Today's Qifeng City, the hustle and bustle of time came much earlier than usual, in the sky just after the dawn, the street from time to time walked by a crowd of threes and twos, and these people went in the direction of almost the west of the city.

The Half Moon Garden is shaped like a Half Moon, except for a ring and a pavilion in the middle of the garden, there are only some green plants left, so the Half Moon Garden is simply surrounded by a fence, and there is no high wall to cover people's eyes.

At this moment, there are many people standing inside and outside the Half Moon Park, and the people who signed up for the ring competition entered the Half Moon Park with the bronze medals issued at the time of registration, but there were still many people who heard the news and came to see the excitement, they couldn't enter the Half Moon Park, so they all crowded outside the fence around the Half Moon Park, looking at the ring not far away.

Chu Zhen stood in the crowd, glanced at the participants, and quickly guessed the intention of Xuanyue Pavilion to open this knockout match.

The strength of the people participating in the ring competition is uneven, and some are even only four or five grades of Fanyuan, such people can still be said to be reasonable in Wuyong County, but in this Taicheng County, it is completely insufficient.

The purpose of holding the knockout tournament is to eliminate all these people who want to fish in troubled waters, leaving those who are really strong.

It didn't take long for all the contestants to arrive, and Gu Lao walked out of the pavilion.

"Uh-huh!"

Gu Lao used the sound of clearing his throat to attract the attention of everyone in the park, and also made the original noisy sound disappear in an instant.

"Friends, thank you for coming to support my Xuanyue Pavilion, tonight, we will prepare food and drinks in Qinfang Building, no matter whether we can pass the knockout round or not, we can go to eat. I also hope that all friends will come to enjoy their faces. ”

"Okay—"

Qinfanglou is the most famous restaurant in Qifeng City, and if you can have a big meal there, this trip is not in vain.

Waving his hand to silence everyone, Gu Lao continued: "Next, I will talk about the rules of the knockout round. In the knockout round, the opponents are all randomly selected, and there is no limit to the number of battles for each person, until the last 32 people are left to advance to the next round. ”

"What!"

Now there are hundreds of contestants in the Half Moon Park, and according to this elimination method, the vast majority of people will inevitably be eliminated. Gu Lao's hand can be said to be a salute before the soldiers, and everyone has already eaten sweet dates first, so although they are a little dissatisfied at this moment, they can't say anything.

"If that's all right, let's start the lottery. ”

With so many people, it takes a lot of time, and with only two people at a time, the time of a day is not at all. Therefore, Gu Lao divided the ring into four areas, whether it was to knock down the opponent or force the opponent out of the designated area, it would be considered a win.

In this way, the speed of the competition was much faster, and it would not take one day to decide thirty-two people.

In the first round, Wang Meng vs. Jiaozuo, Chu Zhen vs. Luo Bin, Qi Zhen vs. Li Dan, and Zhang Liao vs. Liu Jing. ”

A waiter draws eight sticks in a row from the holder and divides them into four groups.

The eight people whose names were read stepped into the ring, and immediately found that there was a huge difference in strength between them, and the strength of the two people who were opponents might be several realms apart.

Unfortunately, Chu Zhen was drawn in the first round, but what was even more unfortunate was Luo Bin, his strength was Fan Yuan Wupin, and Chu Zhen was five levels apart, and there was no suspense at all.

"No need to compare, I admit defeat. ”

Luo Bin laughed miserably, but he was also interesting, and he didn't want to be embarrassed in front of everyone, so he directly admitted defeat.

Chu Zhen smiled lightly and responded, "Accept." ”

Chu Zhen won without a fight, but no one felt that there was anything wrong, after all, in the face of a huge difference in strength, anyone would feel powerless.

The same situation not only happened in Chu Zhen, but only Wang Meng and Jiao Zuo fought in the other three groups, and the other four people also directly divided the winners and losers.

Chu Chen's six people left the ring, and the waiter in charge of drawing lots put the lottery with the winner's name back into the lottery holder, while the loser's lottery was thrown aside.

Soon, six more people were named and took to the ring.

While watching the competition in the ring, he glanced at the opponents he might meet next, although he won a game, Chu Zhen didn't dare to relax too much, because the bamboo skewer with his name written on it was still in the lottery holder, and he might have to go to the ring again when he would.

The speed at which the winners and losers were determined in this kind of competition was very fast, and it didn't take long for nearly twenty people to be eliminated from the competition, and at this time, Chu Zhen was also named again.

This time, Chu Zhen's opponent was a strong man of Fan Yuan Eight Ranks. This strong man's name is Zhao Gang, he is covered in horizontal flesh, and there are two crossed scars on his face, and he looks like a fierce person.

Zhao Gang looked Chu Zhen up and down, as if he didn't want to admit defeat easily.

"Hmph, I've been mixing on the edge of the knife for most of my life, and I'm afraid that you're a milky little cub, so let me tell you what actual combat experience is. ”

Zhao Gang has been through life and death for a long time, and has rich experience, so he decided to take a risk and fight the strong with the weak.

"Oh, yes? ”

Joke, Chu Zhen has wandered between life and death several times, how can he be afraid of him. The green bamboo cane struck the ring a few times, and Chu Zhen faced Zhao Gang with an angry face with a relaxed face.

"Cut, don't pretend, let me teach you a good lesson. ”

After speaking, Zhao Gang rushed up with a knife, and the blade went straight to Chu Zhen's neck and slashed off.

