94 Fighting in the tournamen (1/2)

Two days later, Bai Yun headed towards the youngster's tournament once again. Today was his first fight.

When Bai Yun arrived at the arena, there were already a lot of people there. Bai Yun realized that compared to his arena, the others were relatively emptier. After a moment of thought, he understood the reason.

Bai Yun was the tenth seed in this tournament. Not only that, he had only fought once before. Thus he was a very mysterious person with not much known about him. So naturally, he would attract attention. Especially from the other top seeds.

When Bai Yun reached the arena, there was already a fight going on in the arena. His fight was scheduled to be the next one.

Bai Yun stood near the arena and patiently watched the fight. The two people fighting were much weaker than him but they were close to each other in strength. So the fight continued on for a while. Finally one of them won by a fluke. But the one who won did not see to be in a good enough state to continue on.

Once they were done, it was Bai Yun's turn next. He calmly walked up to the arena and waited there for his opponent. A few moments later, he saw a young man walk up to the arena.

The young man got up and stood there arrogantly. \”You better get down before I make you into minced meat.\” The young man said.

Bai Yun simply smiled at him in response. It was obvious that the young man hadn't done a thorough job in researching his opponent. If he had, he would not have said so. But BaiYun couldn't fault him in not checking up on the opposition. After all, Bai Yun did not even know the youth's name.

The referee asked the two of them to get ready. Bai Yun simply stood there calmly without even taking out his weapon. The young man on the hand took out a great saber.

\”Begin.\” The referee shouted. The moment the fight began the young man ran forward with his saber. Bai Yun stared at him calmly.

Just as the young man was about to reach him, Bai Yun finally made his move. He took a single step forward and grabbed at the hilt of the saber. The young man was startled and tried to shake off Bai Yun. But before he could do so, Bai Yun spun around and drove his elbow into the throat of the young man. The young man grasped at his throat and took a few steps back. But before he could stabilize himself he froze.

Bai Yun stood there with the young man's saber in his hands and the tip at his neck. A single drop of blood slowly coated the edge of the blade.

\”Do you concede or should we continue?\” Bai Yun quietly asked.

The young man stared at Bai Yun with fear. \”I-I concede.\” The young man finally stammered.

\”Bai Yun wins.\” The referee declared.

Bai Yun smiled and retuned the saber to the young man. The young man was feeling weak and actually dropped the saber once before he quickly picked it up. Bai Yun simply turned around and left the arena. He was done for the day. He two more fights tomorrow. But other than that he was quite free.

Bai Yun was walking back to the meeting place with old Hai while thinking abuts the assassin god's movement technique. He had already mastered the first part of it: wind motion, but was far from mastering the second portion, soundless motion. Even though he understood the principles behind it, mastering it seemed to be quite a difficult feat.

Just as Bai Yun was thinking and walking, he found his path suddenly blocked. Bai Yun looked up to see a young man in a huge coat standing in front of him. But due to their age, Bai Yun was much taller than the other guy. But it seems like the young man was not intent on looking up at Bai Yun. Thus instead of looking at Bai Yun's face, he looked at his chest.

Bai Yun was quite interested in this child that just appeared in front of him. He seemed to be different from the rest.

\”Can I help you?\” Bai Yun asked him.

\”I don't know what the matter with the organizers is, ranking you higher than me. If this is all that you are good for, then you will be dead before you can you how you died.\” The young man replied.

Bai Yun suddenly understood the situation. The young man must have been seeded lower than him. And since Long Tian was generally considered as an unknown person, he must have felt wronged.

\”You know its never a good idea to look down on your opponent.\” Bai Yun kindly reminded the young man.

\”I will do whatever I want. Who are you tell me what to do? You better just hope that you make it to the round of sixteen so that I can deal with you personally.\” The young man said. Then he finally looked up at Bai Yun, snorted and left.

Bai Yun was more amused by this exchange than anything else. He simply shook his head and went on his merry way. There were a lot of people staring at him due to the conflict. Bai Yun could also sense a few rather powerful presences around him. He figured that they must be the other seeded competitors.