Narrator: The second quarterfinal was between Hiyuki and Itsumi, in which Hiyuki ended up picking up the victory. After their battle, Itsumi was carried out in the stretchers by the doctors. Upon seeing his big sister hurt so badly, Noren quickly arrived at the scene and went to the medical center along with them.

Raiden (to carson): I have to admit that Hiyuki guy is really strong!!

Carson: Indeed, he is. Unlocking Stage 4 at his age was considered impossible by many people, but he still did it. He might be the 'Biggest Prodigy' the world has ever seen!!

Livon (while staring at hiyuki): Hahahahahahaha!!

Chikara [Chief in Commander of the Crystal Country]: What an exceptional match that was!! Wahahahahaha!! The loving bond between the brother and sister was really touching to watch. I actually even shed a few tears for them. But still, for me, the best part of the match was how helpless her sister became at the end!! Wahahahaha!! The utter desperation of not being able to prove yourself in front of others, especially in front of your own brother, was so priceless to watch!! These are the kinds of moments that define a human being! And Itsumi failed badly in that regard!! Wahahahahaha!! 

Hanna [Chief in Commander of the Dragon Country]: Chikara........!! Mind your tongue!! You have no right to disrespect my Elite Soldier!!

Chikara: Chill down, Hanna; there is no need for you to get so heated about it. Wahahahahaha!!

Aiden [Chief in Commander of the Aquatic Country]: Didn't I tell you earlier, Chikara, that you need to keep your mouth shut??

Chikara: Wahahahaha!! What if I don't do that?? Who do you really think you are?? You will tell me to shut up, and I will follow you like an obedient child, huh?? I do things my own way!! Wahahahaha!!

Aiden (while staring at Chikara): .........

Volker [referee]: It's now time for the third quarterfinal to start!! This match will be between Nova from the Strand Country and Hinaka from the Aquatic Country!! I will request both participants to come down so we can start off the match!!

Unknown Person from Crowd 1: Yeah!! Finally, it will start now!! Who do you think will win this match??

Unknown Person in Crowd 2: It is tough to actually predict it. It will be a match between poison and wind, so anyone can take it.

Mizumi (while hugging hinaka): My love, go out there and win the match!! I will be cheering you on from here!!

Hinaka (while gently withdrawing mizumi's hug): You should stop doing all of this!!

Mizumi (while pouting): .........

Hinaka: But still, thanks for supporting me!! I appreciate it.

Mizumi (again hugging hinaka): My Hinaka!!

Hinaka (while trying hard to withdraw): Again!!

Kiyomi: Nova, if you are able to win this match, then I will exempt you from carrying my shopping bags after the World Tournament ends. How about it? Do you like this deal??

Nova: Like this deal? I frickin love this deal!! Anything that will let me lose out on that shopping promise is good for me!!

Noriko (in an awkward tone): Heyy nova, do your best.

Nova (with a surprised face): Th- Thank you, I suppose.

Raiden (to noriko): When did you start speaking so nicely to others?? Huh?? Hahahaha!!

Noriko (while shouting loudly): I was completing my formalities, damn it!! But you had to come with your pathetic mouth and ruin the moment!!

Nova: Hahahahaha!! Now this is the Noriko I remember!!

Narrator: Baker returns to the stands for the first time after his defeat against Eldon.

Baker- Well, if you guys haven't noticed then I am back.

Kiyomi (to baker): Well, we were just discussing who will hold how many bags when we go shopping.

Baker (with a stressed face): Ah, I see... In that case, nevermind, don't notice me, I am fine.

Kiyomi: So quickly you changed!! You people hate my shopping this much!!

Noriko: By the way, Baker, how is your arm now?? Is the new arm fitting you properly??

Baker (while checking his new arm): Not exactly; it's a little tight to move currently. But I think it will get better as time progresses. And Nova, all the best for your match!!

Nova: Thanks buddy.

Narrator: Both the Elite Soliders, Nova and Hinaka, then reach the ground for their match.

Volker [referee]: Let the 3rd quarterfinal begin now!!

Nova (to hinaka): Ever since we were drafted on the same team at the Rimsor Forest mission, I have always wanted to fight you, Hinaka.

Hinaka: Likewise. I was quite impressed back then with your comradery skills.

Narrator: There was a sense of tranquility in the air as both competitors waited for the other one to start off the match. 

Hinaka: HEAVENLY WIND STREAK!!

Narrator: Hinaka opens up his arms to the sky in order to summon a humongous beam of wind. 

Nova (with a surprised face): Ah! You aren't wasting any time, I see.

Raiden: That is one of Hinaka's strongest moves, and he is directly starting off with that!!

Nova (while looking at the sky): I better move before it comes down and crashes at me. POISON WEB SLING!!

Narrator: Before Hinaka could summon the heavenly wind streak, Nova got out of the way by using his poison as a sling. He attached it to the roof of the stadium and then flew over there. {Point 1}

Nova (while sitting on the roof and watching the sky): Ah, where is that beam of wind?? It should have come by now.

Hinaka (while flying): WIND ORB!!

Nova (with a stunned face): What?? He bluffed that attack!!

Narrator: Hinaka deceived Nova into thinking that he was going to summon the heavenly wind streak, but instead he created a huge wind orb of 500 centimeters and threw it at Nova.

Nova (while dodging the wind orb): POISON WEB SLING!!

Narrator: Nova used his poison sling to barely avoid the wind orb attack. He attached his poison sling to some other part of the roof and then flew over there. {Point 2}

Hinaka: WIND CHARGE!!

