Chapter 36: Miraculous Feats and Virtuosity
The dazzling colorful light flickered in Ling Xiao's spiritual world, and the gray color had long since receded! When he opened his eyes, Ling Xiao's complexion had returned to normal, and he remembered the scene in the nightmare. Although I don't know if the influence of that morning dusk soul extinguishing palm has been completely resolved, there is no problem in supporting the limit of the past five days in such a state!
After experiencing such pain, Ling Xiao did not gain nothing. At least, Ling Xiao was already accustomed to killing, no longer afraid of melee combat, and also had a certain understanding of melee combat, and the dodge technique had been greatly improved in such intensive use!
Moreover, through this tossing in the cell, Ling Xiao was surprised to find that his spiritual power had made great progress, and there was no problem in using the newly made treasure bow dragon-shaped bow!
With his fists clenched, the spiritual power surging up and down Zhou's body, and a feeling of mastering the source of power spread throughout his body, Ling Xiao couldn't help muttering to himself, "Hmph! Let that Xue Wu be disappointed, I'm not so easy to be knocked down by Ling Xiao!"
Two days later, the palace martial arts arena was full of people and lively. Because, the martial arts performance in front of the palace is about to begin. For those who don't like to fight and kill, watching these masters perform with an appreciative eye is the most pleasing thing to watch!
In short, on such a day, it can be said that all the people of all departments have come to this small martial arts arena. The prince's line, the three princes' family, the military's, the loose cultivators, and even the fake queen Snow Dance all over the sky also sat on the viewing table seriously, leisurely sipping a fragrant tea!
It's just that Ling Xiao didn't show up, hiding in the rest seat behind the prince's family, closing his eyes and meditating! Although his cultivation has improved, he has also been a little tired from the torture of the nightmare killing, and he has to hurry up for a moment to recover his consumption!
The auspicious time has arrived! Three salutes have been sounded, and where the flags have been rolled, surrounded by the palace attendants, the old emperor has walked to the highest place of the viewing banquet in high spirits, and in the midst of the overwhelming shouts of "Long live!" he said, "The Li empire was built in the midst of war and chaos, and it has always been martial, and today all the heroes of the world are gathered here, demonstrating the strength of the empire!
The top 10 in the national preliminary competition were lined up and sat in the rest area behind the stage. Ling Xiao, who was only ranked tenth, sat in the last position on the right in order, calmly observing these opponents in the next official competition, collecting information!
Different from ordinary people, these martial artists who have merged with the spirit can control their spiritual power to perform all kinds of unbelievable and amazing performances! Insiders just laugh it off, after all, without the support of powerful exercises, no matter how good they look, it is useless. But those ordinary people in Kyoto were dazzled by the sight, and they couldn't help themselves!
For example, the mysterious illusionist who ranked first performed a gold-dusted witch! First, he sprinkled a dazzling amount of gold dust, and then controlled him to transform into a charming dancer, making all kinds of seductive movements! Finally, he turned into a cloud of mist and disappeared, leaving four big words of golden light on the surface, "I am martial arts"!
The other eight people also performed their own miraculous skills, but in terms of ornamentation, they were not as good as the illusionist's gold dust witch, and in terms of skill, they were even worse. Among them, there is only one familiar military representative who is not bad in terms of skills, but he is not used to doing this kind of performance-like acting, and the effect is not good.
Time passed slowly, and it was finally Ling Xiao's turn to perform! Ling Xiao, who was accustomed to watching all kinds of performing arts programs in his previous life, knew very well that this kind of performing arts was not about how profound your skills were and how wonderful your moves were, but more importantly, how to capture the hearts of the audience! As far as today's occasion is concerned, it is nothing more than how to capture the mind of the old emperor!
Ling Xiao, who had already been prepared, walked towards the front of the stage. And the snow dancing all over the sky seemed to realize that Ling Xiao was the nocturnal person of that day, and then he was shocked that Ling Xiao was actually safe and sound under the palm of the morning and dusk soul destroyer!
And those people from the Three Princes' family who had long heard that Ling Xiao was about to die saw Ling Xiao appear on this martial arts arena again, and they all looked like they were hell. Especially the third prince, he simply thought that this Ling Xiao was his nemesis, but he didn't feel comfortable for two days, and he saw this person come back to life and appear in front of him again!
For today's martial arts, Ling Xiao also prepared for two whole days, and basically spent all the time except for fighting against the morning and dusk soul destroying palm and taking tonics. And with the help of the water master, I made a lot of special arrows! Stand on the stage, swipe your hand, and hold the dragon-shaped bow in your hand!
But in the eyes of outsiders, this Ling Xiao took out a stick from the storage belt. Those who knew that Ling Xiao's weapons were mainly bows and arrows were stunned, and they couldn't help but think to themselves, what is this Ling Xiao doing with a stick?
With the spirit of the five elements, the dragon-shaped national weapon in hand, and the insight of his previous life, Ling Xiao decided to let these people see what is called performance and what is a masterpiece!
