Chapter 133: Knockout
The martial arts arena of the imperial palace of the Great Xia Empire is far more spectacular than the square of the Eastern Palace, and layers of terrace-like seats are built on all sides around it, surrounding the entire martial arts arena, like an ancient gladiatorial arena.
The ground paved with cold iron boulders was as smooth as a mirror, clean, spotless, and so hard that even a sword made of black stone could not destroy it.
"Knock knock!"
When the dull sound of drums spread throughout the palace, a nobleman and a child of a big family who was famous in the imperial capital rushed in one after another and sat down on the seats around the martial arts arena.
After they sat down, their eyes all turned to the center of the martial arts arena in front of them.
Here, a hundred huge rings have already been arranged, and they are presented as squares, so that the audience can see the battles in the ring at a glance.
At this timeβ
The contestants of the Four Great Palaces were slowly entering the martial arts arena, and everyone looked solemn and solemn.
Because they all know very well that whether they can join the Holy Land or not depends on today's final.
In the crowd, Zhao Yiming looked extremely relaxed, he had already trained to ten thousand streams, and he was determined to win the first place in this year's Holy Land Battle, so he naturally would not have the slightest nervousness.
At this time, Zhao Yiming was looking around, looking around at the audience, trying to find Xia Siyu's figure.
Xia Siyu told him before that he would come to watch the battle.
"Huh, Siyu!"
Suddenly, Zhao Yiming saw a familiar figure, and his eyes lit up.
In his sight, Xia Siyu was walking slowly with Grandpa Fu and Xiao Tao.
"Look, that's the Seventh Princess!"
An exclamation suddenly rang out.
Obviously, Zhao Yiming was not the only one who saw Xia Siyu.
For a while, everyone's eyes were attracted by a beautiful figure, and they couldn't take their eyes off it anymore.
This is Xia Siyu, she is wearing a sky blue dress, blinking her beautiful eyes, strolling over, and her noble temperament is undoubtedly revealed.
Next to her, followed by Xiao Tao and Grandpa Fu.
The entire martial arts arena was boiling all at once, and everyone looked towards Xia Siyu.
Especially those young men, they were all extremely excited, and their eyes were full of heat when they looked at Xia Siyu.
"Hey, I didn't expect the Seventh Princess to come, I heard that Emperor Xia intends to choose a son-in-law for the Seventh Princess, could it be that she is here to see who is worthy of her in this Holy Land Battle?"
"Idiot, that's the Seventh Princess, even if these people join the Holy Land, they are not qualified to be the princess supreme. Unless, among them, someone can become the Holy Son of the Holy Land, and he is barely qualified to be worthy of the Seventh Princess. β
"The Seventh Princess is really temperamental, so beautiful, she really deserves to be called the blue enchantress of our Great Xia Empire. β
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Xia Siyu's arrival attracted everyone's attention, even those contestants were attracted to her.
All eyes are on it, but that's it.
For a while, even the Battle for the Holy Land seemed to be unimportant.
"Strange, why is the seventh princess here?"
At the entrance of the martial arts arena, two young men came side by side, one of whom was Yang Tianao, who did not wear battle armor today, but came to watch the battle in plain clothes.
Because his younger brother Yang Yichen passed the preliminary round in Xiwangfu and qualified to participate in today's finals.
And the young man next to him who looked a little like him was his younger brother Yang Yichen.
"Second brother, the seventh princess may have a whim, so I want to come and see the excitement. Yang Yichen heard Yang Tianao's words and smiled slightly.
"You don't understand!" Yang Tianao shook his head, frowned slightly, and looked at Xia Siyu not far away.
If Zhao Yiming is still alive and Xia Siyu comes to watch the battle, he can still understand.
But now, Zhao Yiming is dead, shouldn't Xia Siyu hide in the palace and be heartbroken?
"Could it be that I guessed wrong, that kid actually has nothing to do with the princess, just an ordinary friend?" Yang Tianao couldn't help but guess.
If so, then he regrets dying.
In order to kill an ordinary friend of Xia Siyu, he tore his face with Xia Siyu, and was hated by Xia Siyu, which made him feel a big loss.
"Second brother, I'm going to play, just watch me show off your skills, haha!" Yang Yichen said with a smile, with a confident face.
Yang Tianao ignored him, but stared at Xia Siyu not far away.
At this time, Xia Siyu had already sat down in her seat, but it was a little strange that as soon as she sat down, she stared at the contestants on the other side of the East Palace.
"What's going on? Zhao Yiming is dead, what are the Seventh Princesses looking at?" Yang Tianao looked puzzled, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the group of contestants from the East Palace.
At this glance, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his face was immediately filled with disbelief.
Because, he saw Zhao Yiming.
It was definitely Zhao Yiming, he had only seen it a week ago, and he would never admit his mistake.
However, a week ago, he saw Zhao Yiming enter the palace of the second prince with his own eyes, how could the other party come out alive.
"This can't be!" Yang Tianao couldn't help but exclaim.
Yang Yichen, who was about to enter the martial arts arena, couldn't help but stop when he heard Yang Tianao's voice, and turned back and asked with a strange expression: "Big brother, what are you shouting? What is impossible? Do you think I can't be among the top 100?"
