Chapter 120 – Murder the Dragon
Jing Feng was staring at Bi Fan, almost as if he saying: ‘Boy, you called me ‘Stupid’?… You better not have.’
Bi Fan was completely unaware of the situation, since he was too absorbed in learning from their martial display. Memorizing their skills would prove out to be very useful, since he was yet to fight with Jing Feng and Mo Nan.
If things didn’t work out now and Bi Fan wasn’t able to rise to fame by winning the Disciple’s tournament, then he’d definitely try harder to win the Jiu Yu Hidden Dragon tournament. And then, he also wanted to beat Ying Tian, which was a sure shot way of coming into the limelight.
On top of that, Bi Fan also knew that Yan Yu Si is watching the tournament; so naturally, he wanted to show off as much as possible.
So at present, Bi Fan was so engrossed with learning new skills, that he had completely forgotten about everything else.
Jing Feng and Mo Nan resumed fighting; both the fighters had been consuming a lot of energy, and they were both looking tired now.
Due to the amount of energy that the two fighters had already consumed, their movements had started slowing down. Now, Bi Fan was able to see their movements even more clearly, and was also seeing them use the same skills, but now with a different amount of strength in support, which was adding to his knowledge.
When the same moves were being cast out, using a differential strength behind it, then the output was being affected in a rather unexpected pattern. A slight deviation in angle, and there was huge difference in the effect.
As he continued to watch the contest, he continued to learn a lot of new things; all thanks to his exceptional learning ability.
A while ago, it wouldn’t even have been possible for Bi Fan to imagine having such an amazing ability.
Ever since he had been pushed down the Wan Snake Cave (Cave of a million Snakes), his fortunes had completely transformed. Bi Fan really needed to thank Zhu San, and a few others, for changing his fate, but on the contrary, he hated them.
However, until now, he hadn’t had the chance to take his revenge against Zhu San and the others, but it didn’t matter how long it took, a day, a month, a year, a lifetime…. Bi Fan could never forget the humiliations which he had suffered at their hands.
Bi Fan’s fortunes had changed overnight, not many men are given such a chance.
“Hegemon Pike! Murder the Dragon!” Jing Feng was finally forced to cast out a new special trick. Jing Feng had only learnt this skill very recently, so he wasn’t very adept at it.
Mo Nan had consumed a large amount of energy, and had already started running out of moves, which is why he was forced to stick to the ‘Fufeng Double-edged Sword’. As a last resort, Mo Nan cast out the three variations of the ‘Fufeng Double-edged Sword.’
At their current fatigue levels, Mo Nan was unable to match up to Jing Feng. Jing Feng’s spear went straight past Mo Nan’s sword, and stopped right in front of his chest.
“Jing Feng, I accept my defeat.” Mo Nan had finally lost.
This time around, Mo Nan had been preparing to face Jing Feng the entire year, and had been concentrating solely on his sword-play, which had seen a significant improvement.
Unfortunately, there was still a significant difference between the two men, and Mo Nan eventually lost the contest again.
However, Mo Nan had done exceptionally well, and rather than being discouraged, he seemed even more motivated.
Jing Feng said: “Brother Mo Nan, you have done well. Your expertise made it very difficult for me this time. Had I not experienced a recent surge in strength, then I would have lost to you.”
“d.a.m.n it, you can’t win again.” Mo Nan replied fiercely, he was unable to finish his sentence, since he broke into laughter.
Both men put their arms around each other’s shoulders, as they started walking off the stage. The females in the arena started to shriek again.
“Jing Feng, I’m waiting for you! Don’t start chasing around Mo Nan!” A young female screamed.
Mo Nan and Jing Feng reacted as if someone had stepped on their tails. They pushed away from each other, and stayed that way, as they descended down the platform.
“There’s no room for a little brotherly intimacy here; people might mistake me for a h.o.m.os.e.xual. I think that if I get a bad reputation in that sense, then, it will become very hard for me to pick up girls in the future.” Jing Feng was a little grouchy all of a sudden.
Those female students weren’t about to start disliking Jing Feng because his ‘preference’ may have changed, and they continued to scream after him, as they cheered him for his victory.
“Jing Feng, your charm is invincible.” Bi Fan laughed.
