Next Round Matches, Part III

Xaio Shui grinned as he launched his attack. This fool thought he had been getting pushed back. It was true that he had underestimated this man. He never would have expected someone at the Human Limit Realm could be so strong, but he wouldn’t do that anymore. He understood after their last exchange that he could not afford to hold back, galling though it was to admit.

Even though his attack must have come as a shock, Jian Wu still somehow deflected his technique. He used the flat of his blade and tilted it at an angle. The beam of sun chi glanced off the blade and careened into space, where it disappeared into the sky. That was okay, though. All this had been done to buy time, nothing more.

[Domain of Undying Flames]