The crowd's murmurs reached Mu Bai and Wu Daoyi. Worried that Wu Yuan would hurry over to protect this man, Wu Daoyi immediately struck fiercely, lunging with his sword like a white wolf pouncing on the moon.
Seeing this, Mu Bai met him with his own sword, clashing head-on with every move, without any flourishes.
After several exchanges, the two drew apart. Their earlier clash had merely been a mutual probing; only now were their true killing moves taking shape.
Wu Daoyi soared into the air atop a Flying Swan, his third Soul Spirit. Taking the aerial advantage, he danced his longsword, sending streaks of azure Sword Qi at Mu Bai like a meteor shower of blades. Mu Bai dared not summon his Divine Crow Soul Spirit here, so he called out the Silver-Backed Ape instead. It beat its chest with howls, relying on its tough body to withstand Wu Daoyi's sword rain.
It would have been discourteous not to return the favor. Just as Wu Daoyi wielded his sword to break through the ape's defenses, Mu Bai flicked and turned the Twin Fish Sword, forming clusters of Qinglian, whose petals immediately shot out, slashing toward Wu Daoyi together.
Neither flustered nor hurried, Wu Daoyi channeled his Soul Power and raised his longsword to block. Metallic ringing filled the air as he held off the sky-filling assault of Mu Bai's Qinglian Sword Qi.
Wu Daoyi had actually blocked the Qinglian Sword Qi fired from Mu Bai's Top-Tier Soul Soldiers with a single High-Rank Soul Sword. His Soul Power was indeed extraordinary.
After several rounds, neither showed signs of defeat. Instead, their battle grew increasingly fierce and dazzling. The spectators even forgot their whispered gossip, their attention wholly captured by the intense clash.
Wu Daoyi intended to finish the battle quickly.