Chapter 182: Easy Streak
Just now, the official Skynet account of the Beixiong City Martial Arts Tower posted a message apologizing for the afternoon game.
The official said that there was a regrettable scene in the afternoon game, individual players did not play seriously for the sake of interests, the city lord's mansion attached great importance to this, and urgently increased the penalty clause, if it is found that there are players who are negative games, they will be directly disqualified from entering the tower.
This announcement only said how to deal with the negative game when it was found again, and did not say how to deal with those who had already played negatively, because it couldn't be handled, the Huo family gave money before the game, and Duan Qihui couldn't deal with it.
It can be said that Yan Lingyu took advantage of the Huo family, and the Huo family held up a protective umbrella for themselves, but it turned out that there was a person surnamed Yan standing under the umbrella.
Back at the hotel, Yan Lingyu hurriedly washed up, and then slept comfortably.
At 11 o'clock at noon the next day, he got up on time, and the battle for the top floor started at two o'clock in the afternoon, an hour later than the battle for places, so Yan Lingyu was not in a hurry.
After lunch, the group drove off, during which Wang Jingping gave Yan Lingyu a small money bag, saying that he was grateful to Yan Lingyu for helping Wang Mengqi get the quota for entering the tower.
Yan Lingyu quietly opened it and took a look, there were a total of 5 Qingling coins, worth 5 million.
This amount is about the same as the money spent by the Huo family to invite actors, and the Huo family invited a total of 10 actors to shout challenges there, and they were also afraid that others would get the challenge qualifications, of course, this is just the money for inviting actors, not that the number of people entering the tower can be 5 million.
For example, the county government gave Liu Xianhua a guaranteed place, but Pan Shaozhong wanted to pay a huge amount of money to the royal family on behalf of the Liu family, which cost tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions in some cities.
To put it bluntly, the guaranteed quota is taken out and sold, as long as you have money, the quota is yours, but few people can afford such a high price.
After more than 40 minutes of driving, Yan Lingyu and others came to the Beixiongcheng Gymnasium again.
There was a lot of people outside the stadium, and it was obviously more crowded than yesterday, because today is the battle for the top floor, the seeded players will be on the field, and the excitement of the game will be greatly improved.
Today, only Yan Lingyu went backstage alone, and Wang Mengqi and others were sitting in the audience.
On the way to the backstage rest area, Yan Lingyu gained a lot of envious eyes, and now he is already a star player, and he is also the biggest favorite to win the championship.
Yan Lingyu casually found a place to sit down, and at this time, a young man with a sturdy body walked towards him.
The young man smiled and stretched out a hand towards Yan Lingyu: "Hello, get to know me, my name is Chu Kaihua." β
Yan Lingyu looked up at the young man, then stretched out her hand and shook him gently: "Hello, I'm Yan Lingyu." β
"You are very strong, no one in the entire Beixiong City has been able to defeat Duan Zhe, you are the first peer to win against him. β
Yan Lingyu smiled: "It's just luck." β
The young man shook his head: "No matter how lucky you are, you have to have the strength to match, like me, no matter how lucky I am, I can't win him." β
"I have the impression that you seem to be fourth or fifth on the seed list. β
"Fourth, in front of me is He Qingyan, and further ahead is Duan Zhe and you. β
"Yes, fourth, if I'm not mistaken, you're in the same half as me, maybe we can meet in the semi-finals. β
"No, maybe, yes, I don't believe you're going to fall before the Final Four. β
"Oh, you think you're going to make it to the Final Four. Yan Lingyu said with a smile.
"People, you have to be a little confident, I won't think about the final, but the semi-finals can still be done. β
"Why don't you think about it, don't you say that people should have self-confidence. β
"Because of you, I'm not your opponent, if the two of us meet in the semi-finals, you should win, but I'm not going to admit defeat, I'm going to fight you no matter what. β
Yan Lingyu looked at the young man in front of him again, and then said seriously: "It's time to go all out, my master said that if you want to do something you don't regret, you won't have any regrets in a fight." β
"Well, it's nice to meet you, I also like body refining, I hope that after the game, we can exchange experiences in body refining. β
After saying this, the young man turned around and left, leaving only Yan Lingyu sitting there in a daze.
"What do you mean, does he think I'm a body refining maniac, no, I didn't fool people today. Yan Lingyu muttered.
"Everybody's ready, we're going to play soon. β
At this time, a man in a suit and leather shoes walked in, and it was the same person who arranged for the players to enter the arena yesterday.
The man in the suit divided the 32 players into four teams of eight people each, and then told everyone the order of entry.
Yan Lingyu is the leader of the fourth team, and he will lead the remaining seven people to enter the stadium last.
