Copy Cat

Feng li's POV:

The second round begun 10 minutes ago as I watch my opponent lying on the floor, unconscious.

It was a hard battle as my opponent this time was also a foundation realm swordsman.

My breathing was haggard as exhaustion from my previous fights was catching up to me.

*Booom*

An explosion suddenly rang from the battle arena situated right next to me.

*Crack*

The partition situated at my right started to crack and burst open like a piece of glass. As the partition felt, I could see 2 figure amongst the dust and debris, one was standing proudly meanwhile the other was groveling in the ground, riddle with wounds and blood.

As the viel of dust settled down, it revealed to me the most hateful face I could ever imagine.

"Bastard.... " My anger took the better of me as I growl in anger when I saw the face of Li sheng.

"Oh! isn't it young master feng here? " He smiled amicably while wiping the blood from his face.

"btw, your friend was quite brave today. " He smiled again while wiping the blood stains from his sword

"And he is also quite strong himself. " Ignoring My hateful glare like it was nothing, he started walking towards his injured opponent who was quivering in the ground.

"Just tell him this"

*Plunge* his sword plunge into his opponent's arm.

"Ahhhhhh! " A blood curling shout escape from the man below his feet.

"Don't try to disturb a bee's hive or else he will regret it. " He said as he emotionlessly watched his opponent shouting in pain.

*plunge* his sword again plunge into his other arm.

"Ahhhhhhh! "

"Stop! " I shouted in anger but it felt on deaf's ear as he plunged it again into the man.

*plunge*

"Ahhhhhh! "

"Haaaa....haa..

Noooo.... It hurts... "

"Stop you bastard! " I shouted but I couldn't intervene as doing that means breaking the rule of this tournament and possibly getting kicked out. I couldn't risk it after everything I had done to get so far... I couldn't destroy the hopes of my clansmen just for a stranger... I am a coward...

*plunge*

"I surr-"

*plunge*

"Ahhhh!!!"

"I surr-"

*plunge*

My blood started boiling in anger as this bastard wasn't even letting his opponent surrender.

Just like m-

*plunge*

"Ahhhhhhh!"

The man was quivering at his feet when his gaze fell on mine.

"Please help me... " He whispered to me weakly.

That bastard Sheng looked at me with his emotionless eyes and then picked up his sword to plunge it again into the innocent man.

*snap*

My mind snapped as I involuntarily filled my sword with lightning qi and released it towards that bastard.

*Crackle! *

"I SAID STOP!!!"

An arc of lightning flew toward's that bastard and knocked his sword away from him.

Not expecting my surprise attack, he silently gaze at his sword which was flung 10 meters away from him and then he finally looked towards me, his eyes filled with mockery.

"I didn't know you had the courage to retaliate."

He slowly walk up to his sword and started wiping it clean of blood.

"But don't you think the timing of your courage is a bit off? Intervening in a fight which isn't yours means heavy punishment which may include expulsion from this tournament...

Can you bear that burden? How will your family react? After all... The hopes of your third rate branch clan is upon your shoulder. "

Every word of his fell like a hammer to my face, I clenched my hand in order to control my anger otherwise I might just lunge and kill this bastard right here.

Seeing my expression, a mocking smile formed in his ugly face as he spoke." Look at your expression, why so emotional? "

He finished cleaning his sword and pointed it at me.

"Or did this situation reminded you of your crippled brother? " He slowly whispered every single word at me, taunting me so that I lose my calm and attack him. I know his motives...

Yet upon hearing that sentence... The anger burning inside me erupted like a volcano as I swung my sword at his neck.

"The second round has ended! " The announcer shouted and luckily it brought me back to my senses as at the final moment, I used every ounce of my strength to stop the sword swung at that bastard's neck and luckily, it stopped just 1 inch away from that bastard's neck.

"Lucky feng li" That bastard whispered into my ears.

