Lenin pressed further unto Matyr, hoping to push her back with his flaming sword. However Matyr didn't budge. She swung her sword and pushed Lenin into the air.
Lenin flipped and landed a few meters away from her.
"Come" Matyr said again.
"Tsk!"
Lenin rushed towards her again. But this time it was different. He slightly increased the level of his cultivation as he charged forward.
As his flame sword barred towards Matyr, she raised her sword once more.
BOOM!
Matyr was pushed back a few steps. Matyr's was shocked.
'What?'
Lenin didn't give her time to recover as he attacked with a barrage of sword strikes. Each attack was clumsy but powerful. Matyr parried each attack precisely, even so she was still at a disadvantage. Slowly but surely, she was being pushed back by Lenin.
Small scratches begun to form on her body.
Ping!
They exchanged another strike.
"Is this all there is to the student representative?" Lenin asked smugly.
"Don't get cocky"
Matyr's plasma force exploded. This gave her a large boost in speed and strength.
Swish!
She dodged to the right, causing Lenin's sword to hit nothing but air. Clenching her fist, she punched Lenin in the gut. This stunned Lenin for a second. Matyr tucked her sword away and gave Lenin an uppercut.
The barrage of punches that landed on Lenin caused shockwaves throughout the arena.
The crowd was stunned.
'How isn't that kid dead yet?'
'I am a body tempering expert but even I won't be able to survive those punches.'
'This match should be over'
.....
Mr. Ravine watched the battle with a nod of his head.
"I expected as much. The battle should end soon."
"Hoh? Really?"
Princess Swallow-heaven interjected.
Mr. Ravine narrowed his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
Princess Swallow-heaven simply smirked and looked away.
Felix Manroe, who sat in the VIP stand had a weird look on his face.
'Something isn't right'
.....
Matyr kept punching Lenin and pushing him back. She was frustrated.
'Why? Why? Why aren't my punches affecting him. I know he is powerful but a mere qi gathering expert should not be this strong!'
"Hrraah!"
She placed all her frustration into this punch.
BOOM!
Lenin shot out and crushed into the walls of the arena. Matyr launched towards Lenin with incredible speed and grabbed him by the collar. She tossed him into the ground and crushed his head in it.
Trisha flinched.
'I know those attacks aren't affecting him, but why is he playing around during in a fight. Stupid brother!'
Matyr was breathing heavily and looking down at Lenin.
"Get up. I don't know wether you just want to make fun of me, but I assure that this is not funny"
"Tsk". Lenin chuckled as he got up from the mini crater.
"Let's get this over with. Unran-"
Before Lenin could finish, a punch came crushing down on his cheek which sent him flying.
Matyr pulled out her sword once more and poured large amounts of plasma force into it. She slashed downwards.
A large energy slash was propelled out of the sword. When Lenin saw this, he was genuinely alarmed.
'Damn it. Was she holding back?'
It was too late though. There was nothing he could do to block. He had only one option, to take it head on.
Slash! Boom!
Lenin used his qi to form a barrier around his body as the energy force crushed into him.
The force from the impact pushed him into the ground causing dust to swirl around.
Matyr run towards where Lenin had landed.
'I can't give him time to recover. Something is seriously wrong with him'
The crowd sucked in a huge breath as they watched the fight.
Lenin staggered up. His clothes were torn and he had gashes all over his body.
Seeing Lenin's form, Matyr raised her sword again, preparing for another energy strike.
Just then, Lenin's qi erupted. It was monstrous and overwhelming. Matyr was dumbfounded as she stared at Lenin. How did his level increase from qi gathering to the sixth level of the golden core realm. Just what was happening?
Lenin sighed.
'It seems no matter how much stronger I am than her, I can't defeat her in the qi gathering realm. It's already impressive enough that I fought someone in the golden core realm with the cultvation of a qi gathering expert.'
The people in the crowd felt shivers down their spine. They could feel that something had changed.
........
"What? How?"
Felix Manroe blurted out.
"Just what the hell is happening right now?"
He was shocked. How the hell did the boy hide his cultivation level from an expert like himself. Even Mr. Ravine was shocked.
However, a certain someone was really pissed.
Princess Swallow-heaven looked at the battle with boredom.
'What's wrong with these kids? Why are they both suppressing their cultivation? Are they really afraid of the consequences?'
......
Matyr backed away as she felt Lenin was about to attack.
Just then, a voice boomed. It was the principal. She was sitting with her hands folded.
"STOP!"
All eyes turned towards her. She continued.
"Stupid kids. Who do you think I am? You are in this Institute and I am your principal, therefore I am your shield. I will bear all consequences and I shall protect. So show me, what I want to see"
The crowd broke out into whispers and conversations. They didn't understand what Princess Swallow-heaven had said. However, for some reason both Lenin and Matyr were smiling.
Matyr looked at Lenin.
"You should prepare yourself"
She gave a casual swing of her blade.
Swish! BOOM! BOOM!
The energy wave from it smashed into Lenin and destroyed everything in it's path. The whole arena shook from the force.
Matyr looked down at the blade in her hand.
"Hah! This is why I didn't want to fight for real."
She said as the blade in her hand disintegrated.
"Well, it wasn't my real weapon anyway."
She flipped a bracelet and her spear appeared in her hands. The spear was beautifully designed with gold carvings.
She looked towards where she struck Lenin. The dust parted to reveal a very energetic looking Lenin. His right hand was raised as smoke came from his palm where the energy strike had struck.
"It seems I was not the only one suppressing my cultivation"
"Look who's talking" Lenin snorted.