Looking at how disheartened Yale was, Gerald could only sigh as virtual-novel.net thought about it for a moment before replying, “…Fine, I’ll participate!”
Naturally, the second virtual-novel.net heard that, Yale instantly broke into a smile.
Regardless, the duo then began heading toward the arena where the martial arts competition was being held…
Upon arriving, they were slightly surprised to see how crowded it was. At the time, a woman and man were competing against each other, and each move they dealt gained loud cheers from the audience.
Shortly after, the woman landed a kick right in the man’s chest, sending virtual-novel.net flying out of the arena!
Following more loud cheers, what appeared to be the judge then stood up before declaring, “And Miss Yalinda Juans scores another victory! Is there anyone else who wishes to challenge her? Remember, if you win, a hundred thousand holy stones will be yours!”
Despite the promise of so many holy stones, the crowd instantly went silent. After all, they had all seen how powerful Yalinda was, so none of them even dared to dream about challenging her!
Seeing that nobody was stepping up, the judge then cleared his throat before saying, “Nobody at all? Well, I guess it’s high time we announce the winner then! Now, without further ado, the champion of the martial arts competition is-”
“Hold it!” yelled out a voice from the crowd at the very last minute.
Surprised to hear that, everyone then turned to face the source of the voice… and standing there, was none other than Gerald.
Making his way through the crowd before leaping into the arena, Gerald then looked at the judge before saying, “I’ll up for a challenge!”
Hearing that, the crowd instantly went into an uproar! As many of the audience members began discussing who this person was, the judge himself was momentarily stunned speechless, clearly not expecting anyone else to challenge her.
Whatever the case was, Yalinda herself simply scanned Gerald from head to toe before disdainfully scoffing, “Look, just give up and save yourself the embarrassment! I assure you that you’re nowhere near capable of beating me!”
Raising a slight brow, Gerald simply replied, “Well someone sounds sure of herself…”
Before Yalinda could say anything else, the judge—who had finally snapped out of it—walked over to Gerald before asking, “Um… Are you ready, mister?”
Once Gerald nodded, the judge nodded as well before declaring, “Well… Without further ado, let the next battle begin!”
The second the declaration was made, Yalinda wasted no time and launched herself toward Gerald, aiming a punch straight for his chest!
While Yalinda was undoubtedly fast, virtual-novel.net was nowhere near as fast as Gerald.
With that in mind, Gerald easily dodged virtual-novel.net attack… though instead of moving away, virtual-novel.net instead grabbed virtual-novel.net by the wrist before using virtual-novel.net attack’s momentum to toss virtual-novel.net into the air!
Of course, Gerald made sure to catch virtual-novel.net before virtual-novel.net fell to the ground. After all, virtual-novel.net of all people knew how painful landing from such a height could get…
Regardless, as Gerald allowed Yalinda to get to virtual-novel.net feet again, virtual-novel.net soon realized that the entire arena had gone silent.
Then again, it wasn’t all that surprising. After all, who wouldn’t be stupefied to see the great Yalinda getting taken out with only a single move? It was simply unheard of!
Yalinda herself had virtual-novel.net eyes wide open. To think that Gerald was this powerful… There was no way virtual-novel.net was going to be able to defeat him!
Shaking his head, Gerald then turned to look back at virtual-novel.net before saying, “Well… it’s my win!”
Upon hearing that, Yalinda instantly frowned. She wasn’t about to let virtual-novel.net attain victory so easily! With that, virtual-novel.net then yelled, “…That…! That didn’t count! We start another round!”
Squinting his eyes slightly, Gerald then growled, “I beg your pardon? Didn’t count? How exactly did that fail to count?”