Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 120: Ji Gou Claims to Lose
"You can start if you're both ready" said the elder.
Ji Gou immediately looked at Zhang Yu and asked him.
"Let's start!" zhang Yu said after taking out the universe sword.
Ji Gou pulled a slight corner of his lips. He swung the sword vertically issuing a single shadow of a slash.
Booms!
It was surprising that Zhang Yu managed to hold him back. Everyone was amazed by the action but Ji Gou had just started this fight. The next second the burly man jumped up.
Zhang Yu's face lifted up following his movements. Seeing Ji Gou perform a slash, he spontaneously held back by unfurling the sword.
Trank!
Although it managed to hold back, but Ji Gou's strength was beyond Zhang Yu's estimation. This guy's like a gorilla. His power is terrible. No wonder the students were so good at it.
"Boulder punch!" Zhang Yu drew his sword making Ji Gou's sword hit the arena floor hard.
After taking enough distance, the universe sword set in position before casting out a nine-meter-long fist shadow.
Blars!
The fist shadow exploded quite strongly right at the position Ji Gou was standing in. But the thirty-year-old man was still fine. He wasn't hurt, there wasn't even a trace on his clothes.
"Are you really sure you can last ten minutes?" ji Gou asked in disdain.
"You're just going to make this fight easy for me with a lot of talk. One sentence five seconds, five sentences a minute. Keep talking and I'll get through to the second round."
Hmh!
Ji Gou snorted. "One minute is meaningless. Let's see where you're gonna survive."
As soon as this sentence was finished being said, Ji Gou held the sword parallel in front of the chest. Then the sword magically emitted a yellow light.
"Swar eyes! That's a sword-eye technique!" exclaim some disciples who recognized Ji Gou's fighting technique.
Zhang Yu did not speak. His attention focused on the sword that felt increasingly gripping.
Naturally Zhang Yu knew the opponent was no longer playing around. He brought out his flagship technique, so he also had to use what he had.
"North Sword Technique!"
Ji Gou could see Zhang Yu's reaction. But he doesn't really care. I don't know what he put out either won't be able to keep up with the sword eye technique, he thought.
Ji Gou flashed quickly. It was so quick he moved.
However, when the sword attacked from the right side, Zhang Yu who was visibly unable to react suddenly had already placed his sword while pulling his body backwards.
Again the attack was broken. This was quite shocking to Ji Gou, but the man just thought this was a coincidence and came back attacking from the opposite direction.
It was unexpected that Zhang Yu again endured this attack with the same sword.
"What?!"
Ji Gou was shocked that his attack was being held back. He drew once more his sword intending to attack. But the look on his face changed, feeling the energy of strength just above his head.
"Bone Boxing!"
The golden-coloured giant fist silhouette darted rapidly towards Ji Gou. When moving the energy surge felt quite real in the surroundings, also the overflow of Qi gathered like forming a layer of gloves on the outside.
Wretch!
Ji Gou quickly withdrew to dodge. But having no time, he immediately put his sword over his head with a layer of Qi as a shield.
More powerful explosions occurred. Ji Gou's body was pressed downwards until his footwear shattered the arena floor.
"Shocking! Since when did he set up a trap for me?"
Ji Gou was unaware of Zhang Yu's plan. Inevitably he had to admit his opponent was quite clever. If not for the high cultivation base, it would likely have already been exposed to his attacks.
It's not just Ji Gou. All those in the inner court arena were no exception inner disciples, outer disciples, even supervisory elders also did not expect this fight to be so exciting.
Most of them thought Zhang Yu would lose quickly to Ji Gou. If he could last ten minutes as well he would definitely use tricks and fight passively.
Who would have thought, not only fighting actively but also providing unexpected resistance.
"Since the beginning I Zhang Yu was a different outer disciple than most other outer disciples. But after seeing this fight, I thought that he was not only different but extraordinary!" said one of the elders from the watchdog table.
