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Chapter 420: Weeding Out the Stragglers

Lan Jue was beset by danger, suspended alone in the air He looked destined to be ih the air like ballista bolts They closed the gap between their target and the tu down froer fro even faster He htning bolt to evade the threats On occasion the increased gravity would get the better of him and a meteor would find its mark

Those that he couldn’t avoid were deflected, just as he’d done before The point was to take as little dae as he could fro until the boulders blotted out the sky and those terrible spikes hid the floor froht flitting between the cracks This was possible the ht of the tournament up to this point, as was evidence by the fact that al

“Smash him! Smash him! Smash him!” The cries swelled to a cacophonous chant as the spectators cheered 122 on

122 watched hi expression on her face The meteor showers and earth spikes were her most practiced abilities Her concentration was honed to a laser focus, bringing all of her power to bear against that single dark spot in the sky

Where she struggled was in finding a way to lock the speedy bastard down Every tihts he’d find soe but it wasn’t enough, and the longer this went on the darker the outlook beca a great deal of energy in the process as well, but it was all worth it to force 122 in to this position At the very least her doughty attacks served to er!

For ten minutes neither earned the upper hand, but even so the audience knehat the result would be 122 was out In the end the chances of her co away victorious were sli hail of meteors lessened The spikes spat from the earth below caravitational anoun to ease Just in tiht His clothes were torn and dirty – the result of repeated run-ins with the focused h she didn’t know it she’d had hiainst the ropes Any faster and there wouldn’t have beendoll He had suffered soh none were serious – but only because the explosive nature of his Discipline and his Taiji training had spared him a very dismal fate

More important than any of this was the continued adjustoal the entire time, and the result of this competition was a distant secondary concern

Suddenly the yellow haze and pu rocks subsided

Eh? Why’d she stop? Lan Jue pondered He stopped his erratic flight patterns and looked down at her Her chest heaved fro more Her red-rimmed eyes were thick with tears when, suddenly and with a shrieking voice she cried, “you bully!” She ran froasted by what just happened She had tried to flatten hi cascade of rocks the size of his head, and he was the bully? What the hell?

“Lowlife! Lowlife! Lowlife!” The crowed had settled on a single curse to call in unison Few could hear what she’d said, but there were screens in front of every seat that showed the tears strea down her face

It was a possibility and a potential probleht between a man and a woman Sometimes the women cry, and when they did ould side with the man?

Others decided more choice curses were more appropriate, and screarata out here

Meanwhile, the Gourainst Jun’er’s ears He had to be careful that these overenthusiastic fans didn’t corrupt her youngandarea Conteed away He even earned a strange look froht

“Were you htest note of disapproval in her voice