Hanpu is mostly a family of cultivators that has declined for several generations, and their background is far inferior to the eighteen existing aristocratic families.
Because of this, students from poor families are generally not as strong as those from aristocratic families.
For example, Zhou Zhihai.
Another example is Su Nian in front of me.
Their cultivation of the fifth level of Qi Dynasty is considered to be the best among ordinary students, but compared to Yan Xing, Zhao Xueying and Yang Zhongyi, they are far inferior to the true disciples of the aristocratic families.
Even so, at least in this competition, Su Nian's strength was one of the best.
In the pitiful eyes of everyone, Su Nian's opponent, an energetic fourth-level boy, walked into the venue with a grimace.
He seemed to be muttering words like 'unlucky' and 'bad luck', obviously knowing that he was no match for Su Nian.
And the fact is also true. The boy only supported Su Nian for less than half a minute before he was punched and flew away. Su Nian didn't even use Blazing Sun Palm from the beginning to the end.
"Su Nian wins!"
Su Nian received the Qi Restoration Pill and walked out of the field without saying a word.
The game continues.
Lin Shen later discovered that the match was either a duel between two aerodynamic four-layers, or a five-layer aerodynamics versus a four-layer aerodynamics. There had never been a duel between two aerodynamic five-layers.
Obviously the duel in the competition is not completely random.
Until the contestants for the fifteenth round came on stage, Lin Shen's name was still not read.
He was given a bye.
There are 31 contestants competing in pairs, so naturally one of them will have a bye.
"You lucky guy!" Zhou Zhihai snorted coldly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Zhongyi next to him turned his head and said with a smile:
"Shouldn't you know best whether Lin Shen is just unlucky? Zhou Zhihai, after all, you are Lin Shen's loser."
"you"
Zhou Zhihai's face turned red instantly, and he wanted to refute Yang Zhongyi, but was speechless and could only glare at the other party.
Yang Zhongyi smiled contemptuously, turned his head and ignored him.
The children of the surrounding aristocratic families looked at each other and remained silent.
Although they don't come to class often, they don't take the affairs of the college lightly.
At least the ordinary students in the academy who have reached the fifth level of pneumatic cultivation know it well.
Among them was Lin Shen.
With Lin Shen's strength, passing the first round is a sure thing.
Even if you get a bye, it's far from being lucky.
Zhou Zhihai's words made no sense, so naturally no one was willing to speak up for him.
As if aware of the surrounding atmosphere, Zhou Zhihai turned his head angrily and said no more.
After a ten-minute break, the second round began quickly.
This round of sixteen advances to eight, with no byes.
Lin Shen's opponent was a fourth-level pneumatic student, and he easily defeated him to advance.
In just over an hour, the top eight were successfully announced.
Not surprisingly, including Lin Shen, five students who had reached the fifth level of pneumatic cultivation were all on the list.
The remaining three are also the best among the fourth-level pneumatic students.
So far, eight of the ten places that can receive rewards have been taken.
The remaining two places will be decided among the contestants eliminated in the second round.
But that's something that comes later.
Next is the quarterfinals.
Lin Shen and Su Nian's opponents were both students of the fourth level of aerodynamics, and they advanced easily.
The last match of the quarter-finals was a duel between two pneumatic fifth-level students.
The two had similar cultivation levels, and both had reached the mastery level of Blazing Sun Palm, so the fight was extremely fierce, causing everyone around them to shout and scream.
Until the winner was decided, the students watching the battle were still a little unsatisfied.
"As expected of the elite of the fifth level of aerodynamics, the fight is fierce!"
"It makes my blood boil!"
"The top four all have the fifth level of pneumatic cultivation. There will be something to watch next!"
"Hurry up and start, I can't wait!"
Zheng Hongsheng and Xu Yuan were also very excited.
"I said Lin Shen can definitely enter the semi-finals!"
"Six Zhengyuan Pills are in hand!"
The rewards for the second to fourth place in the competition are six Zhengyuan Pills.
Even if Lin Shen loses next, he can still get this reward.
In the eyes of Zheng Hongsheng and Xu Yuan, this has met the best expectations for participating in the competition.
After all, unless you get first place, there is no difference in the rewards from second to fourth place.
It is not easy for Lin Shen to get the first place. Apart from anything else, Su Nian is a very strong opponent!
Compared to the excitement of Zheng Hongsheng and Xu Yuan, Lin Shen, who was involved, seemed very calm. Uninformed people thought that the former was the one who advanced to the semi-finals.
Glancing in the direction of Zhou Zhihai, Lin Shen's eyes flashed slightly and he suddenly turned around and walked out of the crowd.
"Lin Shen, where are you going? The semi-finals are about to begin!" Xu Yuan looked confused.
"I'm going to make it easier."
Lin Shen waved his hands without looking back.
Fortunately, he didn't leave for too long and returned to the playground in less than two minutes.
At this time, the referee was already announcing the duel list for the first game.
"Su Nian, Wang Weichao!"
The two people whose names were read stepped into the center of the field at the same time.
The atmosphere around them suddenly became high, and the students watching the match stared at the field with wide eyes, fearing to miss any scene that happened next.
In the center of the field, Wang Weichao stared at Su Nian opposite him as if facing a formidable enemy.
Facing the opponent who had the highest voice for winning the first place, he did not dare to show any contempt or slack.
The moment the referee gave the order, Wang Weichao let out a loud shout, and his feet suddenly rushed towards Su Nian like a lion and a tiger fighting a rabbit.
As long as he can take the lead, his chances of defeating Su Nian can be increased by at least 20%!
Unfortunately, things didn't work out as planned.
When Wang Weichao rushed to Su Nian, what greeted him was a red palm wrapped in a billowing heat wave!
That normally long and fair palm was now emitting a blazing red light. The air around it seemed to be burned by fire, and a hot shock wave swept forward like a wild wave.
boom!
Wang Weichao had no time to react, and was instantly hit by the rolling heat wave, screaming and flying out.
After landing, he wailed and rolled on the ground. His exposed skin was red, and a lot of blisters appeared as if he had been scalded by boiling water.
Whoosh!
The referee ducked in front of Wang Weichao, knelt down to help him up, and quickly fed him a pill.
As the power of the medicine spread, the redness on Wang Weichao's skin quickly faded away.
Seeing this, the referee secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked up at Su Nian again, his eyes were filled with wonder.
"Sixth level of pneumatic movement! The completion of Blazing Sun Palm!"
There was a sudden silence all around.
Then a loud noise broke out.
"Really? Su Nian has broken through to the sixth level of aerodynamics?!"
"The Great Success of Blazing Sun Palm?!"
"incredible!"
"This is too awesome!"
The exclamations kept coming and going.
I originally thought it would be a battle between dragons and tigers, but who would have thought that Su Nian had already advanced to the sixth level of pneumatic movement, and even practiced Blazing Sun Palm to the level of Dacheng, defeating his opponent in a single encounter!
With such strength, who among ordinary students can be his opponent?
There is no doubt about the first place in this competition!