"Okay, from now on, the participants who have not yet arrived will be deemed to have given up automatically, and I announce that the competition for the selection of the top ten Dharma protectors has officially begun!" The old man smiled faintly: "However, before starting the competition, I still have to remind you that now that the Demon Slayer Alliance is rising, there will definitely be a big war in the future, so I hope that you will try not to kill the demon clan during the competition, and leave strength for the demon clan to deal with the Demon Slayer Alliance." ”

Hearing the old man's words, some of the contestants nodded slightly, but more, they had a noncommittal attitude, this is the personal protector of the demon lord, in order to be able to enter the top ten, who wouldn't go all out? Under the full force, who can guarantee that it can be retracted and released freely, accidents are always inevitable, besides, the nature of the demon race is brutal, as long as it is blocking its own way forward, it will definitely fight to the death.

The old man's gaze swept over the faces of those contestants, and he shook his head helplessly, seeing that his words did not have much effect, the old man stopped talking nonsense, and said in a deep voice: "The rules of the competition are very simple, draw lots to determine the opponents, and finally determine the top ten, and become the protector of the Demon Lord in this retreat." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man's sleeve robe waved lightly, and a black stone platform appeared in the center of the square, and there was a wide wooden cylinder on the stone platform, and there were many jade sticks in the tube.

"There are a total of 1,080 contestants this time, there are 540 black bottom lots, 540 red bottom lots, and the numbers on them are all 1 to 540, for example, if you draw a black bottom 100, then your opponent is a red bottom 100." The old man briefly explained the rules of the lottery, this thing is not complicated, and all the contestants can understand it as soon as they hear it.

"Okay, the draw begins!"

One contestant walked to the stone platform in an orderly manner, then drew a bamboo stick from it, and after reading his number in public, he retreated.

I very vaguely glanced at Hengya not far away, the latter understood, so he leaned over slowly, the two of us walked to the stone platform one after the other, drew two jade sticks that were almost next to each other, picked them up and looked, Hengya and I breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

I am the red bottom sign number one hundred and ninety-eight, Heng Ya is also a red bottom sign, but the number is relatively high, fifty-eight, and Heng Ya's opponent is very coincidental, when I first came to Yama Immortal City, when I disappeared in the tavern, I sat in the private room on the second floor The young man who was a little timid among the three people, his cultivation is not high, only the middle stage of the Immortal Emperor, but he is a realm higher than Heng Ya, which makes me a little worried.

After us, some people drew jade lots, among which the man with a black spear on his back drew the black bottom lottery No. 308, the bewitching man Gou Mochen drew the red bottom lottery 421, and some other masters I have paid attention to, none of them have become my opponents, which makes me feel slightly relieved, at least in the first round, there is no need to expose too many means.

When the last contestant finished drawing lots in full view of everyone, most of the duels in the field have been decided, and there are naturally some people who are frustrated and helpless, because their opponents are all those who are famous in the demon clan Immortal Emperor powerhouse, among them, there is a guy in the late stage of the Immortal Emperor, who happened to draw the same number as the one who carried the black spear, and at the moment when the number was reported, this guy's face instantly darkened, although his strength is not weak, but compared with this person, The odds will undoubtedly be low enough to ignore.

The white-haired old man's eyes slowly swept across the audience, and after seeing that all the contestants had drawn jade lots, he nodded slightly, and a faint old voice echoed in the audience: "Since the lottery has been completed, then please return to the stage, the order of the game will be randomly drawn, because there are too many people, ten competitions will be held at the same time, and when you hear your number, you will immediately go to the corresponding ring!" ”

After speaking, the white-haired old man raised his hand and waved it at a jade cylinder in front of him, and immediately flew out of the jade cylinder Ten jade sticks, then glanced at it, and said lightly: "No. seven, nineteen, eighty-eight, one hundred and thirty-two......"

The white-haired old man read out ten numbers in a row, and every time he read a number, two figures jumped out of the ring and fell to the ring together, these people's combat experience is very rich at a glance, just fell into the ring, they quickly concentrated, their faces were tense, and a faint demonic energy overflowed their bodies, each took out their magic weapons, and looked at their opponents sharply.

Looking at the fiery battle intent that gradually permeated the ring, and in the stands that were much quieter, whispers sounded again, and some eyes also became much hotter in this moment, although most of them did not have the strength to compete for the place of the top ten protectors, but it did not affect their enthusiasm for witnessing the whole process at all.

"Boom!"

A low bell rang, indicating the official start of the competition, almost at the same time as the bell rang, the people in the ten rings immediately moved, the strong demonic qi touched each other, and burst into a low explosion, the figure flashed, the crisp sound of gold and iron flashed with sparks, and the battle went directly into the real battle from the beginning.

The battle in the field, although it is not a fighting method between top powerhouses, but most of the surrounding spectators are at the level of immortal kings and immortal emperors, in their eyes, this is already a very high-end battle, so the viewers in the surrounding stands are all staring intently, their eyes staying on the demon cultivators in the field without blinking, and the excited shouts and hiss shouted as hard as they could, and finally echoed endlessly in the square.

However, although the battle in the field is quite exciting for the spectators in the stands, but for me, it can only make me nod slightly, after all, the strength is different, and the natural vision is also completely different, looking at everything, not standing in the same position, not only me, the guy with the black spear on his back in the distance, is closing his eyes at this time, and seems not interested in the battle in the ring at all, and the hook demon dust is more process, at this time is provoking a female cultivator who is participating in the competition, the latter is already a little confused... …

At this time, Hengya had already come to my side, and said without hesitation: "This brother, what is your number?" ”

I was slightly stunned, turned my head to look at Hengya, whose eyes were full of smiles, and replied helplessly: "Red one hundred and ninety-eight!" ”

"That's a pity, we are not the same number, otherwise, we are both in the early stage of the Immortal Emperor, maybe I still have a certain chance of winning......" Heng Ya said with a look of chagrin on her face.

I couldn't help laughing, I didn't expect to see her for a while, Hengya's acting skills have become so superb, it seems that traveling alone is still very beneficial to her, we talked about it, and it was not too peculiar in the eyes of others, so it didn't attract anyone's attention, plus most people's eyes were focused on the thunder, so no one paid attention to us.

"You're getting bolder." I looked at the demon cultivator moving around in the ring and whispered.

Hengya stuck out her tongue and said in the same low voice: "It's too boring, I don't know anyone else, so I have to come over to talk to you." ”

In the time we were talking, there were already rings one after another to decide the winner, and after another quarter of an hour, the contestants in the last ring also decided the winner, but the interesting thing is that even if the white-haired old man emphasized in advance not to kill the killer, but in the first round alone, two demon cultivators were killed by their opponents.

When I saw this scene, Hengya and I both saw the smile in each other's eyes, kill, kill! The more you die, the greater the advantage of the combined forces of the Immortal Realm and the Immortal Realm at that time!

At this time, the white-haired old man in the pavilion took out ten jade sticks from the jade cylinder again, and immediately reported the numbers aloud: "No. 3, No. 11, No. 22, No. 39......"

It's a pity that I and Hengya were also not drawn in the second round, I sighed slightly, and I don't know when it will be my turn to compete with more than a thousand people.

Hengya next to me suddenly pulled my sleeve, I turned my head to look, and saw Hengya pointing to a ring and saying to me: "Look, a little doll is also participating in the competition." ”

Little dolls? I was slightly stunned when I heard this, and looked in the direction of Hengya's finger, only to see a petite body appear in my field of vision, and the little girl in white slowly climbed into the ring under the puzzled eyes of everyone.

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