After Shinyue finished reporting his own name, he extended one hand forward toward Ming and smiled slightly: "Then... let's go!"
Seeing him take the initiative and allow himself to attack first, Ming did not refuse and said, "Alright!" With that, he took a large step forward, clenched his fists, and rushed at Shinyue. Shinyue, seeing this, just smiled, withdrew his hand, and clasped his hands behind his back. Pushing off with his feet, he lifted off the ground, floating about two centimeters above it.
Ming threw punch after punch at him, but he merely floated around to dodge. "Heh~ Is that the best you can do?" Shinyue displayed a look of disdain.
Ming widened his eyes as he watched Shinyue dodge his attacks time and again. Anger grew in him, but he did not give up and shouted, "What kind of look is that?! Damn it! Stop dodging around!"
Shinyue paid no attention and continued to float above the ground, evading Ming's punches. However, Ming didn't notice that Shinyue's dodge pattern followed a certain rhythm. Overall, Shinyue held the initiative because the trajectory of his dodges formed a set of circles, essentially forcing Ming passively to help Shinyue complete the pattern.
"Flame. Secret Technique!" Ming shouted.
"Huh?" Shinyue noticed Ming retracting his fists and thought: Could this kid actually be an elemental combat-style fighter?
Ming accelerated, catching up to the distant Shinyue, clearly showing signs of fatigue, his face covered in sweat: "Stop dodging!!!" Ming roared at the top of his lungs. However, Shinyue was not intimidated by this angry shout and merely smiled.
Ming increased his speed and appeared in front of Shinyue as if teleporting. Shinyue looked at him in surprise: This kid... has such speed?!
Not caring whether Shinyue could dodge, Ming extended two fingers from behind him toward Shinyue and slashed: "Flame——Asura Fingers!!" At the moment Ming's fingers moved from behind, they seemed to catch fire, flames wrapping around the two fingers as they rubbed the air.
"!?… Could he… really have this kind of ability?!"
At the instant Ming's fingers slashed, the raging flames expanded, blocking his sight. When he withdrew his fingers, Shinyue in front of him was no longer in his original position. Panting heavily, Ming looked around, sweat uncontrollably streaking down his face. "Huh~~ Where the heck did he go? Did I scare him?!" He scanned the area, finding no trace of anyone.
Just as Ming was about to shout again, a voice came from above his head, "Hi… kid!"Mingwen looked up at him and murmured to himself, 'This guy... when...?'
'Hehe~ You're pretty impressive!' Saying that, Shenyue snapped his fingers on the ground. Immediately, Ming felt a powerful air current swirling around him, forming a circle that surrounded him. Suddenly, Ming sensed something and looked at Shenyue in the air, asking, 'This circle... did you create it when you dodged my attack just now? Who exactly are you?!'
'Haha, ...kid, you're really clever! You could figure this out.' Shenyue looked at Ming with pride and shrugged helplessly, 'Well, actually... I'm a martial artist from the Martial Arts Academy. But a supreme-level one, kid! After that spar, you have officially been admitted to the Martial Arts Academy!'
Ming smiled, 'So this is the new entrance test you talked about?!'
'Yeah~ That's right! Hehe, that air circle is actually a signal showing that someone has passed. Moreover, this air circle also leaves a mark on the back of your hand as a proof of admission, which will automatically disappear after enrollment. Hehe.'
Ming subconsciously looked at the backs of his hands, and vaguely, one of them displayed two characters—'Passed'. Ming looked at his hand and smiled bitterly, 'So formal, huh...'
'Hey~ Kid! I have some business to attend to, so I'm off for now! There are still many kids to test~ Such a hassle!! Goodbye!' After saying that, Shenyue disappeared into the air.
Ming watched Shenyue fly away, then looked at the Martial Arts Academy not far off and laughed, 'Aren't you afraid of getting exhausted?!'
To be continued...
