Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 468: Body Cultivation against Spiritual Cultivation.

Author Note: This paragraph has a preview of YassyxAndreaxAngelxEvelyn's NSFW illustration and a link to the Patreon image~. And yes, I'm tempting you~.

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After reaching the Coliseum entrance, Elder Yu and Elder Huo entered the Coliseum and were completely free.

The entrance had plenty of reception stations. Lists of the schedule for each arena, names of the fighters, bets, merchandise, VIP seat selling, registering for fights, and many more services were listed on a few of them.

Not only that, but Yasenia also saw registrations to reserve rooms.

Curious about it, Yasenia asked. "Lady Jorey, what are the rooms here reserved for?"

Jorey asked. "You have never been to Torrent City?"

"Not to mention Torrent City. I have never been to this area of the continent."

Elder Song asked curiously. "Where are you from, Lady Yasenia?"

"Hmm. A very far away place." Yasenia showed a melancholic and thoughtful gaze.

Jorey answered her question. "These are cultivation rooms. The extensive use of energy in the area makes the concentration remarkable, and many cultivation rooms are built on the coliseum's lower floors. Using Parus to train for a while is not bad. The price is a bit high, so it's unpopular among the masses. The quality is outstanding, though."

Elder Huo nodded. "We'll send there the disciples that are not participating in the tournament or fail midway. A day in those rooms is similar to a month of cultivation outside. Naturally, there are limits. But the first use is usually that powerful."

Yasenia nodded. "I see."

Yasenia observed and saw that as many as 300 arenas were listed to fight in. Cultivation rooms were in the tens of thousands.

'Quite a huge place.'

Tatyana snorted. 'Compared to the battle arenas in my Academy, this one is a bit small.'

Yasenia rolled her eyes. 'Are you really comparing yourself with these little mortals?'

Tatyana playfully stuck her tongue out, making Yasenia almost clutch her heart at her cuteness. 'My usually elegant and powerful Mom sticking out her tongue is too cute!'

Yasenia asked to occupy her mind with an image that wasn't Tatyana's cute gesture. "Which arena should we go to? We've come here to see a match, right?"

Elder Yu scratched his bearded face as his bear ears flickered. "I'm sure it should be in the main arena. The City Lord fights usually happen in one of the ten main arenas."

Elder Huo approached a receptionist and asked him about it. The hairy Ape man answered quickly that it happened in the third arena.

Yasenia and the others walked through complicated hallways and soon reached an open stadium.

Our girls couldn't help but lift their eyebrows at the complicated web of passageways and corridors.

There were signs and, from time to time, maps to indicate where they were. But walking around for the first time was a dizzying experience.

When they approached arena three, the roars and shouts of the people were deafening.

Elder Huo commented. "Let's speed up. The battle may have started already."

They moved quickly and flashed inside the arena.

Once inside, they looked at the middle of the arena and saw two beast humans about to fight.

Elder Yu said via mental communication to avoid the shouts of excitement around them. 'Come with me. I have a place here where we can watch it from.'

They followed and entered one of the rooms on top of the stands. It was the room for their Nine Sect.

Yasenia internally sighed. 'Being influential sure is beneficial.'

Kali was speechless and answered. 'Love, aren't you, like, the most influential junior in Sky Continent?'

Yasenia blinked twice. 'Right. I forgot.'

Andrea laughed. 'Well, having Tatyana as a mother is a benefit you were born with.'

*BANG!*

A shockwave of dust was blown apart as the leg and club collided.

The elemental armor around the minotaur increased his power and defense exponentially. Together with the advanced techniques, the catkin's body was blasted, flying away one more time.

However, the minotaur was not unharmed as his hoofs slid on the ground, the club in his hand clearly trembling as blood dripped from his arm. The muscles had ripped because of the impact strength!

Evelyn was stunned. 'He kicked that attack and injured the minotaur back!? My leg would have probably broken.'

Angel commented. 'Is the catkin's leg broken?'

The crowd shouted with crazed joy at the brutality of the battle.

Yasenia personally thought that the battle was over. Receiving an attack like that head-on was suicidal. Even if she herself was confident in doing so, she didn't expect the catkin to be able to continue fighting.

However, that catkin stood up with determined eyes.

The body had ruptured in some parts, and he was full of blood. However, the leg was not pulverized but twisted at a strange angle.

Andrea commented. 'With that leg, fighting should be impossible, right?'

Tatyana smirked.

Then, the catkin's energy converged and rushed toward his leg. The leg untwisted and straightened, becoming practically normal in a few breaths.

Andrea was so surprised that her voice leaked. "Huh?"

Elder Yu laughed at Andrea's reaction. "Such a wound won't stop a Body Cultivator, human. Are you surprised?"

Andrea honestly nodded. "I am surprised, senior Elder Yu."

The catkin didn't lose time as his body blurred and ran as if his leg was not broken a few moments ago.

Yasenia's and the other girls' expressions became a bit more serious.

Tatyana smirked and commented to them. 'Surprised? Body cultivators won't go down as easily. Even if they break every bone in their body, they can still fight. Body cultivation has very few fancy skills. However, the body is pushed to the limits and past those limits. Or so I heard.'

Tatyana continued. 'Unless you completely obliterate their limbs or waste their energy reservoirs, they can maintain a combat-ready body. The leg is not really healed. The bones in that leg are still shattered. However, the Body Cultivator technique can keep everything in place as if the wound didn't exist. Naturally, the pain is enormous. However, Body Cultivating is a painful thing per se, so they are more than accustomed to pain. Remember, if they have a breath left, a real Body Cultivator can still fight.'

The minotaur was also surprised, and the catkin caught him off guard.

He hastily used a defensive skill as the catkin's fist approached him. "[Thousandth Punch]!"

Yasenia saw that in that split second, all the muscles in the catkin's body seemed to tense as his fist became a shadow.

*BOOM!*

The explosive sound of the fist hitting the minotaur's muscular body exploded in the arena as the minotaur was sent flying like a streak of light.

He went from one side of the arena to the other while his internal organs were almost smashed into a pulp.

Even if he was saved from lethal damage thanks to his defensive skills, his organs had been displaced as blood poured from his bull mouth.

Yasenia leaned on the railing and muttered. "Impressive."

Joey heard her and smiled. "Right? The minotaur's skills are fascinating. Although his body is weaker, he makes up for it with his skills. That defensive art absorbed most of the shock of the famous [Thousandth Punch], which is impressive."

Yasenia didn't correct her as to why she was impressed.

The battle didn't end there, as the minotaur stood up and rejoined the fight. After their initial exchanges, they weren't sent flying as taking by surprise was more complex, and keeping the feet on the ground became easier.

The back-and-forth fight went on for twenty more minutes, with the catkin receiving most of the attacks.

The minotaur's skill arsenal was too varied in the end, and the Catkin succumbed to tiredness.

The minotaur's final strike to the head knocked him flying as his body spun and smashed into the stand.

The stadium burst into cheers.