It was no sooner than the words left his mouth that Shen had noticed a gaze that held pure Battle intent burning into him so he turned to face it and saw Bei Luo. The source of the battle intent was Bei Luo the two locked eyes And Shen was the first to speak "Let us begin our duel" he said "Your courting defeat I hope you know that" Replied Bei Luo confidently as he moved towards the Disciples Arena.
Bei Luo confidently took to his side of the arena, Unsheathed his sword which had a sharp edge and a hilt shaped like a coiled snake. "Of course someone as simple minded as YOU would use a sword after seeing as to how just about everyone else chooses a sword" Shen said in a condescending tone "Is that the best insult you can come up with? Well coming from a muscle head like you I suppose that was decent" "I'd love to keep talking but your face is just so annoying I can't keep this up" Shen spoke in a calm demeanor as he hoisted his Axe and began to rush towards Bei Luo. In response to this Bei Luo Stabbed forward after infusing his yuan energy into the weapon.
Shen wasn't confident enough in his body cultivation yet to stop an energy infused weapon so he swung the blunt end of the axe into the side of the blade after infusing his lightning energy into it attempting to damage it. Shen's axe slammed forcefully into Bei's sword and made a loud sound of metal on metal and as soon as this contact was made Shen sent his lightning energy down his opponents weapon because even though they were both lightning cultivators only body cultivators of the lightning path were used to taking the pain of lightning unless born with a lightning bloodline only then could one actually absorb lightning.
So as Shen sent his lightning energy down the sword Bei Luo yelled out in surprise and then attempted to do the same since they were both novice fighters. Shen only smiled savagely at Bei Luo when he noticed this mistake and instantly he chose to use his 2nd technique and swung the blade of his axe down on to Bei Lou's fingers around the hilt of the sword before He could recover from the lightning energy strike that he had received.
Shen cut through the Guard of the sword and Bei Lou's fingers in that one swing leaving nothing but bloody stumps behind causing him to drop his sword and scream out in pain "You really need to keep a better grip on that" Said Shen in a victorious tone "You'll regret hurting me to such extent" Bei Luo hissed through his gritted teeth "I don't think I will" said Shen as he prepared to knock out Bei Luo since matches weren't officially over until one surrendered or was knocked unconscious. Bei Luo looked towards Shen hatefully until all he saw was the decorated flat side of an axe with a snarling wolf coming down and then nothing.
The battle had ended quickly and the body cultivator had come out on top standing over his opponents crumpled, unconscious body as his blood ran amongst the cracks in the ground and pooled before Shen's feet. "Someone gather him and take him to the medicinal pavilion" after saying this much Shen gave a slight smile "And don't forget to collect the rest of him on your way out" Shen shouted out as he pointed playfully down at the fingers laying scattered in the dust, the only evidence besides the blood on Shen's clothes that a battle had just taken place here.
2 hours later Shen was cultivating quietly when Ren spotted him and rushed over clearly worried "Shen you got into a fight!? What the hell is wrong with you!?" she shouted at him dragging him from his cultivation "Do you always ask people what's wrong with them while interrupting their cultivation?" Shen asked in a slightly irritated way "That's not the problem here Shen you already making enemies is the problem!" "Let them come if they really are a cultivator than they'd fight" when he said this you could hear that his words were thick with pride.
The future of Shen was spoken of by the peers that had seen the fight some suspected he could go far and others believed his future was one that would be lined with hubris and bring him to an early demise.