Chapter 8: The Farce on the Tower of Athletics on

Following the flow of trainee apostles who got up early to go to the Tower of Athletics and the other witchers who stayed in Shak, Ye Qi stepped straight into the Tower of Athletics - with the team of witches who had just arrived last night, although it was not crowded at the moment, it was also extremely lively; If you only rely on the apprentice apostles and some elite apostles left by the previous class to continue their studies, the number will definitely not exceed a hundred, and this is still the result of counting some demon hunters who habitually stay in the Competitive Tower.

At this moment, there were at least two hundred people, most of whom were acquaintances of Ye Qi's previous convoy; In order not to be found out later, cause some unnecessary trouble; Ye Qi leaned against the wall, placed the Enma Knife between his right hand and the wall, and walked towards the second floor with his head half-bowed along the wall full of various weapons—lacking the eye-catching of the Solar Apostle's trench coat, coupled with Ye Qi's deliberate concealment; With a few quick dodges, Ye Qi had already appeared on the second floor of the Athletic Tower, and at a glance he saw the two young men who were already preparing under the ring.

Roach, who was born as a commoner and became an apostle in freedom, and Valan, who was born in the Devaro family, both of them have begun to prepare at this moment, and there are some people of the same age around them, constantly cheering for the two young people; From time to time, there will be one or two shouts and scoldings for each other.

Although they can't get into the ring, they will still cheer for their supporters in their own way - and it's normal for impulsive young people to let out a few curses; If it weren't for the rule that deathmatches are not allowed in the Athletic Tower, these young men obviously wouldn't mind waving their fists.

The crowd, attracted by the curse, immediately let out a cheer. The loud sound almost toppled the Tower of Athletics - the Apprentice Apostles and the elite Apostles of the previous class who had just participated in the daily contest as usual around them saw such a contest. Naturally, you won't miss it. Immediately, they temporarily left their respective venues and rushed towards the more marginal ring.

Even the demon hunters, who didn't belong to the former, gathered around the crowd with great interest—although their original intention was to exercise their bodies before today's banquet began; But all witchers don't mind watching a warm-up match before they 'move their bodies', after all, witchers are no strangers to things like competitions, so to speak, except for eating. the things that are done most often; Whether it is participating or watching, it will make the blood of every participating witcher boil.

Therefore, this contest that only belonged to the two apprentice apostles had not even begun, and it had already been drowned out in a burst of noise—and while almost everyone on the second floor was attracted by such a noise, Ye Qi quietly stood in an unobtrusive corner; For this 'because of him' competition, Ye Qi did not come here with the mentality of watching the play as a bystander, but appeared in another position of 'cheering'.

Of course, if you can, this kind of 'cheering' will only happen in special moments – although Ava himself always wears a smile that doesn't care. But what happened to Ava in the ring made all of Ye Qi's and his companions feel like this in the ring. All are filled with disgust.

And this disgust makes Ye Qi not want to appear in other people, especially a promising young man - maybe this kind of thing will add a catalyst to his growth, making it grow rapidly, far surpassing his peers; But more often than not, it is a collapse of self-esteem, and the beginning of life in remorse.

And based on his previous opinion of this young man's opponent, that Valan of the Devaro family, this young man from the family will undoubtedly push this same young man into the abyss of 'remorse' to the greatest extent, even by unscrupulous means - on weekdays, some things that cannot be done will become easy in the ring; For example: the way a person is humiliated; As far as Ye Qi himself knows, there are no less than a dozen kinds of Taoism, not to mention the young man who comes from the 'family' and has an ancient heritage.

As far as Ye Qi knew, how to effectively humiliate and provoke opponents, there would also be special courses in those 'families', and some special talents would be found to teach—his disciple, the young master from the direct heir of the Nosrid family, had shown him the results of that teaching; Although he was absolutely skeptical about such a course, that effect had to make Ye Qi admit that it was indeed the best way to humiliate and provoke a person.

There was already a gap in strength, and after being humiliated and provoked, the result was naturally self-evident - although the young apostle who was free to awaken already had good strength, but in Ye Qi's eyes, Valan, who was born in the 'family', undoubtedly had the absolute upper hand in strength, coupled with the skills that circulated within those 'family', the former's chances of winning were basically less than thirty percent in Ye Qi's opinion, which still included some luck components.

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Standing under the ring, watching the more and more people gather around him, Valan, who was born in the Devarro family, had an excited and proud face—someone had informed him when the witcher who had gone to the Sennuma District yesterday had just entered Shak; Therefore, this 'eldest young master' from a family knew very well that as long as that commoner accepted the challenge of the competition, he would definitely be surrounded by countless people, and this was exactly what he needed.

