Breman: Welcome back, Di Qi Ju, how’s the taste of your first victory? Di Qi Ju: My neck was turned into a pincushion, how do you think it feels… Having just returned to the backstage, Breman came up to me with a cheeky greeting. Now that my own Death Match had finished, today’s matches were mostly over. Of those I …
Chapter 89: Sword Soul
Fists, fists as numerous as droplets of water rained upon my body. So, this fellow was a fist fighter as well? I bet he only did so because I had that “hit me” look on my face right now thus he decided to test the waters first with his fists. While I wasn’t sure what kind of scene was playing …
Chapter 88: A Position of Invincibility
Having settled in the injured One’day High, Breman and I gained some alone time together. I recounted today’s encounter with Bailey and also brought up the matter of Naphier; the matter about her wish ability “returning”. Breman: Oh…how about we settle one thing at a time first. Breman: First off, was it really worth it to withdraw from the Battle …
Chapter 87: Victory and Defeat
*kachak*— With a crack that sounded like something had been penetrated, the rigid water dragon broke through the ground and violently tunneled into the earth. In the areas mankind had explored or colonized, there was no place this contraption couldn’t penetrate. One’day High reached out gave the water dragon a twist. With a fierce whoosh, a pillar of water gushed …
Chapter 86: Settling a Score
One’day High: So you’re saying…you’ve all been eliminated? Di Qi Ju: Ah…mhm. Lee Sole’shot: His abilities countered me too hard, I couldn’t help you settle that debt beforehand. Sorry Boss. One’day High:… One’day High: It’s fine, I sort of expected that. One’day High: At least I didn’t get eliminated prematurely so my plan hasn’t failed yet. At this very moment, …
Chapter 85: Successor
Bailey Estrange, Mo Chuan and I were ushered into the resting area beneath the stage. It had been 10 minutes since that happened. In the eyes of the judge, the damage I received was fatal thus he forcefully ended the match. Right now, they were discussing how to judge this outcome. The three of us were lined up in a …
Chapter 84: Cascading Vengeance
The vast arena grounds was demarcated into ten smaller arenas by white lines formed out of powder. Each section was or was going to be an arena stage for a match. As the various combatants entered the arena grounds, the clamor from the audience stands reached a feverish level. Audience: Wooahh— Di Qi Ju:… I couldn’t decipher what those shouts …
Chapter 83: An Unexpected Opponent
A sea of people. A sea that stretched as far as the eye can see. In my previous world, I once heard of a saying: if you stack all the people in the world shoulder to shoulder, you would at most be able to fill up a major metropolis. Right now, this was exactly what I was experiencing: did everyone …
Chapter 82: A Painful Therapy (draft)
From the across the lands and even the worlds, peoples from all walks of life with different reasons and goals gather at the same spot for one singular purpose. The Country of Skills, the Grand Coliseum. Every round of the Three Battles was a major crowd pleaser that attracted everyone from the strongest of experts to even the local lords, …
Chapter 81: Poppy (draft)
Standing within the school’s courtyard, Poppy waved a goodbye to Di Qi Ju. Even though he had already left the premises for a while, she didn’t return to the compound yet. In that short alone time they had together just now, they didn’t talk about anything special in particular nor did they do anything special. All they did was share …