In the dense crowd, twenty people suddenly walked out and approached the steward.
"Group 2, come here!"
"Group 3, come here!"
"..."
There are a total of 340 groups, and each group has a steward in charge. The steward's own cultivation level is at least in the middle or late stage of marrow cleansing, and most of them are in their forties or fifties.
"Group 122, come here!"
After a cup of tea, we finally arrived at Group 122 where Lu Chen was.
Lu Chen also stepped out.
"Chief Qiuye!" Lu Chen bowed his hands to Lu Qiuye, who was in charge of his group, and stood aside.
"Damn it, how can I be paired with Chase Lu?"
"My luck is too bad. I have no chance of winning against Lu Chen."
Seeing Lu Chen in his group, several Lu family disciples who were already standing next to Lu Qiuye frowned secretly, changed their minds helplessly, and shook their heads with a wry smile.
Lu Chen defeated Lu Yan at the family's coming-of-age ceremony. Not long ago, he defeated Wang Xiaotian, the son of the head of the Wang family, in the Zhenbao Pavilion. Almost everyone in the Lu family here has heard of this.
Of course they understand how powerful Lu Chen is.
When he faced Chase Lu, how could he still have any hope of winning?
Fortunately, there are three people in each group who can advance. Even if Lu Chen occupies one spot, there are still two spots left.
Nineteen other people can still compete for these two places.
"Come with me!" Lu Qiuye said calmly after all twenty group members had gathered.
Lu Chen and others followed him to a fighting stage.
At this moment, there are many groups and the battles have begun.
The Lu family's martial arts arena is very huge, with hundreds of martial arts arenas on it.
Three hundred and forty groups can compete at the same time.
"Lu Chen, come up to the fighting stage!" After standing in front of the fighting stage, Lu Qiuye turned around and looked at Lu Chen and said.
"Okay!" Lu Chen didn't hesitate and quickly got on the fighting stage.
Among this group, Lu Chen is the strongest, so he is the first to fight.
"Lu Hu, you go to the martial arts arena and fight with Lu Chen." Lu Qiuye said to the chubby Lu Hu again.
Lu Hu's face suddenly turned pale.
Although the members of this group knew the rules of the battle very well and knew that they would definitely have a battle with Lu Chen. Lu Rover also knew this. However, when it came time to actually go on stage, he still couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
However, the manager has already said that it is not okay if he does not want to play.
Lu Lu looked at the other people around him, suddenly raised his hands and said, "Everyone, I'm going up first! By the way, you don't need to pity me. Anyway, you, like me, will fight Brother Lu Chen."
With that said, Lu Hu dragged his chubby body onto the fighting stage.
Lu Hu is a warrior in the middle stage of body tempering. He is seventeen years old this year, one year older than Lu Chen.
After hearing his words, everyone else glanced at him with wide eyes.
"Brother Lu Chen, you have to be merciful and don't hurt me. I still want to enter the knockout round." Lu Hu said with a bitter face and begged to Lu Chen.
The rewards of the group stage are of course incomparable to those of the knockout rounds.
Those who can enter the knockout rounds are considered elites.
Of the 6,800 members, only a little over 1,000 have passed the group stage and entered the knockout round. Only one of nearly seven people can advance to the knockout round.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Lu Chen smiled.
For cultivators in the middle stage of body tempering, Lu Chen was certainly sure to defeat the opponent without hurting the opponent at all.
"However, you should just admit defeat." Lu Chen turned around and said.
If the opponent directly admits defeat, Lu Chen can save some internal energy. Although defeating a cultivator in the middle stage of body tempering will not consume much internal energy, but it is best not to take action if he can.
Using martial arts requires consuming internal energy.
In this group stage, there is not just one fight, but a total of nineteen fights for everyone.
"Brother Lu Chen, this is my first martial arts fight in this family competition. It would be unlucky to admit defeat without making a move!" A helpless smile appeared on Lu Hu's face.
What he meant was that he actually wanted to admit defeat, but admitting defeat like this might affect his next battle.
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, Lu Rover suddenly moved. When he launched the attack, he didn't even finish his words.
One moment, he was calling Brother Lu Chen affectionately to his elder brother Lu Chen, but the next moment, he directly mobilized his inner strength to take action.
This fat guy was very scheming. He first showed weakness to Lu Chen with the intention of paralyzing Lu Chen, and then suddenly launched a sneak attack.
"Chi!" The weapon Lu Rover used was a long blue axe, without any grade. However, the ax blade was very sharp, and under the infusion of internal energy, it also made a whistling and piercing sound.
"Haha..." Lu Chen smiled and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Lu Lu thought that his actions were very fast and he did it without any warning. If he faced an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of body tempering, he might succeed. However, he was facing Lu Chen.
In Lu Chen's eyes, his movements were too slow. Even if he waited for a moment, Lu Chen would not have time to take action.
"Go!" Lu Chen's inner strength moved slightly, and a sword light flashed out.
The sword light condensed slightly in the space, shaking the air around it slightly.
The sword shadow was very fast and it rushed towards the Land Rover that was coming up.
The long ax collided violently with the sword shadow in the air.
"Chi!" The two clashed, and a muffled sound came out.
The light all around was slightly distorted.
"Ah!" Lu Lu only felt a terrifying force transmitting from the long ax in his hand to his whole body.
