Chapter 57: The Preliminary Scuffle
The practice of the second section is more arduous than the first stage, Su Ning, under the advice of Qianyi, chose the long sword as a weapon, and the sword is known as the "King of a Hundred Soldiers", the holy product of the ancients, and the supreme and noble. Those who practice martial arts must master the art of the sword.
In addition to the addition of weapons, the environment has also changed from an ordinary ring to a variety of sinister places, and the opponents are all disciples above Gengwu.
On the first day in the water, although Su Ning knew how to avoid water, she was not used to the buoyancy in the water, and was defeated after defeating three people. Later, it was replaced by a volcanic crater with lava gushing, a snowy plateau frozen for thousands of miles, a loess desert with flying sand and gravel, and a cliff with rocks.
These environments are all transformed by the mirror fairy, and Qian Yi told Su Ning that when the official martial arts competition is held, the ring will also be a bad situation that is conjured up in this way.
Su Ning has a spirit of being stronger and braver when encountering strength, the more difficult the environment, the stronger the opponent, the more she stimulates her fighting spirit.
The sun and the moon are like a shuttle, the stars are moving, and half a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and Qiongke City ushered in the "big competition" once in 80 years.
The competition is divided into two stages, the first stage is hand-to-hand hand-to-hand combat, half of the people will be screened first, and the second stage will be on the weapon, real knife and gun fighting.
On the day of the competition, on the Chixuan Palace, the scorching sun was in the sky, which seemed to add prestige to this atmosphere in full swing.
In the open space outside the main hall, a bluestone slab ring with a length of 20 zhang and a width was erected. Flags fluttered on the sidelines, and two big drums were erected beside them.
After the disciples followed the masters in the hall to offer incense to the holy elephant, they were arranged in four rows under the ring. Above the Danqi, the main seat is placed two golden lacquer cloud dragon pattern thrones, and below a row of seven rosewood carved Furu Shoushan Taishi chairs.
Yuyangzi and Yuqingzi sat on the throne, both of them were dressed in fairy crane unicorn brocade clothes, wearing a Qing hibiscus crown, the law was **, holy and noble.
The seven disciples headed by Qianyi are ranked below, all of them are beautifully dressed and beautiful, and they are light and treasured, especially Qianyi and Qianfan, whose stones are like jade, and the pines are like emeralds, so that many female disciples are intently watching, and their hearts are agitated.
With a burst of indignant drums, Qianguang, the most junior among the disciples, walked to the front of the stage with a whisk in his hand, he spread his hands, the drum stopped, and the disciples waited intently.
Qianguang announced loudly: "Today will be held the preliminary round of the introductory disciple competition, and this competition will be in the form of a melee-"
The disciples didn't understand what the "melee form" was, and Qian Guang immediately said:
"After the competition starts, all the participating disciples stand on the stage, and as long as they defeat one opponent, they can enter the semi-finals in the next two days!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience.
Such a preliminary competition is really unheard of, but I didn't expect the masters to adopt such an unbelievable method in order to achieve a quick victory. This kind of melee can not only save time, but also brush down the disciples at the bottom in the most simple and clear way. It's just that for some low-level disciples, it's miserable.
The disciples have been practicing together for many years, and they all know each other's strength well. The disciples at the top just don't have to worry about being targeted, while those who are at the Xin Wei level are in danger for everyone, and once the competition starts, they will inevitably become the target of public criticism.
However, such a situation took a turn for the better because of the presence of one person -
Many Xinwei-level disciples have set their sights on Su Ning, whose spiritual power cultivation is the "lowest" in the audience, and the rules of the game that Qianguang said are that only one person needs to be defeated to advance, and if Xinwei disciples want to break through, they only need to kill Su Ning.
Qianguang was still talking about the rules on the stage: "You can't use spiritual power in this competition, you must rely on fists and feet, you can't have more enemies and fewer enemies, you can't beat up, each person can only choose one opponent, and those who leave the ring will be judged as a failure." Those who have advanced cannot attack the people on the stage again, and the rest of the non-promoted people cannot attack those who have already advanced......"
Many of the disciples had no intention of listening, and everyone was gearing up, their eyes combing back and forth between the same sects, looking for their goals. Su Ning felt countless malicious eyes focused on herself, she knew what the reason was, and she lowered her head in a complicated mood.
Because the hairpin has been destroyed, she is also wearing a hairpin made of iron today, so in the eyes of everyone, she is still the bottom of the first class with only the first level of spiritual power. Therefore, many low-level disciples pinned their hopes on Su Ning, as long as they killed Su Ning first, even the last Xinwei-level disciple could also qualify for promotion.
In the crowd, Yinru and Xiao Pei, a female disciple of Xinwei level who was close to her, whispered softly: "As soon as you come to the stage later, you will keep Yu Suning, don't give people a head start......
Xiao Pei nodded, and Yinru smiled sadly: "Let her be overpowered, restless and be a subordinate, if she has to run to embarrass people, let's tell her to be kicked down as soon as she goes up." ”
"Good ......" Xiao Pei also sneered, and she said unashamedly: "This kind of waste, I can fan her down with one palm." ”
Su Ning heard all these words, and was so despised by others, she just turned a deaf ear and was indifferent.