Unlike yesterday, today's appearance represents the stronger the strength, after all, the finale will be placed at the end.
Duan Zhe was the leader of the third team, and he entered before Yan Lingyu.
Yan Lingyu subconsciously looked at Duan Zhe, and just as Duan Zhe also turned his head to look at him, the two glanced at each other, but this time Duan Zhe did not make a gesture to mock.
Duan Zhe showed a contemptuous smile at Yan Lingyu, who turned her gaze away and ignored him.
The handsome host has already appeared on the stage, and he stands in the main ring and greets in all directions: "Dear viewers and friends, netizens who are watching the live broadcast, and special guests, good afternoon." β
"After yesterday's fierce competition, we finally selected the 32 strongest players, who will compete for the top spot today, let's wait and see. β
"Players are invited to enter. β
As the host's voice fell, the four teams of players began to enter one after another.
"Walking in the forefront is Chu Kaihua, he is an individual cultivator, his physical strength is very terrifying, his cultivation is the peak of the fourth layer of the Condensation Vein Realm, and he is a strong contender for the top layer. The host introduced.
"The leader of the second team is He Qingyan, although He Qingyan is a female cultivator, her strength is very strong, her Feiyan step has already been practiced, and it is difficult for ordinary people to meet her in battle. β
"The third team also entered, and the leader was Duan Zhe, a genius junior from the Duan family, and I believe that his thunderbolt hand and fog cloud knife left a very deep impression on everyone. β
"Now it's the last team to enter, the leader is the smiling tiger Yan Lingyu, a player who looks harmless and even a little silly, but don't be fooled by his appearance, under the smiling mask is a terrifying strength, even Duan Zhe lost to him in yesterday's battle. β
The host introduced several seeded players one by one, and the audience applauded.
Listening to the host's description of herself, Yan Lingyu has a black line, why am I smiling, I am so cute, and where am I naΓ―ve, is my witty horse good.
The four teams were divided into two rows to stand in the main ring, and the players stretched out their hands to greet the audience, and some of them were very excited and waved their arms very happily, as if they wanted the director to give themselves more shots.
"Let me first introduce the rules of the game, 32 players in pairs of two to face off, the loser is eliminated directly, the winner advances to the next round, the first place in the left and right halves of the district will compete for the championship, and the second place will play the third and fourth place duel. β
"If you feel that you have no chance of winning, you can choose to abstain, but negative matches are not allowed, and those who play negatively will be directly disqualified from entering the tower, and the players are asked to compete in the order shown on the big screen. β
Today's rules of the game were read out by the host, Duan Qihui did not play, and now there is a lot of criticism of him on the Internet, so he doesn't plan to show his head.
The first round of 32-in-16 and the second-round 16-in-8 are both played in the secondary ring, four matches at a time, and the main ring will be activated when the quarterfinals begin.
There is a huge light screen on the side of the ring, which shows the event map, and there is a line of words below the event map, which reads the players who have appeared in this round and the players who are about to appear.
The names of the players are displayed in groups of two, and among the four groups of players who appeared in this round, Yan Lingyu's name is prominently listed, and his opponent is a man named Cao Fuzhang.
"Hello everyone, I'm Ji Liang. β
"I'm Hui Ying, and the two of us are still the commentators for today's game. β
"Hui Ying, after yesterday's competition, do you have a new opinion on the championship? β
"A new perspective, yes. β
"yes, can you tell you about it? β
"Of course you can, the championship was basically scheduled by Duan Zhe, his strength is too strong, and no young junior in Beixiong City is his opponent, but now there is suspense again, Yan Lingyu's incarnation of a dark horse makes our eyes shine, and the championship is shrouded in a fog. β
"Well, Yan Lingyu's performance is indeed amazing, but yesterday Duan Zhe was also a little impulsive, if he didn't bet on a move to determine the winner in the end, then it was not certain who would lose and who would win. β
Hui Ying: "That's true, Duan Zhe finally had a problem with his mentality, I hope he can adjust it today." β
Ji Liang: "The game is open, Yan Lingyu is on the stage, he is in the ring in the lower right corner, his opponent is Cao Fuzhang from Shaowu Town, who is cultivated to the second layer of the Condensation Realm. β
Hui Ying: "If nothing else, Yan Lingyu should be able to win this battle easily." β
In the ring, Yan Lingyu stood opposite her opponent.
The referee waved his hand and shouted, "The game begins." β
"Bang", before the words dissipated, a figure flew out directly.
Cao Fuzhang got up from the ground, just now he was thinking about how to fight Yan Lingyu, but the other party suddenly rushed over, and the speed was so fast that he didn't have time to defend at all.
Then he felt a pain in his chest, and then he fell out of the ring.
