Against The Gods With An Anime System 85 The Tournament - Round Of 32 - Day 4 - Part 1

Lying on the bed, Mesa was thinking back to the night he just had. Ling Kun came in to try and forcibly take the Boosted Gear away from him, but failed miserably and ended up getting tortured by Mesa himself. But what Mesa was thinking about, was what he saw when he manipulated Ling Kun's memories. He saw that just before he came to him to get the Boosted Gear, he had already sold the information about Xia Qingyue's body to Ye Xinghan.

'Guess there's nothing for me to do about that. But I can work with that. Once I have the Reality Stone, I'll use it together with the Power Stone to reinforce the Frozen Cloud Asgard to such a high level, that they'll never be able to break through. After that I'll erase everyone's memories there of the Infinity Stones. Can't have the secrets of the Infinity Stones leak out. And I can use this to my advantage. Once that d.i.c.khead, Ye Xinghan, sends out his goons to collect Xia Qingyue and they hide inside the Frozen Cloud Asgard, they'll be safe until I can get to them. I'll kill the guy with the Soul Imprint to lure out Ye Xinghan and leave the rest alive. Once Ye Xinghan comes with those Elders in tow, I'll kill all of them and use the Reanimation Jutsu on them to turn them into my immortal, undead soldiers who will obey my every command.' Thought Mesa to himself with an evil smile on his face, before he went to sleep. For tomorrow he had a match against Ling Jie. Though he would win, he wanted to make this a fun match for both of them and not one where he humiliated Ling Jie. Ling Jie was a good kid and deserved a fun match in Mesa's opinion.

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The next day

The audience's excitement was reaching its peak. After Mesa had turned into that draconic armor yesterday, people were excited to see it once again. But that was not all. There was also the fact that the Burning Heaven Clan group has been posted around the destroyed wall all night long and keeping everyone away. The reason for that was their Grand Elder, Fen Moli, had been stuck there all night long under Mesa's hammer, Mjolnir. The Burning Heaven Clan group had been desperately trying all night long to free Grand Elder Fen Moli, but to no avail. At some point, the entire group had been trying to lift up Mjolnir together in vain. Even people from the audience, people from other sects came to try and lift up Mjolnir, but none could even make Mjolnir move an inch, let alone lift it up. It became very, very clear to the Burning Heaven Clan group, that only Mesa could lift up Mjolnir and free their Grand Elder.

Seeing Mesa walking towards them with a nonchalant smile on his face, the entire Burning Heaven Clan felt a collective feeling of rage and pure hate boiling within the very deepest crevices of their souls for him. But they knew, that if they attacked Mesa now, he wouldn't take Mjolnir of their Grand Elder, so they very, very reluctantly let him walk up to Fen Moli, but they kept a very close eye on him.

"So Fen Moli, how was your night under Mjolnir? Good, I presume." Said Mesa in c.o.c.ky tone, enraging Fen Moli and the Burning Heaven Clan group.

"Junior!! You better get this hammer of me, right now!" Bellowed out Fen Moli.

"Is that how you ask someone for a favor. You do know I am the only one who can lift up Mjolnir, right. If you keep acting all high and mighty like this, I'll just leave you like this. How does that sound." Said Mesa seriously, further enraging Fen Moli.

Before he or any of the Burning Heaven Clan group could say or act, Mesa had already placed his hand on Mjolnir's handle. But before he picked it up, he whispered into Fen Moli's ear: "I am only picking up Mjolnir, because I want it back. But here is a warning to you. If you or anyone of the Burning Heaven Clan group comes after me or anyone I care about. I promise that next time I use Mjolnir; it won't be to pin you down to the ground anymore. I will use it to crush your head with it like a f.u.c.king tomato and everyone else's head too."

After having picked up Mjolnir and walking away, the Burning Heaven Clan saw their chance and they immediately wanted to attack Mesa. Before they could however, Fen Moli intervened: "STOP! Stand down right now!"

