Forgotten One

As the no-name man danced around with his words and his sword, Ansu watched. The people in the crowd thought he was contemplating the decision. The no-name man spoke out again, "Hurry, hurry, the less time you waste the more benefits!"

Ansu responded in his dull and raspy voice, "Ohhh, so the faster I finish this, the greater the benefits?" As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of his opponent's robes, he saw an embroidered pattern on them that radiated royalty. Ansu's eyes flashed as he noticed the embroidered patterns.

"Yes, the faster the better. Please, I may even reward you right now!!!" the wealthy robed man spoke.

Ansu raised his sword and spun it at an irregular angle, "As you wish."

After that exchange blood was spurting into the air. It even landed on some of the participants sitting on the outside. They were extremely shocked, it ended in a quick flash. The no-name man was looking at Ansu from a weird angle. It was because his head was no longer attached to his body, it was on the cold stone ground. His body was somehow still upright beside him.

THUD

It finally crashed into the floor, completely lifeless. Ansu re-sheathed his sword. "Your blood is rewarding enough." He walked off the stage without a care in the world. People began mumbling various things.

"I thought you couldn't die, I thought he could've surrendered." His voice was shaking as he spoke.

Someone else responded, "Maybe he didn't have the time to surrender, make sure to steer clear of that man."

A few more battles commenced until it was Tian Fu's turn. When he took the floor a lot of girly voices rang out.

"LOOK AT HIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE HAIR"

"OHH AND WHAT MANLY SHARP FEATURES"

"HIS BODY LOOKS QUITE REFINED TOO"

Tian Fu looked around and let out a gentle smile. He wasn't at all perturbed by the voices of those females.

A female stepped onto the stage gracefully. She had a playful smirk dancing on her beautiful face. She was quite pretty; many men would give her a second look. She had bright green eyes and dark brown hair in a ponytail. She wore formal dark red robes; they hid her figure effortlessly.

The girl faced Tian Fu but shot Lei Shu a glance through the corner of her eye. "Su Lian, 6th stage of Body Tempering."

Tian Fu returned the bow respectfully. "Thousand Hands Tian Fu, 7th stage." Ansu's eyes flickered a bit when he heard Tian Fu speak. However, after he finished, he returned to his aloof nature and closed his eyes for a rest.

Tian Fu took out 2 wh.i.p.s this time, one for each hand. This would be his second fight and he wanted to end it handily. Su Lian put one leg behind the other and one arm in front of the other. She maintained this stance and waited.

Tian Fu struck his wh.i.p.s out but all that he caught was air. Su Lian's unorthodox movement seemed to dodge the wh.i.p.s perfectly. Su Lian dodged almost every attack and when she did, she would slide her feet. She inched closer and closer, waiting for Tian Fu to make a mistake.

Tian Fu felt weird. He knew he was hitting her more than the marks on her skin showed. His eagle eyes focused in on the ends of his wh.i.p.s. There were various markings on the ends indicating clashing of some sort. This meant that she was a hidden weapons user.

Tian Fu changed his approach. As she closed the distance between them, Tian Fu could increase the speed at which he struck his whip. He focused both wh.i.p.s on one side of her. With her free hand, she immediately flung something towards him.

At the same time, her arm got caught by a whip and was restrained. She threw her other arm out only for that to be restrained as well. She struggled but it was all worthless. Tian Fu was towering over her, "Please give up, I do not like striking women. They are simply too beautiful for such an act."

Su Lian didn't care, and she didn't want to give up. After she tried everything and was finally unable to escape, she forfeited. When she got up, she shot Lei Shu a glance once more, after she turned so did Tian Fu. He made it over to Lei Shu and leaned on his shoulder.

When Lei Shu put his arm on his shoulder he was in awe, "Brother Tian, what happened to you. Your face has darkened, and you've begun to tremble slightly."

"Brother Lei, that woman, that woman is dangerous. There's a needle in my ankle and one in the side of my stomach. She was a hidden weapons user and she uses needles. To the crowd, it may look like I have won handily, however, if she used stronger poison, I would have been dead on that stage."

Lei Shu placed his hand on Tian Fu's back and surveyed his body. The tips of each needle were exuding a poisonous odor. Lei Shu began breaking down the poison and absorbing it, the level of poison wasn't all that high.

"Brother Tian, focus on healing and resting. I can remove the poison, but it will take time, the rest is up to you. Your life will be fine, but you won't have the energy to fight in your last round. You'll have to forfeit."

Lei Shu took his time clearing the poison from Tian Fu's body and just as he finished it was his turn.

"Goodluck Brother Lei. It is your second fight, do not lose!" Tian Fu gave a few parting words to his friend.

Lei Shu took the stage and the crowd went into an uproar.

"ISN'T THAT THE GUY WHO ONE SHOTTED HIS LAST OPPONENT."

"HE'S NOT ALL THAT STRONG, YOU GUYS ARE JUST S.U.C.K.I.N.G HIM OFF!"

"WAIT UNTIL THE TRIALS ARE OVER BEFORE YOU SPEAK."

