The Legend of Zhu San
031: Preliminary Round
The sound of a gong sounded as a gesture for the two participants to start their fight.
Yuan Long who was carrying a golden-yellow-eyed spear, immediately shot towards Xie Han who was using the sword as his weapon.
TRAANG
Sword and spear sounds collided, an exchange of attacks immediately occurred between the two with a fairly rapid movement.
As the exchange of attacks entered dozens of moves, Yuan Long began to be pushed back by Xia Han's Sword attack.
Just like what Zhu San had said earlier, Yuan Long finally bounced out of the arena, as Xie Han managed to land a hard kick that Yuan Long had not expected at all until the kick hit his stomach.
The disappointed faces of Yuan Du, Father and also the Golden Spear Sect Chief, when they saw that Yuan Long had to lose quickly to Xie Han.
“Chairman Xie .. Congratulations on your wonderful Son's victory.” Chairman Yuan Du congratulated Xie Bing who was immediately replied respectfully by that Flame Sword Sect Chief.
“Chairman Yuan .. Your son is just a little off guard. His ability is also extraordinary considering his age is still quite young.”
Some Sect Chiefs smiled after hearing the humble reply from Chairman Xie Bing.
It was very obvious the difference between Xie Han and Yuan Long. The Sword moves played by Xie Han were extremely flexible and the movements were extremely efficient.
In contrast to Yuan Long who still looks stiff with his spear stance and still makes many inefficient movements at all.
The match continued, a young man from the White Stream Sect would fight with a representative girl from a noble family.
This was because not all Sects sent two of their envoys as requested in the invitation.
The Fire Sword Sect and the Ice Flower Island Sect were the two sects that did not bring their two disciples in the martial tournament this time around.
So the Liu imperial court, decided to include two participants from the Royal House.
One of them was a sixteen-year-old girl named Liu Lin who had a beauty not inferior to Qin Yu.
Liu Ling was the nephew of Emperor Liu Feng, his father Liu Han was the younger brother of Emperor Liu Feng who died of illness when Liu Ling was still a child.
Liu Ling was Zheng An's second disciple, an unfettered Swordsman who served the emperor Liu Feng by becoming the Emperor's personal bodyguard.
The opponent of Liu Ling was a quite handsome young man who came from the White Flow Sect that was the Sacred Valley Sect.
The young man named Hou Kin was the second best disciple of the Sacred Valley Sect led by Chairman Hao Jian who was nicknamed the Sacred Swordsman.
“This girl has a high internal energy from this warm radiance of energy. Don't-don't ..”
The gong sound signaled the start of the match, stopping Zhu San's thinking as he felt the aura of power within Liu Ling who was preparing for his fight.
In this second fight, the two participants had not yet used a sword that was neatly sheathed on their waists.
I don't know what the reason for the two of them is that they are now exchanging boxing attacks and kicks that are getting faster and faster.
The audience's voice grew increasingly murmurous as the fight of the two had entered dozens of moves.
Some Sect chiefs were seen clucking in awe at the talent that Liu Ling possessed.
The move is the third strongest empty-handed Hell's Tread Style possessed by Zheng An who nicknamed the Tread Swordsman Sakti.
Liu Ling's mastery of that style had entered the stage of perfect mastery. So that in a few moments later Hou Kin looked desperate.
Several times there was a clash between Hou Kin's Fist and Liu Ling's Tread. From the impact it was seen if Hou Kin always bounced a few steps with a chaotic deep energy flowing.
Hou Kin's face was slightly agitated, as he felt the heat, penetrating his body every time his fists met Liu Ling's tread.
It made Hou Kin even more desperate, even several times his face was almost hit by the ruthless attacks from the Hell's Tread technique.
Realizing that he was losing in technique and inner strength, Hou Kin who did not want himself to be hit by the hot air, immediately jumped back and immediately outside the fighting arena.
The Sacred Valley Sect Chief who had been standing for a while, breathed a sigh of relief. He planned to stop the fight because he did not want his talented student to suffer serious injuries in this tournament.
While Zheng An got congratulations from Emperor Liu who looked happy because his nephew showed a great fight.
The cheers of the spectators watching the match turned boisterous again as they shouted to complain about Liu Ling's name.
Monk Fanzeng immediately announced Liu Ling as the winner. Then he immediately called the participants who would do the third fight in this preliminary round.
The third battle took place quickly due to the difference in strength between the two.
Another quick fight soon followed: the fourth fight and the fifth fight.
In the fight to the six preliminary rounds, there was a slight tension between the representatives from the Golden Spear Sect and the Star Sword Sect.
The representative of the Golden Spear Sect was a young man named Yang Xio, eighteen years old and much stronger than Yuan Hong the son of his Sect Chief.
The tension was because Yang Xio was trying to attack with murderous lust to his opponent, a nineteen-year-old young man.
The representative youth of the Star Sword Sect was named Gao Yan. He was the first son of Elder Gao Shin, the greatest elder of the Star Sword Sect.
Tension ensued when Monk Fanzeng temporarily stopped the fight, he also gave a reprimand to Yang Xio, related to the aura of killing him and his spear attacks that always lead to the neck of the opponent.
There was a bit of debate between Yang Xio and Monk Fanzeng. The debate ended when the Golden Spear Sect Chief snapped at Yang Xio to keep quiet and obey the rules that had been set.
The fight was resumed, but Gao Yan was too great to be defeated by Yang Xio.
After exchanging attacks of nearly a hundred moves, a powerful kick from Gao Yan, ended Yang Xio's move in the tournament.
Withstanding the anger and pain in his back, Yang Xio left the arena without paying homage to the opponent as he had set out.
It made Chairman Yuan Du's face turn red withstanding anger and embarrassment. While Zhu San only smiled at Yang Xio's mental thinness.
The fight was resumed, until the afternoon had entered the final fight.
The final battle was the one that Zhu San was looking forward to. Because the girl who had secretly stolen his heart was going to fight on the closing fight in the preliminary round.
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