"Earth and Lightning"

"Start!"

The echo of woods clashing amidst a silence of slithering feet was fully audible.

Zheng Xi-Wang and Zhao Kuan stared at each other for a few seconds, but what seems like they felt like a long time.

Zhao Kuan stomped with his right foot and swung his bat all over Zheng Xi-Wang. She reacted by defending with her arm and hitting Zhao Kuan with her free fist.

"Urgh!" He grunted feeling the pain of the bruises. The force of the punch had him thrown back, but not to the point of falling.

Shew!

Immediately Zhao Kuan grabbed Zheng Xi-Wang's staff and yanked her hard, causing her to unbalance forward.

However, noting Zhao Kuan's strategy, Zheng Xi-Wang leaned on his hand and tried to trip Zhao Kuan on the ground, but he jumped back, holding his bat in attack position.

"Idiot! Did you really think you were going to knock me down with a blow like that? Are you playing with my face?" Zheng Xi-Wang said as he stood up. "Fight me seriously!"

Zheng Xi-Wang then advanced on Zhao Kuan, making a direct attack.

Zhao Kuan held his staff on both sides, thus blocking the attack.

Paw!

The clash of bats was so strong that Zhao Kuan's body was pressed to the ground. His legs were losing stability and Zhao Kuan knew he couldn't compete in strength against Zheng Xi-Wang.

He quickly then deflected Zheng Xi-Wang's attack and fell to the side.

Zheng Xi-Wang's staff then slid to the ground and slammed into the ground, creating a slight crack.

Zhao Kuan was breathing heavily and frightened by such an attack. If it had really hit him, he could have been dead.

But Zhao Kuan was not intimidated, he quickly got up and advanced against Zheng Xi-Wang, extending the bat with a quick lunge. body of Zhao Kuan.

However, the boy was as fast as Zheng Xi-Wang, and he swung the stick blocking the attack at the same moment. Zhao Kuan managed to keep the stick steady with some difficulty, as Zheng Xi-Wang was much stronger than him.

"That again, you don't learn, do you?" Zheng Xi-Wang said and turned around to land a kick to Zhao Kuan's abdomen knocking him away.

Zhao Kuan felt his breath catch for a few seconds. He fell to the ground trying to catch his breath with difficulty while leaning on the stick while standing.

"Tsk!" Zheng Xi-Wang looked at him on the ground and turned away, making a move to leave.

"Wait." Zhao Kuan spoke with difficulty, standing up. "Where are you going?"

"Why don't you accept defeat?" Zheng Xi-Wang looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

"And who said I lost?" Zhao Kuan took up a defensive pose again. "That was just to test your reflexes, now I'm going to take it seriously."

Zheng Xi-Wang blew air through his nose, laughing.

"Right…" She swung the bat and also resumed her position. "Enjoy me then."

Now Zheng Xi-Wang was different.

A warm aura was wrapped around his body. It was like a fire.

Zheng Xi-Wang would now take this fight a little more seriously.

Zhao Kuan was also not behind, he also gave off a white aura, staring at Zheng Xi-Wang for a long time.

She was much bigger and stronger than he was, so he had to use his dexterity and agility to her advantage, after all, it was her specialty.

Remember everything Long Kun taught you!

Zhao Kuan had to control his excitement and think of strategy!

He was good at it! Zhao Kuan was good with strategy so this would be no different.

Zhao Kuan took a deep breath and then braced himself.

"Lightning Style...."With a quick movement, Zhao Kuan ran towards Zheng Xi-Wang doing zig-zags.

Zheng Xi-Wang immediately became more attentive, as he now moved differently than before.

She had to focus very well on seeing him as Zhao Kuan was so fast she could barely follow him with her eyes.

Suddenly, Zhao Kuan appeared in front of her and lunged from above and Zheng Xi-Wang saw him for milliseconds, surrounded by lightning.

"Earth Style!" Without thinking twice, Zheng Xi-Wang created a protective layer of rocks over his arm and blocked the attack.

At that moment, she felt the impact almost unsettle her balance and before she could react, to her surprise, Zhao Kuan again disappeared from her front and came up below, trying to hit Zheng Xi-Wang in the jaw with the bat.

Although she didn't show up, Zheng Xi-Wang also didn't fall behind when it came to agility, so she again dodged backwards.

Pulling the bat back and grabbing it with both hands, Zheng Xi-Wang tried to hit Zhao Kuan with one blow, which the boy quickly jumped over his arm and jumped behind Zheng Xi-Wang.

"Die...!"

"Not today!"

Zhao Kuan hit Zheng Xi-Wang, however she was faster and crouched down touching her hand to the ground.

Zhao Kuan felt his feet paralyzed and looked at the ground, seeing the earth wrap around his feet and rise, paralyzing his legs and the rest of his body until it covered him completely.

Zheng Xi-Wang then stood up a little breathlessly and faced Zhao Kuan who was returning the serious look.

"It wasn't this time." Zheng Xi-Wang smiled. "Train a few more decades and maybe you can beat me next time."

Zhao Kuan lowered his head for a few seconds and then looked back at Zheng Xi-Wang with a smile.

"What's so funny?" Zheng Xi-Wang turned serious, pulling back a little.

"I said I haven't lost it yet."

Zheng Xi-Wang then felt a slight tremor and a stronger aura began to surround Zhao Kuan.

Slight cracks began to form in the earthen structure surrounding it and the more the energy grew, the more the structure weakened until it finally broke.

Zheng Xi-Wang took a defensive stance the moment Zhao Kuan broke free and he was covered in lightning.

His eyes were white and glowing as the aura made his extremities glow.

Zheng Xi-Wang gripped the staff tightly in his hands, feeling a slight sweat trickle down his cheek.

Zhao Kuan seemed to take this training very seriously.

However...

He just stopped.

Zhao Kuan's aura ceased completely and he returned to normal.

Zheng Xi-Wang didn't understand anything, while Zhao Kuan was silent with his eyes closed for long seconds.

"Which?"

"It was good training." staring at them surprised and scared.

Zheng Xi-Wang had completely forgotten that these people were there.

If they had really fought, maybe many there would have been injured and that wouldn't have been good.

Zhao Kuan then went to Zheng Xi-Wang and smiled.

All that frightening aura of a minute ago was gone.

It didn't even look like it was the same person.

"Next time, we'll fight for real."