In front of Jiuhua Gate, a wide and flat ring has already been erected, a huge scaffolding has been set up on the east and west sides, the east is the rest area of the warriors of Dongying, Goryeo and Timurid Khanate, and the west is the vanguard and sub-striker of the Great Xuantian Dynasty, a total of about 20 people.

Li Ran, as the first official monarch, sat in the royal array in the front row, with an extremely broad field of vision, and when he looked up, he saw Xie Huan, Wu Kun, Chen Feng and others at a glance.

As for his younger brother Li Huan, because of today's match, Xie Huan in the morning and Wu Kun in the afternoon, there was no him, so he could not participate, so Li Ran forcibly let him rest in the guard, after all, he was stabbed by Xiao Qingxue, and he had just recovered from a serious injury.

On the central viewing platform, Empress Xuanyue sat on the dragon throne, with a pair of phoenix eyes with infinite majesty.

Her figure is very tall, her shoulders are flat, even if she is not wearing a formal dragon robe, but the domineering aura of that generation of empresses directly pressed the guest Dongying Major General Yuan Yujing and the prince of Timur to have no sense of existence at all.

On both sides of her, the great eunuchs Liu Liang and Wei Yuhong were served, and the eldest princess Xiao Lingqiu sat on her right hand, showing the status of the future crown prince.

For some reason that he couldn't explain, Li Ran quickly withdrew his gaze, not daring to look at this prospective mother-in-law again, and when the time came, he had to make waves in his heart again.

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes from the audience, Li Daoguang, the young secretary of Dali Temple, stepped forward to the stage and began to read out the holy edicts and ceremonies of the Empress of the Heavenly Empire.

I don't know if I got up too early today, Xiao Wan'er, this girl...... Fell asleep again.

Li Ran let out a long sigh, fortunately, there were Xiao Qingxue and some second- and third-generation elders of the sect affairs court sitting in front of them, otherwise he would feel ashamed.

"Li Shilang, is Brother Ling better?"

A gentle female voice came from the side, Li Ran turned his head to look, and saw a delicate girl with a gentle temperament, looking at him.

It is the third princess Xiao Yanshuang!

Today's Xiao Yanshuang has obviously dressed up carefully, with red lips and eyebrows, and soft long hair hanging down, she has changed from a sweet girl with a small jasper family to a somewhat charming royal sister fan.

It's his Li Ran's best mouth.

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Princess Lao is worried, and the younger brother is already fine, and it will not affect tomorrow's competition at all." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xiao Yanshuang replied softly, and then said to a prince on Li Ran's right: "Xiao Cheng, can you switch places with me, I can't see it very well." ”

The male descendants of the Xiao royal family are far inferior to women, not to mention that Xiao Yanshuang is the emperor of the dynasty, and her status is self-evident, the prince called "Xiao Cheng" hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "Of course you can, Sister Yanshuang, please take a seat." ”

Xiao Yanshuang bowed slightly, and then sat next to Li Ran unceremoniously.

Damn, what kind of trouble is this?

You're ...... That's too proactive, isn't it?

Li Ran's heart tightened.

He raised his head, and sure enough, under the scaffolding in the western district, Chen Feng, the swordsman of Xiangbei, was looking at this side with an injured face, and from such a distance, Li Ran could hear the other party's heartbreak.

In fact, he had a very good impression of Chen Feng, a young man, a poor man, who was diligent and hardworking, and struggled to this palace step by step by himself, and the result was ......

Hey, don't blame me, brother!

I don't produce cuckolds, I ...... I'm just a cuckold porter!

Handsome, smart, and strong, it's really not something I can choose!

Li Ran sighed, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

Ten minutes later, Li Daoguang finally finished reading, sweating profusely and withdrew, and then, the gongs, drums and salutes sounded, and in the cheers of the audience, Xie Huan and the Timurid Khanate's Zongwu Sipa each stepped into the ring.

