23
The
bronze
rod
fighter
is
heading
back
through
the
forest
and
shaking
his
head,
then
we
hear
as
he
calls
out
.
BRONZE
ROD
FIGHTER
Tell
me,
who
is
it
that
lurks
there?
It
is
none
other
than
Yun
Xing
Tong,
who
has
arrived
silently
as
a
ghost
through
the
woods,
and
is
watching
the
battle
from
the
sidelines
with
all
the
cool
dispassion
of
a
God
.
YUN
XING
TONG
It
is
I
.
The
bronze
rod
fighter
closes
his
eyes
.
BRONZE
ROD
FIGHTER
I
knew
it
I
knew
it
when
I
saw
him
I
am
old,
and
my
time
on
earth
would
not
be
long
.
He
is
the
kind
who
walks
with
death,
and
now
it
has
marked
me
.
YUN
XING
TONG
I
am
not
death,
I
may
be
worse
.
Yun
Xing
Tong
walks
over
to
the
Bronze
rod
fighter,
and
when
directly
in
front,
slices
across
immediately
with
his
sword
.
The
bronze
rod
is
immediately
broken
in
two,
but
the
bronze
rod
fighter
remains
unharmed
.
With
the
stump
of
the
bronze
rod
in
hand,
the
bronze
rod
fighter
starts
crying
BRONZE
ROD
FIGHTER
Why
did
you
not
kill
me?
I
am
marked
by
death
.
Yun
Xing
Tong
does
not
answer
the
Bronze
Rod
fighter
at
all,
but
moves
on
.
YUN
XING
TONG
(mutters)
Good
luck
old
man
.
Yun
Xing
Tong
just
continues
walking
.
We
see
as
he
slides
into
the
battleground
at
this
moment
the
rain
has
ended
not
so
long
ago,
and
the
mist
is
rising
from
the
ground
as
the
sun
starts
evaporating
the
water
there
Yun
Xing
Tong
is
so
stealthy
that
his
first
victim
does
not
even
realize
it
as
he
is
strangled
from
behind
.