Chapter 44: Yang Ji

Jia Yuan and Guo Huo headed to their newly assigned Arena,

the B-2 Arena. The fighters at this arena were generally about the 9th

level of Absorption with a low level Song.

Upon seeing a kid enter with an old man, many of the

fighters began to have rather tasteless expressions on their faces.

No matter if they were fighting against someone so old or

someone so young, many of these fighters, in terms of physical fitness, were

just about their prime.

However, some of the more tempered fighters looked at the

two with an air of interest. After all, the mere fact that the two were at this

arena as fighters meant that the Arena had deemed them as qualified.

After all, one’s strength couldn’t be seen from just their

outside appearance. A tall and strong man could have a weak cultivation base,

while someone old and decrepit could have a high cultivation base, which would

more than make up for the difference in physical strength.

Jia Yuan and Guo Huo sat on the side of the arena to watch

the matches. Some of the fighters were rather truly strong. In fact, there was

a hundred man captain of the Burning Legion who was fighting in the B-2 arena.

After watching a few matches, Jia Yuan finally felt a

burning sensation in his pocket. His badge was burning, and it was time for him

to fight yet again.

Jia Yuan walked onto the stage, and the usual commentary

from the announcer followed.

“In this corner, we have an 11 year old fighter at the 4th

level of Absorption!”

As soon as the announcer said this line, the spectators

began to react in shock!

“What? An eleven year old at the 4th level of Absorption

is fighting here? Against that fighter of the 9th level of Absorption?

He’s just asking to die!”

That was the general consensus amongst the audience.

Even Guo Huo could not say that he had confidence in Jia Yuan.

However, in Jia Yuan’s mind, he was thinking about something

else.

If I keep fighting

against people who are only as strong as me, I’ll never improve as fast as

someone who has truly been fighting for their life every day. Only by taking

risks such as this will I be able to stand at the peak of the world.

The torment he had suffered the last few days from the old

lady had not only taught him mannerisms and etiquette, but had also opened his

mind to just how far he could push himself, and the wards that were associated

with being pushed so far.

As long as he didn’t die, it would be worth it, right?

After all, the arena fights weren’t necessarily life or

death duels. Killing someone was possible and sometimes happened at the arena,

but deaths were rather rare, as all one needed to do to win the round was to

either make the other admit defeat or knock the other off of the stage.

Jia Yuan drew his sword and waited for the referee to

announce the start of the match.

“Start!”

Jia Yuan prepared to defend against his opponent, but the

opponent actually didn’t move, and in fact, began to speak.

“It seems that my luck is pretty good. I’ll actually be able

to pay you back for hurting Jia Rou.” The opponent said. “Just remember, when

Death asks you who sent you, tell them that I, Yang Ji, sent you.”

With that, Yang Ji started his Song, and settled into an

offensive stance, letting his aura of the 9th level of Absorption

spread around the stage in an attempt to stifle Jia Yuan.

As soon as Jia Yuan saw Yang Ji do this, he started his own

Song, but he still felt a bit suppressed by Yang Ji.

Yang Ji then charged forward with a flaming axe, and began

to ruthlessly exchange blows with Jia Yuan.

Seeing that Yang Ji was going all out with a brute force

attack, Jia Yuan began to do something that no other cultivator could.

Jia Yuan was the ability of the Song of Swords to fight with

the aura of the fire element, but was moving and dodging by using the Dance and

stances associated with the water element, which were far more suited for

defense than those of the fire element.

After all, fire was the element of aggression, and water was

the element of fluidity.

However, this meant that Jia Yuan had basically no offensive

capabilities, since attacking with the fire element while dancing with the

water element meant that his movements were poorly suited to attacking with

fire.

But it didn’t matter, as Yang Ji couldn’t hit him either!

The fight more or less stagnated as Yang Ji kept swinging at Jia Yuan, who kept

dodging and blocking.