She dashed towards him leapt into the air when she was one inch closer to him.

"Ghost movement!" Huo Lian shouted then she disappeared from his sight, none of the disciples could see her including the guardians, except for Huo Mei who also practices this skill. ​​

He turned around to see where she was but each time he saw her, she quickly disappeared before he knew it, she had already landed a kick on his leg, he turned towards the direction of the kick but he couldn't see her. She landed him another kick on his other leg but he still couldn't see where she was then he decided to counter her attack.

He brought both of his palms one inch closer to each other, then he rolled them over each other continuously…

"flame whirling void!" Bingchen shouted then he spread both of his arms at his side causing a flame tornado, it continued whirling until it almost reached the sky then it tilted and started following Huo Lian, she had no choice but to combine her flame skill into her movement in order to counter his attack.

"Flame ghost movement!" Huo Lian shouted then she started moving really fast while her flame skill also erupted, forming a whirling circle as she ran but Bingchen skill was better than hers, she was about to land another attack using her flame skill when he….

"Flame gripping hand!" Bingchen shouted, she knew what he was about to do but it was too late for her to retract her attack, he flame power turned into a big hand made from a flame, he clenched his fist then the flame hand followed his movement and gripped her ankle so she couldn't release her leg from his grip. He swirled his hand around, then the flame hand swirled her leg around causing her to fall towards his direction while he quickly grabbed his sword and pointed it at her neck.

She lost!

The crowd started cheering after the fighting stopped, if not for the shield protecting the training ground, it would have been destroyed due to the flame skill the both of then released.

"I announce that the winner is guardian Bingchen!" the Mcee said as he returned to the middle of the training ground.

"Who would have known that Bingchen is as good as this, I have always regarded him as a weakling who seeks for great things without having the ability to get it," Huo Ying said

"I must admit that I am quite surprised that he could counter Huo Lian's ghost movement," Huo Qiang said.

"This brat is good, from the competition just now, I have deduced that Huo Lian is at the sixth level of the core formation stage, if he could win her then he must be at a higher level than her," the third elder said.

"From this competition, I hope you have all realized that while speed is very important, the strategy is also very important, if Bingchen hadn't thought of the best way to counter her ghost movement, he wouldn't have won," the Madam said.

"Thank you for your enlightenment!" the disciples chorused.

"Now, Guardian Bingchen would choose his opponent" the Mcee announced.

"I want to challenge Huo Mei!" Bingchen shouted, then Huo Mei picked her whip and walked to the middle of the training ground.

"The competition will begin!" the Mcee announced and returned to his position.

"Please…" Bingchen said with a slight bow.

Huo Mei released her whip causing it to hit the ground with a loud thud, she dashed towards Bingchen with a whip following by her side, her whip was made of leather but it is very strong and the impact of the whip when it strikes its opponent is very deadly.

When she came closer to him, she pivoted into the air and spun around then she brought her whip down over her left shoulder, her whip immediately struck towards Bingchen but he didn't expect her first attack to be so strong….

"Flame shield!" Bingchen shouted, then shield made of flames appeared in front of him.

"Your shield won't last for long!" Huo Mei said with a smirk, then her whip struck the shield, the impact of the attack made Bingchen move backwards, then he realized that he had underestimated her ability, unlike Huo Lian, she has always been serious with her training but unlike her character, her attacks are very fierce.

She spun around again in the air and brought the whip down over her right shoulder and descended towards the ground to increase the impact of her attack, the whip struck the flame shield again causing a crack to appear on the flame shield.

"Wow, Guardian Mei attacks are very fierce unlike her character," one of the disciples said

"Indeed, his shield won't be able to last for long unless her retaliates" another disciple.

She landed on the ground with her right leg forward and her right hand arched in front while her left hand held the whip at the back….

"I told you, your shield won't last," Huo Mei said, she spun around and whirled the whip twice in the air before bringing it down on Bingchen, Bingchen knew that it would be dangerous if he doesn't dodge the attack.

Immediately her whip struck the shield, it shattered to the ground while Bingchen did three backflips to avoid the range of her attack.

"Nine flame swords!" Bingchen shouted, then he raised his sword up, he used his index and third finger to insert his flame power into the sword and spun three sixty degrees. Nine swords appeared at his side and they were blazing with fire…

"Attack!" he shouted then the swords charged at Huo Mei, while he held the sword that initiated the skill in his hand.

Huo Mei swirled her whip continuously around to counter the nine swords that were attacking her at the same time, she continued to move back each time the swords struck with a high impact.

She stood at a point and….

"Flame whip whirl!" Huo Mei shouted, then her whip spun around in the air at a very fast speed causing a tornado of fire, the attack was meant to counter the attack of the swords at once since it had a stronger impact, all the swords were made of Bingchen's sword aura so they disappeared and returned to the original sword then she stopped the attack.

They both decided to attack each other, the both of them dashed towards each other with great speed, Bingchen raised his sword and brought it down against her but she quickly ducked to the side, he continued swinging his sword while she continued ducking to the opposite direction.

