Chapter 174 – The Discord in the Eastern Aristocracy
The following rounds were quite exciting, but Bi Fan was only concerned about the martial skills on display and didn’t care about the results of the tournament. Fortunately, Jing Feng, Mo Nan and Bi Fan had won their contests in the morning half of the day.
In the afternoon round, Bi Fan pulled out the number one, and was very excited to know that he was facing Wu Ji Sect’s Xuan Wu Ji.
Xuan Wu Ji was a member of the ‘Six Diamonds’ and was a very popular youngster.
Most people were expecting Xuan Wu Ji to win this match.
He was one of the top ranked Wu Ji Sect disciples, so it was obviously that he must know some excellent skills.
Bi Fan seemed very nervous when the contest began.
Xuan Wu Ji was already looking down on Bi Fan and was considering this to be an easy match.
Seeing the nervous look on Bi Fan’s face made him even more confident of his victory.
On the other hand, Bi Fan had already achieved his primary objective, and was smiling inwardly.
As the fight started, Bi Fan intentionally started dodging his attacks, in an attempt to make it look as if he was having a hard time.
Xuan Wu Ji was getting more and more excited since he believed that he wasn’t far from victory, so much so that he didn’t even feel the need to summon his Pet.
Bi Fan was beginning to get a bit anxious since he was aiming to kill Xuan Wu Ji’s pet, which wouldn’t be possible unless Xuan Wu Ji summoned it onto the stage.
“Xuan Wu Ji, you’ll never be able to beat me, I’m afraid that you’re too weak.”
Bi Fan temporarily reversed the situation and started raining of Xuan Wu Ji’s parade.
“Yes, well, I don’t think that you’ll be able to do anything if I have a.s.sistance.” Xuan Wu Ji immediately summoned his beast pet.
Ever since w.a.n.g Feng had killed Xuan Yuan Feng’s Mangalica Pig, Xuan Yuan Ling Feng had given strict orders to his disciples that they shouldn’t use their pets unless they are certain of their pet’s safety and a victory.
Beast pets are a rarity, and the ones that the Wu Ji Sect had were already inside the ‘transformation’ layer, which were even harder to procure.
Xuan Yuan Ling Feng was already grieving the loss of one Mangalica Pig, and if they lost another, then he’d be furious.
Xuan Wu Ji was very confident of his victory, so it was quite understandable that he summoned his pet without thinking twice.
Bi Fan appeared very scared when the Mangalica Pig appeared on the stage, but in reality he was laughing his belly out.
“The pig is finally out, and now that it is, I won’t allow it to leave this stage alive.”
Bi Fan had already made his decision and was thinking of ways to kill it in a single strike.
“Bi Fan, you’re dead. I’m not Ba Gua’s Chen Kang, so don’t expect to beat me.” Xuan Wu Ji laughed loudly.
Xuan Wu Ji and his pig launched a fierce attack, and indeed, he wasn’t Chen Kang. The understanding between him and his pet was far better than the former, and this duo was far stronger in every respect.
Even though Bi Fan was certain of his victory, they were still putting him under a lot of pressure.
It appeared as if Bi Fan was in a mess since he had come within inches of losing, several times.
The more embarra.s.sed Bi Fan looked, the more excited Xuan Wu Ji would get, and he’d try even more desperately to finish the fight early.
Bi Fan was continuously retreating since he was looking for the optimal opportunity for a one shot kill.
While backing off, Bi Fan was employing the ‘Floating Sword’ skill, but his style seemed to have changed a lot, and he was able to use his skill very effectively in a defense manner as well.
In reality, Bi Fan had unknowingly been drawing a lot of defensive tactics from the ‘Tai Chi Sword’ which was the reason his defense had suddenly become so strong.
Xuan Wu Ji was very skilled with his sword-play, but still wasn’t able to inflict any damage to Bi Fan.
Even though this situation was a bit strange for Xuan Wu Ji, he still didn’t think much into it, and continued to draw support from his pet, since he was desperate to defeat Bi Fan.
However, Xuan Wu Ji was keeping the Pig very close to his body, and wasn’t giving Bi Fan any opportunity to attack his pig, let alone kill it.
“It seems that I’ll have to create my own chances.” Bi Fan thought.
Bi Fan thought for a second, and suddenly fell to the ground while engaging his two opponents.
The Pig naturally rushed towards Bi Fan to tear him apart, the moment he fell to the ground.
Xuan Wu Ji was overjoyed and wanted to kill Bi Fan with his own sword, but held himself back since he didn’t want to hurt his own pet in the process.
“And there’s my chance!”