The Burning Heaven Clan group looked back at him, thoroughly confused and demanding answers. But Fen Moli remained steadfast in position: "Do not attack him! Under any and all circ.u.mstances! Do I make myself clear!"

Ignoring them, Mesa walked back to his group. Back at the Blue Wind Imperial Family group, he was immediately approached by Qin Wushang with a look of utmost urgency on his face: "Mesa Uchiha! I truly hope you know what you're doing. You have made an enemy out of the Burning Heaven Clan and they will not forget what you have done to them. I am afraid they will come after you with everything they have!"

"I know that they'll come after me. It's just that I don't care about that. They can come after me all they like. All they'll feel is Mjolnir's terrible might right before their lights go out forever." Said Mesa seriously, while clenching Mjolnir's handle.

"I see that you are ready for anything that could come up. I am already very happy that the Blue Wind Imperial Family has won a tournament. But I have been meaning to ask you, but with the chaos of the last few days that you caused, I haven't come around to it. But why did you refuse the invitation of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region? Having the opportunity to enter a such a land of dreams is one that most would absolutely kill for. I truly hope you can manage to convince your master to either let you go or to come with to the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. Being granted such an opportunity is a once in a lifetime chance. I would like to see you take it and ascend to the highest level of the Profound Sky Continent" Said Qin Wushang.

"I too hope I can convince my master to let me go. Or maybe I can convince my master to come with me, for this truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I do not want to squander it myself. But as long as I do not have my master's explicit permission, I cannot and will not teach his techniques to other people. Even if they are from the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region." Said Mesa to give Qin Wushang some peace of mind.

In reality, Mesa was thinking something completely different: 'Why would I ever be a disciple for a place that I am gonna destroy, whose treasury I am gonna empty out and whose Sword Master I will kill.'

But pretty soon, it was Xia Qingyue turn to fight against Ling Yun in the first semifinals match. Ling Wugou came to the center of the Sword Discourse Arena and announced the first match of the day.

Jumping high up in the air, Ling Yun landed gracefully on the Sword Discourse Arena, ready for his match.

"Qingyue, go. If you win against Ling Yun, then we've already obtained second place in this Ranking Tournament. Winning against Mesa Uchiha is basically impossible at this point." Chu Yueli spoke with a very certain tone. Xia Qingyue nodded to her and walked up to the arena and faced up against Ling Yun. Dressed in her white dress and veil, only her eyes were visible.

Ling Yun, whose calm gaze went over her, couldn't help but get stuck on her eyes. Forcing himself to focus on the match ahead, Ling Yun couldn't help himself but think back to that day when he first laid eyes on her. It was the day before the tournament would officially start. He and his father went to look for Ling Jie after they couldn't find him. It turned out that he was at the courtyard of the Blue Wind Imperial Family, eating and drinking there with them. Mesa Uchiha had been barbequing and this attracted a lot of people, who were curious about the delicious smell. After he and his father arrived, they found Ling Jie. But pretty soon, both of them couldn't resist the urge to stay and taste the food that Mesa Uchiha was making. To his everyone's greatest surprise, Chu Yuechan, Chu Yueli and Xia Qingyue of the Frozen Cloud Asgard group had come over and stayed for the barbeque as well. It was there that he first saw her and it was there where he felt something he had never felt before.

Mesa, who was watching the match as it was about to begin, noticed the slight change in Ling Yun behavior and couldn't help but smirk a little: 'Dream on kid. She's mine.'

Giving Xia Qingyue a courtesy bow with his sword, the Celestial Yuan Sword, he said: "Heavenly Sword Villa's Disciple, Ling Yun, asks for Xia Fairy's guidance."

Xia Qingyue stayed silent and took out her weapon, the Ice Phoenix Snowflower Ribbon and took her battle stance.

Seeing that both had prepared themselves, Ling Wugou called out the start of the first match of the semifinals: "First match of the Semifinals. Heavenly Sword Villa's Ling Yun versus Frozen Cloud Asgard's Xia Qingyue. BEGIN!!"

