Chapter 257: Battle for the Pearl, Cruel Rules, False Ninth Grade, Alliance and Betrayal
On top of the thousand-foot-long school grounds, there are nine geniuses who have exchanged their bodies for blood.
Luan Kang, the prince of Sixiang Hou, saw that everyone had arrived, so he pointed out, causing ripples like water mist to appear in the Sixiang array.
Whoosh!
A thick dragon shadow separated from the green dragon in the void.
Then the dragon shadow shook, and two golden dragon shadows separated, each holding a golden dragon ball in its mouth, connected end to end, and turned into a hundred-foot arena with a roar, spanning a hundred feet in the sky.
Then the dragon shadow shook again, and two more red dragon shadows separated, each holding a golden dragon bead in their mouths. Next to the previous golden dragon arena, they were twenty feet shorter and turned into a dragon arena, running across it. p>
The dragon shadow did not stop, and two python shadows, two snake shadows, and two insect shadows were separated. After the dragon arena, three arenas of yellow python, green snake, and black insect were formed one after another.
Starting from the highest Golden Dragon Arena, the five arenas are respectively 100 feet, 80 feet, 60 feet, 40 feet, and 20 feet away from the school grounds, forming a heavenly staircase.
Win the battle alone.
There are five arenas: dragon, dragon, python, snake and insect.
There are two dragon beads, dragon beads, python beads, snake beads, and insect beads on each arena. These gold beads of different levels represent different scores.
Among them, Dragon Ball is the highest, with one ball worth 6 points.
Jiao, python, snake, and insect ranked second with points of 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively.
How to obtain these golden beads is the key to winning the championship alone.
The competition to win the ring is limited to two hours.
If someone can occupy a ring alone for an hour, he can get a golden bead in that ring.
This is one of the ways to obtain gold beads.
If no one has overwhelming strength, they will occupy the arena for a long time.
So.
After two hours, the genius who finally stands on the ring will receive all the golden beads in this ring.
But there are limitations.
If it is after the competition time is over.
If the number of geniuses occupying an arena exceeds the limit of the golden beads that the arena has, then everyone on the arena will not be able to obtain the golden beads.
For example, there were originally two dragon balls on the Golden Dragon Arena.
But after the time is over, if there are three or more people standing on the ring, then these people will not be able to obtain the Dragon Ball.
It’s like gaining nothing.
Only when the time is over and there are only two people left in the Golden Dragon Arena, or only one person, these people can share the points equally, or get two Dragon Balls individually.
Under some extreme circumstances.
For example, the Golden Dragon Arena has been occupied by one person for an hour and one Dragon Ball has been obtained. Then there is only one Dragon Ball left in this arena.
At this time, there must not be more than one genius remaining on the Golden Dragon Arena, otherwise the golden beads will not be obtained.
All in all.
The number of geniuses remaining in the arena, no matter what the circumstances, must not exceed the number of golden beads in this arena.
This is a very cruel competition that emphasizes extreme force. It is very likely that some counties will always score 0 points.
On the bright side.
There are five arenas on the field, each with two golden beads, for a total of ten golden beads.
However, there are only nine major counties and cities participating in the competition.
It seems that every county and city can get at least one gold bead.
This is not the case!
If there are five geniuses who are strong enough, they can occupy the five arenas and obtain two golden beads individually.
Let the other four counties and cities not get a single point.
Of course.
This situation is also very rare.
Because the points difference between gold beads of different grades are not the same.
A prodigy who is strong enough will naturally not be willing to get a gold bead with a lower score, and will work hard to win a gold bead with a higher score.
But no matter what the choice is, it is the most difficult situation for the ten golden beads to be evenly distributed among the nine counties.
There must be weaker counties and cities that cannot obtain even a gold bead.
This is the rule five hundred years ago.
At that time, the human race hoped for the emergence of the strong and would not sympathize with the weak. Every battle was extremely cruel and merciless.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Hey~~Yeah!"