'You are the lucky one you bastard !' I thought and look down at my torso when I froze in horror, that bastard's sword was just half an inch away from my heart!

.....

3rd person's POV:

The second round ended which marked the end of the elimination rounds as well as the end of the tournament for the day. Only 25 contestants remained as from now on, the tournament will continue in a knock out basis in the duration of a month.

All the people started getting up from their seats and started walking towards their respective hotel rooms as this ancient castle also contained more then 100,000 rooms which were for the people to stay for the entire month of the tournament during which the castle will remain floating in the sky.

In some sense, this was somewhat similar to a vacation on a luxury cruiser, the only difference being that the ancient castle was flying in the sky instead of setting sail in the ocen plus the ancient castle was countless times more expensive along with the ongoing tournament.

Arthur's POV:

I watched as Feng li fought with the foundation realm swordsman. It was a tough fight as both of them were almost equal in strength but after a drag out battle, feng li came out victorious as his techniques were more refined then his opponent and just then the partition at his right broke into pieces and obstructed me from seeing what was happening inside.

"What's happening!? " Jiang li nervously shook my hand as the crowd around me started noticing the abnormality too.

'I can't use the sharingan now without the danger of being noticed. ' I thought as my gaze landed on the 3 people inside the VIP room. 'What will you all do now ? ' I wondered as I wait for the chance to use my sharingan without their notice.

The very next moment, the announcer shouted

"The second round is now over! " And all the partitions created by the formation disappeared and revealed 4 people besides feng li, 2 of them were lying down on the ground and one of them was very badly injured. The remaining 2 were feng li and

"That raccoon like young master! " I exclaimed in surprise but then my gaze fell on feng li, his expression shaken up in shock and fear.

'What could be the reason for this? ' I wondered as I could see no external injury on feng li.

"The elimination round has ended and from next week, the real tournament will begin.

With our ancestors blessings, we will end it here for today. Thank you everyone for appearing here" The announcer shouted and bowed down towards the crowd.

The people started getting up from their seats as jiang li dragged me through the maze of crowd towards the room where feng li was resting.

"What happened? "Jiang li asked nervously as feng li held his head down. After a while he looked at us with fear in his eyes.

" Nothing happened. " He whispered but both of us knew it wasn't the case but neither of us ask any further as interrogating him right now was a bad option.

....

Our trio walked for 10 minutes through the winding maze like structure of the ancient castle but finally came across our room,

The room no. 1200.

It was a simple door but when we opened it, an open courtyard along with a beautiful pond and a beautiful house was right in front us.

[it's a magical space, kind of like a seperate dimension but on a much much smaller scale] the system explained inside my head.

'Quite amazing' I thought as I enter the mystical room first and soon was greeted by the all too familiar butler and the maids.

Two of the maids upon seeing my arrival, quickly led me to my room inside the house meanwhile the other maids and the butler greeted jiang li and feng li.

As I enter my room on the second floor, the maids pulled out an expensive looking dress from my room's cupboard and placed it in my bed.

"What is it for? " I asked perplexed.

"For today's banquet master yang. " One of the maid replied with a smile.

"A banquet? "

10 minutes later.....

So yeah, there was indeed a banquet and as expected, the banquet is quite fancy with over 500 dishes to choose from.

Judging from the amount of people present in the banquet hall, it is safe to assume that everyone present here are from the annual meeting that I attended before.

Such thoughts were running rampant on my mind as our trio sat on a empty table with 4 chairs.

As I was about to take the first bite of my meal, an annoying face appear in my periphery as Huan li silently sat beside me on the empty seat.

"What a coincidence! We meet again! " She said in astonishment but I wasn't entertained at all meanwhile jiang li and feng li had a more intense reaction as they immediately froze in place with shock.

"Do you like being insulted? " I asked her cuting straight to the chase.

"What do you mean? " She asked in genuine confusion.

"I mean if you are a masochist? " I asked blandly as jiang li spit out her drink on my face.