At this moment, Varan can completely imagine that with the outcome of this battle, his name and the other party's name will definitely become a hot topic in the past few days, and spread to the entire Lorante at an unimaginable speed - you must know that the witchers who went to the Thousand Pond District this time, except for the local ones of Shak, most of them are from all over Lorante; After midsummer, the witchers will leave and return to their respective regions; And in addition to the happiness of Midsummer, they naturally also have some anecdotes before Midsummer.

Among them, the battle before this reception banquet is naturally one of them - Varan squinted, looking at the civilian opposite who had repeatedly stolen his limelight in the noise around him, looking at the expression of crampedness and uneasiness on the other party's face, his heart was full of disdain.

A turtle who is just lucky and has never seen a big scene at all!

With this comment, Varan turned around mockingly and waved his arms at the crowd around him—unlike the turtle. Born in a family, he knows how to mobilize the atmosphere of the scene. And mobilize this strong atmosphere to. with him in a favorable direction.

"Bastard, it's a show-off peacock!" A young man standing next to Luo Qi looked at the actions of the other side, and couldn't help but scold in a low voice: "Guangzhi Lu Dao showed his gorgeous feathers, but he didn't know that the moment Lu Dao turned around, he revealed that ugly ass!" ”

"Roach, be careful, that guy Valan's close combat is very powerful, if you want to win, you have to distance yourself from him!" The young man slapped his companion on the shoulder. whispering about the characteristics of the opponent; Only when the last sentence was uttered, did he say loudly: "Use your flame to burn him into a roast chicken!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll try to beat him hard!"

Roach nodded vigorously at his companion, and then slammed into the ring on the side—and when he was below, he was involuntarily cramped by the increasing number of people beyond his imagination; For a chef's son, he had never seen any big scenes, and before he left the town where he had always lived, the most people he had seen was the banquet of the whole town during the Midwinter Festival.

But. At that time, there were some elders and peers who were familiar and couldn't be more familiar, where was it like now. They were all complete strangers, familiar only with a few friends he had only met since he came to Shak; Especially those strangers, each of them has a strong coercion that can be detected just by looking at them, and even makes him dare not make eye contact with these people's eyes - for his own state, Roach can only keep telling himself that they are just bystanders, no need to be nervous, no need to be nervous......

It's just that the more this happens, the more Roach feels nervous, and even the muscles on his face stiffen!

Even if the companion next to him saw that he was wrong and 'told jokes' to him, he didn't relax a little, and then looked at the calm and unhurried appearance of Valan, who would become his opponent in the next moment, Roach's heart became more and more nervous - although he knew that the other party was from a demon hunter family and had systematic training since he was a child, but Luo Qi usually didn't take these things to the bottom of his heart, thinking that it was just luck, just like he obtained this ability beyond ordinary people, isn't it also luck?

And true strength is not just luck!

Roach, who has always believed in this sentence, did not think that the other party would be much better than him; After all, aren't all of us the apprentices of this year?

But at this moment, looking at the other party's calm and even enjoyable appearance, Luo Qi, a young man, realized his mistake - the other party was obviously not at the same level as him.

A trace of retreat involuntarily rose from the bottom of Roach's heart......

However, looking at the crowd around him, Rocky knew more clearly that if he retreated at this moment, he would definitely become a laughing stock for everyone, even his companions would become the same laughing stock - since I have decided to give up inheriting my father's restaurant and get the opportunity to come to Shak, then I must work hard to become a witcher!

And witchers aren't timid!

In order for my friends not to be ridiculed, I will never be able to escape!

And the Dragons of Shak......

How can I, who is targeting His Excellency the Dragon of Shak, escape!

Thinking of this, Roach jumped into the ring with one jump, completely exposing himself to the sight of the onlookers, feeling the sudden extra gaze on his body and the pressure contained in it, this free awakened young apostle, trying to make himself smile - yes, a smile!

Your Excellency the Dragon of Shak, you can face any difficulty with a smile, even if it is at the Moonlight level, or when you face the Solar level, you will face it with a smile!

Why can't I do anything?

The other party is just an apostle of the same level as me, although he is stronger than me, but can he cross the gap between the moon and the sun?

If I can't even do that, then why should I say that His Excellency the Dragon of Shak is the goal?

Come, come, I'm not afraid of you!

I will overcome you, I will!

The young man, who was so nervous that his muscles stiffened, relaxed in the constant shouts in his heart, and only a fire rose in his heart—hot and intense, but full of moisture, like the rising sun.

Hey?!

