Chapter 42
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"The winner is...Shi Li!" Shi Xingtai announced with difficulty as he looked at Shi Li oddly.
The participants who were watching the fight between Shi Li and Shi Kuai took a while to adjust their senses back to reality before cheering loudly thanks to what happened in the fight.
"That was so cool! A fight between magma and lightning...a fight between the heavens and the earth!"
"Did you see how Shi Kuai instantly doubled in size and got stronger? He didn't show that skill back then. To think that it was his hidden card, he really hid himself well!"
"Shi Kuai may have hidden himself well, but Shi Li has hidden himself even further than him! Don't you see his way of manipulating magma as if it was second nature to him? Plus you felt that special aura right?"
"Yeah, we felt the special aura as well. It made us feel like we wanted to bow down to Shi Li like he was a king. Really weird right?"
The participants were referring to Shi Li's aura of Heaven and Earth that came from his cultivation technique, the [Refined Skin Tempering Foundation Manual]. It was a second nature for Shi Li to utilize the aura, but for Shi Xingtai, he couldn't help but look at Shi Li weirdly as they fought. It was the reason for his dazed state as well.
"Heaven and Earth Aura? From a Skin Tempering realm like him? Isn't that one of the requirements for a Peak Creation realm to break through to the Ascended Mortal realm?" Shi Xingtai muttered as he thought of the possible methods Shi Li used to gain the aura.
Shi Li looked at Shi Kuai's pitiable state. His skin was filled with splotches of burns that ranged from first to third degree burns. His skin was stretched beyond repair as well thanks to his secret technique that increased his muscle mass. It made Shi Kuai look like a human flying squirrel due to the amount of loose skin he had.
Shi Li couldn't help but inwardly sigh, 'If we're following normal novels, he's gonna build some sort of grudge against me and aim to kill me at any cost.'
"Should I cripple him or not?" Shi Li couldn't help but mutter.
Crippling Shi Kuai would intensify the grudge between the two, making Shi Kuai more ruthless in his ways, which isn't what Shi Li wanted. Leaving Shi Kuai be would allow him to recover to full strength within months and gain the strength to kill Shi Li, which also isn't what Shi Li wanted.
Even if he crippled Shi Kuai or not, it seemed like there was no benefit, which made Shi Li sigh. All of a sudden, he heard a voice calling for him.
"Heeeeeey! Shi Li!" A man who was a bit taller than Shi Li appeared in front of the latter. This was Shi Shisi.
Shi Shisi couldn't help but grin at Shi Li. "I didn't expect that you had more techniques up your sleeve! You really hid yourself well!"
Shi Li lightly chuckled as he thanked Shi Shisi for his compliments. "So what brings you here?"
Shi Shisi eyes opened slightly as he remembered why he called out to Shi Li. "I almost forgot! Since you won the challenge that was given by Shi Kuai, it's now your turn to pick a challenger to fight against with and obtain their placing."
He was going to stop there, but remembered that there was more to the third round and continued. "Oh, and you can only challenge those who have a higher placing than you," Shi Shisi smiled.
Shi Shisi's smile made Shi Li cautious of Shi Shisi. Even though Shi Li and Shi Shisi became acquaintances thanks to the tournament, Shi Li didn't know much about Shi Shisi, which prompted him to...
'Identify.'
Examine Shi Shisi's stats.
Whoosh!
~~~~~~~~
Shi Shisi
[Cultivation Realm]: D-3 (Tempering 3rd Stage)
[Peak Combat Strength]: 80 ren (?)
Stats (based on average D-3 cultivator stats):
Vitality - B
Strength - A+
Defense - A
Agility - B+
Intelligence - B
Skills:
[????], [????], [????]
~~~~~~~
'What the...?!' Shi Li was shocked as he looked at Shi Shisi's status screen. First off were his skills, which he had no information of but still countable. Shi Shisi had 3 skills, the same amount of skills Shi Li has, not counting the derived techniques from the Ardent Magma Manipulation Art.
And then there's his stats, which were great at all aspects. His strongest stat was Strength, but all of his other stats are not far off from the same grade, technically making him an all-rounder.
Shi Li clicked his tongue. 'He definitely has a strong foundation set for the future.'
Not long after, he lightly smiled. 'That makes it all the more interesting.'
Shi Li reverted to his calm state and asked Shi Shisi, "So you're telling me that you're the only opponent I can fight against?"
