Chapter 279: The group stage begins
Ding Kui's daily training is actually more than Lu Ji thinks, knight basic practice, fighting spirit ** cultivation, swordsmanship, physical skills, magic training, magic practice, etc., and occasionally horsemanship, spearmanship, and battle case analysis.
When he needs to increase his strength in a certain aspect, he will reduce some items, but there are three items that are always the same and cannot be touched every day, Douqi ** cultivation, physical skills and magic power cultivation.
"Turning Qi into a Dragon**", "Thousands of Tempers", and "Taishu Gong's Magic Power Book" are the core of Ding Kui's cultivation, and these three secret methods have improved his fighting spirit, physical strength, and magic power, which can bring the feeling of getting stronger every day.
After listening to Lu Ji's words, Ding Kui really suspended his training subjects except for the three secret methods, and took the time to seriously think about his own shortcomings.
Hey, my biggest drawback is that I can't use magic, a hypnotism throws over, all opponents have to fall, and below level 5 play melee with me, it's just two words, instant kill.
Samurai to slash samurai, knights to dreadnought knights, archers to sunset archers, they all have strong ideas, and their spiritual power has greatly improved their own protection, and hypnosis has basically lost its effectiveness.
At most, it is to secretly use the acceleration technique, and it will not be of much help when it encounters the Shield Breaker Knight, and only hope that the "Moon Fall" will weaken the sword. I can't fight with my opponent quickly, I have to delay as much time as possible, and the power of "Moon Death" can be maximized.
Ding Kui quickly decided on a plan to deal with the group stage.
The friends in the Protector's Mansion have their own busyness.
Needless to say, Jiang Cao and Jiang Yu devoted themselves to the final training, and they were about to start the national competition, and they had to adjust their state to the best.
Xu Bin and Zheng Yun traveled several places every day to visit the last nobles from all over the country to arrive in the capital, deepening the relationship that the family had already established.
Nie Ling and Zeng Jian have been fighting happily recently, Zeng Jian's recent progress has been obvious, not only can he tie with Nie Ling, but also gradually have the momentum of surpassing. The two of them often took the opportunity to ask Luki for advice, and they improved their swordsmanship very quickly, and they both forgot to visit the bustling capital.
Shi Li is the weirdest one, she is mixed with ten Gong Xiu, and the relationship is hot, often discussing something in a low voice, often blushing and laughing to end the topic.
Ding Zhong didn't stay depressed for long because the master was gone, and the smile appeared more and more on his face. He took He Guangsheng and Ding Fen, two small followers, around Lu Ying non-stop, and formed a "Street Cleaning Four" with Miss Lu as the core, and all the petty thefts on the streets wherever they went were extinct.
Lu Ying hated thieves since she was almost stolen hairpins, and after being promoted to trainee knight, she often went to the streets to find trouble with thieves, and the thieves in Black Earth City fled when they saw her from afar, this girl was not fighting alone, she was a large group.
The people of the Zhenjing City Security Bureau were so happy that they reduced their patrols on several streets near Xichaomen Street, which was the old nest of the "Clean Street Four", and there were no unsightly thugs who continued to stay there.
After Lu Ji and Ding Kui knew about this, they both smiled and didn't say anything, the only change was that Ding Cai didn't have to be on duty in the mansion, he took two personal guards to follow the "Clean Street Foursome" full-time.
Zhenjing City has the same dark forces as Shengchang City, and the underground world exists wherever there are people, and they are the dark side of human hearts.
After the incident in the prison of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the underworld forces in Zhenjing City were turned over and over, and all the bosses were basically invited into the prison of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, and they could not get out of the prison for less than half a year.
The "Street Cleaning Four" is dangerous on the street, but those who have the strength to deal with them either can't move or dare not move, plus Ding Cai's protection, safety is enough to guarantee.
On the morning of October 8, the Janissaries took over the Knights' Association, and the streets and alleys leading to the Knights' Association were filled with the main force of the city's defense forces.
Civilians must go through a designated passage to reach the Knights' Association, and upon arrival, they must wait in the designated area to watch the game. Before the players and magnates entered the arena, the common people could only wait.
For example, Ding Kui will go to the No. 3 venue with the No. 3 gold medal, Jiang Cao's No. 5 gold medal will go to the No. 5 venue, and Jiang Yu's No. 8 gold medal will go to the No. 8 venue.
When Ding Kui reported, he saw Gongsun Qi from Zhongwangzhou, and wanted to come forward to say hello, but Gongsun Qi obviously saw him, but his nose was still not a nose, and his face was not a face, so he didn't mean to pay attention to him at all.
Hey, is this kid an endocrine disorder, seeing that I don't look dead or alive, I don't seem to have any grudges with him. Hmph, it seems that the children of the Gongsun family don't have good things, so you don't have to be polite to him, find an opportunity for me to vent my anger for Xiaocai.
Thinking that Ding Cai was persecuted by the people of the Gongsun family, Ding Kui didn't plan to take care of the feelings of the players in the same state.
Shaodian Dan came to the No. 1 arena accompanied by Shaodian Shi and Zhe Taixuan, and the bigwigs of the Commander's Mansion basically followed, and the arena that can accommodate 10,000 spectators was mostly sat by these dignitaries, and the follow-up people who entered the arena had to go through the identity verification of the guards.
