20 Chapter 20: Contest 5

The first two girls called to compete against one another where from two noble families. Both girls were evenly matched in strength. One was had an earth affinity, while the other had water. It was a very interesting battle to watch, and Ying Yue quite enjoyed it.

Ying Yue was very excited to watch all the battles.

Even though she was a bounty hunter in her past life, and thus very good at fighting bare handed, as well as with a plethora of other weapons, Ying Yue couldn't say that say that she was super confident in her abilities using spirit powers.

Although she was currently the most powerful girl competing in terms of martial rank, she had no real battle experience implementing her powers. Watching other girls compete gave Ying Yue some much needed insight, and so she was glad that she wasn't called to go first.

While there was a lot that Ying Yue learned from reading The Almighty's journal, seeing spirit powers used in reality and not just in theory gave her a better understanding than she already had.

Much to Ying Yue's disappointment, the battle between the two girls finally ended, with the girl who had the water affinity winning. Ying Yue found her final move really inventive, because she soaked all the earth that the other girl was using in water, wrenching her earth away from her, and then finally encasing the girl's head in water so she couldn't breathe and passed out. This made Ying Yue realize that the elements had much more uses than what she thought they were confined to. Ying Yue got very excited, as she wanted to test the limits of each element's control and see how they interacted with each other. Of course, Ying Yue knew that this would have to wait for later, as she currently had to focus on the competition, and that's not even mentioning that the only attribute she had cultivated with so far was void.

When Ying Yue was thinking of this, it dawned on her that she would have to fight with the void attribute, as it was the only element she currently had. Even though she had an affinity with much of the other elements, she had not cultivated with any of them yet, and so it would be very risky for her to try to use them in battle. Ying Yue berated herself. How could she have been so stupid? Even though she now had the highest martial rank, she couldn't use elements in battle.

Sure, she could just chuck her opponent into the void and call it a win, but that would give her away.Based upon her father's lineage, she should only have the options of wielding fire and maybe lightening. She couldn't just go around letting people know she aligned with so many different attributes, as that would simply bring too much unwanted attention. Added on to the fact that the void attribute was considered simply a legend in this country, Ying Yue had put herself in quite the tight spot.

Ying Yue spent so long lost in her own thoughts trying to come up with a solution that many rounds of the contest passed. She was so lost in thoughts, that she didn't even notice when her own name was called.

"Ying Yue? Ying Yue!" Zhu Xinya yelled, shaking Ying Yue out of her thoughts. When Zhu Xinya saw Ying Yue in a daze, she took it as her mistress being afraid and overwhelmed.

"What?" Ying Yue said, looking at Zhu Xinya.

"They have called your name six times now. You need to head down and fight."

"Ah." Ying Yue finally snapped out of it, and looked around to see everyone looking at her with pity. Ying Yue wanted to laugh at them. Pity me? Well actually, maybe pity me. Ying Yue still hadn't come up with a solution after all her thinking! Even though she was the most powerful one here, she had no way to show it. Plus, now it was time for her to go fight! Ying Yue couldn't help but sigh. Looks like she was just going to have to rely on brute strength and the martial arts she knew from her past life.

As Ying Yue walked down to the battle grounds, Yao Xiuying watched on in glee. It was finally happening! That bitch was finally going to die, and then the crown prince would be all hers!

While Yao Xiuying was thinking of this, should couldn't help but to look over at Fu Longwie. Seeing him sitting beside her, Yao Xiuying's smile grew even bigger. 'This is how it should be,' she thought. With everyone fawning on her, and the Crown Prince at her side, Yao Xiuying was content, and felt that today was the day things would finally go her way.

Jiu Niu, on the other hand, was a bundle of nerves watching Ying Yue descend to the arena. She just couldn't figure out why she felt like something was going to go wrong. When Ying Yue winked at her earlier, it was as though a heavy weight was placed upon her lungs, and she felt it was hard to breathe. She just couldn't fathom what had changed about Ying Yue, but she new that every fiber in her was screaming that Ying Yue was dangerous. She could only hope that her feelings were wrong, and that everything would go as planned.

When Ying Yue stepped on to the arena floor, her opponent introduced herself.

"Hi, I'm Fa Laun. I hope you don't mind dying today, because that's what's going to happen." Fa Laun said this with a smile, just quite enough to where only herself and Ying Yue would be able to hear what she said.

"Of course," replied Ying Yue, "And naturally the same goes for you. When you die, don't come complaining to me."

Once Ying Yue finished speaking, Fu Laun laughed. "Sure. If that happens, I won't have any complaints."

Ying Yue smiled. "I hope you don't regret those words."

With that, a gong sounded, signifying it was time for the girls to start their match.