Shen jumped onto the platform with his axe already in his hands and a savage grin. "Fire is what you cultivate? well then lets see if your flames burn fiercer than the power of my lightning" Shen spoke in a challenging tone as battle intent shot out from him and made it clear to those around him that he was looking forward to this fight. "Lightning? could you be any more basic? you chose the most commonly picked element and flaunt it like something I haven't seen before. COME AT ME AND SHOW ME HOW FIERCE YOUR LIGHTNING IS" The fire cultivator spoke unsheathing a wicked looking blade that released waves of heat that made Shen sweat. At this point no more words were passed between the pair only wary looks. They were both at the same realm so they felt a mutual respect but for the tournaments sake they would fight. The first to get aggressive was Shen he moved quickly towards his opponent and swung his axe wide leaving an opening for his opponent which the fire cultivator took and attempted to trade blows with Shen however at the last second Shen's axe changed trajectory and embedded itself in the other cultivators upper left thigh but when the fire cultivators blade reached Shen's abdomen it hardly made a scratch leaving a wound similar to when one would fall and scrape their knees but as a straight line just above his ribs. "So much for a trade all that happened was your leg got heavily injured" Shen said as he tore the axe from his opponents thigh. "your a body cultivator? damn it all" the fire cultivator couldn't help but curse everyone knew that beating a body cultivator at the same level as you was difficult however they cultivation speed was lessened and that difficulty only continued to rise with each level it was also a very painful route so most body cultivators were unfazed from the idea of trading blows with anyone at the same level. The two locked eyes and retreated from each other without a word between them they then both brought their weapons above their head and attempted to use a technique Shen circulated his energy and attempted to bring it down onto the fire cultivators head but he missed completely as the Fire cultivator used a movement technique and got onto Shen's left side and once again struck his blade into the same spot as before widening the already existing wound but this time he had circulated a technique that allowed him spit a ball of flame at Shen's face as he widened the wound this blinded Shen for a short time during which his opponent continued to target his now very obvious wound as soon as he recovered his sight he dropped the axe and lifted his morning star instead attacking his opponent with a barrage of lightning fast strikes one hitting him in the upper right arm and another in his left forearm the other strikes the Fire cultivator tried to back away and gain some more space between the two of them but put a lot of pressure on his left leg which had been hacked open by Shen's axe as such he winced and stumbled. Shen saw his opponent stumble and caught him by the forearm of his sword hand at first the opponent was thankful thinking Shen wished him to surrender and leave peacefully as he was already injured badly enough that he could only wish to elongate the battle not win it. However just as the words *I surrender* were about to leave his mouth lightning shot through his arm before it was forced behind his back and he was forced to the ground whilst screaming out first in pain and then finally the words he'd tried to say so long ago finally left his mouth "I SURRENDER". Shen released his opponent and hopped off of the stage to go back into the lightning clans section to await his next battle.