Chapter 017: Murderous aura
Three days later, in the early morning, on the square in front of the Luo family's house, the ten battle tables were expanded to fifteen.
A ring of wooden platforms enclosed the center of the plaza in the form of a six-story staircase on which thousands of numbered seats were placed.
It was still early, but the seats were already full, and more spectators were pouring in from all directions, crowding the aisles between the high platforms and all the spaces outside the cordon.
On the cordon, many black-armored soldiers wearing black armor and holding long knives were facing outward, standing solemnly at ten steps and one post, maintaining order in the field.
In the cordon, countless energetic Kaishan faction entry examiners gathered in groups to talk, they had no seat treatment, they could only stand, only the front row was sparsely distributed with some seats, which were all brought in privately by the children of wealthy families with prominent family backgrounds.
In Jincheng, in addition to the four giants of Long, Luo, Yan and Lin, there are many families with lower strength, they are either attached to the four giants, or their respective alliances, and their strength should not be underestimated, which also constitutes a huge net with tentacles touching all corners of interests.
Under this ubiquitous giant net, mortals want to emerge from it and get a piece of the pie, which is tantamount to a moth to a fire, and a foolish person dreams about it, even martial arts without a background is extremely difficult to get ahead, this is the world of martial arts where the weak eat the strong.
Zhao Liu, who was born in an ordinary background, stood out in middle age, mixed with a centurion in a high-ranking position, relying on the means of long-sleeved good dancing, as well as the countless military exploits accumulated in his early years, which is really an outlier.
On a small number of seats, Lin Rou, Pang Xiaodao, Long Guoer, and Yan Jingjing, who were sitting side by side, were particularly obvious, attracting attention from far and near.
What's especially out of tune is that the space ring of Long Guo'er, a snack snack, is stuffed with large bags of dried fruit delicacies, and no one is happily gnawing on it, she eats Yan Jingjing and eats it, and seeing that the two of them eat, Lin Rou and Pang Xiaodao also joined in.
So, on such a serious occasion, the four of them chatted happily while nibbling melons and fruits.
As the centurion of the Black Armor Army, Zhao Liu, by virtue of his position, blended around them, holding a plate and a fruit shell, doing the things of the most inferior servants, but his face was a tall and proud posture.
"Knock! knock!"
When the sun shines down on the audience, the earth-shattering drums resound throughout the square.
A high-ranking martial artist of the Luo family, who was over half a hundred years old, walked onto the rostrum with his back to the gate of the Luo family, and made a sound that shook the audience: "In this entry competition of the Kaishan faction, there are 2,316 local applicants in Jincheng and 349 foreign young talents, reaching an unprecedented 2,665 people. For this reason, you should also see that on the basis of the ten battle platforms in previous years, five more have been added.
This selection competition is the same as the previous one, and the participants will play against each other in two rounds, and fifteen battle platforms will be held at the same time. The first round of the tournament lasts for four days, two games a day, and the first 800 people who win the first five games enter the semi-finals four days later, and the bye will be judged as the winner.
In order to ensure the fairness of the event, your number plate is made into a unified bamboo stick, sealed in a black box, and opponents are randomly selected, and odd and even numbers are drawn from each other. After the start of each game, the hourglass is uniformly timed by the sergeant of the Black Armor Army, the hourglass is divided into 30 scales, and the results are recorded on the scale.
Remember, stop at the point, do not maliciously hurt people, let alone kill, violators will be disqualified, please do what you can, if you are defeated, you can jump out of the battle or take the initiative to admit defeat, do not hold on, so as not to hurt the foundation. Now, to start the first round of lottery, please come forward. ”
As soon as the words ended, the red silk on the long table under the rostrum was lifted, revealing three square boxes printed with the logo of "double box".
The box was covered with a black cloth on all sides, revealing a hole in the top that could only be reached by the palm of a hand.
Pang Xiaodao and the four of them signed up together, respectively from 616 to 619, just two singles and two pairs, Yan Jingjing and Long Guoer were single numbers, they stood up hand in hand and went to draw lots.
The three boxes were sampled at the same time, and someone recorded the relevant friendship, and the progress was extremely fast.
A quarter of an hour later, Long Guo'er and Yan Jingjing came back side by side, both of them looking indifferent.
