Town Competition (10)

Hao Jianyu's expression changed when she saw Khoru. Nobody could tell what she was thinking through her expression, only that it wasn't something good. Khoru himself felt rather awkward while fighting her, considering he and the other expedition party members did trap her in some abandoned ruins...

Nevertheless, Khoru's job became even harder since he had to dodge both the ice-fire and the malevolent morning star that stretched around the entire stadium. He narrowly dodged it, feeling the aura and wind blowing past his neck.

Khoru then realized that something wasn't right.

'If she had this kind of power, does that mean she was never truly in danger back then?' Khoru's head started to hurt when he thought about that. His body stretched and contorted as he dodged the morning star and blind ice-fire, sending waves of yin and yang energies out at the same time.

Khoru rushed forward to engage with Hao Jianyu, who wasn't expecting such a thing. He leaped into the air with both swords and dived down with his swords in a blocking manner. Hao Jianyu swung her morning star underhandedly and let it clash with Khoru's blades.

Khoru gnashed his teeth as he put all his strength into holding the morning star back. Right as he was about to slash it back to where it came from, Hao Jianyu reached up and grabbed it before swinging it towards Xiao Neng's ice-fire.

Khoru took this chance to close in on Hao Jianyu and release the first stroke of the true Air Collapsing Yin-Yang Sword Art!

This time, he didn't speak it. He only released it as he transformed his cross blade into a katana.

Slash!

A condensed and very physical slash made completely of yin and yang energies that collided violently flew at Hao Jianyu at high speeds. She had no time to maneuver her morning star to disperse the attack.

Hao Jianyu had no choice but to dodge.

'Damn!' She thought while gritting her teeth. Just as she was about to swing her morning star again, she saw cold blue and fiery orange fire aiming right towards her face. Hao Jianyu's pupils shrank in fear before she ducked hastily.

Unfortunately, that did little to help her situation. She felt a violent fluctuation in the Spirit Qi behind her and turned to see another slash coming from Khoru.

'This kid! He wasn't this strong back then, so what the hell happened?' Hao Jianyu thought in anger and disbelief. It had only been around a week or so since she was trapped inside the ruins, so what happened?

Did Khoru come across a treasure?

This made Hao Jianyu extremely jealous and she suddenly re-directed most of her attacks towards Khoru, completely disregarding Xiao Neng and his ice-fire. Khoru's face turned a few shades paler as he dodged every attack by a hair's width.

He was still holding back his true strength and he didn't want to reveal it until the end of the competition.

"Xiao Neng!" Khoru shouted.

Xiao Neng nodded his head firmly as he guided his ice-fire towards Hao Jianyu. It twisted and turned through the air and crashed into Hao Jianyu's body with amazing force that nearly sent her flying across the stadium.

Regardless, she got back up like nothing had happened. The ice-fire that stuck to her body and wounded her had dissipated as soon as it came in contact with the overwhelming aura of her morning star. Khoru and Xiao Neng both gritted their teeth when they saw that.

'What kind of battle art can create such a terrible aura?' Khoru was growing ever more frustrated with each second that passed. He ran across the stadium with ice-fire right on his trail. He suddenly disappeared and reappeared right behind Hao Jianyu.

Her pupils shrank and she tried to figure out what had happened. The only thing she could sense was a terrifying aura that was on par with that of her battle art's. Even still, it disappeared just as quickly as it came.

Before she could properly react, yin and yang energies assaulted her back, sending her flying a few meters across the stadium. Hao Jianyu gritted her teeth as she used her morning star to stop herself from flying.

She barely stood up straight to glare at Khoru, who was looking at her with a wicked smile on his face while holding both his swords.

"Don't you dare try to run! After what you did in the ruins, I can't allow you to live!" Khoru said as he activated his low-devil aura for a millisecond and appeared behind Hao Jianyu again. She expected it this time, but he activated it again and appeared at the left side of her body.

Her morning star had already went flying into the air, intending to crush Khoru. Hao Jianyu braced herself as Khoru used the first stroke of his sword art on Hao Jianyu at point-blank range.

"G-Gah!" Hao Jianyu grunted loudly as she was sent flying again. Xiao Neng watched from afar with a conflicted expression. On one side he wanted to take the lead and defeat Hao Jianyu, but on the other side he didn't want to interrupt Khoru.

That aura he released for a split second repelled him and made him feel uneasy.

'I've already released my low-devil aura three times in a row! I don't want to have to show more than this, I've already exposed too much.' Khoru didn't feel happy at all, and in fact he felt a bit frustrated.

Regardless, he stabbed both his swords into the ground directly in front of Hao Jianyu, who was struggling to get up. The yin and yang energies that hit her did a number on her body. That was expected though, since they were rather chaotic when mixed.

"Concede." Khoru said with a cold glint in his eyes. He was barely holding back from slashing his blades at Hao Jianyu's helpless neck, killing her once and for all. He still hadn't forgotten what she did back then.