Its kind of a pity that besides the fight where Xu Qing almost got stabbed, there wasnt really any chance to use(besides the streams) his martial arts. (Not wishing even for a fight, just use for something, even if its something really ridiculous like jumping house to house or doing the naruto...
If this was one of those cultivation stories(of course, ignoring the plot holes and repetitive cliches), this "win" would have broken the path to the peak of martial arts and he would get inner demons. What a lousy victory with a lousy excuse "This is your arena". Even in wars there are duels in...