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Two streaks of light flashed, one falling towards the area where the Xiayang Peak disciples were, and the other towards the area where the Qiuyang Peak disciples were.
"Outer Sect Grand Competition, first match: Qi Yun of Xiayang Peak versus Jia Quan of Qiuyang Peak."
As soon as the words fell, two young disciples in daoist robes walked out from their respective peaks and jumped onto the battle stage.
"Senior Brother Qi, please!"
"Junior Brother Jia, please!"
The two exchanged pleasantries and cupped their fists in greeting.
Then, they retreated, creating a distance of about ten feet between them, and gestured towards the rostrum.
The presiding elder picked up a heavy hammer and struck a gong with a deafening clang.
"The duel between Qi Yun and Jia Quan begins now. The rules are to incapacitate the opponent so they can no longer fight back, or to force them off the stage."
As soon as the elder's voice faded, the two, who had been prepared, wielded their weapons and unleashed their techniques against each other.
Qi Yun used a treasured sword, sending a sword qi straight towards Jia Quan's face.
"Senior Brother Qi, your technique is just average!" Jia Quan clearly understood the techniques his opponent practiced.
He wielded an iron rod with formidable power, sweeping it up and down, blocking Qi Yun's sword qi.
"Hmph!" Qi Yun snorted, and continued to wield his treasured sword, this time unleashing sword qi that was even more swift and fierce than before.
Clearly, the previous move was a probe of the opponent's strength.
For a time, the two fought evenly, with sword qi and rod shadows flying across the stage.
After about thirty moves, Qi Yun was indeed no match for Jia Quan. After releasing a fierce sword qi, he was swept off the stage by a horizontal sweep of Jia Quan's rod.
"Qi Yun of Xiayang Peak versus Jia Quan of Qiuyang Peak. Jia Quan wins!" As the presiding elder's voice rang out, Jia Quan smugly scanned the surroundings, then jumped off the stage and walked towards his seating area.
Qi Yun of Xiayang Peak was carried back to his team's position.
As one match concluded, the compass suspended in the air began to spin rapidly again, and with two streaks of light, it fell into the stands.
The spinning compass then stopped.
"Lin Yue Ru of Baodan Pavilion versus Cai Yu An of Dongyang Peak!"
Lin Yue Ru stood up and gracefully flashed onto the battle stage. Then, a slightly plump figure walked out from the Dongyang Peak disciples' area.
Lin Yue Ru looked indifferently at the person slowly crossing onto the stage. Once the person stood firm,
As the presiding elder announced the start of the match, the person immediately raised his hands.
"Elder, I concede!"
Hiss!
A wave of hisses erupted from the stands. Cai Yu An did not blush; he was only at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, facing a genius disciple at the peak of Foundation Establishment. Conceding was the more sensible option.
Amidst the boos, Cai Yu An calmly returned to his team's formation, while Lin Yue Ru, with a helpless expression, bowed to the elders on the rostrum.
She then gracefully returned to Zhang Er Gou and the others.
The next match was between Su Yang of Qiuyang Peak and a disciple named Xin Chen from Chunyang Peak.
The cultivation levels and strength of the two were not significantly different, both being at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Their match was quite intense.
Su Yang fanned himself with a folding fan, looking as flamboyant as possible, with the demeanor of a refined young master. The disciple from Chunyang Peak named Xin Chen had clearly only recently broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
His aura was unstable, and with one lapse in judgment, he was defeated by Su Yang.
The Qiuyang Peak side erupted in cheers.
In the fifth match, it was the little胖子 Xiong Bao who, wielding an iron rod, beat a disciple from Xiayang Peak to within an inch of his life. If the latter had not conceded, no one knew how ruthless Little Fatty Xiong Bao would have been.
Next, two more familiar faces appeared: Yu Heng of Qiuyang Peak and Wei Chen of Xiayang Peak.
