KOF: Rise of the King of Fighters

"Yan Yue, go for it! Yan Yue, go for it!" At this moment, the female fighter stood below the stage, waving her hands excitedly, cheering for Yan Yue on the stage.

Athena was also infected by the cheers of the female fighters, so she excitedly shouted along, "Flame Moon! Go for it—!"

Their clear and melodious voices echoed throughout the arena, drawing envy from Kensou, Benimaru, and others.

Yan Yue immediately turned her head, smiled somewhat embarrassedly, and waved to them to express her gratitude.

As soon as Cai Baojian saw Yan Yue leap onto the stage, his eyes lit up, and his face revealed an uncontrollable excitement. The steel claws in his hands rubbed together incessantly, making a piercing "crunching" sound.

At the same time, his mouth was wide open, and strange cries of "yo ho ho ho ho" kept coming out of his mouth.

However, Yan Yue remained calm and composed, adjusting her posture without haste, and placing her fists in front of her.

Soon, the referee shouted, "The match begins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cai Baojian flashed forward, using his lightness skill to instantly transform into a blur and rush towards Yan Yue.

In the blink of an eye, Cai Baojian had already appeared in front of Yan Yue, extending his sharp steel claws to strike Yan Yue's vitals.

Yan Yue had anticipated Cai Baojian's attack method. With a thrust of her waist and abdomen, she leaped backward into the air, easily dodging Cai Baojian's attack with a backflip.

At the same time, seeing that his attack had missed, Cai Baojian cleverly changed direction in mid-air using his lightness skill, launching a surprise attack and pouncing on Yan Yue's back once again.

Yan Yue directly unleashed a psychic kick.

[Nen - Tempest Kick]!

A pale blue arc of spiritual energy attacked Cai Baojian. Cai Baojian hadn't expected Yan Yue's counterattack to be so swift, and could only dodge in time, creating distance between himself and Yan Yue.

But after dodging the attack, Cai Baojian forcefully twisted his body in mid-air and landed steadily.

Yan Yue, however, gave Cai Baojian no chance to catch his breath. Her hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals with fluid grace; she had practiced this move thousands of times.

As the hand seal was completed, Yan Yue suddenly raised his hand, and a surge of spiritual energy erupted from his hand.

[Nen Wave]!

The pale blue aura wave rushed toward Choi Bounge with a sharp momentum.

Upon seeing this, Cai Baojian quickly dodged, attempting to avoid the attack.

However, Yan Yue seemed to have anticipated Cai Baojian's dodge direction. Just as Cai Baojian landed, Yan Yue launched another attack without hesitation.

[Nen Wave]!

[Nen Wave]!

[Nen Wave]!

……

In an instant, a series of psychic energy waves rained down on Cai Baojian.

Cai Baojian dodged left and right, struggling to cope, but unfortunately there were just too many and too dense psychic waves, and he was ultimately unable to completely evade all the attacks.

Several muffled thuds were heard as several waves of psychic energy struck Cai Baojian's body, the immense impact causing him to grimace in pain.

"Ouch! That hurts..."

At this moment, Cai Baojian seemed to wake up from a dream and came to his senses, cursing angrily, "Fuck_-_&-." A string of vulgarities came out of his mouth. "It's Bo Shengliu again! Damn it!..." Cai Baojian cursed as he continued to desperately dodge Yan Yue's attacks.

Faced with Cai Baojian's accusations, Yan Yue suddenly stopped attacking and calmly retorted, "Wait a minute, who said this is a wave rising?"

Upon hearing Yan Yue's words, Cai Baojian paused for a moment, then asked in return, "Then what exactly is this?"

Yan Yue's lips curled up slightly, revealing a confident smile, before she answered firmly, "This should be called 'True Wave Rising Flow'!"

"Yan Yue! I c$_--$@--!" Cai Baojian's face turned ashen with rage, he kept cursing and his whole body was trembling. (A detailed description of Cai Baojian's cursing and emotions is omitted here.) Cai Baojian still refused to believe it; he had trained hard for a year just to deal with this situation.

So Cai Baojian continued to try to break through Yan Yue's psychic attack.

However, due to a year of cultivation, Yan Yue's internal energy had increased significantly, and she continued to unleash a barrage of various mental energy techniques.

【Nen - Tempest Kick】

[Nen Wave]

[Spherical Nen Wave]...

If Cai Baojian gets too close, Yan Yue will block him with melee attacks such as [Nen - Rising Dragon Fist] and [Nen - Mid-Level Kick].

Because Yan Yue's psychic attacks were so numerous, as time went on, the fighting arena was also filled with dust and cracks.

Cai Baojian was on the verge of tears, unable to understand why he had encountered Bo Shengliu's underworld fighting style again.

Yan Yue didn't actually want to use Wave Rising Flow to torment Cai Baojian, as it consumed too much of her Nen energy. However, Cai Baojian was short and too agile, making it difficult for Yan Yue to hit him.

Therefore, Yan Yue could only provoke Cai Baojian with Bo Sheng Liu in an attempt to find a weakness in his defenses.

Seeing Cai Baojian on the verge of tears again, Yan Yue seized the opportunity, calmly extended her right hand, and hooked her finger, unleashing the most provocative and mocking gesture.

"Come here!"

