"You are the first in the preliminaries. Although you have to go on stage first, you can choose your opponent first. And opponents you have played against today can refuse challenges from others, so... you should choose the weakest opponent as your first opponent."
Tuoba Feng's eyes swept over the nine contestants: "I think Yan Hongtu and Yinglong are both fine. If that doesn't work out, you can just choose the Sixth Prince and win directly to get a chance to rest... Of course, I don't recommend you to do this. You should put the Sixth Prince in a big battle when he has just challenged several powerful opponents and has been exhausted physically and mentally and has not yet recovered... This way, after the Sixth Prince directly admits defeat, you will have three consecutive days to rest and recover..."
Before the martial saint could finish his words, the host who was managing the atmosphere suddenly spoke up: "Now, please welcome the first person in our preliminaries, Li Bin, who is from the Five Elements Sect of Taibai Kingdom. He is only 23 years old but has become a martial saint. Contestant Li, please come on stage and challenge his first opponent!"
These words made Tuoba Feng slightly stunned: "It has already started?"
He looked at Li Yin who stood up: "Remember my words, choose..."
"I understand."
Li Bin gestured to him, strode forward, and stepped directly onto the arena that was a hundred meters long and wide and was paved with a special material called Zhenyan.
"Wait, your sword..."
Tuoba Feng shouted.
But Li Pin waved his hand and went straight to the arena.
As Li Bin stepped onto the arena, his young face, stunning looks, and sunny temperament instantly caused cheers from the audience.
Especially the cheers from the female audience were like a tsunami, piercing the sky, enough to make the heads of the male audience around them buzz.
"As expected of the first place in the qualifiers, he is so popular."
Tuoba Feng said sincerely.
Amidst the cheers, the host came to Li Pin and asked, "Li Wusheng, is there anything you want to say to everyone?"
"Everyone's time is precious, so let's get started."
Li Pin said.
"Okay, as the first person in the qualifiers, you can choose your first opponent in the round-robin tournament. Your opponent is..."
"Cheng Yufeng."
Li Pin's gaze fell directly on the man who was holding the sword and relaxing.
When this name was uttered, contestants Zhao Yushi, Son of the Sun, Song Wuya, Duan Yidao, Nan Lifeng, Su Feiyu, Yinglong, and Yan Hongtu were all stunned.
Cheng Yufeng suddenly opened his eyes, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes.
Tuoba Feng, on the other hand, stood there in a daze.
It took him several seconds to cover his forehead in pain.
"I knew his character... As a tactical advisor, why would I cause any trouble?"
At this time, the host's voice also sounded: "Very good, our first qualifier Li Wusheng has chosen his opponent. The first match is an incredible Wusheng duel, which is really exciting. Then, Cheng Yufeng from Shenjian Villa will choose him. Will he accept the challenge..."
"stop!"
Before he could finish his words, Cheng Yufeng shot up.
He embraced the long sword, his clothes fluttering, just like Feng Xu riding the wind, and flew to the arena.
He responded to the host's question by directly stepping onto the competition stage.
"Accept the challenge! Accept the challenge! Cheng Jiansheng gave us the answer directly in this way! He accepted the challenge!"
The host shouted passionately: "Day 1! This is the first day of the round-robin tournament! A decisive battle that usually only starts at the last moment will start at this moment! Let us wait and see whether Li Wusheng can continue to defend his first place in the qualifying round and win to the end, or whether Cheng Jiansheng can use his sword to declare to the world who is qualified to compete for the real first place!"
After saying this, he immediately left the arena and handed the venue to the two contestants.
"please."
Li Yin said briefly.
"I don't understand."
Cheng Yufeng said: "In theory, the four of us who have the best chance of winning the first place are the four of us who are the most likely to win. The first thing we need to do is to eliminate the six who are just making up the numbers. You chose me first... You chose to start this battle of martial saints with me..."
He looked at Li Yin, with a hint of sword intent rising in his eyes: "Do you think... ordinary people can no longer arouse your fighting spirit? Or do you think..."
"My tactical instructor gave me some tactical advice. He told me that the players outside the top five seeds are my blood recovery packs. When I have a fierce battle with a player and I am physically and mentally exhausted, I will choose them to fight the next game. So, I have to keep them."
Li Yin explained: "As for choosing you first... My tactical instructor also told me that among the five seeded players, you are the weakest! If I want to challenge an opponent, you will be the first choice."
In a word…
The sword intent rising from the body of the talented sword master of Divine Sword Villa slightly stagnated.
The next moment, a fierce and violent sword intent, mixed with a terrifying murderous intent to clear the heaven and earth and recreate the universe, suddenly burst out from him and soared into the sky.
“Arrogant!”
“clang!”
The sword energy breaks through the air.
A streak of cold light was like a streak of light tearing through the night sky, carrying a cold and sad glow, piercing like lightning.
The sword's intention arrives before the person does.
As the young master of the Divine Sword Villa, Cheng Yufeng has been practicing swordsmanship for nearly twenty years, and his sword skills have been honed to the highest level possible at his age.
