Chapter 21: The Tournament Begins

Three days later, ten large wooden platforms were built on the vast martial arts arena where the beginner disciples of the inner gate of the Zizhu Gate practiced martial arts. In addition, on one side of the high platform, a wooden viewing platform with a length of nearly 100 zhang and a height of 4 or 5 zhang was built, which could be used by thousands of disciples to sit on it at the same time and watch the martial arts competition below.

On the top of the observation deck in the center, a huge red wooden plaque is written in several large golden letters: Elite Disciple Selection Meeting

Underneath these big characters, there are VIP seats. Each chair is not only large and comfortable, but also has a large table in front of it that can be used for some tea and refreshments.

Next to each round wooden platform, there is a ladder as high as the platform, and the referee who decides the winner or loser is here to watch the game.

On this day, the sky was clear and the wind was beautiful. In the morning, the sunshine of Hexi had just sprinkled on the earth, and the viewing platform at the site of the Zizhumen Inner Gate Elite Disciple Selection Meeting was bustling with people.

The vast majority of these people were junior disciples of the inner gate of the Zizhu Sect, and some of them were both spectators and disciples who were about to play the next game.

In addition to this, there were also some middle-level disciples sitting on the observation deck. The middle-level disciples came here because these people heard from somewhere that the next step might be to conduct an elite selection meeting for middle-level disciples, and they came here to see the rules of the competition and sum up some experience, so that they could use it when they participated in the war.

At this time, there were already thousands of disciples standing below the observation deck, and these disciples were all high-spirited and full of confidence.

Lin Jun is also among these disciples, who are members of the group stage in the first round.

At this time, Du Shenjin, the deputy master of Zizhumen, who was sitting in the VIP seat, stroked his eight-character beard with his hand, looked at the thousands of disciples on the observation deck on the left and right, and thought: If it weren't for this elite disciple selection meeting, how could you people gather here obediently?

At this time, Elder Li quietly walked in front of him and said, "Deputy Sect Master, the time has come, whether the selection meeting will start." ”

Deputy Sect Master Du nodded: "Tell them the rules, and then let's start." ”

Elder Li understood, got up and walked two steps out, stood at the front of the observation deck, and said aloud to the disciples below: "We hold an elite disciple selection meeting in order to select outstanding disciples who are diligent in cultivation and focus on rewarding and cultivating. Therefore, everyone can enjoy their skills on the arena. ”

Immediately afterward, Elder Li said, "In this martial arts competition, it is not allowed to use weapons, weapons, hidden weapons, and all kinds of talismans, and it is not allowed to harm the lives of fellow disciples. In addition, those who participate in the competition can give full play to their talents. This time, we will take two ways: the group stage and the knockout round, the first group stage will be held, every ten teams will be organized into a group, and they will take turns to fight, and the two groups with the most wins will qualify and can participate in the knockout round. Okay, now I announce that the selection meeting for the elite disciples of the inner sect of the Zizhu Sect has officially begun. ”

Elder Li announced that the disciples who were preparing to participate in the first round of the group stage had already begun to warm up and prepare off the court, while the rest of the disciples walked up to the observation deck one after another to watch the battle match below.

Lin Jun's family team was assigned to the first group and participated in the first round of the group stage. Just as they were in high spirits and preparing to take the stage, a snarky voice sounded in the distance: "Isn't this Lin Jun's waste? You also came to participate in the elite disciple selection competition? ”

"Look, their team is called the Family Team, they actually invited Lin Jun to join their own team, what kind of family team is the team that Lin Jun joined? ”

Following these extremely nasty voices, I saw the three brothers Lin Yefan, Lin Yesheng, and Lin Yeman standing not far away with bad intentions, humiliating Lin Jun and the family team that Lin Jun participated in with extremely sour tones and extremely mean words.

Duan Tieniu was angry, and took a step forward and said: "Brother Lin, you don't have to be arrogant, and when you get to the arena later, see how I clean you up, little brother." ”

Lin Yesheng sneered, pointed at Duan Tieniu and said, "You stupid cow, when you get to the arena, look at the young master and I won't break your legs." ”

Xue Zhitao looked at the three brothers who were hurting each other in front of him, and said, "It's a mule or a horse, we'll see you on the field, what's the point of bickering here?"

