The two swords clashed frequently, and the shadows of two swords, one red and one black, mixed together, making bursts of deafening metal collision sounds.
The black sword in Shi Mu's hand was swung freely, and he performed the wind-chipping sword technique one by one. There was no heavy knife shadow like before, but the sword technique changed, sometimes sharp, sometimes flexible, giving people a feeling of returning to nature.
No matter how fiercely the red-robed man attacked, he took them all with ease, leaving Yu Yi and others stunned.
As the weapons clashed in hand-to-hand combat again and again, Shi Mu also gradually figured out the law of the meteorite black sword swallowing the true energy.
Only when the black sword comes into contact with the true energy can it swallow the true energy contained in the opponent's weapon or attack. Although the amount swallowed is not much, when facing the enemy in battle, the amount of energy produced will increase and decrease.
The effect cannot be underestimated.
After all, masters compete with each other, and the slightest difference can sometimes affect the outcome of the battle!
The big man in red robe attacked wildly for a while. Although the true energy in his body passed quickly, his attacks became more and more ineffective, and his sword skills gradually became scattered. He secretly complained in his heart.
Shi Mu had almost achieved the desired result at this moment, and had no intention of continuing to quarrel with this person. With a burst of Qi in his hand, the black knife suddenly accelerated.
Clang clang clang!
Shi Mu performed the Thirteen-in-One Wind Chi Sword Technique three times in a split second, striking out three black blades of light that were about ten feet long, staggering and striking at the opponent with an astonishing momentum.
The big man in red robe was horrified. He waved the long red knife in his hand and tried to catch it, but his body was greatly shaken and he kept retreating. Even in his current zombie body, his whole arm was still numb.
In fact, this was because Shi Mu did not use his full strength due to the rules of the competition!
After striking out three moves in a row, Shi Mu came closer like a shadow, and with a flash of sword light, a ball of sword flowers appeared, wrapping the red sword in the big man's hand.
The arm of the big man in red robe was sore and numb, and he couldn't control it, so the sword in his hand suddenly flew out of his hand.
With a "bang" sound, Shi Mu took the opportunity to punch the big man in the chest, causing him to fly out in the clouds.
The force of this punch was just right, just enough to knock the opponent away without causing any harm to the opponent's zombie body.
Before the big man in red robe could fall down, a white chain had already tied up his body in a flash.
With a "bang" sound, the red-robed man fell heavily to the ground. The black hair on his body quickly faded away, and his bulging and blue body returned to its original shape.
Husserei, who had been waiting aside for a long time, saw this, his eyes flashed with joy, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed the hat from his head, and then quickly ran back.
The red-robed man's eyes were full of resentment, but at this moment, most of the true energy in his body was lost, and his whole body was tied up with chains of energy ring piles. He could not break free at all, and could only let the mermaid flesh.
"Okay, let's go."
Shi Mu glanced at the hat in Hussere's hand, put away his knife and backed away, waving his hand to untie the air ring stake.
The big man in red robe stood up, his body had returned to its original shape, glanced at Shi Mu, sighed helplessly, picked up the sword, and walked towards the audience.
Several other companions of the big man also escaped from the dungeon technique at this moment, but after witnessing the battle between Shi Mu and the red-robed big man, they still had no fighting spirit and hurriedly retreated into the distance.
While Shi Mu won the crown for Hussere, the competition on the field had completely reached a fever pitch. Many people in the ring gradually lost their patience and initial rationality, and began to become agitated and violent.
After all, not everyone can tolerate this kind of weird and timid competition rules.
The outbreak of the conflict, while causing casualties, also caused more and more people to immediately lose their qualifications for the competition and be taken away from the ring by the deacon disciples. At the same time, many people were inexplicably directly successful in the promotion.
It was less than an hour before the competition started, and there were already less than 3,000 people left in the arena.
"Looks like I'm the only one left, please wait a moment!"
Shi Mu glanced at the hats in the hands of Yu Yi and the other four, and after saying something, he jumped up and darted into the crowd in front of him like a swimming fish.
Before Yu Yi and the other three could react, Shi Mu had disappeared.
In the distance, Shi Mu's body was covered with a faint green light, and his figure was like flying. In just a few breaths, he arrived at the ring and stood directly in front of a team of four.
He looked unscrupulously at one of the tall and thin young men. The number on the hat on his head was "four hundred and thirty".
The four members of the team felt a figure flash before their eyes, and Shi Mu had appeared in front of them.
The tall and lanky young man felt Shi Mu's hawk-like gaze, and immediately thought of something. He took a step back with a stern look on his face, and placed a cyan jade Ruyi in his hand in front of him.
"If your target is one of the four of us, then I advise you to give up on this idea!" Among the four of them, a middle-aged man with a long face who looked like a leader stepped forward, holding a long green ruler in his hand.
Runes circled the surface of the iron ruler, and he shouted sternly.
While they were talking, the other three people had already dispersed, pointing their wooden staffs and other magic weapons at Shi Mu, and began to mutter something.
The four of them are all star-level warlocks. The combined strength of the four of them can be said to be both offensive and defensive. Such strength has almost no opponents in today's arena. At this moment, three of them have obtained the magic hat as they wished. At this moment, there is only one more to go.
