Chapter 86 - The Tournament - Round of 32 - Day 4 - Part 4 (1/2)

Walking up onto the arena, he saw that Ling Jie was already there and anxiously awaiting him. Mesa just smiled warmly at him and with his arms outstretched, called out to him: ”Ahh Ling Jie, it's so good to see you again! How about we make this an amazing match for both us and the audience!”

Ling Jie in response was happy to see him and immediately started getting giddy about everything he saw him do and bombarding him with remarks and questions: ”Boss! Boss! You were amazing! The way you knocked out those people without touching! Or how superfast you are! I couldn't even see you move! Or how you threw that giant ball of wind that caused that storm! Or how you caused those thunderstorms with that hammer of yours! Or how you than transformed into dragon armor and you became stronger like that, but you're not that strong anymore! Why is that boss?”

”Whoa there! Whoa there! Whoa there! Whoa there! I understand you're quite excited about everything you saw me do, but you need slow down there a little. How about this. Let us have a good match. And unlike the previous two matches I fought, we will make this one a match were we both use our best sword & martial arts techniques against each other. And as you know, I heal very, very fast. So if you manage to pierce my abdomen with your sword, I will consider it a loss for me. How about that?” Said Mesa.

”Sure Boss! Let's do this! If I want to have any chance at beating you, then I will use every ounce of power at my disposal!” Said Ling Jie, all pumped up and ready to go.

What Ling Jie did next was take out a case from his storage ring. Once he opened this case, an orange golden light shined through. And from this case he took out the Celestial Yang Sword, the same sword that Ling Yuefeng had thrown to Ling Yun in his match against Xia Qingyue.

Looking over the sword, Mesa took his two sword, Kansho & Bakuya in hand and looked over to Ling Yuefeng and said: ”Sword Villa Master! Throw the Celestial Yuan Sword to Ling Jie! He and I are gonna go all out from the start and he needs that sword right from the start!”

Ling Yuefeng sat there contemplating Mesa's suggestion for a few seconds before he stood up and threw the Celestial Yuan Sword to Ling Jie, who caught it.

Seeing that both contestant were ready, Ling Wugou announced the start of the match.

”Second match of the Semifinals: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Mesa Uchiha versus Heavenly Sword Villa's Ling Jie… Match start!”

Right out the gate, Ling Jie and Mesa rush at each other and start clashing swords very violently. The audience were completely enthralled looking at them. It was like watching a dance between two sword masters. Every attack was deflected or parried by one, only to have their attack deflected or parried as well. Neither one was able to gain the edge on the other.

After one particular clash, both of them are blown back from each other. Using this opportunity, Ling Jie charges both of his swords and slashes towards Mesa, launching a sword beam straight at him. Mesa seeing this coming, stays calm and drops Kansho & Bakuya. The moment they leave his hands; they dissipate in a light of golden particles. Taking a sumo stance, with one open palm in front of him and the other open palm close to his body, he waits for the sword beam to get close to him. Once the sword beam gets close to him, he forms a quake bubble around the open palm that was close to his body and palm strikes the sword beam, dissipating it with a loud explosion and causing the entire venue to tremble a little. Making a grabbing motion with his hands, Kansho & Bakuya appear once again and he resumes the fight.

”Wow Boss! You are amazing! I didn't know you could do that as well!” Said Ling Jie excitedly.

”Ohh Ling Jie, there are many things you don't know about me.” Said Mesa with a smirk.

And so they resumed their sword clash, with each of them deflector or parried the other one's attacks. At one point, Ling Jie came in with a thrust attack, only for Mesa to get out of its way and step on his sword. But just as Mesa wanted to attack him, Ling Jie thrusted his shoulder into Mesa, pushing him away and he followed up with a horizontal slash to his stomach. Bringing his sword up, Mesa absorbs the impact with his swords and is thrown back. Looking at his swords, he sees that they're both broken.

”Boss! I am so sorry about breaking your swords!” Said Ling Jie apologetically.

”Don't worry about it Ling Jie. It's no big deal.” Said Mesa as he released his hold on his swords and they dissipated into golden particles. Making a grabbing motion with his hands, both of them were back and good as new, shocking Ling Jie and the audience watching.

”I told it was no big deal. These two swords are special. These two swords have a special power. So long as I have some Profound Energy left, I can always repair them. So don't worry about breaking these swords, I basically have an inexhaustible amount of them. So let's get back to the fight!” Said Mesa as he rushed Ling Jie again.

Taking a step back, Ling Jie points both swords up in the air and shouts: ”Heaven's Might Sword Formation —— Heavenly Star Frenzy!”

This created dozens of orange-gold & cyan sword lights in the air that rushed at Mesa. Activating his Sharingans, Mesa could clearly see the path that each sword light would take as it rushed towards him. With Kansho & Bakuya in hand, he slashes the first sword light that reaches him and in the process destroys his swords. But each and every time his swords were destroyed, he repairs them by opening his hands to allow the swords to dissipate and then closing his hands, making a new pair of swords appear in his hands to repeat the process. This went on for all the sword light that rained down on him. The audience were silent as they watched Mesa with wide open mouths. The way he moved to dodge the sword lights, the way he used his swords to destroy them and his swords in the process only to renew his swords was stunning to see. At first, Mesa was a little clunky with deflecting and dodging the sword lights. But as time went on, it was like he was predicting where they would come down and he would dodge accordingly with minimal movements and then destroy the sword light that came down.

When it was all done, Ling Jie had already leapt high in the air, and caught the falling Celestial Yang & Yuan Swords. In midair, he turned around as his swords flickered with light. His entire body seemed as if it had completely merged with the sword light as he appeared in front of Mesa.