In this kind of national-level ring that attracts the attention of martial artists all over the world, the two of them do not show off their skills, they are full of seriousness, and they honestly walk onto the stage, and after meeting, they are also friendly and arch each other's hands.

One of the two is a handsome young man who stands tall and elegant, and the other is a burly and strong, dark-skinned and vigorous steppe warrior like a humanoid monster, and under the confrontation, a great visual contrast is formed.

Seeing Xiao Yanshuang looking at him, Li Ran was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly gently shook Xiao Wan'er, who was sleeping next to him: "Your Royal Highness Wan'er, wake up, start fighting immediately." ”

"Who's going to fight...... Who dares to beat this princess!"

Xiao Wan'er raised her head suddenly, a small face glanced around angrily, and then her eyes were confused, and she pressed her chest and said, "It turned out to be a dream." ”

"It's not a dream, the competition has begun, then Xie Huan has come to the stage. Li Ran pointed to the platform.

As soon as she heard Xie Huan's name, Xiao Wan'er immediately thought of Xiao Hei's hatred, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, I want to take a good look, this big black man, beat this kid to a blue nose and swollen face!"

She said this with righteous indignation, and immediately attracted the attention of many royal children around her, and they all looked here.

Li Ran hurriedly reminded: "Princess, Xie Huan is a member of our court, so we should naturally hope that he wins, right?"

"Cut. Xiao Wan'er didn't buy it at all, turned around, and suddenly found the third princess Xiao Yanshuang, and suddenly said "Huh", and said: "The third sister is so beautiful today, is it the gentleman who came to your court, Chen Feng to cheer up?"

Xiao Yanshuang's expression froze for a second, and then quickly nodded: "Hmm...... Well, yes. ”

Bang!

At this time, a deafening sound of gongs and drums sounded.

The two sides are officially fighting!

The pioneer of the Timurid Khanate, Zongwu Sipa, changed his kind face, his eyes were fierce, like angry King Kong, and his huge body rushed towards Xie Huan furiously!

At the moment of the charge, the heavy punch that Zong Wu Siba threw out, the internal force was infused to the extreme, coupled with his extraordinary strength, which made the fist wind noisy, and the air rustled, and he was about to smash into Xie Huan's face when he saw it!

If this punch hits, I'm afraid it will be a brain burst and a violent death!

Xiao Wan'er had symbolically buried her head behind Li Ran, revealing only one eye, observing the next scene with curiosity and horror!

In the ring.

At the last moment, Xie Huan leaned back, avoided a position, and then drew his sword out, only to hear the sound of the "bell", and actually blocked the opponent's fierce blow!

But that's not all!

Many martial artists, including Li Ran, saw it clearly, Xie Huan did not just swing a sword at this moment, but stabbed three swords in a row, eliminating Zong Wu Sipa's domineering fist strength, so that he was able to block this blow!

Merely...... Parrying the opponent's first punch is so reluctant, so how to resist the subsequent confrontation?

On the viewing platform, many court officials, including Li Daoguang, were anxious, silently praying that a miracle could happen to Xie Huan.

After all, the Great Xuan Dynasty has been losing for two years, and this year, it must not lose again!

That Celestial Maiden won't allow it!

At this time, the Heavenly Maiden, who was drinking Dongying tribute tea leisurely with phoenix eyes, asked the eldest daughter next to her lightly: "Lingqiu, in your opinion, what are our chances of winning this battle?"

"Back to the words of the mother emperor, ten percent. Xiao Lingqiu said without hesitation.

"You believe in your gentleman so much?" Empress Xuanyue looked at her with interest.

"Yes, Erchen and Xie Huan have the same heart, so they know what he thinks and all the strength he has. ”

Xiao Lingqiu said: "Xie Huan, this is the strongest barrier of our Daxuan in this martial arts conference, and no one in the whole country and among the younger generations can stand out from the left." ”

"Erchen dares to assert that as long as he is here, these countries will all be defeated by our hands this year, without exception!"