Bi Fan suddenly got up, and charged right back. He casted out a powerful sword attack, and a glimmering light covered his sword. His sword’s blade appeared to be glimmering in a radiant blue light as it cleanly cut off the Pig’s head.
“You…. You….. ” Xuan Wu Ji went mad with rage when he saw his pig’s beheading with his own eyes, and charged at Bi Fan.
“Haha, in my eyes, you’re no different from Chen Kang. You’re both completely useless.” Bi Fan stated in a cold voice.
This was a good chance to attack the frenzied Xuan Wu Ji, so Bi Fan obviously didn’t hold back.
“I will kill you…..” Xuan Wu Ji accelerated his pace.
“I’m not sure about that.”
Bi Fan was open to the idea of ‘accidentally’ killing Xuan Wu Ji, and in fact, was counting on it.
Xuan Wu Ji saw the manner in which Bi Fan launched his attack, and suddenly, the angry look on his face changed to a frightened one.
Xuan Wu Ji knew that he was beaten, and shouted loudly: “I give up!”
“Coward!” Bi Fan cursed out.
“Bi Fan, just you wait and watch, someone from the Wu Ji Sect is going to take your case.” Xuan Wu Ji’s face was clearly expressing the gloom in his heart, and he it was obvious that he was wishing Bi Fan dead.
“It’s a pity, that person will never be you.” Bi Fan smiled.
“Quinyang Sect’s Bi Fan is victorious!” the referee announced loudly.
“Bi Fan! Bi Fan!….”
Bi Fan’s solidarity and reputation was growing within the crowd, and more and more number of people had started to support Bi Fan now.
Bi Fan had already killed two pet pigs, and many people had started dubbing him as the ‘Pet Slayer’.
The other contestants who had beast pets were now a little frightened of Bi Fan, and were praying that they don’t run into him.
Furthermore, Bi Fan had defeated a few members of the ‘Six Diamonds’ now, and had established a very strong ident.i.ty in this tournament.
At first, most people were only looking at his ‘Enormous strength’ layer strength, and were considering him to be easy game, but now, no one wanted to face him.
Until now, Bi Fan hadn’t revealed any extraordinary skills, and had only been using the Quinyang Sect’s usual martial skills, so no one could understand the root cause of his unusual power.
People are usually afraid of what they don’t know since it’s difficult to prepare against the unknown.
Bi Fan had managed to progress this far against the common expectations, which was beginning to scare his opponents.
As Bi Fan continued to rise in the tournament, people started considering him to be the biggest ‘dark horse’ in this race since he hadn’t lost any fights thus far.
Blue Dragon was also a ‘dark horse’ in this tournament, since he was exposing more and more of his true strength. Even though he didn’t have a Beast Pet to help him in this tournament, his physical strength was sufficient to win against almost all contestants.
Blue Dragon, Jing Feng and Bi Fan would be standing close to each other during the balloting process, but were unable to exchange any words.
After the contest day ended, the Sects would straight away lead their disciples back to their respective hotels, so they weren’t allowed any time to get together after the tournament either.
Today, Blue Dragon had attracted quite a bit of limelight since he had managed to kill Xuan Ming Yang’s beast pet, adding one more to Wu Ji Sect’s list of dead pigs.
The Wu Ji Sect had now lost three Mangalica Pigs and the Quinyang Sect, City Sect and Tian Shui Sect disciples were overjoyed by this.
Since three of the Wu Ji Sect contestants had lost their pets in battle, their effective strength had been greatly reduced, and the many more disciples now had a chance of winning a fight against them.
Blue Dragon’s match had been a very entertaining fixture, but he still suffered abuse at the hands of the Eastern Aristocracy’s members after his victory.
“b.a.s.t.a.r.d…. Do you know what you’ve done? Today you’ve managed to offend the Wu Ji Sect disciples, and if their Sect makes our life difficult, then you’re the one responsible for it.”
The head of the family, The Eastern Yan Fei, was furious. He had always despised Blue Dragon; in fact, he hated Blue Dragon, and naturally wasn’t going to miss this opportunity to shame him in front of everyone.
Yan Fei wasn’t the only one; almost everyone inside the Eastern Aristocracy despised him, and had bullied him when he was a child. Today however, Blue Dragon had grown in strength, so naturally, no one would dare to provoke him, but that still didn’t stop them from picking on him verbally.
Blue Dragon seemed to have gotten accustomed to this abuse, and remained silent, almost as if hadn’t even heard Yan Fei’s words.
However, the moment when he had heard the word ‘b.a.s.t.a.r.d’, Blue Dragon’s face had changed very drastically and he had sharply glared at Yan Fei, but quickly concealed his feelings and redirected his gaze at the ground, speechlessly.