This was a match with an already decided outcome, because one of the them was Ling Yun… And battles with Ling Yun, would unquestionably be a single-sided slaughter. Ling Yun's strength had already surpa.s.sed the level of the younger generation. Within the same generation, it was simply impossible to find anyone that could be his match, except for Mesa Uchiha. But unlike everyone else, Mesa knew that Xia Qingyue was hiding her true strength, just like him and that she was bound to win against Ling Yun.

Ling Yun stood whilst wielding his sword as the sword energy fluctuated around him. Yet he did not move. His opponent was a girl and in addition to that, her age and profound energy were all much lower than his. Thus, he didn't want to take action first. Xia Qingyue raised her hand and with a flash of light, a crystal clear longsword of ice had already appeared in her hand. With her channeling of the Frozen Cloud Arts, the surrounding ice spirits floated around her. Stepping on a lotus, the starting stance of "Frozen Cloud Thirteen Sword Styles", "Silent Moon of Snow", lightly and swiftly pierced out. Seemingly without any destructive force, it was a feast for the eyes for everyone. However, only Ling Yun felt a wave of bone-chilling coldness rushing toward him.

Ling Yun's left hand folded behind his back, and only moved with simple interweaving steps without any movement profound skills. He lifted his Celestial Yuan Sword, did not swing any kind of sword skills either, and calmly engaged...

Clang Clang Clang Clang Clang….

Along with Ling Yun casually swinging his sword, the Celestial Yuan Sword and the ice crystal sword collided dozens of times in the blink of an eye. Light blue colored ice auroras and ice shards that dispersed as ice lotuses shattered drifted around them. The battle between Ling Yun and Xia Qingyue, was like graceful dancing between two sword masters. It was breathtaking.

Xia Qingyue's sword gestures were as if a blue b.u.t.terfly dancing, and Ling Yun was as if strolling in a quiet courtyard. Along with dozens of ice lotus blossoming and wilting, these two's swords had also collided several hundreds of times, letting out a harmonious scene of being evenly matched.

Clang!!

As the two swords clashed, an ice lotus exploded at the point of collision. With a somersault, Ling Yun's landed around 15 meters away. He lifted the Celestial Yuan Sword horizontally. His gaze concentrated as the sword force also went through a great change. The sword intent that surrounded his body and his sword, also exploded as if a flood that broke through a dam.

"Xia Fairy… I apologize!!"

As his voice fell, Ling Yun's palm flipped. As the profound energy and sword intent flowed, the Celestial Yuan Sword suddenly transformed into a dash of light and flew toward Xia Qingyue. During the flight, the sword brilliance of the Celestial Yuan Sword quickly dispersed. From one sword it turned into ten, then into dozens, then into hundreds. In the end, it turned into a sword formation field that blanketed the arena and completely enveloped Xia Qingyue.

This move, Heaven's Might Sword Formation — Heavenly Star Frenzy. Was one of Ling Yun's greatest moves. Ling Yun had dispersed over a thousand lines of sword beams. Moreover, each and every one of the sword beams were glaring to the point of making one unable to look at it straight. Just looking at this move, Ling Yun's immense strength could be seen.

"Looks like the match is already over." Almost everyone had thought like this in their hearts. This kind of formation even startled a few seniors of some sects. Within the younger generation, it was simply impossible for anyone to receive it. It would be impossible for Ling Jie and it was even more so for Xia Qingyue. But Mesa sat there with a smile on his face. Though the rest of the younger generation was unable to take this attack head on. Mesa on the other could take it on.

'Impressive use of his sword force. Creating hundreds of virtual swords to surround his opponent with it and not give them any room to act. Though I could still fight my way out of this. I could disperse them using the Tremor-Tremor Fruit powers, or create an explosion with me at its epicenter using the Phoenix Flames. Or I could act just like a tank and bulldoze my way through it.'