"What? Shindo lost an arm to Lin Yi?"
Zhu Haoran was deeply shocked upon hearing this information.
He guessed that Lin Yun's martial arts talent and strength were extraordinary, but what he valued most was Lin Yun's future strength. He did not believe that Lin Yun's current strength surpassed Li Xintang by such a large margin.
With just one move, he crippled one of Li Xintang's arms.
“Uncle-Master, that brat actually dared to cripple Xintang’s arm. I checked it, and it’s truly crippled and can’t be restored. This is tantamount to ruining Xintang’s future… I absolutely cannot let him go, even if he is a disciple of Dashan. Besides, didn’t you say that he’s not yet a disciple of Dashan?” A middle-aged man said angrily.
He is Chen Dawu, Li Xintang's master and Yan Dashan's junior brother, who is now at the mid-stage of Dark Force.
As he spoke, he was about to walk out the door.
"Stop right there!" Zhu Haoran shouted.
"Uncle-Master, he injured Xintang so badly, are you still going to speak up for him?" Chen Dawu turned around, looked at Zhu Haoran, and said angrily.
"Hmph! Do you know what Xintang did in Xianyuan County? Dashan almost died because of Xintang's actions!" Zhu Haoran said with a gloomy face.
"What?" Chen Dawu exclaimed in surprise.
“Although the other party is not a true disciple of Dashan, he is still considered half a disciple. Xintang’s actions almost killed Dashan. It is only natural for the other party to stand up for Dashan. Moreover, this time, it was Xintang who approached the other party!” Zhu Haoran said in a deep voice.
“Once you enter a life-or-death arena, you are responsible for your own life and death. It would be normal for the opponent to kill Xintang. Only crippling Xintang's arm is the result I requested from the opponent. The opponent has already shown mercy.” Zhu Haoran paused and continued.
"Uncle-Master, you..." Chen Dawu said in disbelief.
He never expected that Zhu Haoran would have made such a request to the other party.
Doesn't this mean that Zhu Haoran already knew that Li Xintang was no match for him?
"I didn't expect him to be so strong at the time..." Zhu Haoran breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Chen Dawu's expression and said.
“Even so, he crippled Xintang’s arm. I can’t let him off like this. Uncle-Master, you know that Xintang has a high talent for martial arts. In the preliminary round of the Rising Star Competition, he even achieved a score of over 50. This is an excellent way to build a reputation for our Seven Wounds Sect. Now, Xintang has no choice but to withdraw from the competition. Even if I let him go, the other elders and deacons of our Seven Wounds Sect will not agree to it…” Chen Dawu shook his head and said.
"Don't worry about this, I'll talk to them..." Zhu Haoran glanced at Chen Dawu and said.
If Lin Yun hadn't known and been acquainted with Zhang Wentian's son in Suzhou, he wouldn't have been able to bring up this matter. However, since Lin Yun did know and was acquainted with Zhang Wentian's son in Suzhou, it would have been easier for him to tell the other members of the Seven Wounds Sect about it.
Although the Seven Wounds Sect also has martial arts masters, their martial arts masters are already quite old and have been out of the public eye for many years. He believed that the other members of the Seven Wounds Sect would not want to easily offend a young martial arts master.
Yes, Zhang Wentian's son is only in his early twenties, and Zhang Wentian himself is not old, not even sixty yet.
This is quite young for a martial arts master, and there is potential for him to go even further.
These martial arts masters are even more fearsome than some older martial arts masters.
...
After leaving the deathmatch arena, Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran headed together to the rookie competition arena.
The rules for the semi-finals are also very simple.
The top 300 in the preliminary round will draw lots together.
The winner will advance directly to the top 150.
However, after subtracting some who are unable to continue, and adding some who performed well and some who were revived through the revival competition, we can see that...
The selection of participants for the second round of the competition was decided, with a total of two hundred people.
The final top 100 will be determined.
Then, there are the top 60.
The top 35.
The top 20.
Each round will include a revival round, adding some candidates who have passed the revival round.
Some players who directly qualified can also take a break during this time.
As for those who were selected through the revival round, they did not receive this preferential treatment. This was the price they paid for their previous failures. They were simply unlucky. The revival round was an extra opportunity for them after their previous failures.
In short, today's semi-finals determined the top twenty teams.