He released another nine flame swords attack while he continued swinging his sword against her making it ten swords, she leapt into the air with her arms wrapped around her leg, then she landed on his sword before she could leave his sword, the other nine swords came after her.

She jumped down from the sword into the air and rolled her body continuously with her hands stretched forwards to dispel the attack of the sword, her whole body turned into a large body of flame which destroyed the nine flame swords attack.

Then she landed on the ground, Huo Mei inserted her flame power into her whip while Bingchen did the same, then they both swung their weapons around, forming thin and long aura strokes aiming for each other, each stroke cancelling out the other but they didn't stop, they continued swinging their weapon to form the aura strokes as they came closer to each other.

They were one inch close to each other then they stopped swinging their weapons, the both of them held out their palm towards each other's chest but their palms met, causing an explosion of internal strength which made them move backwards.

Huo Mei quickly released her whip towards Bingchen before he could regain his stance, her whip wrapped itself around his waist without giving him time to react then she pulled him closer to her, she held him back with her leg on his abdomen and stretched his hands forwards, they all thought she was going to win against him but he raised his leg into the air and did a backflip to her back then he wrapped the part of the whip that had to loosen from his waist around her neck….

"Your attacks her fierce but I have higher cultivation than you so your grip on me cannot hold me, I won," Bingchen said with a proud smile, then he removed the whip from her neck.

Huo Mei is someone who is always happy with a defeat because it helps her become stronger, she just smiled broadly in response to his arrogant statement which surprised him, when he won against Huo Lian, the frown on her face made it obvious that she was angry but Huo Mei was still smiling.

"Thanks for your enlightenment" Huo Mei said then she returned to her seat.

"I announce that the winner of this round is Guardian Bingchen!" the Mcee announced, then the disciples started cheering while those who are seating on the peak clapped their hands to celebrate his victory including the sect Madam, everyone expected her to be unhappy with his victory but she was still smiling which made them wonder if she would still smile of he won against Huo Ying.

"This brat is really skilled but who would have thought that Huo Mei had such fierce attacks, from this fight, she seems to be at the eight levels of the core formation stage," the third elder said.

"It is really unexpected, if not for the difference in their cultivation levels, Huo Mei would have won but because she wasn't aware of his strength, she made a wrong move," the first elder said

"For a level eight-core formation stage, her attacks are too fierce, if not for her miscalculation, as long as her opponent is in the core formation stage, she would still win," the second elder said

After the second round, those who had bet their money and Huo Mei frowned their faces while those who bet on Bingchen retrieved their spoils, the first elder and the second elder also won the bet and they also got their own share of the money while the third elder lost the bet.

They all started betting again while they dropped their name and the amount of money there are betting in the box with each of the participants' name written on the boxes…...

"The next round must be between Guardian Qiang and Guardian Bingchen, who are you betting on?" one of the female disciples asked another

"Guardian Qiang hasn't fully recovered from the poison, if not, I would have bet on him, so in this round, I am betting on Guardian Bingchen" the other female disciple replied

"If everyone has made their bet, I announce that the next round will be between Guardian Bingchen and Guardian Qiang!" the Mcee announced, Huo Qiang stood up from his seat and walked to the middle of the training ground while the disciples cheered.

"please…" Bingchen said

"No, why don't we decide the winner with three moves," Huo Qiang said

"Three moves!" the disciples mumbled to each other

"I think that is the right thing to do, deciding the winner with three moves is indeed a good option," the sect madam said

"Okay!" Bingchen said, then both of them moved farther away from each other.

"Flame Sword meteor shower!" Bingchen shouted, then he raised his sword into the sky and combined his flame power with the sword, the flame from the sword rose into the sky, then it formed hundreds of swords in the sky blazing with fire.

"Wow, Guardian Bingchen's attack is really strong, he hasn't even used it yet and I can already feel the impact of the attack" one of the elite disciples commented.

"Indeed, I wonder what skill Guardian Qiang is going to use?" another disciple said

"Can you guys guess what attack Huo Qiang is going to use?" Huo Li asked them.

"I don't know but he will surely use one that is stronger than the skill Bingchen plans to use," Huo Mei said

"Bingchen made a mistake, although we have never really got the chance to battle with anyone, Huo Qiang style is to use your attack against you or to use a similar one, so I dare say that Huo Qiang will use the same skill that Bingchen is using," Huo Ying said

"Flame sword meteor shower!" Huo Qiang shouted, then he did the same demonstration as Bingchen, hundreds of swords appeared in the sky but they descended and moved to his back while Bingchen's swords moved to his back.

"This guy Huo Qiang is using the same attack as Bingchen, then he must be confident of this attack," the third elder said as he ran his hand through his beards.

"Huo Qiang style is really surprising, he is suing the same attack as his opponent," the sect leader said to his wife.

"Then he must be very confident" his wife replied

"This round will commence now!" the Mcee announced and returned to his position.