The guards in other arenas are much looser, and if you pay the money, you can enter the stadium until the maximum number of people. The third arena was a bit lively, and three elders of the Senate came.
It is not surprising that Jiang Li and Kong Ci, who are ranked third and fourth, are on the field, the first game in this arena is Kong Ren vs. Ding Kui; the appearance of the fifth eldest husband Sun Da is a bit unexpected, Gongsun Qi is not a descendant of the Wei Guo family, and the strength he showed before is not outstanding, but he can be valued by the head of the family.
The three elders will not sit together for the sake of their children, of course they will not sit together, the game is to be divided into winners and losers, and it will not be good for either side to lose, so it is better not to meet each other to avoid embarrassment.
The clock ticked to nine o'clock, and a man-high gong stood in the center of the No. 1 arena.
Under normal circumstances, the president of the Cavaliers will arrange for a match leader, who will ring the gong to announce the official start of the group stage.
Today's situation is special, the king personally struck the gong, and the magician will always participate in the knight competition, and the three of Shaodian Dan, Shaodian Shi, and Zhe Taixuan came to the gong together.
The first knight of the kingdom hugged his hands in a void, and a trace of fire light came out of the ground, and when it reached the air, it was entangled, and a six-foot-long fire dragon rose up behind his back during the Shaodian, and he opened his mouth and spat out the words: "Jing!"
The sound penetrated directly into the ears of all the spectators in the arena, and the No. 1 arena immediately fell silent.
Zhi Taixuan held a magic wand and said to Shaodian Dan with a smile: "The king, please." ”
Shao Dian Dan nodded, picked up a long wooden hammer with both hands, and struck it hard at the center of the gong.
There was a loud bang, and as the magician chief amplified the sound transmission circle, it spread to the other nine arenas.
Arenas 2 to 10 have a smaller spare gong that is in charge of the gong that rings when they see the signal from Venue 1 to notify the venue to start the race.
With the help of the elemental magician, a loud sound of gongs was directly heard in the sky above each arena, and there was no need to ring the backup gong, and the referee, who was already on standby, ordered the game to begin.
Because they had to wait for the king to return to his seat and remove the gong, the first field was not the first to start, and the nearest second and third fields started almost at the same time.
The first game of the third field ushered in the highlight of the group stage, the first place in Nannuma State against the tenth in Zhongwangzhou, the battle between the seeded players and the biggest variables.
Although Kong Ren did not take out the "Zhenggang Sword" of the Kong family in his hand, his sword had a unique shape, the whole body was dark blue, the cold air was pressing, and the erupting sword was particularly shiny;
"Kui'er won't cut off other people's quasi-divine soldiers again, right? Kong Ren's sword is quite good, if I'm not mistaken, it should be forged from the 'Extreme North Cold Steel', which has the effect of enhancing the Kong family's 'awe-inspiring swordsmanship'. Lu Ji was sharp-eyed and could see at a glance the materials of all Kong Ren's long swords.
"This Kong Ren is also really, knowing that Ding Kui will use a famous sword, and he also took out the quasi-divine soldier to use it, not to mention cutting it off, it is also distressing to cut a hole. Lei Wei couldn't get rid of the tone of the rich man.
"Normally, if Kong Ren's fighting spirit is not exhausted, his long sword will not be damaged, and besides, his use of ordinary long sword will make Ding Kui's weapon advantage more obvious, and he must fight if he wants to win the game. "Fuji Yan can imagine for Kong Ren, it is worth spending this price in order to win.
"Hmm? Kui'er has changed her playstyle. "Luki noticed the difference between Ding Kui.
Ding Kui did not use sword moves as he wanted in previous competitions, but the "Fixing Light Sword" that was handed down by the monk only modified some of the sword moves, in addition to being able to control deceleration, it also had more functions of controlling acceleration and noise stimulation.
Kong Ren has specially collected information about Ding Kui, and knows that the opponent is good at changing playing styles, and at the beginning of the game, he is mainly defensive and pays great attention to avoiding the intersection of the two swords with Ding Kui.
"Moon Death" has the effect of cutting off the sword and reducing the fighting energy, and Kong Ren, who also has the inheritance of the ten dukes, knows that fighting with it will double the consumption of fighting energy, and in the case of knowing that Ding Kui is already a late fighting blade knight, avoiding the consumption of fighting energy can maintain his advantage.
Once it is allowed to take control of the fight, the person who uses it will continue to slow down the opponent and firmly grasp the control in his hand.
Kong Ren is naturally familiar with the old "Dingguang Sword", after all, the Ding family used to participate in knight competitions in the capital, and his family's reality has long been mastered by the family in the capital.
However, Ding Kui's "Fixing Light Sword" is not an ordinary annoyance, not only will it slow down, but it will also accelerate when you want to withdraw your sword moves, and make a piercing sound when you can't be distracted, which really disgusts Kong Ren.
What bothered Kong Ren the most was that Ding Kui was not in a hurry to attack, and his mind was disrupting his rhythm, so that his "awe-inspiring sword technique" could not be used at all, and there was always something in the way. It's like having an itchy wet cloth on your body, and you can't shake it off.