Chapter 206: Familiar Mark, Destroy the Ancient Wall with One Palm
"Aiming at you? Haha~" Li Qingwan giggled, her towering breasts shaking up and down, causing everyone to look away.
Seemingly realizing that she had lost her temper, Li Qingwan quickly adjusted and restored the majesty of a county magistrate.
"The county-city competition involves seventy-two counties, how can it target someone? No matter how qualified you are, it is impossible to influence the court's decision.
It's just that this time's rule adjustment is indeed a little different from previous competitions. It seems that the court is specifically selecting something, and I vaguely feel something is wrong."
Everyone in Tie Tang listened in a daze and had no idea what Li Qingwan meant, but Yang Xiong had the courage to ask.
"May I ask, sir, what are the specific rules for this year?"
Li Qingwan was sitting upright, wearing a splendid red robe, with a wide and extremely long skirt that stretched several feet above the dragon boat.
She pondered for a moment and said slowly, "There are no major changes to the overall rules. The most important thing is to change the group battles in each realm into wheel battles.
This also means that if there is a peerless genius in the team, they can push the same level regardless of the numerical advantage.
I feel that the imperial court did this deliberately to find the kind of truly unique genius."
"Wagon war?"
As soon as this word appeared, many people present were shocked.
Although they had not participated in the last competition, they had already known the rules of the competition in advance.
Only Tie Tang was confused and still didn’t understand.
Everyone's eyes focused on Long Yu and Tie Tang, and their hearts felt happy unconsciously.
The two top geniuses will definitely sweep across the same territory. The most difficult group battle in the past has turned into Qingshui County's advantage.
Compared with the joy of everyone else on the boat, Li Qingwan looked gloomy.
This rule change would be worse than no change at all.
Tie Tang is suppressed by the Inspection Department. As long as the other county has one or two powerful geniuses in the team battle, Tie Tang's existence can be ignored.
Originally, I could trade weakness for strength, but it was completely useless in a wheel battle.
If we can’t find anyone who can fight against the Inspector Tianjiao, we will still lose the group battle.
"Ahem, everyone, can anyone tell me what the rules are?" Tie Tang pinched his throat and looked at the crowd who were delighted before the fight.
Long Yu glanced at Li Qingwan, who was still deep in thought. Seeing that she had no objection, she stood up and explained to Tie Tang.
"In previous years, during the competition, the strength of a county was divided into three levels.
Among them, in the Secret Realm of the Physical Body, there is only one realm where we mainly fight, which is the realm of blood exchange.
The battle in the blood exchange realm is divided into three people fighting alone and five people fighting in groups.
The winner of each battle will receive a certain number of points, and the final ranking of the county is calculated based on the total score, not the victory or defeat.
In the past team battles, our Qingshui County was not as good as other counties due to lack of manpower, so we suffered a lot in team battles.
In a five-person team battle, you may not be able to win even one battle. This year it will be a wheel battle, so as long as you play, sir
It is completely possible for one person to fight five opponents in a row and get all the points directly.
Only the county magistrate would say that this year's rules are conducive to peerless geniuses.
In previous years, even if a top player appeared, they could only play once in a team battle to ensure a certain score.
But there is no guarantee that you will get all the points, and overall you will suffer a loss.
After all, the county-city competition is about the foundation of a county, not about its uniqueness.
This year seems a little different."
After listening to what Long Yu said, Tie Tang came to his senses and then thought of some bad things.
"Then the same is true for the Secret Realm of Wujin? In this way, I can only participate in the competition in one realm, and I won't be able to do much against the big competition."
Long Yu slowly shook his head: "The secret realm of Wu Jin is different, and it occupies a very large proportion.
Except for the Heaven-given realm, I will not participate in the competition
Dragon Yuan Realm, Divine Power Realm, Spiritual Wisdom Realm, and Heavenly Mind Realm, there will be relevant competitions in the four major realms.
But one thing is different
Those who participate in the competition can defeat the strong with the weak. As long as they do not exceed the limit of the current realm, they can participate in the battle.
For example, a young witch in the Dragon Origin Realm can participate in competitions in the Supernatural Power Realm, the Spiritual Wisdom Realm and even the Heavenly Mind Realm. As long as you have the strength and dare to participate, this is allowed.
But the reverse is not true.
In the Dragon Yuan Realm competition, at most, only Dragon Yuan Realm monks can appear. Those who have exceeded this realm cannot participate.
The same is true for other realms.
So in theory, if there is a peerless genius who can break through all the competitions, he can participate in all the competitions.
Even starting from the body-exchanging realm, all the way to the heavenly state of mind, fighting against the great witch of the soul.
Of course.
This kind of case has never happened before. The time is too short. Even the most talented people cannot cross so many realms in a short time."
"So that's it. In other words, these competitions only set the upper limit of realm, but not the lower limit.
