If he doesn't speak up, this Master Guo Kui is very likely to die at the hands of Hashimoto Otsuka.

Upon hearing Su Fan's words, Hashimoto Otsuka felt somewhat regretful.

In terms of strength, Guo Kui was definitely not his opponent.

If only given a bit more time, Guo Kui would become a dead man.

"Swish!"

However, instead of continuing to deal with Guo Kui, Hashimoto Otsuka chose to sheathe his sword and stand still.

It was not because of his good demeanor, but because Hashimoto Otsuka was worried that Su Fan might use this as an excuse to ambush him.

If Su Fan were to suddenly attack him while he was about to kill Guo Kui, that would be trouble.

In a direct confrontation, he didn't think Su Fan was stronger than him.

But in the case of an ambush, that's hard to say.

Even a Great Grandmaster, if they were shot in the back of the head with a sniper rifle.

Then this Great Grandmaster might not even have time to activate their protective qi barrier before being shot in the head.

Of course, when feeling a threat, a martial artist's body will automatically generate a protective qi barrier.

In that situation, whether the martial artist's instincts are faster, or the sniper bullet is faster, varies from person to person and is hard to say.

At this moment, after Hashimoto Otsuka sheathed his sword, Master Guo Kui felt utterly humiliated.

Today, it was fortunate that Su Fan stepped in, otherwise Hashimoto Otsuka clearly would not have stopped.

If the stalemate continued, his only outcome would be death!

Master Guo Kui could only thank Su Fan, and then solemnly said, "Master Su, it's up to you next... Sigh!"

Guo Kui originally wanted to avenge Guo Jie, but sadly, Hashimoto Otsuka was too formidable.

If left to his own devices, he might never be able to exact revenge in this lifetime.

Now that Su Fan stepped in to confront Hashimoto Otsuka, he wasn't very optimistic about Su Fan's chances either.

The reason being, there was nothing ordinary about this martial artist from the East.

He even felt that Hashimoto Otsuka wasn't giving his all when confronting him!

This, Su Fan could see, and so could the other experts around.

After Su Fan stepped in, Hashimoto Otsuka set his katana aside, wanting to engage Su Fan with bare fists.

If he could defeat Su Fan both with and without weapons,

then the honor of the Eastern martial artist could be reclaimed.

Hashimoto Otsuka not using the katana meant Su Fan also removed the two swords from his back.

It wasn't that he was now practicing dual wielding, but he didn't want to gain an advantage with weapons.

His Taia Sword, although labeled as a replica, held tremendous power.

Even a weapon at the level of the Cold Spring Sword could be cut by this replica Taia Sword.

If Hashimoto Otsuka were assassinating him, there would be no need to abide by any rules.

But since it was a fair fight in broad daylight, there was no need to take advantage with weapons.

As Su Fan set down the two swords, Hashimoto Otsuka glanced at both.

After seeing they were a long sword and a short sword, he felt a bit surprised.

However, Hashimoto Otsuka didn't overthink it, and directly chose to engage Su Fan!

He moved to the center of the arena and calmly said, "Master Su, please!"

Su Fan also calmly spoke, "Master Hashimoto, please!"

As soon as Su Fan finished speaking, Hashimoto Otsuka attacked.

Once he made his move, many spectators were quite surprised because Hashimoto Otsuka used Ancient Muay Thai and authentic Wing Chun.

It's not surprising that he knew Ancient Muay Thai, as there are quite a few practitioners of it.

But his proficiency in traditional Wing Chun was quite astonishing.

The so-called traditional versus modern styles can be simply viewed as authentic versus modified versions.

In other areas, modified versions are often better than the original.

But that's not quite the case here; these modifications removed some lethal moves from the martial art.

Otherwise, even without the inner strength breathing technique, an ordinary person mastering an authentic form would be something else.

Once a conflict arises and the moves are delivered, the slightest mistake could result in a life lost.