96 Old friends cross swords (1/2)

The first fight in the quarterfinals was between Bai Qing and a young man from the Gong clan. Usually, the youngster's tournament would be completely dominated by the major forces of Yellow City, but this time there were two people from outside the major forces in the quarterfinals. Though in truth Bai Yun was a member of the Bai clan, no one else knew. Meng Qi had also joined a major force quite recently, so she could also be considered as an outsider. This was an embarrassment to the major forces of Yellow city.

The fight between Bai Qing and the young man from the Gong clan lasted for a while. But in the end Ba Qing won a resounding victory.

The second fight was between Zhang Zi and a girl from the Song clan. This was the least exciting of the quarterfinal matches. The fight ended without any unexpected factor and Zhang Zi won. Now the first of the two semi finals had been decided. It would be between Zhang Zi and Bai Qing.

The third fight was between Meng Qi and a girl from the hunters union. This fight was extremely close. These two were considered as the weakest members of the quarterfinals and the fight lasted for nearly half an hour. Finally, Meng Qi won by exhausting her opponent and made it into the semi finals.

The last fight in the quarterfinals was between Bai Yun and Luo Ting. Luo Ting was still recuperating when the fight started. He had barely returned from the medical section when he was asked to enter the fight. His face was slightly pale when he stepped into the ring. He was still a little weak from his previous fight.

Bai Yun thought that it was a shame. Due to his weakness Luo Ting was not at his best. Bai Yun had a rather good view of this dark horse. He fought rather well in the few fights he had seen.

As he walked up the stairs Bai Yun heard a loud cheer. He turned to see Song Hui waving her giant flag. Bai Yun waved back to her and climbed up the stairs. As he did so, an uneasy look appeared on his face. This was the first time his fight was the center of the attention of the entire stadium. Usually, there would be other fights happening simultaneously that would draw the audience's attention. Bai Yun did not like the feeling of fighting in front of others. He was used to fighting with his life on the line. He did not like fighting for sport.

Once Bai Yun entered the arena with Luo Ting, he still got a familiar feeling from him. He had a feeling that he had met Luo Ting before, but he just couldn't place him anywhere. Bai Yun continued to study Luo Ting. But up until the moment the referee said to begin the fight, Bai Yun could not recollect the person.

Bai Yun and Luo Ting ran at each other. They both swung their swords and the two swords clashed in the middle. The moment the swords crossed, Bai Yun's eyes flew wide open. He suddenly used his full strength, along with the strength he gained from the other two cultivation paths and pushed Luo Ting. The next second the two of them flew back away from each other and landed near the edges of the ring. It wasn't just Luo Ting, even the spectators were stunned by the sudden change.

Bai Yun just stood there staring at Luo Ting for a while before he chuckled. He finally recognized Luo Ting. It was true that fate always brings people together.

Luo Ting was Shadow One in disguise.

Bai Yun chuckled at the coincidence. But even though Bai Yun recognized shadow one, he did not recognize Bai Yun. After all, Bai Yun had used the Assassin Gods technique to change his identity. So the fight was to continue.

Shadow One was stunned by the sudden push. But he didn't dwell on it too much. Without waiting for Bai Yun to come back to his senses, Shadow One reacted and attacked once again.

Bai Yun smiled when he saw this. He simply took a few steps and slowly swung his sword to block shadow one's sword. Shadow One then rapidly thrust his sword into Bai Yun, which he also defended against. The two of them then continued to joust against each other for a few minutes. Bai Yun was calmly defending against Shadow One's attacks, but he also did not get any chance to strike back.

Bai Yun knew that he had to make a break in Shadow One's defenses to win. He could probably win if they drag out the fight, but Bai Yun had no intention to do so.

Suddenly Shadow One turned and slashed at Bai Yun with increased force. Bai Yun used the increased force to slide around Shaodow One and attack him from behind. But Shadow One leaped out of the way. Bai Yun quickly caught up to him and kicked at him, only fo Shadow one to block it with his arm. But the force of the kick was too strong and he ended up flying away instead.

Bai Yun used wind motion to cover the distance. Shadow One was still on the ground. Bai Yun had not given him any time to get up.

So Shadow One kicked up at Bai Yun from the ground. He stood on his hands and kicked at Bai Yun. The kick forced Bai Yun to come to stop and defend with his sword. Shadow One got up and slashed at Bai Yun. Bai Yun swiped the attack away and stepped in, punching at Shadow One, but it was blocked. Bai Yun then stepped in forcefully and shoved him away. Shadow One flew and fell down on to the floor.

Bai Yun stepped up to Shadow One once again. Shadow One then stabbed at Bai Yun with his sword. With a shake of his body, Bai Yun allowed it to pass by him, between his arm and his chest. He then gripped Shadow One's arm with his own, trapping him in the process. Shadow One was kneeling on the ground as Bai Yun caught his arm and twisted it, locking him in a painful posture.

\”Caught you.\” Bai Yun said with a chuckle.

\”Wrong. I caught you.\” Shadow One replied.