When everything was ready, the disciples went to the ring and each chose a place to stand. Su Ning was surrounded by Xinwei-level disciples who were eyeing her, and it seemed that everyone had the same thoughts, and they all wanted to pick on her, a soft persimmon.
Knowing that she has become the target of everyone, Su Ning is not annoyed, she will prove her strength to them, Shi Bei should be impressed in three days, she is not what it used to be!
Su Ning was besieged here, but Xia Houyi was avoided by everyone like a snake and scorpion, no one dared to approach him within a zhang, let alone get close to him, everyone even avoided him in fear, and the disciples of the same level as him were all around. Bullying the weak and fearing the hard is the most primitive commonality of human beings.
Xia Houyi was not worried about his promotion, but he looked at Su Ning on the other side worriedly. Seeing Su Ning being the target of so many people, he couldn't help but worry about her, he wanted to go over and resist some enemies for her, but it was difficult to approach because of the layers of barriers between the two.
After the disciples were in place, Qianguang in the stands waved his hand, and a large bronze bell in the field was struck by the Taoist boy, and after three majestic and vigorous bells rang, Qianguang gave an order:
"The first test of the big competition, start!"
The ring was suddenly murderous, and the figure jumped.
In front of Su Ning, there were four people rushing towards her at the same time, in addition to Xiao Pei, there were also three male disciples of the Xin Wei level. When Shicai Qianguang said the rules, he clearly reminded that there can't be more or less, but none of these four people are willing to give up the "fat" in front of them, as long as Su Ning is removed from power, they will win!
That Yinru is also a righteous person, in order to clear the obstacles for her friends, she used a trick "Praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind", and flew to clamp a man who rushed to the front of Su Ning, the other party only had Su Ning in his eyes, how did he expect that a Yinru would be killed halfway?
The man was startled, and immediately dismantled with Yinru, Yinru is Gengwu level, his cultivation is higher than him, and his martial arts are stronger than him, and he will be swept off the stage after dividing him by two.
At this time, a woman's scream came from in front of her-
"Ahh
Yinru herself successfully advanced, and naturally hopes that her friend can enter the semi-finals. She immediately thought that Su Ning had been defeated, and she was looking over happily......
Su Ning stood steadily in the ring, with two stunned men in front of him. The two male disciples were about to rush towards Su Ning, but they suddenly stopped for some reason.
Yinru was stunned, her eyes searched for Xiao Pei's figure, but found nothing. The two men who were originally going to attack Su Ning were also defeated by the rest of the disciples.
Su Ning has been standing quietly, not attacking others, and no one has come to her. Yinru was puzzled, and finally, she ran to the edge of the ring. I saw that Xiao Pei, who was confident that he was going to fan Su Ning down at the beginning, was lying on the blue brick floor outside the ring in the posture of a dog gnawing mud. It seems that she was beaten down by Su Ning.
That little Pei was probably also stunned, lying on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up.
The victory or defeat was decided in an instant, but in the blink of an eye, the forty-four disciples were clearly distinguished, divided into those who stood on the stage and those who fell under the stage.
Almost all the people standing in the ring were disciples above Gengwu, but there was also an unbelievable disciple of Renshen.
For Su Ning to enter the semifinals, several masters in the stands had different expressions.
Yu Yangzi and Yu Qingzi are accustomed to seeing big storms and waves, but they still maintain Tairuo Natural; Yu Qingzi's two female disciples, Qianmei and Qianxiu, also have the same face; Qianyi calmly drinks tea, as always, silently; Qianfan is playing with the newly made immortal weapon "Measuring Scale" in his hand, and the corners of his smiling lips are slightly curved upward, looking like he has expected it a long time; Qianyan, the 10,000-year-old turtle spirit, has always been a happy and kind expression; Qianhui stroked her long hair, thoughtfully; the most uncalm is probably Qianguang, who is about to drop her jaw.
But he was surprised and surprised, and his demeanor was still not lost. Qianguang cleared his throat and said loudly:
"Alright! The competition is over! Disciples who have advanced to the stage are invited to come to the stage!"
The twenty-two people who stayed on the stage walked to the front of the stage one after another, and Xia Houyi, Ren Fei and Ge Ping, who were good with Su Ning, were also shortlisted without any suspense, but unfortunately Su Ying's skills were not as good as others, and they were out of the game in this round. But she didn't care at all, she stood aside and waved to Su Ning and the others with a smile, and said silently with her mouth:
"Congratulations!"
Su Ning smiled shyly at her, but Yinru, who was following behind Su Ning, glared at Su Ning with vicious eyes.
The disciples stood in front of the stands with their hands down, and Qianguang said:
"All the disciples who have successfully advanced, I would like to congratulate you here, and the draw ceremony for tomorrow's duel will be held later, if you have any questions, you can take this opportunity to ask ......"
Originally, this was just a formality, and all the disciples had heard it, but I didn't expect a voice from the crowd:
"Master!