Under the inquiry, it turned out that one drew the one hundred and thirty-two, and the other ninety-six, although the license plate only recorded a number, and even the opponent was strong or weak, whether it was a man or a woman, and he didn't know, but the more the number plate went to the former, the more he held the psychology of showing his face in the morning, which was by no means a strong mentality, so Pang Xiaodao could also understand their stress-free mood to some extent.
In the past three days, with his unremitting efforts, the hidden injuries and erysipelas on the three women's bodies have disappeared, and each has made breakthroughs, among which Yan Jingjing's violent fire attribute physique is the most terrifying, and on the basis of breaking through to the middle of the sixth layer of the condensation vein on the first day, she broke through again on the basis of breaking through to the middle of the sixth layer of the condensation vein, and stepped into the seventh layer of the condensation vein in one fell swoop, bursting with confidence.
After everyone finished drawing lots and returned to their original positions, on the rostrum, the old man of the Luo family shouted loudly again: "Welcome Lu Xiaodan, the master of the Dantang Hall of the Kaishan Sect, the Venerable Long Kui, the ancestor of the Long family, the Red Dragon of Jincheng, the general Xing Zhihuan, and the head of the Luo family, Luo Hongtu, enter and preside over the overall situation." ”
With the sound of the voice, the gate of Luofu, which had been closed, slowly opened, and Luo Li, who was dressed in a gorgeous costume and dressed up exquisitely, respectfully led the side, greeting the four people who walked out side by side.
As the master of the Dantang Hall who is in charge of many Dan masters and masters the core lifeblood of the Kaishan Sect, Lu Xiaodan is not a fairy who enjoys the magic pill all day long and has the skills to stay in the imagination, but an old woman with a calm gaze and a wrinkled face, and the wrinkles on her face are even more than the old ancestor of the Long family, who is over four hundred years old and is about to enter the wood.
Luo Hongtu, the patriarch of the Luo family, was born extremely handsome, with harmonious facial features and well-proportioned limbs, no matter how he gaited and behaved, he was like a middle-aged man in the prime of life, and he couldn't see his real age of nearly seventy years at all.
The last Jincheng City Lord, Xing Zhihuan, is worthy of being a battle-hardened red dragon general, even if he deliberately restrains himself, his body still ripples with a murderous aura.
This person is about forty years old, with a round forehead and a wide face, and the loose brocade robe still can't hide the majestic body.
A platoon of entourages followed the four of them out, and when they saw the fiery red weapon held by the deputy general behind Xing Zhihuan, Pang Xiaodao slowly stood up, and a terrifying murderous aura that was almost substantial spread from his body.
It was a pair of odd-shaped weapons, with a long head with two meniscus-shaped blades, the blade was close to the handle, with a hook sickle on the top and three wolf-tooth-like fangs on the bottom, also known as a deer antler knife.
There are very few users of strange-shaped weapons, not to mention that they are made of rare fiery red metal, before the tragedy of Rainbow Town, Pang Xiaodao had followed the Silver Armor Army all the way, although he didn't dare to get too close, but he had seen this pair of conspicuous antler knives, which means that this Xing Zhihuan was definitely one of the three red dragon generals who led the Silver Armor Army and participated in the slaughter of Rainbow Town.
When the enemy met, his eyes were red, and his mind flashed the faces of his grandmother and many Rainbow Town townspeople, and his heart suddenly became murderous.
"Brother Knife, what's wrong?"
Covered with murderous aura, Long Guo'er only felt that the hairs on her whole body were curled in shock.
The other two women around him were also shocked, no matter how much they fought, they couldn't form a real murderous aura, the murderous aura came from real killing, if they wanted to condense to such a terrible degree of substance, how many killings on the line of life and death would they have to experience, but he was only thirteen years old, could it be that he started killing from his mother's womb, this is too cruel, too scary.
Awakened by the sound, Pang Xiaodao knew that he was out of shape, and slowly dissipated the murderous aura in his chest, and then looked at Zhao Liu, who was going to meet Xing Zhihuan in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Who of you knows what kind of cultivation this Xing Zhihuan does?"
"The Fifth Realm Transformation Yuan Realm is expected to become a Red Dragon General. Lin Rou's voice was a little hesitant.
