Chapter 43 - 43: FIGHT! END!

A/N: I want to be certain of something, is Controlling Crane Catching Dragon basically telekinesis?

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"So this is the Great Spirit Arena huh?" Tang San asked as he stared in amazement at the great colossal structure exceeding 100 meters in height.

It's been a couple of hours since they arrived here and was instructed by the dean to enter and register.

Right now the new students of shrek; Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Yan and Xun Er are currently waiting for their turn. While the older students; Dai Mubai, Ma Xiaotao and Ma Hongjun were at the spirit arena seats waiting for their matches.

Tang San couldn't help but turned to looked at where the older students are.

The three of them sat together, Ma Hongjun was eating a chicken drumstick, while his older sister Ma Xiaotao was calmly sitting besides him as she ignores some guys who wanted to court her. As for Dai Mubai? He was just silently sitting there, meditating to recover his spirit power that he lost when he went to have a battle some time ago to let the new students properly understand how the fights in the arena goes.

Though there wasn't much to learn, Dai Mubai had basically one punch the guy out of the ring.

Tonight every new students of shrek academy would have one match. As well as some two-team fights.

The teams are as follows; Xiao Wu and Tang San, the Three-Five combination team, Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, the Civet-Sword combination team, and finally, Xun Er and Ma Xiaotao, the Sun-Phoenix combination team.

Xiao Wu was very vocal when she learned about the cool names of the others, hell, even he was slightly jealous.

Though who would have thought that Ma Xiaotao, Ma Hongjun's elder sister, would also be a genius?

A thirteen year old spirit elder, spirit rank 35 Evil Fire Phoenix, Ma Xiaotao. She's just a couple of spirit ranks below Dai Mubai! Moreover, she's more younger than him by two years!

'Though...' Tang San glanced at Xun Er who was sitting besides Xiao Yan, conversing excitedly with Zhu Zhuqing.

'She still wouldn't compare to Xun Er.'

Sometimes Tang San wonders, that something is wrong with this world, as all the women that he met till now are monsters.

Tang San shook his head and thought. 'Heh, then that's better. As it would be a great motivation for me.' As he heard the announcer calling the match of Xiao Wu over, and now calling for his, a small calm smile appeared on his face.

'As long as I can keep my family safe, I won't care about anything else.' As soon as Tang San left to fight, but not before receiving Xiao Wu and Xun Er high-fives, Xiao Yan's eyes popped opened.

For an entire half an hour, he's been recuperating both his spirit power and vigor. Not only did he recover to his peak state, but he also found out about something good.

Now that knew he could now cultivate the Flame Mantra, a cultivation technique he used in his previous life, that his past self had basically integrated with his body and mind, he found out that it had merged with the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Both cultivation techniques had merged into one brand new technique!

The new technique basically functions the same as the Mysterious Heaven Skill but with the added effects of the Flame Mantra. Circulating his heavenly flames around throughout his body and have perfect control over them.

Not only that, but with the flame mantra it helped purify his meridians, blood and bones! It also help speed up the process of the Mysterious Heaven Skill. He can basically recover his spirit power and internal strength much more faster than ever. By his estimation, by at least three times!

With this, it can help him regenerate faster from any future injuries and wounds.

Shaking his head Xiao Yan got rid of the distractions inside his head and focused on the spirit fight he would soon participate.

Because he didn't have his third spirit ring he was sent to fight on the grandmasters level category fights. Which would be as boring as f.u.c.k! Although easy money, especially since he put 10k on his name, but still!

Also he couldn't pair up with either Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Xun Er in the two-team match because he still didn't have his third spirit ring. Thankfully he would be paired up with a certain neko girl. But even then...

Xiao Yan knew that his fighting strength are all above the spirit masters at his level, so it means he needs to fight someone stronger to truly bring out what he can do and see what he needs to improve on, especially his sword skills which is absolutely shit.

In a unexpected action made by Xun Er, that surprised Zhu Zhuqing, she unhesitatingly held the hand of Xiao Yan.

"Yan, are you alright?"

Xiao Yan blinked his eyes as he stared at the eyes of Xun Er and Zhu Zhuqing, who shook off her surprise and stared at him in concern as well.

Xiao Yan chuckled, shook his head, and replied.

"Yeah I'm alright. I'm just contemplating about life and stuff is all." The two ladies giggled.

"Yan that was lame." Xun Er said.

"Yeah." Zhu Zhuqing simply followed.

"Hehe, yeah I know..." Then the trio started to converse with one another of anything to take off their minds of things.