If such a person were to face a master who had cultivated inner energy but had a weak mind, a single blow of sword power would be enough to shatter his mind and cause severe mental trauma.
In mild cases, the patient suffers from nightmares, becomes mentally weak and emaciated; in severe cases, the patient suffers from mental breakdown, loss of consciousness and becomes a vegetable.
This method can be called fantastic.
Killing without being seen.
"This... sword intent..."
Li Pin looked at the cold light flashing from the lightning: "Lin Yuzhi is one level behind you... Not bad."
He leaped up to dodge Cheng Yufeng's lightning-fast sword attack. At the same time, he took a deep breath and pressed down with his empty hand.
A terrifying power like a mountain pressing down on one's head descended upon him.
“Buzz!”
Vaguely, Cheng Yufeng seemed to see a chaos emerging behind Li Pin...
It's not chaos.
Instead, it's more like a black hole.
It carried a strange force that combined pressure, gravity and repulsion, causing all kinds of interference to his sword.
As a result, his sword intent burst out, as fast as a stream of light, and the sharp and cold sword was easily dodged by him.
"You can't hide!"
Cheng Yufeng shouted in a low voice, his white clothes were whiter than snow, his sword roared like a dragon, and cold light flashed everywhere.
Li Pin clapped his hands.
It was clearly just an ordinary striking method, but every strike seemed as if a chaotic void was crushing down on it, majestic and powerful.
Although Cheng Yufeng's sword skills were powerful and his sword energy was fierce, every time he slashed into the chaotic void, his sword skills would become extremely slow.
Not only did his sword become extremely slow, but he himself seemed to have entered a high-gravity area, and his movements involuntarily slowed down.
In this situation, the threatening power of his sword plummeted, so much so that Li Bin was able to dodge and break through it time and time again by using his palm and fist techniques combined with his body movements.
even…
As time went by, the pressure coming from him seemed to be slowly increasing, and he became more and more adept at using this fighting method.
After a moment, Cheng Yufeng suddenly realized something.
"Are you using me for training?!"
he!
The young master of the Divine Sword Villa, who had become a sword saint and was being trained by the Divine Sword Villa as a sword genius to be the future king of the century, was actually being used as a training ground by a young boy in such an occasion as the world's number one martial arts tournament!
"It was wrong for me to practice with your sword, but your attitude wasn't right either."
Li Pin looked at Cheng Yufeng and smiled, "I have already mocked you, but you didn't use any blood pills or secret techniques when you attacked. You didn't even use any divine power at the beginning. Do you think playing house is fun? Since you are a martial saint, I respect you and will accompany you."
"You're looking for death!"
His frivolous and arrogant attitude finally angered the Sword Master of Divine Sword Villa. With a low roar, the power of his blood pill finally erupted.
The blazing energy and blood were like a flood that burst open, pouring out from the blood pill in an instant and filling every part of his body and bones.
As his figure rushed forward fiercely, his whole body was like a stabbing divine sword. His spirit, energy and blood flowed through his whole body under the guidance of his will.
He seemed to have transformed into a sword, a sword that became one with the sword in his hand. Man and sword became one, and the sword energy was overwhelming.
Like an eagle flying across the sky or a comet hitting the moon.
The friction between the sword and the air created a visible white air wave, and also emitted a sharp sword whistle.
"finally… "
At this moment, Li Pin felt as if the hairs all over his body were standing on end, and his skin and flesh seemed to be pierced by an invisible force.
This is the sword intent that is approaching you first!
He took a deep breath, and when the sword intent was approaching as if to pierce through him, his spirit and mind seemed to leap out and jump out of the shackles of his body.
As he threw a punch, the surrounding space seemed to form a field that he could sense.
The area around you is ten meters, clearly visible and within reach.
In this mysterious state, the fist force that originally seemed like a chaotic void was quickly gathered and condensed into a point.
The Eight Evil True Fires: Chaos, Taotie!
Fusion!
Taiyin Youying!
Facing Cheng Yufeng's stunning sword that was coming at him with the blood pill and divine power, he used the newly smelted Taiyin Youying lightning to cut in and blast out, and with extreme precision, he hit Cheng Yufeng's sword that was stabbing in front of him!
"clang!"
The air wave exploded!
The sword wails!
The sword in Cheng Yufeng's hand was like being hit by an anti-tank armor-piercing bullet, and the air wave exploded, accompanied by a loud roar like a huge bell.
It seemed as if it contained a terrifying explosive force that shook the heaven and earth, which instantly cracked the base of Cheng Yufeng's right hand holding the sword. The sword in his hand shot out, spinning rapidly as it flew dozens of meters away, and landed heavily on the arena made of vibrating rock.
Amidst the burst of flames, the sword actually penetrated the arena nearly half a meter!
From this we can see the powerful explosive force contained in Li Bin's punch.
I spent a long time searching for mythical beasts that were suitable for this skill, and finally found this one that barely met the criteria.
(End of this chapter)