The thundering drums sounded again, accompanied by the mighty shouts of hundreds of strong men, the first round of the physical body exchange realm.
Officially begins!
"Going to the meeting alone will show our heroic spirit. Everyone, you can start."
The official who made the decision was a celestial witch who came with Luan Kang, the prince of Sixiang Hou. I don’t know whether he was a master of the Hou Mansion or an official of the imperial court.
After he spoke, the nine geniuses from the nine counties and cities looked at each other and were not in a hurry to take action.
Lu Anping, who represented Qingshui County in the battle, also sat firmly on Diaoyutai and was not in a hurry.
Two ways to get gold beads
The first one is too harsh.
If you want to occupy the arena alone for an hour, it means that you have to continuously resist the attacks of everyone in the other eight counties within an hour.
This is almost impossible to accomplish.
There will be no weak players among the players who can come to participate in the competition. Even if there is a gap between them, it will not be too big.
And once oneself is knocked out of the ring——
Not only are they not allowed to enter the same arena within a stick of incense, but all the time accumulated previously will be used up and need to be recalculated.
The competition is limited to two hours, so there is not much room for error.
No doubt about it.
Before there is no absolute crushing strength, everyone will choose the second way to obtain the Dragon Ball.
Everyone thinks so.
But not everyone does this.
There are always people who want to try their luck, and at the same time they are not convinced by the talents of other counties and cities.
"You don't even dare to come? I'll come first!"
A young man strode forward and jumped over the black insect, green snake, yellow python, and red dragon arenas one after another. It was like stepping on a four-step ladder to climb to the highest golden dragon arena.
Follow the rules.
If no one comes forward to challenge him, defeat him or knock him out of the ring, after an hour, this person will receive a dragon ball.
The dragon ball has the highest score, with a full 6 points. Compared with the second level dragon ball with 4 points, it can be said to be two levels higher.
Someone moved, but the other eight people remained calm, all wanting to see the strength of the other opponents.
After all, it takes an hour to occupy the arena, and it’s still early.
I really want to drive that person away
You can wait until there is only the last stick of incense left, or even later, so there is no need to rush.
Everyone is secretly observing and making crazy calculations, trying to get the most benefit.
After a while.
The second person enters the ring.
But instead of going to challenge the Golden Dragon Arena, he stopped at the Jiaolong Arena. It seemed that he had abandoned the dragon beads and instead chose the dragon beads with lower scores, but still a lot of them.
Dragon Balls are too eye-catching, and if you don’t have enough strength, it would be a good idea to choose Dragon Balls.
After the second person was dispatched, the remaining seven people, including Lu Anping, were a little confused.
Now that the situation has changed subtly, waiting any longer may not be the best choice.
"In order to fulfill our friendship as the landlord of Jiuyao City, we, Jiuyao City, will not compete with everyone." Someone said, it was Jiuyao County's physical talent.
After he finished speaking, he jumped onto the yellow python ring. It seemed as if he wanted to seize the python beads, which only had 3 points, and completely gave up on the two golden beads above.
Jiuyao County is the organizer of this competition, and it is also the county with the highest overall ranking among the nine counties.
Since this person said this in public, there should be no lie.
After all, there are thousands or tens of thousands of people watching the game. Every word spoken on such an occasion represents the face of one's own county.
If you really want to play some conspiracy, you won’t say it to your face.
Jiuyao County, which is apparently the strongest, gave up two types of golden beads with higher scores. This is undoubtedly an opportunity for other counties and cities.
Needless to say, snake beads and insect beads only have 2 points and 1 point respectively, which are too low.
No one would make a choice unless they had no choice.
The remaining six people at this time
Either choose the Python Pearl like Jiu Yao City, or compete for the Dragon Pearl or the Dragon Pearl.
How to choose is actually a very delicate matter.
At this time, the most domineering point of winning the battle is reflected.
In a single-person competition, there is no one-on-one, fair competition.