The kind of extreme nervousness that went from being relaxed to being nervous, and the eyes that were changing from panic to tenacity, could not escape the gaze of the many seasoned witchers present. Especially just now this young man jumped into the ring high in the air. It is completely exposed to many sights. The people around him couldn't pay attention to him if they wanted to.

Nice young man!

The demon hunters who watched this transformation expressed their truest opinions in their hearts one after another-the previous panic and nervousness, whether it was true or false, naturally could not escape the eyes of these sophisticated demon hunters; Obviously, this young man is the first time to step into the ring of this kind of competition in full view of everyone.

It is the first time for a young man to step into the ring with such a large number of people, and according to general estimates, it is not bad to be able to play half of his strength - this is not an exaggeration. Rather, it is a description of the facts; Just like practice and actual combat, some people in the former have very good grades, but in the latter, this excellent result has become miserable.

This is a change in mentality, if this transformation cannot be completed, then no matter how strong the strength is, it is just an empty 'showcase' - of course, when I came to Shak, the study of the apprenticeship apostle has such special training to help young people transform their mentality; Moreover, basically the second half of the course revolves around this metamorphosis; All sorts of 'simulations'. And the real battles that are mixed in there, will make all the apprentice apostles get used to that atmosphere. Achieve the purpose of transformation.

Therefore, such a state of affairs is not a fuss for any apostle who has studied and gone through the apprenticeship; But the young man in front of him has adjusted himself to an optimal state in such a short time, almost two or three minutes-this young man obviously has a 'strong heart' that is not afraid of difficulties!

"Boy, come on!"

"I'm optimistic about you!"

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The surprise in his heart made the onlookers cheer straight out in the surprised eyes of a group of trainee apostles and the previous trainee outstanding apostles - obviously, without more and more experience, these trainee apostles didn't understand why these experienced witchers would make such cheers.

Is it because Roach jumped into the ring with a very sharp skill?

Many of the probationary apostles thought so; But the excellent apprentice apostles of the previous class who stayed to study showed a hint of clues; It's just that the same experience is not very rich, so that although they can see the difference, they can't say that there is any difference at all - after all, for them who have just experienced this transformation, although they already have the same mentality, they only have it; Just like a junior high school student can understand the two words of the book titled "Physics", and can even recite a series of formulas, but let them explain what "Physics" is and where these formulas come from, I am afraid no one can explain it.

The grandstanding guy is really a civilian!

After hearing the Witchers cheering on his opponent, Varan jumped into the ring in the same way, and was faster and more steady than Roach; He first looked at the other party's 'pretending to be calm' expression, and then, immediately, in a voice that only the two of them could hear, said, "Do you think that if someone cheers you on, you will be able to win?" Don't worry, these cheers are only temporarily handed over to you, and the next moment they will still belong to me! ”

"And you? Only be here to cry and beg for mercy and pray for your mistakes! ”

Speaking of the last word, Valan didn't give his opponent a chance to reply, so he jumped to the corner of the ring, waiting for the referee who had already walked on the stage to announce the start of the fight - it was obvious that at this moment, Valan had begun to faithfully show the demeanor of a witcher from a 'family': provoking an opponent, a technique he had learned since he was ten years old, and had practiced it countless times, so many times that he understood what kind of opponent he faced and what strategy to use to deal with and provoke his opponent was the best.

A guy like Roach, who is from a civilian background and has this hint of fantasy, only needs to use verbal suppression and physical blows all the time to easily destroy the other party's illusions and make the other party fall into despair - this is Valan's previous summary of Roach; Therefore, when he retreated to the corner of the ring, he was ready to appreciate the anger of the other party.

And to his surprise, the other party was not full of anger, but there was a trace of anger in his eyes-

Still restrained? It's nothing more than a death throes!

Some unexpected results made Varan stunned, but the next moment he laughed with disdain.

When one side glared angrily and the other side was full of disdain, a tower protector of the Athletic Tower, who was the referee, walked up and made a straight gesture prepared by both sides, and then, with a strong wave-

The competition is officially beginting!

Wow! Wow!

As the referee announced the start of the game, the roar around him immediately rang out; And in the midst of this roar, Varan threw himself at Roach; And two fireballs the size of adult fists appeared out of thin air, blocking Valan's offensive line, and, in the next moment, they were divided into left and right and shot towards Valan.

PS The first update ~~~ timing~~~

Anyway, after cooling the altar, the heat began to be unbearable again!! Decadence is another codeword that is starting to sweat!! Sure enough, when it comes to summer, the fat man can't really afford to hurt it!! Kneel down to cool and moisturize!! (To be continued.) )