Chapter 94
Morning brings the Outer Disciple combat finals. Alchemy and Inscription, the main life skill categories are over, so the Outer disciples fight in the morning, winners of the 2 matches fight for gold, losers for bronze. In the afternoon, the semi finals for the Inner Disciples takes place.
I’ve drawn first fight, against the Divine Fist disciple. My cheerleaders are ready to go, already getting the crowd hyped up for the fights, but he seems to be having some sort of argument with an Elder of the sect.
He eventually storms away and into the ring, where the referee gets things started. It doesn’t take long to realize there’s something wrong with this guy. He’s turning as red as a lobster and I haven’t hit or even taunted him yet.
Even the crowd is starting to get worked up, wondering what’s going on. He’s starting to grow fangs, did he take a bad pill? I think that’s the most likely case. If he dies in the ring, I’m disqualified. But the referee is resolutely ignoring the issue, much to the crowd’s disdain.
"Seriously ref? The guys half dead from a bad pill that’s still in effect" I call out, with no reaction from the judge.
He lets out a mighty roar and flame spouts from his mouth, burning his lips and face. I launch myself sideways, getting heavily burnt in the process and scorching holes in my robes. More flames are coming though and all I can do is shield my face, so I turn my back and take the full brunt of the blast.
My robes are in tatters and my flesh melted, but it’s best I release them and let my actual clothes appear. Today I was wearing the sect Taoist robes before donning the Priestess Robes, and they reappear in an instant, hiding the scorched flesh, but not the smell.
He’s staggering blind from the self inflicted damage, so I throw a piecing kick to his sternum with all the energy I can muster through the pain. It lands with a dull thud of slipper on flesh and then a shrill scream from outside the ring as he hits the floor, blood pouring from his burnt mouth.
"Bring a medic" The referee calls, finally paying attention to the fight. "If you killed him there will be hell to pay Demon" he declares loud enough the entire crowd can hear him and they boo his negligence while he smirks.