"It should be the fifth layer of the Huayuan Realm, Grandpa once mentioned it to Xiaoguo. Long Guoer added.
"Fifth Realm, Fifth Layer?" Pang Xiaodao muttered to himself, slowly clenched his fists, and secretly decided in his heart that this was his first goal.
"Why, you have a grudge against him?"
Yan Jingjing was a little surprised, it stands to reason that even if there is an intersection between the martial arts cultivators of the first realm and the fifth realm, there should not be much hatred, after all, people will spit on you and destroy you, how can they kindly keep you alive.
"Hatred is as deep as the sea. Pang Xiaodao coldly spit out four words without further explanation.
"If you want to deal with him, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, and if you don't get it right, you will be the enemy of the entire Seven Star Country. With Yan Jingjing's character of not being afraid of the earth, she was also a little stunned.
"It's okay, if you can't beat it, you will live longer than anyone, the young master is thirteen years old, I don't believe he can't survive. ”
Yan Xiaodao had a rare sense of humor, the three girls could only laugh dryly, the murderous aura was too scary, and they were almost deceived by him when they saw that he was kind to everyone, this was simply a giant beast in sheep's clothing, which made them look forward to the upcoming event.
On the rostrum, Long Kui and Lu Xiaodan sat in the center, Luo Hongtu and Xing Zhihuan were lined up on both sides, and Luo Li and other juniors could only stand behind them to accompany them.
After consulting the four principals, the old man of the Luo family said loudly: "The opening mountain faction entry selection competition, start!"
Under the two or three steps, two older martial cultivators walked out and said crosswise: "No. 1 against No. 342, No. 1 battle platform, No. 3 against No. 1704, No. 2 battle platform...... No. 27 against No. 988 and No. 14, No. 29 against No. 616 and No. 15, please come to the field with the number plate!"
"Six hundred and sixteen?" Lin Rou and the other three girls felt that this number was so familiar, and immediately turned their eyes to Pang Xiaodao.
"Hit the jackpot!" Pang Xiaodao did not have stage fright, stood up with a smile, and strode towards the fifteenth battle platform.
Almost at the same time, a young man who was about sixteen or seventeen years old and had a scar on his cheek also stepped up the small steps at the other end of the battle platform, strode over, and said with a smile: "Yunfei He De How can he be, the first battle is against the famous Pang Xiaodao Gongzi in Jincheng." ”
His voice was loud, and he couldn't hide the excitement in it.
He is a local martial arts cultivator in Jincheng, and he has specially learned about Pang Xiaodao's information, but he has only opened sixty-three stars, and his martial arts are even more ridiculous Thirteen swords of the military body, and the opening realm is almost the bottom cultivation in the selection competition, once he is defeated, he is destined to be famous in Jincheng, and he has simply picked up a treasure.
The fourth layer of the Condensation Pulse Realm! Pang Xiaodao has helped Lin Rou and the other three to treat many times, and he has a deep understanding of the Condensation Pulse Realm, and he can see through his cultivation at a glance just by relying on the other party's breath.
As for the specificity of the fourth-layer condensation realm, it is impossible to judge the early, middle and late stages, because there is a difference between the Gathering Stars and Condensing Seas in the Enlightenment Realm, and once there is a disparity of more than five stars, the gap in the strength of the aura will be relatively large.
The two strode closer, standing ten meters apart, and Yun Fei said loudly: "Why didn't Pang Gongzi speak, did he look down on his brother?"
"Don't dare, Brother Yunfei should be a cultivator in the Condensation Realm, the younger brother is only sixty-three stars, so he is naturally invincible, and the younger brother is thinking about how to hold on a little longer, so as not to lose too ugly. ”
Pang Xiaodao, who was still wearing a mask, smiled a little shyly, looking harmless to humans and animals, but let Lin Rou, Yan Jingjing and Long Guo'er, who were surrounding the edge of the battle platform, look at each other, if it weren't for the terrible murderous aura that they had just witnessed, they would almost believe it.
Is it too insidious to show weakness to the enemy and paralyze the enemy? It's really too insidious, this Yunfei will definitely have to kneel, and he will kneel ugly, this is their common heart.