Shi Shisi nodded as he still smiled. "That's correct! Do you want to challenge me?"
Shi Xingtai looked at the two from afar and understood what Shi Shisi was doing. 'Enticing Shi Li to fight with him huh. If he does challenge Shi Shisi, he must have a certain trick up his sleeve.'
A few seconds later, after a bit of contemplation, Shi Li nodded. "Sure. Take it as a sparring session."
Shi Shisi was ecstatic. "Great! Let's go to the center stage n—" Shi Shisi was cut off by Shi Li.
"We'll only fight with 5 moves. You get 5 moves, I get 5 moves, we alternate in terms of who attacks and who defends. Sounds good?" Shi Li smiled.
Shi Shisi slightly tensed up while Shi Xingtai was amazed at Shi Li's deducing abilities. "How does he know Shi Shisi's ability without attending the tournament from prior years?"
From a far seat in the arena, Shi Xingwan smiled at his son.
...
Shi clan, Clan arena. A few seconds before Shi Li accepted Shi Shisi's proposal.
At an isolated seat in the arena lied Shi Xingwan, the patriarch of the Shi clan, and Shi Li's son.
Shi Xingwan couldn't help but laugh out loud as he saw his son beat Shi Kuai with his own skills.
"Hahahahah! My son has become strong! My son has become strong!"
After a while, Shi Xingwan calmed down and remembered the skill Shi Li used. "A magma ball being controlled with a hammer. Other than Shi Li choosing his main weapon which is the hammer, he also chose a hard to cultivate skill, [Magma Swipe]."
"I'm surprised that Shi Li was able to cultivate that skill beyond the small success level. But like before, I feel like something's off. His usage of the magma ball feels like it's restricted, as if there were other forms of the magma ball. Is it just me hallucinating?"
A moment has passed after Shi Xingwan finished speculating and saw that Shi Li and Shi Shisi were talking. With the utilization of his qi, he was able to listen to the conversation from afar, making him gasp.
Before Shi Li was about to decline the challenge, Shi Xingwan hurriedly sent a voice transmission to his son.
"Son, do you want to challenge Shi Shisi?"
His son was quite surprised from the voice transmission but he was still able to maintain his calm as he replied, "I do, but I don't know what skills he has in his arsenal."
"Well all you have know is that, Shi Shisi gets stronger the longer you fight," Shi Xingwan responded.
After a bit of contemplation, Shi Li replied to his father's voice transmission. "Got it Father. Thank you for your help."
...
Shi Li and Shi Shisi went to the center stage as they looked at each other in the eyes, feeling the burning gazes from the other's eye.
They were in their battle stances, with Shi Li gripping onto his hammer tightly, and Shi Shisi clenching his fists.
Shi Xingtai went close to the barrier and asked the two, "Are you both ready?"
Like the first fight, the two of them simultaneously nodded as if it was a synchronized dance.
Nodding back, Shi Xingtai cleared his throat before announcing...
"Let the battle..."
"Begin!"
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"The winner is...Shi Li!" Shi Xingtai announced with difficulty as he looked at Shi Li oddly.
The participants who were watching the fight between Shi Li and Shi Kuai took a while to adjust their senses back to reality before cheering loudly thanks to what happened in the fight.
"That was so cool! A fight between magma and lightning...a fight between the heavens and the earth!"
"Did you see how Shi Kuai instantly doubled in size and got stronger? He didn't show that skill back then. To think that it was his hidden card, he really hid himself well!"
"Shi Kuai may have hidden himself well, but Shi Li has hidden himself even further than him! Don't you see his way of manipulating magma as if it was second nature to him? Plus you felt that special aura right?"
"Yeah, we felt the special aura as well. It made us feel like we wanted to bow down to Shi Li like he was a king. Really weird right?"
The participants were referring to Shi Li's aura of Heaven and Earth that came from his cultivation technique, the [Refined Skin Tempering Foundation Manual]. It was a second nature for Shi Li to utilize the aura, but for Shi Xingtai, he couldn't help but look at Shi Li weirdly as they fought. It was the reason for his dazed state as well.
"Heaven and Earth Aura? From a Skin Tempering realm like him? Isn't that one of the requirements for a Peak Creation realm to break through to the Ascended Mortal realm?" Shi Xingtai muttered as he thought of the possible methods Shi Li used to gain the aura.
