While the spectators on the sidelines were still talking, the players on the field had already started to draw lots.

In order to save time, Wednesday decided to let 99 players play the first round of two-on-two. But since this number is an odd number, there will eventually be one person who will not be able to match. Then the person goes straight to the second round.

This means that after the draw, a lucky winner will be selected, and the second round will be played without having to play the first round. Of course, every player, including Lin Xu, hopes that the lucky one is himself.

The sticks used in this draw are made of bamboo, and all of them are placed in a circular stick, which is exactly the same as the sticks in ordinary temples.

Generally speaking, the sticks used in the Sword Sect are some small round balls and the like, but the Thousand Ice Sword Sect's way of drawing lots is like those ordinary people going to the temple to ask for lots, which can be regarded as ingenious and extraordinary.

It is said that the Thousand Ice Sword Sect did this to ensure that the draw was more fair and just. Lin Xu felt that this was in line with the habits and psychology of the public, but there was a certain truth.

There were ninety-nine players on the field, and there were naturally ninety-nine bamboo sticks in the sword barrel. According to the requirements of a group of two, the same number is written on each two bamboo sticks, from one to forty-nine, a total of forty-nine groups, and another bamboo stick is blank without any number.

The player who draws the same number is naturally a pair of opponents who will fight against each other, and the player who draws the only bamboo stick without a number becomes the lucky winner of this round of draw, which can avoid the first round of confrontation.

The draw was completed quickly. Lin Xuan looked at the bamboo stick in his hand, and secretly sighed that his luck today was really good, and he really drew the only numberless stick as he wished, and he couldn't help but show a happy smile on his face.

In this way, Lin Xu can temporarily watch the game from the sidelines and wait until the second round to play. He walked up to Li Shiwei and watched the first round of the match on the court with his good brother.

The other 98 players have been divided into 49 groups according to their respective draws, and they have stood in their respective positions.

As a loud whistle sounded, Wednesday announced loudly: "The first round of the competition for the leader of the peripheral disciple year-end assessment team has officially begun!"

Immediately, the ninety-eight players on the field immediately performed their own stunts with their opponents and fought each other.

Lin Xu swept all the players at a glance just now, and felt that only the players in the twenty-first and thirty-eighth groups were stronger. Now he's focusing more on the two pairs, watching how they play and seeing if the winner is as he expected.

If it is consistent, it means that Lin Xu's prediction is completely correct. At the same time, it also proved that his ability to observe cultivators from their appearance to their inner strength had been greatly improved.

As Lin Xu expected, the two players in the twenty-first group quickly separated the winners and losers, and ended the first round of battles early. The contestant who won was also as young as Lin Xu, at most a few years older than Lin Xu, but he looked older, so that he would not be looked like a teenager by others like Lin Xu.

Through the observation just now, Lin Xuan was sure that this young man's cultivation had reached the sword qi realm, and he was already very close to the strength of the sword spirit, and it should not be long before he could break through and upgrade. This level should be regarded as the strongest level among the outer disciples of the Thousand Ice Sword Sect.

Of course, this must first exclude Lin Xu. Although Lin Xuan is only an outer disciple now, his martial arts and cultivation are stronger than many inner disciples. What he lacked now was just an identity recognized by the Thousand Ice Sword Sect.

Lin Xu turned his gaze to the two players in the thirty-eighth group. He was surprised to find that the confrontation between this group of players could be regarded as the most fierce among the 49 groups of players in this round. In the eyes of all the off-site audiences, including Lin Xu, it is also the most interesting group.

Therefore, not only Lin Xu, but most of the audience were watching the fierce competition between the two players in this group. For the players in other groups, they are temporarily ignored. At the very least, they need to see this group of players decide the winner, and then turn their attention back to the other groups.

In addition, the two players in the 38th group are also a little special. Because the two sides of the confrontation are a man and a woman, that is, one of the few female disciples of the outer disciples of the Thousand Ice Sword Sect, they actually won the main competition of the last detachment, and now they have come to compete with men for hegemony, they are really heroes among women, heroines.

The woman was slender and very smart. If she only looks like an ordinary weak woman, no one would have thought that she was still a swordsman with a unique skill.

The man she was fighting was short, fat, and very strong. People originally thought that it should not be difficult for him to defeat a woman. But Lin Xu felt that the winner of this group should be the young woman, not the young man.