He retreated wholeheartedly.
Naturally, they thought that Shi Mu's appearance was an act of overestimating one's capabilities, so the four of them planned to work together to knock off the magic hat on Shi Mu's head, knocking him out of the game.
Shi Mu, however, said nothing and his figure suddenly became blurry.
At this moment, the ground beneath Shi Mu's feet broke open, and several green vines as thick as an adult's arms rolled out, binding his feet. Then several ice picks, wind blades, and fireballs came from the magical weapons in the hands of the other three warlocks.
It flew out and attacked the dharma hat on Shi Mu's head from three directions.
However, immediately, Shi Mu's figure suddenly collapsed and turned out to be just an afterimage!
The next moment, Shi Mu suddenly appeared behind the four people. The black iron sword in his hand flashed and turned into four sword lights, slashing towards the four people respectively.
The four of them were shocked and turned around quickly, urging the magic weapons in their hands to use magic to resist.
There was a loud "rumbling" sound.
The four of them hurriedly scrambled and finally blocked the four sword rays that swept towards them.
However, at this moment, Shi Mu retreated several feet away in a flash, with a magic hat in his hand.
The tall and thin young man was startled, and when he touched the top of his head with his hand, he found that it was empty, and his expression suddenly changed.
At the moment of the fight, Shi Mu attacked four people at the same time, forcing them to resist, but they still had time to take away the hat.
The strength of both sides is not at the same level at all.
"Thank you for the hat, Your Majesty, I accept it!" Shi Mu slightly cupped his hand, swayed towards the distance, and disappeared from the four people's sight in the blink of an eye.
The other three looked at the tall and thin man with sympathy in their eyes. It could only be bad luck for him to be targeted by such a powerful enemy.
At the same time, Yu Yi and the others had retreated to a corner of the ring and stood there, looking around cautiously.
"I've kept you guys waiting for a long time." The figure blurred, and Shi Mu swept over from a distance.
"This... Fellow Taoist Mu was joking. It has only been half a quarter of an hour, but Brother Mu has already got the hat. I admire him." Yu Yi glanced at the hat in Shi Mu's hand and said with admiration.
"I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Mu would be so powerful as a warrior and sorcerer at such a young age."
"If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Mu, I might not have won this competition so easily!"
The young man surnamed Luo and the young woman surnamed Yi also expressed their feelings.
Husseile, on the other hand, looked at Yu Yi and the other three people in silence, seeming to be secretly proud that he was following the right person.
"Some of you have won the prize. Since everyone has received the hat, to avoid a long night of dreams, let's get off the stage." Shi Mu said.
Naturally, the other four people had no objection. The five people quickly walked off the ring and, led by the deacon disciples, came to a small palace building near the ring.
"Congratulations to all of you for successfully passing the second competition. Please come with me." In the palace, a middle-aged man came up and led five people towards the inside.
After a while, several people came to a side hall inside, where there were already more than a hundred disciples of the Ming Yue Sect, who should be the winners of the second round.
"Wait a moment, five of you. Someone will take you to the location of the third competition later," the middle-aged man said.
"Will the third competition start immediately?" Yu Yi was surprised and asked.
"Yes, I won't disclose the specific details. Please wait here for a moment, and someone will explain it later." The middle-aged man bowed, turned around and walked out of the side hall.
"Then let's wait here." Shi Mu glanced at him and said.
It seems that the winners of the second round were taken away in batches, otherwise there wouldn't be only a hundred people here.
There were many seats specially placed for everyone in the side hall, and the five of them immediately found a place to sit down.
As time passed, more and more people came to the side hall.
Less than half an hour later, almost two hundred people gathered in the side hall.
At this moment, a side door in the side hall opened with a creak, and a young woman in a gray dress walked in.
This person looked to be in his twenties, and his appearance was quite beautiful, but his face was cold and slightly evil.
Shi Mu briefly sensed this person's aura and was slightly startled. This woman was clearly of earth-level cultivation. She should be an elder or palace master of the Mingyue Sect.
Others in the side hall naturally noticed this woman and stopped talking.
"All of you, come with me." The young woman in gray skirt glanced at everyone and said.
After saying this, the woman walked to a corner of the side hall and slapped the wall twice.
"Crack!" There was a dull sound, and an arched entrance about ten feet high opened in the wall. It was dark inside, and I didn't know where it led.
"Come in with me, and I will take you to the location of the third competition." The young woman in the gray dress said, walking into the entrance first.
Everyone in the side hall looked at each other for a few times, then stepped forward to follow him.
"I feel like this selection is quite mysterious. I really don't know what the third round of competition is about?" Yu Yi murmured to himself.
"Just wait and see what happens." Shi Mu nodded. He was also a little confused and felt that something was wrong.
He did not enter the entrance immediately, but looked towards the entrance of the side hall.
At this moment, a small colorful figure flew from the entrance of the side hall and landed on Shi Mu's shoulder. It was Cai'er.
Yu Yi and others looked at Shi Mu in surprise.
"Let's go." Shi Mu walked into the entrance first without explaining anything.