Book 4: Chapter 2
Fia cycled her Qi as she formed her three jian blades into a triangle formation behind her back. She leapt into the air with qinggong just as Kel Zhi came at her with a lightning arc strike from her axe. She avoided it deftly and retaliated with a blast of radiant Qi from her palms.
Just as she did so, Zu Tien emerged from thin air behind her, utilizing her [Flash Step] technique. Fia was quick to parry her with her three blades, causing sparks to fill the air. With a loud shout, Gui Zu joined the fray, completing the three on one scenario by coming at her with a series of rapid pole arm techniques.
Gui Zu, being still in the Low-Tier Foundation realm, couldn’t hurt her, but that wasn’t the point. Any hit from him would count as a mortal wound. As would any from her three opponents. They came at her in unison and Fia fell back to her martial training to both anticipate and counter each move. It was challenging, even though her skill level was far above each of them.
Zu Tien was her pupil, employing the same martial techniques as her own. Gui Zu was perhaps just as skillful, if not more so with a Bo Staff and Kelsey, while still learning had an unpredictability to her forms that constantly put her on edge.
With all three combined it was a workout worthy of someone of even her talent.
She kept up the pace for perhaps a minute, before the inevitable happened.
“Stop!” Fia shouted, panting. She held out her hand, yielding as the pain from her stomach grew acute and sharp. “I can’t take anymore.”
Yu Li, who had been watching the sparring match from the side of the gymnasium came running to her aid. “Are you alright, Fia? I told you not to push it.”
Zu Tien, Gui Zu and Kel Zhi echoed Yu Li’s concern as they all dropped martial form and rushed to her side. It was both comforting and humiliating all at once. Her friends were here to support her, even in sparring but she couldn’t keep up with them at all.