Yanwei looked up at Yuxan silently at first. He seemed to be contemplating something but after a few moments. A small, shaky yet determined smirk spread across his face, his eyes having the fire of resolve burning in them.
"No.." He said in a nervous and shaky voice but he still pushed through. "I want to fight you head on.."
Yuxan looked at Yanwei as he just nodded in silence, a small look of respect spreading across his eyes. He took off the bracelet off his wrist and put it inside his pocket.
"Since you are a brave one. I'll accept you're rather brutish way, but since I rather not kill you. I'll still not use my Qi-"
He was cut off immediately as Yanwei had punched him in the face but he remained unaffected, his blue eye glowing and the already white one glowing brighter, he raised an eyebrow a small sign of curiosity if not amusement.
"Oh? Good technique."
He said as he simply flicked Yanwei on the forehead, sending his hurtling like a cannonball towards the walls of the arena.
Shit! Maybe I shouldn't have chosen to fight him head on...
He stabbed his sword into the ground to stop himself, blood pouring from his forehead. One flick, and he already felt dizzy. Nauseous. Like the world was spinning, and right there in the center of the arena stood Yuxan, with his stoic and calm expression intact.
"I'm so dead.." Yanwei muttered under his breath, pulling his sword from inside the ground.
Yuxan suddenly appeared behind him but Yanwei, in a surprising display of reflexes, managed to turn around just in time to dodge another flick and even counterattack with an uppercut to the chin.
Yuxan, as expected remained completely unharmed instead, Yanwei was the one that was taking the real damage.
It feels like I'm hitting a mountain.. Yanwei thought to himself, jumping back to create space once more between him and Yuxan.
Yuxan stared at him silently for a few moments before tilting his head, looking at Yanwei's sword which he had yet to use in the fight.
"Why do you not use that weapon?"
Yanwei took a deep breath as he smirked slightly, his knuckles fully red and purple, not being of use anymore for any attacks.
"Yeah.. I'll use it now.."
Yanwei pulled out the sword from its sheath, the silver blade getting coated in dark, crimson Demonic Qi, making Yuxan raise an eyebrow in a way that conveyed the fact that he was impressed.
"Oh? Already having some control over Demonic Qi despite being here only 4 days. A good, talented body you have-"
He got interrupted once more as he took a slash straight across the body without any injury, but his robe was a bit torn after the slash but except that he was completely fine.
"Good technique too."
He stated as he once again took a stabbing attack straight to the neck but this time the sword broke on contact with his skin making Yanwei's eyes widen for a moment before a faint smirk spread across his lips.
"Plan B it is.."
But the Demonic Qi that once coated the blade, hardened.
The Demonic Qi hardened and clung to the shattered blade like a second edge. Yuxan's brow furrowed, not in pain, but in focus. For the first time, he raised a hand to parry.
After a few minutes of constantly barraging Yuxan with his sword made of Demonic Qi, Yanwei finally fell to the ground, his breathing heavy and labored, coming in the form of short gasps.
Yuxan put his hand back down to his side, the same hand he used to parry Yanwei's Demonic Qi. He stood silently in front of Yanwei for a few moments, looking down at him.
The arena was dead silent, no one dared to move. They were holding in their breaths, some in excitement some in worry for Yanwei.
"Good job young man." Yuxan began in a stoic yet still kind voice, one that lifted Yanwei's spirits. "You proved your offensive abilities, but I'm afraid I can't just approve you to become an official member just yet"
He paused before taking a step back, rolling his shoulders as the glow in his eyes brightened, his pupils now completely buried underneath the brilliant light that was emitted from his iris.
"I'll still need to test your physical durability."
Yanwei remained completely and utterly silent but he still stood up, throwing his sword away as he put his hands behind his head, taking a deep breath before speaking in a hoarse and tired voice.
"Do your best..." He said with his bloodshot eyes wide open in defiance, the blood from his forehead dripping down to his mouth.
Yuxan's eyebrow arched once more as he slowly nodded in approval before he immediately appeared in front of Yanwei, flicking his finger into the latter's gut, sending him flying.
With no object to catch himself, Yanwei crashed into the arena's wall, his back hitting the wall with a soft snap as he fell face first into the ground, his back feeling like it had just been struck with thunder.
I hope it works.. Yanwei thought to himself as he took a deep breath.
He stood right back up again, his knees trembling and his back arched using every last bit of his will power to stand up. Yuxan was already in front of him, his finger ready to flick Yanwei but before he could do so,
hiss..
A roaring wave of brilliant golden fire came roaring out of Yanwei's mouth engulfing the surprised Yuxan.
The audience watched silently as Yanwei continued to breath fire on top of Yuxan for a good few seconds before he ran out of Qi and the flames immediately died out, Yuxan completely unharmed beneath them.
"Good. You pass with flying colors. You're now the member of The Serpent's Venom."
Yanwei stood silently for a few moments, seeming like he was going to walk away but then he just collapsed to the ground but his lips were upturned in a small smirk.
Finally..