Night of the Broken Gliph

Amongst all of South’s younger generation, Suen San Kuk was considered to be a powerful glipher. Southern Ping was nowhere in Suen San Kuk’s future blue plan. If the Outstanding Talent Competition had not been pushed forward, Suen San Kuk would have left the city for Metallic Blood War Gate in South Imperial City, where his dreams were. 

After four consecutive battles, Suen San Kuk could only activate Riot two more times. The pressure that the gliphility forced onto his ankle and knees were internal injuries that could not be simply treated with an elixir; ample rest was needed for him to recover. 

“Brother Suen, please!” Mo-Yung Kit kept his fan and bowed at Suen San Kuk. 

“Please! Mister Mo-Yung, please note that I’ll now launch an attack!” Suen San Kuk bowed in return and warned loudly. This behaviour of his made all five clan leaders nod silently in admiration. Being a glipher, one had the advantage of attacking before his opponent, but now that he made it known to Mo-Yung Kit that he would be attacking, it showed that Suen San Kuk valued fair play rather than a win from taking advantage of the other party.   

Like what Suen San Kuk planned, his future was beyond Southern Ping; he was out to have a battle that challenged his limits! 

“Please, brother Suen. I’ll do my best to counter them!” Mo-Yung Kit replied with a smile. 

“Great!” Suen San Kuk laughed and instantly, a rock-breaking sound travelled across the place. Surprisingly, Suen San Kuk chose to activate his gliphility, Riot, at the start of the battle! 

Clan Leader Suen shook his head with a smile seeing how determined Suen San Kuk was. Reaching the four-chamber state in the future will definitely be in his reach. 

Mo-Yung Kit did not even move the slightest before a gliph appeared in front of him. Chui Yim could recognise the gliph. It was Wall Prison, a gliph commonly used by gliphist during battles as it did not require many gliph strings and took form at lightning speed. Many gliphist would first form this gliph for self-defence. This was the same gliph that Chan Shue Gun used to trap the trio in Riding Clouds Academy previously. 

Suen San Kuk remained calm for he was expecting this. With a punch, the gliph disappeared into thin air, and Suen San Kuk’s attack was significantly slowed down, giving Mo-Yung Kit time to dodge the attack. 

“Here!” With a shout, Suen San Kuk raised his left leg to activate another gliphility—Rock Crushing Leg, the ability that he used to defeat Cheung Ching. 

He let out a kick that could break a rock at Mo-Yung Kit, who leaped to the sky with quick reflexes, dodging the attack just by a few seconds! 

“Sorry in advance!” Suen San Kuk roared. He had expected this miss, and the battle was going the way that Suen San Kuk wanted it to, which was to end fast. The longer Mo-Yung Kit had, the more he’d be at a disadvantage as he knew nothing about the other party’s personal gliph. 

Thus, he planned to give it his all from the start! After the miss, Suen San Kuk landed on the ground with his left foot, and another boom was heard across the place. 

In an instant, he activated the Riot once again. Suen San Kuk tilted his body slightly to face the sky where his prey was. The pressure from Riot injured his ankle and bones, but Suen San Kuk couldn’t care less as he flew to the sky like a projectile, an attack that was created not with any gliphility, but just plain force. 

Only a few seconds had passed since the battle started, but Suen San Kuk had already used up all his hidden strength!.

This was a huge bet. Mo-Yung Kit who was in the air had his face fall slightly at the sight. This was out of his expectations. He never thought that Suen San Kuk dared to make such a huge bet. Suen San Kuk’s actions caused Mo-Yung Kit to rethink his plans; Mo-Yung Kit knew that Suen San Kuk only had roughly two uses of Riot left, but using it twice consecutively at the start was unforeseen to him. 

However, he regained his calm within no time. Mo-Yung Kit reached for his waist and pulled his folding fan out. “Brother Suen is indeed a powerful glipher. I’ll definitely counter it to the best of my ability.” 

Just when all spectators were confused by Mo-Yung Kit’s reaction, energliph was seen from the folding fan. Now, everyone was clear. That fan was Mo-Yung Kit’s treasure! 

Clap! He unfolded his fan and waved it at Suen San Kuk’s direction. 

Huff! 

It was a strong wind that slowed down Suen San Kuk who was speeding at him. Mo-Yung Kit then made use of this wind to move backwards. However, this was not all. 

Szz! 

A blade shot out of the fan, leaving a fresh wound on Suen San Kuk’s skin. This expanded the distance between both parties. Energliph surrounding Mo-Yung Kit became stronger as it passed through him and formedgliphs. 

All five clan leaders knew that it was a sign that this battle was coming to an end. Mo-Yung Kit still had a thin smile on his face, as if all was planned by him. In fact, Mo-Yung Kit would have a greater risk of losing if Cheung Ching was his opponent instead. 

It was a pity that Suen San Kuk’s Riot’s usage wasn’t infinite. 

“The Suen Clan disciple, Suen San Kuk… He’s great.” The youth in white smiled at the scene. It was as if those names who he remembered were of great honour. 

“If he went against Mo-Yung Kit in his best state, the result of the battle would be unknown.” The youth in black nodded. 

“Not really.” The youth in white shook his head slowly. “He chose to step out from the start, showing how fearless he was despite knowing the limits of his gliphility. After defeating four other gliphers, his aura rose due to how the members of other clans viewed him with fear. This aura was a kind of battle ability too. Mo-Yung Kit might not realise it, but this was the aura that broke his Wall Prison. Shadow, this is something very important to every cultivator. Remember this.” 

Hearing him, the youth in black was enlightened. “Yes… Your… Young master.” 

Suen San Kuk might have lost, but he was already famous in Southern Ping. Everyone was currently staring at him with admiration. Be it his battle style or his cool attitude, he was strongly imprinted in everyone’s mind. Even Suen San Kuk didn’t know that this was the battle that left an impression of him on a very important person. 

Nobody stepped up to go against Mo-Yung Kit after Suen San Kuk was defeated. As a one-chambered gliphist who was equipped with treasure and possessed the ability to defeat Suen San Kuk, nobody of any clan had the confidence that they would win against him. 

Seeing this, Ping San Yat announced the win calmly. “Mo-Yung Kit is the winner of the first segment.” 

“You let me win,” Mo-Yung Kit smiled gently and remained on stage. Mo-Yung Yin’s smile grew even wider as Ping San Yat furrowed his brows slightly.

“Second segment: alchemy,” Ping San Yat declared. 

“How do you compete in terms of alchemy?” Hearing Ping San Yat, Chui Yim turned around to Ping Ching in curiosity.