“Don’t you flatter me now, I don’t care about it; you just called me ‘Stupid’.” Jing Feng said loudly.
Bi Fan scratched his head in confusion: “Jing Feng, Brother, I was just enjoying your match, you would you think that I’d abuse you like that?”
“Were you not looking at me when you said ‘Stupid Sword-play’ huh?” Jing Feng stared into Bi Fan’s eyes, with sparks flaming in his own.
Bi Fan forced a smile: “I was only appreciating Brother Mo Nan’s sword play, why would you misunderstand it?”
Bi Fan somewhat silenced, he had no idea when his praise had turned into a curse.
“But you were…. Well, since you are saying, let’s leave it at that. But when the time comes, I don’t think that Mo Nan is going to take it easy on you, so you better be careful.” Jing Feng’s face was still a little distorted, as he really didn’t know what to say.
“Afraid, ah.. I’m eagerly waiting for it.” Bi Fan seemed very excited.
There were a lot of matches remaining in the tournament for Bi Fan, but he was very anxiously waiting for three of them. Naturally, the first would be is match against Luo Sheng, after which he’d get to fight Jing Feng, and then eventually he’d get to cross swords with Mo Nan.
Bi Fan had a bet with Luo Sheng, so this was going to be an important contest. On top of that Luo Sheng was quite powerful as well, which was bound to make the contest a spectacle to watch.
But Bi Fan was more concerned about his contest with Jing Feng and Mo Nan.
As the tournament proceeded into the evening, Bi Fan had already finished his first eight rounds, and had won them all.
In these eight rounds, Bi Fan had only had a little difficulty against Ji Ying Lan, but the other seven matches had proven out to be fairly easy victories for him.
Now that Bi Fan had actually managed to maintain an unbeaten record this far in the tournament, he was already being dubbed as the crowd favorite ‘dark horse’.
Jing Feng had also maintained an unbeaten record, and was being considered as the favorite to win the tournament.
As for Mo Nan, he had defeated Luo Sheng, so he only had one loss against his name.
Luo Sheng had lost to both Mo Nan and Jing Feng, but had managed to win the other matches.
Luo Sheng was using a top grade weapon, a sword called Tian Yun, which was far too powerful. In fact, it was almost unfair.
However, this world has never been known to be fair. Strength has always been the most important thing; the winner takes it all. This has always been the invariant truth.
Luo Sheng’s high handed position was supported by his grandfather, which was his main capital.
He’s always had a lot of Dan pellets at his disposal, which allowed him to increase his strength very quickly. He also has good weapons, and enough money to buy anything else that he may require.
To envy another man’s advantages is never a solution, and one should always consider them to a part of a person’s strength.
In this world, no one will support you because you are weak and pathetic. If you want respect, then you must become strong.
Bi Fan had understood these truths a long time ago, owing the experiences that he had collected over his life so far. So now that he was finally presented with a chance to do something, he was making every effort to seize his opportunity, and was working as hard as possible to increase his strength quickly.
Bi Fan didn’t have anything at one point in his life, and has had to obtain everything on his own merit, which is a rare thing.
He had managed to enhance his strength very quickly, and had also obtained a lot of treasures; most men would call him lucky.
Bi Fan, on the other hand, never envied another man’s advantage, and had always relied on his own efforts to improve his position, which was his biggest a.s.set.
As the contest came to an end for the day, Jing Feng pulled Bi Fan aside, smiled and said: “Brother Bi Fan, it seems that the contest for the Championship will be between you and me. As long as I can beat you, I will be crowned champion again.”
“Yes, well, I will not be making it easy for you Brother.” Bi Fan was quite serious.
“I’m sure. You have demonstrated that your strength is indeed very good. But I think I’m better.” Jing Feng gestured.
“The outcome will be decided on the stage, it’s too early to decide it now. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s matches, as I have three very interesting contests coming up.” Bi Fan was very excited.
He was so anxious, that he didn’t even want to take rest, and was hoping that contest would just continue.
Bi Fan wanted to teach Luo Sheng a lesson as soon as possible. And then, he wanted to fight against the likes of Mo Nan and Jing Feng. Crossing blades with such experts was surely going to help Bi Fan learn more.
“It seems that I’ve started acting as foolishly as Brother Blue Dragon, nowadays.” Bi Fan muttered.