Great Figures

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"Everyone at your school must have been really weak if you were the one who won," said the boy with ridicule.

Qing Tian really felt like killing this kid, but he had to calm himself and humiliate him first before doing something as drastic as killing.

'I don't care if I'm petty or not, I will kill this kid for making me go through such an annoying and humiliating situation.

Qing Tian waited for his turn to fight, his hands tightly gripping the hilt of the wooden sword.

"Next fighters! Qing Tian from public school, River School!

Versus!

Hou Tao, from Polish School, Angel Academy!"

After hearing his name being called, Qing Tian was about to stand up and head up to fight when suddenly the boy next to him jumped down into the ring.

'He's Hou Tao? Great!'

Qing Tian jumped down into the ring as well, hiding his smile behind a timid and clumsy look.

"Ah!"

Qing Tian tripped on himself and stood up with an embarrassed look.

Every girl and women looked at Qing Tian with hearts in their eyes. Despite his clumsy actions, many of these females thought that Qing Tian was really adorable and cute.

"You're the loser I have to fight? Haha!"

Hou Tao laughed at Qing Tian, not even considering for a bit that Qing Tian was a hidden dragon.

"Ahaha," nervously laughed Qing Tian with a hand behind his head.

"Ready, BEGIN!"

The fight started and Hou Tao was eager to end the match quickly.

Hou Tao dashed forward and tried knocking Qing Tian down with his staff in one swift strike.

"Ah!"

Qing Tian tried attacking as well as he ran forward with his wooden sword clumsily held out. The sprint didn't last long before Qing Tian tripped and he narrowly dodged an attack from Hou Tao.

The Sword in Qing Tian's hand slipped and hit Hou Tao on the forehead, leaving a red mark on his head.

"Damn! Stop fooling around!"

Hou Tao was having enough of Qing Tian's actions as he swung down the staff with great force.

"Ah!"

Qing Tian narrowly dodged once more as he hastily rolled to the side. He stood up quickly and dodged another attack.

"Stop moving!"

The match went on like this for a minute longer before the wooden sword appeared in Qing Tian's hand again so suddenly.

"What?!" Hou Tao was even more surprised since he had never noticed Qing Tian grab his sword.

"Alright, I'm done playing around. I no longer feel like killing you," said Qing Tian as he stretched his arms and looked more relaxed.

The previously clumsy and adorable Qing Tian disappeared and was replaced by a cool and collected Qing Tian.

The wooden sword in Qing Tian's hand had seemingly turned into a real sword as an unknown sharpness emanated from the wooden sword. Hou Tao began to tremble as even he, a complete novice, felt Qing Tian's change.

"No ~, I still feel like killing you," muttered Qing Tian in a voice only audible to Hou Tao.

Killing intent jumped out of Qing Tian and was directly only at Hou Tao, making the killing Intent unpercievable by the many fighters and people around them.

Hou Tao's face went pale and his legs began trembling in fear.

Iaido!

Qing Tian didn't let Hou Tao react before jumping forward and attacking swiftly and decisively.

"Ah-!"

Hou Tao yelled in fear before feeling his head separate from his body and his blood splattering everywhere.

Tears fell down Hou Tao's eyes as he looked at Qing Tian's devilish figure standing there covered in blood with a wide smile on his face.

…

"Winner Qing Tian!"

Woooo!

The crowd went wild as cheers rained down on Qing Tian.

The referee bent down and checked on Hou Tao's situation.

"He's only unconscious. Send him to the nurses office to lie down," said the referee as he called in someone to carry Hou Tao.

Revealing a smirk on his face, Qing Tian looked at the leaving Hou Tao with a smirk on his face.

When the intent to kill and attack are both so strong, a weak opponent will see their life flash before their eyes.

'I really would have killed him if he didn't pass out on the spot,' thought Qing Tian as he wondered whether it was that kid's good luck or his.

The other participants of the Polish school now held grudges against Qing Tian. They believed that his win against Hou Tao was nothing but a fluke.

Qing Tian didn't care however, he was in full spirits. All he had to now was to end the fight with a single hit and he can head onto the next fight.

Unlike in the usual types of fights, fighters who win a competition have to stay for 5 matches, if they win each one, before being given a whole match time to rest.

Those who lose are eliminated and are sent to the spectator seats.

With the wooden sword back at his waist, Qing Tian kept his eyes closed as he hummed happily and moved his head side to side along to the rhythm.

The spectators were shocked by Qing Tian's actions. One moment he was weak and clumsy and the next moment he was a martial arts master. It was a simple action which pulled in a lot of attention.

Huangfu Pingqing had long since held Qing Tian in her line of sight. She wished to see how the boy who had made such a deep impression on her fight and how good he was at it.

When the fight began Huangfu Pingqing was cringing at having thought that Qing Tian should have been a decent fight only to be shown a clumsy and weak side. However, she kept watching for the benefit of the doubt.

Curiosity got the best of her and she continued watching the short excuse of a fight before feeling her body get the shivers.

'What was that?!'

Before Huangfu Pingqing knew it, Qing Tian had taken down his opponent in one swift strike.

Huangfu Pingqing felt her body go weak under the serious and sharp gaze of Qing Tian's.

'You're amazing Heaven!'

…

Tang Zhenliu stood frozen.

He couldn't remove his eyes from Qing Tian, shocked at the sudden change of character. He remained frozen and didn't move for the next few matches of Qing Tian's.

'Lin Feng was wrong… Qing Tian is a monster!'

…

Unbeknownst to the attention he just pulled from Tang Zhenliu, Qing Tian turned to look at Huangfu Pingqing and gave her a light wave.

