As the saying goes, ducks are prophets of spring river water warmth, but the creatures living and swimming on the water surface will never be able to realize the quietly surging undercurrent at the bottom of the river bed. Once the energy accumulated in the undercurrent at the bottom of the river is released, these creatures will all We can only drift with the tide in this storm and flood, or stand up and fight for our own destiny.
This is what the disciples of the Lingshan Sect are like now. Even Kong Yunzhen and the leaders of the Lingshan Sect are not aware of the danger that is gradually approaching. Their attention is still attracted by the current assessment ratings.
When the third round of the assessment battle officially started, all the arenas in the Lingshan Sect's Wentian Mountain martial arts performance venue were merged into one. The arena expanded again, forming an extremely huge arena, one hundred meters long, ninety meters wide, and about two meters high. Ten centimeters.
There is a white line around the bottom of the ring to mark the ring. This is a line drawn to prevent the stone platform of the ring above from being broken and making it impossible to distinguish whether it is out of bounds or not. In the ring, as long as there is physical contact If you exceed this line after reaching the ground, you lose.
However, because the area of the arena has been enlarged again, the space for the monks to move has become larger, and the difficulty of being knocked out of the arena has doubled. As before, the tactic of blocking the space to force the opponent, and forcing the opponent bit by bit into the arena, is officially here. Declare the end.
If you want to win, there is only one way: defeat the opponent directly!
But similarly, because of the expansion of the scope, the weaker party also has more space for activities, which is more conducive for them to deal with the strong ones. In order to deal with the opponent's guerrilla tactics, the strong ones have to come up with ways to deal with them. Otherwise, you may fall into an embarrassing situation where you have an advantage but no chance of winning.
The Lingshan Sect has held assessments and ratings for many years. Each round has carefully formulated rules with very obvious purpose and pertinence: the first round is to select outstanding disciples from the crowd as quickly as possible, and at the same time to protect some disciples with outstanding talents. Or disciples with excellent fighting talents, so the arena at this time is small, which is conducive to forced combat by the strong and ensures that stronger disciples can break out. At the same time, although the competition area is clear and the opponents are unclear, this is for Give those weaker but talented disciples a chance to break through and take advantage of them.
In the second round, the arena is expanded. The competition area is clear but the opponents are also clear. At this time, the competition is often based on their own background and strength. The tendency of the competition system becomes more and more obvious: ensuring that the seeded players can successfully break through, and at the same time, the expanded arena scope also gives some qualified players Disciples who are strong but weak have better room to perform, giving them a certain chance to break out.
Zhao Xiaobao is an obvious person with vested interests. His fighting style is obviously that the larger the space, the larger his range of activities, the more elusive his actions will be, and the harder it will be to defend against his attacks.
In the third round, the arena expanded again, once again giving weaker opponents a larger range of movement and avoidance. However, due to the expansion of the arena, stronger players could use a larger area and more lethality. Strong spells also benefited both parties, which showed that the purpose of the assessment began to lean towards two words: fairness.
It not only gives the weak a space to perform, but also gives the strong a stage to perform. After this back and forth, both sides are satisfied, and the rest is a battle of wits and courage.
On the first day of the third round, the top 16 battles took place. The first match attracted much attention, it was Zhao Xiaobao vs. Ouyang Xiu of Cangxiu Pavilion!
One is a veteran seed player. Since joining the cabinet, he has never missed the third round of the assessment war. Especially after the second assessment war, Ouyang Xiu reached the top eight in one fell swoop and officially became a member of the Lingshan sect with an unlimited future. Ouyang Xiu was a young disciple. After the third round of assessment, Ouyang Xiu entered the top three. Since then, he has never been out of the top three.
The other person is one of the three dark horses in this assessment and rating, Zhao Xiaobao from Hidden Sword Pavilion!
The use of the mother-in-law lightning sword in his hand perfectly matched Zhao Xiaobao's characteristics, making him ferocious in close combat and erratic in long-range attacks. The monks who had encountered Zhao Xiaobao before had their heads huge and were in great pain.
Fight with Zhao Xiaobao in close combat. His figure is erratic. He looks in front of you and behind you. Before you blink, he is in front of you with a sword and attacking fiercely. But after you blink, he is dozens of meters away, letting you use any ferocious moves. and attacks were all in vain.
Let's fight Zhao Xiaobao from far away. His two mother-in-law lightning swords are not for nothing. Zhao Xiaobao can stand in the distance and control the two mother-in-law lightning swords to launch a tidal wave of attacks. Play from beginning to end without stopping!
But if they pursue Zhao Xiaobao, they will immediately repeat the embarrassing situation of the close combat with Zhao Xiaobao.
A good top-level magic weapon can bring about earth-shaking changes to the user. Some magic weapons with extremely outstanding functions will even make the user a "slave" of the magic weapon. In order to maximize the power of the magic weapon, they will make their entire practice The direction is developing in the direction of conforming to the magic weapon.
