Fighting foundation establishment

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. This was not the same guy he met while registering for the clan tournament. In a clan as large as the Bai clan, it was inevitable that two people would have the same name. 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 Mo 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.

"Finally you stopped running around." Bai Mo said while panting a little. He had gotten angered due to the fact that Bai Yun had escaped all of his attacks.

Bai Yun had a determined look on his face. He would have to take some risks in order to win.

Bai Mo roared and ran at Bai Yun once again. He raised his hammer up high and smashed it down at Bai Yun. Bai Yun immediately cast wind motion with everything he had. In that instance, Bai Yun moved faster than ever before. In a second, he had dodged Bai Mo's attack and slipped by him. As he passed by Bai Mo, Bai Yun quietly sliced him with his sword. It wasn't deep enough to harm Bai Mo, but it did add an injury to him.

Bai Yun slipped behind Bai Mo and tried to elbow him in the head. Seeing this, Bai Mo roared and exuded a powerful force. But when Bai Yun's elbow smashed onto Bai Mo's head, his entire body vibrated in a weird manner, dissipating the force generated by Bai Mo. The next moment Bai Mo leapt forward and turned in mid air. Bai Yun had swung his sword at just that moment. So his sword left a trail of blood on Bai Mo's chest.

Bai Yun tutted as he felt the blade slice over Bai Mo's chest. It wasn't too deep. He wasnt able to properly judge the distance and the cut ended up being too shallow.

Bai Mo then roared and took another swing. But Bai Yun slightly bend and dodged the attack. At the same time, he left another shallow mark on Bai Mo.

One after another Bai Mo kept on attacking Bai Yun. But Bai Yun would dodge all the attacks at the last moment and then strike back at Bai Mo. But none of Bai Yun's attacks had much strength. But they all stuck without fail. So one by one, the injuries on Bai Mo's body started to increase.

Even though it looked as if Bai Yun was in a superior state, the truth was that Bai Yun was in an extremely dangerous position. He had to dodge all of Bai Mo's attacks. If he got hit even once, it would be game over for him. And he couldn't cross weapons or else the force of the attack might spell doom for him.

Bai Yun kept up the attack while Bai Mo grew more frustrated. Suddenly Bai Mo grabbed his hammer with both hands and lifted it high.

A glint appeared in Bai Yun's eyes. He immediately cast wind motion. He also used the strength of skin sewing, which he had kept hidden until now, all to increase his speed to the maximum. In a second Bai Yun appeared right in front of Bai Mo. At the same time, the tip of his sword lit up as Bai Yun cast a ray of moonlight. Then Bai Yun's sword rapidly thrust towards Bai Mo's throat.

Bai Mo was surprised by the sudden attack. He suddenly realized that he could not dodge the attack. He closed his eyes and waited for death. But the painful feeling he was expecting did not come.

"Winner Bai Yun." Bai Mo heard the referee say. He then opened his eyes in surprise. Bai Mo saw that Bai Yun's sword had just slipped by his throat, drawing a thin line of blood on his neck. If Bai Yun had just changed the trajectory of the attack just a little bit he would be dead by now.

Once the fight ended, Bai Yun put away his weapon and carefully walked down the steps and went back to his father. He ate a pill to speed up the healing of his shoulder that was hit during the fight. But it wasn't hit too hard, so it didn't affect his performance too much.

The location of his next fight came up in his token. It was actually quite close to where he was. So Bai Yun was able to quickly reach there. When he did reach there, Bai Yun quickly sat down and started to meditate to recover the energy he had lost in the fight.

After this fight, Bai Yun's luck returned to normal. None of the enemies he faced were particularly strong. So he was able to defeat them, albeit with some difficulty. But none of them had a speciality and none of them were stronger than Bai Mo. So Bai Yun was able to coast into the quarterfinals.

Bai Yun's luck seemed to have completely gone mad at the quarterfinals. Originally Bai Yun should have had to face the third seed in the quarterfinals. But the third seed was severly injured in the night before and had to withdraw from the competition. Thus Bai Yun coasted on his luck and entered the semi finals.

The final results for except for the top three were quickly announced. Most of them were normal. Only a few results ssurprised the organisers. Like Bai Yun replacing Bai Mo in the top, or the third seed ending his run in the quarterfinals.

But there was a result no one expected. And that was that Bai Shi and Bai Ling-er somehow managed to reach the top sixteen. This came as a great shock to the top members of the clan, even more than Bai Yun reaching the semifinls. After all, Bai Yun was a member of that family. Even if he reached the semifinals with only a qi condensation realm cultivation, they could still accept it.

But no one expected Bai Shi and Bai Ling-er to go so far. Even Bai Yun.

The reason they could get so far was due to the cultivation and combat techniques that Bai Yun had passed on to them. Those techniques were beyond what anyone else in the clan practised, and they were able to win many fights thanks to those. If they had more time to train, they might even have had a better result.

But everything soon came to an end. While there were some anomalies, it was common and no one paid any attention to it.

Soon it was time for the semifinals to beginn. There were only two fights left before he could win the tournament.

And Bai Yun had to face a rather formidable opponent before he could reach the finals.

Bai Qing.