At this moment, Kachina standing on the stage was extremely nervous.
She had already heard quite a few stories about Chasca.
She had also watched Chasca's battles here before.
Decisive, clean, and efficient.
It was the complete opposite of her own hesitant personality.
"Huff—huff—Kachina, don't be anxious…"
Kachina took deep breaths to calm her emotions, constantly cheering herself on in her heart.
She firmly remembered the fighting style Mu Yang had repeatedly instilled in her: maximize your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.
Observe the opponent, look for opportunities…
Chasca was not a talkative person. She had no intention of responding to Kachina's quiet self-muttering on the other side.
She simply waited quietly for the match to begin.
As a powerful warrior, Chasca's strength came not only from her talent but also from her experiences.
Therefore, she would not relax just because Kachina was relatively short and young.
After all, in the individual competition, only those with the same battle record would be matched against each other.
The little girl opposite her also had three wins, just like her.
As the battle horn sounded, Chasca quickly drew her bow and arrows.
Three arrows carrying the distinct elemental powers of Anemo, Pyro, and Geo shot toward Kachina.
Her attack speed was undeniably fast, but Kachina's current movement technique was also very quick.
Even so, she was nearly burned by the rocket.
Chasca had never intended to defeat her opponent with such a simple attack anyway.
It was just that Kachina's movement technique made her eyes light up.
"This doesn't seem like the fighting style of the Children of Echoes, nor does it look like the other tribes…"
On Kachina's side, she was breathing heavily. This was the oppressive feeling given by a powerful opponent.
Just one exchange, and she had nearly been taken down.
"The more critical the moment, the more I must not rush. Observe the opponent, look for opportunities…"
Kachina used her Sky-High Spinner. This was her original fighting method—
Digging a tunnel!
Kachina, rapidly drilling forward on the Geo-element surface with her Sky-High Spinner, kicked up clouds of dust.
She wanted to use this to confuse her opponent, then seize the chance to close in with the spear techniques Mu Yang had taught her.
Unfortunately, Chasca's combat experience was far too rich.
She did not give Kachina any opportunity to create her own terrain.
The archer drew her bow to full strength. A fierce gale howled, sweeping away all the rising sand and dust on the field.
Kachina's small figure was completely exposed.
Arrows rained down densely toward Kachina.
Kachina had no way to hide and could only maneuver her Sky-High Spinner to climb the pillars around the arena.
Halfway up, she suddenly kicked hard against the large drill bit, using the force to launch herself toward the center of the field.
Kachina! Attack!
She chose this because she noticed the arrow barrage behind her had slowed down slightly.
At this height, when Chasca looked up to shoot, her line of sight would be affected!
As Kachina flew out, she gripped the handle of the Sky-High Spinner and pushed the power to maximum.
Success or failure would be decided by this one strike.
The saying "one move mastered can feed you for life" had some truth to it.
But if the gap in actual combat experience between both sides was too large, defeating the enemy with one move was clearly impossible.
Earlier, while Kachina was competing, Chasca had also been fighting on other stages.
She had never seen Kachina use this move before, but relying on years of battle experience, Chasca immediately made a judgment.
The longbow began to deform under the power of her Vision.
The bowstring transformed into reins. After grabbing them, Chasca immediately fired a powerful shot at the ground.
Using the massive wind cannon, Chasca stepped onto her revolver and soared into the air, dodging Kachina's attack.
Aerial combat was clearly Chasca's domain.
After all, she had been raised by her Saurian mother, the winged dragon.
Kachina's ultimate technique missed completely. In contrast, Chasca dodged and entered her own familiar territory.
The audience cheered excitedly, loudly shouting encouragement for the contestants.
Of course, ninety percent of them were shouting Chasca's name.
However, Kachina's previous performances had also gained her quite a few fans.
On top of that, facing an opponent like Chasca, she was stubbornly resisting and even attempting a counter-kill.
This won her a lot of goodwill.
After all, people came to watch the matches for excitement.
Now, the one everyone had to look up to had become Kachina.
The sunlight and flames from the sky were indeed somewhat blinding.
Chasca controlled the giant revolver and locked onto Kachina.
Under the overwhelming barrage of elemental cannon fire, Kachina was defeated.
Even so, she quickly got back up, just as she always did.
This time, before crying, she stubbornly raised her head and looked at the person who had defeated her.
Chasca in the sky was surrounded by light. That was a "height" that the current her could not reach…
"Let us congratulate the legendary contestant Cha—sca! She has once again claimed her victory!"
"At the same time, thank you to contestant Kachina for bringing us such a wonderful match!"
"Oh— it seems a shocking comeback has occurred on the sub-arena…"
In the spectator seats, Mu Yang had been paying attention to Kachina's growth from beginning to end.
This child was a bit prone to tears and somewhat lacking in confidence, yet she possessed enormous potential and energy.
Mu Yang really liked people who had "upward" energy.
Perhaps this was why he had chosen to guide Kachina.
"You've already done very well."
Although he might not have much time to continue teaching Kachina in the future.
Mu Yang believed that Kachina's situation would definitely get better and better.
It might even shock Lumine one day.
But that was a story for later.
Back in the lounge, Kachina still shed tears.
This was the little crybaby's habit. It wasn't that she really wanted to cry.
This time, losing to Chasca, she didn't feel ashamed at all.
From the moment Chasca flew into the sky, she already knew she had lost.
But what came after losing?
How to solve this problem was the key.
They might still meet on the battlefield in the future. Was she going to be blasted out of the sky by aerial missiles every single time?
"A height that can never be reached in a lifetime does not exist!"
Kachina wiped away her tears and prepared to face the next match.
The intense individual competition was in full swing.
It had to be said that this kind of competition, which had no entry barrier for Natlan people, was really not something one could win so easily.
In the end, Kachina fell short by three points.
Just three points away, and she could have competed with the fifth place for a spot in the Night Warden War.
Unfortunately, there had never been any "what ifs" in this world.
The young Kachina ultimately lost to several more seasoned warriors.
They only needed to respond steadily, and they could quickly figure out Kachina's movement techniques and limits.
At the restaurant area, a man and a woman sat waiting for someone.
Kinich had been selected to participate.
Sitting here were Mu Yang and Mualani.
Mualani was thinking about how to comfort Kachina.
Although she herself had not made it into the Night Warden War, she was not discouraged.
Instead, she was even more worried about Kachina.
Mu Yang seemed to have no intention of making any comment.
In fact, he really didn't do anything.
When Kachina walked over, Mualani handed her a handkerchief, but Kachina refused it.
"My tears, I'll wipe them myself."