Volume 7 Fate and Kof Chapter 058: Equally Matched
Emiya raised his eyebrows and looked at Sakazaki Ryo with some surprise. This guy is worthy of being the protagonist of Art of Fighting. Not only is he powerful, but he also has a good grasp of the fighter opportunities.
But within a few breaths, the situation was reversed, and Livilia was pressed down with an overwhelming momentum.
Facing this fierce fist, Livilia took a step back, picked up the magic wand in her hand, and smashed it hard at Sakazaki Ryo's fist. The two powerful forces collided with each other, making a huge roar.
Although Livilia is a magician, it does not mean that Livilia's power is weak.
As an adventurer from Orario, Riveria's strength will definitely not hold her back. After practicing her mind ability, she is no less powerful than any other fighter.
Sakazaki Ryo felt a strong recoil force coming, and his entire arm was numb. This made him secretly surprised at Livilia's strength.
But at this moment, an ice sword came down from the sky and chopped off his head.
Ryo Sakazaki had to step back to avoid the ice sword that fell from the sky. The ice sword smashed to the ground with a loud bang. The entire arena was shaking, and a strong chill swept forward in a fan shape.
Sakazaki Ryo was accidentally hit and felt a thin layer of frost on the surface of his body. The biting cold penetrated into his body through his pores, making his body become dull.
This shocked Sakazaki Ryo, and he quickly circulated the energy in his body, trying to eliminate this meaning.
At the same time, Livilia raised the magic wand in her hand high and slammed it against the ground. With a loud thud, ice swords appeared out of thin air and enveloped Sakazaki Ryo from all directions.
Sakazaki Ryo's eyes swept across the void, his heart skipped a beat. Dozens of ice swords were floating around him, surrounding him. The sharp sword tips were pointing at him, making his skin feel painful.
He had no doubt that if these ice swords flew towards him, they would be enough to turn him into a hedgehog.
This made him more dignified towards Livilia. He knew how powerful , but it was impossible for him to just admit defeat.
So Ryo Sakazaki frantically racked his brain, trying to find a way out.
However, Livilia would not give him this opportunity. She stretched out the five fingers of her right hand and clenched them suddenly!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
In an instant, a sky full of icy swords targeted Sakazaki Ryo and flew down in an instant.
At the critical moment, Ryo Sakazaki suddenly raised up and punched upwards.
Extreme Tiger Roar!
After the terrifying punch force directly smashed the ice sword above his head into pieces, Ryo Sakazaki successfully escaped from the attack of the ice swords. But before he could be happy, the ice swords disappeared and a strong wind swept in, blowing Ryo Sakazaki away before he landed.
Ryo Sakazaki was unable to control his body in mid-air and was swept away by the strong wind. He flew out of the ring and fell in front of Robert with a thud.
Robert's first reaction was not to help Ryo Sakazaki, but to cover his face.
Because this time, the Extreme Karate was really embarrassing. Although he was not defeated three by one, the result was not optimistic. He was eliminated by the opponent in the first round.
Even the opponent's generals were not forced out, which was a heavy blow. Maybe a group of students will want to quit Extreme Karate next.
After all, most of the audience would not think that the enemy was too strong. They would only see that the Dragon and Tiger Team, representing Gokuyō Karate, was eliminated by two women in the first round.
It seems that I will be severely scolded by my master when I return this time.
Robert thought so.
After Sakazaki Ryo stood up, he dusted himself off in a somewhat embarrassed manner and said helplessly, "Sorry, Robert, the opponent's attack was too weird."
Sometimes fire, sometimes ice, sometimes wind, he strongly suspected that the other party was not a super-powered person at all, but a magician.
Although he thought this speculation was ridiculous, he himself didn't really believe it.
Robert sighed and said, "Let's not talk about this now. Let's think about how to explain this to the master when we return."
Sakazaki Ryo: ...
On the other hand, with Ryo Sakazaki's defeat, the Rocky team successfully advanced to the next round.
The host came up hurriedly and announced that in fifteen minutes, the match between Team Hephaestus and Team New Female Fighters would be held.
