Chapter 257: Unexpected
"Congratulations to Sword Young Man for making the cut! Please wait a minute, the top eight players who will advance the fastest will be drawn after the qualifying round, and the next match will be drawn, and the bottom eight players will be the default target! As the magistrate spoke, he waved his right hand in front of the jousting platform, and a spiritual light flew out, divided into two, and laid out two water-like light curtains in front of the two of them, both of which were about three feet long, nearly three feet wide, and five or six feet apart from each other.
On both light curtains, there are bright red ancient numerals in French, 1-8 on the left and 9-16 on the right, both of which are very large; And each French text is followed by a white underscore; There is a golden circle on the bar, some of these circles have a red number, some have nothing; Behind the bar is a large question mark in bright red, and in others is the name of bright red, which corresponds to the area represented by the French word for martial arts.
Everyone saw the meaning of these two light curtains at a glance, the ancient number in front of the French undoubtedly represents the number of the competition area, the number in the golden circle in the middle represents the ranking of the end of the district, and the name behind represents the final winner of the district. In the middle of the battle, there is naturally an empty circle, and behind it is naturally a huge question mark.
The battle in Zone 6 ended quickly, but it was not the first to end, with the number 3 in the middle circle, and the earlier ones in Zones 1 and 2.
The next moment the light curtain appeared, the battle between the two more districts ended.
The swordsman looked at it, clasped his fists at the magistrate and said, "Thank you!" With that, sit cross-legged on the ground and recuperate.
There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers from the audience at the time, shouting out the name related to the swordsman.
At the same time, a white aura swept silently on the competition platform, the competition platform returned to its original state, and the swordsman also returned to its original state.
After nearly half a cup of tea, the final qualifying competition was finally over, and all the information behind the ancient numbers on the light curtain disappeared and was replaced with the name of the final winner of the district, which was displayed in gold.
At the same time, the draw will officially begin.
It's just that the result of this qualifying match surprised everyone-
In order to ensure the prestige of the 12 famous families, the imperial court will place the internal disciples of the 12 families in different areas in each competition. There is also an arrangement in the remaining four districts, which is to push one more disciple from the top four sects. After the end of the competition in the past 16 regions, there are undoubtedly 12 disciples left, this time it was a big surprise, the second inner disciple of the top four sects, three of them were unexpectedly out: Wu Man'er, the final qualifier in the 13th district, the disciple of Shenmu Lin, the final qualifier in the 14th district, the bottomless pit disciple who killed the wolf, and the final qualifier in the 15th district, the disciple Yu Lingshen of Lingbo City.
In the face of such a big unexpected result, everyone was surprised, and some people even began to rumor: The 12 famous sects of the Three Realms will not only be reshuffled, but also the three famous sects will be brushed out of the list of the 12 gates, and they will be replaced by the three dark horse-level sects of Shenmu Forest, Bottomless Pit, and Lingbo City. Naturally, most of these words came from the mouths of non-12 disciples. Although the 12 disciples tried their best to refute it, compared with many other sects and many loose cultivators, the number of disciples was very different, and the sound could not be compared.
The results were out, and the draw for the top 16 matches officially began, and there was a sudden crisp sound between the two light curtains showing the situation in the competition area, and a white ball of light suddenly flashed out. The ball of light was almost transparent, covered with milky white filaments of varying thicknesses; At first, the ball of light was no bigger than a fist, but after a few abrupt expansions, it became a size of three or four feet in diameter, and it continued to rotate slowly.
After a few breaths, a little red light suddenly appeared at the bottom of the ball of light; The red aura grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and swelled into a round ball, a ball the size of a fist.
The audience watched hotly, and the experienced excitedly shouted:
"It's time to start! It's time to get started! ”
"What's going to begin?"
"The draw is about to begin!"
The referee on the competition platform watched the red ball in the white ball take shape, and seemed to be affected by an external force, constantly bouncing inside, and then looked at the swordsman with a solemn face, and said: "Sword Shaoxia, please draw lots!" ”
The swordsman couldn't help but look puzzled, and was about to ask Ming, when he suddenly saw a few spiritual lights shot into the white ball of light out of nowhere, and it didn't enter a few bouncing red balls, and these red balls disappeared in time; Immediately after that, the information positions of the players on the light curtain on both sides began to shift, the first eight players all appeared on the left, the last eight players all appeared on the right, and the bright red "VS" began to appear between the two sides, and increased with the decrease of red balls; The names of the top eight players are quickly fixed in the order in which the match ended, and the names of the last eight players are fixed with the appearance of "VS".
"I see!" The swordsman looked at the changes between them, and at the same time understood the internal logic in his heart, and he was not in a hurry to draw lots.
With the rapid reduction of red balls in the white ball, the round of 16 matches are also quickly presented in front of everyone.
Soon there was only one red ball left, and the swordsman didn't need to draw it, but the red ball was still bouncing, and the only remaining name information seemed to be unable to find a place to go, and the waves on the opposite side of his name information seemed to be slowly jumping.
"Sword Shaoxia, please draw lots!" The magistrate reminded again.
The swordsman looked at the referee with shame on his face, nodded, and then regained his spirit, with a solemn face, his right hand was raised, and with a clear roar, a golden aura submerged into the white ball, and shot on the red ball, the red ball flashed away, and appeared in the right hand of the swordsman, Ling's crisp sound, turned into a red number "16", turned around leisurely in the palm of the hand, and disappeared.
The next moment, the empty white ball suddenly contracted, turned into a little aurora, and disappeared without a trace, and the bright red "VS" appeared in the place occupied by the white ball behind the swordsman information on the light curtain, and the target was the person who came out of the 16th district, the second place in the Lion Camel Ridge to push the disciple Liangliang.
Immediately afterwards, an almost substantial red light suddenly appeared in the middle of the two light curtains, flashing from the center to the top and bottom, and the 8 "VS" turned into one "VS".
"What's going on? What's going on? What's going on...... "The inexperienced audience covered their eyes and was full of questions; The experienced audience smiled in a somewhat salesful tone: "Don't worry, you'll know right away!" ”
The red mangs flashed away in 16 areas, and the entire Chang'an City also appeared in a bright red bloom at that moment.
The next moment, the audience finally opened their eyes, but the horror rose again: "This...... What about the tournament? ”
Just when the audience was blinded, the competition platform in the competition area where the last eight players were located suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a large open space; On the stage of the top eight players, there is one more monk, and this monk is none other than his opponent who advanced to the quarterfinals!
"Finally meet, kendo friend!" A burly demon monk with a beast horn appeared in front of the swordsman and said with some excitement.