Kriang smirked upon their blades baring in plain sight of one another. Kriang wondered was this it? Was he actually going to be simply defeated or killed? The anticipation left him trembling with excitement. This is what he trained so hard for. To find out if he truly was a worthy warrior of Yantra. Taking stance, his legs and body movement were fluid in motion and he got into defense looking at this magnificent monk he was fighting hard against. A bit sort in his midsection, Kriang welcomed whatever was to come next as he was going to go all out.

With the monk snapping forward, Kriang was going to see who would draw first blood. Moving forward, Kriang didn't launch off like Xi but he showed he was not going to be in full defense but to show he was no backing down either. Kriang started off the moment they got close with a short ducking motion with a testing thrust of his sword towards Xi's thigh but if he needed to shift to defend, that was not out of the question yet.