By the time Chen Xinzhu returned to the martial arts arena, the fourth round of preliminaries had just ended. The winner, Xiao Tuan, had cultivated to the sixth level of inner energy and reached the perfect state of Baiyun swordsmanship.
At this point, the preliminaries are all over.
On the third floor, Priest He stood up again, looked around at the disciples in the square, and slowly spoke.
"This is the end of the preliminaries. The four winners are Li Yang, Wei Yanhao, Gu Hui and Xiao Tan."
At this point, Pastor He paused for a moment and then continued.
"The challenge will officially begin in a quarter of an hour, twenty of you, be ready." After that, he sat back down.
At this time, the square became lively, and all the disciples expressed their opinions one after another.
"Finally the most brutal challenge has arrived."
"This year, Xiao Tan seems to be very promising."
"There is indeed great hope for Baiyun Swordsmanship to reach the perfect state."
"The other three are just a scratch."
A new disciple heard the discussion among the people around him and couldn't help but asked doubtfully: "Brothers, what are the rules for this challenge? And why is it said to be the cruelest?"
An old disciple replied: "The rules of this challenge are very simple, but it is precisely because of its simplicity that it seems cruel.
As the name suggests, the challenge session is where the four winners of the preliminaries will challenge four disciples who are at the seventh level of inner energy.
The winner goes up, the loser goes down.
This is also Dabi's final test for the disciples at the sixth level of inner energy.
Only disciples who have defeated the seventh level of inner energy are eligible to participate in the competition for quotas. If they cannot do this, they will naturally be ineligible.
Of course, the same is true for those who are challenged at the seventh level of inner energy. Those at the seventh level who are defeated by the sixth level of inner energy are not eligible to participate in the competition for quotas."
The new disciple suddenly realized: "So, one of the challenger and the challenged must be directly eliminated?"
The old disciple laughed and said, "That's it."
…
A quarter of an hour later.
Priest He stood up and said, "Li Yang, Wei Yanhao, Gu Hui, Xiao Tuan, the four of you come to the platform."
The four of them were well prepared and immediately rushed onto the platform.
Priest He said to the people on the second floor on the right: "Tang Xiujie, you can come down now."
After hearing this, the young man in black had no expression on his face, stood up and swept off the platform. Others, including Chen Xinzhu, also used Qinggong and landed on the platform.
After all twenty people stood still, Priest He spoke again.
"Now, the challenge session officially begins. Li Yang, Wei Yanhao, Gu Hui, and Xiao Tan, the four of you will choose an opponent to challenge, but you cannot choose the same person."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Tang immediately said: "Priest, the disciple chose Chen Xinzhu as his challenger."
As soon as these words came out, many disciples in the audience started talking loudly.
"Xiao Tan, you really chose Chen Xinzhu."
"This kind of evenly matched battle is interesting."
"Who do you think will win in the end?"
"It's hard to say, but judging from the strength of the two of them, Xiao Huan has a better chance of winning, right?"
"It's true. Although Chen Xinzhu has reached the seventh level of inner energy, based on my understanding of him, I'm afraid he will lose this battle." This is a disciple who knows Chen Xinzhu, named Peng Xing.
After being shocked by Chen Xinzhu's cultivation before, he was filled with deep jealousy.
Why him? Why not me?
But even though he was extremely jealous in his heart, Peng Xing still pretended not to care.
People around him heard that he knew Chen Xinzhu and asked questions one after another.
"Do you know Chen Xinzhu? What kind of person is he?"
"Why did you say he was going to lose? Did you know something?"
"What is your relationship with Chen Xinzhu? Do you know the grudge between Chen Xinzhu and Xiao Tan?"
Peng Xing saw people surrounding him, and he felt very happy for some reason.
He coughed twice, cleared his throat and said, "Chen Xinzhu and I have nothing to do with each other. We have only learned from each other before."
Peng Xing thought to himself, who can't brag? Besides, he has indeed seen Chen Xinzhu... and competed with others.
