It was still early, but when Xiao Mo arrived at the outer courtyard square, he saw that on the ground of the wide white marble square, ten blue and red rings of the same size had been established overnight.

The ten rings are distributed in a staggered state, and each ring has its own independent number, which is divided into A, B, C, D, pente, hexagen, xin, and non decyl......

Xiao Mo took out the number plate he got yesterday, and saw that it was engraved with 'Xin, Ninety-One', Xiao Mo didn't understand what these words meant, but at this time, he suddenly realized something.

It turns out that the Xin at the front is the number of the ring, and the ninety-one is his own unique number.

Ten rings were held at the same time, so that even if thousands of outer court disciples participated in the competition together, the selection speed would be much faster.

At the front of the ten rings, there is also a high stone platform, which is the rostrum, with parasols on it, and several Taishi chairs lined up, which should be the place for the elders of the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard to watch the battle.

Under the ten rings, hundreds of people gathered around each of them, some of them were contestants who were about to participate in the ring competition, all of them looked solemn and a little nervous, and a small part should be purely to see the excitement and see the strength of the rest.

Qi Yuanwu, Lu Hongzhuo and others are also among them.

Xiao Mo saw them gathered under the two rings of A and B, thought about it, but still didn't come over, and silently came to the Xinzi ring that he was waiting to participate in.

After coming to the stage, his eyes moved, and sure enough, he saw a big red notice posted under the ring in front of him, which should be the detailed rules of the competition and the battle table, and sure enough, he squeezed into the crowd hard, and when he came to the big red poster, Xiao Mo saw the specific rules on it.

Because of the large number of participants, this small ring list competition, as always, followed the previous round of elimination system, nearly 2,000 disciples of all levels were randomly assigned to ten rings, and there were about 200 disciples participating in one ring.

These two hundred people, each with a number plate, ranging from one to two hundred, called the number plate will go to the stage to fight against another person, the winner advances, the loser is directly eliminated, there is no chance of rematch.

Two hundred people, a total of 100 battles, at the beginning because of the uneven comparison of strength, the speed of elimination must be very fast, but a hundred battles, it is estimated that it will take two or three days to complete.

Finally, when the top 100 are determined in each ring, it is time to continue to draw, compete, and eliminate until the top 50, top 25, and top 10 are determined.

When there are only the last 100 people left in the ten rings, it is the birth of the top 100 disciples of this year's small ring list, and the top 100 disciples will be awarded the title of elite disciples, and the clothes on their bodies can be tattooed with three silver patterns, also known as the silver pattern disciples, and they will be rewarded with a virtual level high-grade heart yuan technique and 10,000 meritorious deeds.

Only after the top 100 disciples are decided, the main event will come, and the next battle rules will be announced, but it is estimated that it will be several days later.

Xiao Mo looked at the battle table below, and sure enough, he saw the words 'Xin, Ninety-One' on it, followed by his name, and the opponent was 'Xin, one hundred and seventy-five', a male disciple named Yang Yusoul.

However, because Xiao Mo is not familiar with the outer court disciples of the Daoist Palace, all he can know now is the top ten golden-patterned disciples in the small ring, as well as a few familiar disciples, so he doesn't know where this Yang Yusoul is, let alone his specific combat power, so he can only know when he goes to the ring next.

Xiao Mo withdrew from the crowd and stood in a corner, silently waiting for the official start of the battle.

There was still a period of time before the competition, and suddenly, there was a shocking cheer outside the square, and someone said loudly: "Look, it's Gu Tianya, Qiu Qiwen, the two top masters have finally arrived!"

"Huh?"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Mo was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but follow the crowd and look out of the square.

Then he saw two disciples, each surrounded by a large crowd of people, walking towards the square. The person on the left, the red-haired spear, isn't it the second place in the outer courtyard that I saw yesterday, who is the 'Red Flame Spear' Gu Tianya?

The other has never been seen before, with a thin body, a sickly pale face, and a faint trace of gloomy aura is revealed between the opening and closing of his eyes, and the breath on his body is not revealed, not at all under the ancient world of the 'Red Flame Spear'.

As a result of the exclamations of the other disciples, it was not difficult for Xiao Mo to guess that this young man with a pale face and gloomy eyes should be the third ranked in the outer courtyard now, the 'Flying Spirit Sword' Qiu Qiwen, that is, the existence of the Three Insects and Three Flower Pills that he had taken away from him.

Finally met him.

These two people are late, but it is normal, the top ten in the small ring list in the last session belong to the seed disciples in this session, and according to the rules in this session, there is no need to participate in the previous battles.

It is not until the fourth round of the battle that the top 25 in each ring will be selected for the top 10 that they will participate, just to fill the missing spot, and the 26 people are divided into 13 groups to compete for the top 10 in each ring.

Because the number one in the small ring list is no longer in the outer courtyard, there are actually only nine people in this kind of sub-slot, so there is another ring that is more lucky, it is 25 people competing for the top ten, and there is a lack of a strong competitor, and the pressure is much less.

However, because I don't know the group of the nine seed disciples in the ring for the time being, I don't know which group is lucky, and many people secretly pray, but they also know that this probability is a bit low, so it can only depend on luck.

The arrival of Gu Tianya, Qiu Qiwen and the others should be mainly to watch the battle, in the first three rounds of battles, there is no risk of running into them at all, Xiao Mo is also slightly relieved, as long as he does not meet the top ten disciples, the rest of the people, he should not have much problem.

Otherwise, if you meet them directly in the knockout round, you will be eliminated directly, and you will not even be able to enter the top 100, then you will be wronged.

It is estimated that this is also the reason why the Zhidao Palace directly excluded them and set up nine seeded players, because it was really unfair to meet them at the beginning, so simply give them some privileges and leave them for the later competition.

Time passed minute by minute, with the arrival of the 'Red Flame Spear' Gu Tianya and the 'Flying Spirit Sword' Qiu Qiwen, the atmosphere in the scene was warm to the peak, and the top ten in the other outer courtyards also rushed to the top, and it was getting closer and closer to the opening of the small ring list.

At the last quarter of an hour, a purple-clothed foreign elder walked up to the rostrum, ready to announce the start of the competition to everyone, but suddenly, Xiao Mo felt cold.

His soul perception was so terrifying, and in an instant, he realized that someone should be peeping at him from a distance, and his eyes were obviously filled with hatred and murderous intent, his heart moved slightly, and he turned his head to look, but he couldn't help but be stunned.

Across the three rings, under the T-ring, a young man in white stood there, looking at himself with a slight sneer, his face Xiao Mo was extremely familiar, who was Xiao Shenjian who should not be imprisoned in the Confession Palace?

He's been confined for half a year, it's only been more than two months, why is he here?

Xiao Mo suddenly felt a slight chill in his heart.