After the battle with Wang Yang, Xiao Lin fully realized that he still had many deficiencies in all aspects, whether it was the basic ability of the body or the training in kendo, it was still far behind.

He completely fell into a disadvantage in terms of strength before, the so-called one force to ten meetings, in the face of absolute power, any of your sword moves are ever-changing will be cut by a sword, if it weren't for his mental strength, that game is not applicable to the case of Heiyan, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses.

Try not to apply Hei Yan This is not only Su He's request, but also the bottom line that Xiao Lin set for himself, Su He is out of consideration for Xiao Lin's safety, and Xiao Lin wants to completely use his own strength to compete, Hei Yan is the power from the door after all, this is an external force and not his own cultivation ability, so the victory is of little significance to him.

Although he doesn't have much obsession with the final victory, it doesn't matter if he really loses, but since he participated in the martial arts competition, he will take it as an opportunity to sharpen himself, if he can further improve in the game and make up for his shortcomings in all aspects, this is more precious in Xiao Lin's eyes than winning the championship, his goal is not limited to the present, but the distant future, and there is a bloody storm waiting for him in the distance.

"Sword momentum?"

Xiao Lin stayed in his room, and the table in front of him was full of all kinds of books, some of which were still very new, and some of which were already blurred and illegible, all of which were books about swordsmanship, which he asked Su He to help him find, and all these books focused on sword power.

"Understanding Sword Potential", "Sword Moves and Sword Potential", "Qinglian Sword Potential", "Thirty-two Solutions of Sword Potential", "Ninefold Sword Potential", etc., various books elaborate on the various mysteries and mysteries about sword posture for Xiao Lin, but most of them are about the principles and application methods of sword posture, but they do not explain in detail how to cultivate sword posture.

Xiao Lin pondered that this is probably the reason why the foothill sword is so famous, after all, it is said that this set of swordsmanship records the cultivation method of the sword potential in detail, and an ethereal and difficult to grasp potential has become an object that can be cultivated, and I have to say that the foothill sword does have his uniqueness.

"It's almost time to play. Xiao Lin looked at his bandaged right hand, the previous injury was far from recovering, and a little exertion would hit his brain, making him grin in pain.

"What else can I do but endure it? Xiao Lin smiled bitterly, put on his clothes and left Imperial Island, and rushed towards the arena, although he is now in the first place in the group, but if he loses the next three games because of his carelessness, the chance of qualifying will become very slim, and the more he goes to the back, the more careless he is.

Xiao Lin believes that other players will definitely work hard for a qualifying place at this time, and they will definitely not give up easily.

The speed of the Imperial Island transport ship is not lost to the configuration of the black court at all, only after a short time, Xiao Lin walked into the arena and came to his own competition venue, the game in the field is indeed as he expected, those players who still retain the opportunity to appear are all working hard, at this time, they have long been unable to care about retaining their strength, and if they don't work hard, they will be killed

Eliminated.

However, what surprised Xiao Lin was that his ranking on the elite list had risen, and he had unconsciously come to the thirteenth place, in front of him was the opponent Wang Yang in the previous game, it seems that after the judgment of the staff, Wang Yang, who holds the foothill sword, is still overpowering him in strength, unless he shows more strength, otherwise this ranking may have to be maintained until the knockout round begins.

"A ranking doesn't matter. Xiao Lin smiled and walked slowly to the middle of the field, where he heard the staff call his name.

"I throw in the towel!"

The opponent didn't plan to play at all and surrendered directly, which made Xiao Lin stunned for a moment and didn't expect this game to be the ending, and he actually won one without much effort, which was an unexpected surprise.

However, when Xiao Lin checked the opponent's information, he understood that the opponent had only won one game so far and had lost his qualification, so there was no need to continue fighting.

Moreover, in the last game, Wang Yang's foothill sword momentum left a deep impression on everyone, and he was shocked by the heavens, and Xiao Lin, who was able to tie with Wang Yang, will definitely not be bad, and those players who have lost the qualification should not be happy for themselves.

Xiao Lin's next two days of the game were unusually easy, originally he thought that he would encounter some resistance, but the opponent in the penultimate game also directly chose to abstain, so that Xiao Lin was basically guaranteed to qualify.

After the battle with Xiao Lin, Wang Yang suffered a huge backlash because of the forcible urging of the foothill sword, and every appearance was accompanied by a violent cough, and his face was extremely poor, it seemed that the injury was not light, and his physical condition was very poor.

This made other players see hope, and felt that if they fought hard, they might really have hope, but the result did not make them wish, although Wang Yang was not in good shape, but he showed a very tenacious will, and won two games in danger to ensure the qualification.

In this way, the two appearances of Xiao Lin's group have been determined, and the last game is more like a formality.