At this moment, Cai Baojian was extremely angry and embarrassed. The veins on his forehead were bulging. He suddenly decided that even if he had to use his last bit of strength, he would fight this hateful opponent in front of him.

"You bastard! I'll fight you to the death!"

As he cursed, Cai Baojian concentrated all his strength into his claws. As the power continued to gather, his claws began to tremble slightly. A gust of air swept over his body, and then he began to spin at high speed. Soon, the air he was spinning created a huge tornado.

Super Special Move: True! Super Tornado Vacuum Slash!

Cai Baojian's raging tornado swept rapidly toward Yan Yue, and in the blink of an eye, it had already approached Yan Yue.

However, Yan Yue sensed Cai Baojian's tornado-like airflow and remained unusually calm.

"Isn't such a huge tornado just a target? Here's our chance!"

As a result, more and more spiritual energy continuously gathered within Yan Yue's body.

He took a deep breath, then gently raised his hands, and then slowly but firmly pushed them forward.

Super Special Move: Gale and Rain!

In an instant, an immense surge of spiritual energy erupted from Yan Yue's palms, forming a massive wave of spiritual energy that swept forward with overwhelming force.

These energy waves, like pale blue raindrops, densely packed and overwhelming, rushed straight towards Cai Baojian's location.

Just as the psychic energy wave was about to hit Choi Bounge, the tornado controlled by Choi Bounge suddenly accelerated its rotation, bringing with it gusts of howling wind, in an attempt to withstand the fierce attack.

A deafening roar erupted as the psychic energy collided violently with the tornado, creating a massive energy explosion. Dust billowed, and the entire arena trembled violently.

On the rival team's side, Billy and Eiji Kisaragi were somewhat shocked by the power of Engetsu's attack, while Iori Yagami, sitting to the side, also glanced curiously at the arena.

The audience was stunned by the scene, and some even instinctively covered their ears.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, everyone finally saw what was happening in the arena. Cai Baojian, who had been standing on the stage, was nowhere to be seen, while Yan Yue stood firmly in place, completely unharmed.

After a while, everyone realized that Cai Baojian had been blasted out of the ring, but he did not seem to have suffered any serious injuries.

At this moment, the referee came to his senses and quickly announced loudly, "The winner is—Yan Yue!"

Upon hearing the result, cheers and applause erupted from the audience. People applauded Yan Yue's magnificent moves.

……

"Yay! Engetsu won!" Yuri Sakazaki jumped up excitedly and shouted loudly.

King and Mai Shiranui, standing nearby, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "That's amazing!"

"As expected of Yan Yue, her internal strength is beyond imagination..."

The female fighters were excitedly discussing it.

The Hungry Wolf Team and the Dragon Tiger Team weren't too surprised, because they had witnessed Yan Yue's Nen attack methods when they trained with her before. They simply clapped and praised her in a normal way.

Chin Gentsai nodded slightly as he saw that Engetsu's strength had improved considerably, while Kensou, standing to the side, was even more surprised.

Athena was also happy for Yan Yue's victory. At the same time, recalling Yan Yue's tactics, she had some inspiration. Perhaps Yan Yue's long-range restraint fighting style was indeed suitable for fighters who were good at mental strength.

When Cai Baojian, who was offstage, came to his senses, he couldn't accept it for a moment. He was tormented by Bo Shengliu's actions and cried again.

He started throwing a tantrum on the ground, crying and yelling, "It's not fair! Replay! This isn't fair..."

Kim Ka-pan was speechless at Choi Po-kin's shameless behavior and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

On the Japanese team's side, Kyo Kusanagi and his two companions, having witnessed Engetsu's massive range of attacks, began to discuss their findings.

Benimaru Nikaido exclaimed, "Is Engetsu a fighter who relies on internal energy? He seems really strong..."

Kyo Kusanagi raised a slight corner of his mouth, a playful smile on his face, and jokingly said to Benimaru beside him, "Hey, Benimaru! If you were to face off against Engetsu, do you think you could handle it?"

Hearing this, Benimaru's expression remained unchanged, but inwardly he was filled with doubt, realizing he wasn't entirely confident in facing Engetsu. After all, Engetsu had managed to save him from Rugal.

But Benimaru refused to back down, bracing himself as he retorted, "What a joke! Do you think I can't beat him?"

Seeing this, Kyo Kusanagi grinned mischievously and continued teasing, "Oh my~ You seem a little lacking in confidence. To tell you the truth, I beat this guy when we were kids..."

"What? I don't believe your nonsense!" Benimaru rolled her eyes at Kyo Kusanagi, clearly unconvinced. "You remember things from your childhood so clearly, you didn't only beat him once, did you?"

"I've only fought him once, but that's still better than you never winning at all..."

"Jing, when did you become so shameless?"

"Not as thick as yours, you're so narcissistic, haha..."

"Pah, you're just jealous of my good looks..."

Just as the two were bickering back and forth, Goro Daimon, who had been silent all along, shook his head helplessly. Daimon naturally approved of Engetsu.

Everyone continued watching the competition venue.

……

After finishing her match, Yan Yue turned and walked off the stage. As she approached the referee, her expression suddenly became complicated, and she wondered, "Why would the referee be malicious?"

Immediately following, the third match began, with Alba facing off against Chen Guohan.