19 Yue Yang vs Princess Qian Qian (1)

When Yue Yang was resting in his participant room to prepare for the final, currently in another participant room Princess Qian Qian was having a conversation with Xue Wu Xia.

"What are you doing here Wu Xia? Are you not gonna visit Xue Tan Lang and give him a pointer regarding his previous match? Usually you were very strict to that brother of yours", said Princess Qian Qian.

"Well, I think this time it wasn't needed, because Yue Yang already made him realize his weakness that should be fixed. All this time Xue Tan Lang keep focus on summoning technique and ice elemental art while he neglecting his physical combat technique. Now he realize that no matter how powerful his elemental art was, he will not be different from a living target if his spiritual energy was depleted. I hope he will restart his cultivation in physical combat technique and rely less on elemental art", said Xue Wu Xia.

"In that case you can cheer on me this time. I'll fight on your behalf and also avenge your brother's lose. If Yue Yang only rely on his speed alone, this match was already set to be mine", said Princess Qian Qian confidently.

Xue Wu Xia only stared at this childhood friend of her. Sometime she was too hot blooded, and his muscle brain like tendency only made her more worry.

"What?", Princess Qian Qian was a bit creeped out since she was being stared quietly by her friend.

"Well, being confident was good but don't let it get on your head. Although I don't know the true extent of Yue Yang's capability, I'm sure he can give you an unforgettable memory. I'll cheer you on the spectator's seat, so make sure you give your best Qian Qian. After the match I'll make sure to buy you your favourite sweets to cheer you up", said Xue Wu Xia while she left Princess Qian Qian.

Princess Qian Qian was left dumbfounded on her room. Even though she was a bit of muscle brain, she was still able to know what Xue Wu Xia just implied.

"Did she think that I will lose at this match? Humph, what a loyal friend she was. After I defeat that Yue Yang fellow I'll make sure to slap his bottom", said Princess Qian Qian fuming.

Several minutes later, both Princess Qian Qian and Yue Yang was about to ascend to the ring. When both of them were made way to the ring, Yue Yang was called by Princess Qian Qian in a fierce greeting.

"Your name is Yue Yang right? Hmph, I'll make sure to give you an unforgetable lesson for daring to court my childhood friend", said Princess Qian Qian in fiery tone.

"*Chuckle*, well, this is the first time we converse directly face to face isn't it? Honestly speaking, your fiery attitude only made you look more cute. Do you want to had a date with me after this match?", said Yue Yang with a grin.

"W-what are you saying?! Say that again and I will bash your skull! And who want to have a date with a brat like you?! ", shout Princess Qian Qian a bit bashful.

"Hey now, you should not shout like that you know. Now all the audiences know that I flirt with you. Maybe they were already think that we were embroiled in some triangle love", said Yue Yang shamelessly.

"….I'll kill you", said Princess Qian Qian in a cold voice.

"Alright alright, geez, you don't have a sense of humor huh. Before the referee arrive how about we have some bet between the two of us", said Yue Yang.

"No need. I don't want to have a bet with shameless brat like you", said Princess Qian Qian while she swing her sword a few time to warm herself before the match. She need to give this brat a painful lesson with her sword.

"Don't say that. How about this, if I lose I will ask elder Yue Hai and Xue clan master to revoke my engagement with Xue Wu Xia. After all, the two of us never met before, and to suddenly being betrothed with each other out of the blue was quite awkward. However if you lose you must agree to have a date with me", said Yue Yang in serious tones.

"And if you refuse the bet, I'll being shameless and insist to keep my engagement with Xue Wu Xia even if I lose. After all, you don't have any right to interfere with our relationship, right?", said Yue Yang with grin.

"…..Fine, I agree. After all your defeat was already set in stone. Hmph, you better not forget the bet when I defeat you and beaten you up black and blue", said Princess Qian Qian while she grit her teeth.

"Wonderful!", said Yue Yang with smile.

When they arrive at the designed location, Yue Yang suddenly made way to the referee and whisper some words to him.