Lin Jun and the family team they formed had a total of ten people, with seven male disciples and three female disciples. Seeing his beloved Li Ling'er join someone else's team, Lin Yefan's heart was not a good feeling.

Lin Yefan looked at Li Ling'er in the crowd and said: "Miss Ling'er, why do you have to despise yourself and wronged yourself? Why do you want to be with this gang of waste? And with Lin Jun, a super waste, aren't you humiliating yourself? If you can come to my side and we can advance together as practitioners, I believe that with your strength and qualifications, the team led by you and me will be able to win the championship on the spot." How about it, Ling'er, if you can change your mind now and join our team, I can give you the best exercises and pills now, and our team will be named after you, how about calling Ling'er team?"

"Hmph!" Li Ling'er couldn't get used to this person's arrogant appearance, so she didn't pay attention to him, and went on stage with everyone to compete.

Since it is a team competition, it is a team duel, and the emphasis is on team cooperation and team spirit.

Lin Jun's family team has a total of ten people, but Lin Jun, as a substitute player, did not appear, so although there are ten people in the family team, only nine people participated in the battle.

The disciples in the family team are all excellent disciples who have cultivated hard, and their overall strength is not bad.

Among them, Li Ling'er, Han Siyu, Duan Tieniu, and Xue Zhitao are the cultivators of the eighth layer of the Forging Body Realm, and Wang Ruoqian, Lu Anwei, Li Shanhu, Liu Zhihuan, and Zhao Yixue are the cultivators of the seventh layer of the Forging Body Realm.

Competing with them was also a team of 10 people. There are only two disciples of the eighth layer of the forging body of this team, and the rest are all cultivators of the sixth or seventh layer of the forging body realm.

After entering the field, the leader of the opposing team said loudly: "Brothers, don't be intimidated by them, although their overall strength looks stronger than ours, our martial arts are unique, and we can completely make up for the lack of cultivation." Besides, we are ten men, and we have nine enemies out of ten, and the odds of victory are quite many, so the brethren will give me and defeat them in one fell swoop. ”

The opposing team's team obviously didn't have any training, and they didn't pay attention to coordination and formation, they just rushed up like a group fight, although each of them practiced their own martial arts, but they were not well coordinated with each other in such a hug.

Before participating in the elite disciple selection meeting, the family team made some preparations, and they designed many small battle formations, such as crescent-shaped, circular battle formations, goose-shaped battle formations, zigzag battle formations, and so on.

Now, in the face of a crowded opponent, the family team adopts a crescent-shaped battle formation. The center of this battle formation is Duan Tieniu, Xue Zhitao and Li Shanhu, the three of them are practicing metallic exercises, both attack and defense are relatively strong, with the three of them as the center, the rest of them cooperate with each other to meet the attacking enemy head-on. Wang Ruoqian, Lu Anwei, Liu Huan and Zhao Yixue are the two ends of the crescent formation, which can also be called the two wings, when Duan Tieniu, Xue Zhitao, and Li Hu blocked the enemy's first wave of fierce offensive, they quickly outflanked from both flanks and attacked the enemy's flanks. The key to this battle formation lies in Li Ling'er and Han Siyu, the two of them practice the exercises of the water attribute, their bodies are as light as swallows, and their light skills are excellent, and when they are fighting, the two of them pass from above, which can not only cause a lot of pressure on the other party, but also jump directly behind the other party and attack from behind, so the crescent moon array has just been launched, and in just a few rounds, the opposing team will be defeated in an uproar.

There were a total of 100 teams participating in the elite disciple selection meeting, so the group stage alone lasted for seven days, and during these seven days, all the disciples' attention was shifted to the arena, and the topics discussed by the disciples were nothing more than which team fought bravely, which team cooperated well, which team failed and failed, which team was like scattered sand, vulnerable, and so on. No one talked about the Qi Replenishing Pill anymore.

Lin Jun is a substitute player, and he doesn't have to play, so in the past few days, in addition to going to the arena in the morning to show up, Lin Jun has stayed in his own warehouse, and has devoted himself to practicing the "Blazing Flame Sutra" and the Flame Boxing Technique.