"EXCUSE ME! " Huan li thundered as new gazes started falling on our rag tag group.

"I mean I have thought about the reason of why you are taking such keen interest on me and this strikes me as the only plausible explanation as you did look quite excited when I grabbed you by your throat. " I replied while jiang li cleaned my face with a towel while apologizing continuously.

Frankly I was getting tired of huan li's antics and was indirectly telling her to cut to the chase and tell me straight at my face, what do you want? But sadly she didn't got the hint.

"Maybe I am. " She flirted with me as jiang li again spit her drink on my face like a alpaca.

"I am done here. " I got up to wash my face immediately as how could I eat when my food was drenched in jiang li's spit.

Luckily this cultivation world had washroom even though cultivators above body forging realm didn't need to use them so the washrooms were specifically used for washing your hands or face and that's what I was going to do.

As I enter the washroom, I was greeted with a ringing bell which was stuck to the door in such a fashion that whenever someone entered through the door, the bell always rings. Kinda weird design if I say so myself.

The washroom was empty since people were still eating their meals, I started washing my hands on what is equivalent to this world's sink, a giant mirror was attached in front of me and compelled by my nature and behavior, I looked at the mirror and saw my reflection.

My black eyes along with my long black hair draped upon my shoulders like a silk fabric.

My sharp angular face with remarkable features will truly make me a chick magenet in my previous world but I still had a complaint.

My long hair gave me too much of a "girly" appearance.

"Maybe I will cut it in the future. " I told myself as I continued admiring my face while slightly adjusting my hair in the mirror.

*tring*

The bathroom bell rang as another person entered the washroom but I didn't gave it too much attention but as the Silhouette of that person fell on me and his image formed on the mirror. My breathing quickened as that person was none other then the head warden himself!

The head warden came up to my side and started washing his hands beside me.

"Quite a nice meal wasn't it young lad. " He asked in a friendly grandpa tone.

"Indeed sir. " I immediately started acting oblivious.

He remained silent for a while then suddenly asked me a question out of the blue.

"Do you by any chance know about what happen in the prison castle? "

This question immediately set alarmed inside my mind as I prepared to use my Mangekyo if the need arrives.

"I haven't. Why do you ask? " I replied calmly as I slowly readied my stance.

Tense silent fell on us as the warden gaze at me, suspense was building up in the air.

After about a minute, he finally relented.

"Seems like I was wrong. " He then quickly apologized and went for the exit.

He waved at me on his way back

"Have a nice day Robin Hood. "

"You too- WAIT A SECOND!!! " I was dumbstruck as I stood there in blank for multiple seconds.

His words took me by storm, Contemplating if I even heard it right or was it just a trick played by my imagination.

My head in a mess trying to figure out how did he knew?

I tried to think of every clue which might have possibly gave my identity away but to no avail. I couldn't find or remember any such instances so how?

My head was spinning rapidly trying to dig up every minute details of my memory and as a result, I was starting to get light headed when suddenly I remembered that I may very vell be surrounded by the head warden and everyone outside the venue along with the 3 lords of this city!

I was the original idiot thief here!

Just as I was about to kamui and run away from here, a letter with golden lace fell from my pocket.

"It's-" Without even completing the sentence, I started reading the letter as I already had a pretty solid guess about the contents of the letter.

The letter read:

"You managed to hid your presence through your fox mask yet you forgot to hide your soul signature.

A rookie mistake Robin Hood especially in front of a veteran warden like me.

I could have told you this without such suspense but consider this as payback for putting me through so much trouble in just a single day.

Meet me at 10:30 in the lion's gate mountain range, got some very important things to discuss there and remember, I know you had searched my friend's memory so rest assure, we are in the same boat. You can trust me on this.

Your Grumpy old head warden. "

After reading the letter, multiple thoughts ran in my mind but after a while, 3 words escaped from my mouth.

"Fcking copy cat. "