Narrator: Hinaka, who was already flying in the air, charged towards Nova at a speed of 5 meters per second.

Nova: POISON WEB SLING!!

Narrator: Nova again attaches his poison sling to a different part of the roof and then flies over there to avoid Hinaka. {Point 3}

Hinaka (while following nova): WIND SLASHES!!

Nova: POISON WEB SLING!!

Narrator: Hinaka this time sharpened the wind around him and made it in the form of slashes, and then directed numerous of those towards Nova.

Nova again attached a poison sling to a different part of the roof and was flying over there to dodge those wind slashes. But before Nova could successfully reach the roof, those wind slashes got him and hurt him in the back. Due to this, Nova started to fall to the ground. {Attempted Point 4}

Nova (while falling down): SLING TRAP!!

Hinaka (with a surprised face): Ah...??

Narrator: While falling to the ground, Nova produced two poison slings to trap Hinaka.

First, he produced a sling from his hands, which he attached to the roof (Point 5). Usually, whenever Nova attaches a particular sling, it always sticks to the spot. But this time the sling got diverted to Hinaka and binded itself to his neck.

The second sling Nova produced came from his legs. He attached that sling to Hinaka's legs to tie him up. Due to all of this, Nova had now stopped falling down as his legs were tied along with Hinaka.

Hinaka, on the other hand, was having a severe problem breathing as he was getting choked up by the slings that bound his neck. 

Nova (to hinaka): Now if I fall down, you will get a concussion due to the choking. So do you want me to fall now, huh??

Hinaka (while being choked up): WIND SLASHES!!

Narrator: Hinaka used his wind slashes to cut down the slings from both his neck and legs.

Nova already anticipated this, so he used his {Point 5} poison sling to hang in the air safely.

Hinaka (while coughing): Clever work.

Nova: We should take this fight back to the ground. What do you say about it??

Hinaka: I am fine with that.

Narrator: Both Nova and Hinaka then comfortably land on the ground. The distance between them is 8 meters.

Nova: POISON BREATHING!!

Hinaka: WIND TECHNIQUE: WIND HURRICANE!!

Narrator: Nova shoots poison from his mouth, but Hinaka manages to blow it away by using a hand sign to produce a massive wind hurricane.

Nova: POISON PUNCH!!

Hinaka (with a surprised face): Huh??

Narrator: Nova used that poison breathing attack as a medium of distraction to attack Hinaka head-on. He attached his poison sling to different parts of the roof and then used it's force to travel to Hinaka's spot at a fast speed. {Point 6}

Hinaka: WIND TRIDENT BLOCK!!

Narrator: Hinaka used his wind tunnel to barely dodge the poison punch. After that, he retrieved backwards to maintain a certain distance from Nova.

Miyuki: Ah, Nova is using all these poison slings to set a trap for Hinaka.

Tegan: He has made the entire stadium a huge spider web!! That is one large-scale attack!!

Suzune: But it will require a lot of precision to pull it off.

Raiden (to noriko): I bet you didn't know about that.

Noriko: Hahaha! Funny, I was just going to ask the same question to you. Considering how stupid you are,!!

Mizumi (while looking at hinaka): I believe in you, Hinaka! I know you will find some way to win this match!!

Nova: POISON JELLY!!

Narrator: Nova creates a huge jelly made up of poison and directs it towards Hinaka. The size of the poison jelly was 200 centimeters.

Hinaka: WIND TRIDENT BLOCK!!

Narrator: Hinaka used his wind trident to block the poison jelly attack. But in the meantime, Nova again attached another poison sling to a different part of the roof and used his force to travel to Hinaka's spot to attack him with his poison punch. {Point 7}

Nova (while traveling mid-air): Hahaha!! POISON PUNCH!!

Hinaka (while flying): Why do you keep using the same attack over and over again?? WIND FIST!!

Narrator: Before Nova could reach the ground and use his poison punch, Hinaka had already fled in his direction and punched Nova in the face.

Nova then ended up falling on the ground, 10 meters away from Hinaka's landing spot.

Nova (while keeping his one hand on the face): You are right. I shouldn't use the same attack over and over again. But sometimes, if you trust that attack to finish the job for you, then there is no problem in using it again and again!! Look closely at where you are standing right now!! You might have protected yourself earlier from my poison punch, but this web won't leave you until it crushes you completely.

Miyuki: Looking closely, these poison slings are much stronger than the one's Ryder was bound in earlier.

Suzune: Yes, the Ryder one was a much smaller-scale attack, but this one is definitely on a different level. If it binds Hinaka, then it will surely crush him.

Nova: All this time, I was luring you in and finding the perfect opportunity to trap you!! And now all the preparations have been done!! POISON WEB COMPLETE!!

Hinaka: Were you luring me in, or was I the one luring you?

Nova (while getting bound by the poison slings): What??

Narrator: Suddenly, all the poison slings that were supposed to bind Hinaka started binding Nova instead.

Nova (with a confused face): But how...??

Hinaka: You wanted to see the heavenly wind streak earlier, didn't you?? I will show it to you now!! HEAVENLY WIND STREAK!!

Narrator: Hinaka opens his arms to the sky, then summons a humongous beam of wind and directs it towards Nova. Being unable to move due to his own poison slings, Nova got hit by the attack head-on and then fell to the ground.

Volker [referee]: 1.................... 2...................... 3..................... 4.................... 5................... 6..................... 7..................... 8...................... 9...................... and 10. THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH IS HINAKA FROM THE AQUATIC COUNTRY. HE NOW ADVANCES TO THE SEMI- FINAL 2!!

TO BE CONTINUED

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