C46 To Become Famous a Single Battle Was More than Enough
C46 To Become Famous a Single Battle Was More than Enough
At this moment, in the direction of the Nalan Family, beside the City Master Nalan Xiong, an old man stood up. His eyes were fixed on the battle platforms.
“The purpose of today's Martial Arts Competition is to test the strength of the outstanding young men of Yangzhou City. Therefore, there is no need to show mercy. If you can’t withstand, you can admit defeat and end the battle, and if you do not admit defeat, then the battle will not end until one side completely falls down in life and death.”
As the old man finished speaking, what he had said made a stir in the crowd. The rule that the battle will not end until one side completely falls down in life and death if the competitors don’t admit defeat was too cruel.
Some proud cultivators valued their dignity greatly. They especially despised admitting defeat. As a result, there were very few people who would deliberately admit defeat. Even if they couldn't withstand, they would continue to fight and defend their honor. Under such circumstances, they could also be proud though defeated.
However, the words of the old man couldn't be ignored. It meant that there was no limit to the battles. If both sides were of equal strength and refused to admit defeat, only death could end the battles, which would start a long and bitter feud.
"Brilliant." Many people praised this secretly. The old man was obviously representing Nalan Xiong, and for Nalan Family, it would only be beneficial but never harmful. After all, the City Master’s Mansion was the host of the competition so they dared to kill the others. However, the others dared not because the life-and-death battles were likely to result in a feud between the two Families.
Nalan Xiong wanted to trigger conflicts among other big Families. And although the patriarchs of other three families knew what Nalan Xiong was planning, they could only get into the trap. Which one of them did not want their family to be distinguished, being looked up to by the other families? Therefore, they had ordered the young men of their family to fight for victory with all their strength.
Moreover, the old man had also said that if one couldn't withstand, one could admit defeat and end the battle. Thus, the rules didn't seem to be a problem, and they couldn't refute it either for none of them would admit the young men from their own Family were inferior to others.
"I have already got all the names of competitors participating in the Martial Arts Competition and I will arrange the battle. I wonder if the Patriarchs have any objections." The old man looked at the three Patriarchs.
"Hehe, since it's an arrangement from the City Master’s Mansion, of course I agree." The Patriarch of the Gu family, Gu Qing, said in a clear voice. It seemed that he didn’t care about this at all.
"In the past, the Martial Arts Competitions were all hosted by City Master Nalan. Naturally, this time it will just be the same." The patriarch of the Wen family, Wen Renyue, also said.
"I have no objections either." Lin Badao wouldn’t object either.
"Then, I should say thanks to the Patriarchs on behalf of City Master Nalan." The old man faintly smiled at the three and announced, "From the first battle, the Martial Arts Competition is elimination series. The losers will be weeded out, and the winner will enter another battle."
"Now, I will announce the contestants. The people that I call should stay on the platforms, and the others should go down the platforms and wait. On the central platform is Nalan Feng from the Nalan Family versus Wen Xin from the Lin Family; on the eastern platform is Gu Yun from the Gu Family versus Lin Wu from the Lin Family; on the southern platform is Lin Yu from the Lin Family versus Wen Feng from the Wen Family; on the western platform is Nalan Zhu from the Nalan Family versus Feng Qian; on the northern platform is Duo Ming versus Gu Jing from the Gu Family."
For all the five battle platforms, ten people battled at the same time for one round. There were forty in total. Half of them would be weeded out and the other twenty would enter the next battle.
Those who were not called out, one by one, walked down the platform, while the ten who were called out stood on their own battle platforms.
"Hehe, Wen Xin of the Wen family is really unlucky to fight with Nalan Feng in her first battle. Although she is not weak, she can only be weeded out regrettably."
"I heard that Lin Wu from the Lin family is powerful and he has already reached the Ninth Level of Qi Martial Stage. It seems that the one who wins on the east battle platform will be him without doubt."
"Wen Feng will be the winner on the Southern Battle platform while Feng Gan will win on the Western Battle platform. As for the Northern Battle platform, although wearing a very mysterious mask, the man called Duo Ming was unlucky to fight with Gu Jing. There's no chance for him to win at all."
Before the battle had even begun, everyone had already made a prediction on who would win and who would lose. After all, they knew about the young elites of Yangzhou City, and their differentials in strength.