Even if you are in the physical body-exchange realm, if you have enough strength, you can still participate in the competition in the heavenly state of mind?"
"That's what I said, but who would do this? The gap between the blood exchange state and the heavenly state of mind is huge." Ji Yingzhe laughed.
Tie Tang curled his lips and said, "If we only compete with physical strength, we may not be unable to fight against the great witch of the soul in the blood exchange realm."
"Ah, yes, yes, you are the best, you have the final say, but your boy did fight against the great witch of the soul in the outer world. It seems that I am short-sighted."
Ji Yingzhe seemed to have remembered something, and knew that what Tie Tang said was not empty talk, but had actual examples.
At this time, Li Qingwan seemed to have come to her senses and waved her hand to stop everyone from talking.
"Let's rest first. The specific rules will not be fully known until we arrive in Tianshan County.
This year's competition is not that simple. In addition to martial arts, there is also a literary battle. I don't know which guy with no brains came up with it.
If any of you are good at poetry, poetry, alchemy, or weapon refining, please name me and tell me everything."
Wen Dou
As soon as these words came out, everyone was really speechless.
It is completely understandable that group battles are changed to wheel battles, but why does this literary battle reveal an unusual flavor?
Many of the people present come from aristocratic families. They are not only well-read in poetry but also have extensive experience. In addition, with their advanced cultivation, their physical strength, brain power, eyesight, and ear power have all been greatly improved.
If there were no cultivation requirements for the imperial examination, and there was no competition, most people present would not say that it would be easy to get the first prize, but to become the first scholar.
As the strength of witchcraft cultivation increases, who is not a sharp-sighted person, knowledgeable and capable of remembering?
Competing with these fancy things would somewhat lose the essence of the competition.
"Comparing poems and songs? This touches on my knowledge blind spot, but it's not right. Why do we need to compete with these things in county and city competitions?"
Tie Tang couldn't figure it out, but compared to other people in his native world, his cultural quality was undoubtedly a mess, incomparable to none.
A random history question would probably completely stump him, let alone anything else.
Everyone also didn't understand what the imperial court meant. After talking with each other, they all felt a little unsure. They could only wait until they got to Tianshan County to know how powerful it was.
Tianshan County is one of the Eight Great People's Counties. Last term, it ranked first among the Eight Great People's Lower Counties and ranked 65th overall.
As the organizer of the Renxia County Competition this time, all participants in the competition will meet in Tianshan County.
The dragon boat passed by lightly in the sky, like a small boat in the vast sea of clouds, blowing the blue sky and white clouds, breaking through the layers of space, and came to the sky above a huge city.
This is the county seat of Tianshan County, Tianshan City.
Although Tianshang County is also a county, its ranking is higher than that of Qingshui County, so its strength and foundation are naturally more abundant.
The huge city is built on a towering mountain. Except for the north, there are only three gates in the east, south and west.
The continuous city wall is like a black dragon entrenched, building a heavy defense on the outermost periphery of Tianshan City.
This is also an ancient city.
As Li Qingwan pressed the bow of the boat, everyone did not directly jump over the city wall and enter the city, but filed out of the dragon boat and arrived outside the southern city gate.
The mottled ancient walls are black and gray in color, and clear traces of repairs can be seen in many places. The tall city wall is about ten feet long, standing in front of everyone like a hill.
Green, black, red, and yellow blood marks that have long since decayed are imprinted on the city wall, recording the wind and frost that this ancient city has experienced.
Above the plaque "Tianshan City" at the south gate, there is a distinct palm print, and even the lines on the palm are clear and clearly visible.
There are many similar traces. Even if some sword marks, knife marks, and finger holes have been repaired, some traces of the past can still be faintly seen.
What caught Tie Tang's attention was that the palm print only had four fingers, and there was no corresponding mark in the direction of the thumb.
And it doesn't look like it was left by the human race, and it still gives off some faint light.
A large group of people appeared, and the guards guarding the city were immediately on high alert. They roughly guessed where this group of people was coming from, because they had seen too many of them during this period.
Even so, I still didn’t dare to be careless and quickly stepped forward to ask.
Naturally, it was not Li Qingwan's turn to take action in such a trivial matter. Li Yao came forward, explained the whereabouts of his group, and took out the corresponding identity tokens.
The guards guarding the city seemed to have received a message from a big shot in the city, and they nodded and bowed to Li Qingwan, not daring to be careless.
Tie Tang fell behind the team, looking at the four-fingered palm imprint in fascination. He didn't wake up until Long Yu came up to urge him.
The more he looked at the palm print, the more familiar it became, as if he had seen it somewhere but could not recall any similar memory.
"Do you know the origin of that palm print on the city wall?"
Long Yu took a look and slowly shook his head. He was not a know-it-all and could not possibly know everything in the world.
