Chapter Twenty-Nine: Victory and Defeat Surprise Affair
The schedule is very bad for Zhou Kai.
His opponents in the last two games were Ying Tianqi and another Tianji ninth-level disciple. Generally speaking, even if you win all the previous games and lose the last two games, you will not be able to qualify for the list as you wish.
On the second day of the competition, the third and fourth rounds, Zhou Kai met two Tianji eighth-layer disciples respectively. Without revealing the rudiments of sword intent, Zhou Kai adopted the same steady counterattack tactics as in the first round. When defending, strengthen the practice of swordsmanship and body skills in actual combat.
Under the high-intensity dodge, the phantom step reached the realm of transcendence by one line. This made Zhou Kai even longer the strategic defensive stage, so the whole situation on the court was even more ugly than in the first round.
Fortunately, Zhou Kai, who was more cautious, did not make the same mistakes as the first game, and won the game smoothly at the cost of some skin injuries. It's just that the phantom step still stops at the ninety-nine phantoms after all, and there is no advancement.
Because there were many elders in the gate of the competition venue, Zhou Kai's divine sense release and divine sense attack were not intended to be used, so the strength shown was the strength of the rudimentary sword intent, which was slightly stronger than the eighth layer of the general heavenly base.
There were a lot of spectators in this game, and the inner disciples who were in the early and middle stages of the Tianji base, although they didn't have the courage to fight for places, they would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to observe the actual battle, and they all came to the selection site.
Zhou Kai competed in the realm of the fourth layer of the Tianji Realm, and crossed the ranks to achieve four victories, which was even higher than many seeded players in the minds of the early and middle stage disciples of the Tianji Realm. Chen Kui, Wu Minghui and Shen Bing were even more reluctant to cheer and shout.
It's just that Zhou Kai always thought about the next more important game, and didn't enjoy this atmosphere of the stars holding the moon too much, so he resolutely went back to the house to practice.
In the fifth round of the third match day, Zhou Kai defeated a seventh-layer disciple of the Heavenly Foundation strongly. In the sixth round on the afternoon of the third match day, Zhou Kai's opponent is the strongest seed player in the group, and Zhou Kai has had a holiday season.
After reporting each other's names, Ying Tianji sneered at Zhou Kai.
Last time, he always felt strange, but he decided from his heart that it was not Zhou Kai's own doing, he estimated that Zhou Kai might have a master around him, which was why he didn't go to Zhou Kai for trouble.
But this time in the public ring, Ying Tianji is not afraid, he wants to make Zhou Kai make a fool of himself in public.
Zhou Kai knew in his heart that Ying Tianji's competition would definitely not make him better.
If he is ruthless, he will even have to worry about his life. But first, there are masters in the door to maintain order, and second, he can find a yellow kitten to help him when he arrives, so that his risk will be less. If you are really defeated, you will directly admit defeat when the time comes, and you will not be given a chance to hurt him.
This time, Ying Tianji did not use his coquettish folding fan, but sacrificed a Xuan-level superb spirit sword, and the swordsmanship used was actually a set of Xuan-level superb sword skills, which was not stored in the sect.
As soon as he got on the field, he chased and beat Zhou Kai. In the face of the realm higher than the average person, the equipment and martial arts skills are better than the average person, and it is obvious that Ying Tianji itself is also a leader in the same realm, and it is estimated that he also has a certain degree of cross-level combat ability, Zhou Kai was forced to practice the phantom step, and after more than ten moves, he still hung up all over his body.
The injury was not serious, but Zhou Kai felt that it was obviously because of the cat and mouse in the Ying Tianji.
Very helpless, Zhou Kai took out the prototype of the free sword intent at the bottom of the pressure box and applied it to the sword moves. Feeling Zhou Kai's sword intent prototype, Ying Tianji was slightly surprised, and once again showed a contemptuous smile, and also applied the sword intent prototype he used in the sword move, and it was obviously deeper than Zhou Kai's understanding of the sword intent prototype.
In this way, Zhou Kai's thoughts were lost. Of course, according to Zhou Kai's estimate, he would not be able to please Ying Tianji at all, and his main target was on another Tianji Ninth Layer who was not very famous.
Under the current circumstances, he had no choice but to practice the phantom step hard in the case of releasing water to raise fish in the day, hoping to make a breakthrough in this extreme situation and obtain bigger chips for facing the next opponent.
