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As both the finalists chose their teammates, the two teams were allowed to discuss amongst themselves to help in coordinating their moves with each other.

A few minutes pass, and the competitors were finally asked to stand against each other in the middle of the ring.

On one side, stood the charming and elegant Zhang Yanhua, and the ever so ambiguous but well received Chen Yifan.

Over the other side, stood the handsome and popular Zhang Feng, his face radiating a warmth that could make even the coldest hearts melt, his eyes shielded by his long hair still, and the pride and joy of the Li family, Li Tianyu. His eyes sharp and clear.

This was a battle, a battle between the underdogs Zhang Yanhua and Chen Yifan, who always had their achievements buried due to the higher achievements of their elder siblings, and the heirs. The ones chosen by their respective families to lead the family in the future to prosperity.

'This felt nice, as soon as he was asked to choose a competitor from the crowd, Li Tianyu's eyes immediately fell onto mine. Heh, as if we've had reached a tactic understanding.' Zhang Feng smiled at the thought as he greeted his sister and his friend standing against him, as required by the tournament.

"To think that Yifan would choose to undergo his ascension at this place... You're truly one of a kind!" Li Tianyu gave Chen Yifan a thumbs-up, to which, Chen Yifan just chuckled dryly.

"Get ready!" The referee's voice resounded through the arena.

Zhang Yanhua smiled sweetly at Zhang Feng as she spoke, "Please do not hold back this time, big brother," She chuckled, "otherwise they would probably choose me as the heiress..."

*BEGIN!*

The round had already begun, yet, none of them made a move. Each party carefully assessing the other. Li Tianyu silently studied his new opponent, Chen Yifan, just as the latter did the same.

Seconds roll into minutes, the tension growing with each passing movement... And then, in a flash, the battle erupted. And the person who made the first move was none other than the recently ascended Chen Yifan!

Harnessing the powers of the Darkness element, Chen Yifan lunged forward like a sharp shadow, slicing through the air to hit Li Tianyu. This was the speciality of the element of Darkness; swift and sudden moves to make short work of the opponent.

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Li Tianyu chuckled, he side-stepped and dodged the attack, his movements were boosted by the Time element and thus he was easily able to dodge the attack. It was as if he had predicted that Chen Yifan would have started with this move.

Seeing Li Tianyu side-step and lose focus, Zhang Yanhua immediately seized the opportunity, she circulated the power of Order within her and formed a tiny lump of Order qi in her hands, coating them like a glove, as she punched forward, straight towards where Li Tianyu's dantian would be located. The power of Order can temporarily restrict the flow of qi from the dantian to the rest of the body, this, making him a sitting duck if the move were to connect.

In the span of a single moment, just as the punch was about to hit Li Tianyu, Zhang Yanhua's hand was obstructed. By none other than her own brother.

Zhang Feng grinned at Zhang Yanhua, his palm tightly grabbing the fist that was about to hit the off-guard Li Tianyu. If it hit a normal person, her punch would have still been effective, but it was Zhang Feng she was up against. He used the Transparent element to circulate the element of Chaos, and thus, the opposite elements of Chaos and Order cancelled each other.

Seeing the missed opportunity, Zhang Yanhua attempted to kick at Zhang Feng, causing the latter to let go of her hand. But that kick was merely a fluke, as soon as her hand was released, Zhang Yanhua jumped backwards, creating some distance between the two of them.

Chen Yifan too, had already created some distance between Li Tianyu and himself, and was circling the latter, looking for an opportunity to launch another attack.

This brief exchange only lasted for less than five seconds, and no clear victor was determined so far. Chen Yifan and Zhang Yanhua looked at their opponents from two different ends, while Zhang Feng and Li Tianyu had their backs pressed against each other, on guard.

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'This was bad, they launched the attack and now they have the initiative, while we are forced into a defensive stance...'

I was worried about how the last exchange went. Chen Yifan and Little Hua took the initiative and now both Tianyu and I are stuck here, trying to defend. I need to come up with something quick!

Sighing, I looked at the audience, they were definitely enjoying themselves, some were definitely making bets on which team would win. My gaze fell upon some of the girls, heh, they were trying hard to cheer for me and get noticed... But there was no sign of her .

'Did Little Xin really not come...?' I was about to look elsewhere, when Li Tianyu suddenly pushed me aside.

"Behind you!" He warned as he shoved me aside, but Chen Yifan's attack still slightly grazed my shoulder. It hurt somewhat.

I balanced my legs and stood on high alert. "Tch!"

Chen Yifan was now back at Little Hua's side and that gave me an idea. An idea that could potentially tip the scales in our favour!

I steadied my mind and unfocused my eyes a bit so that my opponents take the chance to attack me.

'And attack me they did!'

Anticipating Chen Yifan's strike, I channeled the Transparent element qi to simulate the element of Light and raised my hand coated in Light qi to meet the sharp shadowy sword-like entity that Chen Yifan had turned into.

A sizzle. A wail of pain. The shadowy sword was unable to pass through, or even harm my hand. Chen Yifan appeared a few steps away from me, clutching his right arm which was now covered in burns.

But alas, it was too early to celebrate. Seizing the opening left between me and Li Tianyu due to Chen Yifan's display of pain, Little Hua landed a solid punch brimming with violent Order qi straight at where my dantian would be located.

It was too late to transition my Transparent qi to anything else, and by the time I realised it, my dantian was forcibly locked up by the hostile Order qi. The pain from the punch made me drop to a knee.

I was nothing more than a liability now, effectively knocked out of the tournament for who knows how long.

But then I suddenly felt a strong arm on my shoulder pull me up. I glanced over and it was none other than Li Tianyu... Brother Tianyu!

He was not looking at me, but rather at Little Hua and Chen Yifan, who were ready to finish us off at any time.

"Get back, Brother Feng. I shall hold 'em off while you get back your strength.", Li Tianyu paused before looking at me, "You can, right?"

That's right. As the heir of the Zhang noble clan, and born with the heaven defying Transparent element, I was naturally taught to simulate most of the basic elements and all the six major elements.

I let out a light chuckle as I jumped backwards. "Of course, Brother Tianyu. I shall not be long!" I replied with a slight smile grazing my lips.

I, Zhang Feng, the heir of the Zhang family, shall not be defeated so easily!