111 Fighting foundation establishmen (1/2)

Bai Yun slowly walked up to the arena. His opponent had already arrived and was waiting for him. Once Bai Yun reached the arena, he put away his walking stick and took out his sword. Against someone at the foundation establishment realm, Bai Yun was not confident in defeating them barehanded.

Bai Yun's opponent this time was a burly young man. With a single pass of his perception, Bai Yun could tell that his opponent this time was quite strong. And he was also a strength based martial artist. It would be quite a feat to defeat him.

Bai Yun's opponent this time was named Bai Mo. He was the fifth seed for this clan tournament. This meant that he was quite strong. But it also meant that once Bai Yun defeated him, he would not have to face anyone stronger for quite a while.

”I heard that there was a qi condensation realm kid who managed to make it in here.” Bai Mo said. ”Who would have thought that I would be lucky enough to face him. Unfortunately for you, your luck ends here. Get ready to lose. I am not going to give you any chance just because you are blind.”

Bai Yun chuckled when he heard Bai Mo. He had heard threats like this many time before in this tournament. But he was able to dispatch all enemies easily until now. And he was especially amused at Bai Mo calling him a kid. Bai Mo was one year younger than him.

Bai Yun did not say anything in response and only silently released his soul tendrils. Four soul tendrils, each with a certain strength slowly seeped out and wrapped around Bai Mo. But Bai Yun did not put any strength on his soul tendrils. The use of these soul tendrils was to catch Bai Mo's movement so that he could react in time.

Bai Yun took his sword and got into a fighting stance in response. Bai Mo just snorted and took out a hammer from his storage ring. Bai Mo was the descendent of an elder and had a storage ring. Almost all of the first few seeds were descendants of top powerhouses.

Bai Mu took out his hammer and swung it around a few times. As a strength type cultivator, Bai Mo was definitely using a weapon that suited him.

Seeing that the two of them were both ready, the referee raised his hand and shouted: ”Begin.”

The moment the match began, Bai Mo rushed at Bai Yun. Bai Yun calmly waited for him. It did not matter to him who had the first attack. What mattered was controlling the rhythm of the battle. And in a situation where you knew nothing of your opponent's strengths, defending was a better moving first.

When Bai Mo reached Bai Yun, he pulled his hammer back and swung it at Bai Yun.

Bia Yun took a step back to dodge the attack. But even though he dodged the attack, the wind pressure of the attack blew over and blew his hair away.

Bai Yun then tried to stab at Bai Mo with his sword. But the reaction speed of a foundation establishment realm cultivator was extremely high. Bai Mo was able to easily dodge the attack. He then swung his hammer hard, which forced Bai Yun back.

Bai Yun found his footing and raced towards Bai Mo. Bai Mo raised his hammer and waited for Bai Yun to approach.

When Bai Yun approached him, Bai Mo suddenly took a swing with his hammer. But at that exact moment, Bai Yun's footsteps became weird. For a moment it was as if Bai Yun stood still even while charging forward. The hammer harmlessly passed by in front of his nose.

The next second Bai Yun cast wind motion. In a moment Bai Yun's speed rose to the pinnacle. He thrust his sword forward at a very rapid speed.

A look of horror appeared in Bai Mo's eyes. But he bend his body out of the way. Thanks to that, Bai Yun's sword only slid past Bai Mo's shoulder, drawing a line of blood in the process.

Angered by the fact that he was hurt, Bai Mo rapidly rotated and swung his hammer at Bai Yun. Bai Yun felt the wind coming from behind him and accelerated to get out of the way. But the swinging speed of Bai Mo was faster than Bai Yun. The hammer crashed into Bai Yun's shoulder. But since Bai Yun leapt forward at the moment of impact, the swinging speed of the hammer was not much faster than his own speed. Thus the hit did not hurt Bai Yun too much.

Bai Yun was thrown forward by the hit. He fell on the ground and stood up quickly. He heard Bai Mo coming at him with a growl.

But Bai Yun only smiled in response. He waited for Bai Mo to get close to him, and just as he did so, he took a single step to the right. The moment after he moved, Bai Mo's hammer smashed into the place where he was standing.

Bai Yun casually took step after step in the arena. It almost looked like he was taking a stroll in the arena. After each step, Bai Mo would attack the place he was standing at just before.

Bai Yun was using mystic steps, the same technique he had used to trap Zhang Zi. The fight until now had given Bai Yun the necessary understanding of Bai Mo's rhythm. But this time it was a far greater burden on Bai Yun. Not only was Bai Mo's cultivation an entire realm higher, but Bai Yun also could not see. Thus Bai Yun was using his four soul tendrils to the maximum. They were all wrapped around Bai Mo and he was using the feedback from them to predict Bai Mo's moves. Thankfully Ba Mo's rhythm was quite simple. Else he would not have been able to do so.

But just as he was getting used to mystic steps, a mistake happened. Bai Yun reaction was a little strained since he couldn't see. So he could make an accurate enough judgement in time and moved a little late. Thus the powerful wind from an attack hit Bai Yun, destabilising him a little bit. This affected his reaction to the next move. Soon Bai Yun was finding it harder and harder to stay one step ahead of Bai Mo.

Without any other choice, Bai Yun decided to end mystic steps. He put his strength on his feet and leapt backwards, putting distance between them.