Although there are huge disadvantages in doing so, if the power of a magic weapon is fully exerted, its combat effectiveness is very amazing. Han Tianxing and Zhao Xiaobao are one of many cases.
Therefore, although the strength of this battle is obvious, it is also full of suspense. Zhang Jinbao made a handicap for this battle. Ouyang Xiu paid 1.2 to 1, which proved that everyone was still optimistic that Ouyang Xiu could win, and gave Zhao Xiaobao Odds of 1 to 5 were offered.
Due to the higher odds and the fact that Zhao Xiaobao fought all the way, although there were many thrills in the battle and he lost many games, when he got familiar with the Zimu Lightning Sword, Zhao Xiaobao made it to the second round in a thrilling manner, but then he lost every battle. Victory, and every game makes the opponent miserable, with no possibility of victory at all.
This also makes many gamblers willing to take a gamble and place their bets on Zhao Xiaobao, causing his odds to drop from 1 to 5 to 3 to 1, while Ouyang Xiu's odds have dropped from 1 to 1. Two points, which rises to one point and seven points.
Such changes in odds can be seen from the side as a symbol of Zhao Xiaobao's strength in the eyes of everyone after his sudden rise.
But Zhao Xiaobao was very unsure in his heart, because Ouyang Xiu was the first truly strong person he met.
Although Ouyang Xiu almost lost the battle against Huang Nishang, everyone knew that the non-war crime was that the demon magic weapon Shuangyue was too overbearing, and Huang Nishang's identity was doubtful!
In addition, Ouyang Xiu's combat effectiveness in all battles can only be described in one word: dominance!
This kind of dominance is even more powerful than Huangfu Song!
Because Ouyang Xiu's fighting skills not only rely on her own magic weapons, but her strength also comes from her strategy and wisdom!
When encountering an opponent who is weaker than her, she will use her protective golden body to crush the opponent with her strength without giving the opponent any chance; when encountering an opponent of equal strength, she will patiently deal with the opponent and accurately predict the opponent's moves. One step of action, and a precise attack on the opponent's actions: encountering an opponent who is obviously stronger than her... Among the younger generation of disciples of the Lingshan Sect, there is no opponent who is obviously stronger than her. Only Qian Shanxue and Senior Sister were obviously stronger than her. The other Huangfusong and Li Xuanming were on par with her, and the outcome was only half-even.
Therefore, in the war zone below the golden body, Ouyang Xiu has no natural enemies. Her strength does not come from her absolute strength, nor from her fierce fighting style, but from her ability to bend and stretch, advance and retreat, and She has an ever-changing fighting style that can be fast or slow, hard or soft. She has never had a fixed fighting routine. Her fighting methods have always changed according to the characteristics of the opponent.
Someone gave Ouyang Xiu a nickname: Golden Bell Cover.
This means that once she decides to cover herself, the opponent cannot attack, and once she decides to cover the opponent, the opponent will definitely not be able to escape!
During the two days of rest, the more Li Chengfeng studied Ouyang Xiu's information, the more he felt that this opponent was very scary. The reason why he wanted to study her in depth was because once Zhao Xiaobao lost the battle with Ouyang Xiu, he won and entered the next round. If so, then the opponent Li Chengfeng has to face is none other than Ouyang Xiu!
Among the three major obstacles at the moment, Huangfusong's Heavenly Fire Holy Sword has huge hidden dangers. Li Chengfeng knows it well and he has a way to win; Li Xuanming suffered a heavy loss in the battle with Han Tianxing. If he wins the next battle, he will consume a lot of energy. It will be even greater. With such consumption, it is impossible for him to reach the end, so there is nothing to worry about.
The real opponent is Ouyang Xiu, who is unscathed, has not been consumed in any way, and may even have a trump card!
"Master..."
Before entering the ring, Zhao Xiaobao looked at Li Chengfeng anxiously and lowered his voice: "Can I win?"
Li Chengfeng put his hands on Zhao Xiaobao's shoulders, looked at him seriously, and said: "Xiaobao, you fought all the way, did you get here just to lose? You have to believe in yourself, even if everyone is not optimistic about it You, I support you too! Look..."
As he spoke, he shook the bet slip in his hand and said, "I have bet all my fortune on you. You know my vision, and I will not make a mistake!"
Zhao Xiaobao's heart was filled with warmth and emotion: "Young Master, I will definitely win!!"
Li Chengfeng patted Zhao Xiaobao's shoulder heavily and watched him walk onto the ring, but Su Yuehan next to him rolled his eyes and whispered: "Why are you such a shameless person? Telling lies with your eyes open?"
Li Chengfeng also rolled his eyes: "I'm right, I bet all my wealth on Zhao Xiaobao, I just bet on him losing..."
Su Yuehan looked at Zhao Xiaobao sympathetically: "Xiaobao would be very sad if he knew that you bet on him to lose."
Li Chengfeng sneered and said, "How could it be? If he wins, I'm happy for him. If he loses, he's happy for me. It's the best of both worlds!"
Su Yuehan: "..."