He felt it, the ki and the gaze of someone from far, it from the castle upon the hill. His horse started to ascend the hill. In an instant, he was right in front of the castle, and he walked into the court, on the golden throne with a leg over the other and head resting on an arm, he sat.
His red shone like a crimson jewel; the golden walls of the castle reflected the sunlight, including Wan Heian's golden armour.
SFX: CLCK
The king drew out his sword and golden shield. He pointed the blade at Wan Heian.
"Lord Han, what is Han?" asked Wan Heian.
"I am not here to answer your foolish question", answered Sui.
"I repeat, what is Han?" he asked again.
Sui leapt from his throne, with sword in his hand and with the sole intention to slash Wan.
SFX: CLASH!!
Wan clashes with Ao, the King's sword and pushes him away with ease.
SFX: THUD
The king falls on the floor and stares at Wan Heian.
He runs again to slash Wan Heian. Wan sheaths his sword and clenches his fist.
SFX: PUNCH!
His punch collides with Sui's face like a meteor, breaking bones one after the other. The king is again on the floor.
"Han is mine!!", the king shouts like a coward.
At that moment, Wan sensed something else behind him, the ki of someone else.
However, he couldn't react to it...
SFX: SLASH!!
The moment he turned back, he got slashed on the chest by someone.
"You are here, General Xi Fan!!!", the king cried.
Wan falls on his knees, but he still stands up and stares the man in the eyes.
"So you are Wan Heian? The King hunter", the general asks.
"A general, huh?" Wan Heian mutters.
"Let's start", Xi Fan said.
The general pulled out his axe, like wind, he appeared right before Wan Heian and swung it.
"Kuh!"
Wan Heian barely dodges that lethal attack. He moves back, and this time the general is right above him.
"He leapt?!"
Wan pulls out Ao and blocks the axe.
"Ao!!"
The blue colour sword shines in that light like a sapphire jewel, reflecting the general's gaze. Xi Fan felt that black oddly familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, someone holding it.
Both of them pull back and again rush to clash their weapons.
SFX: CLASH!!
The sword and the axe collide again. Wan Heian felt Xi's immense and terrifying ki. He has understood it inside his subconscious mind that the general is...
"He is bad news..."
"Ohirume!!"
Wan pulls out Ohirume in an attempt to stab the general in his gut. However, that failed as he moved his lower body.
Now that both swords were in Wan's hands, he was ready to fight at his full potential. His ki increased and vaporised, becoming red.
"Now that is it", complimented the general.
Wan Heian appeared right behind the general and swung his sword. Like a shooting star, the sword approached to slash off the General's head. He blocked the sword from hitting his nape by moving it backwards and pcunehd backwards.
Wan Heian dodged that by moving his head away. He attempted to stab the general's neck with Ohirume. However, Xi Fan also dodged it and turned back. He swung the axe, and Wan blocked it again. From below appeared Fan's fist, heading to hit Heian's gut. He hit Fan's fist with the back of his sword, breaking it.
Fan's broken fists were bleeding, and now appeared Wan's feet right before his face. It was a turnaround kick. He blocked Wan's leg with the back of his axe. Wan's leg hit he iron bar, injuring the bones.
SFX: THRSSSHHH!!
"Huh? A bent?" Fan muttered to himself.
The handle of the axe, made of iron, had bent due to the kick's impact. Xi Fan swung his axe again, the appraoching axe reflected in Wan's eyes. Wan tucked down and extended his arm to stab.
SFX: THRSSSHHH!!
Xi's fists appeared right above Wan. Wan blocked it with his other arm, still extending the sword to stab Fan in the gut. The blade was almost there, that moment, Xi fun swung the axe in the opposite direction to slash off Wan's head.
The axe approached to slash Wan's head, and the sword headed to tear Xi's gut.
"This is the end!! Wan Heian!!", declared XI Fan.
That moment...Wan's ki surged through his veins. His heart started to beat faster, pumping blood and oxygen to his muscles.
Thus Wan muttered...
"First Heaven!!!"
At that moment, Wan tossed Ao and held it with his teeth. Turning his whole body and leaping towards Xi Fan. With Ohirume in the other hand, ht headed like an arrow. His biceps solidified like an iron bar. Veins were visible like rivers.
Xi Fan couldn't move an inch; his axe was on the other side, and it was already too late. His other fist was broken and bleeding.
SFX: SLASHHH!!!
"Eh?..."
Blood flowed from Wan's chest, dripping and falling on the ground. Someone had slashed him with his sword, and beside him stood...
"Han Sui Yannn!!!", roared Xi Fan with rage.
Han Sui Yan had slashed Wan when he leapt towards Xi Fan for delivering the lethal blow.
SFX: THUD
Wan Heian fell on the ground, and blood pooled around him with Ohirume in one hand and Ao in the other; he still clung on to them.
"Now he is dead, Xi, you are still undefeate...", the moment the king said this...Xi Fan's hand reached out for his neck.
SFX: GRASP!!
Lifting him in the air by his neck. His eyes widened, and his legs swung.
"What are you doing...XI Fann!!", asked the king while he was being suffocated.
"You know Han Sui Yan...you were never meant to be sitting here, you were never meant to be the king of Han", Xi Fan told.
"With what audacity are you taking to the king??!!", Han Sui Yan spouted.
SFX: GRK!!
The king bit the general's hand; he fell, and like a coward, he ran to the entrance. Xi Fan didn't bother to chase him; he quickly took Wan in his hands.
"You will not die here, Wan Heian, I can see the day Han becomes the mightiest under you", Xi Fan muttered.