The Blood King

" Instead of fighting with your bodies, you will be using an illusion projection."

" It works in a simple way, the participants will take one of this pill each, which will put them in a connected illusion."

" It will be equivalent to connecting their minds."

" While their minds are connected their bodies will release, a kind of smoke or fog that will recreate the illusion and allow the people outside to see." The man explained.

Hearing such a thing, a lot of people started to whisper among themselves, Levi also opened his eyes to look at the pill.

" This method is being used so that the sect's gathered here can stay at peace."

What he means is that, when the disciples fought, they sometimes go too far, which then caused 'problems' such as sect wars, assassinations, etc.

The sun sect's master turned to look at the cloud sect.

" But i must warn you, the mind is a very delicate thing."

" If an attack is too powerful in the illusion, it will affect the body."

" You could be crippled or become one of the living dead, alive but it wouldn't be any different from being dead, as you would not be able to move or think. So fight with caution." The man looked at the various sect's.

" For this tournament, we will use the challenge system."

" You can challenge one person. If you lose, you will be disqualified, if you win, you can continue."

" If the challenged person loses, they will lose their chance to challenge someone, but if they win, they can challenge the person of their choice, or skip their turn." The man explained.

" So this is going to be in our minds, right?" Levi suddenly asked.

" Yes. I don't know what that pill does to connect minds, though." The sect master said.

He looked to the side and was shocked, cold sweat dripping down his face.

Levi had a light smile on his face.

This smile scared the sect master.

" W-what are you planning to do?" The sect master asked with a shakey voice.

" Hmm? What do you mean?" Levi himself didn't know that he was smiling.

After the man finished speaking, a sun sect disciple went down to the stage.

" How do we know that this pill will do as you said?" A loud voice suddenly rang out.

" Hmm?" The man on the platform looked at the sun sect's master.

" Come now. Every five years sir is here to monitor our tournaments so that everything goes smoothly." The cloud sect master spoke calmly from his side of the coliseum.

Although his voice was soft, everyone heard it.

" You...Humph!" The sun sect master humphed.

" I, Jaxon, of the sun sect, challenge William of the cloud sect!" After the discussion was finished, the tournament began, as a disciple of the sun sect shouted.

A male disciple with a light smile walked down to the stage calmly.

" Each of you, sit in either corner of the platform and take this pill." The man said.

They both went to their respective corners and sat cross-legged, before swallowing the pill.

After taking the pill, both of them slouched forward slightly.

" Huh? Where..." The sun sect disciple found himself in a lush forest with giant trees.

"..." While the cloud sect disciple, William, found himself in a plain space, without light or darkness.

All of a sudden, both of them felt a tugging.

The two places started to pull towards each other before fusing.

The large green forest was no longer green, although the trees were still there, they didn't have any color and the plain space was no longer plain, as it had colorless trees in it now.

The two looked around before their eyes landed on each other.

The sun sect disciple, Jaxon, imagined his sword, which appeared a few seconds later.

The cloud sect disciple, William, didn't take out any weapon.

When Jaxon saw this, he felt like William was just looking down on him, so in a fit of rage, he slashed out with a flaming qi on his sword.

...

Outside.

Watching the fight, the cloud sects disciples were all still smiling lightly, which was frightening in it's own way.

The sun sect disciples had smug expressions on their faces, as if they had already won.

The sun sect's master had a ugly expression, but they paid no mind to him.

Levi looked down at this sight with interest, his slightly long red hair blowing in the wind.

...

Inside of their minds.

The flaming qi was just about to rip the cloud sect disciple to shreds, but he suddenly dissapeared.

Jaxon looked around but still couldn't find him, then he felt something like a hand on his back.

Before he could look back, a low boom resounded.

William released a small Shockwave from his palm and sent it into Jaxon's body.

Outside, Jaxon's body shook before falling farward to the ground, unmoving.

The sun sect master stood up with an ugly face and looked towards the cloud sect master.

" Worry not, he is just unconscious. As i said, a strong enough attack can have effects on the body." The man's strange voice rang out once more.

" Humph! I challenge that cloud sect disciple!" A muscular sun sect disciple stood up angrily and pointed to William.

" Since he just won a match, he can choose to refuse the challenge." The man said.

William looked at the sun sect disciple before walking back up to his seat without a word.

" You! Fine! Any cloud sect disciple is fine!" The sun sect disciple screamed.

A female cloud sect disciple walked down from her seat, a slight smile on her face.

" Don't think that i'll go easy on you just because you're a woman!" The sun sect disciple said.

After a few seconds, the sun sect disciple found himself in a barren land, he was shocked for a while before calming himself down.

As for the cloud sect disciple, she found herself in a plain space with a few colors.

A little bit of light, a little bit of darkness.

Since the cloud sect disciples lost their emotions, their imaginations also lost color.

This female disciple was most likely a new disciple, which was why she still had a few colors.

Once again the places merged.

The sun sect disciple didn't say anything as he charged at the cloud sect disciple.

Right as she was about to be hit by his massive palm of blazing qi, she dissapeared.

The same as with the male disciple, she reappeared behind the sun sect disciple, but before she could attack, a large elbow implanted itself into her face before sending her flying a short distance.

" You cowards of the cloud sect only know how to attack from behind! So predictable!" The sun sect disciple sneered.

The cloud sect disciple stood up with some difficulty, she no longer had a light smile on her face.

Her nose was flattened, some of her front teeth knocked out with blood and saliva flowing out from her face.

She looked at the sun sect disciple with hate.

Since she still had a few emotions, how could she not be angry with someone destroying her face?

Although it was only a mental projection, she still felt humiliated.

A sharp qi rose from her body as she dissapeared once again.

The sun sect disciple punched forward with a smug expression.

As he thought, the cloud sect disciple did appear at the front this time.

But what surprised him was the fact that he missed.

" Eh?" Suddenly, a soft thump rang out.

The sun sect disciple looked down and saw his arm on the dried up ground with blood flowing out.

" AHHHHHHH!!" He screamed.

At that moment, a light flashed.

His world spun as he looked at his headless body.

Outside, his body trembled uncontrollably before it finally stopped.

He was laying on the on the stage, a liquid pouring out from his crotch.

Soon after, a horrendous stench wafted out.

The sun sect's master's face was ugly as he looked at the cloud sect disciple with killing intent.

The cloud sect disciple opened her eyes and wiped away the line of blood that was coming from her nose before looking around.

After seeing the state of the sun sect disciple, her smile deepened before she got up and walked off the stage.