Shadow Mask Group
42 - Four Star IV Tournament

Wu Anming stared at Lao Tzu who was holding back his sword attack using only a hand that was flowed with Qi. "I won't lose to you and I won't let down the first chairman. I'll show you my powers"

Wu Anming disappeared from where he stood. He appeared beside Lao Tzu and swung his sword at the young man. Lao Tzu immediately avoided it, but it was still scratched. Wu Anming's current speed was harder to see.

Seeing his target dodging, Wu Anming did not stop there. He again attacked Lao Tzu from various directions. Some attacks can be resistant or avoid Lao Tzu, but he still get a lot of injuries. Even if it's not life threatening.

Wu Anming now appeared at a distance of several meters from Lao Tzu. He looked exhausted because he attacked quickly and from various sides. Especially when his attack was being held back by Lao Tzu, he had to exert more of his Qi.

"Who do you think will win? Both look superior. Jian (Lao Tzu) can survive. His Qi also seems to be more than Yong (Wu Anming)'s" said one spectator.

"Maybe Jian. After all, he still had more Qi than Yong" said another spectator.

Lao Tzu immediately clenched his hands forward. He saw some scratches injuring his hand. But it was as if he felt no pain. Because the expression he showed was cold.

He immediately ran towards Wu Anming who looked exhausted at this moment. Even the lightning that enveloped the young man's body had already disappeared.

But Wu Anming did not seem to want to give up. From his gaze was a strong determination. He forced himself to attack. His body was instantly engulfed by a blue-colored lightning. His right hand gripped the sword firmly.

A fist was directed at him. But Wu Anming immediately avoided him easily because his movements became faster at this time. He appears beside Lao Tzu and intends to hit the young man's arm.

But a kick leads to him. Wu Anming who now has a faster speed than Lao Tzu can certainly avoid attacks quite easily.

"You're very tough Jian. Fighting you is difficult for me, even if your strength is only one star above me" Wu Anming said.

Lao Tzu said nothing. He looked towards Wu Anming coldly. If the lightning that enveloped Wu Anming was still yellow, then Lao Tzu could still see Wu Anming's movements with his ability to see the color of one's soul. But because now the lightning that enveloped Wu Anming was blue and faster than the yellow lightning, then he was more difficult to see the movement of Wu Anming.

Wu Anming instantly jumped up high and spun in the air. He immediately aimed his foot at Lao Tzu, intending to kick him.

Since Wu Anming was currently being fed by blue-colored lightning, then his speed as he fell also grew faster. His power is also getting bigger.

Boomm

Dedebuan covered the two young men as Wu Anming had already started to fall. As the dedebuan disappeared, they could see that Lao Tzu was holding Wu Anming's leg using his arms crossed up. Lao Tzu's feet seemed to be slightly into the ground as it held back the strength of Wu Anming.

"My Qi is drained a lot" inner Wu Anming. He immediately jumped back with his footing was Lao Tzu's hand crossed.

Wu Anming adjusted his breathing, "It's hard to beat him"

"You're pretty good"

Wu Anming was surprised to hear the praise Lao Tzu said. All this time, the young man had never said any praise to him. Especially with his cold nature, there was no way the young man would say a word of praise. But this time, he said it.

For some reason, but Wu Anming was happy to hear the praise of Lao Tzu. Smile too. "Thank you, but it looks like I'm going to lose"

Lao Tzu immediately ran towards Wu Anming and twisted his body. He immediately gave a straight kick to Wu Anming.

Wu Anming directly held him down with a sword. But of course, it will not be able to withstand the attack carried out by Lao Tzu. Until finally Wu Anming had to be thrown a few meters and lay on the ground.

Wu Anming spewed out a mouthful of blood. He was so tired and in pain that he finally said. "I-i.surrender"

"The match winner this time is Jian!" said Song Quon.

Lao Tzu immediately walked over to Wu Anming and directly helped him stand up.

"I don't think you're going to help me" Wu Anming coughed.

Lao Tzu said nothing. He grabbed Wu Anming and led him towards where the chief was.

When he reached the chairman's place, Liu Chen directly gave Wu Anming the pill and the pill was instantly swallowed by Wu Anming. In just a few seconds, the wounds Wu Anming had obtained had healed, only to recover his Qi. Liu Chen also gave the same pill to Lao Tzu and directly swallowed the young man. Instantly, the wounds he received also disappeared.

"Thank you first chairman" Wu Anming and Lao Tzu said simultaneously.

Liu Chen nodded.

