Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Xie Wen was speechless. He stood there as Mei's body flashed only to reappear in front of him. She brought her fist back and imbued it with metal before thrusting it out and smashing it into Xie Wen's face. This time it was his turn to tumble backward before sliding to a stop. But Mei did not stop there or ask questions before rushing towards him again. But her punch seemed to have woken him up. He quickly got to his feet and spat out a mouth full of blood as well along with a few teeth.

Those watching, watched on stunned as Xie Wen was in the core formation realm but was sent flying by Mei who was only a first stage qi gathering realmed cultivator. Even though they had only exchanged two blows the crowd found the fight really interesting!

When Mei showed up in front of him, Xie We struck out a few punches but caught nothing but air. Gritting his teeth he quickly rotated his body kicking sideways using a bit of spiritual qi. Mei who was using the law of wind quickly dodged but with her current cultivation was much slower and ended up taking the brunt of the kick sending her flying across the stage. 

Mei felt a few bones crack when she was hit by that kick putting her into a lot of pain. But she had no time for healing because Xie Wen was not going to let her rest, he was already on her thundering off blow after blow. Mei was helpless at this point as she took the barrage of punches head on. 

These punches were enough to steadily push her back towards the edge of the battle stage causing Mei to frown. She knew her wind movement was not going to be of much help since Xie Wen could follow her movements. She hardened her arms with metal to receive the blows waiting for the right opportunity to rush out as she teetered on the edge of the battle stage. 

The fight that the two were having might not have been up to par with a fancy show of techniques but this kind of fisticuffs was enough to get the crowds' adrenaline rushing. The crowd was yelling at the top of their lungs as they watched the fight. Some were chanting Mei's name while others were chanting Xie Wen. But no matter who they were cheering for they were just happy to such a blood boiling fight.

Xie Wen finally stopped his barrage after noticing he was punching metal. He decided to try to end the fight right away and pulled his arm back only to watch as Mei smiled and disappeared. She reappeared right behind him, raised her foot, and went to kick Xie Wen's knees to make him lose balance but her foot only caught air. Seeing how she missed, she quickly disappeared again putting distance between her and Xie Wen.

The two were now both standing at different ends of the battle stage. Xie Wen raised his head and looked at Mei who was standing upright, her robes and hair flowing in the breeze. "You surprise me. Even though I am not using much spiritual qi my strength should be way above yours yet you are holding on without issue. But now that ends I will win this fight no matter what. Only then can my sister rest at peace. "

Mei gave a light smile before saying: "Then please bring everything you got otherwise it will be you who is sent off the stage." 

Although she said this, Mei knew she would not be able to win this fight now. Ever since her first punch failed to knock him off the battle stage she knew the fight was her loss. She tried to use her movement technique to catch him off guard but it was useless. She did not want to use magicules in this fight since they had decided on fighting fair. This world did not have magicules which would mean her usage of such a power would go against her word and a knight never goes against their word. Thus with their cultivations being too far apart. She knew she could not win. 

She could already feel the pressure from Xie Wen. When her eyes lost track of him she covered her entire body with metal as she felt a hard hit right on her stomach sending her flying right off the stage. Mei crashed into the ground creating a small crater. She couldn't hold back the blood that surged forth causing her to cough up a mouth full of blood. Luckily she did not break anything else. But the impact of that last hit was enough to shake her internal organs. 

Xie Wen stood up on the stage and looked down at the young girl who slowly got up from the ground. "I won. Any issues we had now end here." After saying this he jumped off the stage and walked away. 

Mei looked over at Xie Wen wiping the blood from her mouth. She didn't say anything or make any expression. She only took out a medical pill and swallowed it before sitting down on the spot to heal her wounds. She knew it would take a few hours to fix her cracked bones with this pill. Mei hoped that issues would not crop up in the future where things would turn out like this. She would prefer to not have any more fights with others. But she was sure this was not going to be possible.

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