Chapter 49 - 49. Match

Third person POV

Xu Tingfeng always held a martial art duel every month, and this month was special, the last winner would fight him despite no one could win over him. 70 men and women line up based on their rate, there were 2 rate in the elite forces. 50 on the right side and 20 on the left side.

The rate that has the most member was second rate, because they were trained in an assassin guild ( Spider Lily), they used assassin's way of evaluation. The second rate soldiers were way weaker than the first rate soldiers, one first rate soldier could kill 15 second rate soldiers. The second rate elite forces were divided to 2 types. The first type is fighter, they majored in martial arts and strength. The second type is mage, they majored in magic.

Actually they could do both martial arts and magic but the fighter's martial arts was more advanced than the mage's and on the other side, the mage's magic was more powerful than the fighter's.

The rate that had the least member is first rate, they excelled both martial arts and magic. Most of the first rate soldiers were almost as strong as Xu Tingfeng. They were the best among the best in elite forces, that's why their number was very little.

One by one, they fought until they fell. They couldn't give up as Xu Tingfeng would immediately kick them out from the elite forces. Shu Huatuo was standing beside Xu Tingfeng, if there was any emergency, he would be able to treat them quicker.

After two hours of fighting between the second rate soldiers, there were 2 finales, it were Hong er and Ah Tong ( her shadow guard). They had to fight each other and decide who was the winner.

Hong er summoned her sword and on her fighting stance, meanwhile Ah Tong summoned his halberd and getting ready.

Xu Tingfeng: " Ready, fight!"

Hong er immediately disappeared, Ah Tong was looking around before he swung his halberd to his back. ' Clang' He immediately swung his halberd to his left side ' Clang' and he spun around his halberd with his finger. The sound of metal clashing with each other sounded loudly on the training field which means the attacks were strong.

Every time Hong er's sword hit At Tong's halberd, his halberd would shook, his hands started to feel sore. As Hong er was more focused on agility, her movements were nimble. The on lookers hardly could see Hong er as she moves so fast.

Ah Tong: ' I have to attack!'

Hong er swiftly jumped up and swung her sword on his head. Ah Tong swung his halberd above his head, the attack this time was way stronger than the previous one. He fell on one knee but before his knee touched the ground, he swung his hand backwards and grabbed on Hong er's collar. Because of Hong er's small body size, he could easily swung Hong er's body to his front.

Before he could slam Hong er to the ground, Hong er spun her body and armlocked him but he managed to lift her up with one arm. Hong er knew it wasn't gonna work, she unsummon her sword and summoned her dagger. She spun her body again, she headlocked him and point the dagger on his neck.

Xu Tingfeng: " Match finished, the winner is Xu Feihong."

Hong er relased Ah Tong and helped him up. They bowed to each other and got down from the ring. They went to Xu Tingfeng and kneeled, the dual was made to observe your improvement every month. That's why after every match, Xu Tingfeng would gave them some advice and what they should improve.

Xu Tingfeng: " Hong er, your agility had improved a lot in these four months but don't waste your ability, observe your opponent's strength and ability. Your advantage and disadvantage is your body size. You are nimble with that body size but remember your body weight, it is easy for us to lift you with one finger and throw you away."

Hong er: " I understood father."

Xu Tingfeng: " Ah Tong, you knew that Hong er expertise in agility, you shouldn't let her attack first. And you have to be more flexible in using the weapon. You have to change your weapon considering your situation. But despite all of that, you did a good job in detecting Hong er's presence and blocking all of her attacks. Now, you two go rest."

Xu Zhiqiang and Xu Zihao were standing there, stunned. They didn't expect their cute Hong er to be so vicious when she got serious. They gulped, ' women are scary.'

The match continued, the first rate soldiers fought in a very tense way, the bystanders were moving their body like they were the one who was fighting. The bystanders were too focused that they didn't have time to cheer. The only thing that they could say was. " Agh- yes! No! Ah- no- yes" repeatedly

When they were clashing each other, the sparks that was created by the collision were like fireworks. Their movements were extremely fast but they didn't lack power in it. The more intense part was when they were fighting hand to hand. They just flipped each other like pancakes.

Before they could flip the other, they were flipped and then they spun their body again and flipped their body again. Their body were entangled to each other.

After an hour of fighting, the final winner of the match was Yao Jian. He was the leader of the first rate soldiers. Xu Tingfeng gave them advice and told Yao Jian to rest as he would fight with Xu Tingfeng.

While waiting for Yao Jian to charge his energy, Xu Zhiqiang and Xu Zihao were dueling. And obviously the winner was Xu Zhiqiang as he was more experienced. But it didn't mean that Xu Zihao was weak. Xu Tingfeng observed their ability and satisfied by the result of Xu Yingjie's training.