CHAPTER 78

Shin would take a lot of time if he had to completely bring down Junpei, and it wasn't guaranteed that he would be able to. Till now, in the practice duels, Shin had won 5 times and lost 3 times to Junpei. So it wasn't a guaranteed win. Plus, even if he did that, it would still be hard to drag him out of the arena. He had to use his speed differently. Maybe to lure him and make him move.

Shin remained standing in one place now. His shadow was stable. At this moment, Junpei also did not do anything. And so both of them remained stationary for a period of time. Finally, Junpei moved from his spot realizing that standing was not going to help. This moment is what Shin was waiting for. Now Shin just needed to lure Junpei into his carefully planned trap to throw him out. Shin dashed around Junpei at his highest speed like a mosquito around Junpei. Arata could sense that Shin had potential almost equivalent to his in speed, but of course nothing compared to Sloth.

Junpei was losing his temper. He tried to grab Shin several times, but failed as Shin carefully calculated his movements. To Junpei, it felt like he moving around trying to swat a fly but couldn't. Junpei realized that this was a trap to move him out of the arena, and so went back to standing and raised his ultimate defense up. This defense, was a blazing fire !

Shia was gaping at this scene. Fiery Armor ! It looked very cool too ! Arata was also shocked. This meant that he actually had a spirit in his body ! This only meant two things, either the frontline cultivation was very strong or there was more to the spirit. Arata felt that it was the latter. Arata did not think that anyone in this world would be like him as Vaner had said that. Speaking of which, Arata started rethinking about what he talked with Vaner.

"Big brother ! That looks so cool !", Shia said interrupting Arata's thought process. It did look cool, but there was definitely something more to it. Arata guessed that the Spirit before gave transparent armor and now it gives fiery armor. Maybe a contract with two different spirits, or a very high level spirit, is what Arata thought.

Shin wasn't surprised by this though. He had already seen this before back in the practice duels. And that is why he wore fireproof clothes and gloves to cover all his body. The heat around him is really great, and this would normally slow down people which would help Junpei to get to Shin, but this time, Shin was ready for it. He did many types of training, and was getting immune to heat. And so he rushed forward.

"Today is the day, where you realize your ultimate armor is useless !", Shin shouted. Shin once again turned invisible and then rushed towards him. Arata was observing him carefully. He thought about how Shin could move at such a speed with a Gold rank cultivation ? Maybe the Spirit also helped him in this way. He went and asked Misty questions.

"Hmmm… I have never really explored a lot of Western Spirit World but I can say that both of them have only 2 ou 4 abilities unlocked, which is pretty impressive. Normally only one ability is allowed to be unlocked by spirits and the rest 3 should be earned. Of course there are bad spirits. And you guessed their abilities right !", Misty replied to Arata.

By putting out the fiery armor, Junpei had dug his own grave. Now, Shin could easily take him down as he could now handle the heat. And so he did. And Shin did not waste any time, he immediately crushed Junpei, and Shin was declared the winner.

"Wow ! That was exciting !", Shia said.

"Hmmm… It kind of was. Now you go back and cultivate, I will come for lunch and then take you here again. Then there will be some interesting fights like the fight between 3rd seed vs 10th seed and 1st seed vs 2nd seed at the end.", Arata said.

Shia was excited to see how the first seed in the tournament fought. Because, she had to beat them.