The Roaring Thunder Sect’s sect master was so mad at this point that his face turned purple. He looked at the young girl who had just challenged him and wanted to rush down there and chop her to pieces! But the pressure he was now feeling was already making him swat bullets.

“Sect master of the Roaring Thunder Sect, I think you have made a fool of yourself enough, have you not? Did you think that by challenging the legitimacy of our abilities to run this holy tournament that, we would give you justice over your disciple dying? You should be lucky that he died quickly. You should just sit down and watch and hope no more of your disciples die.” Elder Li snorted before turning to Silvia, who was filled with killing intent. “Go back to the little one. You already won your match. Let the elders deal with the elders.”

Silvia looked at Elder Li and nodded before turning back around and finally leaving the stage. She really wanted to test whether or not she could kill that bastard for even trying to start anything with her. She would only need to flick her wrist, and the old bastard would die. She had not been an assassin since she was young for nothing.

“Next up!” Elder Li continued the matches. All the disciples from the different sects were unable to leave the protection of the barrier due to the rules of the dragon festival. Once the main portion of the tournament began, no one was allowed to interfere. This was to make sure no sects got any ideas about scheming against others.

“Welcome back!” Yuki patted her thighs. She gave Nana a lap pillow when she won, so she planned to do the same for Silvia. Silvia did not stand on ceremony as she sat next to Yuki and then moved to lie down.

Nana smiled as she hugged Yuki’s arm and leaned her head against her shoulder. The three made a kind of peaceful picture if not for Yuki’s robes being stained with blood and the fact that these three girls had killed their opponents without much thought. But the thing that made them frightened the most was the demon with the angelic smile.

A new name for Yuki had been circulating among the disciples from the sect. They were calling her the Blood Crazed Fairy. She looked harmless unless she was in battle and began torturing her enemies. Half the tournament, the girl had been covered in blood.

“Umm….” A girl walked up nervously and looked at Yuki and the others. 

“Hmm? You are…. Riku?” Yuki recognized the girl. She was one of the people from the Purple Lotus Sect.

 “You remember me!” Riku, for some reason, was quite happy that Yuki remembered her.

“Mmm… It seems we will be fighting next.” Yuki smiled gently. “Don’t worry. I will not do to you what I did to them. You are innocent and not part of the sect that wishes to harm me and my fellow sect mates. But I will not go too easy on you. In fact, I will make sure to give you some pointers during the match, so be prepared.” 

 “Thank you!” Riku felt the weight on her shoulders disappearing. She knew she could not forfeit. She was scared of Yuki, but at the same time, she felt someone who couldn’t care less about the sect elders and sect masters who had appeared here and, without any hesitation, killed their disciples one after the other, made her truly envy Yuki, Nana, and Silvia.

“No need to thank me. We became friends, did we not?” Yuki asked with a smile. “Just be careful when facing others, though. Any sect that is part of the alliance with the Roaring Thunder Sect might target you for talking to me.”

“I know. I have been watching out. Only two people from my sect were able to make it to the main tournament. Sadly, Rini lost her match, so although I know I will lose the next match, I still wish to fight with all I have. So I will be in your care.” Riku wanted to grow stronger. Yuki was kind of like an idol to her. It showed that even a girl like her could be very strong. It was not just Yuki either. Nana and Silvia also made her want to grow stronger. But the thing Yuki had that made her put her higher than the others was the way she was. She felt Yuki’s crazy personality was something she lacked. If she could have just one percent of Yuki’s craziness, then maybe she would be able to truly become a cultivator.

“I am sorry to hear that. But I will be sure that your fight is a good one.” Yuki knew Riku was a kind girl. She would not let her down and would do what she could to teach her many things. She was prepared to make this a longer battle so that Riku could show her stuff and learn as much as she could.

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In a forest near a tall mountain, a young woman stood on a tree branch looking out over the horizon. Her long dark blue hair swayed gently under the breeze that blew by. She blinked her crimson eyes as she sniffed the hair lightly. As if catching the scent of what she was looking for, she suddenly jumped down and disappeared into the cover of the trees.