In the afternoon was the round of twenty-four to sixteen, the same matches as in the morning, yet it lasted a full six hours.
Compared to the morning where only Yong Ji won, replacing Xu Wensang, the results of this stage were much more exciting, unexpected, and regretful.
Chen Quan, Yan Feiqing, Shang Yun Ning, Liang Yan Ni, Yang Zhenbing, Zhao Jiajia, Tang Fubing, Ji Zhuowu.
Ji Jiuying, Chu Shuiting, Yu Qing, Gao Ge, Han Xiuben, Qin Shang, Zuoqiu Longhua, Yong Ji.
A full four people leaped into the ranks of sixteen from the latter eight.
Ji Jiuying, ranked seventeenth, has always been the most likely candidate, and indeed she managed to defeat Tang Fubing, with both swords carrying the chill of frost and the strength of a tiger or leopard. This match was agile and invigorating.
