Town Competition (3)

The girl, Yu Xiang, ran the yo-yo string through and around her fingers as if it were the most malleable and delicate string in the world. The yo-yo glided through the air with no resistance as the glow from the red symbol intensified.

"Come at me!" Yu Xiang shouted in exhilaration as she burst from her previous position on the stadium and jumped into the air, nearly appearing in front of Feng Xuan with one leap. The crowd gasped at this.

"Who is this girl?"

"Who is she?"

"All I know is that her name is Yu Xiang and that her Martial Spirit is a yo-yo. I don't know which family she comes from..."

No one could piece together information about Yu Xiang's origin so they all watched mysteriously as she fought Feng Xuan. He used his artifact as a shield against Yu Xiang's attacks and suddenly grabbed the artifact by the handle and flipped it completely.

Ting!

The yo-yo was repelled because of the spinning force and Yu Xiang immediately tried to jump back. Unfortunately, Feng Xuan was already in the midst of counter-attacking. His Feng Xun Bane swept across the ground as if trying to create a new horizon.

It was so perfectly horizontal and flew at Yu Xiang at lightning speed. Her pupils shrank and she jumped into the air and nearly did a backflip. She used her yo-yo string to block Feng Xun Bane, specifically the string of her yo-yo.

Clsssh!

It made the sound that two swords would make when in a deadlock, and neither force could conquer each other. Yu Xiang flew a few meters away and she swung the string until her yo-yo returned. The glowing light on the red symbol had dimmed and there was a faint glow on the spot of the string that was hit by Feng Xuan's blade.

'That yoyo is pretty strong... Perhaps that glowing symbol has something to do with the defense of the string? I don't really expect the string to have much defensive power so something is definitely up.' Khoru thought while analyzing the yo-yo.

The yoyo was pink colored with black rims and a glowing red symbol, rather simple. Something was definitely up with that symbol though.

"Such defense..." Feng Xuan was shocked by the defense of the yo-yo string but resumed his onslaught. His Feng Xun Bane sliced through the air and made the wind howl as it raged through the air, hungering for Yu Xiang.

She swung her yo-yo around, letting it clash with Feng Xun Bane repeatedly until the red glow dimmed severely and she backed away again. Khoru's expression changed but he didn't say anything.

Yu Xiang muttered to herself with an annoyed expression before running back into battle. Her yo-yo swung at intense speeds as if it were weaving a massive spiderweb around Feng Xuan. Regardless, he repelled every single attack that came at him.

His Feng Xun Bane swung at crazy speeds despite it's giant mass. It had to be one of the heaviest great-swords ever, yet he was swinging it as if it were a wooden katana.

'Hmmm...' Khoru thought. He grew more interested in Yu Xiang's yo-yo the longer he observed it. The entire yo-yo string suddenly turned red and released a terrifying aura that shook a number of people in the crowd.

The string suddenly stretched greatly and the yo-yo itself glowed bright red.

"Second form!" She called out, greatly confusing the people in the crowd. Khoru's face finally turned ashen as he recalled where he heard that before.

'The same man who destroyed the battlefield with his yo-yo a few years back! They both use yo-yos and have second forms. This can't be a coincidence, she has to be his child!'As Khoru came to this conclusion, he then realized how troublesome fighting her would be.

He commended Feng Xuan for being able to fight her equally.

Although, it started to look like he was being pushed back.

His face turned solemn as he repelled every attack that came his way. Unfortunately, one attack managed to get past his detection and it struck him in his left arm, leaving a heavy bruise and light bleeding.

"Tch." Feng Xuan had a look of reluctance as if he was apprehensive against something. He put his hand out and finally summoned his Martial Spirit, which was what most people were waiting for.

It came out as a thick red liquid that continuously turned from a great-sword back into liquid.

"Huh?! Maybe that's why he Feng Xuan uses a sword artifact..." Many people were a bit disappointed in Feng Xuan's Martial Spirit, but there were some that were still interested in it.

He moved his hand, along with the Martial Spirit, and touched Feng Xun Bane with it. Feng Xun Bane began to glow brightly as the Martial Spirit began to disappear and spikes began to appear on Feng Xun Bane.

The crowd shrieked and gasped in shock at what was happening to Feng Xun Bane. It was basically going through a metamorphosis and transforming! Just like the yo-yo!

The aura it released also rose in ferocity. Yu Xiang saw this and no longer gave him the time to complete the transformation of Feng Xun Bane. She whipped her yo-yo around the stadium, continuously releasing winds that would disperse Feng Xuan's Martial Spirit.

His expression turned grim when he saw this and gritted his teeth. He didn't expect Yu Xiang to discover the weakness to his Martial Spirit so early. Regardless, the transformation of Feng Xun Bane may not have been completed, but it was enough to bring the match back to a stand-off.

"Rah!" Feng Xun let out a fierce roar as he slammed Feng Xun Bane against the ground, creating a vibrant red and dangerous shock wave of violent Spirit Qi.

Yu Xiang responded with the same gesture and slammed her yo-yo into the ground which released a red shock-wave just like Feng Xuan's. Both shock-waves repelled each other continuously.