The referee was looking at Yue Yang with a weird face and for a moment shift his gaze at Princess Qian Qian for a bit. After some thinking, he agreed to his request nonetheless, since Yue Yang was already recognized as number one prodigy of Yue clan.

"The final match is about to begin. Both participant please stand at the design spot. Now, before the match I was asked to announce a bet between Young master Yue Yang and Princess Qian Qian. In case Princess Qian Qian was defeated by young master Yue Yang, Princess Qian Qian had an obligation to had a date with him. Meanwhile if it was the other way around, young master was obliged to ask elder Yue Hai and Xue clan master to revoke his engagement with young miss Xue Wu Xia", shout the referee with his voice lingering around the stadium.

"*Splurrtt*!!*", emperor Jun Wu You was spurting his drink because of shock, while elder Yue Hai beside him was gaping his mouth dumbfound before he snap out of his trance and shouting.

"Outrageous!! Do you think the engagement between you and Xue Wu Xia can be revoked because of a bet between a brat. I refuse this bet!", shout elder Yue Hai.

"I'm sorry elder, but I don't want my childhood friend to marry someone she doesn't know. Even though this was disrespectful, I insist that you recognized our bet", said Princess Qian Qian toward elder Yue Hai.

"Does this mean you agreed to the bet Princess Qian Qian?", ask Yue Yang.

"Of course I am. With my status as Da Xia princess, I recognize this bet, and both sides must abide to the agreement. My father, the emperor of Da Xia kingdom was the witness", said Princess Qian Qian toward emperor Jun Wu You.

Hearing his daughter shameless statement, Jun Wu You almost spit blood out of anger, but before he reprimanded her Yue Yang already beat him out it.

"Wonderful! To all of the audiences here, this bet was already agreed by both sides with Princess Qian Qian's status as the guarantee, while emperor Jun Wu You himself act as the witness. Now I'll repeat the word of the referee. 'In case Princess Qian Qian was defeated by young master Yue Yang, Princess Qian Qian had an obligation to had a date with him. Meanwhile if it was the other way around, young master was obliged to ask elder Yue Hai and Xue clan master to revoke his engagement with young miss Xue Wu Xia', does this right Princess Qian Qian?", ask Yue Yang.

"That's right", said Princess Qian Qian concisely as if there was no problem with Yue Yang's statement.

"Good, now please start the match elder", said Yue Yang to the referee.

There was nothing wrong with Yue Yang's statement about the bet, but to those with keen observation will notice that there was something shady in case Yue Yang lose to Princess Qian Qian.

If Yue Yang was lose the match, he was just obliged to ask elder Yua Hai and Xue clan master to revoked his engagement with Xue Wu Xia.

There was no statement that Yue Yang's engagement with Xue Wu Xia will be revoked immediately in case Yue Yang lose.

In the end, the decision was still in the hand of elder Yue Hai and Xue clan master, so if both of them refused to revoked the engagement, there was nothing that Yue Yang and Princess Qian Qian can do.

Knowing this, emperor Jun Wu You only silently agreed with the bet, while elder Yue Hai shoot an apologetic look toward both emperor Jun Wu You and Xue clan master regarding his grandson's shameless behaviour.

Those that already found out the loophole in this bet can't help but to curse this 10 year old brat that actually dare to scam an innocent little girl. To think that he was already so shameless at this age.

However their thought were interrupted by the referee's voice.

"With this, I hereby announce that the final match of Yue clan's new year tournament, begin!", shout the referee.

Princess Qian Qian suddenly dashed toward Yue Yang's location while at the same time trying to summoned her strengthening guardian beast, Western White Tiger.

As long Princess Qian Qian was able to strengthened her body and defense with her guardian beast, Yue Yang's attack will be futile no matter how fast his movement was.

Meanwhile, Yue Yang didn't dare to received Princess Qian Qian's attack head on since in term of weapon, his [Hestia Knife] was too small to parried Princess Qian Qian's greatsword.

