Chapter 11: The Academy
The Hongyanling Academy Competition can be said to be a grand event here, and the university gardens fully demonstrate their strong strength for the sake of honor, and the major participating apprentices are actively involved, hoping to show themselves in such a grand event. This time, a total of twelve schools in Hongyanling came to Jiahe City for a big competition, the competition was divided into the Xuanmai Realm player group and the Kaiyuan Realm player group, and the final results even affected the status of the academy in Jiahe City, this game, everyone had to go all out, and each academy would send the strongest apprentices of the academy to participate.
The location of this battle is still set in Tianhaiyuan, because last year's Tianhaiyuan had the best comprehensive results, and Tianhaiyuan has won the best results for eight consecutive years.
Shi Xuan's news, this year's biggest opponent of the academy is from the same Jiahe City's Pishan Academy, this Pishan Academy is also rooted in Jiahe City and named after the back of the mountain, it is a school with an excellent reputation here, over the years they have caused a great test to the status of Tianhai Yuan, I heard that they have also recruited a lot of powerful characters in the past two years, this time they are full of confidence to compete with Tianhai Yuan. Of course, it is difficult for other academies to ensure that there are some dark horses, but the overall strength is still the strongest in Tianhai Yuan and Bishan Academy.
At this moment, Tianhai Yuan is waving flags, the Academy is open to welcome the arrival of the University Garden, the huge martial arts arena has already been prepared, the disciples of Tianhai Yuan are even more cheering, this long-lost event makes them excited, the Academy sent a strong person to maintain order early, beware of others from making trouble.
With the morning sun, the apprentices of the eleven schools entered this quaint and restrained academy one after another under the leadership of their respective tutors, and many of the disciples who came were also amazed, secretly sighing at the extraordinaryness of Tianhai Garden.
There are also some boys and girls around, looking at many seed-level players who came to Tianhaiyuan with. People are talking and laughing and looking forward to this game.
The game is scheduled for tomorrow morning, and many teams have come from afar today, and they can only stay in Tianhaiyuan today. After discussion among the directors of several university campuses, the team battle system was finally a round-robin group stage, which was divided into the winner's group and the loser's group. Divide the twelve into two groups, and all opponents in the same group in turn, the winner gets one point, the loser does not score, and finally the two teams with the highest scores in the same group advance to the winner's group, and finally get four teams in the winner's group, eight teams in the loser's group, two teams in the winner's group, seven teams in the loser's group, and finally the loser's group against the two teams in the winner's group, the winner will advance, and the defeat will be eliminated, and the remaining two teams will determine the first place.
As for the individual competition, it is a point competition, and the ranking of the points determines the ranking of the players. This battle is still the duel between the Xuanmai Realm and the Kaiyuan Realm against the Kaiyuan Realm, and the results are calculated separately.
In a separate courtyard, "Yuan Chang Zuo has brought a group of good apprentices this time, and it seems that you are bound to win this time," said the head of a school.
"Where is it, I think that Director Lu Yuan is the biggest dark horse this year, and he will definitely shine this year", said Zuo Wenzhong, the director of Bishan Academy.
"I heard that Yuan Chang Jiang has a few good seedlings this year, and it seems that your Tianhai Yuan is a step higher this year," said another Yuan Chief.
"You're welcome, there have been more and more good seedlings in the past two years, God knows if there will be a few dark horses in your academy, there will be infinite scenery at that time", Jiang Liyuan said with a greeting.
"Yes, this world has changed, we haven't encountered such a prosperous era for many years, we old guys are really old, and we are born in the wrong era, otherwise there is a place for us on this continent", Zuo Wenzhong sighed.
"Chief Zuo is right, we can only pin our hopes on these children when we are old, I really hope to see them grow up one day", Jiang Li was also very emotional.
Several garden chiefs hit it off at first sight, although their respective competition was fierce, but they also felt that time is fleeting, Shaohua is difficult to stay, and in a blink of an eye, a generation of newcomers is better than the old.
Compared with the great emotion of the older generation of teachers, the apprentices are much more active, and these apprentices who have just arrived in Tianhaiyuan walk around in the academy, make friends, and are full of vitality.
"I heard that there is a battle maniac in the Kaiyuan Realm of Bishan Academy, and his strength is unfathomable, and it won't be fun to meet him this year", someone cautiously discussed.