"Hey, I heard these two were both defeated by that monster Zhang Er Gou. Brothers, who do you think will win?" Xiao Qing Yu looked at the two on the stage, making no effort to suppress his voice.
His rough voice drew the attention of the elders on the rostrum.
The two on stage naturally heard Xiao Qing Yu's words and immediately felt their vision darken!
"Hey, I think Yu Heng will win!"
"I think Wei Chen will win!"
"Alas, what's the point of just talking? Come, come, bet on Wei Chen winning over here, and bet on Yu Heng winning over there." Xiong Bao, having just finished his match, directly brought out a table and set it up.
"The odds for betting on Yu Heng winning are ten to one. For Wei Chen winning, it's twenty to one." The mischievous little fatty Xiong Bao directly took out two jade tokens and wrote their names on them.
"Come on, place your bets quickly! Set your stakes!"
With the little fatty's shout, everyone in the stands turned their gaze here. Even the elders on the rostrum shook their heads helplessly. Su Dan Novel Network
"Hey! I bet a thousand spirit stones, Yu Heng wins!" Wang Teng led the way.
"I bet a thousand spirit stones too, Yu Heng wins!" Xiao Qing Yu followed closely.
"Since everyone is so interested, I'll also wager five thousand spirit stones. I'll bet on Yu Heng winning too!" Yu Lin from the Law Enforcement Hall directly took out five thousand spirit stones and handed them to Xiong Bao.
At this moment, the little fatty Xiong Bao was busy with a happy smile, his business surprisingly good.
Even the presiding elder was captivated by the scene and forgot to call the start!
In a short while, the table in front of the little fatty Xiong Bao was piled high with spirit stones. However, from beginning to end, everyone bet on Yu Heng winning, and not a single person bet on Wei Chen winning!
As everyone placed their bets, the smile on the little fatty Xiong Bao's face grew wider and wider, until he was practically grinning.
It was as if Yu Heng winning meant he wouldn't have to pay out any winnings.
"Junior Brother Er Gou, who do you think will win between these two?" Lin Yi Chen, who had been silent the entire time, looked at Zhang Er Gou and asked softly.
"What do you think, Senior Brother?" Zhang Er Gou asked back instead of answering directly.
"Haha, Junior Brother Er Gou, why don't we place a bet too?" Lin Yi Chen, who had always appeared calm, suddenly laughed, causing the surrounding prodigies to look at him askance.
"It should be so!" Zhang Er Gou also smiled!
The two of them got up and walked to the betting table of the little fatty Xiong Bao. By then, Xiong Bao had already put the spirit stones from the bets into his storage ring. Only a dozen or so jade tokens remained on the table, with the names of the bettors and the amounts of spirit stones written on them.
"Senior Brother Lin, who are you betting on?" Zhang Er Gou looked up at Lin Yi Chen.
"What do you think, Junior Brother Er Gou?" Lin Yi Chen asked back!
"Why don't we make a simultaneous move!" Zhang Er Gou suggested.
"Exactly my intention!" Two storage rings were directly placed beneath the name Wei Chen.
"Hahaha... Junior Brother Er Gou is truly a remarkable person!" Lin Yi Chen laughed heartily again.
"Senior Brother Lin flatters me!" Zhang Er Gou smiled knowingly.
"What are these two up to? They look like they're colluding," Xiao Qing Yu, who was beside them, said, unable to understand their actions.
He spoke to Wang Teng next to him.
"Alas! The world is changing..." Wang Teng said with deep feeling.
"Junior Brother Er Gou, why do you think Wei Chen will win? Yu Heng broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment much earlier than Wei Chen, and is now at the peak of Foundation Establishment, aiming for the Golden Core stage!" Lin Yi Chen looked at Zhang Er Gou with curiosity.
Wang Teng and Xiao Qing Yu and others pricked up their ears upon hearing this. If anyone on the scene knew the two best,
It would undoubtedly be Zhang Er Gou.