This power was definitely not something he could resist. He felt that what was coming from the opposite side was like a heavy mountain, leaving him with no hope of defense.
Before he had time to think more, his body flew out uncontrollably. The terrifying force rolled him up like a fallen leaf.
"How about... so fast!" Land Rover flew upside down in the air and shouted.
In fact, he also knew that he had no chance of defeating Lu Chen, but he was too unwilling to admit defeat directly. Therefore, he used some small methods to paralyze Lu Chen, and then tried to see if he could find an opportunity.
However, in the face of absolute strength, any means are useless.
"puff!"
Lu Rover's fat body flew in the air for a while, then hit the ground heavily, belly down. The long ax in his hand came into contact with the hard ground, and a series of sparks suddenly jumped out.
"First round, Lu Chen wins!" Lu Qiuye quickly announced that the battle was over.
At this time, Lu Rover stood up and dusted himself off.
"Thank you, Brother Lu Chen!" Lu Hu bowed to thank Lu Chen across from him.
Although he seemed to be knocked out and his posture was very ungraceful, he was not actually injured. Lu Rover was not stupid. Of course he understood that this was Lu Chen's mercy. If Lu Chen didn't deliberately control his internal power, then even if he was
This family won't kill him easily, they will just injure him, and no one will gossip about him.
Lu Chen smiled and nodded at Lu Rover.
"Lu Chen, do you want to continue fighting? Or take a rest?" Lu Qiuye asked again at this time.
If Lu Chen wanted to rest, then she would arrange for the other two people to have a martial arts fight. If Lu Chen wanted to continue fighting, then she would arrange for one person to go to the martial arts stage to fight against Lu Chen.
"Go on!" Lu Chen, after thinking for a moment, said.
"Okay!" Lu Qiuye said.
"Lu Xiaoming, come up to the fighting stage." Lu Qiuye said to a member of the Lu family beside him.
Lu Xiaoming stepped onto the martial arts stage with a sad face.
"Brother Lu Chen, I admit defeat!" Lu Xiaoming took the initiative to admit defeat.
His strength is only at the late stage of bone refining, so how can he have any chance?
Instead of taking action and being directly knocked away by Lu Chen, it is better to admit defeat. Besides, even if Brother Lu doesn't hit hard, it will be very painful to fall to the ground.
"In the second game, Lu Chen wins!"
"In the third game, Lu Chen wins!"
Most of this group were practitioners in the bone refining realm. After they came to power, they had no intention of fighting Lu Chen and directly chose to admit defeat.
Therefore, Lu Chen's battle speed was ridiculously fast. In a short period of time, he had already fought ten battles.
Ten consecutive wins.
"Lu Hongfang, go to the martial arts arena to fight Lu Chen!" Lu Qiuyue said to another female practitioner.
"Yes!" Lu Hongfang responded crisply, jumped onto the martial arts platform, and stood opposite Lu Chen.
Lu Hongfang is a cultivator in the late stage of body tempering.
Among Lu Chen's group, apart from Lu Chen, Lu Hongfang is considered one of the highest-level cultivators. Like her, there are only two people who are in the late stage of body tempering.
In other words, among this group, after Lu Chen has taken one promotion spot, the remaining two spots should be among the three cultivators in the late stage of body tempering.
Of course, accidents will happen. Generally speaking, cultivators in the late stage of body tempering are much stronger than those in the middle stage of body tempering. But there are always exceptions, and there are many in the Lu family's family competition.
An example of defeating a cultivator in the late body tempering realm at the mid-stage body tempering realm.
In a battle between two cultivators, martial arts and weapons are also part of the overall strength.
"Lu Chen, I know you are very strong. Even Wang Xiaotian is no match for you." After Lu Hongfang went up to the martial arts arena, he glanced at Lu Chen and said with a serious face.
"Yeah!" Lu Chen nodded, "Then just admit defeat!"
It was a bit indecent for a girl to be knocked out and thrown into a pile of shit, so Lu Chen hoped that the other party would just admit defeat.
"Hmph, I will not admit defeat. In my dictionary, Lu Hongfang, there is no such word as surrender. Lu Chen, if you want to drive me out of the martial arts arena, you have to defeat me! Defeat me in an upright manner!"
Lu Hongfang snorted softly, as proudly as a little hen protecting its young, with high morale.
"Although I, Lu Hongfang, was born in a small town, I am not as good as the children of the Lu family who were born in the Lu family compound in Qingfeng City. However, I also have my own arrogance."
"I have been practicing hard over the years. I just want to catch up with and even surpass you, the high-ranking people in the Lu family compound!"
"..."
Lu Hongfang, one sentence after another, endlessly.
This Lu Hongfang was indeed not born in the Lu family compound, but in a small town controlled by the Lu family.
The Lu family is in charge of many towns in the Qingfeng City area. Since a long time ago, some Lu family children have been sent to those towns to manage the Lu family's property. Therefore, it is inevitable that in these towns
Last year, some Lu family children were born, gradually forming a small family.
Lu Hongfang obviously has this identity.
Compared with the children of the Lu family in Qingfeng City, the Lu family in those small towns have fewer cultivation resources.
These people attach more importance to the Lu family's triennial family competition, because this opportunity is their hope of turning around.