"There are a lot of dark horses in several academies, and I heard that there are a lot of cattle this year," someone said.
"I just hope that our academy can leave the honor here this year, but don't make any mistakes."
Shi Xuan and the others discussed a lot, and they also got a lot of news about the next battle.
"This time is different from the past, the overall strength of all the academies is much stronger than in previous years, everyone must not be careless", Xu Lao instructed the two participating teams of Tianhai Garden.
The first day is the individual competition, the second day is the team battle, the first day is completely a display of individual strength, the more wins, the higher the points, according to the points to confirm the ranking, the final total number of points to determine the results of the individual competition.
Shi Xuan knew that with his sixth-order Kaiyuan Realm strength, as long as he didn't lag behind, the other teams estimated that there were also some ninth-order masters, and it would be difficult for him to win in the face of this level, but he would definitely go all out to get the honor he deserved.
The next day, as the morning sun rose, the entire academy was accompanied by a noisy sound, and the apprentices were extremely excited, and the huge martial arts arena was already crowded, and many people even occupied the best place to watch the battle overnight.
The flags around the martial arts arena were majestic, exuding a solemn atmosphere, giving people a sense of oppression.
The individual competition needs to challenge the opponent according to the draw, the winner continues to draw lots, and the loser is eliminated, and the player with the highest score is finally determined.
There are a total of sixty people in the Twelve Great Yuan Kaiyuan Realm, each of them gets a label at random, and then the order is disrupted and the lottery begins, under the supervision of many people, there are special personnel to distribute tags to each apprentice and record them. The label Shi Xuan received was eighteen.
After receiving the label, Jiang Li, the director of Tianhai Garden, began to speak: "Dear senior brothers and many disciples from Hongyanling, today is a good day for our Hongyanling University Competition, this grand event will bring honor to all participating apprentices, you all have to go all out, my own Academy brings glory, and now I announce the official start of the Hongyanling Academy Competition", Jiang Li officially announced.
After Jiang Liyuan finished speaking, each division of the martial arts field walked to their respective referees, and the disciples began to draw lots and randomly select opponents.
At this time, a certain unlucky guy picked the first master in Tianhaiyuan**, he was almost stunned, as a seventh-order player, he is not weak here, but when he encounters **, there is no way.
Shi Xuan selected one of the forty-eight players and waited to play, and then the first round of the draw ended, and the players who were called to the lottery appeared on the stage to start the individual competition. The individual competition is extremely a test of a person's on-site performance and comprehensive strength, as long as the disparity between the level of the realm is not too large, there is a chance to overcome the level.
Colorful aura erupted on the martial arts arena one after another, and the people around saw it wonderfully, the aura of various colors was intertwined, and the weapons of various styles collided, and many people applauded in a moment. There is a huge gap in the strength of the individual competition, some of them are ruthlessly crushed within a moment of playing, and they begin to lose in an instant, and some are evenly matched for a long time and cannot tell the winner.
Finally called Shi Xuan and the forty-eighth player, the two came to the stage Shi Xuan was stunned for a moment, it was actually a girl opposite, the other party seemed to feel that Shi Xuan's eyes were wrong, and thought that Shi Xuan looked down on him, which made her very angry.
"In Xia Tianhaiyuan Shixuan, please advise."
"Bishan Academy Ning Chengcheng", the girl glared and said angrily.
Shi Xuan was also embarrassed, and it seemed that he must not underestimate others.
"Get ready and go," the referee said.
The girl on the opposite side took out a wind cane, her hands quickly sealed, and a strong hurricane formed a great power, quickly attacking Shi Xuan, the opponent's spiritual skill range was very large, Shi Xuan could not avoid it, he could only defend strongly, and the combat boots on the soles of his feet burst out with huge power in an attempt to quickly pass through the opponent's hurricane. At the moment when his body was blocked, the opponent's second powerful spiritual skill had already completed the casting, hundreds of wind blades were formed, and one after another sharp blades slashed towards Shi Xuan, Shi Xuan did not forge the spirit armor for himself, and the ordinary clothes were easily cut by the wind blade, and he felt pain on his flesh.
Looking at Shi Xuan, whose clothes were torn, Ning Chengcheng on the opposite side showed a smug smile, Shi Xuan was speechless, and the other party made it clear that he would make a fool of himself.
