Chapter 104 World Three [18]

The seven-day competition did not put any pressure on Luo Yuezhu. Except for the first two days when she was treated as an easy target because of her unfamiliar face, few challengers chose her in the next four days.

There is no way. After witnessing Luo Yuezhu defeating people on the top 100 list twice in a row, anyone who is not stupid knows that Luo Yuezhu is not a soft persimmon that can be easily bullied.

However, on the seventh day, when everyone had only one chance to challenge, some people with considerable strength still chose to give it a try.

If I can defeat Luo Yuezhu on the last day, I can also become a little famous.

When they saw someone coming up to challenge as soon as the break was over, both Luo Yuezhu on the stage and Jing Ke who had been watching the fight from the audience knew that someone wanted to fight Luo Yuezhu in a round-robin match.

It is not clear which sect arranged these people, but most of these people have internal strength of twenty to thirty years, and they have the potential to enter the top 100 if they try.

There is nothing wrong with the rotation battle from a strategic point of view, but continuous high-intensity battles can easily make people mentally exhausted and reveal their flaws.

But if you want the round-robin system to play its due role, there must be a prerequisite, that is, the gap in strength between you and your opponent is not that big.

Assuming that the opponent can originally fight one against three, then the round-robin battle can reduce her strength by more than half, leaving her only able to fight one against one.

But if the opponent can already defeat twenty people at once, sending these twenty people in batches will only make it easier for the opponent to win, and there is no possibility of weakening his strength.

Luo Yuezhu is clearly the latter. Not only does she have sixty years of internal strength training as a foundation, but her meridians are also many times better than those of ordinary people, giving her longer-lasting endurance and faster internal strength recovery.

Even though she was being targeted by some people, Luo Yuezhu did not show any fear. She turned all those who challenged her into stepping stones, and rose to fame step by step by step on them.

"Who is this Luo Yuezhu? She looks like she's less than 20 years old. Her internal energy is too terrifying."

"This is the umpteenth time now. At least eight people on the top 100 have been defeated by her! Could she have practiced some kind of rejuvenation technique?"

"That shouldn't be the case. I paid some money to find out, and it seems that Luo Yuezhu is from Feng'an City. Five years ago, her family was killed by the Right Protector of the Demon Cult. After that, she began to learn martial arts from a master. I heard that it is a very powerful hidden sect."

"Where did you hear this? Is this information reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable. My friend works for the Wulin Alliance. I heard that the Wulin Alliance is planning to recruit him, and the conditions they offer will be very generous."

"So he's someone with a grudge against the Demon Cult. It's understandable that the Wulin Alliance wants to win him over. This young talent can't be snatched away by the Sihai Pavilion. The Sihai Pavilion has been getting more and more involved lately. I was just entering the city, but they stopped me and questioned me."

"That's right. Only the Jiangnan area has some freedom. If someone were to go north, they might be arrested by the Sihai Pavilion on trumped-up charges at any time."

There was constant discussion in the audience, and some of the conversations also reached Jing Ke's ears.

However, Jing Ke didn't care much about the conversation between those people. Even when he heard someone recognize Luo Yuezhu's background, his expression did not change at all.

It is not something that cannot be discussed that they came from Feng'an City. It is also a fact that the young disciple's family was brutally murdered by the right protector of the evil sect. There is no need to cover it up deliberately.

In this way, the preliminary round of the martial arts conference officially ended at the end of the Shen time on the seventh day. The hundred people who remained on the ring were given number plates according to their ring numbers to participate in the next round of draws.

After the preliminary round, only one hundred people were left to participate in the martial arts conference.

After giving them a day to recuperate, the next day will be the brutal elimination round.

The rules of the knockout round are simpler. You play against whoever you are drawn to. The winner stays and the loser leaves.

Fifty people were eliminated in the first round, twenty-five in the second, and twelve in the third. After three rounds of competition, only thirteen people remained in the ring.

Luo Yuezhu was lucky. She drew a bye in the third round and moved directly from the top 25 to the top 13.

There is no doubt that Luo Yuezhu is the youngest among them, but she is also the opponent that the other twelve people least want to draw.

The contestant who got a bye in the fourth round was Ye Wenxin. Her strength was obvious to everyone and everyone knew that she could definitely be ranked in the top three, so there was no talk of any shady dealings.

The opponent Luo Yuezhu drew was also from the Wulin Alliance, and was the deputy head of the Xuanwu Hall. His weapon was an iron rod. He was a man of both internal and external skills, and he was very tall and strong.

Luo Yuezhu was extremely cautious when fighting against the deputy leader of Xuanwu Hall. After all, one blow from the opponent's stick could create a hole in the ring. If he was hit by such a blow, he would definitely suffer some loss.

After seeing that the opponent's moves were all open and close, Luo Yuezhu chose a relatively elegant sword technique, combined with the lightness skill that allowed him to walk on water without leaving any trace, which made it impossible for the deputy head of Xuanwu Hall to find him. He was forced to swing his stick to prevent Luo Yuezhu from attacking him from behind.

The Xuanwu Hall deputy leader's response was sound, but he underestimated Luo Yuezhu's speed. In a single breath, Luo Yuezhu could change positions three times. The deputy leader simply didn't have that quick reaction time. While the iron rod brought him powerful damage, it also slowed him down.

It was a little difficult for Luo Yuezhu to directly cut off the heavy iron rod, so she chose to use her sword to leave a blood line on the opponent's neck to prove her strength.

After feeling a slight stinging pain in his throat, the deputy head of Xuanwu Hall felt as if he had punched cotton and could not exert any force at all.

