Alright, guys, it's the moment we've all been waiting for! Tao Gao vs New Legend!


The next day finally came. The day of the third PST's finale and the day they were going to see two of the strongest teams in all the worlds fight each other. The arena was filled with a large crowd that was cheering loudly, the emperor being among them. Bindo soon arrived in the middle of the arena to call.

"Ladies and gentlemen! It is time for the final of the third Power Struggle!" He marked a pause to let the crowd cheer. "For this match that will determine the winner of a medal given by the emperor himself as well as 1000,000,000 yuan, I introduce to you the first team who defeated Musica and the Kingswood Brotherhood to get here, THE NEW LEGEND!"

The arena exploded with cheers as the team entered the fighting zone. Toka lifted his fist for his trademark pose, Koji - who received the biggest ovation as he won the previous tournament - smiled and greeted everyone, Alena simply waved her hand a few times, Suya waved her wings and winked seductively which pleased the boys (and annoyed their girlfriends), and Neyo simply waved politely.

"And their opponents," Bindo continued after the team arrived in the middle of the fighting zone. "they defeated the Panda Pack and Dòngxué Jūmín to get there, please welcome TAO GAO!"

The second team came out to as loud ovation from the audience. Karasu gave polite bows to everyone as Shen did the same, Fenghuang tried not to pay attention, though she smiled a bit at the attention, Mei Ling winked at the boys and Fung just waved at them. Once they arrived on front of their friends and adversaries, however, they returned to their serious state.

"This will be interesting." Rio remarked with interest.

"From what I've heard, those guys are really close friends. They even trained together in the same world." Saras said.

"So it's a friend team battle?" Shan Qu asked.

Ryuu and Hikari were looking in concern. "This is a very emotional confrontation for all of them." Ryuu remarked.

"Yes; I can feel it too." Hikari said before looking down at the little Safui'e who was moaning at seeing his daddy and uncle about to square off. "Hey, don't be afraid, sweetie." She reassured him as Ryuu did the same with Ryoka, Moon Dancer and Chao.

Back in the fighting zone, Koji was trembling hard and suddenly shouted at his raven friend. "Karasu! If you hold anything back in this match, I'll hold it against you for life!"

This made the raven and other people look in surprise. "Why is he saying that?!" Mustafa asked, surprised.

"It's because, for Koji, Karasu is not only a friend, but also a model. From what they told me, Koji own most of what he learned to him. To his eyes, Karasu is the guy he wants to overpower at any cost. As you know, Koji has been seen as a looser for most of his life and he wants to prove his worth to everyone, to Karasu more than anyone else. Karasu won their first encounter, Koji won their second, this is the decisive one." Saras explained.

The same tension could be felt between Toka and Shen, Suya and Fenghuang, Alena and Fung, as well as between Neyo and Mei Ling.

"Any objections for this match?" Bindo asked but didn't got any answer. "Very well then, may the final match of the third Power Struggle Tournament BEGIN!"

Right after he said that, Neyo summoned his Chi bow and started shooting a huge volley of Chi arrows at the opposing team. Karasu cut them with his sword while Shen did the same with his Guan Dao, Fenghuang created a wall of ice to stop them, Mei Ling blocked them with her staff and Fung used stones to stop them.

"I know this technique." Karasu said after he stopped.

Neyo smiled. "Yes: it's a technique I found in the ninja scroll you gave me the first time we departed. It only took me three days to master it."

Karasu smiled too. "You'll never cease to amaze me, Neyo." He then charged his sword with Lightning Chi and charged toward the hedgehog.

Suddenly, Koji, who turned on his Cong Wo mode, clashed his own sword with Karasu's which caused their Chi to explode on their respective side - light blue for Karasu and red and black for Koji. As he forced his blade against the raven's, the young beetle turned to look at his friends.

"Guys! Don't interfere in our duel, okay?"

"Same for you, guys: it's between he and I!" Karasu also asked.