Shi Xuan didn't continue to play with her, against countless powerful wind blades, forcibly and quickly approached Ning Chengcheng, she was directly scared stupid, when she was not equipped with a spirit armor, a sixth-order player actually resisted her wind blade.
Shi Xuan's aura protects his body to avoid his clothes being cut again, he doesn't want to be beaten and fight naked. Just a moment after the end of Ning Cheng Cheng's wind blade, Shi Xuan immediately seized the opportunity, jumped quickly, and came directly to her, Shi Xuan did not leave his hand, the incomparable fist technique successfully interrupted Ning Cheng Cheng's recasting, Ning Cheng Cheng was not surprised, a wave of qi erupted in his body temporarily lifted Shi Xuan away, she quickly used her spiritual skills, for a while, she was as fast as a hurricane, trying to get rid of Shi Xuan's melee attack, but when she didn't run far, Shi Xuan was like a fart, and Shi Xuan's combat boots erupted with terrifying speed.
Ning Chengcheng could only shoot pieces of wind blades to block Shi Xuan's pursuit, and while Shi Xuan was fighting against the wind blades, the distance between them widened again. Shi Xuan looked at the agile and elegant Ning Chengcheng, it was difficult to completely suppress it with only his combat boots.
A huge flame thorn on top of his fists quickly attacked Ning Chengcheng who was casting spells in the distance, seeing Shi Xuan's spiritual skill coming, Ning Chengcheng didn't dare to slack off, accumulating hurricane body protection, the thorns instantly tied her up, Shi Xuan pulled her to his side with a hard pull, and Ning Chengcheng couldn't break free from his thorn shackles with all his spiritual power.
Being pulled to her side, the flames burned even more violently, her hurricane gradually became difficult to resist, seeing the thin body protection wind, Shi Xuan withdrew the restraints, and Ning Chengcheng could only admit defeat.
Shi Xuan successfully won the first game and scored one point. When the first round is over, all the winners are drawn again, and the number is halved.
This time, Shi Xuan encountered an opponent whose strength was far inferior to him, won the game in a moment, and was promoted again, and the draw sometimes depended on luck.
In the third round, there were only fifteen winners left, one of whom had a bye to advance directly, and the other fourteen played against each other. In this round, there are no weak people, most of them are masters above the seventh order, but Shi Xuan is an exception, this time even Senior Sister Yuan Caiwei and Zhu Ziming have been defeated, and Tianhaiyuan only has **, Du Ruofei and him.
Shi Xuan drew the seventh number this time, an eighth-order player from other academies, this person belonged to the first person in their academy, and his strength was strong.
"Luo Kai in the Lower Black Flame City Academy, please advise."
"Tianhaiyuan Shixuan, please advise".
The two saluted one after another and started the game, the opponent was an eighth-order master of the earth system, Shi Xuan did not dare to slack off, the other party was as proficient in defense as he was, and had brutal strength, Luo Kai's weapon was a shield, and his whole body emitted a pale yellow aura, he held the battle shield like a surging beast crashing towards Shi Xuan, and he wanted to rely on the power of thunder to crush Shi Xuan.
Seeing the opponent's brutal impact, Shi Xuan chose to deal with him with his most proficient means of control, in the place where Luo Kai must pass, a large flower of thorns opened, and Luo Kai in the charge could only slow down and avoid, almost stepping on the thorns, taking advantage of the other party's slowdown, Shi Xuan casually had a thick flame shackle in his hand, firmly binding him from beginning to end, seizing this rare opportunity, Shi Xuan strode forward, bypassed his front, and carried out a terrifying melee strike from behind.
Luo Kai roared and wanted to break free of the shackles, but it was difficult to do it for a while, Shi Xuan punched to the flesh during this period, making Luo Kai miserable, and before he could start his kung fu, he was restrained, which made him angry.
Although, his earth-based technique defense is amazing, but he can't withstand Shi Xuan's crazy back blow, at this moment, his whole body erupted with huge power, and finally shattered the shackles, he swept wildly with a battle shield, Shi Xuan's strength was strong but he didn't fight him head-on, relying on the terrifying speed of the outbreak of the combat boots, he instantly opened the distance, Shi Xuan just let this arrogant guy not be able to use his strength, and he was more than able to advance and retreat.
"Boy, you have angered me", Luo Kai was furious, when had he suffered such a loss over the years.
