Chapter 262: Entering the Top Eight
Hearing Lin Zhen's words, An Ning shook her head repeatedly: "No, you are seriously injured now, it will take at least ten days to recover, let's not participate in the competition, okay?"
As she spoke, An Ning gently touched Lin Zhen's hair, as if she was coaxing a child, which made Lin Zhen feel a little amused and helpless.
"Aning, since I dare to participate, I must be confident. Just now, my mental strength has been upgraded to diamond level."
"What? Diamond level mental power?" An Ning is also a mentalist, but her mental power is only at the middle dark gold level, which is already very talented and rare. She knows how difficult it is to improve mental power, but she didn't expect Lin Zhen to have reached the diamond level.
That's something only the Star Realm can have. Many people in the Star Realm haven't even reached Diamond yet, like Old John, who hasn't been able to advance to Diamond even after practicing for a hundred years.
There was a flash of light in Lin Zhen's eyes, and a hint of brilliance appeared in the dark golden aura, which shocked An Ning.
"Diamond-level mental strength must be very powerful, but...but your body."
"I have the power of light to heal, and as far as I know, Aning has a very good grasp of the water element, which should also have a good healing effect. Even if I can't recover in one night, recovering more than half of it should be enough."
Seeing that An Ning seemed to be still worried, Lin Zhen smiled and said to her, "Besides, even if I lose in the virtual environment, my injuries in reality won't get worse. What do you have to worry about?"
"But. But."
"Don't say buts. Come on, Aning, let's start now. I hope my luck is good enough and I don't encounter strong opponents in the first few games, so that I can have more rest time."
Lin Zhen hugged An Ning and held her in his arms. An Ning punched Lin Zhen twice with a red face, then began to place her hands gently on Lin Zhen's chest. The surging water element began to quickly heal Lin Zhen's injuries.
Under the thick water element, Lin Zhen's charged particles kept flashing a faint glow, recovering from his injuries.
An Ning's comprehension and resonance of the water element is obviously even higher than Lin Zhen's brilliant power. Lin Zhen has learned too many things, and he is definitely not as fast as An Ning and Su Mingyue, who are more focused on studying one element of energy.
With the recovery of the two healing energies of light and water, Lin Zhen gradually got better.
******** With the arrival of the second day, the elimination round of the God of War Tournament continued.
But people were surprised to find that Lin Zhen did not withdraw from the competition, but chose to continue participating.
Although Lin Zhen's actions in Paris yesterday were earth-shattering and had proved his strength to the world, and he could even barely fight against Xingjing, his injuries meant that he could no longer achieve anything in the ring.
As for his insistence on participating in the competition, people mostly think it is a kind of belief, fighting purely for honor. In fact, he has no chance of winning the championship, and it is even a question whether he can advance to the top 16.
Almost all the participating war gods regarded Lin Zhen as a weakling.
So what if you are strong? Old John's knife had already injured his abdomen, and he was whipped several times, and his external injuries were also serious. He was carried to the flying saucer by An Ning. Continuing to participate in the competition would only be asking for trouble.
Therefore, when the draw was made, almost everyone hoped to meet Lin Zhen in the first round, which would almost guarantee them a place in the top 16.
Soon the draw results came out. Lin Zhen faced the war god Alice from the European Union in the first round! Alice also advanced to the top 32. In the battle in Paris yesterday, when Lin Zhen rescued An Ning, no one cared about Alice and Hansen. In the end, people didn't know where they went.
After the battle draw, the other gods of war all lamented that Alice was lucky, but Alice announced a surprising decision.
She gave up the match! Just this simple sentence allowed Lin Zhen to advance to the top 16!
This news caused another uproar, and the first to attack was the EU's God of War.
"I'm Al from the EU. I want to announce something now. Alice and Hansen left the Paris base city yesterday. They betrayed the EU and are traitors to the EU. They are in the same group as Lin Zhen and An Ning. According to reliable information, they also went to the East yesterday, probably to meet up with Lin Zhen and the others."
Some war gods from the European Union, the United States and Tsarist Russia cursed Alice and Hansen for their betrayal, but then Hansen also posted a message online.
"We don't want to betray the EU. It's the EU that wants to vent its anger on Alice and me because of Chris's matter. You all want us dead, but we won't just sit there and wait for death. I think Lin Zhen and An Ning will be happy to apply for a Chinese identity for us."
Both sides made statements, each holding their own opinion, but people generally believed that Lin Zhen had gotten a good deal. Alice was An Ning's friend, and she deliberately went easy on Lin Zhen, allowing him to advance to the top 16. When the top 16 advanced to the top 8, Lin Zhen would definitely be eliminated.
Even those who set up the gambling game were not optimistic about Lin Zhen. Originally, when Lin Zhen advanced to the top 32, his odds were adjusted to 1 to 5. However, today when he advanced to the top 16, his odds fell to 1 to 10.
The promotion to the top sixteen was quickly completed, and various masters advanced one after another. Su Mingyue once again eliminated a non-Union god of war and also advanced to the top sixteen.
In the match between the top 16 and the top 8, Lin Zhen's opponent in the draw was actually Su Mingyue.
Su Mingyue also voluntarily gave up the competition after the draw. Gongsun Du even got angry with Su Mingyue for this, but he also knew that Su Mingyue would never be able to attack the injured Lin Zhen.