"Why, is there something wrong?"
Tie Tang said as he walked, "The owner of this palm print does not seem to be a human race. In that case, it must be a past enemy. Why not eliminate this palm print?
You can’t have this ability, right?”
At the end of the sentence, Tie Tang himself laughed, obviously there was no such possibility.
"Yes, this is the mark left by the God. Once it is erased, not only will the entire city wall be completely destroyed, but even Tianshan City will be affected.
And because of a certain secret, someone was unwilling to erase this palm print, so it has been left there till now."
Li Qingwan's message made Tie Tang stunned. He didn't expect that this was really possible.
When approaching the city wall, Tie Tang subconsciously pressed his palm up. Then he remembered the palm print on his head and pressed it lightly.
A small palm print appeared on the black and gray wall.
If you look carefully, you will find that this palm print of his is very similar to the one on his head, and it has more charm, with a feeling that blue is better than blue.
However, this secret is destined to be discovered by no one.
Because——
The city wall has undergone a surprising change!
Boom! Boom!
Like a mountain collapsing and a sky pillar falling, as Tie Tang pressed his handprint, the entire southern city wall shook, and the crackling sound spread quickly.
The originally tall and majestic city wall now has countless cracks in the wall. Black cracks are like cracks on porcelain, all over the entire southern city wall.
Not only that.
These rapidly expanding cracks quickly extended to the east and west sides. The palm prints on the plaque gave off a faint light, and the marks began to gradually dissipate.
But instead
It is the rapid collapse of the three walls surrounding Tianshan City in the east, west and south.
This blue dragon, which has been sleeping for an unknown length of time, seems to have reached its old age and is finally unable to protect this ancient city and is about to reach the end of its life.
Such a terrifying surprise immediately attracted the attention of all the experts in Tianshan County.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A series of powerful witches and witches with profound auras flew out of the city and came to the three city walls, trying to save this old man's life.
But all actions are in vain.
The ancient city wall was overwhelmed and died. Amidst the continuous collapse, only three tall ruins were left, standing in their original places.
Fortunately, many experts appeared, and the collapse of the city wall was not very loud, so it did not affect other people.
But the originally good city wall was completely destroyed in an instant. Everyone knew what went wrong.
"Who!"
"Who is it!"
The county guards of Tianshan County were almost going crazy. They were spinning in the sky like headless flies, running back and forth to the east, west and south, trying to find the people who destroyed the city wall.
Along with him, there were other experts in Tianshan City, including the local supervisor, deputy guards, chief county captain, county magistrate and others, and even the heads of major aristocratic families, all appeared one after another to find the culprit.
I turned over and over again, but found nothing.
With such a huge movement, it is impossible for the person who took action to hide it. It must be huge and powerful, otherwise it would be impossible to destroy these city walls.
But there are so many mysterious realms of witches and witches present, including the realm of witches and gods, but there is no trace of fluctuation.
In front of the ‘gate’ of Nancheng.
An elegant and easy-going man fell behind. At this moment, his originally elegant face already looked a little ferocious.
When he saw Li Qingwan, he frowned unconsciously, but still held back his anger and stepped forward to ask.
Li Qingwan also felt a little confused. She didn't do anything. She just walked over and watched the city wall collapse without noticing anything unusual.
"Master Xu, I'm afraid you are going to be disappointed. I was on the spot, but I didn't notice anything strange. Is it because the time for that palm print has expired?"
Xu Junming frowned, he had already thought of this possibility.
But it’s impossible!
Because the palm print was far from dissipating naturally, and it was a mark left by a god, so powerful that even he, a witch god, was unable to completely erase it.
This is even less possible for others.
Tie Tang, the ‘culprit’, had already opened his mouth wide and stared dumbly at what was happening in front of him.
He swore that he really didn't know there would be such consequences.
Just now, as if possessed, I pressed it subconsciously, but it didn’t have much power, and it didn’t even stimulate much energy and blood.
But just such a small palm print triggered such a terrifying chain reaction that the entire city wall collapsed.
He really doesn’t know the specific reason.
But he knew one thing——
The original palm print on the city wall was not from others, but from one of my ten unique skills.
The hegemony of heaven!
That familiar feeling is precisely because of the Heaven Hegemony.
The 'person' who left the palm print may have also practiced the Ten Ultimate Hegemony Body and reached the ultimate peak.
"The mark left by the god? Who could it be? Although the power is immense, it seems not as 'powerful' compared to my palm skills?"
Tie Tang vaguely felt something was wrong.
The palm prints on the city wall are just like his golden bodies of stars and seas and sun and moon. Although they are 70% to 80% or even 90% similar to the originals, they are not authentic after all.
There’s a real charm missing!
"Could it be that the fake met the real owner, so it disintegrated in shame? In short, it's probably not my fault anyway, right?"
