Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The moment Ren Baqian was pulled toward Tu Hong, the entire audience shouted in alarm.
The very next moment, these exclamations became gasps of surprise.
They were holding their breaths.
Even Hong Xian, Bai Shihu, Liu Ruoyao, and the others were stunned.
When the two were about three meters apart, they suddenly bounced away from each in opposite directions.
It was as if they had traded an unseen blow in midair.
Ren Baqian was slammed into the ground and Tu Hong was propelled upward.
Then, both were pulled toward the center until they were close together before being bounced away again…
The two seemed to be fighting in midair without the audience being able to see any visible contact.
The various cycles of change in a short period of time caused confusion in the audience, making them unsure whether they should breathe in or breathe out. Everyone sat there with their mouths open, unable to utter any words.
Bang! Ren Baqian lost control of his body again, fell to the ground tumbling, then stood up firmly. Upon raising his head, he saw Tu Hong dropping to the ground.
At this moment, Tu Hong was also bewildered. He knew better than anyone else that there had been no contact between the two the entire time—that it seemed as if he was being bounced around by the air.
Or it could be said that he was being moved around by the magnetic hoop on his waist.
“Did you meddle with this thing?” Tu Hong asked dubiously.
“I didn’t meddle with it, I only used the properties of the material. Of course, you will not understand even if I explain, and even if you understand, I’m not prepared to tell you!” Ren Baqian smiled.
“You are a Cardinal Heaven expert—to compete against you, I naturally need to use some tools. These are the small gadgets that you despised… Do you want to carry on fighting?” Ren Baqian asked.
“The difference between a Cardinal Heaven expert and an ordinary person isn’t only limited to strength and speed, it’s also about reaction time. No matter what tricks you have, you have to react fast enough to use those tricks. When I jumped above your head, you didn’t expect me to do that, right? As a result, you almost didn’t react in time. That’s why I was almost able to catch you just now. I just have to increase my speed until you can’t react in time. Then, I will certainly be able to catch you,” Tu Hong said seriously before grinning. “You will lose for sure!”
What could Ren Baqian say? Tu Hong should carry on fighting hard!
Maintaining his posture, Ren Baqian beckoned with his hand and said, “Come on!”
As Tu Hong stood there tensing his body, his muscles bulged and his clothes clung tightly to his body. With a shout, the clothes on his body exploded to shreds, leaving him with only a pair of shorts on his body.
At the same time, blue veins started to appear all over his body, twisting and squirming as if they were alive.
“Is his blood essence igniting?” The audience was shocked.
“Is he crazy?”
Even in battle, igniting one’s blood essence was only used when facing a strong enemy. Furthermore, in this match, the opponent was the fiancé of the empress and an ordinary man, yet Tu Hong was using it.
“Is that fellow so good that he forced Sir Tu to resort to such a move?” Liu Ruoyao asked in astonishment.
“Sir Tu can’t afford to lose!” Hong Xian sighed.
If Tu Hong were to lose, the face of the Tu family would be wiped out.
“Your Majesty, I will restrain him,” Tu Wan stood up and said.
“Not necessary!” The empress waved her hands. “There is no need to intervene as this is a part of his skills.”
Tu Wan observed the empress and saw that she was quite calm and cold, giving others the impression of an ice mountain. Tu Wan was unable to decipher what she was thinking.
Ren Baqian was shocked to see Tu Hong explosively shredding his clothes. If Tu Hong broke the magnetic hoop, Ren Baqian would be in trouble.
Fortunately, the muscles around the waist weren’t like the muscles of other parts of the body, so the magnetic hoop wasn’t damaged.
Bang!
Tu Hong disappeared on the spot, leaving behind a hole that was a meter deep.
Ren Baqian disappeared along with him.
“He still can react in time.” Tu Hong, who was still in the air, looked at Ren Baqian, who was still maintaining his distance from her, and was shocked! As he stamped his leg fiercely, the air seemed to explode. When he increased his speed by one level, Ren Baqian retreated with no decrease in speed.
“I’m going to move even faster!” Tu Hong cried out. The arteries and blue veins were wrapped around her legs like dragons as the veins on her body grew denser.
“Why can’t I catch up to him? He’s always facing me. Does it have something to do with that? If I get behind him, he will not be able to see me!’ Tu Hong tried to change his direction by going around Ren Baqian. In the process, Ren Baqian continuously retreated in the opposite direction from him.
“I’m going to move faster and faster!”
The audience saw the two continue changing directions like the wind, sometimes facing east and sometimes facing west.
Nevertheless, Ren Baqian maintained a fixed distance from Tu Hong, regardless of whether Tu Hong was in front or behind him. It seemed like Ren Baqian had eyes on the back of his head—no matter where the opponent was, he would move in the opposite direction from him.
Although his movements were ungainly, the crowd couldn’t figure out how he managed to exert his force.
Or it could be said that he didn’t exert any force at all. There seemed to be an air barrier between the two with Ren Baqian on one side and Tu Hong on the other. Tu Hong was moving that barrier the whole time, and no matter which direction he pushed, Ren Baqian was always on the other side of the barrier.
“I don’t believe. I don’t believe it.” Tu Hong eyes were bloodshot while his face was grim. “I’m a Cardinal Heaven expert! How is it possible for you to keep up with my speed?”
Tu Hong jumped up at Ren Baqian again.
The attractive force that they had encountered before came once more, but the very next second they flew apart as they repelled each other.
As Ren Baqian somersaulted in midair, he felt dizzy due to the repeated changes between attraction and repulsion, but he still had to focus his attention on continuously changing the polarity of the two belts.
The crowd watched as the two were repeatedly separated further apart and brought closer. Sometimes, the pair went toward each other, whereas other times they bounced away from each other!
The entire time, Tu Hong didn’t even manage to touch Ren Baqian’s sleeve.
Ren Baqian didn’t remember how long he had been spinning around and suddenly fell to the ground. The combined dizziness and nausea made him retch as he jumped up after tumbling around.
As he vomited, he looked at the other side and saw someone else mysteriously appearing between them.
Xin Zhe!
“Sir Tu, it’s over—you have lost!” Xin Zhe said calmly.
However, behind those spectacles, there was a strange twinkle in her eyes.
“Impossible, impossible, impossible…” Tu Hong stood frozen with eyes that were filled with a red glow.
“A loss is a loss! Don’t forget your status!” The voice of Tu Wan came across from 100 meters away. This familiar voice sobered him up a little, but he continued mumbling, “Impossible, impossible…”
Ren Baqian vomited for a long time, switched off the power to his belts, walked over to Tu Hong, and declared, “The facts have proven everything!”
“Impossible… Impossible…” Tu Hong was still mumbling.
As a Cardinal Heaven expert, he couldn’t even catch an ordinary person in this empty area within the time it took to burn a stick of incense. This was totally unacceptable to him.
“Since you can’t accept the result, how about having another match?” Ren Baqian straightened his body, put his hands behind his back, and smirked.
Tu Hong raised his head and responded fiercely, “Compete! Let’s compete again!”
“For the next match, it won’t be interesting to do the same thing. How about putting me in a cage? You just need to tear the cage apart and catch me to win. Rest assured, the cage is made of ordinary iron and even a child can open it empty-handed. You can test it first and let everyone take a look. You win if you can open the cage and catch me,” Ren Baqian suggested.
“I will compete!” Tu Hong said with bloodshot eyes.
“Hey, do you need a few days to recover? Is one week enough?” Ren Baqian asked. “Based on my calculations, seven days from now is an auspicious day!”