But after seeing the blood on his fingertips, the deputy hall master admitted that his skills were inferior to others. After clasping his fists in salute, he left with a dejected look on his face.

Thirteen players eliminated six, leaving only seven. Seven players still couldn't play two-on-two, so there was still one bye.

It was unknown whether the Wulin Alliance had deliberately arranged something, or if Luo Yuezhu was just lucky. She once again had a chance to rest and easily made it into the top four.

Four people fight in pairs. The two winners compete for first and second place, and the losers compete for third and fourth place.

Luo Yuezhu's opponent this time is a person who is also known as a genius. He is the closed disciple of the head of Kunlun Sword School. It is said that he is born with a good talent for sword practice.

Although Zhao Yi is only twenty years old, her strength is no worse than some elders in the sect.

"Please give me some advice, Young Master Luo." Zhao Yi said, wearing a Taoist robe and with a slightly cold facial features.

"Please give me some advice." Luo Yuezhu also saluted. After the two sides greeted each other, they drew their swords and attacked together.

The sound of weapons clashing continued to be heard, and the battle between the two sides seemed to be in a stalemate from the beginning.

Zhao Yi had been practicing swordsmanship since she could stand up. For nearly twenty years, she had only practiced swordsmanship, never touching any other weapons, completely absorbed in the practice of swordsmanship.

Such pure sword intent gave Luo Yuezhu a rare sense of urgency, and she had to admit that Zhao Yi's reputation as a genius was indeed well-deserved.

If Luo Yuezhu had not received a birthday gift for her fifteenth birthday, she might not have been able to withstand such pure sword intent.

But enough internal strength can make up for this deficiency. Luo Yuezhu's understanding of sword intent is not as good as Zhao Yi's, but her internal strength can.

So after learning the opponent's sword moves for half an hour, Luo Yuezhu used his internal force to deflect the opponent's attack and seized the opportunity to place his sword on the opponent's shoulder.

"I lose. Thank you, Young Master Luo, for your guidance," Zhao Yi said. She conceded calmly, bowed, sheathed her sword, and left without a moment's hesitation.

Luo Yuezhu touched his nose and found that most people were looking at him. After the referee announced the result, he ran off the stage and accurately found his master in the crowd.

"Master, I'm already in the top two. As long as I win one more game, I'll be the champion." Luo Yuezhu, who was extremely calm in the ring, had only pure smile and joy on his face when facing his master.

"Well, very good, you are worthy of being my apprentice." Jing Ke said with a smile.

After realizing that patting her head might affect her image as a disciple, he patted her shoulder instead and said, "Sit next to me and rest for a while. By the way, you can see who your next opponent will be."

"Okay, Master." Luo Yuezhu sat obediently beside her master.

About half an hour later, two more people appeared on the big stage in the middle, namely Ye Wenxin and the eldest disciple of the Tianshan Sect's generation.

The two men were about the same age. After a simple greeting, they drew their swords and started fighting. The intensity of the battle was even greater than the previous fight between Luo Yuezhu and Zhao Yi.

"Jing Ke, do you think Ye Wenxin can win this competition?" Yin Honglian came over at some point and sat next to Jing Ke in an intimate manner, with one hand resting on the armrest of Jing Ke's chair.

Jing Ke looked at Yin Honglian calmly, "You know Ye Wenxin better than I do, so you know the answer to this question better."

Yin Honglian smiled and turned her head to look at Luo Yuezhu, who looked wary. "Jing Ke, would you like to introduce your precious little disciple to me?"

"Master?" Luo Yuezhu couldn't help but grab the hem of her master's clothes, and looked at Yin Honglian with a slightly frown.

In order to make herself look less conspicuous, Yin Honglian has actually tried to be as low-key as possible. She is not wearing bright red clothes, but relatively plain and elegant purple clothes.

But Yin Honglian's style of doing things has not changed much. Compared with ordinary people, she is more proactive and enthusiastic, and has no sense of boundaries.

Jing Ke, who had dealt with Yin Honglian before, reacted calmly, "This is the Demon Cult's Left Protector, Yin Honglian. Her internal strength is inferior to yours, but she is skilled in the use of poison. If your master is not by your side, if you see her approaching, you can draw your sword directly and don't give her the chance to get close to you."

"Hey, Jing Ke, we are friends after all. I have delivered a lot of information to you, how can you explain it to your little disciple like this? I am not the kind of person who would harm a child." Yin Honglian said with a little dissatisfaction.

"I'm fifteen years old, not a child." Luo Yuezhu couldn't help but emphasize, his eyes fixed on the place where Yin Honglian accidentally touched his master's shoulder.

"By the way, did you give the token I gave you to your little disciple to hang?" Yin Honglian asked, changing the subject.

"Is there a problem?" Jing Ke asked back.

"No problem. I just want to ask, Jing Ke, have you thought it over? I remember four years ago, you seemed to say that you would make a decision after your little apprentice reaches the age of marriage."

Yin Honglian said with a smile, "I think your little disciple might be able to defeat Ye Wenxin. By then, your little disciple will be an elder of the Wulin Alliance. You shouldn't show favoritism, right?"

"The conditions I offered before are still valid. As long as you, Jing Ke, are willing to join, the position of the Grand Elder of the Demon Cult will be yours." Yin Honglian added.

After hearing Yin Honglian's words, Luo Yuezhu couldn't help but get nervous, and she grabbed her master's clothes even harder.

Did Master have any agreement with this person four years ago? Did Master feel that he was now capable of standing on his own and therefore wanted to abandon her?

If that's the case, she wants to take back what she just said. She wants to be a child for the rest of her life!