The referee was stunned in place, this speed is too fast, Yan Lingyu walked straight out of the ring, seeing this, the referee hurriedly shouted: "No. 4 ring, Yan Lingyu wins." β
As the referee announced that Yan Lingyu had won, the game map on the big screen was also updated, Cao Fuzhang's name dimmed, and Yan Lingyu's name entered the next small box.
Underneath Yan Lingyu's name is an empty box, and when the other match is played, the winner's name will come in, and the two will also play each other in the next round.
Hui Ying: "It only took one move to end the game, Yan Lingyu is so strong." β
Ji Liang: "It seems that yesterday's victory gave him a lot of confidence, Yan Lingyu is now like a rainbow, I'm afraid that before he meets Chu Kaihua, no one can stop him from moving forward." β
Yan Lingyu walked to the rest area, found a random place and sat down, his game was over, and the big screen also prompted the next group of players to go to the fourth ring to prepare for the game.
Except for a few games that lasted for more than ten minutes, the first round of matches took a relatively short time, and in general, the longer the game lasted, because the difference in strength between the players will become smaller and smaller.
After the first round, the match went into a 10-minute break, and the second round of eliminations was played 10 minutes later.
Yan Lingyu's opponent in the second round is called Mu Yu, a player from Lanning District, who has cultivated to the third layer of the Condensation Realm, this kind of cultivation is not weak, and if he is lucky, he can enter the top eight, but unfortunately he met Yan Lingyu.
After waiting for a while, the big screen prompted Yan Lingyu to go to the No. 1 ring to prepare for the competition, and after seeing the information, Yan Lingyu stood up, and then walked towards the No. 1 ring.
Mu Yu is a relatively thin girl, but don't look at her small, she is extremely fierce when she moves.
Yan Lingyu symbolically made a few moves with her, and then knocked her out of the ring.
The two games in a row were easy wins, Yan Lingyu didn't spend much energy, Wang Mengqi took an energy drink on the sidelines and called him over to get it.
"Yan Shaoxia, come on, you will definitely win the championship. β
Yan Lingyu took the drink with a smile: "Thank you." β
While sitting on the chair to rest, Yan Lingyu also watched a few other people's games, Chu Kaihua is not a body refining maniac, he is extremely fierce in the ring, his moves are wide open and closed, just now he and the opponent came to a wave of physical collisions, but the person was directly knocked out of the ring by Chu Kaihua.
He Qingyan is as her name suggests, her body is light and elegant, although she is not as unpredictable as Yan Lingyu, but it also gives her opponent a headache.
Duan Zhe is as strong and domineering as ever, he directly knocked the opponent out of the ring with a thunderbolt, and it doesn't matter if the opponent is injured or not, anyway, if you don't admit defeat, I will beat you hard.
The second round will take a little longer than the first, this time with a 15-minute break, and the next round will be the quarterfinals, which will be played in the main ring.
It was another familiar advertisement, and after watching two rounds of the game, the audience also got up and moved, some went to the toilet, and some went to buy snacks to eat.
At the special guest seat, Duan Qihui chatted with the people around him.
"Mr. Luo seems to be very interested in Yan Lingyu, and I see that every time he appears, Mr. Luo's eyes will be attracted. β
Luo Shiyong smiled faintly: "I always feel that this player is not simple, he plays very easily in every game, and the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, he is only one or two levels higher than the opponent, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so casual." β
"Oh, Mr. Luo thinks so too, in fact, I also think that Yan Lingyu is a little too relaxed, no matter who he faces, he always seems so careless, it seems that he is absolutely sure that he can win every game. β
"Let's see, maybe he'll surprise us differently. Luo Shiyong said with a smile.
Now that he has basically determined, Yan Lingyu is the one who clashed with him the day before yesterday, and he repelled the seventh-layer cultivator of the Phantom Mirror with one move, how could it not be easy for him to come and participate in the battle for the Martial Arts Tower with such strength.
Duan Qihui glanced at Yan Lingyu who was sitting in the rest area, he always felt that this young man was very mysterious, as if he had appeared out of thin air, but the investigation data showed that everything was normal, he was an orphan from Huiyue City, and there was no extra identity beyond that.
Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the host reappeared.
After two rounds of elimination, there are now only eight players left on the field, they are Yan Lingyu, Duan Zhe, He Qingyan, Chu Kaihua, Huo Xing, Fan Jiayao, Huang Bin, Jiang Qifei. β
"These eight players will decide the final winner in the main ring, and the champion will be qualified to enter the top floor of the martial arts tower, and the first battle of the quarterfinals, Chu Kaihua vs. Jiang Qifei, please get ready. β
The host personally previewed the first battle of the quarterfinals, and the scene also resounded with fierce applause, and the real battle began.