Chapter 375: The End of the Crossbow?
"Hey! That He Zhi is no longer good. ”
In between battles, a large number of junior cultivators would still gather together and discuss topics of interest to them.
And among these loose cultivators, the most talked about is naturally He Zhi. This is not only because He Zhi was not only the target of many casual cultivators at the very beginning, but also because of He Zhi's performance in the battle, which also made these casual cultivators eager to try.
After defeating his opponent in the first battle with almost lightning speed, He Zhi's performance seemed to deteriorate later, and in the tenth round, He Zhi had already delayed for almost twenty moves before he barely defeated his opponent.
Twenty strokes doesn't sound like such an exaggerated number. The monks fought each other, and even if they delayed a few hundred moves, there were more winners and losers.
But as the saying goes, there is no harm without contrast.
You know, as this round of testing continues, almost everyone who takes the test has already discovered one thing - that is, if they fight with all their strength in every fight, then it is likely that after a few battles, they will be exhausted and paralyzed.
Therefore, these monks who participated in the test, whether they were those scattered cultivators or the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, began to selectively stay in some of the competitions.
In other words, when they feel that their opponent is unstoppable, or that their determination to win is strong, they often choose to use a more effortless tactic to deal with it.
Of course, this doesn't mean that they will release water in a fight or deliberately lose a fight, just that their tactics will change accordingly. They will no longer go all out to win, but will use the most effortless method to wear down their opponents.
If the opponent resists their attrition, then they are not wronged to lose this game. At least their opponents consumed more mana and stamina in this round, and this consumption will have a negative effect in the rest of the battle. There is also the case where the opponent is consumed so much that he cannot bear the consumption himself. Then they were naturally more satisfied - they not only preserved their strength in battle, but also won the victory.
Of course, no one on either side of the battle is a fool. After the start of the battle between each other, both offensive and defensive sides will quickly make a preliminary judgment about the battle. Once you feel that you have no hope of winning, one side will often quickly end the fight by conceding defeat.
There are only a handful of battles in which both sides think they have a chance to win, so both sides do their best to fight until the end.
So from about the time of the fourth or fifth battle, the whole battle progressed extremely quickly. Often, after the two monks start fighting, it is about seven or eight moves, and one of them has already taken the initiative to end the battle and admit defeat to the opponent.
It is really said that the two sides have fought to more than 20 moves, but it has become a minority.
He Zhi's situation is just the opposite of the overall rhythm of this test. At the beginning, He Zhi killed the opponents he encountered in seconds one after another. In the first three opponents, He Zhi ended the battle with one or two moves. But after that, He Zhi spent more and more time fighting his opponent for longer and longer.
This also gave hope to those casual cultivators, so when they fought against He Zhi, they all refused to admit defeat easily. On the other hand, Jin Tianhong's interference with He Zhi became more and more intense as the battle continued.
He Zhi had to devote more and more energy to deal with Jin Tianhong's temptation, which also made He Zhi seem to be getting weaker and weaker in the battle with the scattered cultivators.
"He's not as powerful as Wei Yue'er said at all! I think it's about the same as us at most! It's just that he's been following the people of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, so he's just more prepared than us! If it were the people we followed the Ten Thousand Swords Sect at the beginning, maybe he would be the one who was beaten up now!"
"yes, I can see it too! I thought he was so good before! At first, it was really shocking. I remember, it should have been Brother Zheng who went to fight him at that time, right?" Among the few scattered cultivators, someone soon looked to the side.
Beside those few scattered cultivators, there was a young man who still had a little bruises on his face - for these cultivators who had already reached the realm of pseudo-enlightenment and had already been reborn, it was not a normal thing that the physical injuries had not been completely eliminated until now.
It was precisely because of the bruises on his face that the young monk looked a little indignant when he talked about He Zhi: "Yes! I am really unlucky, I have simply hit a ghost." I suspect he must have used some strange mental trick at the time. It's like the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Dafa, the secret of sacrificing one's body and something. That's why in the first few battles, it was so powerful. Now that the strength of his exercises has passed, his strength has slipped. ”
"Hey! Brother Zheng has a point. Now it's my turn to play him. In this case, I should do my best to fight him in the next fight, maybe there is still a chance to win. ”
"As it should be. Everyone nodded their heads, and the man who spoke was full of excitement.
"Brother He, what's wrong with you? I feel that the battles in front of you are not like you!" Wei Yue'er also came to He Zhi's side at this time, and asked him puzzled.
"Nothing. It's just a minor problem. He Zhi smiled and didn't explain it to Wei Yue'er.
The fact that Jin Tianhong made a move on He Zhi was a matter between He Zhi and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and He Zhi didn't want to drag Wei Yue'er into the water.
With Wei Yue'er's temper, He Zhi knew that if he explained the real situation to her, maybe this girl who was quiet on the surface but diametrically opposite in her heart would do something.
"Really?" Wei Yue'er glanced at He Zhi suspiciously. However, since He Zhi refused to say it explicitly, Wei Yue'er did not continue to ask. After all, no one can say anything about the monks. Maybe He Zhi encountered some problems in his practice, and if he asked deeply, it might make He Zhi feel confused.
"Brother He, come on, don't lose to them!" After a pause, Wei Yue'er stretched out her fist to He Zhi and swung it hard.
"Don't worry. He Zhi smiled again and nodded, and then heard the bell ring.
Everyone re-entered the arena, and He Zhi was no exception.
And this time, Jin Tianhong didn't even wait for the official start of the game to take action.
The soul power came like a tide, and He Zhi was like a capsized boat struggling to move forward in the waves, trying to resist the invasion of wave after wave.