"Qing Tian from River School versus Zhao Tie from King Academy!"

Qing Tian kept his eyes on Huangfu Pingqing and took down Zhao Tie with one hit.

Huangfu Pingqing was surprised and her smile turned brighter as she looked back at Qing Tian.

As she was looking at Qing Tian, Huangfu Pingqing was startled by the hand placed on her small shoulder.

"What are you looking at Little Qing?"

An old female voice reached the young girl's ears.

"Grandma! There's someone interesting you need to see!" Huangfu Pingqing turned to her grandmother and pulled her over to where she was looking at Qing Tian.

"What is it?" Huangfu Xiongcheng looked at her granddaughter and then over to where she was pointing at.

Off in the distance, Qing Tian had just downed his 5th opponent in one swift strike once more. The kids in this school WERE a bit stronger, but that was it.

Even if they were to be a bit better than those of his other school, Qing Tian had a fitness of 2, easily being able to beat any of them. However, Qing Tian still didn't need to use his fitness of 2, beating every opponent with pure skill.

"He's good," said the grandma with a smile on her face. She turned to another small girl behind and asked, "What do you think, Little Jing?"

Behind Huangfu Xiaocheng was a girl named Huangfu Jing, who will be known as Queen in the future. Another character who is mildly essential to Han Sen's future. Her role in Han Sen's life was not much important besides showing to Han Sen that people, besides the Ning Family, also knew about Super Creatures.

Queen, aka Huangfu Jing, is an orphan that Huangfu Xiacheng had taken in and personally trained.

"If you wish, this young man can be your Martial brother," said the old woman as if Qing Tian's role as her martial disciple is decided.

"…"

Huangfu Jing glanced at Qing Tian with a curious face, wondering what this young boy could possibly accomplish. She continued watching and felt her world brighten after seeing that elegant smile on Qing Tian's face.

"… m…"

Huangfu Jing's face turned red and she got embarrassed.

Huangfu Xiaocheng noticed Huangfu Jing's reaction and smiled a little, "What's the master, Little Jing?"

"Martial brother…" muttered Huangfu Jing as she took one last peek at Qing Tian before running off to the side.

Laughing at her disciple's actions, Huangfu Xiaocheng turned to look at Qing Tian before glaring at two young boys, Tang Zhenliu and Lin Feng.

'Hmph, damn brats. Making me lose many potential disciples by defeating them and crushing their weak spirits… I hope this new one can finally beat you two and become my disciple's future husband,' thought the old lady before looking back at Qing Tian. 'You better defeat these two or you'll never date my Little Jing.

As if knowing what the old lady was thinking, Qing Tian turned to look up and over to where Huangfu Pingqing is before noticing the old lady. Qing Tian understood the gaze on the old woman's face.

It's the same gaze many fathers give Qing Tian when they wanted him to prove himself strong/good/smart enough to date their precious daughters. He had gone through many things like this and whenever he 'fails', Qing Tian would take the wife and the daughter.

'Hm? A test? Is it defeating every single person here? Hmhm… easy enough,' thought Qing Tian before turning serious and knocking out the opponent in front of him.

"Qing Tian wins!

The Dark Horse moves on to the semi finals!"

Just as Qing Tian was going to get off the platform, Qing Tian froze after hearing the announcer say the nickname he was branded with in the last competition.

'It's the same announcer! Isn't it?! Fuck!'

Qing Tian could only walk away as he thought about the terrible nickname they gave him.

"Luckily the name won't stick," muttered Qing Tian as he thanked his luck in advance.

Eventually, Qing Tian made it to the area where the semifinals and finals will be held at. As Qing Tian just stood there, he saw a couple of familiar faces in the area.

Tang Zhenliu and his face filled with dread, refusing to look at Qing Tian in the face.

Lin Feng who was shocked to even see Qing Tian again.

Huangfu Pingqing, who was smiling at him sweetly from afar.

There was also the old lady he saw behind Huangfu Pingqing and another young girl, who looked two years older than Huangfu Pingqing.

'That old lady must be the director of Ares Martial Hall and next to her must be the future cool beauty Queen,' thought Qing Tian as he quickly pulled back his gaze as he glanced at a couple of other people.

It was then that he noticed two people next to the old lady, Huangfu Xiaocheng.

One was a man dressed in black carrying an umbrella that covered a sickly child sitting on a wheelchair.

'Is that…?' Qing Tian stopped as he gave a small smirk, realizing that there are another two key figures in this area.

Ning Yue and Son of Heaven, who was most likely in the competition. The Butler didn't have much use at all, he was just someone who stuck out like a sore thumb because he looked homeless.

'Since Ning Yue is here, I can't use my swordsmanship now,' thought Qing Tian.

In the story, Ning Yue didn't follow a path like everyone else. The Hyper Geno Arts path is the one 99% of humanity followed. Changing old Martial arts into Hyper Geno arts, believing them to be stronger.

Ning Yue on the other hand took a more extreme path which realized one mastering the martial art of his family, the one before it was transformed into a Hyper Geno Art.

Que Yi.

That was the name of their martial arts. It has an amazing support Sword technique that helps the attacks of others reach its target, leading on the others like a puppeteer.

Qing Tian couldn't risk it and let Ning Yue get even better at his sword skills even if he was going to be stronger than Ning Yue anyways. Nothing can guarantee that he won't try going after Han Sen and the rest with his superb skill.

Even when his skill was 'mastered' Han Sen was already having trouble dealing with Ning Yue. If it wasn't for Heresy Mantra and Overload, Han Sen would have been in trouble.