Chapter Fifty-Six: The Ice Abyss
On September 15th, the first day of the annual star cup martial arts competition.
Lian Cheng Bi transferred his office from Binghui City to the hotel in Silver Frost City, and stayed in another bedroom in his suite, preparing to spend the entire martial arts competition with Xin Lian.
Before the start of the competition, the organizer Jupiter Chamber of Commerce held a grand opening ceremony. The opening ceremony took place in a virtual world and was open to all contestants who had created avatars, with a number of big names from Jupiter's system in attendance. In order to promote the martial arts competition, the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce broadcast the whole event live online, without entering the virtual world, and all federal citizens can watch the opening ceremony and all the competitions at home.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Xin Lin and Lian Chengbi sat in the living room, watching the opening ceremony on the big screen.
"Don't you really go to the scene to see it? The Jupiter Chamber of Commerce is very attentive to this martial arts tournament, fully prepared, the atmosphere is very good, and you can also get in touch with other Force warriors, maybe you will meet in the ring. Lian Chengbi asked in surprise.
"There's no need." Xin Lin shook his head and said, "There are more than 30,000 contestants in total, and thirty people are randomly selected from the selection competition, how can it be so easy to meet?" And what if you run into it, how to fight or how to fight. I'm not going to go in and join in the fun, I can see it more clearly at home, and just wait for the game to start. ”
"That's right, with your strength, there will definitely be no problem in the tryouts."
Lian Chengbi nodded and turned his gaze to the top of the screen. At this time, an old man in a suit and leather shoes came to the stage to speak, his temples were gray, and he was in good spirits, he was an ordinary person, but he had the momentum of a superior person.
"This is Li Xingmin, the president of the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce, who owns a number of listed companies and has a net worth of nearly one trillion, and is a very respected business leader on Jupiter. Lian Chengbi introduced this person's identity to Xin Lian, and at the same time thought about how to deal with this President Li in the future.
"With a net worth of trillions, it's no wonder that you have the confidence to hold a martial arts tournament and spend so much money to build virtual avatars for all the contestants, it's amazing!" Xin Lin exclaimed.
While Li Xingmin spoke, Lian Chengbi named several important people sitting on the rostrum one by one, including the chief consul of Europa, the mayor of Silver Frost City, and the star of the Iceman team of the Super Star Wars League, as well as several famous masters of Europa, and many wealthy people in the Chamber of Commerce.
Among these people, the most eye-catching is a woman with silver hair, according to Lian Chengbi, she is actually the "Ice Abyss Martial Saint" Fang Linchan, who is known as the "No. 1 Master of Jupiter"!
This Valkyrie is famous in the Federation, especially in the solar system, and the reason why she is named "Ice Abyss" is because she lives in Europa a sea abyss under dozens of kilometers of thick ice all year round, which is very legendary.
Xin Lin has heard the story of this female martial saint many times in the past, Fang Linchan is a native of Europa, from an ordinary background, but she became a frozen warrior at the age of thirteen, and since then she has shown a very high talent for Force cultivation, and her cultivation has been soaring, and she was promoted to a martial artist in her early forties and a martial saint before she was two hundred years old, setting a lot of cultivation speed records.
Now she is more than three hundred years old, but her appearance does not look old at all, her appearance is delicate, her skin is fair and shiny, there is not a trace of wrinkles on her face, her eyes are warm as water, and she looks like a young man in his thirties and forties.
If it weren't for shoulder-length hair as white as snow and strange pupils like hexagonal snowflakes, who would have thought that this delicate beauty would actually be a martial saint with terrifying powers!
Xin Lin compared her with another military martial saint who had seen holograms, Xing Hongchao, and it was easy to conclude that her strength should not be as good as Xing Hongchao, because this Ice Realm Martial Saint was only known for her cultivation speed, but her martial arts talent was not known to outsiders, her combat record was not obvious, and she had never entered the Federation Superman List.
From Li Xingmin's speech, it was learned that the Bingyuan Martial Saint accepted the grand invitation of the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce to serve as the chairman of the referee of the Suixing Cup Martial Arts Competition.
Although the game is held in the virtual world and generally does not require a referee, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, which depends on the judgment of the referee. If the referee can't determine the winner or loser, the final interpretation will be handed over to this Ice Abyss Martial Saint and let her make the final ruling.
However, after all, the Star Cup Martial Arts Tournament is only an amateur competition, the contestants are limited to samurai, and the vast majority of the winners and losers are clear at a glance, and there are very few opportunities for the referee to come out, let alone ask the martial saint, so Fang Linchan's symbolic meaning is far greater than the actual significance, and the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce invited her to come just to sit in the audience, strengthen the momentum, attract more audiences, and make the martial arts competition more grand.
The effect of Martial Saint's appearance was indeed very good, even a little too good, and not many people were listening carefully to the speeches of Li Xingmin and Chief Governor Europa.