In fact, the strong fighting power displayed by the woman in the competition also surprised many people. This is one of the reasons why people pay special attention to this group of competitions.

I saw that the woman was not only fearless in the face of the fierce attack of the strong man, but also kept seizing the favorable time to fight back. The two fought very fiercely, and the powerful spiritual power collided together, and there was also a loud explosion. The closest spectators even had to cover their ears so as not to be deafened by the loud noise.

However, after dozens of hard-fought spiritual power confrontations between the two in a row, the woman still had to take a step back for the time being, looking as if she had fallen behind. But Lin Xu saw that this was the woman's cleverness, and then it was up to the man to see if he would be fooled.

The man was obviously eager to win, and he didn't know what to do. When he saw that the woman had retreated, he felt that he should take advantage of the victory and pursue her, and not give the woman any respite, lest the woman would continue to fight with him after she had recovered, and he did not know how long it would take to decide the winner.

It was with this eagerness to win that he desperately stabbed the long sword in his hand towards the woman, leaving no way back for himself at all. He thought that this blow would be successful, and he would directly defeat the woman.

The audience outside the stadium saw it really, they thought that the woman had to be seriously injured by the man at this moment, and they couldn't help but feel worried about her, and some male viewers couldn't help but let out an exclamation, wanting to remind the woman on the field, and at the same time blaming the man in their hearts for not knowing how to pity flowers and cherish jade, and to be so ruthless to a woman.

However, the screams of the audience had not completely disappeared when they saw the man fall instead. It turned out that the woman was retreating just now, and after letting the man strike a sword, the flaw was revealed. She was clever enough to grasp the flaw, deftly dodging the man's sword moves, and the sword in her hand stabbed the man with unerring accuracy, and then flew down and kicked the man in the chest, finally knocking her opponent down.

This is really beyond the expectations of many audiences, but Lin Xu has always had confidence in that woman from then on. He also saw the process of the woman's victory clearly, and it was completely unexpected. This proves once again that his estimate was completely prepared and did not deviate in the slightest.

At this time, the other groups have already ended the battle, and the winners of each group have been decided. The 38th group was the most intense group and the last group to end the battle on the field.

With the young woman in group 38 finally winning, the first round of the competition was over. This time, a total of forty-nine winners were decided, and with Lin Xu, a total of fifty people entered the second round of the competition.

In the second round, the draw was still held as before, and it was played in pairs. However, there are only twenty-five groups in this round.

Lin Xu was drawn to the seventh group in this round. He remembered that he had been assigned to the seventh squad in the last time and had won. Seven is also his lucky number. This time he finished seventh again, which made him even more confident of winning.

This time, Lin Xu's opponent was no longer a large group of people like last time, but just one person. He is the winner of the 23rd group in the previous round, and his name is Yang Turui.

Yang Turui is a middle-aged man, and his age is obviously much older than Lin Xu. But this game is still the same as before, it has nothing to do with age, only about strength. Whoever is strong will win, and it does not mean that the older will win.

The weapon used in Yang Turui's hand was the same as Lin Xu's, it was a long sword. It's just that the long sword in Yang Turui's hand is not pointing in the direction of Lin Xuan who is standing in front of him at this time, but pointing to the ground in front of him. He looked at the somewhat thin young man in front of him, he didn't want to make a move, he didn't move, he didn't look like the person who was about to compete with Lin Xu.

Seeing this, Lin Xu didn't see Yang Turui make a move for a long time, and the other party didn't even have the intention of making a move, and he felt extremely surprised and full of doubts in his heart. He really couldn't guess what Yang Turui was planning in his heart at this time. He just stared at Yang Turui quietly as well, and at the same time maintained a high level of vigilance, lest the other party suddenly attack him, and he would be too hasty and flustered.

The group of male players standing on the field made the audience feel very fresh when they looked at it. Because the age gap between the two of them is obviously the biggest difference among the players on the field.

But the players in the other groups have already started the game and are playing together fiercely. However, Lin Xu and Yang Turui did not start for a long time, which made some viewers feel very impatient.

Bursts of loud boos rang out from the crowd. This is obviously to applaud the two people who are still standing still on the field, expressing the dissatisfaction of the audience.