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Soma and Jiang Li didn't make any movement as they stared at each other, observing every inch of their bodies. Soma felt firsthand how strong the senior in front of him was. He must have approached this duel cautiously because he didn't want to make a careless mistake and lose the fight.

With the current tense atmosphere between them, Soma exhaled his breath and accelerated from his place. He approached Jiang Li to check how strong he was by making contact with his attack or the feeling of it. Also, Soma wants to confirm the current stats he gained from doing Daily Quest, which adds almost thirty-seven status in total.

Soma used the tiger stance that he trained for this month after watching how Lin Fan moved in their sparring. He managed to grasp the essence and start to cultivate it himself. Lowering his stance a bit further, Soma, like a tiger that hunted its prey, lunged at his opponent, unleashing his fierceness, and clenched his finger in a tiger palm that he aimed at Jiang Li's abdomen.

However, the moment Soma entered Jiang Li's sword range, he saw a brief silhouette of a shadow that blocked his view and aimed its tip at between Soma's eyebrows. With a sudden threat aimed at his head, Soma explosively stopped in his advance and tilted his head to the side, barely dodging the thrust. "What a clean stab".

"Focus, First-year!".

Maybe realizing Soma was in a daze for a brief moment. Jiang Li, with his calm and bold tone, reprimanded Soma as Jiang Li began his next attack.

Soma, who understood his opponent's intention, knitted his brows as he took a step back, leaving Jiang Li's sword range. But, with Jiang Li's trained footstep, he fluidly guided Soma to enter his sword range, making Soma like an entrapped mouse as Jiang Li began his relentless attack.

Horizontal slash, stab, stab, vertical slash, diagonal slash. Jiang Li keeps his movement in check as he always guides Soma's movement to enter his sword range so that he can keep raining attacks on Soma.

Soma, with his calm-like state and sharpened senses, keep dodging the incoming slash that seems like a tsunami, flooding him with its continuous attack. Jiang Li's precise and trained movement was something Soma marveled at, and Jiang Li's insight into knowing his opponent's thoughts was something Soma had to take note of.

"There are more to come first-year students!".

Jiang Li used that as a warning, and the attack that rained at Soma intensified. Jiang Li's movement was much more swift and deadly than it was aimed at his vital, which made Soma's sweat trickle down his temple.

However, despite the relentless and strong attack, Soma manages to dodge or deflect all of them and patiently awaits his chance to counter at the right moment.

With a series of one-sided attacks, Soma shifted his tactics as Jiang Li brought down his sword in a vertical line. Soma side-stepped to the side and struck the sword body, making Jiang Li loosen the grip on his sword. "Now!".

Soma closed the distance and began to aim at Jiang Li's vulnerable points. Soma releases a series of punches, palm strikes, and even kicks to bring down the opponent in front of him.

Jiang Li, who regained his grip, deflected Soma's fist and began to unleash his counter, but Soma had already distanced himself from him. Both of them finally had time to catch a breath as Jiang Li's mouth loosened and opened his mouth.

"Pardon me, but It was a bit late. My name is Jiang Li, a branch member of the Jiang family from China. Pleased to meet you".

Soma, who suddenly got some introduction, knitted his brows, then he loosened the tension in his stiff face for a bit and spoke.

"My name is Soma. Pleased to meet you too senior".

Jiang Li nodded his head as he exhaled the breath he was holding in and tensed the muscles around his body.

"Shall we start the real one, Soma?".

Soma, who felt the opponent in front of him, was changing his atmosphere, becoming sharper like a polished blade. Soma's body shudders in delight because this is something that Martial artists must do to gain enlightenment in their path. Soma prepared his middle stance while also sharpening his senses to the peak and felt the duel that would unfold right now would elevate the duel to the next level.

"Let's go, senior".

Xiao Lian, who saw the duel progress from the side, felt her body shudder. The tension between Soma and the swordsman intensified. It made the hair around her body stand up because of the atmosphere alone.

Then, simultaneously, Soma and the swordsman class at the same time, creating a small ripple that shook the air and sent a clash of shockwaves that swayed her ponytail.

"Woah".

Soma and the swordsman began to do a frontal assault as the flurry of attack from the swordsman rained down toward Soma. Soma dodged and deflected every attack that launched at him while delivering his counter.

The fight was so intense, making Xiao Lian, who saw them, feel small compared to them. Then she recalled the words Soma had said earlier as she clenched her left chest.

"Soma, Win!".

The duel unfolds for almost a minute without stopping. Soma and Jiang Li's breath began to turn rough, but no one showed their weakened state as they kept attacking one another.

Soma, who saw the incoming sword toward his neck from the side, bent his knee and used one of his legs as an axis to perform a sweep kick aimed at Jiang Li's feet to destroy his stance.

Jiang Li, who saw that coming slightly, left the ground, but something unexpected happened. The sweeping kick Soma unleashed was just a feint. The real kick Soma intended was a back kick supported by the momentum of the earlier kick, pierced through the air, and aimed at Jiang Li's abdomen.

Soma, who stayed in the position, heard an unnerving sound with a crack that resonated in his ear upon his kick, making contact with something hard.

"Guk!".

He hurriedly fixed his stance, turning his back around, and found Jiang Li, who got blown for a couple of meters in one knee while clutching his right hand. With his rough breath, Soma uses this change to recharge his strength by regulating his breathing, waiting for his opponent to make a move before he counters it.

"...Why didn't you finish me off?".

Jiang Li lifted his gaze and met his eyes with Soma, who regained his calm composure while maintaining his middle stance. At the same time, Jiang Li was trying to keep his composure, wondering why Soma didn't deliver his final blow.

"...Well, because this is fun".

"Fun?".

"It's been a while since I experienced a duel that made my blood boil and heart race in anticipation. You could say that I am genuinely like Martial Art".

Soma's remark feels like a hammer that strikes a nail into Jiang Li's heart in pain because of the feeling of envy he had for the freedom Soma had to pursue his martial path.

Jiang Li opened his left palm and clutched his right arm again almost instantly. He knitted his brows, for his pale skin turned blue with a shade of red because of the internal bleeding. That kick Soma unleashed carried his entire body weight and mixed with his strength, could injure him to this state. "A first-year with this much potential. What a monster".

"I lost".