"No...... It's absolutely impossible...... How could he come out of there alive?" Yang Tianao stared at Zhao Yiming in the crowd with his eyes, shocked in his heart.
It was the palace of the second prince, a well-known forbidden place in the palace, and he had seen people enter there more than once, and never came out again.
Moreover, he also heard that the second prince was forcibly refining the essence and blood of the holy beast gluttony, so that he was controlled by the murderous intent of the gluttonous mantle, and went mad, so that he became the big devil who killed innocents indiscriminately.
How terrifying is the murderous intent of the glutton?
Yang Tianao shuddered when he thought about it, he couldn't believe that Zhao Yiming was able to come out of that ancient hall alive.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Yang Yichen found that something was wrong with Yang Tianao's state, and couldn't help but walk back.
Yang Tianao also knew that he had lost his temper, he quickly calmed down, turned his head to Yang Yichen and said: "Remember that person, his name is Zhao Yiming, and he has practiced a thousand streams, if you meet him, just admit defeat, don't fall in love." β
After that, Yang Tianao also pointed his finger at Zhao Yiming in the crowd not far away.
Yang Yichen glanced at Zhao Yiming and said with a smile: "I've heard of this guy, he is indeed very powerful, but no matter how strong he is, will he dare to kill me?"
"Be serious!" Yang Tianao scolded, looked at Yang Yichen with a stern face, and said in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense, you are right to listen to the eldest brother." β
"Okay, okay, I will admit defeat when I meet him, okay. Yang Yichen waved his hand, he felt that his second brother was a little inexplicable today, and he was too cautious, he was the son of Shenwu Hou, who would dare to kill him? Don't you want to live?
Seeing Yang Yichen enter the martial arts arena, Yang Tianao casually found a seat next to him and sat down, but his eyes were still staring at Zhao Yiming in the crowd, and his face was cold.
"I didn't expect you to be able to walk out of that palace alive, no wonder the Seventh Princess would come to watch the battle, but if I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time, dare to fight with me for the Seventh Princess, you are a pariah? β
Yang Tianao's gaze at Zhao Yiming was full of cold killing intent.
It seems that he guessed correctly, the relationship between the seventh princess and this pariah is indeed extraordinary, but it makes his heart even more murderous.
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On the martial arts arena, a group of contestants had already arrived, and they looked up at the three old men in mid-air.
These are the three Holy Land Elders, who are the judges who preside over the finals.
"The final is divided into two parts, one is the knockout round and the other is the final. A Holy Land Elder spoke, his eyes flashing with golden flames, and his aura was unfathomable.
Zhao Yiming couldn't help but whisper to Shi Yuande next to him: "Brother Shi, this Holy Land Elder also seems to have a special physique, or a pupil technique, you see that there are golden flames beating in his eyes." β
Shi Yuande was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhao, you are mistaken, the reason why there is a golden flame beating in this senior's eyes is because his cultivation has reached the Three Yang Realm. β
"Three Yang Realm?" Zhao Yiming's eyes condensed, above the Transformation Realm is the Five Yang Realm, and above the Five Yuan Realm is the Three Yang Realm.
This realm is a realm that he can't even think of at the moment.
"Yes, it's the Sanyang Realm, I heard that the martial artists who have reached the Sanyang Realm have condensed the Sanyang, so there is a golden flame beating in their eyes, and if you see someone with this kind of eyes in the future, it will be the martial artist of the Sanyang Realm. Shi Yuande explained that he obviously came from an extraordinary background and knew a lot.
Zhao Yiming smiled when he heard this, it turned out that he was lonely and unheard, so he immediately stopped talking.
In mid-air, the Holy Land Elder continued: "Today is the knockout round, the rules of the knockout round are very simple, there are a total of a hundred rings below, no matter what method you use, as long as before sunset, whoever can still stand in the ring, who has passed the assessment and is eligible to join the Holy Land." β
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.
This is the first time they have seen such rules.
Zhao Yiming looked at the hundred rings not far away, no wonder a hundred rings would be arranged, because the number of disciples recruited by the three holy places was one hundred.
Therefore, the last hundred people standing in the ring can join the three holy places.
"Hehe, interesting, is this to choose your own opponent? I like it!" Shi Yuande laughed and walked towards a ring.
"Who is going to challenge me?" Shi Yuande said loudly as he stood in the ring.
The underground spiritual veins under the palace are even more powerful, so he has a greater advantage in competing here, and at this moment he is full of confidence and is not afraid of all opponents.
"Whew!"
A blue figure appeared in another ring.
It was Lan Ling, he was holding a sword, and his blue eyes looked at everyone indifferently, which was extremely fearful.
After Lan Ling, there are some people who choose to enter the ring, and without exception, they are all top powerhouses, and they all have confidence in themselves.
Zhao Yiming was about to enter the ring, but he suddenly saw a familiar person, and his pupils couldn't help shrinking: "Yang Tianao!"
No, that's not Yang Tianao, it's just that it looks like Yang Tianao.
It was a young man, his face full of confidence, and he was about to get into a ring.