Chapter 141 - Ten Moves

As Shi Ai stood there pondering how the stakes had been raised,she failed to realize that a referee had already walked into the arena and whistled to start. 

"Umph!" A sudden blow to the face made Shi Ai fall back in surprise as she realized that Xu Likun had already attacked. Wincing at the pain,she stood there shocked,but Xu Li had already moved into position for the second attack. There was only one rule in the game to win. A complete KO. Knock Out. Just as Xu Li's foot wood have connected with Shi Ai's stomach, Shi Ai's training kicked in and moving back she caught Xu Li's ankle and pulled the woman,throwing her off balance. Quick to recover,Xu Li folded herself and was already ready to jab at Shi Ai before even falling to the ground. This aggression pushed Shi Ai into a defending position from the very  beginning as Xu Li used her training to keep up a continuous attack.  Xu Li fought like a machine,intent only on knocking Shi Ai out and winning Ah Hai. She just needed to win one competition and Ah Hai would be hers. This was her motivator and also what caused her to loose.

While playing on the defensive,Shi Ai had already started to note Xu Li's weak points. This was because of their different training. Xu Li had always been an aggressor while Ah Hai had thought Shi Ai to play on another person's weeknesses.

Only after a few minutes,both women were sweating and trembling with adrenaline. Xu Li was getting frustrated as Shi Ai evaded each of her attacks with stealth. Only the bloody cut on her lip gave Xu Li the satisfaction of getting into a fight.

Shi AI could feel that her lip had swollen and the coppery taste of blood was still in her mouth. She looked for an opportunity to attack and finally found it when Xu Li tried to give her a round about kick. Anticipating her move,Shi Ai dropped to the ground in a quick move and kicked at Xu Li's ankle with force causing the latter to loose her balance. Before she could stable herself,Shi Ai caught hold of the woman's arms behind her back and pushed Xu Li's head into the arena before bouncing back. Even as Xu Li tried to escape the attack, Shi Ai had already stood up and catching hold of the woman's foot,flipped her over.

This move shocked the entire audience who sat there quietly as they watched the game change. In the beginning,they had all assumed that the best Shi Ai could do was defend herself and last through the game. The quick sounds of the two people being attacked were resounding through the arena.

Upstairs,Shot almost uttered an expletive loudly when Xu Li fell head first onto the floor. Her head was going to have a big bump!Apart from  a few people who were in the administrative office,everyone in KSS was well trained in some form of martial arts or combat training. So within the first five moves theu were able to see that Shi Ai was muh better than Xu Likun. Her stance was natural and her attack precise.

"THWACK!" On the tenth move, Shi Ai had pinned Xu Li to the ground and stood over her breathing hard. The arena started to resound with a loud cheer as everybody clapped. No one had expected the girl to have such power. Even Shot and Viper,moved to congratulate Ah Hai. Though Ah Hai's wife did not need any validation from them,by proving herself, she had earned their respect and regards.

But Ah Hai sat indifferently and did not accept congratulations. Shot frowned at this and said,"Don't tell me that you actually wanted her to lose. But she is very good at fighting. She looks very frail though. Have you trained her?"

Without acknowledging the earlier part, Ah Hai nodded for the second part of the sentence,"Yes. I have trained her."

Before Shot could complaint about Ah Hai not accepting the congratulations,Xu Likun was once again on her feet and ruched towards Shi Ai who had turned to walk out of the arena.Everyone was focused on Shi Ai that nobody had noticed that the referee had not yet whistled to signal the end and Xu Li was already on her feet. A few feet away from Shi Ai, Xu Li jumped up to place a kick on Shi Ai's lower back with a scream. The entire audience was jolted and screamed in terrified excitement. The game had been overturned. If Xu Li landed the kick then Shi Ai would fall to the hard ground instead of inside and may hurt herself badly.

Many people even closed their eyes to avoid watching such a scene. Just as Xu Li's foot would have connected with Shi Ai, Shi Ai fell to the ground and catching the foot in front of her pulled down hard. Immediately, Xu Li really was knocked out bacause of the hard fall. 

It was only after a few moments had passed that everyone realized that the fight was really over this time. they cheered and clapped for their lady boss who was really cool! She was a damsel who put others in distress. Shi Ai, who had been oblivious to all the noise as she fought suddenly felt overwhelmed with this and would have fallen on the ground if not for Ah Hai who had already rushed to her. This was the first real fight in Shi Ai's life and now she could feel the adrenaline crash as her body almost lost all strength. Ah Hai supported her with one arm around her and placed an ice pack on her swollen lip with the other. In a low voice he praised," You did well and remembered to not put your guard down."Though the praise was said without any inflection or change of expression, Shi Ai could not help smile which then turned into a wince as her mouth hurt.

The two people,however did not realize that they had shocked the entire audience to turn mute while feeding them a hefty dose of dog food!