The Heavenly Tiger Swordsman
Instilling a Dominating Impression

After the welcome event, the determination of the opponent is the next stage of the tournament.

Where even though the tournament should have started since the determination of the opponent finished, the match, it could not be done because the battle arena that needed repair after Hao Zhao's ascension to the arena caused the arena to suffer quite severe damage.

Fortunately the arena correction did not take long enough, where Meng Kiao as the city lord could take care of it quite well to make during the day all that had been planned for the tournament began to be done.

The announcement of information regarding who was the opponent began to be conveyed by Meng Kiao from the top of the fighting arena, making around hundreds of participants now know who their opponents in the tournament later.

Some of the participants there are satisfied there are also those who are not satisfied with the division of their opponents, namely, where among those who were dissatisfied there was one person who seemed to be hit by a mountain because he had to be an opponent of Hao Zhao in his first fight.

The tournament in the city of Dahan Gugur itself has an elimination provision, losing once means losing completely making a fortune also takes part in how far a participant can go.

“Damn it, what the hell is this. Of the many people why should I be the opponent, not to mention my fight is placed as the first match? Don't joke," a participant who was Hao Zhao's opponent, was so bad how he expressed himself when his name was called to ride the arena.

On top of the arena itself there was already one imperial warrior who would be the overseer of the match, though, where the boisterous atmosphere sounded not long after because Hao Zhao started to stand up from his stool to also climb onto the arena.

“Sister Zhao, spirit!" yue Yie exclaimed trying to lend her support.

“I'm still near you, why yell?" Hao Zhao with his ears that felt a little pain.

“Hehe, sorry. I was just too excited," Yue Yie said with an awkward smile.

Hao Zhao only sighed softly before glancing towards Yang Gao, where the old man immediately revealed some things silently to Hao Zhao.

Hao Zhao only nodded in understanding what Yang Gao had told him by reading Yang Gao's lips, where what Yang Gao asked him to do can Hao Zhao be able because it is not at all difficult.

“Hao Zhao from Treasure Lantern, in hope to climb the battle arena soon!"

Cries sounded from the imperial warriors above the arena, where Hao Zhao's opponent had been there but not with Hao Zhao whose fight had been so eagerly awaited by every one of the participants were also spectators present.

Hao Zhao heard his name on the call immediately jumping onto the arena, making the various people including Meng Kiao panic afraid that the fighting arena would once again be destroyed because of what Hao Zhao did.

“Damn it, do we have to once again wait for the whereabouts to be fixed after this?"

“Like that's okay too, after all my opponent is strong so I need time to think of a way to fight him."

“Hey, don't say that. Do you want to have to wait for arena repairs every time he finishes a fight?"

The conversation among the participants, recalled what happened when Hao Zhao first climbed his arena.

In contrast to the guesses of quite a lot of people related to the arena who will once again be destroyed due to the ascension of Hao Zhao there, what actually happened was so different that everyone who saw Hao Zhao was immediately stunned.

Hao Zhao was as if walking in midair as he landed from the jump he made, making himself able to smoothly get to the top of the arena without leaving even the slightest bit of damage there.

“What? How can a young generation do that?"

“Damn it, this really doesn't make sense!"

The talk came after what Hao Zhao did, which this time was open to the participants but they were elders who accompanied their younger generation to attend the tournament.

The elder who was almost entirely a Purification swordsman was aware of what Hao Zhao had just managed to do, he said, where it requires a very high mastery of inner strength to do so and none of those elders can do that leaves them full of question marks.

“Just need to flow the soles of the feet with energy in making walking air as if walking on it, what are you booming of that simple thing?" hal Zhao muttered that he had heard talk about him.

“The rules are easy, get your opponent out of the arena or give up. Do you understand?" ask the imperial soldier who has the responsibility of overseeing the safety of the contestants after Hao Zhao climbed the arena.

Hao Zhao and the young swordsman who was his opponent immediately nodded, not bothering about it as it was indeed a common matter of such rules in a tournament.

“Good, so are you guys ready?" ask the Imperial soldiers afterwards.

“I'm ready," said Hao Zhao briefly.

“A— I ... ready" the young swordsman who was Hao Zhao's opponent, said it was full of doubt.

The imperial soldier raised his eyebrows, realizing that it seemed like the person who was opposite Hao Zhao had absolutely no readiness inversely proportional to his words.

“Then please fight!" exclaimed the imperial warrior did not care at all about it because his responsibility was only to be a supervisor or referee in the match.

Hao Zhao did not react at all even after the match was officially started, just standing in his place without even showing his ready-to-fight position.

The young swordsman who was Hao Zhao's opponent only looked at the strange Hao Zhao, himself ready with a sword in his hand but so hesitant to start attacking moves.

“Hey, are you just going to be quiet like that?" hao Zhao asked after quite a while waiting for the attack from his opponent.

“Your weapon, why don't you use it?" The young warrior Hao Zhao was up against had felt it was his chance to see the unarmed Hao Zhao, though he did not take the opportunity to fear it was just a trap that Hao Zhao prepared for him.

Hao Zhao just stared at his opponent in silence before saying, “Indeed I need it?"

“Damn it, blame yourself for daring to underestimate me like this!" The young swordsman that Hao Zhao was fighting despite his doubts was finally forced to make a move, trying to lung at Hao Zhao with the sword in his hand that was already so ready to be slammed down.

Hao Zhao remained silent in his place waiting for his opponent to continue to approach him, before suddenly disappearing from his opponent's sight somewhere.

“Damn it! Where are you running?!" The young swordsman who was Hao Zhao's opponent immediately felt shocked, when the target of his sword's plunge suddenly disappeared making his sword just blow into the wind instead of Hao Zhao.

“Who's running?" Hao Zhao suddenly appeared beside the young swordsman, before swinging his fist right at the young swordsman's face.

Buahghhh!!!

The crisp sound of clashing of a fist with a face rang out, after which the young swordsman who was the opponent of Hao Zhao seemed to float in the air as it was thrown so far away from the arena.

“Hey, move!"

"Himself thrown at us, this is dangerous!"

So many spectators who watched the tournament on one side of the arena immediately felt panic after seeing the body of the participants who were competing now slammed towards them.

It was fortunate for them when some imperial Warriors who were indeed around the arena in a timely manner moved to capture the young man's body in order not to hit the audience, instead, even though it means making them a substitute who must withstand the impact of the young man's body.

Brakk!!!

About two imperial soldiers who tried to capture the young man's body were unable to resist the speed of his body, before finally succeeding in doing it with great difficulty.

What had just happened immediately became a new source of shock for every one of them watching, making the figure of Hao Zhao in their eyes even more extraordinary than the one before.

“Beating each opponent with an overwhelming impression of dominance, it's easy," murmured Hao Zhao recalled the message delivered by Yang Gao.