The Dragon Warrior Pair
DWP 52: Nine Dragons Tournament — Preliminary Round
The participants who competed in the opening match were Mei Hua and the young swordsman from the Sky Sword Sect. Both participants are now on stage.
“Alright, the rules of the match in the preliminary round of the Nine Dragons Tournament are quite simple. Participants who fainted or already do not allow to continue the match will be declared lost. It can kill each other but it happens only in the last four, but on this stage there is never any bloodshed. If it is no longer possible, I will stop it.” Ye Long explained the rules of the match to both the participants and everyone present in the stadium to watch the Nine Dragons Tournament.
Ye Long said there had been an incident of participants killing each other if they had been outside the Nine Dragons Palace. On the stage where the Nine Dragons Tournament was held was a sacred place for the Nine Dragons Palace so Ye Long would not let participants die on the ground stage before the last four. But if any participant died after coming out of the Nine Dragons Palace was a frequent thing.
“If you have understood. Take some distance and wait for the match from me!” Ye Long gestured to Mei Hua and the participants from the Sky Sword Sect to keep their distance.
“Alright, with this the opening match of the Nine Dragons Tournament, begins!” Ye Long started the match.
After Ye Long floated in the air. Mei Hua moved at high speed and drew her sword to begin the opening attack. Mei Hua and her opponent had the same stage. Both of them had reached the king swordsman, only that Mei Hua's opponent was eighteen years old, only a different age between them.
The opponent from Mei Hua used a sword as his weapon. Both of them were quite proficient in using the weapons they used. Mei Hua and her opponent exchanged attacks of around ten moves before keeping their distance.
Mei Hua cultivated her breathing and released her bodily aura before starting to play her sword. The two exchanged attacks. Seen the fight both run balanced for ten minutes.
Before long Mei Hua slowed down the tempo of her sword slash speed. When she saw that there was a gap, Mei Hua immediately ended the match with a single slash that made her opponent take off the sword that was tightly grasped in her hand.
“Winner Mei Hua from Peach Flower Palace!” Ye Long raised his hand and ended the match.
Mei Hua shook hands with her opponent and saluted Ye Long before returning to the participant's special bench.
The audience gave a standing ovation to both participants. After the two participants came out from the ground stage, Ye Long directly called the next two participants.
“Participants raffle number three and four please progress to the stage!” Ye Long called the two participants who got the draw to compete.
Qiao Xi jumped and twisted in the air. The rounds amaze the male audience. The opponent of Qiao Xi was the representative of the Black Pillar Tower. Both are on the same level.
“You both still remember the rules?” Ye Long asked Qiao Xi first to be sure.
“Still, Senior.” Both answered simultaneously. Then Ye Long gestured the two participants to keep their distance.
“With this the match begins!” Ye Long floated in the air after starting the match cue. The opponent from Qiao Xi instantly unleashed a long-range attack.
The sword slash that formed the fire scythe was able to be repelled by Qiao Xi well. Qiao Xi's swordplay was able to amaze the audience, his repeated rounds of his body left the audience amazed, especially the male swordsmen who filled the stands.
Qiao Xi and his opponent exchanged attacks of over twenty strikes. Qiao Xi's swordplay was so gurgling, while his opponent played so aggressively. The two continue to exchange attacks until the match looks balanced.
Qiao Xi did the same with Mei Hua. He waited for the momentum to make a sudden change of movement. His sword slash began to make his opponent desperate.
Qiao Xi released his bodily aura and slashed his sword from the side, while his left foot kicked his opponent's face. A sudden attack from both directions was an unexpected surprise attack.
Qiao Xi won the match after his opponent fainted. Qiao Xi's kick was indeed fed with deep energy and body aura, thus making his opponent lose consciousness.
“Winner Qiao Xi of Peach Flower Palace!” Ye Long ended the match and called out the next two names who got the draw to compete.
“Next contestants number five and six please come forward to the stage!” Ye Long spoke out loudly while waiting for the arrival of the two participants who were about to compete.
The opponent of Qiu Mei was the swordsman of the Red Full Moon. The twenty-year-old man who had just reached the expert swordsman would be the opponent of Qiu Mei.
As always, Ye Long always made sure both participants understood the rules of the match, “Do you two still remember the rules?” Qiu Mei nodded her head, as well as the swordsman from the Red Full Moon.
“Take the distance and wait for the match from me...” Ye Long gestured to Qiu Mei and the swordsman of the Red Full Moon to keep his distance, “With this the match begins!”
Qiu Mei did not immediately move, but rather stood quietly waiting for her opponent. It was not until two minutes, the swordsman from the Red Full Moon started to play his sword.
The sword clash occurred when Qiu Mei held back the sword slash that her opponent had launched. Qiu Mei looked well at her opponent's movements and chose to study her opponent's movement patterns. The swordsman's footsteps from the Red Full Moon were in too much of a hurry.
Qiu Mei chose to hold on and continued to fend off any attacks her opponent had launched. Although Qiu Mei is in a defensive position, but the swordsman who can know the course of the match knows if Qiu Mei who controls the course of the match.
The opponent from Qiu Mei was too hasty that Qiu Mei could overcome any attack released by her opponent easily, without wasting any unnecessary energy. Qiu Mei began to use her skills to survive the consecutive attacks launched by her opponent.
After enduring the thirty attacks his opponent had launched, Qiu Mei finally danced her sword with deep force and slashed her sword swiftly.
The sword held by the opponent from Qiu Mei was thrown upwards and stuck on the ground stage. After that Qiu Mei flicked her sword before sheathing it. Ye Long raised his hand and announced the outcome of the match.
“The winner is Qiu Mei from Peach Flower Palace!” Ye Long ended the match. A few minutes after Qiu Mei returned to the participant-only bench, Ye Long continued to lead the way of the Nine Dragons Tournament match.
Several battles had passed, until Ye Long finally started calling the next two participants names.
“For participants who get the number twenty-one and twenty-two please come to the front of the stage!” Ye Long called the next participant.
Jing Yang got the number twenty-two draw, he jumped into the air so quickly that even some of the warriors who had realized earlier were not enthusiastic about watching the match started to become enthusiastic.
Jing Yang looked at his opponent who was from the Wind Hill Sect. Before starting the match, Jing Yang listened to Ye Long's explanation.
“Take the distance and wait for the match from me...” Ye Long gestured to Jing Yang and the swordsman of the Wind Hills Sect to keep their distance, “With this the match begins!”
Jing Yang looked at his opponent who was directly attacking aggressively. Jing Yang chose to defend and looked at his opponent's swordplay directly.
After observing, Jing Yang occasionally launched an attack. In just two slashes of his sword, the opponent of Jing Yang broke out in cold sweat.
Jing Yang ended the match with a single move that threatened his opponent. His sword was coiled around his opponent's neck, while Jing Yang was behind his opponent's body.
The audience fell silent for a long time before giving a round of applause. Finally vYe Long ended the match and announced Jing Yang as the winner.
“The winner is Jing Yang!” Shouted Ye Long while smiling thinly looking at Jing Yang.
On the podium, Sheng Long who had already closed his eyes after opening the Nine Dragons Tournament event, finally narrowed his eyes to look at Jing Yang and smiled faintly.
‘Is he the one..’