My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 266 - 263 Its My Turn This Time

What surprised him was that an apprentice from the rival Martial Arts Hall had also learned a Martial Art.

‘Unfortunately, the Martial Art was not mastered proficiently, and compared to the opponent, Xia had a greater variety of Combat Skills.’

Learned from Grey Blade’s Ghost Step… Although Grey Blade had never been to Luoxia, his followers did not confine themselves to their own knowledge—they exchanged and learned from each other, and now each person mastered at least five or six Combat Skills or Magic.

The Combat Skill Ghost Step allowed the young girl to dodge a fatal strike.

At that time, she was already at the end of her strength, and if it had been a regular punch, she might not have been able to incapacitate the apprentice from One Punch Martial Arts Hall.

Therefore, she exerted her last bit of energy to use the Martial Arts Heavy Strike (Heavy Slash).

The effect was a bit better than expected; the Martial Arts Hall apprentice, who had not reached the Sixth Layer of the Body-shaping Realm and whose body was still fragile, had his head burst by a punch.

‘The young girl was unexpectedly decisive.’

Had she not grasped that moment properly, she herself could have been the one to die.

Although Tang Yu wouldn’t say it, a few seconds before that, he was quite nervous himself and was ready to have Shay intervene at any moment.

As for breaking the rules of the duel, did that really need any concern?

Any objections from the audience, Tang Yu believed, could be settled through a fight.

…

Five rounds, two already gone.

It had developed in such a way that Liu Shan had never imagined. Originally, when he agreed to the duel at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, his heart was secretly joyous; he had even prepared several backup plans that he hadn’t needed to use.

However, the strength of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall was beyond his expectations.

In the Advanced training area, he had also sent several trusted subordinates to investigate. He knew that no matter the training, it was impossible to become that much stronger in such a short period…

The dead body on the stage was carried away by several guards from their Martial Arts Hall.

The horrible state of the corpse made Liu Shan’s face somber, and the expressions of the other apprentices beside him fluctuated.

It wasn’t that they were afraid; those higher-level apprentices, including many Awakeners in the first-floor hall, had seen blood and corpses. Only those who had stayed in the Sanctuary since the beginning of the apocalypse could still believe the world was safe and orderly.

Yet the law of the jungle was already etched in the hearts of most Awakeners.

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Even now, everyone was well aware that according to the Sanctuary’s explicit rules, sparring was permitted, but fatalities were not. However… if someone actually died, who would report it?

One Punch Martial Arts Hall wouldn’t.

Even though they originally intended to suppress Extreme Martial Arts Hall, true martial artists do not fear death. Making a fuss with such an excuse would only make them appear more cowardly and incompetent.

Nor would the other onlooking survivors.

They all understood that for a behemoth like Extreme Martial Arts Hall, the death of an individual was a trivial matter. They could report it to the Security Bureau, but the vast majority didn’t have the guts to do so.

Xia Wanru had also been helped down from the stage.

After a brief cleaning of the stage to remove some bloodstains, the third match commenced.

A Third-tier Awakener from One Punch Martial Arts Hall jumped onto the stage with an unsharpened metal combat saber in hand. Ji Ming, a Second-tier in strength, represented Extreme Martial Arts Hall. This time, no one dared to underestimate him.

By this point, the tension between both sides had thickened.

As the fight began, the student from One Punch swung the combat saber ferociously, aiming deadly blows even with an unsharpened blade, which, with enough force, could still kill a man.

Just like the previous round, there wasn’t a huge gap between the two. Ji Ming was at a slight disadvantage in terms of physical strength compared to his opponent, but, having been seasoned by the cruelty of the outside world, Ji Ming was ruthless.

After a few minutes, at the cost of an injured arm, he beat his opponent to death.

The competition had turned increasingly brutal, and the onlooking Awakeners only dared to speak in whispers.

The guards from Extreme Martial Arts Hall and some closely affiliated students managed to keep their expressions neutral, but upon closer inspection, one could see their lips were slightly curved upwards, clearly in a good mood.

Shay looked across the stage, his face beaming with a smile.

Normally, the challenge could have ended after five rounds with three wins.

But such a challenge was anything but normal.

Liu Shan’s face darkened as he coldly spat out a few words, “Continue with the fourth round!”

Even though they had undoubtedly failed this challenge, Liu Shan didn’t want to lose too miserably. Extreme Martial Arts Hall was out of core apprentices. For the last two rounds, at least they could save some face!

A Fourth-tier student made his way to the stage, an imposing figure with a latent murderous aura. He wasn’t just a core apprentice of the martial arts hall; he was someone who had fought through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

On Extreme Martial Arts Hall’s side, no one stepped up for a while.

Many were aware that there were perhaps only two core students in Extreme Martial Arts Hall. As for the other regular students, some initially couldn’t stand watching One Punch Martial Arts Hall and wanted to fight, but now… On one hand, there was the gap between regular students and core apprentices, and on the other hand, stepping up at this stage meant likely death upon defeat.

To put it simply, the regular students were just clients, not truly part of the Martial Arts Hall, and had no obligation to do anything for it.

Only the core apprentices and those who had signed contracts with the Martial Arts Hall were truly ‘their own’.

“Let’s disperse.”

Someone shook their head. The exciting duel had ended and they were ready to leave.

In the eyes of these spectators, Extreme Martial Arts Hall probably had decided not to respond to the last two rounds and just concede. They understood the reasons and wouldn’t think less of them for it. The previous few fights had fully demonstrated the abilities of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall’s students.

The instructional capacities of the Martial Arts Hall were beyond doubt.

It was just that they all felt a bit regretful.

A fight between high-level Awakeners was much more exciting than that of basic ones. If only the timing of this challenge had been pushed back, they might have been able to witness two even more thrilling battles.

Hmm, it might also have been a one-sided beatdown for One Punch Martial Arts Hall, many thought to themselves.

Some were getting ready to leave, others planned to try out the training facilities of Extreme Martial Arts Hall, but at that moment, from somewhere on the second tier, a shout rang out, “Me, me too! I’m the eldest apprentice sister, and it’s my turn to fight this round!”