And Duo Ming on the Northern Platform also caught the attention of the crowd. They had never heard anything about Duo Ming, a martial cultivator with a silver mask. Duo Ming Seemed to be distinguished. Unfortunately, once he met Gu Jing, his fate was doomed. One must know that Gu Jing was already at the peak of the Qi Martial Stage, and under the Spiritual Martial Stage, there were very few people who could be his counterpart. A guy who had never been heard about in Yangzhou, naturally would not be able to defeat Gu Jing.
The predictions of the crowd were quite accurate. Wen Xin had admitted defeat before even fighting with Nalan Feng. Although it was very important to defend their dignity, it was not shameful to admit defeat to Nalan Feng. On the contrary, if she fought with Nalan Feng, she was extremely reckless.
The result on the eastern and western platforms came out, which was just as the crowd had expected. Lin Wu, Wen Feng and Feng Qian on the Western Battle platform had subdued their rivals and defeated them quickly to end the battles. But on the Northern Battle platform, the battle had not started, which left everyone speechless.
Especially Gu Jing. In his eyes, he paid no attention to Duo Ming as if he treated his opponent like air while his eyes were still fixed on the other platforms, watching their fighting. After all, he would soon enter the next round, so he had to get himself to know about the strength of his opponents.
“Nalan Feng is much powerful than me and I hope I won’t encounter her. As for Lin Wu and Wen Feng, they are very easy for me to defeat. And Feng Qian seems to be much better than before, but I can still defeat him. In the next round, I will not have any problems fighting against these three men.”
Gu Jing murmured in his heart, completely disregarding the silver-masked Duo Ming as though his opponent was nothing. He was already thinking about the next round of battle.
Finally, Feng Qian's palm struck the body of his opponent, Nalan Zhu, who was not able to continue fighting and surrendered. And then everyone's eyes were focused on the battle on the northern platform.
"It's the end. How fast!" Everyone silently exclaimed. It seemed that the first round had ended just like that.
"Gu Jing, stop wasting time." The patriarch of the Gu family, Gu Qing said indifferently. His voice was arrogant, as if his own family member was strong enough to defeat the opponent at any time.
"Yes, Patriarch." Gu Jing replied. After that, he looked at Lin Feng and said in an indifferent manner, "Get away from the platform. I won’t waste time fighting with you."
Lin Feng stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a silver mask and revealing only a pair of eyes and half of his face. One could not tell how his expression was.
Just like Gu Jing, Lin Feng had also been observing others’ battles. Since Gu Jing was not in a hurry to fight, there was no need for him to hurry. As for Gu Jing's arrogance, Lin Feng was already used to the arrogance of those so-called geniuses.
"Didn't you hear me? I told you to leave. If I fight with you, perhaps you won't even have the chance to leave. I'll directly kill you."
Seeing Lin Feng not obey his order, Gu Jing frowned and said. People of the several large families originally looked down on these so-called geniuses among Nonsectarian cultivators. Without a big family to nurture them, how could they achieve great achievements? Gu Jing looked down on Nonsectarian cultivators like Lin Feng more, who was not even famous. So Gu Jing didn’t bother to pay attention to him.
"Get away before I change my mind." Lin Feng's words froze everyone's expression. Immediately, someone laughed out as they wondered if this person had gone mad.
Only the few people who came with Qiu Lan did not laugh. In their eyes, Lin Feng was extremely mysterious and powerful, to the point where even Wu Xiao could not withstand a single strike from him.
"Gu Jing, it is due to your bad luck." Feng Qian, who had just won, silently remarked as he saw the situation. In his opinion, Gu Jing's actions were courting death.
However, at that moment, Gu Jing looked angry. He would never imagine that a person who cut no figure would dare to speak to him like that. He was the second strongest person in the Gu family and he was among the strongest below the Spiritual Martial Stage. His family thought highly of him.
"Fight with him." Gu Qing shouted out. His cold voice made everyone's expression to turn serious as they secretly thought, Lin Feng was doomed. Clearly, Gu Qing's order was to let Gu Jing kill Lin Feng.
"Alright." Gu Jing noticed the anger in the Patriarch's voice. His figure flashed. His speed was incomparably fast and he did not even plan to give Lin Feng the chance to admit defeat now.
"Mad Fist." Gu Jing shouted. His fist thrust through the air. It was incomparably terrifying, as though even the air itself was torn apart by his fist.
However, Lin Feng remained motionless like a mountain. Just as the Mad Fist was about to reach his eyes, a resplendent glow covered everything as a sword light descended from the sky.