Yue Yang can only dodge her attack while at the same time tried to seek an opening in her defense. This endeavour was quite difficult since unlike Xue Tan Lang, Princess Qian Qian was quite skilled at physical combat technique and reading her opponent's flow, not to mention Yue Yang's attack speed was not that fast compared to his movement speed when using [Shunpo].

Both of them were at a stalemate since they can't even touched each others, but this status quo was broken first by Princess Qian Qian.

Several dozen seconds after both of them engaged each other, suddenly there was a change in Princess Qian Qian's physical feature. It looks like she was succeed at activating her strengthened guardian beast, thus made her physical strength at another level. Her movement speed was almost catch up with Yue Yang, even though he was using [Shunpo].

Right after that, it was apparent to the onlookers that Yue Yang was being suppressed by Princess Qian Qian. If this situation keep continued, sooner or later Yue Yang will be defeated by Princess Qian Qian.

'As expected from future platinum rank beast, looks like I need to revealed my [Shadow Clones] to defeat her', thought Yue Yang while he dodge her attack with difficulty.

Yue Yang immediately use [Shunpo], but this time he move far away from Princess Qian Qian in order to give him some frame time to used hand seals.

Several seconds after he activated hand seals, immediately after that 2 clones with identical appearance with Yue Yang appeared at his sides.

This revelation immediately startled the spectators. As for those experts with keen eyes, they were exclaimed in wonder since they can't distinguish between Yue Yang and his clones, even when they used their spiritual senses to examine Yue Yang and his clones.

Meanwhile, Yue Yang immediately order his shadow clones to attacked Princess Qian Qian together with him, since his spiritual energy was divided between three of them, and thus he only had limited time and energy to finished this match.

Earlier, Princess Qian Qian was able to overwhelmed Yue Yang because her defense became very tough after she was strengthened with her guardian beast, but now with the assistance of his shadow clones, Yue Yang was slowly but surely will be able to chip her strength.

Yue Yang personally confront Princess Qian Qian to give an opening to his shadow clones since his clones will be able to easily disappear in case they were attacked.

As for Shadow Clones, they were exploiting Princess Qian Qian's opening, while some time used [Shunpo] to get away from her attacks.

While their confrontation was starting to enter the peak, emperor Jun Wu You was questioning elder Yue Hai regarding Yue Yang's shadow clones.

"Brother Hai, don't tell me those clones were his inherent skill? I can't distinguish them between each other even when using spiritual senses. It was truly powerful inherent skill suit for combat, since it will be able to confuse and overwhelm enemies with numbers", said Jun Wu You in wonder

"Oh, if you were thinking that it was only suit for combat then you were wrong. His inherent skill was more than that", said elder Yue Hai with smile.

"Then aside for combat, what is it for brother Hai? I can't think of anything else", said Jun Wu You in thought.

"According Ah Xian, Yue Yang often summon his shadow clones to help him comprehend combat technique or to learn multiple things at the same time. Currently Yue Yang can only summon 2 shadow clones, and Yue Yang can order those two clones to learn two different things while Yue Yang himself can do anything else. Once those two clones were recalled, their experience wether in learning, combat, or other informations that they know will be transmit to Yue Yang, as if he was the one who experience them himself", explained elder Yue Hai.

"What?! Are you serious brother Hai?", exclaimed emperor Jun Wu You in shock.

As an expert himself, Jun Wu You know how much of advantages Yue Yang had by using Shadow Clones to learn things.

It was as if there were three Yue Yang that learn different things, thus it will at least made him three times ahead those prodigy at his age. There was no doubt that with Shadow Clones alone, sooner or later Yue Yang will be able to surpassed those older generation in several years.

By his estimate, Yue Yang at the very least can reach the rank of level 6 [Elder] before the age of 20, and this was his worst estimate in case Yue Yang only depended on two Shadow Clones, not to mention since it was an inherent skills, then Yue Yang will be able to level it up, making him able to summon 3, 4, or even more shadow clones.

While emperor Jun Wu You was in the middle of shock because of Yue Yang's [Shadow Clones] skill, Yue Yang's fight with Princess Qian Qian was already reach the climax.