Chapter 157: The Anticipated Fight


    Both Russell Davies and Javier Banderas began walking towards the arena, and in an instant, all eyes were on them. "Wow, look at all those people who are staring at us." Russell said with a smirk as he stretched out both of his hands. He turned to look at Javier and said, "These people really want to see you get destroyed by me, don''t they?"


    Tsk! Javier clicked his tongue.


    "You''re just getting annoyed because it''s true," Russell shrugged his shoulders and began whistling loudly, waving his hand at the audience who were cheering them on.


    As ude stepped down from the arena, he could see both Russell Davies and Javier Banderas walking side by side, moving in his direction.


    They walked by ude, and as they passed, Russell turned towards ude and smiled as he waved his finger, while Javier merely nodded his head.


    ude nodded back at the two of them, and continued walking towards the spectators stand, where Senior Beldon was waiting for him. "Congrattions on the victory!" Senior Beldon said with a smile. "Thanks!" ude replied, and then immediately turned around to face the field.


    The two contestants had already reached the arena and entered the field from opposite sides.


    "This is it! This is the fight that we''ve all been waiting for. I can''t believe it''s happening. I''m so excited!"


    "Shut up! You''re getting me excited as well. Oh my god, who do you think is going to win the fight?"


    "It''s definitely going to be Senior Javier Banderas!"


    "You wish! It''s definitely going to be Senior Russell Davies!"


    "You''re just saying that because you ced a bet on him yesterday while being drunk!"


    As the two contestants began walking to the centre of the field, the crowd began to get louder and louder. People were cheering, people were whispering, and people were deciding on whom they should ce their bets on.


    "Who do you think is going to win, junior brother ude?" Senior Beldon turned to look at ude, who simply shrugged his shoulders. "I don''t know."


    "Do you think you''ve got what it takes to win the final round?" Senior Beldon asked, and ude turned his head to look at him.


    "We''ll see." He said with a smile.


    ude wasn''t exactly confident. He knew that he wasn''t as strong as the two of them. He was also below them when it came to cultivation rank. But as most experienced fighters would tell you, strength isn''t the only thing involved in a fight. There''s much more to it than that.


    Although ude was at a disadvantage when it came to power and rank, he knew that he was miles ahead of the two of them in terms of skill, technique and reflex actions.


    He knew that it was going to be extremely difficult, but he also knew that him winning the contest wasn''t exactly impossible either.


    Back in the arena, the two contestants, Russell Davies and Javier Banderas, were standing face to face in the middle of the field, with Elder Keh right beside them.


    "Cutivators, bow your heads!" Elder Keh yelled loudly, and the two cultivators, who were ring at each other until now, immediately lowered their heads as soon as the Elder spoke. This wasn''t their first time, and they definitely weren''t about to make it theirst.


    "Good luck on the fight." Russell Davies said as he was in the middle of bowing.


    Javier slightly tilted his head upwards to look at Russell, who continued, "You''re going to need it."


    "You too," Javier replied after a brief second of silence, and the two contestants raised their heads.


    Russell stretched out his hand. Javier looked at it and then back to Russell''s face, and only after a second did he ept the handshake.


    "May the best man win." Russell said. Javier nodded, and the two separated, heading to the two ends of the arena, as the Elder yelled out, "Warriors, step back!"


    The two contestants arrived at the two ends of the arena in a few seconds. Elder Keh looked at the two, and after making sure that they were both in the correct spot, he nodded his head, satisfied, and yelled out, "Contestants! Assume your battle stance!"


    BZZZZZ!


    As soon as Elder Keh finished speaking, a long saber appeared in Russell Davies'' hand, and he raised the saber high up in the air, his face carrying a serious expression.


    BAM!


    Javier summoned his giant sword and held it horizontally, as though he was ushering Russell to make the first move.


    Elder Keh looked at both of the contestants and yelled out, "Start!"


    BOOM!


    Russell charged forward, and in a sh, he had already appeared behind Javier Banderas'' back. His long saber, which was now glowing with a bright golden light, stabbed at Javier''s back like a bolt of lightning. Its speed was so quick that it was hard to describe.


    Javier, who still had a calm expression on his face, all of a sudden disappeared from everyone''s view right before the fast saber could connect with its target, stabbing nothing but air in the process.


    m!


    Javier''s figure appeared right on top of Russell Davies, and swung his giant sword aiming for his head.


    Zoom!


    Russell tilted his body sideways, narrowly evading the attack, and swung his saber horizontally as Javier''s sword crashed down onto the ground right next to him.


    BAM!


    Javier removed one of his hands from the giant sword and raised it in order to block the attack, resulting in a loud andrge explosion that pushed him backwards.


    "You''ve gotten weaker, Javier!" Russell yelled out loudly as he disappeared and reappeared right above Javier who was trying to find his footing, and shed at him once again.


    BAM!


    All of a sudden, Javier''s giant sword disappeared from his hands and appeared behind him, blocking Russell''s attack right before mming down onto the ground for a second time!


    Javier turned around in an instant and swung his fist at Russell, who hadn''t pulled back from his swing yet.


    Russell immediately pulled back as fast as he could and raised both of his hands in order to block Javier''s attack. The incredibly fast fist attack collided with Russell''s hands, flinging him backwards into the air as a loud explosion urred, resulting in a burst of air.


    Javier appeared in front of him as he was flying in the air, and swung his giant sword once again. Russell immediately rotated his entire body mid-air, evading the attack before he mmed his hand onto Javier''s face, punching him so hard that he shot down and crashnded on the ground, sending dust and debris flying all over the ce.


    Swoosh!


    From the dust and rubble shot out Javier''s giant sword, moving through the air with lightning speed, aiming for its target, who was Russell Davies.


    "Damn you!" Russell Davies screamed loudly in frustration and stretched out his hand, as a giant translucent figure of a lotus appeared right in front of his hand.


    BAM!


    The giant sword collided with therge translucent lotus, which resulted in a bright white light that enveloped the entire sky with a loud sound.


    The giant sword broke through the translucent lotus and shot towards Russell Davies, who immediately pulled up his long saber in order to defend himself. But right before the giant sword collided, Javier Banderas appeared right behind Russell, and struck out with a palm strike on his back.


    BAM!


    A loud explosion urred, flinging Russell forward and mming right on to the giant sword, causing a bright light followed by another ear piercing explosion!


    Whoosh!


    Russell mmed down onto the ground, and Javier shot down with frightening speed andnded gracefully a few metres from the spot where Russell was.


    m!


    Javier mmed his sword on the ground, sending a loud burst of air in Russell''s direction, clearing the dust and rubble filled air in a split second!


    As the dust was cleared, the figure of Russell Davies came into view. Russell stood in the middle of the arena with his long saber stretched forward. Quite a number of small scratches had appeared on Russell''s body, and there were even small drops of blood dripping out from his body.


    "Oh! Senior Russell is wounded! It''s over!"


    "To think that even after Senior Russell trained a lot, he was still behind Senior Javier Banderas! I can''t believe it!"


    "Well there goes my money. I should''ve ced a bet on Senior Banderas instead!"


    "Don''t make such early predictions. There''s still a chance for him to win."


    The crowd began to whisper amongst themselves, and Russell chuckled out loud as he faced the still indifferent Javier Banderas.


    "I''m impressed. I thought I was training too much, and yet you were still able to injure me. You truly are a cultivation monster," Russell said indifferently as he gazed up at the sky.


    "It''s about time we ended this, though." Russell changed his expression to serious and raised the sword in his hand. As soon as he did, Javier sensed a condensing feeling all around him.


    This fight wasn''t over just yet!