Lei Shu's opponent leaped onto the stage. He was short and bald. He was scraggly and dirty, it looked like he could have been homeless. His muscles were quite large for his frame and they were refined through countless hand to hand battles. "Baldy will enjoy this fight, 5th stage of Body Tempering."

Lei Shu lifted his head and spoke with confidence, "Lei Shu, 2nd stage of Body Tempering."

"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA"

The crowd roared with laughter and ridicule.

"HOW COULD ANYONE UNDER THE 4TH STAGE OF BODY TEMPERING EVEN THINK ABOUT JOINING A SECT"

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE JOKE OF AN IDIOT"

Ansu spoke with a carefree tone, "Don't doubt him, didn't he just one shot his last opponent. It might just be the perks of a powerful background."

Lei Shu acted like he didn't hear them. The opinions of ants weren't of any use to him. He bowed and so did his opponent.

Baldy was crazed with excitement. Drool was actually beginning to drip from his mouth onto the ground. "Are the heavens thanking me! They finally blessed me with a fat meal for the taking." He spun his body mid-air and forced his hands out like claws. His nails were sharpened to a stupidly sharp point. He was trying to cut directly through Lei Shu with his hands alone.

Lei Shu gave no f.u.c.ks to the sight of this madman charging him. With one flash he took his dagger out of his pocket and swiped it across Baldy.

TINK TINK TINK TINK

10 fully sharpened nails just hit the ground one by one. Although Baldy did have sharp nails, he underestimated Lei Shu heavily, now all his nails had become stumps. Baldy tried his best to slow down and back off. He had to rethink his method of attack.

Lei Shu didn't want to give him any chances. Lei Shu pushed off of the ground with one of his feet and soared into the air with his next. Baldy was surprised, strength and hand to hand combat were his specialties. He fought open-palmed and used his hands to hack his opponents.

Lei Shu's eyes were burning with excitement. Now he could try out his raw strength in a battle against another person near him in strength. Lei Shu easily brushed off one of the hands and shot his fist out at the other. 2 bones in Baldy's wrist instantly snapped.

Baldy dodged and kicked out at Lei Shu's leg. He knocked one of Lei Shu's legs off balance. Baldy sprinted towards Lei Shu's other leg. He tried to take him completely off of the ground, only then could he maul him to his content.

Baldy was l.i.c.k.i.n.g his lips; he was already thinking about the amazing outcome. Baldy was confused when his body stopped moving. He clung onto Lei Shu's other leg but was unable to take him down to the ground.

Lei Shu smiled over him with a piercingly domineering posture. He lifted both his fists and smashed down onto Baldy's back. Baldy's posture was a large reason for him being short. It was like his back was scrunched up and contorted. His spine was in incredible pain every time Lei Shu struck out.

This continued until Baldy finally lost grip and let go. He had a face full of tears and through his sad mumbles, "I Quit." Could be heard."

Baldy laid there for a moment until Le Shu shot his hand out. Baldy instinctively flinched but when he didn't feel any pain he looked up. He saw a gentle and loving hand, spread out for him to grab onto. Lei Shu helped Baldy get off the ground and back on his feet.

Baldy was weirded out; he had never received such kindness. When he got up, he noticed he was now standing a bit taller than Lei Shu. The crowd was shocked, Lei Shu's beating had actually been used to fix Baldy's back.

Baldy felt a great amount of warmth from Lei Shu, "Brother Lei, I must thank you."

Lei Shu answered, "No need, it was only something small."

When it came to the trials and the participants, in their eyes, Baldy has lost. However, to Baldy, he had won something he had been without for a great amount of time. He walked off the stage with a smile, "Brother Lei, if I have the chance, I will return the favor."

Lei Shu returned a smile and took his time getting off the stage.

Right now, it was getting close to the last few battles. If anyone was fit for battle and wanted a higher placing, they could request a 4th battle against someone higher. The only thing that mattered was getting 1st because they would become the disciple of Elder Hansa.

Tian Fu fell a bit out of the 10th spot, he ended up at the 12th spot because he only completed 2 battles. A few more battles commenced and the placings all the way down to 9 were already decided.

The next match was for the 7th and 8th placings. The match is commencing now.

Ting Ting got up onto the stage. The crowd had erupted once more, she had become the interim Princess for this Sect.

"PRINCESS TING THIS MATCH IS YOURS"

"OUR PRINCESS IS UNSTOPPABLE"

Ting Ting graced the stage with her presence once more, "Ting Ting, 6th stage of Body Tempering."

A grey-skinned man slithered onto the stage. His tongue was bright red and it was quite long, His facial features looked quite reptilian and his eyes were bright yellow. He had spiky black hair falling down to his shoulders. "Zu Ke, 6th stage Body Tempering. He bowed and didn't. say anymore.

Ting Ting took a defensive posture and balanced her mace on her t.h.i.g.h. She covered her vitals and waited for her opponent. Zu Ke jumped right towards Ting Ting. He dived straight towards her mace.

Ting Ting reacted right away. She swung her mace while keeping her balance, she didn't want to use too much force early on. Zu Ke could be heard,

KE KE KE

He reached towards the mace and his head was basically a foot away from the tip of the mace. He stared directly at it; he had no fear in his eyes and his body followed suit.