Including Xin Lone, almost all the citizens who watched the live broadcast at home, as well as most of the Force warriors who were at the scene, their attention was focused on Fang Linchan. There are not many opportunities to see a martial saint with their own eyes, and it is rare that Fang Linchan is willing to show up, and everyone must be surprised.
After several leaders finished speaking, Fang Linchan stepped forward under the expectation of everyone and said in a clear voice: "I announce that the first Star Cup Martial Arts Tournament has officially begun!" ”
As soon as her voice fell, a deafening fireworks salute rose in the sky of the virtual world, and the colorful fireworks soared into the sky, dazzling.
At the same time, Xin Lone's mobile phone shook and received a message from the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce, prompting him to enter the virtual world and prepare to randomly draw opponents.
"I went." Xin Lin got up and said.
Lian Chengbi's expression was also very relaxed, and he smiled: "I will watch your game here, I wish you a victory!" ”
Xin Lin nodded, walked to the practice room and entered the induction cabin. He had tried it before, and there was no problem with the hotel's induction cabin, as long as he passed the virtual address sent by the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce, he could enter the competition venue smoothly.
Through identity verification, the scene in front of him changed, and Xin Lin came to the scene of the martial arts competition.
The venue layout of the virtual martial arts tournament is not much different from the stadium in Silver Frost City, the overall shape is oval, and on one side is the rostrum, and the important people on it have already left. The audience seats around the stadium are higher than one floor, there are nearly 100,000 seats in total, sitting on the audience seat condescendingly, you can see that there is a flat land of tens of thousands of square meters in the middle, neatly arranged hundreds of rings, at this time there have been several players in the ring, and they are counting down to start fighting.
This virtual world can be played in 1,000 rings at the same time, and the scenes on the 100 rings in the arena can be switched at will, and the matches will be presented as long as you enter the name or number of the player you want to watch.
Xin Lin appeared in the audience seat in the middle row, and found that he was wearing a white tight-fitting martial arts uniform, with his number 23993 written on his left chest, and the logo of the martial arts tournament on his right chest, and an advertisement for the sponsor on the back, which was obviously a uniform outfit customized by the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce for everyone.
There were many other contestants sitting next to him, each wearing a white martial arts uniform, and their numbers were very close to Xin Lian, which showed that the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce allocated seats according to their numbers.
At this time, the system prompts that Xin Lone's opponent has been drawn, and for the sake of fairness, the opponent's number is not displayed. The two played relatively late, and there was still more than an hour before they officially played.
Xin Lin saw that it was not his turn yet, so he sat down and watched the game on the field.
Most of the more than 100 players in the ring have fought each other, Xin Lone's gaze casually rests on the two players, these two are junior samurai, they are of equal strength, one with fists, one with legs, is fighting inextricably, the scene is very good, get a cheer.
But in Xin Lian's eyes, the level of these two people is too ordinary, the fist and leg techniques are only proficient, and when they shoot, they are full of loopholes, and if they face themselves, they may not even be able to hold on for three seconds.
Xin Lin changed rings several times in a row, and found that most of the contestants had limited strength, whether they were junior samurai or intermediate samurai, their martial arts strength was mediocre, and only one or two people had reached the Tongtho realm. There is also a high-ranking samurai who also played, but this person purely relies on the Force to cultivate to crush the opponent, and the kung fu in his hands is really average.
"Maybe I'm overestimating the quality of the amateurs, even if they don't have an inch, they should be able to sweep the whole game."
The more Xin Xiao looked at it, the more bored he became, and he thought to himself: "This situation is also normal, the really powerful Force warriors, who show some talent a little, will soon be discovered, they will either be absorbed by the Star Wars League, or join the military or the major forces of the Federation." I'm afraid there aren't many Force warriors like me who hide among ordinary citizens, and they won't necessarily come to the tournament. ”
Battles between samurai are generally over within five minutes, and it is possible to finish them in a few seconds, but unless the strength is really close, it rarely takes more than ten minutes.
In less than three minutes, most of the ring has been decided, and then new players take the stage to fight. There are 1,000 rings in the virtual arena, and at this rate, it only takes two and a half hours for all 30,000 competitors to fight a game.
Xin Lin sat in the audience for more than an hour, watched hundreds of battles in the ring in a row, and finally found a few players with more outstanding strength, most of them are intermediate samurai, proficient in several martial arts, and the overall strength is very outstanding in the amateur level, and they have all defeated their opponents in a very short time.
Although it was still difficult for these people to pose a threat to Xin Lone, he still secretly wrote down their appearance and number, and if they met in the future, at least he had a psychological defense.
"If nothing else, I'll be sure of this martial arts competition." Xin Lin was happy in his heart, this kind of opportunity to easily earn tens of millions of bonuses was too rare, he had never seen so much money in his life, and then thought: "But I can't be too public, at least I can't expose too much strength on the surface, as long as I can overpower the opponent." ”
As soon as Xin Lin made a decision, the system prompted that it was his turn to play.