"Ladies and gentlemen, let's begin the semi-final of the final Workshop Battle, the team of Lo Po Bia Yacinth versus the team of Adori Zahard!" Uno's voice sounded in the arena as his figure could be seen on the screen.

Before the final started, Uno had looked into Adori and easily got her identity.

This was his event so he had full responsibility if anything went wrong with it. If he couldn't even announce the finalist identities properly, he would be better off retiring from his position.

The crowd excitedly cheered at his announcement. Their anticipation of this fight was pretty high as the two previous fights had shown both teams' impressive strength as they completely owned their opponents, especially princess Adori Zahard.

The regulars didn't realize that a Zahard princess was participating in the battle and only realized it when the host announced her identity in the previous fight.

They had heard of many princesses of Zahard but they hadn't even heard of Adori beforehand even though any princesses of Zahard should have been pretty well-known.

However, after seeing and witnessing her gorgeous figure and grace in the fight as she displayed her terrifying shinsu sword attack and completely dominated her opponents, they were completely convinced of her identity being a princess of Zahard.

As both teams walked into the arena, their figures could be finally seen. Adori, Xin, and Liu Guanyi stood on the west side while Yacinth, the slant-eyed man, and the glasses light bearer on the eastern side.

It was a three against three fight, different from what Liu Guanyi had expected.

'There should be four people since one was killed, where did the little girl go? She was there in the previous battle. Is that Lo Po Bia guy confident in taking us without a number advantage?' Liu Guanyi pondered as he saw their number.

However, when he saw Yacinth's serious face. 'No, he doesn't look like someone who underestimates a princess of Zahard unlike what he portrayed the first time we met.'

A flash of comprehension came over him as his eyes sparkled. 'I see, it's likely that he sent her away since he isn't confident in winning this battle. It seems that his act of antagonizing Adori wasn't his own plan.

'Was it under the order of another princess in the Lo Po Bia family? Looks like it's pretty complicated, huh.' Liu Guanyi guessed accurately.

Both teams continued to walk until they stopped in the middle of the Arena.

Seeing this, Uno smiled. "The battle… begins!"

Liu Guanyi didn't waste time as he took the initiative to move forward and directly threw his punch at the leader.

Seeing his attempt, Yacinth calmly took his "fishbowl" as a fierce tiger suddenly appeared in front of him as it easily block Liu Guanyi's attack and swatted him away with its ferocious claws.

However, Liu Guanyi quickly jumped back without any injuries unlike what Yacinth had expected, and quickly fought the tiger again.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xin fought the slant-eyed man on a standstill. They traded blows with their needles and evaded each other's attacks with their agile movements, showing their skills as incredible scouts in close combat.

After a few rounds, Xin steadily gained the advantage as he was becoming faster and faster, and his attacks turned sharper and swifter as the slant-eyed man was having a hard time dodging his attacks and barely countering with some of his own.

Realizing his disadvantage, he decided to use his signature method before it devolved into a dangerous situation for him.

He retreated back for a moment to take a spherical ball and quickly smashed it on the ground.

As the ball broke apart, many fish came out in the open. They were of the same kind with a small body, only a few inches wide and long. But if Xin looked down on them, he would have a world of pain as their serrated rows of teeth glinted in the day light, ready to tear and munch on his flesh.

The little fish swam rapidly and surrounded him in every direction as they thirsted for his blood.

Seeing these little monsters, Xin calmly focused on himself as he prepared for his next attack.

Shinsu Control Style: Four Directional Blasts!

Four blue waves of shinsu formed from his four sides as they surged toward the bloodthirsty fish and blasted many of them away. However, even though many of them were knocked out, there were still many of them who were still quickly closing on him.

Xin didn't try to defend passively, instead, he swiftly ran toward his opponent and protected his vital parts as he braved through the horde of ferocious fish, withstanding their bites with his powerful body.

The slant-eyed man was astonished by Xin's incredible shinsu control and boldness, yet effective tactic as he closed their distance in an instant.

Xin stabbed his needle on his right hand at the slant-eyed man's head as he was forced to block it. However, with Xin's superior power and velocity, his defense opened as he couldn't fully endure the force behind the attack.

Xin didn't waste this chance as grabbed his opponent's outstretched hand, kicked off the ground with one of his legs to increase his momentum, and delivered a full blow crescent kick on his unguarded ribs!

Crack!

The slant-eyed man was flung away for a few meters.

When tried to get up, his legs were shaky as blood spewed from his mouth. One of his hands covered his ribs as he felt immense pain over the area, it was likely that the kick broke some of his ribs and pierced some of his organs.

At the moment, he understood that he was already dead unless his teammates could give him aid. Unfortunately, looking at them, they were already busy with their own opponents as Yacinth and the glasses anima worked together as they were barely able to tie down the princess.

It seemed that they were too focused on the princess before and looked down on her teammates as they didn't even try to find out their abilities.

He couldn't believe that there was such a talented scout with such an incredible shinsu control at such a young age to boot.

He wasn't even a wave controller but he could easily create four bangs? Who was this kid? How come he had no reputation among the E-ranked regulars?

If he was killed here, then no one would be able to deal with Xin, and his leader would be surrounded and ganged up. Even if Yacinth had "it", if he couldn't land any decisive attack on the princess, it was still pretty much futile.

The yellow-haired boy in front of him had an incredible prowess, he couldn't let him help the princess… He must stop him or at least incapacitate him for the remainder of this battle!

"You are really talented, kid. However, animas are special for a reason. Let me show you to the full extent of an anima's ability!"