Victor - 84

As the two old men looked at each other, Zhou Fan could feel the killing intent they gave off. It was very likely that they've had a feud for a while.

"3, 2, 1, START!" The announcer shouted.

As soon as he said start, the two old men shot towards each other and punched out. Their fists collided in mid air and caused a wind that stirred up the arena. The man in the gray robes fist was covered with a gray Qi, and the man in a dark green robes fist was covered in dark green Qi.

Naturally, they used metal Qi and poison Qi. Moments after their fists collided, they punched towards the other with their free fists, which once again collided in mid air.

This started a chain reaction of colliding fists that many spectators couldn't even see. They both started being pushed back by the force of the other's punch until they reached the edge of the arena and stopped.

They each stared at the other with a gaze full of hatred and moved their fists back once more. This time, their fists didn't collide. Instead, they both used a martial art against the other.

The man in the dark green robe shot out three dark green snakes that released a sinister Qi that seemed as if it could corrode anything. They twisted around each other in mid air as they shot towards the man in gray.

At the same time, the man in gray punched forward and a sword formed from metal qi rotated and flew towards the snakes. It gave off a feeling of sharpness that made the audience feel as though they were about to be cut in half.

Everything happened in a near instant as the attacks collided in mid air. When the sword reached the snakes, it started to slow down for a moment until it pierced through them, dispersing them, and shot towards the man in dark green.

In response, the man in dark green kicked upwards and the sword turned into dust, not because of the strength of the man's kick, but because the snakes had corroded the sword, making it weaker than ever.

The men jumped around the arena, attacking, dodging, defending, and escaping, for 5 more minutes. They remained nearly equal the entire time. The man in dark green had a couple of cuts, one being 2 inches deep, and the man in gray had a couple of dark spots on his skin from the man in dark greens poison.

At this point, both of the old men were panting from exhaustion. Staring at each other from opposite sides of the arena, the men came to an unspoken consensus. Their next attack would be their full power. Absolutely nothing would be held back.

Like before, the man in gray summoned a sword from his metal Qi. The only difference was that this sword was bigger and gave off a much more dangerous feeling. It would also likely be much more fast.

On the other side, the man in dark green used his poison Qi to form a giant snake. It was much more powerful than the previous attacks.

The attacks shot forwards towards each other. Like before, they were about to collide until the snake stopped moving forward right as the sword was about to hit it. Instead, it coiled around the sword, effectively dodging its direct attack, and continued towards the man in gray.

The sword that flew past was also heavily corroded by the poison Qi of the snake, causing it to slow down and weaken.

From a normal person's point of view, it would look like the man in green was undoubtedly winning. However, the sword QI that the metal sword gave off heavily damaged the snake that had coiled around it.

Not to mention the fact that the metal sword, although weakend, was still a force to be reckoned with. In the end, poison cultivators were worse at direct battle.

The man in gray stared at the approaching snake with helplessness. His previous attack had used every bit of his Qi. All he could do was put his hand up in an attempt to lessen the blow.

The same could be said for the man in dark green.

At the same time, the attacks collided with the men. Like before, a formation blocked the attacks that would have most likely killed them both.

Zhou Fan expected it to be declared a tie, but the announcer spoke up.

"As we wait for the corrosion damage to be calculated, you can look up at the board to see how much damage their final strikes did."

Like he said, Zhou Fan looked up at the floating screen. Next to the picture of the old men and their affinities, there was a section that said 'Final damage'. It could be guessed that it meant how much damage they did to the others formation.

The man in the gray robes damage was calculated at 9846/300,000. Zhou Fan wasn't sure how damage was calculated, but he estimated that it was how close the formation was to being destroyed.

Whoever had the higher number next to their name would win.

On the man wearing dark greens side, the number was at 6078/300,000, but it was still going up. That was due to the fact that the attack was still technically ongoing.

The audience stood with bated breaths as they looked at the board. After a minute, the number stopped going up. it had stopped at 9435/300,000.

Half of the audience erupted in cheers while the other half were downcast. Perhaps they hoped that the man in dark green won or maybe they had bet on his win.

Either way, the result of the battle was the man in gray's victory. Zhou Fan expected such an outcome, but still enjoyed the fight nonetheless.

It wasn't that the man in gray was stronger than the man in dark green, but that Metal Qi was simply better for direct confrontation.

As for poison Qi, its best factor was its long lastingness and its corrosion.

Zhou Fan got up and walked out of the colosseum. He would likely be back, but he wanted to see more of the city.