Abnormal Moon

"I'm being arrogant again now."

Roy looked at Li Shenhua, whose face was deathly pale as he gripped her shoulder, and smiled kindly.

"On the contrary, why aren't you arrogant anymore?"

"Um... I think being arrogant... isn't a good thing. Let's be more friendly..."

Li Shenhua forced a laugh, his face dripping with sweat, his eyes fixed fearfully on Roy's fist.

You absolutely cannot withstand that kind of punch!

"Ok?"

Just as Roy was about to punch him, a violent surge of heat suddenly hit him from above.

He looked up, but there was nothing in the air. He couldn't see any heat waves or even a single flame, but he still nodded knowingly.

"So that's how it is. This is your trump card?"

"Release Shen Hua!"

Li Shenyun's scolding voice came from all directions of the venue.

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Okay!"

Luo Yi readily agreed, picked up Li Shenhua with his large hand, and threw him into the sky with a forceful throw.

"Wait, wait! That's not how you put it!"

"Shen Yun, you idiot! Aaaaaah!"

A spectacular burst of fireworks exploded in the sky.

A massive fireball, ten meters in diameter and formed from the fusion of countless talismans, revealed its true form in mid-air. Li Shenhua was thrown into it, causing the fireball to explode on the spot, and a wave of heat swept across the entire stage area.

Seeing Li Shenhua fall from mid-air like a rag, Li Shenyun, who was hiding in the shadows, was dumbfounded.

Even when the brother and sister fought together, they couldn't defeat Roy, whose strength was restricted, let alone when she was alone.

"They were clearly in the lead at the beginning, so why did they collapse like a house of cards in the blink of an eye?"

Li Shenyun muttered to himself, his face ashen.

Roy came up to her and gently dusted off non-existent dust from his body.

For several minutes after the battle began, he remained spotless.

What gave you the illusion that you had the upper hand?

The illusion did cause him some trouble, but from beginning to end, Roy never felt that it was beyond his control. His own perception ability was very strong. Although he was always on high alert, he defended against all the attacks of the two siblings. He was just using this opportunity to hone his "knowledge" level. The Li siblings were just a suitable stepping stone for him.

Li Shenyun jumped, looking at Luo Yi with a panicked expression, her eyes darting around aimlessly.

"Um, please be gentle..."

Roy threw a punch.

Li Shenyun was so frightened that she covered her head and squatted on the ground, trembling.

Roy tilted his head subtly, then reached out and crushed the school badge on her chest.

The crouching position made it a little difficult to grab, and it felt like I was grabbing something strange... Let's just assume it was an illusion.

"competition is over!"

"I never expected that Roy would actually defeat the ninth and tenth team of Jielong without even bringing any weapons, and it didn't seem to be difficult for him at all. He truly deserves to be a championship contender; he's a genuine powerhouse!"

"To see him give it his all, we'll probably have to wait until the next game."

Roy turned around and, amidst the cheers of the audience, beckoned Claudia to walk towards the exit.

Li Shenyun stood up from the ground.

She clutched her chest tightly with both arms, her face flushed as if blood was boiling, and there was a faint glimmer of water in her eyes, whether from fright or something else, it was hard to tell.

She stared blankly in the direction Roy and the other man had left, unable to come to her senses for a long time.

It wasn't until the ambulance crew came on and carried the charred Li Shenhua off the field that she snapped out of her daze and rushed towards Li Shenhua.

Are you going today?

After leaving the field, Claudia looked at Roy and asked.

"Well, I just had a breakthrough today, so I need to plan out my next training schedule."

"Remember to come back early, tomorrow is the semi-final."

The sixth round of the quarterfinals lasted one day.

The seventh round of semi-finals will continue for another day.

The final round of the competition will be held on the last day of this year's Star Martial Arts Festival.

Having already passed today's semi-final, all they need to do is play two more matches tomorrow and the day after, and if they win both, they will become the champions of this year's Star Martial Arts Festival!

"Tomorrow's opponent is not to be underestimated; it would be best to discuss tactics."

"Ah."

Roy didn't argue, but nodded in agreement.

According to the schedule, their opponents in tomorrow's semifinals are the two teams that will play the match after them: Aldi and Limshi versus Moritz and Gert. Moritz and Limshi are from Rewolf Black Academy. One of them is ranked 12th in the rankings, and the other has also been ranked before. Both of them are quite strong, but reaching the quarterfinals is an exceptional performance.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, their opponents tomorrow will be Aldi and Rimshi, the two pseudo-humans from the Alcant Research Institute.

The two robots were quite powerful, especially the male-like robot named Aldi, who could even create a defensive barrier on its own.

Meanwhile, on another stage.

Okita Souji swung his sword, sending his opponent's one-handed sword flying, and then with another slash, he severed the boy's school badge.

She didn't even glance at the pale, battered expression of the brown-haired boy who was at most a middle school student. She turned away indifferently and left the stage with Stella, who had almost burned the heavily armored knight to a crisp.

Their opponents were Dolotio Remus, the eleventh-ranked armored magician at St. Galedovath Academy, and Elliot Forsta, the twelfth-ranked Radiant Swordsman. These two were no less powerful than the Li siblings.

But the two girls ruthlessly crushed their opponents in less than a minute at the start of the game.

After the event, the usual Q&A session with reporters followed.

Seeing that Okita Souji had already closed his eyes and entered a state of rest, holding his sword and ignoring the reporters' cameras and microphones, Stella had no choice but to deal with the reporters by herself.

"Miss Stella, you must be a witch, right?"

During the process, a reporter asked an abrupt question, which everyone should be able to see: why was that question asked?

"Yes."

Stella, not understanding the situation, gave a rather conservative answer.

"Then why is it that every time you make a move, I can't see the flow of the universal hormone at all?"

The reporter pushed the microphone forward another step, looking at her with a strange expression.

"Are you really a witch—or are you actually a swordsman?"

Stella's pupils contracted, and her vigilance instantly surged.

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Chapter 229 Definitely next time

The reporters exchanged bewildered glances, unsure what their colleague was up to all of a sudden.

What is a butcher?

The stage isolates the inside from the outside, so not only can the universal elements flow, but even sound cannot get in. How can you tell whether there is universal element flow or not?

Stella looked at the reporter and saw his strange expression and bizarrely distorted features, which set off alarm bells in her mind.

"Who the hell are you!"

Her face was full of vigilance as she sharply questioned the reporter.

As soon as she said that, Roy, who was hiding behind Ms. Okita, knew he was in trouble.

Sister, by saying that, aren't you essentially admitting that you're a swordsman?

As expected, seeing that she did not refute but was so guarded, as if a big secret had been exposed, the reporters became excited like sharks smelling blood.

"So, Miss Stella doesn't deny the fact that she's not a witch?"

"Miss Stella, are you really not a witch? Then how do you control fire?"

"Miss Stella, what is a Blade Weaver? Is that the secret to your control over flames?"

Reporters swarmed over, excitedly shoving microphones right in Stella's face, as if they wanted to expose all her secrets.

Stella was startled by the sudden excitement of the reporters and it took her a while to react.

She should have pretended to be clueless from the beginning and avoided the reporter's questions, then found an opportunity to confront the reporter! Now she's fallen into a trap!

At this thought, she couldn't help but secretly despise her underdeveloped brain.