Shi Li looked at Shi Kuai's pitiable state. His skin was filled with splotches of burns that ranged from first to third degree burns. His skin was stretched beyond repair as well thanks to his secret technique that increased his muscle mass. It made Shi Kuai look like a human flying squirrel due to the amount of loose skin he had.
Shi Li couldn't help but inwardly sigh, 'If we're following normal novels, he's gonna build some sort of grudge against me and aim to kill me at any cost.'
"Should I cripple him or not?" Shi Li couldn't help but mutter.
Crippling Shi Kuai would intensify the grudge between the two, making Shi Kuai more ruthless in his ways, which isn't what Shi Li wanted. Leaving Shi Kuai be would allow him to recover to full strength within months and gain the strength to kill Shi Li, which also isn't what Shi Li wanted.
Even if he crippled Shi Kuai or not, it seemed like there was no benefit, which made Shi Li sigh. All of a sudden, he heard a voice calling for him.
"Heeeeeey! Shi Li!" A man who was a bit taller than Shi Li appeared in front of the latter. This was Shi Shisi.
Shi Shisi couldn't help but grin at Shi Li. "I didn't expect that you had more techniques up your sleeve! You really hid yourself well!"
Shi Li lightly chuckled as he thanked Shi Shisi for his compliments. "So what brings you here?"
Shi Shisi eyes opened slightly as he remembered why he called out to Shi Li. "I almost forgot! Since you won the challenge that was given by Shi Kuai, it's now your turn to pick a challenger to fight against with and obtain their placing."
He was going to stop there, but remembered that there was more to the third round and continued. "Oh, and you can only challenge those who have a higher placing than you," Shi Shisi smiled.
Shi Shisi's smile made Shi Li cautious of Shi Shisi. Even though Shi Li and Shi Shisi became acquaintances thanks to the tournament, Shi Li didn't know much about Shi Shisi, which prompted him to...
'Identify.'
Examine Shi Shisi's stats.
Whoosh!
~~~~~~~~
Shi Shisi
[Cultivation Realm]: D-3 (Tempering 3rd Stage)
[Peak Combat Strength]: 80 ren (?)
Stats (based on average D-3 cultivator stats):
Vitality - B
Strength - A+
Defense - A
Agility - B+
Intelligence - B
Skills:
[????], [????], [????]
~~~~~~~
'What the...?!' Shi Li was shocked as he looked at Shi Shisi's status screen. First off were his skills, which he had no information of but still countable. Shi Shisi had 3 skills, the same amount of skills Shi Li has, not counting the derived techniques from the Ardent Magma Manipulation Art.
And then there's his stats, which were great at all aspects. His strongest stat was Strength, but all of his other stats are not far off from the same grade, technically making him an all-rounder.
Shi Li clicked his tongue. 'He definitely has a strong foundation set for the future.'
Not long after, he lightly smiled. 'That makes it all the more interesting.'
Shi Li reverted to his calm state and asked Shi Shisi, "So you're telling me that you're the only opponent I can fight against?"
Shi Shisi nodded as he still smiled. "That's correct! Do you want to challenge me?"
Shi Xingtai looked at the two from afar and understood what Shi Shisi was doing. 'Enticing Shi Li to fight with him huh. If he does challenge Shi Shisi, he must have a certain trick up his sleeve.'
A few seconds later, after a bit of contemplation, Shi Li nodded. "Sure. Take it as a sparring session."
Shi Shisi was ecstatic. "Great! Let's go to the center stage n—" Shi Shisi was cut off by Shi Li.
"We'll only fight with 5 moves. You get 5 moves, I get 5 moves, we alternate in terms of who attacks and who defends. Sounds good?" Shi Li smiled.
Shi Shisi slightly tensed up while Shi Xingtai was amazed at Shi Li's deducing abilities. "How does he know Shi Shisi's ability without attending the tournament from prior years?"
From a far seat in the arena, Shi Xingwan smiled at his son.
...
Shi clan, Clan arena. A few seconds before Shi Li accepted Shi Shisi's proposal.
At an isolated seat in the arena lied Shi Xingwan, the patriarch of the Shi clan, and Shi Li's son.
Shi Xingwan couldn't help but laugh out loud as he saw his son beat Shi Kuai with his own skills.
"Hahahahah! My son has become strong! My son has become strong!"