What matters is that the strong remain strong.
Like the one who currently occupies the Golden Dragon Arena, if one person steps forward to challenge, it does not mean that others cannot continue to step forward.
Everyone can go to the Golden Dragon Arena.
Whether you are playing one-on-eight, or joining forces to fight against the enemy, or a nine-person melee, all situations are allowed.
Anyway, if you want to get gold beads, you have to follow the rules.
No one cares about the specific process.
At this time, personal force is both important and unimportant.
Choosing to form an alliance without absolute overwhelming strength, choosing teammates, and working together to win the golden beads is the real way to win the championship.
And there are two golden beads in one arena. In theory, if the two of them join forces, it is a combination that maximizes profits.
Now is the first round of the competition. All parties have 0 points, which means that there is no need to consider scores or rankings. You only need to choose strong and trustworthy teammates.
Lu Anping glanced at the remaining five people and quickly walked towards one of the women.
"I, Qingshui and Lu Anping, dare to ask the girls to join us in a fight."
Qingshui County is a low-income county, and it has always been ranked at the bottom. It is looked down upon by almost all counties.
But there is an aristocratic family in Qingshui County that many people do not know and dare not ignore.
The pretty girl, dressed in Tsing Yi, immediately looked serious after hearing this.
"Qingshui Lu family?"
"Lu family!" Lu Anping said with a hint of pride, but tried his best not to show it.
After receiving the confirmed reply, the girl nodded and took a closer look at Lu Anping's strength.
She could only tell that Lu Anping had penetrated a lot of acupoints, at least two hundred, but the specific number could not be seen.
This kind of genius is already qualified to be her teammate.
"What kind of golden bead do you want to capture?"
Lu Anping stared at the tallest 100-foot arena: "Of course it's the Dragon Ball."
"Chaoxi Tang Hongyu is willing to win the Dragon Pearl with Brother Lu."
"Lu couldn't get what he asked for."
Selecting Tang Hongyu as a teammate was not Lu Anping’s impromptu decision, but a long-planned decision.
Long before coming, Li Qingwan secretly gave him a few names and gave him a rough description of his appearance.
If you meet in a battle, choose one of these people as your ally.
These are all the information obtained by Zhen Guandong and Tianwen before.
Tang Hongyu from Chaoxi County is a genius who has opened at least 300 acupoints, and is one of the best teammates.
The two made an agreement to join forces, but they did not immediately step forward and occupy the ring.
That would expose one's own intentions, be too ostentatious, and easily lead to public anger.
Less than half an hour had passed since the fight, but no one had fought. This made the people who came to watch the fight very dissatisfied, and they all stood up and booed.
"Do you want to fight or not? It depends on you?"
"Everyone is pretending and waiting for the pie to fall from the sky, right?"
"Let's do it, what are you doing in a daze? I've spent ten taels of gold tickets in vain."
"Damn it, why did that boy Huang Yeshan go to the Huang Python Arena? Didn't I lose all my bets?
The Huang family doesn't know how to operate behind the scenes, right? The odds are so wide, so they will do this right away."
"I also believed in the evil deeds of the Huang family. I thought Huang Yeshan would win the Dragon Ball, so I made a big bet."
"I also went down to Huangye Mountain, and this was already in vain before the fight even started."
"Fuck, it seems like it's all the Huang family's plan. He talks so beautifully and says that he's just a landlord. I can't even blame him."
"Look at his proud look, I really want to go up and punch him."
"Forget it, it's probably not something he can decide. It's too dark, too dark. I'll never buy it again."
Many local people in Jiuyao City, no matter what their sentiments are, the probability of betting on one of their own is not low.
And Huang Yeshan, who now occupies the Huang Python Arena, had some reputation in Jiuyao City before, and was the genius who opened up three hundred acupoints.
Most people thought he would seize the Dragon Balls, and he would probably succeed.
The nine geniuses in the arena stood still and did not start fighting because of the rumors outside.
