Page 101: Hurried!

The crowd went go wild at the appearance of the two light and dark sword on Ah Mu's hands. The contrasting colors of the two swords gave out an eye- catching shine that made it even more covetous. Many were trying to visually assess the grade of the twin swords but everyone failed to do so except some guesses. The person who might only able to tell the sword grade would be the person who just came out of nowhere.

On the stage, Tang Gen felt intimidated by the two light and dark sword on Ah Mu's hands but he tried to hide such feelings. It was the first time for him to see such kind of sword that made him slightly covet it. Since he spoke too early about not using any weapons against his enemy, he now started to feel regret about it.

'Dang it! I didn't expect this duffus to have some good weapons on the side. Wait.. why should I be worried? This kid is still a layer lower than me. I'm at the bone tempering while he's just at the visceral tempering. A weapon that good can't be easily be wielded by some welp like him.' Tang Gen's mind was filled with uncertainties starting when those two swords appeared.

While Tang Gen was having discussion with himself, the opponent on the other side was busy swinging the black and white sword as if this was just like a carnival show. The people on the sides keep giving some awed expressions every after moves Ah Mu displays. The "ohh" and the "ahh" sounds won't just stop as if it became a rhythmic chants from a concert show.

Tang Gen who was just able to collect himself noticed the attention his opponent was getting. Pissed from the stolen limelight, he immediately released his battle intent with a loud scream. His ear - shattering voice surprised everyone including Ah Mu who snapped out of his casual bearing making him remember that he's in a fight against someone. With that as a cue to be on guard, Ah Mu readied himself of the incoming Tang Gen.

In Ah Mu's vision, Tang Gen's right fist was approaching towards his chest. Since he is holding swords, he didn't bother dodging or blocking it but meet it with a slash instead. With his right hand, the black sword came swinging from the side to meet the fist. As the sword was about to clash with the fist, within a fraction of a second, Tang Gen made a side step to his left while retracting his fist to avoid the sharp and heavy sword. Ah Mu's swing was a miss but it didn't end there. Since Ah Mu is best with continuous attack, he let the dark and heavy sword slash continuously and use the momentum to spin and utilize the force to increase the strength of the left hand giving a backhand slash. With a single step, he as able to put himself in a position where his left hand sword can reach the enemy.

A second after, the incoming left hand slash from a high angle came slicing towards Tang Gen's left shoulder. Just before it could land again, Tang Gen managed to dodge within a hair's breadth.

This push and pull attempt of Tang Gen continued for two minutes but failed to land even a single punch due to Ah Mu's continuous attacks. Everytime he would try to attack, Ah Mu would meet his fist with the sword and follow up with a quick counter. Basically, Tang Gen was the one who was running in all places while Ah Mu was the one who was maintaining a steady place. Within that two minutes of fight, Ah Mu hasn't left more than a meter from his original position. He was just spinning around an imaginary circle that has an approximate of two meters in diameter.

Tang Gen noticed this disadvantage and yelled Ah Mu to complain. He just realized that he was doing all the hard moves while his opponent was there trying to exhaust him.

"Bastard! Such cowardly way to fight! I know what you're doing. You are just trying to conserve your energy until I get tired, aren't you? You are someone with the weapon and yet you are in the defensive. Aren't you telling everyone that you can't defeat me even with such advantage? Come at me and show me what you got!"

Tang Gen was trying to taunt Ah Mu so his waiting game would be disrupted. Since he can't land a hit while being in a complete attacking position, his only choice is to irk the opponent and entice him to switch into attack. In this way, the opponent will have more openings compared to when his opponent was at the defensive position.

Ah Mu on the other hand smiled at his opponent. He knew what Tang Gen was doing however he acted like he was under the effect of his words. A while ago, Ah Mu was maximizing the potential of his defensive abilities and at a certain level, he was able to determine how much it can handle. It is now time for him to switch to the offensive and test his new swords with his combo skills.

"Please! You don't need to be so hype you know? I'll attack from now on. Don't blame me for going all out! Here I come!"

A wide smile flashed in Tang Gen's face after thinking that his taunting worked. As he turned to be on the defensive, he excitedly waited for the approaching Ah Mu with a defensive stance. What he didn't know was that Ah Mu has been hiding some unexpected skills during the first sessions. Right at the moment when he fixed his stance, he heard Ah Mu yelled something.

"Tang Gen! let me show you my <thunder steps>! Although it's still onnits initial success, it is enough to make you cry."

