Junior Tournament (6)

I now stand in front of Chloe, my brows twitching just like most others at the memory of her 'fight' with Zenitsu and about the current situation.

Not that the previous fight counts much as a fight. He was to strike when she sent a kiss at him and he was petrified, not literally but it damn well looked like it was literal, she then just proceeded to kick him out and that was it. Anti-climatic really.

I stare at Chloe wondering if my ears are working properly.

"... Do you really mean it?" I ask.

"Yeah. I have no need for the winner's reward so I surrender." Chloe said and I had to sigh. The whole stadium is in silent shock from what was just said and I honestly couldn't say anything about it, Semiramis really would be useless for Chloe in the traditional sense of taking her Primordial Ying and all that.

"W-Winer is Tiandi!" The judge said to the disgruntled and annoyed sounds of the audience. I will not say this is all bad a result, I am honestly quite tired after using that profound art before, my profound energy already is far too low.

"Now, as this fight is decided, how about we spar here and now?" Chloe said as she dashed at me. It was quite sudden as she moved her right hand and in it Kanshou, I took out my blade just it time to stop her movement, a rain of sparks could be seen as the two blades hit one another. She then used her momentum to kick me but I avoided it by using some basic footwork. As I now was in a good position I used one of me free hands to put on a chopping position and used my Sword Intent to make it like if my hand was a sharp sword and tried to cut her in the leg.

She avoided it by jumping back and stroked again by launching a flying dagger at me, her attack did not hit as I avoided it by the skin of my teeth by moving to the side and proceeded to release a flying cut at her, my sword intent expanding the reach of my sword enough for me to reach her but she created a shield in front of herself and blocked my strike as she used said shield as a jumping platform to get away from the sword's strike zone.

Not being deterred I jumped in her direction and started to quickly swing my sword, her movements were just enough to block me as I continued but I was undeterred, she was incapable of reaching me so it was fine for me to keep at it.

... No, I am spending myself too much. I need to be more efficient, my strikes are too heratic and with room for growth.

Think back on what you saw in this tournament, a sword must be the fastest (Zenitsu's Style), a sword must be precise (Kanao's style), a sword must be ferocious when the user wants it to (Inosuke's style), and a sword must attack only where the user wants it to (Tanjiro).

I use all that I have learned until now and what I found out from these four, it is not perfect but as I keep moving my strikes evolve and quickly enough I perfect it, my understandings of the sword are evolving yet again.

Ah, so that is why. The reason why a person can't advance indefinitely in the Origin Sword Style without Profound Energy is that a person needs the energy to be able to sustain the power growth.

The Profound Energy is not the main source of power for the practitioners of the Origin Sword Style, the true source is the intent. I was foolish to think otherwise.

This realization brings a smile to my face at the realization that I can still fight and my cultivation that others would use to measure me and my actual power are different thus allowing me more chance on getting others umprepared, thus I might be on the nascent profound realm but I already am te equivalent to an Earth Profound Realm expert, if not higher, in pure combat prowes, but a frown as I now need a profound art for my profound energy that would not clash with the Origin Sword Style, I may need to take some Inheritance that should have something for me to work with later on.

Putting those thoughts aside for now right after a horizontal cleave from Byakuya almost chopped my head off, I bent myself backward into a back flip, making Chloe step back to avoid a strike from my right foot before I hopped into the air to get us some distance. I land on the ground and hold my Sword in a reverse grip, fully anticipating an incoming attack to my face since Chloe would of course be just that fast. Turned out I was right on the money, since she had already closed what little distance I had cleared between us and was going for a double spinning slash towards my neck.

Time it...

Time it...

… There!

My sword moved swiftly like thunder, my aim is true and precise and with no moves wasted while having the strength to back it up, the Intent of it was as sharp as it can be. The move reached her and despite her swords being on the way only my sword was stopped, not the intent that cut her all the same. Blood spilled from her body as a thin cut showed in it.

She was about to continue when an arrow hit between the two of us.

"That is enough, Chloe." An elderly man said, the bow in his hands disappearing in notes of blue as he spoke. "You already forfeited in this match before, continuing like this only serves to show more of your powers to others. I taught you better than to show off when unnecesary."

"Yes, grandpa, I am sorry." She said a bit dejected as she left the stage.

"And as for you-" he said as he turned to me, the old man's eyes so sharp that they might as well cut steel with a glare. "You are not too bad, but you should be more mindful of your surroundings, if I wanted to I could have killed you just now."

I nodded in consent to the old man's words as he moved away. I sighed as I saw this, this tournament was more complicated than I would have liked but it was a good experience nonetheless.

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AN:

I can only say that I wanted to end this mini arc already. Honestly, I am with some problems if I should continue this fic or not. I am not sure as I have been talking with a friend and I realized I have no clear objective for this fic as of yet, a final goal so to say.

So, here is the deal, if anyone can present me with a idea that I find interesting enough I will change this fic to it, if not I will continue this one. The acceptable fandoms I can work with are as follow:

- Naruto;

- Bleach;

- Game of Thrones;

- One Piece;

- Overlord;

- Magi;

- Nasuverse in general;

- Youjo Senki;

- Rising of the Shield Hero;

- Danganronpa;

- Soul Land (Douluo Dalu);

- RWBY;

- Sekirei;

- Madan no Ou to Vanadis;

One of the possibilities would be a Bleach fic where someone is reborn in Soul Society with the Zampakuto Spirit being the Class Cards from Nasuverse, 9 in total where each is for one different spirit (the seven main classes + Avenger and Ruler).

Also, for those reading this in Webnovel, I will be posting some of the rest of my stories there as well. Thanks for the understanding if your preferred fic takes longer to post.