Their friends all nodded before the two friends started dashing all around and clashed their swords at tremendous speed, making it hard to follow for the untrained eye. As the two started their sword duel, Toka and Shen started exchanging fire jets with their Fire Chi.

"Huo Yun!" The snow leopard shouted as he spat smoke all around the peacock before snapping his fingers and putting fire to it.

The peacock walked out of it undamaged. "I though you knew that fire cannot damage me, young Toka." He remarked before charging, looking to strike his opponent.

"Come to me, Huángyúnfāng (Yellow Cloud Fang)!" Suddenly, a giant sword appeared in his paw. It had a very large silver blade with a yellow handle (think about Cloud's Buster sword from Final Fantasy 7, but with different colours). He used to it block Shen's Guan Dao which sent some sparks flying.

"Whoa! That's an impressive sword!" Ryuu remarked.

Toka and Shen were fighting with their weapons, but the former's one was so heavy that he couldn't keep up with the latter's quickness. It was the big default of his sword and caused him to get a few cuts on him. Deciding to change his strategy, Toka made his sword disappear and spat smoke again to blindside the peacock.

"When are you gonna understand your technique doesn't work against me?" He asked, but was surprised as the smoke didn't got on fire.

"IRON FIST!"

Shen jumped just in time as Toka jumped out and smashed the ground with his Iron Fist. "You almost got me there." Shen remarked with a smile.

"When one trick doesn't work, I try another approach." Toka said and returned the smile.

Meanwhile, Suya and Fenghuang were starring at each other, knowing they were about to fight. "Fenghuang! Please, don't restrain yourself because I'm your student! Give me your best!" She said with a trembling voice before getting in her fighting stance.

The elder owl really didn't wanted to hurt her student and daughter figure, but she knew that this last one wanted to be considered like a real fighter and not a useless diva. She planned on fulfilling this wish. "Very well, youngling." She said with getting in her fighting stance too.

Then, both owls dhashed forward and engaged a close combat, swinging their wings and talons at each other. They were on equal level, that could be easily seen. Eventually, they decided to take it to the sky, turning it into an aerial fight while keeping their distance from Koji and Karasu.

Suya shot jets of flower petals with her Petal Chi while Fenghuang used her Ice Chi to counter with mini-blizzards. Neither owls could make an advancement on the other, so Suya decided to step up a bit by bringing a wing to her Pearl of Hope.

"Tree Of Life Mode!" She shouted and the Pearl shone a bright light all over her body. Once it faded, the snowy owl was now wearing a red flower on her head along with a strong white aura around her body.

Fenghuang smirked. "I still remember the day you unlocked this form." She then turned into her Frozen Phoenix Form which saw her feathers shining with ice blue energy along with her eyes becoming purple.

It was going to be an intense fight between the two owl girls.

A bit farther, Mei Ling the mountain cat and Neyo the hedgehog were ready to struggle too. "So we're finally facing off, are we?" She remarked with a smile as she swung her bo staff.

"Yup." Neyo nodded and took out his boomerang. "I know you trained me very well and I'm grateful for that, but I'm still planning on winning this encounter."

"Alright. Let's try to look cool for your son, okay?" She added with a wink that made Neyo chuckle.

He threw his boomerang which Mei Ling knocked away with her staff before charging. Luckily, the weapon returned in the hedgehog's hands just in time for him to block Mei Ling's staff with it. Both opponents smirked at each other as their fight started.

Finally, Alena and Fung were ready to square off too. "Aww, do I really stand a chance? I mean, you're the demigoddess of sun and moon." Fung asked with rubbing his head.

"Don't let that distract you; you're very strong too, Fung. I can sense it." Alena assured with a smile before getting in her fighting stance. "But don't go think that it means I'm gonna let you win."

Smirking, Fung took out his double battle axes and, just as the two charged and were about to clash, the screen turned dark and showed: "TO BE CONTINUED..."


So? Are you enjoying this match so far? If yes, stay stunned 'cause things will get better next time :)