Wu Anming lowered his head, "Sorry chairman, I can't win this tournament. I am very weak. I'm sorry to disappoint you because I lost, chief"

Liu Chen smiled, "I'm not disappointed at all. You've tried your best. After all, Jian has a level above yours. So it's only natural that you lose"

"But the chairman, I still lost. I let you down"

"I'm not disappointed at all. If you want to make me proud, then practice hard. Everything needs a process. Without process, we cannot achieve what we want. It's like a sword. At first the sword was just a lump of iron. But the iron is being forged. The iron was burned, and forged until it finally became a usable and useful sword.

The point is, do not give up under any circumstances. The effort you put in will definitely pay off. Because effort will not betray results. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve, which is the fear of failure. If you have a dream of becoming a strong cultivator, then never fear the failure that will happen to you someday. Do you understand what I said?" liu Chen said with a smile.

Wu Anming and Lao Tzu nodded in understanding with what Liu Chen said.

"Now you come back. If you are tired, just go back to your room and rest" Liu Chen said.

Wu Anming shook his head, "No, I will stay in this tournament venue"

"Alright, now you can return to your seats" Liu Chen said as he looked at Lao Tzu and Wu Anming one by one.

Both nod. They went straight to where they had sat before.

"The person you brought is indeed great, Guang", Liu Chen returned to his seat and looked at the young man with a flat gaze beside him.

Zhang Jiangwu simply nodded. Without turning his gaze away from the tournament arena.

Time continued to pass, there were already many fights that every member of the shadow mask group had fought. Now it's the last fight.

"Finally, now the last round 2 battle has arrived. Participants Hong (Xing Fu) and a participant named Kai can enter the arena now" said Song Quon.

Kai is a member who did not enter the 2nd round because during the first round, he and his team lost. Kai and Xing Fu entered the arena. They are a few meters away.

"You guys ready?", Song Quon glanced towards his right and left. He got a nod from both sides. "Then, start!"

Song Quon headed to the edge of the arena.

Xing Fu and Kai looked at each other. But it looks at Kai's gaze that he is very ambitious to win.

Kai has a large body and looks strong. He used a spear weapon. He took the spear on his back.

"Let's just start, Hong" said Kai.

Xing Fu nodded, "Alright, it seems like you can't wait to lose to me either, huh?"

"Curtain, don't be arrogant! I will defeat you", Kai immediately ran towards Xing Fu and directly swung the spear towards the young man.

Xing Fu immediately jumped up until the spear just passed him below. His feet immediately stepped on the spear that Kai held. He immediately ran on top of it and immediately kicked Kai in the face to make the man immediately retreated. Even his nose looked bloody.

Xing Fu treaded smoothly on the ground, staring at Kai with a mocking smile. "Huh, is that all? You weakling! You just talk a lot!"

Kai immediately wiped the blood in his nose. He looked at Xing Fu angrily as he was said to be weak. He turned his spear upwards. A large enough tornado was instantly created above the spear.

Kai immediately threw the tornado towards Xing Fu. Seeing that, Xing Fu immediately put both hands on the ground. "Element of the ground:ground wall"

Instantly, a wall made of earth appeared before Xing Fu and held back the wind tornado. It was seen that the earthen walls could withstand the tornadoes Xing Fu created. "Is that all, your ability? Huh, weak!"

Arriving, Kai was on the wall of the ground. He looked at Xing Fu angrily, he immediately jumped from the top of the wall of the ground and directly swung the spear towards Xing Fu.

At that very instant, the wind tornado instantly disappeared. So does the earth wall. Now all that looks is that Xing Fu continues to dodge all of Kai's attacks.

Kai appears to attack bruntally and without direction. So he just attacked at the origin.

Xing Fu smiled faintly, "Element of the ground:thorn of the ground", he immediately stomped his feet. Instantly, a sharp ground appeared and it was precisely regarding the spear that Kai had used to attack Xing Fu.

Kai's spear was immediately thrown because the man did not hold the spear firmly when the attack suddenly appeared. He immediately jumped back and intended to take his spear back.

Before that happened, a sharp ground appeared right in front of Kai. Even the ground scratched his cheek to make his right cheek bleed.

Kai looked at Xing Fu in annoyance. While Xing Fu himself smiled mockingly at Kai.

Kai immediately took out his spear as quickly as possible. He stared at Xing Fu who was a few meters away from him. He immediately ran towards Xing Fu. He was faster than when he first attacked.

