Chapter 317: Chapter 317 Shock.
Lee felt a little bit conflicted seeing his two students face each other, but deep down, he was proud of his student\'s accomplishments. Because he was different from the other class in the first year, his class was still participating in the competition.
Xiao Lian, with her languid expression, hesitated for a bit. However, upon looking at Soma\'s stern gaze, she changed her mind and took out her blue spear, the legendary-grade weapon.
Soma, too, responded by summoning his weapon, but different from her, he used the gauntlet he received from his first dungeon diving.
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"...Soma, are you serious, right now?".
A flame of anger began to sprout in her heart, but upon looking at his booth, Xiao Lian\'s gaze faltered.
"What? I just used half of it, for my mobility. Because if I used all sets. It won\'t be a match".
His confident tone and the fact that Xiao Lian knew best of that stirred her frustration further. But She could only swallow back her anger and regulated her breathing to keep her calm.
"Both of you remember to not use the skill in the weapon you have, understood?".
"Oh, but teacher Lee, my boots are making me capable of walking in the air without spending any mana and it was a passive skill, so how about that, can I use it?".
Lee mulled over Soma\'s question for a bit before he turned to Xiao Lian.
"Do you mind it?".
Xiao Lian shook her head and stated her confidence even when facing Soma.
"Even though he could fly he didn\'t have any long range attack anyway".
"That hurt to hear".
True, as Xiao Lian said, Soma is weak in his long-range attack and seems to still have no progress regarding his lightning magic. Most of the time, he trained the breathing technique to try to breach out the second star, and for that, he neglected his magic for a bit.
This is one of the lightning element weaknesses, even though it was rare and had a high firepower. It was only useful for limited use when it was still in its beginner phase.
"Okay, both of you move toward your station!".
Soma didn\'t utter any words and just turned his back and left the place, while Xiao Lian exhaled, got rid of the distressed feeling in her heart, and then walked away.
Lee saw her figure leaving, and when both contestants were ready in their place, he raised his hand.
"The match starts!".
A loud cheer accompanied the starting match between these two promising first-year students.
Soma calmly observed his opponent with a stone-cold gaze which made her body flinch just a moment, but Xiao Lian gripped her spear tightly, preparing her heart before lunging forward.
Looking at her moving, Soma lowered his stance and changed his approach. His fist turns into an open palm, and his aggressive mind turns serene, like the surface of a lake, giving off an ethereal feeling at night.
Xiao Lian thrust the spear, the blade inch away from Soma\'s head but he lightly tilted his head to the side, but she began to retract it and perform a relentless thrust that aimed at his face.
His eyes watched the dozens of spear tips coming to his side in slow motion. So he still had some leeway, and when Xiao Lian retrach her spear, Soma stepped forward and delivered a palm thrust that collided with her abdomen.
"Guhk!".
Xiao Lian received a heavy blow that almost rendered her feet useless, but after being dragged two steps behind, she staggered and reclaimed her stance back.
"What\'s the matter, done already?".
A mocking tone that rarely spilt from Soma\'s mouth stung her ears as it stirred her calm heart. But Xiao Lian is confident in her mind, as she chants the words her mother always taught her in her mind, "Get rid of your demon, Get rid of your fear, Get rid of …". Those words were like a charm that protected her heart in distress.
After regaining her calm, she began to change her approach and create several magic circles around her and surrounding Soma with one single wave from her hand.
"Ice arrows".
Dozens of transparent arrows shot from the circle like a barrage of gunfire, leaving a blue line in its track.
Soma, within his perspective, scanned all of the arrows\' trajectory and began to create a plausible plan as he dodged, crushed, caught and did everything in his possession to come out from the encirclement.
"Got you!".
As he managed to escape the barrage, a huge shadow loomed above him, created from a massive chunk of ice, that arrived in his front nose.
However, Soma\'s instinct kicked and his body moved reflexively, lay down, hands touched the ground and used his right leg to kick the ice.
In an instant, the ice cracked, and it spread out throughout the whole body until it collapsed. Then, using the tiny debris that rained toward him, Soma stood up and flicked each one of its pieces that came into his sight.
"Take this!".
Xiao Lian stood frozen and felt a piece of tiny ice just cross her face, cutting the wind in its trajectory, her mind began to respond by raising her palm forward and creating a thick layer of ice that blocked the incoming barrages.
However, her relief didn\'t last long as she heard a cracked sound and saw a web pattern begin to accumulate in the shield. She gritted her teeth, and when the barrage was over, she dispersed the magic and moved forward.
"Too slow!".
A palm blocked her vision, and she felt a sudden sock that assaulted her head, shaking up her brain, and her vision turned distorted.
Another shock jolted her body from the sides; it came from her ribs as Soma delivered a kick that almost broke the brooch in her possession.
Realizing that her remaining life was less than half, She gritted her teeth and fixed her posture while being thrown, then used the momentum to stand and put on her stance.
Everyone in the stadium turned muted, for they saw the violence Soma had given to her. In their mind, they knew it was just a competition, but the thought of kicking a helpless girl in the stomach was infuriating them, much less the one who received that is the figure of an Idol from first-year students.
The male, in particular, began to keep boiling anger and hostility as they saw soma watch her figure from afar, who struggled even to stand.
"What the hell is his problem?".
"Such arrogant!".
"Just because he is famous, he thinks he can do whatever".
"Yeah, that just messed up".
"...I heard Xiao Lian is always with him".
"Don\'t tell me she was being forced?".
Murmuring nasty rumours began to spread like wildfire throughout the students\' circles.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, the one who stood at the top, who understands the path to becoming a true awakener, feels a bit amazed toward Soma because he didn\'t hesitate even though his opponent is a girl.
When Serafina saw the outcome inside the VIP room, she sighed, leaned her back toward the seat and spoke.
"Yeah, he is unbeatable as usual".
Xiao Rui, her assistant, Hisako, and Hiroshi, who had seen Soma\'s power first-hand ever since they knew him, were baffled, especially Xiao Rui, who seemed conflicted seeing her relatives kicking a girl mercilessly in the stomach.
"Sweetheart, how is Soma compared to others from your perspective?".
Only Beatrice, the person who didn\'t have any power system and could only enjoy the match as a form of sport, kept her calm and asked her daughter.
"Well, I don\'t know the accurate comparison, but Soma was at least on the level as someone that stands in S-Rank awakeners if he is in full gear and brings all of his power out".
Everyone in the room gasped for the line Serafina had said. Beatrice sighed in amazement and then turned to Violet who knew his power well too.
"Do you think so too, Violet?".
Violet reluctantly nodded her head and, with a bitter face, spoke.
"Yes, I can\'t picture myself defeating him in a serious fight".
The four gazes began to be drawn toward the arena once more, for they saw the match had resumed.
"Soma is so strong!".
"Well, he is the man I choose, after all".
Serafina, boasting couldn\'t be filtered by others as they focused toward the match.
Xiao Lian inhaled deeply and observed the figure of Soma who was still standing calmly in front of her. It seemed he decided to prolong the match to see what kind of cards she would open.
However, no matter what it was, she couldn\'t think of anything. Her martial art fell in comparison; if it\'s magic, she could manage it with ice, but if it\'s water, then she is doomed because of his Lightning constitution.
"What should I do?". Then, from the corner of her eyes, she saw the figure of Hina stand proudly, watching her with a gaze full of trust.
"My wish is?".