After a while, Shi Xingwan calmed down and remembered the skill Shi Li used. "A magma ball being controlled with a hammer. Other than Shi Li choosing his main weapon which is the hammer, he also chose a hard to cultivate skill, [Magma Swipe]."
"I'm surprised that Shi Li was able to cultivate that skill beyond the small success level. But like before, I feel like something's off. His usage of the magma ball feels like it's restricted, as if there were other forms of the magma ball. Is it just me hallucinating?"
A moment has passed after Shi Xingwan finished speculating and saw that Shi Li and Shi Shisi were talking. With the utilization of his qi, he was able to listen to the conversation from afar, making him gasp.
Before Shi Li was about to decline the challenge, Shi Xingwan hurriedly sent a voice transmission to his son.
"Son, do you want to challenge Shi Shisi?"
His son was quite surprised from the voice transmission but he was still able to maintain his calm as he replied, "I do, but I don't know what skills he has in his arsenal."
"Well all you have know is that, Shi Shisi gets stronger the longer you fight," Shi Xingwan responded.
After a bit of contemplation, Shi Li replied to his father's voice transmission. "Got it Father. Thank you for your help."
...
Shi Li and Shi Shisi went to the center stage as they looked at each other in the eyes, feeling the burning gazes from the other's eye.
They were in their battle stances, with Shi Li gripping onto his hammer tightly, and Shi Shisi clenching his fists.
Shi Xingtai went close to the barrier and asked the two, "Are you both ready?"
Like the first fight, the two of them simultaneously nodded as if it was a synchronized dance.
Nodding back, Shi Xingtai cleared his throat before announcing...
"Let the battle..."
"Begin!"
"The winner is...Shi Li!" Shi Xingtai announced with difficulty as he looked at Shi Li oddly. The participants who were watching the fight between Shi Li and Shi Kuai took a while to adjust their senses back to reality before cheering loudly thanks to what happened in the fight. "That was so cool! A fight between magma and lightning...a fight between the heavens and the earth!" "Did you see how Shi Kuai instantly doubled in size and got stronger? He didn't show that skill back then. To think that it was his hidden card, he really hid himself well!" "Shi Kuai may have hidden himself well, but Shi Li has hidden himself even further than him! Don't you see his way of manipulating magma as if it was second nature to him? Plus you felt that special aura right?" "Yeah, we felt the special aura as well. It made us feel like we wanted to bow down to Shi Li like he was a king. Really weird right?" The participants were referring to Shi Li's aura of Heaven and Earth that came from his cultivation technique, the Refined Skin Tempering Foundation Manual. It was a second nature for Shi Li to utilize the aura, but for Shi Xingtai, he couldn't help but look at Shi Li weirdly as they fought. It was the reason for his dazed state as well. "Heaven and Earth Aura? From a Skin Tempering realm like him? Isn't that one of the requirements for a Peak Creation realm to break through to the Ascended Mortal realm?" Shi Xingtai muttered as he thought of the possible methods Shi Li used to gain the aura. Shi Li looked at Shi Kuai's pitiable state. His skin was filled with splotches of burns that ranged from first to third degree burns. His skin was stretched beyond repair as well thanks to his secret technique that increased his muscle mass. It made Shi Kuai look like a human flying squirrel due to the amount of loose skin he had. Shi Li couldn't help but inwardly sigh, 'If we're following normal novels, he's gonna build some sort of grudge against me and aim to kill me at any cost.' "Should I cripple him or not?" Shi Li couldn't help but mutter. Crippling Shi Kuai would intensify the grudge between the two, making Shi Kuai more ruthless in his ways, which isn't what Shi Li wanted. Leaving Shi Kuai be would allow him to recover to full strength within months and gain the strength to kill Shi Li, which also isn't what Shi Li wanted. Even if he crippled Shi Kuai or not, it seemed like there was no benefit, which made Shi Li sigh. All of a sudden, he heard a voice calling for him. "Heeeeeey! Shi Li!" A man who was a bit taller than Shi Li appeared in front of the latter. This was Shi Shisi. Shi Shisi couldn't help but grin at Shi Li. "I didn't expect that you had more techniques up your sleeve! You really hid yourself well!" Shi Li lightly chuckled as he thanked Shi Shisi for his compliments. "So what brings you here?" Shi Shisi eyes opened slightly as he remembered why he called out to Shi Li. "I almost forgot! Since you won the challenge that was given by Shi Kuai, it's now your turn to pick a challenger to fight against with and obtain their placing." He was going to stop there, but remembered that there was more to the third round and continued. "Oh, and you can only challenge those who have a higher placing than you," Shi Shisi smiled. Shi Shisi's smile made Shi Li cautious of Shi Shisi. Even though Shi Li and Shi Shisi became acquaintances thanks to the tournament, Shi Li didn't know much about Shi Shisi, which prompted him to... 