"Senior Brother Qin, thank you for yielding!" Xia Qing said with cupped hands after the Heavenly Dragon Sect disciples unsealed Qin Shiyue's acupoints.
"No matter... no matter..." Qin Shiyue waved a hand. "Qin had not expected you to have a jade talisman in your hand. This defeat was only natural!"
"Hehe, I hadn't expected Senior Brother Qin to have a magical artifact either, so... I had no choice!" Xia Qing refused to yield an inch.
A good man does not fight with a woman! Qin Shiyue curled his lip inwardly, then turned to comfort Xu Jiaotong. He had failed to accomplish what he had promised, and it would probably be difficult to explain himself.
Xia Qing and Qin Shiyue had met their match, and their bout had lasted the longest. The other three arenas had long since produced their winners.
Although Huben was a Ruijin Hall disciple, he had been born with divine strength. The mad-demon staff technique in his hand stirred wind and clouds. Though He Xu of Shuiyunjian was also highly skilled in martial arts, he had ultimately fallen beneath the staff!
The match between Yuan Tong and Liang Cangxu was the most interesting. Liang Cangxu had only just drawn his saber and swung it a few times when Yuan Tong knew he was no match at all. He immediately leaped off the arena and conceded defeat—his attitude truly could not have been more proper!
The bout between Wu Shanghong of the Righteous Path Alliance and Chen Yang of Shuiyunjian was likewise not on the same level. Like Huben, Chen Yang was tall and powerfully built, with inexhaustible strength in both arms. He wielded a bronze man, and once it began to dance, Wu Shanghong, armed with a long sword, simply could not get close. Wu Shanghong had