"Whirlwind Flying Shield", I saw him pick up the huge shield and spin it with all his strength to roll up the wind, the shield was like a cannonball and flew towards Shi Xuan, he couldn't reach Shi Xuan in close combat, and chose to use the remote control flying shield to hit Shi Xuan, which was a powerful means for him to fight long-range opponents.
Seeing the fierce flying shield, Shi Xuan's body was agile, and he avoided the blow many times, and Luo Kai continued to remotely control the flying shield, not reluctantly.
After carefully observing the flying shield's flying tricks, Shi Xuan pinched the right time, and a flame whip flew out to bind the flying shield accurately, and captured the shield with all his strength.
Countless spectators under the stage erupted in wavy cheers, this superb control ability made countless people happy and convinced, and easily found his shortcomings in the face of brutal targets, which made him fall into passivity at once, seeing the shield out of control, Luo Kai was directly dumbfounded, and he couldn't hit people with all his strength, and he lost his weapon in a long-range strike, which made a fool of himself.
He was furious, and he came straight at him like a humanoid cannonball, trying to fight desperately and rely on his powerful melee power to win back a city.
Seeing Luo Kai, who was eager to fight, "You actually want to fight in close combat so much, satisfy you", Shi Xuan responded domineeringly.
He's not relying on speed and control to deal with this guy. Running with both fists emitted a huge fire, he took a head-on confrontation with Luo Kai, "I thought you would only dare to escape like a rabbit", seeing Shi Xuan take his attack head-on.
"It will also convince you to lose," Shi Xuan said.
"Look at my broken stone palm", Luo Kai shouted, a violent earthy yellow aura quickly formed a huge energy hand on his palms, the size of a watermelon, this big hand wanted to slap a watermelon and completely defeat Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan did not retreat but advanced, the refined bronze fist gauntlet erupted with terrifying power, he punched out hard, the two people had a huge collision, a terrifying force knocked both of them back a few steps, and Luo Kai's watermelon-sized energy hand actually began to crack and further shatter, Shi Xuan disintegrated his broken stone palm head-on.
"What a terrifying power, I'm defeated", seeing that Shi Xuan's positive strength was not weaker than him at all, this time Luo Kai was not entangled, he chose to admit defeat, and Shi Xuan returned his shield to him.
"Acceptance", Shi Xuan gave up.
"This guy is really terrifying", Xu Lao watched from the sidelines, and he also had to cheer for Shi Xuan.
Although Shi Xuan won, he consumed a lot of physical strength, and he hurriedly took the opportunity to meditate to recover his strength and prepare for the next battle.
After this round, there were only eight people left, and the remaining seven people except for Shi Xuan all belonged to the ninth-order players, which made the people below the stage who had previously suspected Shi Xuan's low realm shut up.
After a moment of rest, several others also finished the battle one after another, and the eight of them drew lots again, this time Shi Xuan's opponent was Du Ruofei, which surprised him a little, but it was nothing, this was a fight for personal honor.
"Senior Brother Shi Xuan, I didn't expect your strength to be so exquisite, don't blame Senior Brother for going all out this time, even I feel great pressure when you appear," Du Ruofei said.
"In the martial arts arena, you should go all out, this is respect for the opponent, and the senior brother does not need to keep his hands," Shi Xuan said.
This time, Shi Xuan was facing Du Ruofei, one of the genius boys of the previous year of the Academy, a master in the early stage of the ninth order. Shi Xuan had forged spirit armor for him, which was a good friend, but he had to go all out in the martial arts arena at this moment, Du Ruofei was three realms higher than him, which caused him great pressure, and this person was very talented, so he could be slightly suppressed in the academy.
After the two of them saluted, they each retreated a few battles, Shi Xuan understood Du Ruofei's strength, and Du Ruofei had also seen Shi Xuan's battle many times, the two of them had a lot of knowledge of each other, the battle between them completely depended on the performance of the battle, Du Ruofei was light and elegant, like a personable young man, he fascinated many girls in the academy, and his superb strength was even more impressive to countless people, but today he was indeed under pressure in the face of Shi Xuan, who was three orders lower than his realm.
Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Xuan decided to rush to the attack, trying to take the lead. The spiritual power of the whole body was urged to the extreme, the combat boots erupted at a huge speed, seeing the menacing Shi Xuan, Du Ruofei coped with it freely, the hurricane of the whole body blew up, and he was graceful, he took advantage of the wind and took advantage of the momentum, his body was weird and smart, and he instantly opened Shi Xuan's first attack, seeing Shi Xuan fall short, a Qingfeng sword was unsheathed, and the blade was extremely light and the hair was broken, giving people a kind of pressure to see blood and seal the throat.
His agile body was like fluttering in the wind, irregular, and it was difficult for Shi Xuan to find his flaws for a while, so he could only be careful to watch out for his fast sword. Seeing Shi Xuan, who was not continuing to attack, Du Ruofei began his attack as quiet as a virgin and moving like a rabbit, accompanied by a strong attack on Gangfeng, he was as fast as thunder and took Shi Xuan directly.
Shi Xuan was shocked, and his whole body erupted with huge power to urge the combat boots to get rid of this extremely fast sword: Is this the strength of the ninth order, if I didn't have combat boots at this speed, it is estimated that I would be defeated in an instant, right? Shi Xuan was shocked in his heart, he often relied on speed to win against the enemy, and this time he encountered an extremely difficult opponent.
Du Ruofei was not surprised by Shi Xuan's instant retreat, he didn't see this situation for the first time, his agile body was like a master on the battlefield, coming with the wind, this time, Shi Xuan was facing Du Ruofei's long-famous Qingfeng sword technique, this sword technique is as fast as thunder, with a strong wind attribute bonus, this move is enough to cause huge damage to people with weak defenses or slow speeds.
Shi Xuan couldn't resist this move, he could only quickly retreat, his fists defended his head, even if he flew back quickly, he still suffered several swords, and the place where he was cut was not pierced, but it also made Shi Xuan so shocked that a trace of blood came out of his mouth.
Just as he retreated and retreated, Shi Xuan took the opportunity to cast a huge flower of thorns under his feet, his own defense was enough to resist the damage of the flower of thorns, seeing the blooming flower of thorns, Du Ruofei's figure instantly flew back, although his attack was extremely strong, but his defense was far from being comparable to Shi Xuan.
This short opportunity, Shi Xuan didn't want to miss it, a huge flame whip tried to bind Du Ruofei, but Du Ruofei's agile swordsmanship cut off the whip in a few clicks, and this time the control was completely unsuccessful.
Seizing this short opportunity, Du Ruofei slashed at again quickly, Shi Xuan was defeated again, and relied on his quick fireball technique to successfully force Du Ruofei back. Repeatedly defeated, Shi Xuan had to consider other methods, otherwise he could only lose.
The opponent's speed is extremely fast, and his control methods and long-range strikes will almost fail, but it is difficult to fight against his powerful sword skills in close combat, and it seems that he can only be dangerous.
Shi Xuan fought and retreated, causing Du Ruofei that he was already exhausted in donkey skills, and even beat out the Xuanhuo True Spirit at the bottom of his box, but he didn't hit Du Ruofei. Seeing Shi Xuan, who had used all his means, Du Ruofei knew that Shi Xuan's exhaustion of his means was already the end of his strong crossbow, and it was time to put an end to it.
Seeing Shi Xuan who was running up, Du Ruofei smiled coldly, he used his sword technique with all his strength to form a wide range of gangfeng, Shi Xuan's body plummeted, seeing that the opportunity was coming, a sword stabbed Shi Xuan's chest, Shi Xuan used all his strength to use the technique to eat his sword, just when Du Ruofei was about to continue to launch a killing move, a huge flame shackle drilled out from under his feet, so fast that he couldn't guard against it, and suddenly trapped his whole person, even his limbs were all bound.
Shi Xuan deliberately leaked a flaw, lured him forward, risked his sword, and finally succeeded in controlling the elegant Du Ruofei. Even so, Shi Xuan also suffered a huge injury, this one almost broke through his defenses, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, he knew that if he was stronger, he would have to be defeated. used himself as bait to finally successfully capture Du Ruofei's flaws and capture him.
"Good boy, I'd rather eat my killer sword than lead me into the game, and I'm convinced of losing," Du Ruofei said.
This kind of courage, Du Ruofei has never seen before, there are a few people who dare to take this kind of risk to trap and kill the enemy, with this kind of courage, he is not unjustly defeated, he is not defeated in hard power.