Despite his shock, Kong You still attacked Oscar with his sickle with ease. This strange weapon was harder to read than a sword or blade, which also caused Oscar some trouble.
Of course... these troubles were insignificant. He was enjoying the process, learning about Kong You's combat capabilities while attempting to integrate basic sword techniques without relying on the Taiji Sword Technique, trying to carve out his own path.
This was the true harvest of his participation in the spirit fighting matches over the past year!
With a downward parry, Oscar blocked Kong You's attack once again, simultaneously opening his guard with a sword strike, the sharp light of the blade forcing Kong You to retreat instantly.
"You've got some skills."
Oscar remarked, shifting his stance forward, his right hand wielding the sword as he attacked Kong You's tail feathers once more.
Kong You's reaction was not slow either. Although he had been on the back foot, he still swung his sickle with great force. After using the handle to brace against the longsword, his blade slashed toward Oscar's backside again.
At the same time, he kicked upward with one leg, aiming for Oscar's lower body, but it was blocked by Oscar's knee and the back of his sword.
Oscar glanced at him, everything understood without words.
Kong You smiled. Although this strike failed, his third spirit skill had already lit up. A scarlet light flickered on the sickle blade, which slashed toward Oscar as if it could cut through the very space itself.
At the same time, his clone also unleashed the same attack at this moment. Now, whether in front, behind, left, or right, Oscar was surrounded by Kong You's attacks!
"Kong You, you're playing quite dirty!"
Oscar snorted. He could explain hiding an ace up his sleeve for the sake of their duel, but having hidden so much, what exactly was Kong You trying to do?!
With Kong You's strength, he should have long since pushed for the Gold Spirit Fighter rank! What was his purpose in lingering here?!
How did Kong You know that he would face him, a Gold Spirit Fighter, in the sub-arena while still at the Silver Spirit Fighter level?
Could it be that he was related to the forces behind the Soto Grand Spirit Fighting Arena?
Thinking of this, Oscar could not be entirely certain, but a guy who could hide from the Sky Net and stay by his side for so long certainly did not have a simple background!
Showing everything today, he was likely planning to lay his cards on the table with him.
Thinking of this, Oscar stopped hiding. He tapped his foot lightly, and a deep blue array disk, visible only to him, appeared instantly. The Four Disks of Heaven Earth Man and God unfolded at once!
"Chaos Gold Lock!"
The moment the sickle's blade light slashed over, Oscar had already rolled behind Kong You. By the time Kong You reacted, it was too late; a longsword was already pressed against his throat!
Kong You swallowed hard, reached out to tap the longsword, and said:
"No need for that, Yuanzhen, put it away, it's quite scary..."
"It is indeed unnecessary, but I hope you can explain exactly what all of this is about."
Oscar retracted his longsword, his gaze toward Kong You turning cold.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's not like I wanted to keep it from you. Let's talk in a bit; you were bound to find out today anyway."
Kong You sighed, then looked at the referee and waved his hand.
"I lost, announce the result."
After saying this, he turned and jumped off the spirit fighting stage, walking toward the direction where Ma Hongjun and the others were resting.
Only then did deafening cheers erupt in the arena again. The speed of the two combatants just now had been too fast; several collisions happened in a mere instant, and the audience hadn't even dared to blink!
Likewise, this match today had brought them a true feast, and they were all curious about the ability Yuanzhen used to dodge the final attack...
If that was also a self-created spirit skill, it would be far too outrageous...
Oscar ignored the cheers. After the referee announced the result, he turned and left the stage, intercepting Kong You in front of the rest area.
"Don't get excited, I just wanted to see our junior brother and future sister-in-law."
Kong You scratched his head, not blushing in the slightest.
"Fine, fine, I am indeed from the family behind the Grand Spirit Fighting Arena..."
Kong You looked at Oscar, sighed, and continued:
"Alright, I am the future heir of one of the families. The reason I approached you is that other families are planning to move against the organization behind you.
You know that the spirits in this world are strange and varied, and some possess prophetic abilities. The ancestor of their family is the one orchestrating this operation..."
Kong You explained everything he knew clearly to Oscar and informed him of the current predicament facing the Sky Net.
"Then, as a future heir, your goal can't be that simple. Don't tell me it's because you think I'm a good person; I've heard that too many times."
Oscar already believed about seventy or eighty percent of what Kong You said. After all, the Sky Net had too many forces in Soto City, and he could feel the crisis of a storm brewing in the wind.
The only thing he couldn't figure out was why Kong You would choose to betray his own organization to help someone he hadn't known for long.
"There's definitely a goal. You have no idea how troublesome it is when a bunch of families get together, especially groups of families with long histories.
These families are no longer what they used to be. Not only is there too much internal strife, but some families even assassinate the heirs of others.
My eldest brother, second brother, and third brother have already been taken out, and I don't want to be the next sacrifice.
But relying solely on our family's strength is not enough to investigate the truth behind it, so I want your help."
Kong You lost his usual goofy demeanor, his words filled with sincerity and formality.
"Of course, what I can bring you won't be little, including Soul Coins and Spirit Bones. I will fight for many things from the family, but you know, this is a union between two forces, and many details may take a long time to negotiate.
I will certainly try my best to help you gain some benefits, but I am only an heir, and I still cannot participate in many important decisions."
"For example... a 100,000-year Spirit Bone."
Speaking of this, Oscar was actually already somewhat tempted. Although he currently possessed a decent Spirit Bone and would try his luck in the future to see if he could obtain the Spirit Bone of Tang San's mother, a 100,000-year Spirit Bone was still extremely attractive to him.
Whether it was the people from Sky Net or his junior brother Ma Hongjun, they all needed these.
"These can be brought up later. What I most want to know right now is whether anyone will come to find me and my junior brother to participate in the soul fighting tournament tonight, or rather, is this soul fighting tournament a trap?"
Oscar stared fixedly at Kong You, simultaneously activating his Spirit Bone to trigger Mirror Flower Water Moon.
Under these circumstances, he believed that even a Spirit Douluo would find it difficult to hide anything from him!
This was also the greatest use and benefit that the Mirror Flower Water Moon spirit skill provided him!
"Your instincts are truly sharp. Arranging you in the sub-division today was their maneuver; they don't want you to see the strength of that group, and they want to kill you completely on the soul fighting stage."
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