But even though I was thinking wildly in my mind, I didn't stop talking.
"As for the grudge between him and Xiao Tuan, I also know a little bit about it. It seems that Xiao Tuan often bullied Chen Xinzhu and his friends."
When it came to this, someone raised doubts.
"It's impossible, right? Even if Xiao Tan is a little better than Chen Xinzhu, he won't be able to bully Chen Xinzhu often, right? After all, Chen Xinzhu's cultivation level is there."
Peng Xing was unhappy when he heard someone questioning him.
"How is it impossible? In fact, Chen Xinzhu's previous cultivation level was not as good as Xiao Tuan's. He probably spent all his time on cultivation to be able to advance to the seventh level of inner energy.
In this case, there will definitely be no time to practice swordsmanship, and the level of swordsmanship will not be too high, and the strength will be limited."
"Besides, aren't you asking what kind of person Chen Xinzhu is? Let me tell you, he is a person who may be called gentle, but is actually weak."
After that, Peng Xing spent a lot of words and finally made most people around him believe his judgment.
Peng Xing was very proud of this.
Chen Xinzhu, it doesn’t matter if your cultivation has reached the seventh level of inner energy, you still have to lose.
…
While the discussion among the disciples below was lively, the four people on the platform each selected their challenge opponents.
In the first game, Li Yang challenged Li Qingyun.
In the second game, Wei Yanhao challenged Wang Su.
In the third game, Gu Hui challenged Chen Haoxuan.
In the fourth game, Xiao Tan challenged Chen Xinzhu.
Soon the others dispersed, and only Li Yang and Li Qingyun were left on the platform.
The two stood ten feet apart.
Li Qingyun looked at Li Yang and said: "My Baiyun swordsmanship is also at the level of Dacheng. You have no chance. If you don't want to get hurt, just admit defeat."
Li Yang did not speak, but drew his sword and pointed it at Li Qingyun.
Li Qingyun curled his lips, stopped talking, and unsheathed his sword.
Following Priest He's command, the two men immediately rushed towards each other.
The swords struck each other.
But Li Qingyun's expression soon changed, because Li Yang's Baiyun Sword Technique was surprisingly at a perfect level.
Seeing this scene, many disciples in the audience also started talking about it.
"This is another one of Baiyun's swordsmanship that has reached perfection."
"There are so many ruthless characters this year."
"They are all aiming for the top ten."
"Li Qingyun is also in danger now."
"The outcome is unpredictable."
After being surprised, Li Qingyun quickly calmed down and dealt with it calmly. Although the development of the matter was unexpected, he was not defeated yet.
Who will win and who will lose is yet to be determined.
Soon the two of them exchanged dozens of moves. Li Qingyun relied on his advantage in cultivation and went straight forward, forcing him head-on.
Li Yang's swordsmanship is light and agile, and he is not limited to one move or one move. He can pose a considerable threat to Li Qingyun with a casual sword.
The situation was at a stalemate for a while.
Hundreds of moves passed quickly.
Something unexpected happened, just when Li Qingyun thought that Li Yang would dodge his sword like before.
Li Yang did the opposite, broke through head-on, and put the long sword on Li Qingyun's neck at the cost of slight injury.
Li Yang, won.
"Wow, Li Yang really won, skipping the challenge."
"Yes, the state of perfection is strong."
"After three years, another leapfrog challenger was born."
"It looks so handsome when your swordsmanship reaches its perfect state."
"It's really exciting, both of them are amazing."
"It's so miserable for Li Qingyun. His strength is no longer weak, but now he ends up like this."
"The first disciple of the seventh level of inner energy to be eliminated this year is so miserable."
"Indeed, in previous years, he would have had a high chance of winning the spot."
"It can only be said that fate plays tricks on people."
The disciples around him were talking a lot, but Li Qingyun didn't hear them.
It can be seen that he was hit so hard that he was still in a daze when he stepped down.