Ah Chun: Ascending The Heavens 258 Round Two Stage Three Part One

 Once they were done the Sect Master flew up into the sky and looked down at everyone. " The sect contribution points will be distributed later. We will not announce how much each will be given. If you are really interested in who got what you can check the leaderboards of the contribution rankings." Pausing for a moment the Sect Master cleared his throat before continuing. "We will now proceed to the final battles. Each of you will take a token those who get numbers one or two will stand on stage first. Line up and draw your tokens." 

After finishing his small speech the Sect Master floated down from the sky and retook his seat. Ah Chun and the rest of the disciples made three lines as they all went to pick tokens to see who would stand on stage first. All of the qi gathering disciples had already drawn by the time it was Ah Chun's turn. She already knew which number she was because all the tokens and been drawn except the token with the number one on it. Ah Chun walked up and drew out the token and proceeded to walk up onto her designated battle stage. 

A black robbed elder stood in the air in front of everyone: "Now that the tokens have been drawn those who are on stage now will continue to fight until they lose. You must win eight battles in a row in order to move on to the finals. As before no intentional killing or crippling allowed. Battles will start with numbers three and four respectively three will go to battle stage one and four to battle stage two. Begin!"

Very quickly a man who was a rank nine qi gathering jumped up onto the battle stage Ah Chun was on. The man was around thirty years old which meant that he had either started cultivating very late or his talent was very bad. 

Ah Chun looked at the man, cupped her hands, and gave a small bow. She did this out of courtesy since the man seemed to be showing her a form of respect. Although she could tell that the man was sizing her up. Seeing Ah Chun bow the man also gave a slight bow to show respect. What Ah Chun did not know was that she had garnered a lot of respect on how she openly and without hesitation attacked the Sect Master. Not to mention the fact that she had accomplished something that no one has been able to do since ancient times by comprehending sword qi.

As soon as the match started the man did not immediately charge at Ah Chun. He was very wary of her sword qi. Which was to be expected since sword qi was dangerous to the touch. The man really had no idea how he was going to get close to Ah Chun. His comprehension ability was also very low. So he had no way of doing a long ranged attack and he only learned how to use a sword. 

The young man was a bit regretful that he did not spend more time cultivating and trying to comprehend the Daos instead of chasing after the young outer sect disciples that joined every year. He lost count of how many times he was slapped by those young disciples. Letting out a long sigh the young man raised his hand. "I forfeit... There is no way I will be able to get close to her." With these words, the young man cupped his hands and gave Ah Chun a bow. Ah Chun did the same. 

Out in the crowd of disciples, a loud voice rang out "Haha he didn't even try to take the little bastard on. She  is just a little lizard girl. What are you scared of? Sword qi? So what! You're already so old and have yet to even make it to qi condensation! You should probably give up and go back to being a piece of trash mortal." This voice was a young man who was around twenty two years old and a  rank five qi condensation realmed cultivator. His face was full of arrogance as he said these words as he looked down on both the man and Ah Chun.

Hearing this young man's voice made the Sect Master frown but he did not say anything because these kinds of taunts can also help push the taunted person to strive to become stronger. But what happened next was something he did not expect. 

"Since you got such a big mouth why don't you come down to the battle stage and take his place." A young girl's voice swept over the disciples. Everyone turned their head towards Ah Chun who was standing there staring at the young man who had spoken out before.

"Why Should I, Geng Su, lower myself to battle a rank one qi gathering realm cultivator. Little lizard girl you should really think before you speak. Just because you have sword qi does not make you invincible. Not to mention that you are only a ranked one qi gathering cultivator. Do you really think you can fight against someone who is a full realm and a half above you? Don't make me laugh." The young man scoffed. 

His words caused those around him to laugh. Ah Chun did not mind his words. She only looked at him and smiled as she parted her lips and said: "So, in other words, you are afraid to fight a rank one qi gathering cultivator? I do not see how you got into the top ten of qi condensation disciples if you are afraid to fight against me, a little girl, who is only a rank one qi gathering cultivator. Such a pity to know that such a man exist. I really do pity the girl that ends up being dao partners with you. At the first sight of danger, you would probably toss her away leaving her behind as bait to allow you to escape." Ah Chun sneered at the young man before turning and looking at the Sect Master. "Sect Master may I request a life or death battle with that sorry excuse for a man over there. Since this battle stage is already in use we can do it right here right now no need to wait. I just feel that having such a worthless thing in our sect puts a stain on it and would probably cause issues later on. So I feel I should remove the weed before it grows too big." 

The Sect Master raised an eyebrow. He really found Ah Chun to be an interesting little lass. Even still he still had to ask. "We can... But are you sure? He is a realm and a half above you."

"Un… No issue just a mere rank five qi condensation cultivator who is afraid of a rank one qi gathering cultivator." Ah Chun said these words to anger Geng Su and also because he kept saying little lizard girl this and little lizard girl that. There was also the point that he was spouting  nonsense to her earlier opponent. She found nothing wrong with what that man did. He analyzed the situation and saw that he was not able to win and backed out. There was no need to fight if the man felt he would lose. 

"Then I see no problem with it." The Sect Master felt this would be a good show so he would allow it. "Geng Su, get down there and fight with Ah Chun!"

Chapter end