Of course, Ah Mu would be utilizing also hos combo skills together with the movement skill since it's how he does it. Upon activation of the movement skill, Tang Gen froze at his spot due to the surprise change of his opponent's pace.

Because Tang Gen felt like his life was in trouble, he instinctively pulled out his broad sword from his cosmic pouch and quickly tried to block the dark blade that's slashing through his chest.

Clang!

The first strike was blocked in time but due to the weight of the attack, Tang Gen felt his arm tremble. Pushed one step backwards, he quickly raised the broadsword towards his right side as he saw the incoming second attack.

Clang!

Another metallic clash was heard half a second after the first strike. The sound was lighter from the first since the second strike was done by the light sword.

Clang!

At the third strike from Ah Mu, the heavy dark sword again put a lot of pressure into Tang Gen's hand causing him to lose its grip on his sword. Tang Gen's sword came flying outside of the ring.

Gasps of surprise came from the crowd as they saw the fourth strike from Ah Mu stopped at Tang Gen's bare neck within a milimeter's width. The scared Tang Gen succumb to the fear and his weakend knees gave out causing him to fall on the ground with his bottom.

The entire attack from Ah Mu did not even last more than four seconds and the match ended splendidly. Cheers erupted from the exciting fight as Ah Mu returned to his seat.

"Take your rest brother Ah Mu. You did well." Ling Tian complemented as he supported him to his seat.

"Ah! That was extreme. Although I won by surprise, his strength was really higher than mine. Without brother Bai's swords, I might have ended in a miserable situation. Wait, where is brother Bai?" Ah Mu blurted. Due to his tired disposition, he almost forgot Long Bai's action

"He's already on the stage. Someone challenged him." Ling Tian replied.

As everyone from the group look at the stage to check on what was going on, they were speechless on the situation. A man was actually asking to be hit by Long Bai. With the arrogance of the man, everyone from the group know what his fate would be knowing how strong their brother is. Just a few seconds after, everyone present in the venue heard a loud high pitched sound.

Pak!

The sound of a sharp slap to the face produced a neck turner event. Just after the slap, they witnessed a man went flying out of the ring. Everyone watched as the man flew out and land with his body on the cold hard ground. Medics ran frantically to check on the man. After some check up, the man was diagnosed to just be unconscious.

The event went on smoothly after such display. Although there were other contestants fighting in the ring at the moment, there were a lot among the crowd who were talking about Long Bai. A lot was inquiring what his place in the school's ranking and ended up in a big surprise after learning that he was part of the alchemy group.

Such talk little by little spread out to the rest of the crowd until it was heard by the elders from other sects. With a promising young man as their opponent, some had already thought of taking care of him but the majority thought otherwise. Since the upcoming one year trial is nearing, chances are better of doing business in there since an elder can accompany a group. They thought that if such young man proves to be a nuisance, they can just use someone to conspire with without having blood in their hands.

An hour passed and the matches were still going on when something happened. Everyone felt a tremor that had lasted for ten seconds at most. Everyone was vigilant while the elders were showing some seriousness. It seemed like something happened.

A minute later, a messenger from the sect came to the venue rushing towards the elder. His expression was that of with urgency.

"Your honor, and graces! I have some urgent news from the portal mountain. Elder has sent me to rely a message. It is related to the tremor everyone felt just a moment ago."

"Say it! What is it?" An elder ordered.

"Elder, the independent world that was estimated to be appearing for a few more weeks has resonated with the portal. Master said that we only have not more than two hours as window. The resources we have can only hold out that much. Master said to make haste."

The news that came made all the elders move in a hurry. Each elder from the different sects and independent groups immediately move out to instruct their team after hearing the news. As for the host leader, he immediately contacted the other sect leaders to postpone the exhibition and immediately lead their representatives to the portal.

While the elders are discussing, in the eyes of the viewers, it seemed like they were some old men gossiping. The youths who saw the elders huddle were also making their assumption about what they could be discussing. Not a few minutes after, they saw each of the elders proceed to their own members.

"Everyone, something happened that needs the exhibition to be terminated. As I speak right now, your respective elders will be filling you up with the current situation. As the host, I will be going ahead to prepare the place for the next event. I wish for everyone's cooperation."

After the sect leader of the iron armor school made the announcement, the public started to speak a lot causing the crowd to be more noisy. That hour, all the participants for the independent world were called. The spectators on the other hand seemed puzzled as they are not yet informed of what was going on.