Zhou Kai didn't fight back at all, and escaped with phantom steps without distraction. The realm of phantom stepping out of the divine realm is approaching little by little, and it feels like it is just a little bit closer to being able to break through, which makes Zhou Kai's inner perception of Ying Tianji actually a lot better.
It's a pity that after Ying Tianji teased Zhou Kai for a while, he found that Zhou Kai was running faster and faster, and the more he ran, the more subtle he was, and he was actually using the pressure he brought to practice his martial arts. Naturally, Ying Tianji would not give Zhou Kai this opportunity and began to be ruthless, and the damage suffered by Zhou Kai next week would be heavier than before.
When Zhou Kai was hit hard by the trick in his sword skills, Zhou Kai decisively conceded defeat.
No matter how many games you win in the past, if you can't win the two Tianji Nine Layers, there is basically no hope of qualifying. For the first time, the frustration was clearly felt.
Think about the national football team in the previous life, in this group in Asia, there will always be a nightmare Japan and South Korea, and you shouldn't have scolded the national football team in the first place. It's the same as my current strength, but it's still not enough.
Zhou Kai, who returned to his residence in a hurry, accidentally ran into He Yanran at the door.
He Yanran saw that Zhou Kai was full of colors, and directly pulled Zhou Kai back to the house, and ordered Zhou Kai to take the healing pill and start healing. This time He Yanran's performance made Zhou Kai find that He Yanran's feelings for him had become different.
Could it be that this is the legend that the casino is frustrated and proud?
"I went to watch you and Ying Tianji fight, and it's rare that you can hold on to the situation so far. Ying Tianji comprehended the prototype of sword intent earlier than me, and he could rank in the top ten among the inner disciples. But don't work too hard, your physical recovery ability is okay, but it's not okay to be injured too badly. He Yanran saw Zhou Kai get up after healing, and said with concern.
Although it seems that the body will be fully recovered by tomorrow's game, the pain is still real. Zhou Kai smiled helplessly: "Compared with a leader of the same level like Ying Tianqi, I am still a little worse at present." Although I have fought hard, there is no hope at all. So I used the pressure he gave me to practice my body martial arts, so that I would have a better chance of competing with another disciple of the ninth layer of the Heavenly Foundation tomorrow. ”
Zhou Kai would rather be injured than actively strive for it, so that she could empathize and see her own shadow over the years. So this time, she changed her normal behavior and repeatedly told Zhou Kai to recuperate from her injuries like an old mother before leaving.
Zhou Kai will not let go of the last night before the game, and he must try his best to win in the seventh round tomorrow.
Zhou Kai, who stood in the No. 38 ring again, recovered.
Although the opponent on the opposite side is very strong, and he fought hard in the third round and Yingtian, he still has the advantage of the rudimentary sword intent in the face of him, and there is a certain possibility of winning.
After all, it is a senior brother, Zhou Kai arched his fist first: "Zhou Kai, please give me more advice." ”
The other party also arched his fist: "Duan Wuji, let's learn together." ”
Duan Wuji's temperament is a bit similar to Wu Minghui, a bit of Confucianism, but Duan Wuji is more resolute and persistent. The face of the national character, the height is about the same as himself, the long hair is all tied up, and he is a little handsome.
Zhou Kai continued the strategy of defensive counterattacks. Once again, with the help of the actual combat pressure given to him by Duan Wuji, he practiced the phantom step in the trial recruitment stage. The last time he fought against Ying Tianji, the layer of window paper that was not pierced made him very uncomfortable.
Feeling that Zhou Kai's body method was slowly improving, Duan Wuji took a different response from Ying Tianji, he just slowly strengthened the persecution, which was more conducive to Zhou Kai's body practice. In about twenty moves, Zhou Kai's dodge speed increased significantly, and the phantom step conjured up a hundred phantoms, successfully stepping into the realm of transcendence.
Zhou Kai was a little grateful to Duan Wuji, because the other party obviously knew that he had the purpose of practicing his body technique, but he did not take harsh measures to stop him. But this is a competition after all, and he is also eager to enter the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, so Zhou Kai, after the phantom step forward, began to seek an active counterattack opportunity, and he wanted to win.
The Fengyun sword technique with the rudimentary form of sword intent is much more powerful, although Duan Wuji is also another Xuan-level superb sword technique, the Jinshi Sword Technique, but there are faint signs of being suppressed by Zhou Kai in the sword technique.