Tie Tang lowered his head, not daring to look at the shamans passing by, and quietly followed the large army into Tianshan City.
At this time, Tianshan City is no longer divided into inside and outside. The city walls have collapsed and there is no protection at all. The inside of the city is also the outside of the city, and the outside of the city can also be regarded as the inside of the city.
The rest of Qingshui County's personnel participating in the competition had already booked their accommodation. Li Qingwan led everyone to find his base. Without leaving any instructions, he went straight to the county government office to find the officials from the imperial court who came to supervise the battle.
Specific rules of the competition.
Everyone who stayed dispersed, while some familiar ones gathered together.
Li Yao and Long Yu followed Tie Tang, making up the four of them with Ji Yingzhe.
"Let's go and see the scenery of Tianshan City, and also see who the talented people are in other counties?" Ji Yingzhe couldn't stay any longer. His buttocks were not hot yet, so he got up and left.
Li Yao shook his head dully, "The competition is coming soon, it's better not to go out and cause trouble. It's better to stay here."
"Why panic? We will meet sooner or later. It's better to go out now to see the strength of your opponent. What do you think, Tie Tang?"
Tie Tang lowered his head and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, we are not here to cause trouble. Everything is focused on the competition. Don't leave, just stay here.
Li Yao makes tea, Long Yu, you are a smart man, go out and inquire about the news and get some wind."
"Oh, this is a rare thing. You, the big devil, can still hide here? Is it time for you to lose your temper today?"
Ji Yingzhe walked up to Tie Tang and looked up and down, feeling something was wrong.
However, Li Yao and Long Yu, both of whom were obviously led by Tie Tang, took action immediately after hearing the order.
How did they know that Tie Tang was the ‘murderer’ that the witches were looking for?
I'm afraid even Ji Yingzhe would not dare to go out for a walk again if he really knew the truth.
It's too late for Tie Tang to hide now, so where can he go out and show off?
If this matter is exposed, it won’t be over until you get your pants up in the air.
He didn't leave, and Ji Yingzhe went out alone. He didn't have much confidence, so he simply sat in the courtyard and chatted with Li Yao and Tie Tang.
After a few nonsense sentences, I finally got to the point.
In addition to their fifty-six people, there are dozens of people representing Qingshui County in the county-city competition, which totals at least over a hundred.
This is something Tie Tang cannot understand.
"Are there so many competitions? Why do so many people participate?"
Li Yao responded honestly, "Of course we don't need so many people to actually play, but sister Qingwan has a high will. This competition is aimed at the county, so we specially prepared so many people.
The purpose is to replace some of the wasted manpower during the great competition."
Tie Tang almost laughed out loud when he heard Li Yao calling Li Qingwan.
"Isn't this seniority wrong? The Sheriff is your elder sister?"
No matter how dull Li Yao was, he knew that he had touched on a taboo topic, so he stretched out his index finger in front of his mouth and made a silent gesture.
"Shh! She is naturally higher in seniority than me, but I can only call her this way outside, otherwise I will be beaten. Don't say anything nonsense in front of her."
Tie Tang was happy and no longer bothered about this matter.
"From what you just said, it sounds like a lot of people will die in Dabi?"
"It's not like many people will die, but one or two deaths are inevitable. I'm also ready to sacrifice at any time.
However, there are many masters present in the competition. It is difficult to die, but it is easy to get injured.
In previous competitions, there are countless geniuses who have been crippled and crippled.
Even if you are not crippled, if you are seriously injured, it will be difficult to heal in a short period of time, and you will naturally lose the ability to fight.
We in Qingshui County seem to have a lot of people, but in actual fighting, they may not be enough."
Tie Tang nodded, knowing that this was inevitable.
Unless three hundred acupoints are opened in the physical realm and the combat power is never reduced, it will not be easy to heal once other people are injured.
And Dabi will obviously not leave you time to heal. Once you are short of manpower, you will have no choice but to admit that you are unlucky.
Many experts in Tianshan County struggled for a long time, but in the end they still could not find the real culprit who destroyed the city wall. After discussion, several people in charge still pushed the possibility to the palm print.
The matter has not stopped here and is still being investigated, but it is destined to have no results and will only become an unsolved case.
The collapse of the ancient city wall has seriously affected Tianshan City. Originally, the governor of Tianshan County tried to postpone the competition, but the officials sent by the imperial court to supervise the battle vetoed it.
The county-city competition starts as scheduled tomorrow!
Li Qingwan also returned to the gathering place in Qingshui County with a strange look on her face.
Late at night.
The large living room was filled with hundreds of figures.
In addition to Li Qingwan, Qiu Zhengyang and He Changsheng have already arrived, and several wizards whom Tie Tang doesn't know are also sitting behind Li Qingwan.
"Tomorrow's competition, the rules have been announced."