'Hmm, how should I make the match interesting?' Xiao Yan thought, contemplating until idea popped in his head. 'Oh wait, if I recall, my second heavenly flame has the ability to...'

Just minutes later, Tang San returned with a grin and a victory/peace hand sign.

Xiao Yan nodded with a grin and the others also gave Tang San congratulations with gestures and/or vocally.

"Xiao Yan, please come to the arena. Xiao Yan..."

Xiao Yan perked up and nodded. Turning to his friends he gave them a thumbs up and said.

"Well, I'm going!" In large strides, he walked into the arena, though not before whispering something into Tang San's ears and handed him a bag full of spirit gold coins.

"Bet 10k on my name." Tang San's eyes widened before he nodded in understanding.

"Good luck." Tang San whispered back.

Xiao Yan halted. Putting one of his hand into one of his pockets, he didn't looked back, and waved his other arm around, saying,

"I don't need luck!"

Within the huge and oval shaped colosseum, one-third of the seats are filled with clearly eager and excited spirit masters.

The announcer, wearing a black coat tail, small tush of mustache on his upper lips, he used his spirit power to amplify his voice and said in a excited tone.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to another night of one-on-one spirit fights, a fight of spirit grandmasters against spirit grandmasters!" It caused everyone to be riled up.

"Now in the left corner. We have the great, the energetic, and one of the best beast type spirit masters in the great spirit arena! Dai Shu!" The pointed his finger at the left side of the arena.

There on the arena, standing with his back straight and a average face completely filled with confidence. He had a body figure of a body builder, long pitch black unkempt hair and deep blue eyes that couldn't hide his will to fight.

Dai Shu, assault system spirit master, Spirit: Bull, Spirit Rank: 29. Matches: 30, 15 wins and 15 losses. Points: 15(A/N: I made up the points, I just wrote my math module and I'm too tired to deal with this shit)

He raised his right arm up high and shouted.

"OHHHHH!!"

The audience were also riled up and followed.

"OHHHHH!!"

The announcer then pointed to the other side, with the same excitable smile on his face, he said.

"And in the other corner, we have here a newcomer! He's a mystery, a stranger, and most importantly his a new blood to the arena! Why don't we give a rounding applause to, XIAO YAN!!"

"OHHHHHH!!" The audience followed and gave Xiao Yan claps and cheers.

While on the seating section of the arena Ma Hongjun snorted at the announcer.

"That guy can really rile up the audience." His elder sister nodded.

With Xiao Yan, he just stood there calmly and smiled smoothly at the audience around him.

'Its like those wrestling tournaments that I once watched back at home.' He commented with a concealed sweat drop.

Shaking his head he turned to face his opponent Dai Shu, who also turned to look at him.

He didn't say anything, except giving him a nod.

Xiao Yan also returned the nod with his but also apologize to him in his heart.

'Sorry man, but...' A ring of a bell was then heard. Dai Shu had immediately went with his bull beast spirit enhancement, his figure bulge and expanded three times his size. Two fourteen inches long white horns grew out from his head and his feet turned into hooves. One white ten and yellow hundred year old spirit rings surrounded his body.

Dai Shu, his yellow spirit ring lighting up, unhesitatingly shot out from his location and headed towards Xiao Yan.

His second spirit ring ability, Great Bull Slam, gives him 100% increased of his defense and attack power. Making him a literal tank, that can take all sort of damages and while bulldozing his enemies.

Dai Shu wanted to finish the match as possible. Even it means making his enemy fly out like a bug, and that would most likely happen...

However, his opponent is Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan, with a calm and unalarming smile on his face, despite the incoming bull towards him, didn't give a f.u.c.k and just stood there without activating his spirit. Although, his eyes had a tint of purple around them.

Everyone was tensed, except for the Shrek students as they all know that this level of fighting is just mere child's play to the person called Xiao Yan.

Then, just as Dai Shu was mere inches away from Xiao Yan, the latter had muttered out a single but ominous words that sent chills down the former's spine.

"Godspeed." Xiao Yan's entire body lit up in a bright blinding light, causing Dai Shu to halt, he cursed, and shielded his eyes with his arms. He wasn't the only one, as everyone in their seats had also shielded their eyes from view.

Suddenly, as the light died down, aounds akin to that of a thousand or more birds crying was heard all around the arena.

Dai Shu's instincts screamed at him to run but it was too late.

"Chidori." That was the last thing Dai Shu had heard before he succ.u.mbed to darkness.