Ah Chun: Ascending The Heavens 253 Sect Tournament Part Seven

"Winner, stage one Ah Chun!" The overseer announced the end of the match. Ah Chun stretched her little arms and walked down off the stage. That was her last battle for today so she was all done until the next day. 

Ah Chun decided to go sit and watch the remaining matches to get an idea of some of her opponent's abilities. Ah Chun looked around at all the matches going on and smiled when she saw Yi Chen win his match. 'It seems he will enter the top ten if he keeps this up. Looks like my few words about impressing Li Chen Bao was enough to get his fighting spirit going.' Ah Chun thought to herself.  

After watching a few of Yi Chen's fights she turned her attention to other stages. One fight that caught her eyes was a rank nine qi gathering young man who was around twenty years old. He was very versatile in his actions with both his sword and the use of his body. His movements resembled that of a snake on how he could coil his whole body around his opponent's attacks. Any time his opponent attacked him he was easily able to dodge the attack but at the same time, countering with his sword. It was truly a unique form. 

On another battle stage, a rank five qi gathering disciple was very proficient in the use of a long staff. Each of his movements seemed to flow like water as he fought and defended at the same time. He could avoid all his opponents attacks as if they were nothing. If his opponent attacked with a flurry of blows he would stab his long staff into the ground and stand on top of it. He was indeed an infuriating opponent to have to fight.

Ah Chun watched each battle stage to see if she spotted anything that she would need to keep an eye on. But it seemed all the tough opponents had already secured the stance as the stage master as she had. But seeing that the opponents that would come in the second round and the third round caused Ah Chun's blood to boil. She really could not wait to have a spar with these people. She also wished to befriend some of them if she could.

 Their unique styles were things not seen in her old world. Her old world focused more on sword techniques than other weapons. But this world she has seen whip, staff, hammer, and many other weapons being used. It was very interesting indeed. She had never fought others with such diversity so this would be a very good experience for Ah Chun. Ah Chun did not know what lay beyond the mortal realms. She only knew that once you surpass a certain stage you would be able to traverse to the next stage of your cultivation. She really could not wait and see for her self what was in store for her.

After the matches were over Ah Chun went back to her courtyard to rest. She felt today was a bit lackluster. She was hoping for a good match but it seemed that she would have to wait until the second round for such a thing.

Ten days passed and Ah Chun won every fight and held her position as one of the top ten. Even the others that Ah Chun had seen before held their position. All except Yi Chen who was kicked off the battle stage by rank nine qi gathering disciple who used a snake sword. The movements of the snake sword were too unpredictable which caused Yi Chen to lose his footing and his opponent took advantage of that moment and kicked him off the battle stage.  

As the end of the preliminaries was over and the final ten for the second round was chosen. The Sect Master once again stood up and gathered everyone's attention. "I am very proud of all of you! There have been some very interesting fights. Although you may not be standing on one of the battle stages, do not take it to heart. It just means you now have a goal that you must strive for! The ones standing on the stage looking down at you today could be looking up at you tomorrow! But this tournament can only have one victor! Out of these ten who stand up above you now. One of them will stand above the rest and represent our Jaded Dragon Sect! They will have a chance to fight for a spot in the cleansing pool! This will not only bring glory to them but also to our Jaded Dragon Sect! Now some of you must be wondering what the next round consists of. It will be broken up into three stages. 

"The first stage is the comprehension of the Dao. We will give each of you a choice of what Dao or Daos you would like to comprehend. Remember comprehending a Dao is not an easy task. It is up to you and how good your comprehension of such things truly is. Once the time is up you will then have to show how much you have comprehended of the Dao of Daos you had chosen.

"The second stage will test your strength and endurance. You will enter an illusion array and will be forced to fight demonic beasts that will continuously grow in strength and number as you pass each level. 

"And finally the third stage which will be one on one battles. Each of the second round stages will give a certain amount of points. The two who have the highest points, in the end, will then go on to face each other in the third round. I will explain the third round at that time. I wish you all good luck!"

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