Chu Zhen's face was as usual, but his footsteps were slightly wrong to the side, and he flashed the blade lightly. Immediately, with a twist of the wrist, the green bamboo cane "snapped" and knocked the long knife to the side.

"This?"

Zhao Gang is not a fool, he found that he miscalculated in the first move, the young man in front of him seems to be young, but the actual combat experience is by no means much less than himself.

"Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil. ”

Unwilling to believe that he would lose to the young Chu Zhen, Zhao Gang swept the blade and made a second sword.

Seeing this, Chu Zhen's footsteps moved forward quickly, and the bamboo cane in his hand took the first step on Zhao Gang's body.

With a "snap", Zhao Gang was directly knocked out of the ring.

In this game, Chu Zhen still won easily.

"Well, the young man looks pretty good. ”

Gu Lao had been paying attention to the situation in the ring from the side, and when he saw Chu Zhen easily defeating Zhao Gang, he couldn't help but be surprised, he could see that this young man relied on combat experience, not the gap in realm.

After a series of tense and fierce competitions, most of the day has passed, and there are only about 50 players left at this time, and the remaining people are generally not weak, and those who are too bad have already been eliminated.

It was also at this time that Chu Zhen ushered in his fourth opponent, a woman who was also a Lingyuan Yipin.

"In Xia Chuchen, please advise. ”

Walking into the ring, Chu Zhen first bowed his hand politely.

"This girl's name is Dong Yan, your young mother-in-law and mother-in-law, come if you want to fight. ”

Dong Yan is a violent temper, and when he reported his name, he pulled out his sword and made it look like he was going to do a big job.

Facing such an opponent, Chu Zhen could only shake his head helplessly, flick the bamboo cane hard, and prepare for a big battle.

"Look at the sword. ”

A fiery red shadow flew in, and with it, a sharp blade.

Chu Zhen frowned, not daring to be careless, waiting for the attack, carefully observing the opponent's sword path.

Although Dong Yan is a woman, the sword path is wide open and close, focusing on accuracy and ruthlessness, and the sword momentum is even more powerful.

After a few moves, Chu Zhen's frowning brows eased slightly, and he found that Dong Yan's strength was not bad, but he lacked experience in dealing with the enemy, he was a little impatient in his moves, and his moves were not stable and full of loopholes.

Finding the opponent's weakness, Chu Zhen was not in a hurry to fight back, he dodged left and right, and from time to time used the green bamboo cane to block the sword blade that stabbed over, so that Dong Yan returned several times in vain.

"Damn, don't hide if you have the ability, have a big fight with this girl!"

The long-term attack was unfavorable, and Dong Yan became more and more impatient. But the more this is the case, the more Chu Zhen will not confront her head-on.

"A sword and a rainbow. ”

Finally, Dong Yan made a hasty move in order to seize Chu Zhen's unstable position, and the hole in the middle door was wide open.

"It's now. ”

Chu Zhen's eyes flickered, and several balls of fireflies suddenly appeared in the palm of his left hand, and then with a strong swing, the power of the fireflies instantly dissipated the fierce sword momentum into nothing.

Immediately after, a green shadow flashed, and the green bamboo staff continued to stab forward at Dong Yan while knocking on the blade of the sword.

The sword stopped suddenly, and Dong Yan looked at the bamboo cane that stopped in front of his throat in a daze, unable to believe that under the same realm, he would be defeated so completely.

"You lost. ”

With a soft voice, Chu Zhen withdrew his bamboo cane and looked at Dong Yan with a light smile.

Even if he didn't want to admit it, in front of everyone, Dong Yan could only admit defeat.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Dong Yan turned around and walked out of the ring and was eliminated.

Gu Lao on the side saw everything in his eyes, he smiled and nodded, his face full of approval.

After several rounds of fierce competition, the knockout round finally ended, and Chu Zhen also stood out from the knockout round with a record of winning four consecutive games.

Now the strength of the remaining thirty-two people is not bad, the weakest one also has the first grade of Lingyuan, and the strongest one has reached the fifth grade of Lingyuan. Among these thirty-two people, Chu Zhen can only be regarded as middle and low-class.

"Thirty-two winners have been selected, and I invite you to come here the day after tomorrow to participate in the next round of competition. ”

As he spoke, Gu Lao waved his hand, and a waiter immediately understood, and walked over with a tray full of medicine bottles.

"These are some elixirs to restore the inner element, and I will give them to you so that you can recover your strength as soon as possible. ”

The waiter stepped forward with a tray and asked each of the people who advanced to the next round to receive a bottle of elixir.

Chu Zhen gently checked it, and the medicine bottle should contain two lowest-grade Huiyuan Pills. In this knockout match, he can be regarded as having no consumption, and this time he will also keep Yuan Dan in case of emergency.

"Now please come to Qinfang Building for a banquet, and there will naturally be someone to greet you there. The old man still has important things, so he will leave first. ”

Gu Lao had to rush back to report the results of the knockout round, so he gave up his hand and left Half Moon Garden first.

"Let's go, let's drink. ”

A strong man who had been eliminated roared, turned around and left. For those of them who have been eliminated, the wine and food in Qinfanglou are the only things they look forward to.

Chu Zhen was not interested in this banquet, but thought that he might be able to hear useful news at the banquet, so he followed everyone to Qinfang Tower.