Moreover, Zhou Kai's phantom step is improved, and for some sword moves in the Fengyun sword technique based on the artistic conception of wind and clouds, because of the acceleration of movement speed, the speed of movement coincides with the speed of its wind attributes, and the power increases.
When he was facing Duan Wuji in the fiftieth move, the sixteenth move in Zhou Kaifengyun's sword technique, Feng Conglong, the speed of the whole person and the speed of the sword were perfectly combined, and then combined with the prototype of the sword intent, this sword technique came alive, directly scratching Duan Wuji's left shoulder. Although the injury was not serious and did not affect the battle, Zhou Kai further felt that the balance of victory was tilting towards him.
Of course, it takes time for an advantage to turn into a win.
Both of them have their own strengths, and it is still too early to really say victory. At present, it can only be said that in the stalemate stage, Zhou Kai's attack is stronger.
In the seventy-fifth move, after an evenly matched collision, Duan Wuji took the initiative to retreat and stopped. Then he began to dance the sword alone, and he seemed to have words in his mouth.
Zhou Kai looked at this situation and understood that Duan Wuji had fallen into a rare epiphany.
Originally, if he wanted to interrupt Duan Wuji's epiphany at this time, he would definitely be able to catch him off guard. But thinking of the rarity of an epiphany, and Duan Wuji just now is equivalent to fulfilling himself, Zhou Kai really can't do this kind of thing. He chose to wait.
This time, Duan Wuji's epiphany was very short.
Duan Wuji, who fought again after an epiphany, used the rudiments of sword intent he had just comprehended in his swordsmanship. In this way, Zhou Kai is quite ugly.
Although there is an advantage in body style to escape, the ring is too small to fully play the advantage; Second, the sword moves that bless the prototype of sword intent have a wider radiation range, making it more difficult to escape. Zhou Kai even felt that in terms of swordsmanship, Duan Wuji had surpassed the Ying Tian period because of his new comprehension of the rudimentary form of sword intent.
It seems that he fell from heaven all of a sudden, but Zhou Kai did not regret his gentlemanly style just now, of course, being a man and doing things is to do something and not to do something. sighed silently in his heart, and when there was no hope of winning, Zhou Kai took the initiative to admit defeat.
After the game, Duan Wuji came over and said to Zhou Kai: "Zhou Kai, thank you, I should have taken the initiative to admit defeat." But in my mind, as long as it's a sword match, I won't lose without a fight, I hope you can understand. I'm going to hurry back to stabilize the prototype of the sword intent I comprehended, and when I'm done with that, I'll come to you for a drink." ”
Zhou Kai was a little sympathetic to Duan Wuji, and he was also happy to accept Duan Wuji's initiative to show goodwill.
It's just a pity that after three months of silent efforts, I still couldn't achieve what I wanted.
Life is not as good as expected, and I hope that I can find opportunities to be brave and diligent in other aspects, and I will not delay my way to find my relatives because I did not go to the secret realm of Chengtianhuo.
Zhou Kai, who failed to chew again, saw He Yanran on the side of the ring. Her realm is high, and her combat power is also good, basically many opponents take the initiative to admit defeat in front of her, which is equivalent to being sent to college. The seventh round has been finished early, and I am waiting here for Zhou Kai.
seemed to feel Zhou Kai's gloomy mood, and He Yanran suddenly felt a burst of heartache.
It turned out that this man had such an important position in her heart unconsciously. She didn't have any scruples, she stepped forward directly, and walked side by side with Zhou Kai to the residence. said softly: "Zhou Kai, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and you, as a man, should not take it to heart." If I could, I'll transfer my place to you. When the time comes, you can help me refine some of the pills I need. ”
Zhou Kai was depressed and noncommittal. He Yanran had no choice but to pull Zhou Kai around. When passing by the mission hall, the list of ninety-six people who entered the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm after the entire selection competition had been released and announced. The most critical point is that the announcement clearly states that disciples in the sect are not allowed to transfer their quotas. If you don't go, the list will be empty and no replacement will be filled.
This has also blocked the way to change places. He Yanran didn't know how to relieve Zhou Kai, and after accompanying Zhou Kai everywhere in the sect to relax, he was also in a bad mood and went back to his residence.