Zhu went into combat position and suddenly the old man appeared before Zhu and swung his sword down towards her shoulder.
Right before the sword could hit her she parried it and tried to pierce his stomach, but the old man reacted to fast and fought back.
All through Ryu could see their movement, he couldn't do anything because they were way to fast for him. He could only watch and hope that Zhu would win.
They fought several minutes, but nobody was seeming even a bit tired. Zhu got some scratches, but no serious injuries.
Zhu had no chance against him and he could have probably injured her very badly or even killed her. He was much faster than her, but never aimed at a vital spot.
It seemed as if he was just playing with her and didn't even take this fight serious.
If Zhu didn't end this fight soon, her lost will be unavoidable, but this old man was clearly stronger than her.
Suddenly the air started sparkling with tiny blue lights, which flowed into Zhu's sword. The sword itself shimmered bluish like water flowing around it.
Zhu jumped towards the old man again and slashed downward with her sword held high.
Although she did not hit him a huge water wave dormed and slashed towards the old man.
The old man surprisingly didn't doge the water wave, instead he atood still and a shield out of pure light formed before him.
When the wave hit the light shied, some cracks spread on it but it did not break under the water pressure.
When the wave dissolved, the transparent light shield vanished and the old man spoke again in a serios tone"So are you going to surrender now and tell me who you are? Otherwise I can't ensure that you aren't going to get hurt."
After fighting this long Zhu should knew that his words should not be underestimated. All this time she couldn't even hit a single hit although she fought him over minutes.
Sweat dripped from her head, she gnashed her teeth and replied arrogantly"And what would happen with us after we surrender to you? Would you let us just leave after I tell you my name?"
"That depends on whetever you have a connection with the disappearance of some of our sect members.", the old man said.
Without an answer Zhu sprinted toward the old man and stroke her again at him. She knew that he was just bluffing. Once they surrendered they would be brought to their sect to be interrogated and after that even worse then death. Surrender wasn't a option.
Suddenly it started raining and Zhu's movements got even faster. Ryu couldn't even follow her with his eyes.
With her new speed she actually laid two hits on the old man. It were just small cuts on his arm and his shoulder, but now Ryu was confident again that Zhu had a chance to win.
Zhu was pushing him back with a combination of sword style and water blades attacking the old man. Just when she broke his defense and aimed at one of his vital spots the earth rumbeld and a loud roar resounded through the air.
A huge white tiger jumped out of the old mans body. The white tiger seemed to consist out of bundeld wind.
The tiger dashed at Zhu with the intend to kill her. Without thinking Ryu ran at his fastest speed toward Zhu to protect her from the deadly tiger claws.
The tiger claws ran across his shoulder, but to his shock they didn't just slide over his scales. They were actually piercing through his sturdy scales and sank deep into his flesh under his scale amor.
Ryu tried to slice the tiger with his claws at least, but the tiger had already retreated several meters next to the old man.