This was the second time that Chu Duan had come to the Inner Mansion Arena to participate in the competition.

The first time is to participate in the finals of the Sword Fighting Competition, and the second time is to be nominated as one of the candidates for the Bronze Sword List, and will face off against other candidates to compete for the only place in the Bronze Sword List.

Although this kind of competition is not as huge as that of the king of swordsmanship, it is also eye-catching, so except for the students who went out on a mission and the academy where they practiced in retreat, most of the students were all present.

This time, there was no restriction on seating, and the students could sit at will, so the students who were familiar with each other sat together in twos and threes, discussed, and expressed their views and opinions to each other.

There were almost more than 40,000 students present, making the seats in the arena not look so empty, except for the students, most of the elders of the Ten Academies also arrived, at least the bronze sword list was a very high honor in the inner mansion, they were all witnesses.

The eighty candidates nominated for the Bronze Sword List from the Tenth Academy were all present, and they were all gathered next to the sword fighting platform, Chu Duan swept it at a glance, and sure enough, except for him, the other seventy-nine all had a perfect cultivation of Qi Transformation.

The main thing is that they should not have their current situation and cannot use the artistic conception.

Artistic conception is an important component of the strength of an excellent swordsman, and if the artistic conception cannot be used, the overall strength will drop by at least fifty or even sixty percent.

However, Chu Duan's expression was calm, and no one could see what he was thinking at this time.

Of course, because Chu Duan's sword qi cultivation was only at the peak of his strength, and among the eighty nominated candidates, this cultivation was the lowest, so the other seventy-nine nominated candidates did not take Chu Duan seriously.

They all knew how Chu Duan got this place, it can be said that it was because of his outstanding performance in the Sword Fighting Competition that the mansion master made an exception to give him a place, which at best, it meant that Chu Duan could fight against those powerful oblique people in advance, and realize his own shortcomings more clearly.

"How did this Chu Dui's cultivation improve so quickly?" some of the elders of the Ninth Court were surprised and discussed.

"Yes, although it is said that he can quickly improve his sword qi cultivation by obtaining the Human Yang Pill, but the breakthrough of the realm is not so simple, I remember that this Chu Duan has entered the Inner Mansion for less than a year. ”

"It's really surprising that in less than a year, it has reached such an ascension speed as the peak of the Transformation Qi Dacheng, surpassing others too much. ”

"It's really surprising, but I'm afraid I won't have anything to do with the bronze sword list. ”

"That's right, after all, the Bronze Sword List requires overall strength, not a single aspect. Although this Chu Duan's one-handed swordsmanship is unfathomable, and he has won the title of the king of swordsmanship, even Elder Ben has to admire his swordsmanship, but the current dueling swordsmanship attainment is only one of the components, accounting for less than two percent, and various other factors must be taken into account. ”

"Hehe, the lord of the mansion gave Chu Duan this place, and he didn't have any hope that Chu Duan would be able to defeat other opponents to get the place on the bronze sword list, but just gave him a chance to fight against a powerful opponent, so that he understood that the strength of swordsmanship is not absolute, and it also needs to be strong in other aspects to be truly powerful, so this Chu Duan is only afraid that he will not even be able to pass the first round. ”

"Lord Fugui is really well-intentioned. ”

Not only the elders were talking about this, but the other students were also talking about not only the content about Chu Duan's inability to obtain the quota on the Bronze Sword List, but they all said it reasonably.

"It's just a shame to go up. A student of the Ninth Academy said disdainfully, with a bit of annoyance in his eyes. ...,

Originally, Chu Duan's quota should have belonged to him, but the mansion master made a decision to give this quota to Chu Duan, how could this not make him feel angry.

The most important thing is that yesterday he was going to challenge Chu Duan to get this place, where did he think that Zhuge Ming was actually in Chu Duan's sword tower, and he was interfered with by Zhuge Ming on the spot and could not challenge.

After all, Zhuge Ming's strength is strong, ranking thirty-fifth on the Bronze Sword List, and he is also a powerful existence that ranks first in the Ninth Academy, and he is also an important member of the Golden Wind Alliance, and offending him is tantamount to cutting off his own back road.

Because Zhuge Ming was there, those who planned to come to the door to challenge Chu Duan were all stopped outside, and there was no chance, they didn't dare to offend Zhuge Ming directly.

Chu Duan also got a rest, so as not to be disturbed, and adjusted his state well to deal with today's battle.

Today, Zhuge Ming is also present.

Two of them were cut in half, and they were the second members of the judging team who had presided over the Sword Fighting King Competition, standing on the sword fighting platform and announcing that the competition of nominees for the bronze sword list was about to start, and eighty nominees were asked to come to the stage to draw lots.

The way of this game is different from the kind where swordsmanship is king, using a lottery method, where the opponent who is drawn fights and the loser is eliminated directly.