Lin Zhen also smiled bitterly because of this matter. Although Yue'er had good intentions, she brought trouble upon herself.
After making it to the quarterfinals, Lin Zhen once again attracted a lot of criticism from the world.
The An Ning I met yesterday was so beautiful and outstanding that I don’t know how many men were jealous of her. And Su Mingyue’s behavior today also indirectly confirmed the relationship between Su Mingyue and Lin Zhen.
This made countless men who admired Su Mingyue's eyes turn red with jealousy, and they cursed Lin Zhen to lose miserably in the next round. There would be no women participating in the subsequent battles. Who could Lin Zhen, a guy who made a living by his face, rely on?
After two rounds of victories without a fight, Lin Zhen got a lot of rest time. An Ning had been by his side healing his injuries. After more than ten hours of treatment, coupled with the recovery of his radiance, his injuries were finally mostly recovered, and he could hold on as long as the battle was not too intense.
The draw for the quarterfinals will be announced soon.
Khorov from Tsarist Russia versus Pogba from Africa.
Dok from the United States faces Moro from Brazil.
Ayr from the European Union faced Yunus from India.
Lin Zhen from China versus Shahan from India.
Seeing that he was finally in a group with Lin Zhen, Shahan even laughed out loud on the spot and immediately made a lot of comments on the Internet.
"Lin Zhen, a guy who relied on women to advance, must not want to meet me. But the arrangement of fate is often so wonderful. He once rampantly eliminated my brother Omar. The true God gave me this opportunity for revenge. I want to say something to Lin Zhen here. Lin Zhen, you can continue to choose to hide under women's skirts. I won't laugh at you. No matter whether it's Su Mingyue or An Ning, the taste inside the skirt must be very sweet. Do you want me to let you wet and then we can switch? I don't mind hiding in there for a while, hahaha!"
As soon as these words were spoken, An Ning, who was treating Lin Zhen's injuries, suddenly changed his expression.
"This Shahan's mouth is really annoying. Lin Zhen, you must not get angry about this matter. He is deliberately provoking you."
Lin Zhen took a deep breath and said, "Of course I know his tricks, but he really disgusts me. He is insulting you and Yue Er. I will definitely make him be punished."
"I believe you, but you must not be too careless. Shahan is a spiritualist in the late Dark Gold stage, known as the Great Wizard of India. He is already 75 years old this year. He is the oldest among all the participating war gods and has the strongest spiritual power. Not only does he have a top-grade spiritual defense star weapon, but his attack methods are also extremely strange."
"What's the weird method?"
"Have you ever heard of spirits?"
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment. He knew something about spirits. They were the energized power of human souls, which were what people called ghosts.
But ghosts are basically useless to warriors. Warriors have strong willpower and good mental strength and are hardly affected by ghosts. In the interstellar space, ghosts are useless. But I didn't expect to hear about spirits now.
"This person is not only proficient in mental power, but also in fire power. He kills people with mental power, removes skulls and traps people's souls inside, making it impossible for the souls to leave the body, forming a spirit body. These things can affect other people's brain nerves under his control. It is a unique means of attack. After these battles, Shahan did not even move once and successfully advanced all the way."
"Is it so powerful?" Lin Zhen asked.
"Well, he even said that if it weren't for Holof's solidified mental power, the championship of this battle would definitely be his. He wouldn't even need to move a step to win. After all, spirits are energy bodies and are not suppressed by Holof's gravity field."
"That's really not easy to deal with, but don't worry, An Ning, I will take care of him."
An Ning nodded, "I believe you. You really need a battle to prove that you didn't rely on women to get into the quarterfinals. I've called Alice and Yue'er and told them that you've been promoted to a diamond psychic. They are definitely not your opponents even if they fight. In fact, you are the strongest."
"Haha, my Aning knows me best." Lin Zhen said with a smile.
"Go away, who belongs to your family?" An Ning blushed and fluttered her long eyelashes, but she never stopped the work in her hands. A stream of water element was injected into Lin Zhen's wound, making the scab almost fall off.
Her delicate fingers gently stroked Lin Zhen's wound, and wrapped a bandage around Lin Zhen. An Ning said in surprise, "It's almost healed. Lin Zhen, as long as you don't use too much force, the wound won't burst."
"It's okay if it bursts. Injuries from the virtual world won't be brought into reality."
Lin Zhen stood up and picked up the virtual helmet. The competition from top eight to top four was about to begin.
An Ning also stood up and said to Lin Zhen: "I need to go home. I haven't returned home yet since I got back to Ice City."
Lin Zhen nodded, somewhat reluctant to let An Ning go.
An Ning said to Lin Zhen: "I will be back soon and prepare a delicious meal for you to celebrate your championship."
Looking at An Ning who was full of confidence, Lin Zhen suddenly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I think what Shahan said might be right."
"What?" An Ning looked at Lin Zhen who was so close to her, and her face unconsciously flushed, she was so beautiful that it was beyond description.
“It must be very sweet.”
An Ning was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red. She wanted to hit Lin Zhen hard but couldn't bear to do so. She could only stomp her feet in anger, turned around and ran out of Lin Zhen's room.
Watching An Ning leave, Lin Zhen put on his helmet with a smile. A white light flashed, and the ring appeared in front of him.
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