The next day, the top-eight matches began.
"So you're my opponent? I'll make sure you learn just how powerful I, Bei Tang Man, am!"
Across from Fang Yuan, a green-eyed youth roared as he summoned his totem: a jade-green mantis with slightly curved blade-arms, perfectly suited to the twin sabers he wielded.
"Third Rank Totem—the Flying Sky Saber Mantis?"
Fang Yuan nodded and drew the Black Profound Saber.
"You still haven't summoned your totem? I'll make you understand how foolish you are!"
Bei Tang Man bellowed, and his figure vanished into the wind.
Clang!
Fang Yuan swung the Black Profound Saber backward, blocking the twin sabers.
A flash of movement, and Bei Tang Man had retreated far away again.
Only after their exchange did the crowd below erupt in an uproar. "What incredible speed! Bei Tang Man seems even faster than Fang Yuan!"
"Fang Yuan's in trouble this time!"
Across from Fang Yuan, Bei Tang Man looked even more solemn. "What powerful recoil! And it even explodes on impact. If the Flying Sky Saber Mantis Totem hadn't strengthened my arms, I might not have been able to hold on to my sabers!"
The Flying Sky Saber Mantis's totemic power lay in its speed and in strengthening both arms.
After all, it was a flying totem, and its attacks focused on its blade-like arms.
"Your weapon didn't even fly out of your hands after taking a double layer of hidden force. You're already at the late stage?"
Fang Yuan held his saber and spoke calmly.
"That's right!"
Bei Tang Man roared, releasing the aura he'd been suppressing. The savage presence of a late-stage Plunderer Realm warrior swept across the entire scene.
"Just as I thought!"
Seeing this, the young envoy nodded. "Only a late-stage Plunderer Realm totem could strengthen his arms