Lynch followed the crowd step by step onto the stage.
A dense crowd of contestants, from No. 1 to No. 200, a total of two hundred swordsmen, stepped onto the stage one after another under the gaze of countless pairs of excited eyes.
The swordsmen each pressed the hilts of their swords at their waists, keeping a certain distance from each other and alert to each other.
However, after all, there were a total of two hundred people. Although the arena was large enough, there was not much distance between them. There was only about five meters of space between people.
There is no such thing as "restricted level" in this world. Even the world government cannot intercept the signal used by the World Economic News to relay the phone bug... The technology tree of this world is so strange! What's more, the world government is not a person in the first place.
The big government does not have such strong real-time control over the islands scattered across the sea... Even if the broadcast scenes are bloody, they are powerless. Not to mention that they may not want to control it.
Of course, although the competition system is bloody, according to the rules, one can voluntarily admit defeat.
If you can't hold on on stage, are afraid of injury or death, you can just jump off the stage and you will be immediately disqualified from the competition.
Although it's embarrassing, at least you can save your life.
Lin Qi stood calmly in the crowd and glanced around.
Around him, many of the swordsmen who were about to compete on the same stage were looking at him warily...
There were even many people in the audience who couldn't help but focus on him.
Charlotte Mond raised the brim of her hat and said in surprise: "Empty-handed?"
"..." Charlotte Armand continued to smoke without saying a word.
Robin, Mihawk, Shiliu, and hundreds of other swordsmen on the sidelines... all turned their attention to the tall young man who was the only one among the swordsmen on the stage who was not holding a weapon.
Even the broadcast camera noticed him. The picture on the big screen slowly passed by the two hundred participating swordsmen in the ring, and then focused on Giovanna Giorno, who was empty-handed.
"No weapons? You didn't bring any weapons to the stage?"
The host explained and whispered a few words to the staff running next to him, and then loudly shouted to the phone bug again, "It has been confirmed that contestant Giovanna Giorno did not make a mistake and forgot to bring weapons to the stage - that is to say,
He wants to fight with his bare hands against one hundred and ninety-nine other swordsmen from all over the world in the ring?
"Will he win?
"Or will he be cut into pieces instantly?
"Perhaps the other players in the arena will give their answers soon! Let us wait and see - now, I announce: The Swordsman Competition, the first preliminary round, has officially begun!!!"
The host is indeed a professional. He stirred up the atmosphere of the scene with just a few words and pushed the excitement to a climax again.
Under his stimulation, the contestants in the ring became more serious and nervous. Of course, more of them looked dangerous, staring closely at the only unarmed guy.
"It's... so contemptuous!"
"Since you dare to come here empty-handed, then accept your fate."
"Are you crazy?"
"court death!"
At the sound of the host's doctor, the two hundred swordsmen in the ring immediately took action.
More than half of the people rushed towards Lynch instantly!
More than a handful of shining sharp blades? It unleashed an astonishing murderous intent - slashing at Lin Qi who was standing motionless from all directions.
But Lynch's expression remained unchanged, as if nothing had happened? He turned a blind eye to the more than a hundred sharp knives coming from all directions.
"go to hell!"
A wave of swordsmen slashed at Lin Qi with their swords.
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"What are you going to do?"
In the park of the Chambord Islands, Rayleigh took a sip of wine and laughed halfway through the drink. He choked himself and coughed repeatedly, but he still couldn't help laughing.
"What a surprise!"
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The originally noisy huge arena seemed to have become several levels quieter out of thin air.
On the central stage, more than a hundred swordsmen were rushing towards Giovanna Giorno? Suddenly they all stood still in place!
"What...what's going on?!"
"My sword..."
"My knife..."
"Why can't I move?!"
Lynch supported his waist with one hand and lifted the other hand out of thin air, standing calmly on the ring.
The swordsmen around him were all holding the swords in their hands with red faces... Not only the people who rushed towards Lin Qi, but also all the other one hundred and ninety-nine swordsmen in the ring.
At this moment, I was shocked to find that I was completely unable to control the sword in my hand, which was supposed to be the most convenient weapon!
With so many swordsmen on the stage, it was as if the pause button had been pressed collectively? They all stood stiffly on the field, actually competing with the swords in their hands.
"It's amazing! It's...incredible!"
The voice of the host commenting loudly echoed in the arena? "Did player Giovanna Giorno do something? Why do other players... seem to be unable to control the weapons in their hands? Incredible!
"Could this be the power of some kind of devil fruit?
"Contestant Giovanna Giorno—can he control a sword?
"Or, he can actually...manipulate metal?!!!"
The whole place was in an uproar!
The crowds surrounding the big broadcast screens around the world were also in an uproar.
A person participating in the swordsman competition? But he has the ability to control metal? How can others play with him?!
I saw on the big screen that Giovanna Giorno's outstretched hand raised slightly.
Whoosh!
The swordsman beside him gritted his teeth and tried his best, but he couldn't hold the knife in his hand at all.
"Damn it!"
No matter how hateful it is, we can only let it slip away from our hands in vain, and quickly fly into the air under the pull of indescribable strength.
For a moment, exclamations arose one after another on the huge arena, and the swords in the hands of more than a hundred swordsmen on the stage were released!
There were constant exclamations from the audience!
Everyone watched helplessly as more than two hundred long swords and sharp knives rose into the sky densely. This scene... was unforgettable and extremely spectacular.
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"How...how..."
On the ring, many swordsmen fell to the ground in vain, staring blankly at the horrifying scene of a huge sword array that seemed to be alive, more than ten meters above their heads, and murmured, "How could such a thing happen?
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"What nonsense..."
"Are you kidding..."
Everyone saw that as Giovanna Giorno waved his hand at will, the metal sword array composed of more than 200 swords hovering above the huge arena moved as if alive.