The major counties and cities in the stands are also not in a hurry.
Everyone knows that it will never be so peaceful later.
Tie Tang mingled with Tianwen, Li Geng and others, and saw Lu Anping coming into contact with Tang Hongyu, so he asked.
"Zhen Guandong, do you know anyone here?"
"No, I've only met that woman once. She's pretty good, but the others all look so-so."
The arena is in the school field, and the school field is surrounded by the Four Elephants Formation. Neither Tie Tang's Dense Eyes nor other people's magical powers can penetrate the Four Elephants Formation to observe the strength of the contestants.
Unless they fight.
Otherwise Tie Tang would not be able to see the acupoints opened by others.
Long Yu said: "Since Mr. Li sent Lu Anping to fight first, he probably wanted to take the lead and win the first victory."
"Do you know this kid from the Lu family, have you ever fought against him? How strong is he?"
"I can't say, the Lu family's special skills are very powerful, but Lu Anping's foundation is not stable. At that time, he didn't use many of the Lu family's special skills, and he was easily defeated by me."
Long Yu is well-known in Qingshui City, so he has naturally fought against many young people of his generation, and Lu Anping is one of them.
Tie Tang rubbed his hands and said calmly: "If you can cultivate three hundred acupoints, you should have two brushes."
Unexpectedly, Long Yu shook his head: "Sir, you may not know that although Lu Anping has cultivated the three hundred acupoints, he has not penetrated the Tianshou acupoint and cannot keep his combat power at its peak."
"What? How is this possible?" This is the first time Tie Tang heard such a statement.
Li Geng smiled and said: "This is not impossible. Normal people practice the exercises step by step. Even if they rely on elixirs and external forces to push themselves to the limit of their own qualifications, as long as they open three hundred acupoints, they will definitely be able to open the Tianshou acupoint.
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But the method used by aristocratic families to train their children is obviously not a normal person’s method.
Otherwise, how could they get so many talented people?
Although I don’t know the specific details of the Lu family’s training, I can make some guesses.
The limit of Lu Anping's qualifications has never reached the ninth level. Even with external help, it is impossible to open three hundred acupoints normally.
The Lu family must have used some method to forcibly open up a dozen or dozens of acupuncture points outside this person's cultivation system.
It makes him look like a genius who has opened up three hundred acupoints."
Ji Yingzhe asked curiously: "How can it be possible to open up acupoints outside of one's own Kung Fu system through space?"
"Some secret techniques can indeed be achieved. For example, a complete system of exercises is like a straight road.
When you can't walk, you can use some secret method to make a detour to reach the back of the avenue and open up the acupuncture points on this avenue in advance.
Because it is the same technique, it is absolutely possible in theory.
But because I took a wrong approach, I couldn’t get normal feedback like ordinary people.”
Tie Tang recalled his experience of opening an acupuncture point alone for the Xinghai Golden Body, and agreed with Li Geng's statement.
This is indeed possible.
But these acupoints opened in the air will not have any effect until his own skills reach that level, including himself.
So he still doesn't understand.
"There doesn't seem to be any benefit to doing this?"
Making oneself look like a genius who has opened three hundred acupoints, but actually he is not at all. This is even more uncomfortable than having a swollen face and pretending to be fat.
"There is some benefit!" Tianwen interrupted.
"The only good thing is that I try to hide it from the witchcraft Tianmen, and get the ninth grade talent when the gift is given by heaven.
This is tantamount to improving one's own qualifications in disguise.
If you can do this, who wouldn't want to?"
Tie Tang kept shaking his head as he listened: "The family still has a lot of ideas, but this can't be successful, right?"
"You are the best. Of course you don't understand the thoughts of other people with insufficient qualifications. In order to obtain better talents, many people have put in countless efforts in research.
There are actually many similar methods, but unfortunately few are truly successful."
Tie Tang recalled the method used by Feng Clinic to secretly transform his talent, as well as Ji Yingzhe's behavior of spending his life to stimulate his potential when he was gifted by nature, and nodded subconsciously.