"Seventh Brother, is Zhang Yu indeed that strong? Second Brother was not even able to keep up with Ji Gou, but Zhang Yu put up a surprising resistance!" Xuan Wu could not control his expression.
"Yes, ... How could he have improved so much in a year? Is it really only because of cultivating on the fifth floor of the cultivation tower?" inner Xuan Yin. But he was also happy to see his progress.
Back to the arena.
The fight between Zhang Yu and Ji Gou was getting hotter. The sword eye technique that had been Ji Gou's mainstay, was successfully countered by Zhang Yu with the northern sword technique.
Ji Gou also used other means to deal with Zhang Yu. He took quite a wide distance before launching a single large slash.
"Sword Fin Technique!"
Just when Ji Gou's sword touched the surface of the arena, appeared a shark fin that moved to Zhang Yu's place. It was gray in color with a thin layer of mist enveloping her.
"Fire hands!"
In an instant appeared a gigantic palm in front of Zhang Yu. The flaming red palms were coated in the power of fire.
Booms!
The two powers met right in the middle of the arena. Triggering a powerful explosion accompanied by ear-shrinking sounds.
Zhang was pushed three steps from his position. Ji Gou could still resist the urge, but his forehead creased unexpectedly Zhang Yu's attack could compensate for his attack.
They both stand in a straight line. Staring at each other still holding the sword.
The audience was anxious to wait for what would happen. However Ji Gou suddenly turned around then jumped down from the arena.
"You win. I can't beat you in ten minutes." Ji Gou walked regardless of the gazes of the people around.
"It's been ten minutes? Is this over?"
No one expected time to go so fast. The flow of the fight is very exciting and tense makes them dissolve in every attack.
If not for Ji Gou who had suddenly descended, perhaps they could watch the fight until nightfall. Absolutely amazing!
Ahem...
The voice of the elder attracted everyone's attention. They were gradually silent to give time and space for the Elders to talk.
"Because Zhang Yu managed to survive within ten minutes. He deserves to go to the second round. Do any of you mind?" ask the Elders, especially the participants who qualified the first round.
"..."
"Because there's no answer. So Zhang Yu was declared to qualify for the second round."
The inner disciple exam participants were also unable to say anything more. They had to leave one place for Zhang Yu in the second round. They only hoped not to meet him until it was confirmed to escape becoming an inner disciple.
Ji Gou turned out after leaving the arena to go to Xuan Yang's place. Despite noticing the contemptuous gaze from him, Ji Gou tried to ignore him.
"I am still withholding my power" he said in defense.
Xuan Yang sneered. "Lose yes lose. Not a lot of excuses."
"I admit. I lost to him in this fight. I must admit he's talented. Maybe more talented than you."
"So now you're not coming to bother me, are you? You've found someone better than me to be your rival" Xuan Yang said.
However Ji Gou shook his head while laughing. "How possible. He may be talented, but my rival is still you. Let's fight after this. I've prepared a technique for you."
"That fish fin?"
"That's not a fish fin! That's shark fin!" grunts Ji Gou.
"Forget over. You alone cannot defeat Zhang Yu. How are you gonna beat me?" Xuan Yang glanced at a glance then laughed.
Ji Gou was getting annoyed. "I don't care! I've been gone three years to sharpen myself, we have to fight tonight. In the usual place. I'll be waiting for you!"
After saying that Ji Gou actually left. Xuan Yang let out a sigh of resignation, the curious Xuan Wu brought his head closer and asked, "Did he invite you to fight again?"
Xuan Yang glanced at Ji Gou for a moment and sighed.
"He's crazy! He was obsessed with defeating First Brother," Xuan Wu muttered.
"Let's go! The second half will start after the break. Better go find food." Xuan Yang invited his younger siblings to leave. But he realized that they were only the six, not the seven.
"Where is Seventh Brother?"
His five brothers immediately searched Xuan Yin around but did not find him.
Xuan Wu placed his index finger under his chin, then muttered softly. "It's weird, even though a while ago I was sure he was still standing next to me. Where'd he go then?"