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"What? You want to spar with me?" Huang Yuxin asked in disbelief. She didn't expect that Tenku would suddenly invite her to spar.

"Yes." Tenku replied with a simple nod.

"Are you sure?" Huang Yuxin wanted to confirm Tenku's words.

"Of course. Why? Are you afraid?" Tenku smiled and slightly provoked her.

"Hmmph! Who's afraid of you? Even though you defeated twelve cultivators at once and subdued Su Lingxu, I am even more powerful than them. Besides, I don't want to fight unarmed people." Huang Yuxin snorted cutely and showed the golden-red sword in her hand.

Until now, Huang Yuxin still hadn't realized that she could converse well with other people, especially with the opposite sex. Usually, she will only say a word or two to reply to the other person. But now she was talking at length like she was having a conversation with her family.

"Weapon? Hmm..." Tenku looked around and saw a one-meter-long tree branch on the ground not far from him. He picked it up and returned to his position.

"I will fight using this." Tenku looked at Huang Yuxin and showed the tree branch to her.

"Are you underestimating me?" Huang Yuxin narrowed her eyes and said angrily. She was offended by Tenku's actions.

"Please don't misunderstand. I don't mean to belittle you. I don't have any weapons now. So I can only use tree branches. But are you sure you can beat me because you use a real sword?" Tenku pointed the tree branch at Huang Yuxin to challenge her.

"Even though we are only sparring, you might get injured and unable to participate in the quarter-finals. If that happens, then Wang Ruyue and the Wang family will blame me." Huang Yuxin said resentfully.

"I promise the Wang family will not blame you if I get hurt. But are you sure you can do it?" Tenku said seriously. He wanted to try fighting Huang Yuxin out of curiosity about the spark in her swordsmanship.

"I hope you don't regret those words of yours." Huang Yuxin gripped her sword tightly and said angrily. Then she charged toward Tenku at high speed.

"Good." Tenku just stood still and showed no signs of dodging the attack. He was a little excited because he could fight another genius cultivator.

Tenku knew that he would not get a chance to face Huang Yuxin in the competition because that girl would not qualify for the finals, be it because she aimed to become third place or because of her lack of strength to take first place.

Huang Yuxin became increasingly irritated, thinking that Tenku had underestimated her too much. She gritted her teeth and swung her sword. Of course, Huang Yuxin didn't use her full strength. She was sure her attack was enough to chop off the wooden branch in Tenku's hand.

But what Huang Yuxin imagined was different from reality. Tenku used his wooden branch and deflected her blade's trajectory. After that, Tenku counterattacked by slashing his weapon toward Huang Yuxin's face, but he quickly stopped it before hitting her.

"What!?" Huang Yuxin was startled but quickly regained her composure and dealt Tenku another attack.

But the same thing happened. Huang Yuxin's slash trajectory changed when it came into contact with the branch. She was not surprised this time and attacked Tenku successively, but none of her slashes hit the boy. Instead, Tenku managed to counterattack and stop the branch again before it touched her. Huang Yuxin was confused about how Tenku could do such a thing.

"What is it? Is this your swordsmanship? Do you want to win third place in the martial arts competition with that strength of yours?" Tenku shook his head and was disappointed.

"Do not be arrogant! I was careless and didn't use all my power in my attack because I was worried about injuring you!" Huang Yuxin gritted her teeth and gave an excuse. She attacks Tenku again, but this time doesn't hold back her strength. Sparks appeared around her, and the temperature in the surroundings rose drastically.

"Are you finally going to fight seriously?" Tenku smiled when he saw that. He knew his provocation had gone too far, making Huang Yuxin furious. But it needed to make that girl use all her power to attack him, and it worked. Tenku has to be a little serious to fight Huang Yuxin. Otherwise, he would get hurt in the sparring.

Huang Yuxin's blade was coated with red light and burned the atmosphere around it. Tenku couldn't underestimate her attacks. He covered his wooden branches with Qi and clashed his weapons with Huang Yuxin.

Boom!

The result is not the same as before. Huang Yuxin's slash trajectory didn't change, but she was knocked back several meters by the clash.

"Do you think I look down on you by using a wooden branch as my weapon? Do you think that I will get hurt in the sparring?" Tenku reminded Huang Yuxin of what she had said earlier. He wanted to know what she thought after she clashed swords with him.

Huang Yuxin couldn't help but blush. She felt embarrassed when she remembered what she had said to Tenku and wanted to bury her head in the hole. But she couldn't admit it due to her great pride.

"Is that how you change the trajectory of my slash?" Huang Yuxin asked and tried to change the topic of their conversation because she didn't want to answer Tenku's question.

"Yes, you're right." Tenku replied curtly.

"Impossible! If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to! I know you circulate Qi in that tree branch. But how could it stay intact against your power and even collide with my weapon!?