'Identify.' Examine Shi Shisi's stats. Whoosh! ~~~~~~~~ Shi Shisi Cultivation Realm: D-3 Tempering 3rd Stage Peak Combat Strength: 80 ren ? Stats based on average D-3 cultivator stats: Vitality - B Strength - A+ Defense - A Agility - B+ Intelligence - B Skills: ????, ????, ???? ~~~~~~~ 'What the...?!' Shi Li was shocked as he looked at Shi Shisi's status screen. First off were his skills, which he had no information of but still countable. Shi Shisi had 3 skills, the same amount of skills Shi Li has, not counting the derived techniques from the Ardent Magma Manipulation Art. And then there's his stats, which were great at all aspects. His strongest stat was Strength, but all of his other stats are not far off from the same grade, technically making him an all-rounder. Shi Li clicked his tongue. 'He definitely has a strong foundation set for the future.' Not long after, he lightly smiled. 'That makes it all the more interesting.' Shi Li reverted to his calm state and asked Shi Shisi, "So you're telling me that you're the only opponent I can fight against?" Shi Shisi nodded as he still smiled. "That's correct! Do you want to challenge me?" Shi Xingtai looked at the two from afar and understood what Shi Shisi was doing. 'Enticing Shi Li to fight with him huh. If he does challenge Shi Shisi, he must have a certain trick up his sleeve.' A few seconds later, after a bit of contemplation, Shi Li nodded. "Sure. Take it as a sparring session." Shi Shisi was ecstatic. "Great! Let's go to the center stage n" Shi Shisi was cut off by Shi Li. "We'll only fight with 5 moves. You get 5 moves, I get 5 moves, we alternate in terms of who attacks and who defends. Sounds good?" Shi Li smiled. Shi Shisi slightly tensed up while Shi Xingtai was amazed at Shi Li's deducing abilities. "How does he know Shi Shisi's ability without attending the tournament from prior years?" From a far seat in the arena, Shi Xingwan smiled at his son. ... Shi clan, Clan arena. A few seconds before Shi Li accepted Shi Shisi's proposal. At an isolated seat in the arena lied Shi Xingwan, the patriarch of the Shi clan, and Shi Li's son. Shi Xingwan couldn't help but laugh out loud as he saw his son beat Shi Kuai with his own skills. "Hahahahah! My son has become strong! My son has become strong!" After a while, Shi Xingwan calmed down and remembered the skill Shi Li used. "A magma ball being controlled with a hammer. Other than Shi Li choosing his main weapon which is the hammer, he also chose a hard to cultivate skill, Magma Swipe." "I'm surprised that Shi Li was able to cultivate that skill beyond the small success level. But like before, I feel like something's off. His usage of the magma ball feels like it's restricted, as if there were other forms of the magma ball. Is it just me hallucinating?" A moment has passed after Shi Xingwan finished speculating and saw that Shi Li and Shi Shisi were talking. With the utilization of his qi, he was able to listen to the conversation from afar, making him gasp. Before Shi Li was about to decline the challenge, Shi Xingwan hurriedly sent a voice transmission to his son. "Son, do you want to challenge Shi Shisi?" His son was quite surprised from the voice transmission but he was still able to maintain his calm as he replied, "I do, but I don't know what skills he has in his arsenal." "Well all you have know is that, Shi Shisi gets stronger the longer you fight," Shi Xingwan responded. After a bit of contemplation, Shi Li replied to his father's voice transmission. "Got it Father. Thank you for your help." ... Shi Li and Shi Shisi went to the center stage as they looked at each other in the eyes, feeling the burning gazes from the other's eye. They were in their battle stances, with Shi Li gripping onto his hammer tightly, and Shi Shisi clenching his fists. Shi Xingtai went close to the barrier and asked the two, "Are you both ready?" Like the first fight, the two of them simultaneously nodded as if it was a synchronized dance. Nodding back, Shi Xingtai cleared his throat before announcing... "Let the battle..." "Begin!"
