Xue had landed a hit on Rif, but he appeared to be not affected. Instead, he got more excited about the fight. While thinking all the stuffs and when Rif was laughing, although Xue got a shock he was still standing, she continued her attacks without stopping.

That was one of the moves Xel had taught her, and she liked it a lot. Even though she usually did not need to use the second part of this move, she was thankful that she had learnt it and practiced it. It was all connected.

After punching the head, before she landed, she pulled out the broad sword from the ground that was taller than her and bigger than her. The height of the blade was one head above her, and the width was wider than her frame from shoulder to shoulder. People were amazed that a girl like her was able to wield such a big weapon.

She swung the blade and cut off his neck. Skull and body were separated. Then she jumped away and looked at the situation.

There was silence.

However the body got up again, picked the head and restored to its original state. Xue started to shiver for a bit. She could not believe it.

At this point Kelf told Lin, ‘The winner has already been decided. The girl is good, but it is too bad she had to fight him.’

Rif then told Xue, ‘I take it as it is my turn now.’

Xue got ready.

Xel was thinking in his own mind: if by taking out his skull cannot work, then chop his body into so many pieces that he cannot move! See the fact, Xue! And don’t stop. The more you stop and think about the shock you had, the more you will fear.

But due to the stress and lack of battle experience, she was unable to think properly. Rif knew this as well, seeing as to how Xue did not even reply him but simply stared at him all these while.

He said, ‘Since you so kindly showed me your abilities, I shall show you part of mine as well.’

Then suddenly with palm opening up he slammed the floor, then raised it up again. As he raised it up a skeleton was forming. Like an alarm clock waking her up, she returned back to reality and realized that she still had a fight to finish. Xue attacked at this point in time.

‘I am very curious to know what powers you have, but I know that if you bring that thing out I’m going to lose. I won’t give you a chance!’ Xue was nearly shouting now, forgetting to control her voice due to both shock and fear.

But Rif took out all his ribs and threw them at Xue. He sped up the process and by the time Xue dodged them he had already completed it. Taking the skeleton by the leg, he flung it out. The bones of the skeleton start to break and connect end-to-end as it flew out as if making a long whip.

Meaning to say all the bones could be taken out and connected end to end. With this skeleton he attacked, and changed it to a shield to defend. At times he broke the skeleton into 2 for both defence and offence at the same time.

No matter how people looked, Rif was just playing with her, as if he was testing the limits of her ability. The skeleton became harder this time. But Xue kept chopping and separating it.

Rif said, ‘You are smart. You know that the bone is hard and you can’t achieve optimization by hitting the bone directly. So you aimed for the weakest part of the skeleton – the joints. But you forgot that it is easy for me to connect back the joints together! In place of tendons, I insert my mana. If my bones are broken at a part other than the joints, then I would certainly have a harder time. It is too bad for you.’

As both were fighting, Rif explained this to her. And now that he thought he had seen the most of her abilities, he decided to end it. Well, even if that was not all that she had, she would not bring it all out in this fight. For this fight, she had already gone to as far as she could, or as far as she was willing to.

‘This is the end,’ Rif announced, in a tone that was more like a solemn declaration than a shout of triumph.

Suddenly the skeleton he was swinging around broke into bits and pieces and flew straight at her. Xue used her sword to split a nearby rock and send them towards the pieces. Then she jumped back and up. The rock was smashed to bits and suddenly behind her in the air Rif appeared.

In the air, Xue could not move properly. Grabbing her from behind the neck, Rif brought her down gently. It was declared as Rif’s win.

Rif changed back to human form and bowed to her, ‘I enjoyed this very much.’

Everyone was looking at both of them as Xue returned to Xel and Rif returned to Tor and Bor.

At this point Kelf told Lin, ‘Be careful. If that idiot looking Xel is of a higher level than Xue, then you are in serious trouble. Because judging from the way Xue had fought, I determine that she is of the same level as you.’

Lin said nothing and she went down to the fighting grounds.