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The Bear boy is getting ready for another tackle. Your horse sidesteps, while you catch a glimmer of energy with your enhanced sight.
You smell light and earth energy accumulating. The turtle-bounded one caught a pebble, arm recoiled and ready to throw.
Oh no. You can't dodge this.
But you can most certainly make the most of it. You charge.
"<span class="mu-b"><span class="mu-i">Pebble of smiting!</span></span>"
You jump and turn in the air, and get hit by a massive concussing force. That hurt a lot.
Worse, you feel your thighbone shatter and fragment. For now, your <span class="mu-s">Qi and Blood</span> holds it together, but you might be crippled by this blow for a little while. Again.
"You're going to taste the Skill I was rewarded after being undefeated in the Stable Lotus Harbor Yearly Tournament.
<span class="mu-s">Vengeful Spear!</span>"
You strike. The snake bites at the flesh of the offender's leg, burrowing deeply and thrashing inside, tearing muscles and veins apart.
Then you hit the ground. The impact on your shattered leg almost makes you pass out.
The Horse spirit. You hop on one feet, catch his metalic mane, pull yourself up.
The Bear-bound boy is afraid, as He should. You simply order the Horse to walk. Spin the snake spirit above your head. Strike.
He's down. You won. You are the last standing among the sob and cries of the wounded.
You take a second look at the ones that suffered the most damage : the pebble-shooting fellow, with a mangled thigh, and the back-turning boy, lying in a pool of his own blood after your snake went the whole way through him. Tan skin. Blond hair. Most certainly a Golden Skystone Village boy.
You'll need to get your leg looked up. But this can wait a few more minutes as your <span class="mu-s">Qi and Blood</span>, stirred from combat, still hold it well enough.
What will you do of your defeated foe?
>Kill them all. It's your natural and fair right as the winner.
>Leave them be. The direly wounded will most likely die. Natural consequence of seeking death.
>Bring the threatened-ones to someone that can save their life.
However, there's something else. An exhilarating feeling : putting your safety on the line, in a dire fight, and above all, overcoming.
It feels good. It feels great. It feels invigorating. It feels the right way to push one's cultivation.
You <span class="mu-s">benefited</span> from the fight and its victory. How?
>Write-in benefits. QM veto might apply.
