The crowd sprung up from their seat then cheered for Biyu whose face is still stoic despite her win.

Meng Hui with the corner of her mouth bloodied glared at Biyu as she dug her nails into her palm.

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"The winner is Yun Biyu from the thunder sect," master Li Jie announced, sect leader Lin gritted his teeth in anger, during the last competition, Biyu was defeated by Meng Hui but this time she defeated Meng Hui worse than she was defeated.

Everything is not going according to his plan, the plan to ensure the wind sect becomes the spotlight of the contest and wins all the contests so that they can be solidly recognised as the ultimate sect but now...

He glared at sect leader Zhou whose chin is held high because of the victory, now despite his son's defeat, his sect is in the spotlight.

"This disciple of yours is really capable, I like her," sect madam Huo genuinely remarked, she truly liked the mannerism of Yun Biyu and it reminds her of Huo Li's mother who was once her closest friend.

"Is that so? it is a pity I can't send her to your sect," he replied, following a hearty chuckle, the emperor, on the other hand, has no problem with how the competition has been going so far, the wind sect losing recognition will do him good in balancing the power each sect owns.

But this last round is what determines everything since the Ancient sword sect has pulled out of the contest, Huo Lan on the other hand, is unable to keep still as her eyes keep darting everywhere out of nervousness and the chain around her limbs is making it difficult for her to concentrate, it is almost as though it is stirring something inside her.

"The next round which is the last round is between the flame sect and the wind sect," Master Li Jie announced without the magic wheel spinning again.

"What...?" they were all confused, if Biyu won the competition then the next round should be between one of the sects and the thunder sect.

"Sect leader Lin, what is happening?" angry sect leader Zhou questioned with his brows raised at sect leader who merely smirked.

"Just watch," he responded.

They all understood the situation instantly, knowing the people will not complain of the rigging because the competition they want to watch is the ultimate competition between Bohai and the young mistress of the flame sect so minusing other sects will excite them rather than cause trouble.

The last round!

They all know this surely means Lin Bohai is coming into the ring but who is coming from the flame sect, they all turned to where they are seated with big expectations, meanwhile Bohai fans started cheering for him the moment he spread his arms and flew into the ring.

Sect madam Huo was in deep thought as to who the appropriate person to send is, she knew they would have to make the decision amongst themselves but definitely not Huo Ying, Li Bohai is a strong opponent and she doesn't want her fighting anyone from the wind sect so she doesn't lose it and turn into something else...she must keep it a secret.

"Huo Ying..." Huo Mei muttered, they were all focused on her, she sighed deeply.

If anything, she is the one who wants to be in the ring most but she is also scared that her rage might get the best of her and she has made a promise to Huo Qiang and her mother to not be reckless before they left so she has to think of what her mother would want.

She glanced at her mother who gave her a slight nod then she turned to Huo Qiang.

"I will go," Huo Li volunteered.

"No, you can't, you can't fight against him when you haven't completely healed," Huo Ying refused.

"But-"

"I will go," Huo Qiang interrupted.

"Huo Qiang, you were also injured recently," Huo Mei said out of concern.

"That was long ago, I am fully healed now," he responded, understanding she is referring to the time he got injured by the golden eagle and also competed with Bingchen with the injury, he smiled reassuringly at them then he stood up to enter the ring but Huo Ying held his pinky finger with her eyes full of concern.

"Be careful," she muttered to which he nodded reassuringly then patted her hand gently before flying into the ring, everyone watching their little interaction were already getting ideas but Bohai was feeling a bit piqued, he held his sword tighter to remind himself that the one he wants is not her but Huo Lan so he took a glance at her before turning to Huo Qiang who has arrived at his front.

"Huo Qiang, the first guardian of the flame sect," he said.

But his unfettered look threw his memories back to the moment when he and Huo Ying were fighting and he saved her from Meng Hui's sneak attack, he remembered the hit he gave him there, his ability is definitely not to be undermined.

"Lin Bohai," he replied.

Both unsheathed her sword and dashed towards each other without further ado, their swords clashed against each other as both went to the opposite sides, soon they dashed towards each other again, unleashing their sword skills.

The metals clanged against each other again, causing a burst of power which was trapped by the four pillars but the vibration still passed out, the people were stunned by how fierce it is from the start.

They kept moving back and forth as both went full force at the beginning, Bohai skills is something they already know of but Huo Qiang... seems to be matching Bohai's pace and energy too much at the moment.

Everyone knows Bohai's technique at the beginning of every contest, he makes you lose your rhythm and pace so when you start trying to match his, you become disorientated.

Regardless, everyone watched with deep silence leaving only the noise from the ring.

They had just changed few hand strikes when their swords were trapped by each other but the moment Bohai released his sword and swiped it towards Huo Qiang, he bent backwards then slid under him with his hand spread wide but he soon rebounded swiftly as he spun his body towards Bohai who quickly blocked his legs with his sword as he slid back, gritting his teeth.

He then used a huge force to push him back, Huo Qiang quickly did a somersault to land on the ground.

Bohai swung his sword around as blue Qi engulfed the sword, arousing a gust of strong wind which quickly turned into a mini-tornado around him, they held their breath for what is about to happen, normally, this is the skill that always brings him victory.

Taking advantage of the fact that he is now invisible in between the tornado, he swooshed towards Huo Qiang who soon got enveloped by the mini tornado.

"Huo Qiang!" Huo Ying yelled in reflex but was cautioned by Huo Mei, she then looked around to see everyone staring at her but they soon turned their focus back to the ring.

They started hearing swords clanging with blue sparks escaping the swords, it happened so fast that Huo Qiang didn't have the time to use a skill but he can only defend for now and find an opening...which is now.

"Raging flames!" they heard him yell taking advantage of Biha's distraction when he heard Huo Ying's voice, soon, flames emerged out of the tornado making it half flames and half tornado.

"What is this?"

They were all confused, Bohai's tornado should make him unable to use a flame skill but he actually managed to do so.

"Sect leader Lin, do you mind explaining how this is possible?" asked the emperor who was stunned by this but before sect leader Lin could speak, sect madam Huo already spoke.

"Your majesty should have seen this before, this is the same skill we both used when I won this contest back in our days,"

"Is that so,"

"Yes, your majesty, the raging flames and the tornado are almost the same if not that they are made of a different element, the strength of both skills depends on how powerful the person using it is, back then, sect leader Lin could put out the raging flames but now the raging flame cannot be put out by the tornado because it is a skill I personally modified," she explained then smiled tauntingly at sect leader Lin who felt enraged by her confidence when the winner hasn't been decided.

Though they can't see what is going on, they can clearly see two figures and swords moving around until they suddenly heard a loud burst with one of them flying out of the faze but quickly rebounding to land on the ground with one hand on the ground.

"Huo Qiang!" they exclaimed seeing him spit out blood with his hands clutching his chest tightly.