Afterwards, the host went down and a group of hot beauties came up to the stage and started singing and dancing.
This can also ease the audience's emotions and make them look forward to the next game more.
Emiya took the time to come backstage to the Hephaestus team's lounge. After pushing the door open and walking in, he saw Hephaestus cheering for her team.
In fact, Shirou was not optimistic about them this time.
Among this group of people, except for Tsubaki, who is a LV.5 adventurer, both Tomioka Giyuu and Sadomai Gyoumei are LV.1 adventurers, although due to their breathing techniques, they can rival LV.2 adventurers.
They also learned the ability of mind, but they were not the martial arts masters of Liangshanpo, and they did not make rapid progress after learning the ability of mind.
Although the two people have learned the ability of Nen, their mastery is still very superficial.
There is a huge gap between them and the new female fighter team.
And even though Tsubaki is a first-rate adventurer, she is better at forging weapons than fighting, so she might be at a disadvantage when facing Mai Shiranui and the others.
"Hey, Hephaestus." Emiya walked in and greeted.
Hephaestus looked at Emiya in surprise, "Why are you here if you're not accompanying Medusa?"
Emiya said, "Let me see how you are preparing?"
Hephaestus responded: "It's OK. I hope they can play without any burden. Losing is not a shame. Anyway, there will always be a day to win back in the future."
Emiya was a little surprised. He didn't expect Hephaestus to have such a positive attitude. However, he felt relieved when he thought that the other party was a god who had lived for hundreds of millions of years.
After all, age is also an advantage.
Fifteen minutes passed in a flash and the game was finally about to begin.
Emiya returned to the audience seats and saw that Team Hephaestus and the Female Fighter Team had each sent out their first wave of players.
The one sent out by Team Hephaestus was Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu.
The new female fighter sent out is Fujido Kasumi.
The two of them have been staying at Mai Shiranui's dojo these days. Although they have never talked, they have met several times and had dinner together once, so they can be considered acquaintances.
Therefore, Fujido Kasumi did not have much hostility towards Tomioka Giyuu, but instead saluted her seriously.
"Tomioka-san, I want to come up."
Giyu Tomioka nodded expressionlessly and picked up a katana.
As a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps, all his strength lies in his sword. However, because the opponent is not a demon, the weapon used by Tomioka Giyu is real, but it is not sharpened.
Fujido Kasumi took a deep breath and pushed the ground with her toes, shortening the distance between herself and Tomioka Giyuu in one breath. However, at this moment, Tomioka Giyuu's reaction was even faster.
Water Breathing·First Form·Water Surface Slash!
Fujido Kasumi was startled and quickly bent down to avoid it. Tomioka Giyu's sword rubbed the tip of her nose and was swung over her. The strong wind made her face hurt.
This made Fujido Kasumi a little angry. It was really despicable to attack a woman's face right away.
At this moment, she subconsciously ignored the fact that Tomioka Giyu was not aiming at her face at all, it was just that the sword happened to pass by her face when she was about to dodge.
Fujido Kasumi avoided the katana, stepped back, and kicked Tomioka Giyu in the chin with her heel.
Giyu Tomioka dodged with a backflip.
Fujido Kasumi seized this opportunity, defeated Tomioka Giyu, and launched a series of combos.
However, Tomioka Giyuu also reacted quickly, subconsciously adjusting his breathing, Water Breathing, Land Form to twist the vortex!
In an instant, he turned his body and created a powerful vortex through violent "twisting". The vortex will turn into a sharp and huge blade, cutting everything around it.
Fujido Kasumi could only return empty-handed.
This also made her realize that Tomioka Giyu's swordsmanship was indeed very powerful. Although the sword in the opponent's hand was not sharpened, it was still very dangerous.
When Emiya saw this scene, he couldn't help but nod secretly. As expected of him being the Water Pillar, his swordsmanship was indeed superb.
Emiya actually also knows Water Breathing, which is divided into ten moves in total.
However, Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu used these ten moves as a basis and expanded them into eleven moves of his own... Nagi!
In the original plot, he easily killed the Lower Five with this move.