Just as Ling Xiao took out the dragon-shaped bow, Liu Dashao, who had been prepared for a long time, began to beat the drums, and Abbe, who was singing and following his wife, was directing the Golden Drum Battalion drawn from the army in the name of his father to start playing the peerless iron-blooded military song, and the general ordered!
As soon as the surging general's order opened, it attracted the attention of the officials who had had a military career on the field! The passionate tune and sonorous and powerful sense of rhythm all evoked the iron-blooded career of the past again! The sound of drums and trumpets was staggered, and the sound of the battle array roared, faintly bringing people into the years of conquest!
Following the beat of the general's order, Ling Xiao looked up to the sky and roared, the dragon-shaped bow naturally bent under the action of spiritual power, a trace of colorful spiritual power strings connected the two ends, and the dragon-shaped carving emitted light, and the dragon-shaped bow in its complete form really appeared in front of the eyes of the world for the first time!
The fire dragon lifted into the air, giving people a very high enjoyment of sight and hearing, but this is just the beginning, "Brush, brush, brush!" With the beat, Ling Xiao shot three arrows again, and after leaving the bow, it turned into a blue water dragon, a green wood dragon, and a brown earth dragon rose into the air, and the fire dragon formed a four-elephant array, dancing in the sky!
Just when the general's order was at its most exciting, just as the four dragon shadows of various colors were about to disperse, Ling Xiao shot an arrow again, but it turned into a golden dragon and rose into the air. The body that is larger than other dragon shadows, and the more dazzling golden yellow light, makes people sigh again!
The other dragon forms slowly dissipated, and after the golden dragon rose into the air, the heavy drums sounded four times in the general's order, and the golden dragon actually bowed its head four times in the direction of the old emperor present. Only then did it slowly rise at the end of the general's order, and finally with a dragon roar, it disappeared!
At this point, Ling Xiao's perfect martial arts performance came to an end! In the face of the third prince Tie Qing, in the thoughtful expression of the snow dance, the old emperor stood up directly and shouted excitedly, "God bless the empire!"
The emperor got up, who dared to sit, and all the other people, whether they wanted to or not, had to get up and shout in unison, "God bless the empire!" Of course, among them, the prince was the happiest, and the cheers were the loudest!
It is indisputable, and the old emperor's actions can be regarded as the most obvious signal, and the military department responsible for organizing the military exercise has to declare the first military exercise as Ling Xiao!
Of course, it is only the first step in the martial arts performance in front of the palace, and it is nothing to temporarily rank first, after all, there are more important competitions to determine the final result! Ling Xiao's first place is only a privilege, that is, in the next competition, he can choose his first opponent among the other nine people at will!
Seeing Ling Xiao win the first place in martial arts, Liu Dashao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't bother thinking in vain! Brought in Abbe to help, but he signed a lot of unequal conditions that gave him a headache! Fortunately, fortunately, he got the first place, picked an opponent, and his own master picked a weakness, how could he survive this first round of elimination!
Basically, everyone is the same as Liu Dashao, thinking that Ling Xiao will pick a weak opponent to preserve his strength, and he will be eliminated in the first round of the competition!
No one knows how much torture the Soul Destroying Palm has brought to Ling Xiao in the past five days, and no one knows how much resentment Ling Xiao has for killing Xiao Ru by a series of illusionists in the Snow Dance! Last time, he had to give up the competition for the primary round because he had to visit the palace at night to get in touch with the old emperor.
This time, Ling Xiao didn't plan to give up again! In that nightmare of killing, Ling Xiao learned one thing, that is, he must not retreat, one retreat will bring endless retreat, bring about the collapse of the battle front!
With the sharpness of being the first in martial arts, Ling Xiao chose the illusionist as his opponent! The illusionist was also a little surprised, but he only smiled coldly! He glanced at Ling Xiao with disdain, thinking in his heart, this person has a bit of a mind, but his strength is not enough!
According to the rankings, after each of them has selected their opponents, today's martial arts exercise will be regarded as over! An even more intense competition will be held on this martial arts platform the next day! And before leaving, the old emperor's satisfied smile showed that he was very optimistic about Ling Xiao.
However, only Ling Xiao himself knows how terrifying the illusionist is. All he can rely on is the will honed by the Killing Nightmare! Even now, no one knows what kind of spiritual power that mysterious illusionist is!
However, it is through the killing nightmare, and Ling Xiao has summarized a lot of the characteristics of this illusion series. First of all, it is the control of the spiritual world, which can make people fall into illusion unconsciously. And there are also certain restrictions on the activity of thinking, just like the membrane of mental bondage that is repeatedly perceived in nightmares!
Then there's the fact that you can never feel what is true and what is false. Just like the appearance of the moon girl in the palace, and the change of the snow dance in the sky!
The only thing you can do is to keep your heart and have the power to fight!