The empress smiled and said, "But before he was in the Imperial Superintendent, he was defeated by your fourth sister Jun Shilang." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Lingqiu's face froze, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "Back to the Mother Emperor, after the incident of the Imperial Superintendent, Erchen and Xie Huan also had a profound discussion, and we both agreed that Li Ran was neither an orthodox monk, nor a martial artist, and what he used should be an evil sect demonic technique!"

She paused, saw that the empress did not speak, and continued: "In addition, after the investigation of all parties in the people, this person's current behavior is very different from usual, and the son has reason to believe that Li Ran's origin is secret and his identity is extremely suspicious!"

The empress looked indifferent and remained silent.

Seeing this, Xiao Lingqiu said: "In this investigation, I entrusted Lord Wei of Hongyingfang to collect a lot of evidence and testimony, including the neighbors of the Li family, the servants in the house, and childhood playmates, etc., everything is enough to prove that now this Li Ran is definitely an evil demon of unknown origin, and he has definitely a big conspiracy when he infiltrates the palace! If the mother emperor still doesn't believe it, the son can ...... it."

"Presumptuous!"

The empress's face was calm, and a pair of phoenix eyes seemed to burst out of a raging flame, which was the wrath of the goddess who made the world frightened and could burn everything!

"Erchen deserves to die, please forgive your mother!" Xiao Lingqiu had never seen his mother so angry, and for a moment, his mind was blank, and he bowed down in fear!

At this moment, her mind is full of 10,000 question marks, all of which point to one question!

What kind of terrifying demon is this Li Ran, and why can she make her wise and martial mother emperor protect her again and again!

"That's it, it's my gaffe. ”

It seemed that she was also aware of the terrifying gaze of the surrounding ministers, the empress's expression was much gentler, and she pulled Xiao Lingqiu's small hand up: "You are not wrong, Li Ran is not wrong, you should not mention this matter again, watch with peace of mind, today's protagonist, but what about your gentleman." ”

"Yes. Xiao Lingqiu's heart was a little relieved.

"What you said is right, the victory and defeat have been divided, if you continue to fight like this, the Xie family's "Sword Combination Technique" should also be forced out, within ten moves, your gentleman Xie Huan will win. The empress looked at the ring and said lightly.

At this time, in the ring, Xie Huan and Nazong Wusipa have been fighting fiercely for dozens of rounds, I have to say that Nazong Wusipa is indeed worthy of being the first warrior of the Khanate, his chest, shoulders, and legs have been stabbed, and his blood is pouring out, however, he is getting braver and braver, a pair of huge iron fists, extremely violent, and he has repelled Xie Huan's attacks several times in a row.

Suddenly, he roared, leaned forward, and his left chest was hard against Xie Huan's sword, and two huge arms with knotted muscles and muscles soared out, like iron tongs, holding Xie Huan's right shoulder to death!

It is the most powerful killing technique of the Mobei martial artists - wrestling!

Over the years, outside the Great Wall Pass, countless martial artists of the Central Plains with superb martial arts skills have died on this powerful physical combat technique!

No matter what kind of sword or overlord sword you boast of, you are invincible, once you are caught by these tigers on the grassland, your shoulders, ribs, and waist, and then you will have to suffer the pain of torn flesh!

"Is this Xie Huan unable to move?" Under the ring, Xiao Wan'er asked Li Ran curiously.

"Yes, his arm holding the sword was clamped by a huge force, and the acupoints above were suppressed by the opponent's internal force, and the one-handed swordsmanship was basically abolished, and the lower plate was sealed by the brute force of the opponent's legs, and the same internal force was cultivated, this Xie Huan was basically a lamb to be slaughtered. ”

Li Ran shrugged: "It's also to blame this little white face, it's too light on the enemy, so it will fall into a crisis." ”

"However, the victory and defeat are only now beginning. Li Ran looked forward and said to himself: "Soon, this Mobei general will be completely defeated." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, in the ring, on Xie Huan's restrained right hand, the long sword disappeared, and then it appeared above the left hand!

