“The royal family of Mei Kingdom sent someone of Steven’s status to participate in this competition. There must be some conspiracy!”
Jiang Yi’s brows furrowed slightly.
“Then what should we do?”
Natasha asked hurriedly.
“We don’t know the Mei Kingdom’s conspiracy for now, so we can only wait and see. You continue to participate in the competition and don’t worry about anything else. I’ll keep an eye on these people!”
Jiang Yi raised his eyebrows.
“Mm!”
Natasha nodded.
Soon, it was time for the competition. This was an elimination round. Only the contestants who defeated their opponents were eligible to continue. Those who were defeated were directly disqualified.
Natasha’s first match was against Steven’s student.
Steven’s student was about two meters tall, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, and extremely strong, like a small mountain. Natasha, standing in front of him, didn’t even reach his shoulders.
From a physique perspective, Natasha was already at a disadvantage!
Steven’s student was named Gorda. He was the champion of the previous Western fencing competition, and many Western fencers had been defeated by him. It was rumored that he had received Steven’s true teachings, and no Western fencer, except Steven himself, was his opponent.
“This female swordswoman seems to be the daughter of the Grand Lord of Ximeng State, named Natasha! I heard she is a newly emerged Western fencing master and won the championship in the four-state Western fencing competition!”
“No matter how powerful she is, she definitely cannot be Gorda’s opponent. She only won the championship of the four states, while Gorda was the one who defeated the champions of world Western fencing competitions before!”
“That’s right. The gap between them is huge. Natasha is no match for Gorda at all. She will surely die at Gorda’s hands later. Gorda is a notorious executioner; he never goes easy on his opponents. Every time he competes, he will directly kill his opponent before stopping!”
…
The crowd started talking amongst themselves.
Apart from Jiang Yi, no one in the square favored Natasha. In their opinion, Natasha would not only lose to Gorda this time, but she would also lose her life.
Only Jiang Yi remained calm.
Although Jiang Yi did not know how powerful Gorda was, he was sure that Gorda would not win against Natasha.
“Gorda, Gorda…”
Someone started shouting.
These were all supporters of Gorda.
“You are no match for me. If you kneel down and beg me, I can spare your life!”
Gorda looked at Natasha smugly. “You must have heard of my name. Everyone who has fought me has eventually died at my hands.”
“We haven’t even started fighting yet, how do you know I’m not your opponent? Besides, it should be you kneeling before me and begging for mercy! Being tall and strong is useless; Western fencing requires skill.”
“You don’t even understand this most basic principle. I think you should just withdraw from the competition and go back to practice properly before coming to compete again.”
Natasha sneered.
Hearing this, a hint of killing intent flashed across Gorda’s face. “You impudent woman, how dare you insult me! I will definitely teach you a lesson and let you know how powerful I am!”
With that, Gorda gripped his Western sword and thrust it directly at Natasha.
“Heavens, I didn’t expect Gorda to use a killing move right away! No one has ever been able to dodge this move. It’s a fatal attack!”
“Natasha is doomed this time!”
Everyone looked at Natasha as if she were already dead.
But in the next second, something completely unexpected happened. Natasha easily dodged Gorda’s attack, and at the same time, her Western sword pierced through Gorda’s thigh.
Before Gorda could recover, Natasha’s Western sword pierced his other leg. Gorda lost his balance and knelt directly in front of Natasha.
“I didn’t expect you to kneel and beg for mercy so quickly! It seems your championship is not that impressive either!”
Natasha glanced at Gorda disdainfully, then kicked him off the stage.
For a moment, the square, filled with thousands of people, fell silent. Everyone looked at Natasha with incredible eyes, as if they were looking at a monster.
After more than ten seconds, the crowd finally came back to their senses.
“My God, am I dreaming? I can’t believe Miss Natasha’s Western fencing skills are so formidable. Gorda is Steven’s student and the world champion of Western fencing last year, yet he was so easily defeated by Natasha, unable to retaliate at all!”
“It seems that Gorda isn’t that great either! Just a useless vase!”
…
The crowd began to whisper.
Earlier, everyone had been praising how powerful Gorda was, but now that Gorda was defeated, everyone was belittling him.
Some even suspected that Gorda’s previous championship was due to cheating.
This scene made Jiang Yi find it very amusing.
Natasha stood on the stage and made a gesture of victory to Jiang Yi from afar.
Jiang Yi smiled slightly.
At this moment, Steven’s brows were deeply furrowed, and his sharp gaze was fixed on Natasha.
“Who is this woman? How can she be so powerful!”
Steven asked his students.
“She is the daughter of the Grand Lord of Ximeng State in Eagle Country. I heard she learned Western fencing from a local doctor in China. A few months ago, in the four-state Western fencing competition, she defeated all the experts participating, and became famous overnight.”
“However, I think her victory over Gorda was just luck. A local doctor from China doesn’t understand what Western fencing is. Learning Western fencing from such a country bumpkin, she can’t possibly grasp the essence of Western fencing!”
“If we encounter her in the competition later, it will be very easy to defeat her. I don’t believe she can have such good luck again. We’ll just kill her then, and it can be considered avenging Gorda!”
…
Steven’s students looked disdainful.
They did not take Natasha seriously at all.
Steven also felt that Gorda was his student, and he wouldn’t be so weak. Natasha’s victory over Gorda must have been luck.
“Later, show me all your skills. You must all get into the top ten. Only then can our plan proceed smoothly!”
Steven said sternly. “If this mission is completed, we will have endless wealth and honor in the future, and we will also be highly regarded by the Mei Kingdom’s royal family. But if we fail, all our heads will roll!”
“Yes!”
Steven’s students quickly got up and responded, each one sharpening their fists, eager to get on the stage right away to showcase their skills and defeat all the Western fencers.