Tomorrow, the final day of the martial arts tournament, will determine the top ten and their specific rankings.
Round 1.
Lin Yunsheng.
Round two.
Lin Yunsheng.
Unlike the preliminary rounds, the contestants in each round of the semi-finals were stronger than those in the previous round.
Therefore, after Zhang Haoran's lucky victory in the first round, he lost in the second round.
This was last night, and Lin Yun had taught him some martial arts techniques, which he had spent the whole night familiarizing himself with. Otherwise, he might not have been able to win the first battle.
However, as a result, Zhang Haoran only achieved a top 150 ranking in the semi-finals.
This also shows that some powerful martial artists did not use their full strength in yesterday's preliminary rounds.
Perhaps those powerful martial artists have lofty goals this time, so they don't want any accidents to happen. In order to preserve their strength, they only need to ensure that they can advance in the preliminary round.
Those people didn't even participate in all ten battles of the preliminary round.
Only those whose abilities are mediocre go all out in the preliminary rounds for the sake of temporary fame, because if they don't go all out in the preliminary rounds, they won't have the chance to shine later.
Think about it, being among the top few or even the top dozens in the preliminary rounds, it's a pretty prestigious thing to say, isn't it?
Being ranked in the top 100 or 200 in the semi-finals doesn't sound as good as being ranked in the top few dozen in the preliminary rounds.
"Brother Lin, that was a direct disciple of Shaolin, a late-stage Ming Jin. I've heard of his name before; he's said to be extremely powerful among late-stage Ming Jin martial artists. I never imagined he'd be defeated by you..."
"Brother Lin, your next opponent is actually from the Bagua Sect. The Bagua Sect's kung fu is not easy to deal with. You must..."
Zhang Haoran's rankings in the preliminary and semi-final rounds have exceeded expectations. Although he lost the competition, he was not discouraged. Instead, he surrounded Lin Yun and kept excitedly talking about it.
His skill level was too low to advance, but seeing his friends keep advancing was still very exciting.
He didn't know Lin Yun's strength, nor did he ask. First, it was a rather private matter; second, some things are more surprising when they are discovered gradually.
"Hmph! My father often says I'm not doing anything right. If he knew I'd made such a formidable friend as Brother Lin, let's see how he reacts..." Zhang Haoran thought to himself with a snort.
"Wow! Fairy Lin has appeared! She's so beautiful! Brother Lin, look! Look!"
Just then, Zhang Haoran grabbed Lin Yun's arm again, pointed to a ring, and said excitedly.
Because there were many people watching around the arena, they could only watch from outside.
"Fairy Lin?"
Lin Yun looked at the arena and smiled slightly.
On that arena, the one everyone called Fairy Lin was none other than Lin Mengmeng.
"This girl's strength has increased even more. It must be the effect of the Azure Cloud Supreme. If this continues, she will probably be able to break through to the peak of Ming Jin in just a few months..." Lin Yun thought to himself.
Before the Qingyun Company incident, Lin Mengmeng often sought him out to spar in martial arts, and he had given her many pointers on martial arts techniques and cultivation. He was very clear about Lin Mengmeng's strength.
It must be said that Lin Mengmeng's martial arts talent is indeed quite strong, and she is making rapid progress.
This is the third round of battles. If they win, they can advance to the top 60.
Lin Mengmeng was unlucky; her opponent this time was a martial artist at the peak of the Ming Jin realm.
"Bang—bang—bang—"
Soon, the two began to fight on the arena.
Sure enough, after several dozen moves, Lin Mengmeng began to fall into a disadvantageous position.
There is still a significant difference between the late stage of Ming Jin and the peak stage of Ming Jin.
Lin Mengmeng was able to last for dozens of moves, which is already quite good.
"Go for it...go for it..."
"Fairy Lin, hang in there..."
"This guy is really something, not manly at all, he won't even give way to Fairy Lin..."
Below the stage, several young men cheered for Lin Mengmeng loudly.
The man fighting Lin Mengmeng on the stage was speechless.
Lin Mengmeng's image also greatly appealed to him, but compared to that, he still hoped to become famous.
The main reason is that he is self-aware. Lin Mengmeng has already attracted the attention of many martial arts prodigies, so compared to them, he is not so conspicuous.
It's better to get something more practical.
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