The sharp ground appeared right in front of Kai. However the man directly avoided her and still ran towards Xing Fu. Yet again a sharp ground always appeared and blocked his path. Until Kai is seen running zig zag.

When Kai was just about to run to the left because he thought the sharp ground would reappear on the right, there arrived the ground that was on the left before him when the sharp ground appeared.

Kai surprised. But he ran up to the ground and jumped up high. After that, Kai stepped on the ground and ran back to Xing Fu.

When he was right in front of the young man, Kai directly moved his spear towards Xing Fu firmly.

But his view has changed. At first he saw Xing Fu in front of him, but right now in front of him was a piece of land.

"Just give up!" said Xing Fu who was behind the ground.

Yes, Xing Fu made a dome of earth and locked Kai in it.

"Damn it! I won't give up on you!", Kai immediately released a certain amount of Qi in his palm. In his hand, the wind seemed to be spinning. Kai's hand looked like a drill and the man immediately stuck his hand on the ground. He had enough difficulty trying to break free from within Xing Fu's domes. However, over time the dome was cracked.

The corner of Xing Fu's lips lifted. He did not intentionally strengthen the dome of the ground as strong as when the first. Because he did not want to finish this fight any longer and wanted to finish it immediately.

When the dome was already destroyed, Xing Fu's sword lifted up and was right in front of Kai's neck even slightly scraping the man's neck.

The audience applauded seeing that.

"Give up now or you'll get hurt even worse" Xing Fu said.

"I should have said that!" said Kai. He immediately pulled Xing Fu's hand which was holding a sword and kicked Xing Fu directly using his knee. Afterwards, Kai directly threw Xing Fu to the point of making the young man flung a few meters away.

All the spectators were shocked to see the incident. They thought, Xing Fu will win quickly. But as it turned out, Xing Fu got the attack Kai did.

Xing Fu stood up slowly. He looked at Kai. His eyes widened, "Why can't I see his cultivation level?! Wasn't he on the same level as me back then?!" muttered Xing Fu.

"Haha, you're going to die Hong for humiliating me in front of so many people" Kai immediately ran towards Xing Fu and clenched his hands.

Kai directly hit Xing Fu's stomach hard to make the young man throw back.

Xing Fu spewed out a mouthful of blood, "I.menye-"

Not done saying anything, Xing Fu was thrown back. He was thrown a few meters from where he was.

"I won't let you go" Kai muttered as he looked at Xing Fu lying on the ground and tried to get up again.

"I'm sitting"

Kai again kicked Xing Fu before the young man said anything. Until Xing Fu was thrown back.

Seeing this, it made Lao Tzu angry. He immediately jumped on the arena and blocked Kai who intended to go to his friend. He looked coldly at Kai.

"What did Jian do?! Why did he enter the arena?" said the audience.

"Heh, don't interfere in my battle" said Kai. He immediately ran towards Lao Tzu and intended to hit him.

Although Lao Tzu knew he could not win against Kai, he did not leave.

As Kai was about to hit Lao Tzu, a hand immediately clasped his fist.

"Why are you still attacking him? He would say 'surrender'. Why do you also want to injure a participant who is not your opponent" said the person holding Kai's hand.

When he saw the people in front of him, Kai became surprised.

Crack

A bone fracture was heard as the person clutching Kai's fist strengthened his grip. Yes, that person is Liu Chen. He already knew that Kai had just used a strengthening pill that could amplify his strength, even if it was only a few moments away and that of course had risks.

Not only was there Liu Chen, but the other three chiefs were also beside Liu Chen. The vice president of every chairperson was around, including Song Quon.

"Aarrkk, I'm sorry second chairman!" kai said in pain as he felt his bones break.

Liu Chen let go of the grip of his hand on Kai violently. He stared at Kai flatly, "Do you intend to kill him, hm? You're also committing a violation"

"Ti-no chief, sa-me"

Kai did not continue his words anymore when he felt a pressure coming down on his body. It was the pressure that Zhang Jiangwu exerted.

"You've committed two offences. First, you intend to kill the participant and second, you use a temporary body strengthening pill" Zong Xian said flatly.

"You will get a severe punishment" Yang Jia Li said.

Seeing that the chairmen and vice-chairmen were even his best friends helping him, Xing Fu became grateful. Aided by Lao Tzu.

"You okay?" lao Tzu said. Although his tone and expression were cold, he was actually worried about his friend. He did not want to happen and then repeat.

Xing Fu nodded, "Um.yeah, it's just that my body is a bit sick"