No, it's a simple and sharp sword!

Phew!

A knife crossed!

The sudden change made Zongduo Sipa unable to dodge, and was forced to take a hard knife, even though he had a strong horizontal body, he was still slashed with a deep scar on his chest!

As he retreated in pain, a pair of hands like giant pincers suddenly lost their strength and let go of Xie Huan!

Then, he stood still, roared angrily, didn't know what to scold, launched an offensive again, and blasted towards Xie Huan's face with all his strength!

However......

It's too late.

Xie Huan's eyes were like lightning, he flew forward, holding a knife in his left hand and a sword in his right hand.

Perhaps sensing the horror of the opponent's martial arts, Zongwu Siba hurriedly changed his fist, blocked with all his strength, and dispersed some invisible sword qi, however, he was still swallowed by the remaining sword light, a large puddle of blood burst out, and his huge body rose from the ground and fell heavily to the ground.

Fortunately, according to the rules of the ring match, this Xie Huan only seriously injured him, and did not have murderous intentions.

Zongwu Sipa is worthy of being an iron-blooded warrior, with a bloody face and a body covered in bruises, and he stood up again!

Immediately afterwards, he staggered forward, looked at the thin, fair-skinned and handsome Central Plains swordsman in front of him, lowered his head, and made a gesture of "acceptance" in his heart.

"The first battle is over!"

This time, the referee military attache, the commander of the forbidden army, Lin Nanfeng, climbed the high platform and roared: "I am the vanguard of the Heavenly Empire, Xie Huan, win!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience burst into explosive cheers and applause, shaking the Imperial Palace!

After two years, the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty was finally able to defeat Fanbang at the martial arts conference and take the lead in winning the first battle!

On the viewing platform in the center.

Seeing that his lover won the first victory, Xiao Lingqiu was also full of joy, stood up, and was so excited that he kept applauding!

"Let's go down. The empress smiled and said, "Go and hug your gentleman, he will be a qualified assistant." ”

"Yes!" The meaning of the empress's words could be heard by anyone, Xiao Lingqiu bit her lip, and tears flashed faintly in her eyes: "Thank you, Emperor Mother!"

On the other side, offstage.

"Oops, it's boring, it's not much to see. Li Shilang stretched his waist and yawned.

"Cut, you just see that others are better than you, and you're jealous!" Xiao Wan'er pouted and said, Xie Huan's victory undoubtedly made her very unhappy, and unconsciously, she was angry with Li Ran, after all, the latter just asserted that Xie Huan would win!

"I'm jealous of him?" Li Ran really smiled: "Princess, he was defeated by the Imperial Superintendent that day, you didn't see it, this kid and your husband and I are not in the same dimension at all, do you understand?"

He was unhappy, and unconsciously called himself "husband", but fortunately, the other party didn't hear it.

Xiao Wan'er thought about it and felt that it made some sense, but seeing Li Ran's domineering appearance, she still said, "Hmph, that day...... I just blew out the candles that day, and I will do too!

"What a real gun. ”

Li Ran sneered, with his idle personality, these forces were too lazy to pretend, but when he heard this girl praise other men, his heart was even more unhappy, "It's so hard to beat a Mobei mangfu, it's just a younger brother, believe it or not, if I come to power, within three moves, I can shoot this big guy away?"

"I believe it!"

Before Xiao Wan'er could reply, a gentle and firm voice next to her was the first to come, and it was the third princess Xiao Yanshuang!

My day!

At this time, I will interject your mouth...... Ah no, what are you interjecting, big sister!

Li Ran's mentality collapsed, he just wanted to change his position quickly!

Because he had a hunch that the next battle between the two women would make him very uncomfortable......

It's very uncomfortable.