Moreover, unlike the waves at sea, Jin Tianhong's soul power harassment has not yet had any warning at all. As a spiritual realm cultivator who had already cultivated the Soul Condensing Realm to the fullest, Jin Tianhong's application of soul power had already reached the level of supernatural power.
Before he made a move, it was impossible for He Zhi to detect any signs.
It is precisely for this reason that He Zhi will be in such a difficult predicament in the battle. Because Jin Tianhong's soul power is like a sharp sword hanging above his head, he doesn't know when it will suddenly fall.
Some people may say that since He Zhi knew that it was Jin Tianhong who made the move, then why couldn't he ignore it? Anyway, Jin Tianhong, as the referee of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect presiding over this selection, would definitely not be able to really make a move on He Zhi. Then He Zhi concentrated all his strength to fight his opponent, when Jin Tianhong did not exist.
But the problem is that this is easier said than done.
It's like you see a guy with a knife swinging around you. Maybe you know that this man has excellent swordsmanship, and he shouldn't hurt you. But how can you really ignore the presence of this person completely, especially since this person's blade is deliberately often slashed very close in front of your eyes.
For He Zhi, the next battle is more like a trial after trial.
In the beginning, Ho Zhi also wanted to try to concentrate on fighting his opponent. But Jin Tianhong is extremely cunning, and he will choose to challenge He Zhi with the strongest soul power when He Zhi needs to concentrate the most.
For He Zhi, who was in a state of being in a state of stress in battle, this kind of temptation was simply unbearable for him.
But He Zhi has been silent. It's not that He Zhi has softened, but He Zhi has gradually begun to shift more of his energy to Jin Tianhong's side.
He Zhi no longer regards those opponents in the arena as opponents, but completely reversed!
He Zhi's current opponent is only Jin Tianhong! Those talented teenagers who fought against He Zhi in the fighting arena were the off-court factors that harassed He Zhi in this battle!
However, it is true that He Zhi is not unable to do the distraction and dual-purpose battle, but his mana is rapidly consumed in this round of battle.
Originally, for He Zhi, using soul power to fight against Jin Tianhong was an extremely hard job - He Zhi's own cultivation was only in the realm of entering the Dao after all. Although he had mastered the rudimentary form of soul power, it was only a rudiment! To really confront a spiritual realm cultivator who had cultivated to the realm of soul condensation, He Zhi needed to put in almost a hundred times the effort!
Especially later, when Jin Tianhong's temptation became more and more blatant, He Zhi's consumption in the battle became bigger and bigger!
Soon, those casual cultivators who fought with He Zhi found that He Zhi seemed to have gradually begun to be a little powerless. He began to pant and even sweat began to appear on his forehead!
As mentioned before, for a monk who has already cultivated to the realm of rebirth perfection, panting and sweating are already extremely bad signs, which is enough to show that the monk's consumption is close to the limit!
This kind of sign made those loose cultivators more and more energetic. Especially when He Zhi's battle was in the fifteenth game, he just happened to encounter that Huo Gongzi!
In the fifteen battles before, Huo Gongzi was powerless from the beginning, and gradually woke up. After all, he himself is also the most powerful among these scattered cultivators, and he is also a cultivator in the realm of entering the Dao.
Against these Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect who were surrounded by the pseudo-Dao realm, Huo Gongzi would still have a certain advantage in terms of strength. So after the first three consecutive defeats, Huo Gongzi gradually began to win more and lose less. By the time of the fifteenth battle, Huo Gongzi's victory had just reached eleven.
In other words, for Huo Gongzi, if he wins all the next four battles and He Zhi loses, he will be equal to He Zhi. However, according to the rules of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, he and He Zhi are on par with each other, so it depends on the result of the battle between the two. Then if he wins this battle, he can just overwhelm He Zhi in the ranking and rank above He Zhi!
Regarding his encounter with He Zhi in this most critical game, Huo Gongzi was extremely satisfied. Not only because he felt that he had got a chance to defeat He Zhi and prove his strength to Wei Yue'er, but also because he felt that He Zhi was now at the end of his crossbow!
Moreover, the situation faced by Huo Gongzi in this selection is also a little delicate. Because in the previous battle, the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect generally had the upper hand. Therefore, the monks on the side of the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect generally achieved more victories. Just like He Zhi, Wang Lu and others, they have all won fifteen battles so far.
Huo Gongzi had just made a rough calculation, and he found that the number of victories was even more than him at present, and there were as many as fourteen people on the side of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect alone! On the side of the Xiuzhen boy, there were very few people who were stronger than Huo Gongzi. There is only one Wei Yue'er who has won twelve battles so far, one more than Huo Gongzi.
However, Qian Gongzi, who has always been fiercely competing with Huo Gongzi, has several other really powerful characters among the scattered cultivation teenagers, but there are also a few who have won ten wins. Counting the number of people, there are almost twenty people in total, all of whom are about the same as Huo Gongzi's record.
Therefore, each of the last four battles was a careless battle of life and death for Huo Gongzi. He ran into He Zhi at the end of the strong crossbow at this critical juncture, which was equivalent to winning a lottery!
Standing in front of He Zhi, Huo Gongzi was also complacent. He drew his long sword and pointed at He Zhi from afar, and his qi surged, and he immediately locked He Zhi.
And He Zhi seemed to be unaware in front of Huo Gongzi, he just put on a posture of fighting, but he didn't make any response to Huo Gongzi's qi at all.
"Huh...... I'm already so tired that I can't even notice my qi? Haha! It seems that it's my Huo Mou's luck, and I should be in the limelight today!" Huo Gongzi was overjoyed in his heart, and he was even more energetic.
As soon as the inner disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect rang the bronze bell and announced the start of the competition, Huo Gongzi had already shouted loudly and slashed towards He Zhi with a sword.