City Lord Xu’s eyes lit up.

“This Wang Zen boy, I want him for my City Guard.” The City Lord said.

“What?” Xu Hua said in horror. “Why him? Why would you want this trash! He is nothing! He is…”

“Quiet!” The City Lord said, glaring at his daughter.

She shut her mouth and shrunk in her seat under her father’s stare. “I am appalled daughter, that you cannot even appreciate the boy’s spirit. Look at him, he is fighting someone who is better than him in every way. Chen Jian is stronger, faster, more talented but look at him. He is not only keeping up with his opponent, he is beating them.

“If he survives, many will be clambering to have him under their employ. I would rather he be under mine.”

It was then that Chen Jian’s power changed and his appearance looked slightly different. The killing intent rising from the boy made even the City Lord shudder in fear.

“If he survives is the operative word.” City Lord Xu said.

Zen was looking at Chen Jian in fear. His red eyes pierced into his own brown ones. He was doing his best to withstand the ancient killing intent and the mass power boost Jian was showing. Not even using his Mock Levels ki ability, could Zen match that power.

He raised his shaky hands into a fist.

“It ends!” The voice of Jian came out but it sounded distorted, almost as if another voice was overlaid atop of Jian’s.

Jian opened his palm and twin discs appeared, nearly instantaneously. Usually, it would take some time for him to form them but this time, he was able to do it faster.

Jian dashed forward. He threw both discs at Zen.

“Focused Blitz Punch!” Zen punched the two discs, dissipating them.

Jian leapt up, creating two more discs at Zen from the air.

Zen turned his techniques at the two discs.

Jian landed right in front of Zen, as he was still dealing with the last ki disc, leaving him open for an attack.

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Jian thrust his hand out, creating a disc at the same time which hit Zen in the stomach. Zen was sent hurtling away. Zen tried to stay on his feet but he collapsed to a knee. Zen looked up in time to see a disc heading towards him.

He rolled to the side to dodge it.

Jian began slowly and menacingly approaching, with ki discs appearing in each hand. He tossed one, Zen used Focused Blitz Punch to dissipate the ki disc.

Jian used Cosmic Short Step to teleport in front of Zen, slamming the disc into the surprised boy’s chest and sending him flying into the air.

Jian created another ki disc and threw it at Zen while he was airborne. The disc hit his ribs, making him go higher into the air while changing his trajectory. Jian began to run, creating two more discs. He leapt up and kicked Zen before he could land and threw the two discs into him for good measure.

Zen landed flat on the ground. For a moment he was still, then he got up.

Jian began to approach and Zen turned tail and ran. People began booing, seeing Zen run while Jian threw a few more discs at him while giving chase. This happened for some time, Zen running away, around the ring to avoid both the discs and Jian.

Zen suddenly slowed down, dodging a disc in the process and faced Jian.

Zen dashed forward, quickly closing the distance between him and Jian.

Though Jian was surprised, he reacted by trying to slam the remaining ki disc down at Zen, while forming another in his hand. Zen grabbed his arm. The disc dissipated as Jian’s eyes widened in amazement.

“Get out of my ring, you demon BASTAAARD!” Zen said as he fell back and used his leg to vault Jian over him, sending him across the air and out of the ring.

This was Zen’s plan, to get Jian to chase him around the ring. He wanted him to lower his guard enough for Zen to try and win by knocking him out of the ring!

Zen watched in relief as Jian flew over the edge of the ring to the waiting grass below. To his shock, a ki disc appeared at Jian’s foot! The disc’s edge slammed on the ground, burying a quarter of it in the grass, while Jian landed on the other end.

The referees quickly rounded the ring to confirm that he did not touch the ground.

“Come on!” Zen said. “He’s got to be disqualified!”

“None of his body is touching the ground!” The main referee said.

Jian created two discs in his hand.

“You do know I’m not letting you back on this stage right!” Zen spat. “So just step on the ground and go away!”

Jian leapt into the air just as the disc he was standing on popped into nothingness. Jian flipped and spun around in the air, throwing discs as he did.

Zen had to dodge a rain of ki discs in the air. He was too distracted to try and stop Jian as he sailed over his head and landed in the ring.

Zen looked at Jian bitterly as the demon looking boy created two more ki discs.

“Go away and die!” Jian’s unnatural voice said as he raised the one of his hands with the disc, ready to throw…

Jian suddenly collapsed a knee, his ki discs vanishing. His frizzled hair smoothened out and his red eyes returned to being blue.

“I can’t believe this scum pushed me into using that power,” Jian complained to himself.

Zen became less tense when Jian’s unnatural killing intent and power disappeared.

Jian got back to his feet, glaring at Zen with hate. “I have wasted enough time on you.”

“Funny,” Zen said, getting back some of his confidence as he bounced around, “I was about to say the same thing.”

“Then let’s end this,” Chen Jian said, taking a fighting stance and making a come hither gesture.