From this point we can see that Tomioka Giyu's talent in swordsmanship is indeed beyond ordinary people. He can actually rely on his swordsmanship to defeat Fujido Kasumi's attacks time and time again.
However, Fujido Kasumi is not easy to deal with either. Even though Tomioka Giyuu has superb swordsmanship, Fujido Kasumi still handles it calmly.
And Tomioka Giyu also responded to the attack launched by Fujido Kasumi.
For a moment, the two men fought on equal terms.
After seeing this scene, Emiya couldn't help but mutter, "This is going to be a protracted battle."
Medusa nodded in agreement.
If it is a life-and-death battle, the battle is likely to end in a short time, because Giyu Tomioka is a battle-hardened swordsman who has killed many demons and can kill Kasumi Fujido at a certain price.
But the problem is that this is a competition, not a fight.
Therefore, it is impossible for Giyu Tomioka to fight to the death with the opponent, and the same goes for Kasumi Fujido. It is impossible for them to decide life and death with the opponent in a single game.
Both of them wanted to defeat the other, but neither was willing to kill. In addition, the gap in strength between the two was not that big, so this battle was destined to be a protracted war.
But a protracted war is of no use to either Emiya or the group of fighters behind the scenes.
They prefer fierce battles rather than protracted wars.
But the audience doesn't care about this. After all, most of them are outsiders and watch the game just for fun. So the longer Giyu Tomioka and Kasumi Fujido fight, the more excited the audience will be.
The cheers were endless.
Emiya smiled and shook his head, releasing his Observation Haki, sweeping across the entire competition venue, and quickly locked onto the man who was hiding in the crowd watching the game.
The man was sitting in the audience, quietly cheering for Fujido Kasumi.
This person was none other than Fujido Kasumi's father, Fujido Ryuhaku.
Fujido Kasumi had previously asked Emiya to find her father if he appeared at the scene and tell her his location.
Shirou did not refuse. After all, this kind of thing was not a difficult task for him.
Now, the two were fighting hard in the ring match, and Emiya did not interfere. He planned to tell Fujido Kasumi after the match was over.
However, Shirou had never expected that this protracted battle would last for about an hour before it came to an end.
Although Fujido Kasumi is an excellent fighter, she is a girl after all.
After she and Giyu Tomioka fought for an hour, she gradually became exhausted and had to admit defeat, ending the game.
As for Giyu Tomioka, although he also fought for an hour, he never showed much fatigue.
For this point, I have to praise the breathing method.
For example, if the Sun Breathing is performed correctly, one can dance wildly forever. Tanjiro Kamado's father, Tanjuro Kamado, once danced wildly in the snow for a whole day and a night despite his frail body, and he never became exhausted.
In addition, this can also be seen from the sister of Insect Pillar Kocho Shinobu, Flower Pillar Kocho Kanae.
Kanae Kocho once encountered Upper Rank Two Douma at night. She fought with him for the entire night and was severely injured by him. However, she was not eaten by him because of dawn.
The only breathing method used by Kanae the Butterfly is the Breathing of Flowers, and its source is the Breathing of Water.
Even Flower Breathing has this effect, not to mention Water Breathing.
Water Breathing is one of the five breathing methods derived from Sun Breathing. Although it is not as good as Sun Breathing, as long as the breathing method is correct, you can keep dancing wildly, but it is indeed very effective in restoring physical strength.
This is also the reason why Giyu Tomioka was able to bring down Kasumi Fujido.
After Fujido Kasumi's game ended, Emiya secretly informed Fujido Kasumi through telepathy and told her where her father was.
Fujido Kasumi immediately looked towards where her father was with an excited look on her face.
Fujido Ryuhaku obviously noticed this, and quickly retracted his neck, hid in the crowd, and quietly moved his position and walked outside.
Emiya thought about it and told Fujidou Kasumi about Fujidou Ryuhaku's actions.
Fujido Kasumi immediately chased after him.
At the same time, Mai Shiranui walked towards the ring carefree. She had changed her usually conservative clothes and put on her special fighting clothes.
Emiya had to admit that Mai Shiranui was indeed very charming at this time.
