"Let the match begin!"
At the command of the scholar high in the sky, the barrier of light appeared around the arena once more.
Almost at the same instant, High Person Azure Halberd moved his arm. Somehow, the Golden Separation Halberd on his back appeared in his hand, and he casually thrust it toward Wang Yu, who stood far across from him.
While Wang Yu was still feeling bewildered, a whistle suddenly tore through the air before him. A streak of golden light appeared some ten feet away and shot straight toward the space between his brows.
"So fast!"
Wang Yu's gaze flickered. His upper body swayed while both feet remained planted, letting him evade the golden streak. It flashed past and vanished into the ground behind him, leaving a hole as thick as a finger.
But that was only the beginning.
Across from him, High Person Azure Halberd flicked his wrist. The bronze halberd in his hand blurred into a mass of halberd shadows as he thrust again.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A dense chorus of whistles instantly rang out before Wang Yu as countless streaks of golden light surged toward him.
Wang Yu narrowed his eyes and turned one hand over, producing a blue-green saber. With a sweep of his arm, a mass of blue-green saber shadows whirled forth, slashing every golden streak to pieces.
Not stopping there, Wang Yu slipped the saber into his waist, pressed one hand to its hilt, and bent forward slightly before suddenly growling, "Draw-Cutting Art!"
He drove off one leg, shattering a broad patch of ground beneath his foot, and shot forward as a black shadow. A snowy-white flash of saber light followed.
Clang! The sound of metal striking metal suddenly rang out between the two figures.
Wang Yu was already standing right before