But then he felt something was wrong again, and suddenly raised his head to question Tianwen: "I wonder if you are also the best, why do you seem to understand so well?"
Tianwen pointed to the arena and quickly changed the subject.
"Look, it's starting."
The first arena on the school field where the battle started was not the Golden Dragon Arena as everyone imagined. Instead, it was the Red Dragon Arena, where four figures were rapidly fighting.
The reason is that the genius of Changhe County, as the fourth person, boarded the red dragon arena, intending to join forces with the genius of Bi County to win the pearl.
This gradually brought some clarity to the originally chaotic situation.
After private discussions between Liu'an County and Xu County's geniuses, they have decided to join forces. Their goal is not the Dragon Pearl, but the Jiao Pearl.
Although Dragon Ball has the highest score, it is too sharp and is definitely not a good choice.
Instead, choose the second-class dragon beads, which can not only gain a lot of points but also avoid unnecessary battles. It is the safest option.
After Changhe County and Bi County join forces, Liu'an County and Xu County, who are aiming at Jiao Zhu, will naturally not give up.
They went directly to the Red Dragon Arena and started the first fight of this competition with the other two geniuses.
The strength of the four people was not completely equal, and the situation in the Red Dragon Arena soon changed.
Bang! Bang!
Two figures were knocked out of the 100-foot arena. One of them fell onto the yellow python arena, while the other almost died. Fortunately, a referee took action in time.
These two people are not considered defeated and can still fight again, but they need to wait for a stick of incense before they can board the Red Dragon Arena.
During this period, they can also choose to go to the other four arenas.
The geniuses of Changjiang County and Liu'an County, who were ranked lower in the overall ranking, were knocked out of the ring one after another.
At this time, only two people from Xu Jun and Bi Jun were left on the Red Dragon Arena.
These two people are not allies, but each formed an alliance with the two people who fell out of the ring.
However, after a brief confrontation between the two, they decided on a plan in an instant.
"Brother Xu, since you and I are evenly matched, why not join forces to seize the dragon bead?"
"Oh? Then them"
"If you and I join forces, not to mention the Dragon Pearl, at least the Jiao Pearl is bound to be obtained, so why should we fear others?"
The genius of Xu County pondered for a moment, then nodded heavily: "Okay!"
The two people who were enemies before turned into allies in an instant.
For the geniuses of Liu'an County and Changhe County, the previous alliance has become an enemy or a traitor.
This is the cruelty of the county-city competition and the cruelty of the championship battle.
When these people get together, even if they form a temporary alliance, how can they have any trust?
Everything is based on interests, scores, and strength.
They can be allies at any time, or they can become opponents at any time, it all depends on whether their respective strengths are enough.
When Lu Anping saw this scene, the corners of his and Tang Hongyu's eyes twitched slightly. It was impossible to say that he didn't have other thoughts.
They do not have absolute trust in each other to guarantee this cooperation.
The weaker side
It is likely to be abandoned at any time.
"Hoho, I guess the Qingshui Lu family are not people who break their promises, right?"
"Lu, the governor of Yuan County in Chaoxi County, has also been well-known for a long time. The people under her must also be true to their word."
Tang Hongyu changed her expression and stopped being conceited: "Let me tell you, except for Huang Yeshan, I don't know anyone else here, but I don't take it seriously."
Since Huang Yeshan chose the Python Pearl, it does not conflict with their goals. Tang Hongyu is basically saying that there is no opponent for her here and she will win the Dragon Pearl no matter what.
She has opened at least three hundred acupoints, and she has enough confidence to say this.
"I, the Qingshui Lu family, will never be weaker than others."
Lu Anping's words were resounding and showed his incomparable confidence.
"Okay, in that case, the time is almost up, let's take action!"
"Dare you disobey your orders?"
Most of the hour passed.
It’s time to knock down the man in the Golden Dragon Arena.