the man stopped the match.

"We have quite a few monsters in this competition. Alright, I think we know the winner." He said as he raised his hand and looked at Khoru. The crowd was conflicted as they cheered, they didn't know if it was a good or bad thing that Khoru beat Pan Meli.

They were ultimately surprised by her butterfly Martial Spirit as well, they didn't expect it to have two forms. But even still, Feng Xuan and Yu Xiang had something akin to that with their Martial Spirits.

"Pan Meli lost?"

"Should I be cheering or not?"

"How did Pan Meli lose? I thought that bastard child was weak!"

"I thought he only managed to win the Ghostly Blade Family's tournament because of a fluke!"

"Was Pan Meli given compensation for losing on purpose?!"

Some of the shouts of the crowd were angry and furious, some were conflicted and confused, some were just in disbelief, while others were wholeheartedly cheering for Khoru.