The first seventy-nine students all drew lots, and the last one belonged to Chu Duan, Chu Duan looked at the number above, it was fifty-three, "Look at the number in your own hands, the game below is No. 1 vs. Eighty, No. 2 vs. Seventy-Nine, and so on." Cut half said loudly: "Now, No. 1 and No. 80 stay on the sword fighting platform to prepare for the competition, and everyone else will go down." ”

Chu Duan, along with the other seventy-seven nominee candidates, jumped off the sword fighting platform one after another, and sat down on the candidate seats on one side, ready to watch the game.

"Bronze Sword, the first round of the first round of the competition for the only nominees on the list: one against eighty, starts now. ”

The cut first opened the ban on the sword fighting platform, and then announced it loudly.

This scraping ban is different from the ban during the swordsmanship for the king competition, it will not imprison people's innate sword qi and artistic conception, and the main role of this ban is to protect, so as to avoid the attack power of the people fighting inside from being too strong and spreading to the surroundings, causing injuries to the audience.

The intensity of this ban is very high, and it can completely block the attack of the swordsman of the Qi Sea Realm without breaking it.

The No. 1 and No. 80 nominees drew their swords and pointed at each other dozens of meters apart, both of them using high-grade sword weapons.

Basically, except for Chu Duan, those who can be nominated as candidates all have the cultivation of Qi Transformation Consummation, and their strength is stronger than that of ordinary Qi Transformation Consummation, so they naturally have the ability to use high-grade sword weapons.

At this point, Chu Duan was inferior to them.

No. 1 and No. 80 said a word to each other, and immediately made a move, and as soon as they struck, the sword qi was horizontal.

Their battle looks completely different from Chu Dangxiong's shot, Chu Dangxiong's shot gives people the feeling that they are pursuing a huge momentum, but in fact, their power is weak, but their shot does not look so powerful but the power is condensed, and each sword qi that spreads away contains a very terrifying force.

As soon as the two nominee candidates No. 1 and No. 80 made a move, they first tried a few tricks each, and then roughly figured out the strength level of the other party, and after they had the bottom in their hearts, they immediately took out their strength to deal with it.

But at the same time of showing their strength, they must have reservations, lest the hole cards are taken out, and they will be seen through by the other party, and then let the opponent behind them be prepared.

In the battle between swordsmen, it is best to not let the opponent know that their own means are the best, and some hole cards can become killer features.

Otherwise, once the other party knows the hole cards, it will not be able to play a surprise attack on its unprepared effect, naturally much weaker, and even may be because of the relationship between the opponent's hole cards, prepared will also be taken advantage of by the other party. ...,

"The clouds are in the sky!" Candidate No. 1 stabbed out with a sword, and in an instant, white clouds were born, rolling away as if they were being blown by a strong wind, and the clouds contained a fierce killing intention.

He used the human-level ancient swordsmanship: the Cloud Ranking Sword Technique.

"It's a good time, take me a move Storm Fierce!" Candidate No. 80 shouted, the sword qi around him was surging, and a sword was swung out, and suddenly a storm roared, and it swept away, it was a human-level ancient swordsmanship: Storm Swordsmanship.

Body footwork, artistic conception, ancient swordsmanship!

And the attainment of basic swordsmanship is only a part of it, so many people think that Chu Duan is just going through the motions.

"Pai Yun is boundless!" No. 1's ancient swordsmanship moves changed, and the rolling Pai Yun was born two and three in his life, permeating the entire sword fighting platform, as if it had become boundless.

"Storm tornado!" Eighty's sword move also changed, and a rumbling sound sounded, and the blowing storm suddenly condensed into a huge tornado that continued to roll and turn.

Such a majesty makes people tremble with fear.

Chu Duan's brows furrowed slightly, the ancient swordsmanship of No. 1 and No. 80 had all been cultivated to the Dacheng realm, and their cloud and wind artistic conceptions were also close to the level of fifty percent, coupled with the increase in the number of high-grade sword weapons, such power was very powerful.

Chu Duan thought about himself, calculating the simulation in his mind, if it was his own ancient swordsmanship facing either of the two of them, how should he avoid defeat and be able to fight back and win?

No. 1 and No. 80 were fighting unusually fiercely, and not long after, No. 1 let out a miserable scream, and the whole person flew out upside down, originally being bombarded by a sword storm of No. 80, and the whole person slammed into the ban and spewed out a mouthful of blood.

"Eighty wins, the second game of the first round: two against seventy-nine. The referee immediately announced that No. 1 and No. 80 were stepping down, and it was the turn of No. 2 and No. 79 to take the stage.

The game was played one by one, with No. 2 beating No. 79, No. 3 beating No. 78 in the third, and No. 77 beating No. 4 in the fourth.

Basically, the people who were defeated were more or less injured, and of course they were also eliminated, although they felt a little unwilling, but if they lost, they lost.

And those nominees who defeated their opponents did not dare to be complacent, because this is only the first round of the competition, and there are other opponents behind them, and these opponents will be even stronger, and only by defeating them all and winning the last victory can they be qualified to be happy.

"Twenty-eight of the first round: twenty-eight versus fifty-three. ”

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