Xiao Lin originally thought that the last opponent would abstain, but the other party chose to fight with Xiao Lin because he wanted to see what his shortcomings were, and Xiao Lin was trying to test the use of sword momentum, and he was happy to see that someone was willing to practice his hands.

There is no suspense in this battle, Xiao Lin won easily, and he did not perform a sword move or use any elemental ability, purely relying on the use of sword momentum to defeat the opponent, the result of this battle made Xiao Lin very happy, at least the past few days of studying sword momentum has not been in vain, he can clearly feel that his understanding and use of sword posture is becoming more and more proficient, and the next time he meets Wang Yang, he will not be as embarrassed as before.

And Wang Yang, who was standing on the side watching the battle, witnessed the whole process, his eyes were full of jealousy when he looked at Xiao Lin, he didn't expect Xiao Lin to be able to raise his understanding of the sword momentum to such a height in such a short period of time, but at the same time, there was also a strong fighting intent burning in his heart, the stronger Xiao Lin was, the more excited and thirsty he became

Looking forward to fighting Xiao Lin again in the knockout round.

The preliminaries have come to an end, all the players in the thirty-two groups have been determined, all the people Xiao Lin knows well have appeared, and no one has been eliminated, but the biggest limelight is still the dark horse that can't be blacker, and it appeared with a complete win in the group, beating the seeded players of the four empires, making him shine in the limelight.

The staff even ranked him fifth on the elite list, and Xiao Lin finally knew the name of this dark horse, Li Tong.

An extremely ordinary name, but his ranking is extremely unusual, this is already a rather exaggerated ranking, you must know that before him are the four absolute geniuses of the four empires, Qin Miao, Shi Lang, Situ Yun and Xingpo, this ranking means that the organizing committee of the competition is recognized, and they think that Li Tong has the strength of the first echelon.

"What are you doing here? Su He suddenly appeared next to Xiao Lin, put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Lin said strangely.

"I can't come to see you yet?" Suhe said, pouting, "However, I am surprised by your boy's understanding of sword power, after all, it is my disciple. ”

"I learned the sword posture myself, not you. Xiao Lin immediately retorted, "Don't try to take the credit, this is my talent, but you don't teach well." ”

"You kid really have no conscience. Su He knocked on Xiao Lin's head, "If it weren't for me, would you have so many kendo books to read?" You must know that if you throw two copies of this kind of information to that Wang Yang, his foothill sword can immediately produce a qualitative change, and it can easily crush you when the time comes." ”

"I don't believe it. Xiao Lin rolled his eyes.

"Of course you can't see it, but I know it. Su He said lightly, "He doesn't have a master, it can be seen from some flaws in his sword moves, people just got the remnants of the foothill sword by chance, and he has reached this realm, if he can get the right guidance, his future is limitless, it's a pity, alas." ”

"What is a pity?" Xiao Lin asked puzzled.

Unfortunately, his background means that it is difficult to come across such an opportunity. Sukh said with some regret.

"Heroes don't ask where they come from, maybe they will become very powerful in the future. Xiao Lin didn't think so, "Besides, you can take him as an apprentice, I don't mind having a junior brother." ”

"You don't understand. Suhe shook his head, "It's not such a simple thing to accept apprentices, some things are difficult to change, you can't do what you want to do, and not everyone can have the luck of you." ”

"Why did it happen to me again?" Xiao Lin said angrily.

Su He laughed: "Let's go, don't talk about these things, I called Linglong's Nizi, let's go out to the next restaurant, it's a celebration of your successful qualification, I'll please." ”

"Of course you have to ask, I don't have any money. ”

"You kid don't say thank you, but you still say cool things?

"Hey, don't do it. ”

"What's wrong with me beating you, I'm your master, teach you a lesson, don't run!"

One big and one small

The noisy arena was gone, and the originally noisy arena suddenly became deserted, and if you want to see it again, you have to wait until the knockout tournament starts five days later, and these five days are also a time for the players to recuperate, after all, in the past few days, except for a few absolutely strong people, everyone else has more or less brought some injuries, just take this opportunity to recuperate, recuperate and wait for the start of the knockout round.

On the other side of the Tianxiang Imperial Capital, Li Tong, the dark horse of the knockout round, quickly shuttled through the streets, seeing that posture turned out to be very familiar with the road of the imperial capital, he quickly turned a few corners and came to a remote alley, he stood quietly in place and waited.

The next moment, a pitch-black gap appeared in front of him, and there were waves of fluctuations inside, and then a scholar dressed in white walked out of it, shaking a folding fan in his right hand with a smile on his face.

"It's coming. The white-clothed scholar chuckled.

When Li Tong saw the scholar, he immediately knelt on one knee, his expression was extremely solemn, and he spoke softly, his words full of respect.

"Met the hosts. ”

(End of chapter)