If you were using a real sword, I might believe it. Besides, what is your swordsmanship? Aren't you a spear user!" Huang Yuxin couldn't believe Tenku's words and thought he was lying to her.

"Do you have a hobby to misunderstand me? I never said I channeled Qi into the tree branch, but I coated it. Besides, I can use a sword in addition to a spear." Tenku sighed in response to Huang Yuxin's doubts about him.

"Ah, I see. If you layer it on, then it makes sense. I'm sorry for being prejudiced against you before. But wait a minute! By simply coating the branch with Qi, you won't be able to deflect my trajectory. My sword is a bit special, and your tree branch should be burning. Are you lying to me?" Huang Yuxin put her hands on her waist and glared at Tenku.

"For a shy girl, you talk too much." Tenku smiled when he heard Huang Yuxin's words. Her demeanor now contrasts with her in public.

Huang Yuxin's face turned red, and she finally realized that she was talking to Tenku like she was familiar with him. She doesn't know why; she feels close to him and can say whatever she thinks.

"If you don't want to answer, you don't have to say such a thing." Huang Yuxin snorted and looked away from Tenku.

"I will answer it if you can land one of your attacks on me. How?" Tenku wanted Huang Yuxin to use more of his strength to fight against him. He wanted to try out the full power of the girl and hoped to learn something from her because fighting a genius would be highly beneficial for his cultivation.

"I will make you regret underestimating me!" Huang Yuxin gripped her sword tightly and charged at Tenku again. Her face was solemn, and he exerted her full strength like he was fighting in the arena. Even though Huang Yuxin couldn't use her trump card here, she could still use other attacks.

Huang Yuxin's sword color turned bright red, and a faint flame appeared on the blade. Tenku could feel that Huang Yuxin's attacks were much stronger this time, but it was still not enough for her to get third place in the martial arts competition.

Tenku coated the wooden branch in his hand with the Qi he had compressed to the extreme. Then the Qi that covered his weapon surged and vibrated violently. Of course, the power he used was only at the middle stage of the Earth Origin realm. If Tenku went overboard, Huang Yuxin might get suspicious and find out that he was hiding his strength. Then he swung the tree branch in his hand to meet Huang Yuxin's attack.

Boom!

The clash of their attacks created a shockwave and blew away the leaves around the place. Huang Yuxin gave Tenku consecutive slashes and looked for an opening to land her attacks. But after fighting for quite a while, she was shocked not to find the slightest chance. On the contrary, she was slowly pushed back, and her hands went numb because Tenku's attack was so heavy. Cold sweat dripped off Huang Yuxin's forehead, and she felt overwhelmed.

(Ugh! What the hell!? I knew he was strong after seeing his fight back then. But I didn't expect him to be this powerful! I can't win if I don't use my tramp card. But he also had not used his weapon Qi yet. If we both unleashed our ultimate attack, the victor of the sparring was still not sure!)

Huang Yuxin's face became serious, and she injected more Qi into her blade. But then she raised her eyebrows after remembering something.

(This is just a sparring match. Then why am I so obsessed with winning over him?)

Huang Yuxin frowned but quickly shook her head to dispel the thought. Whether it's an actual match or sparring, she'll try her best, but she won't use lethal attacks.

"Don't you have a stronger attack? If there's no more, then I'll end this sparring." Tenku said indifferently. He was disappointed that Huang Yuxin was still holding back. Tenku compressed more Qi in the membrane covering his wooden branch and thrust it into Huang Yuxin.

"You!" Huang Yuxin kept getting pushed back by Tenku, but she tried not to use her trump card in that place. Her face changed when she saw Tenku's attack, and she swung her sword to block it. But Huang Yuxin suddenly tripped over a rock and lost her balance.

"This is bad!" Tenku's face became serious when he saw Huang Yuxin lose her balance. He thought that the girl could parry his attack, and then he would give a punch to knock her out. But Tenku didn't expect she would stumble, and he couldn't stop his attack. Huang Yuxin's head would be crushed if that tree branch hit her.

Tenku quickly squeezed the tree branch in his hand until it crumbled into dust. But he also lost his balance from stopping his attack forcefully and fell right on top of Huang Yuxin. Fortunately, Tenku immediately supported himself with both hands. Otherwise, the bodies of the two would collide and Huang Yuxin might be injured.

Their eyes met and both fell silent. The atmosphere became awkward as Tenku and Huang Yuxin's faces were less than a centimeter apart, and their lips were about to touch.

Huang Yuxin could feel Tenku's breath and look into his eyes from a very close distance. When she saw his pupils, she felt like she was being sucked into a black hole. Although Tenku wasn't particularly handsome, he seems very mysterious and arouses her interest in the opposite sex for the first time.

For some reason, Huang Yuxin felt the oncoming heat wave in her body. Her heart becomes restless, and her pretty face turned red, like an apple. Then she slowly closed her eyes and waited for Tenku's following action with nervousness and expectation.