Chapter 123: Defender Xu Qiuqian
The next day.
Due to the great success of yesterday's opening ceremony, many people came here today.
Of course, quite a few of these cultivators came for Xu Qiuqian.
Yesterday, Xu Qiuqian was the only one among the four people who successfully defended the ring for ten rounds. Her victory over a stronger opponent made all the cultivators who saw her look at her differently and made their blood boil. In addition, some people later discovered that she was the mortal manager of the legendary grocery store that cooperated with several major families.
As the news spread overnight, everyone was curious about how she had gone from a mortal to the fourth level of Qi Refining in just a few months.
How can he be so powerful and defeat the strong with the weak?
"There are more people under the No. 4 ring than under the other rings!" someone couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, I came here for that person, what about you?"
Everyone smiled knowingly: "Who isn't?"
"I don't know if she will be able to successfully defend her title today."
"That shouldn't be the case, right? After all, most people were still waiting and watching yesterday, so they should be almost there today."
Others felt the same way.
Although in their hearts, they hoped Xu Qiuqian would win.
But no matter how powerful a person is, it is impossible to successfully defend the title for two consecutive days, right? Yesterday, it could be said that everyone underestimated her and didn't quite understand the rules, but today was different.
They wanted to see the legendary mysterious store manager and also wanted to see how she lost.
Soon, the elders of the Xiao family came to the stage.
"The second day of restricted fighting. Today's restricted weapon is: round shield! Restriction condition: within a quarter of an hour, you must fight with the round shield for more than one-third of the time. The one who knocks the opponent off the ring first or breaks the round shield wins!"
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
After all, the notice yesterday only mentioned the restrictions, but did not explain another victory condition besides defeating the ring.
If the one who breaks the round shield is really the winner, then the plans of many of them will be scrapped.
I thought about it all night!
Some people complained that such an important matter was not announced earlier.
But I can only accept it.
Xu Qiuqian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when he heard that.
This was one of the conditions for victory that she, Shiqian, and Xiaoyi had envisioned last night, so they naturally had ways to deal with it.
"Please invite the defender Xu Qiuqian to the stage!"
The whole audience was in an uproar again, and the noise was even louder than before.
No one expected that Xu Qiuqian would dare to defend the title! Is she so confident in herself? After Xu Qiuqian came on stage, everyone stared at her with burning eyes.
"Whether she can win or not, I admire her confidence!"
"Tsk, is this what you call confidence? This is clearly too much confidence. Do you really think that you are great just because you managed to defend the title by chance? Among those challengers yesterday, how many were truly powerful? They just won by chance while everyone was watching. What's more, the magic weapon used yesterday was the Shadow Moon Blade, which is sold in her grocery store!"
"I remember she said yesterday that it was her first time too."
"First time? Who would believe that? Are you kidding a kid?"
Indeed, how could it be possible that I had never touched the things in my store?
Since you haven't mastered it yet, why use Shadow Moon Blade as a restrictive weapon?
For a moment, the small number of monks who thought that she could successfully defend the ring today like she did yesterday began to waver.
Yesterday's coincidences and various circumstances were too favorable to her.
Maybe she really just got lucky?
There are also monks who firmly believe that Xu Qiuqian can successfully defend the title, of course, they are only a very small minority.
Even people from several major families felt that Xu Qiuqian might not be able to successfully defend his title today.
"Ziyi, what do you think?"
The Xie siblings sat on the second floor of their own store, looking at Xu Qiuqian on the arena outside the building, listening to everyone's discussions, and Xie Manqing asked Xie Ziyi.
"She will surprise us." This was all Xie Ziyi said.
Xie Manqing instantly understood what her brother meant.
Xu Qiuqian had given them too many surprises. From the beginning till now, which one hadn't surprised them? So, even if they lost, they would never lose easily.
Xie Manqing sighed, supporting her chin with her delicate hand, "It's a pity that I'm not below the sixth level of Qi Refining, otherwise I would also like to compete with her."
"Sister, why don't you invite her to ring number five after she leaves the ring?"
Although Arena No. 5 also limits the use of magical weapons during this period, there is no limit on cultivation level.
"Yes! I can invite her to compete with me!" Xie Manqing's eyes lit up, "Let's see when I have time. I'll compete with her tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Xie Ziyi was curious: "Sister, why don't you compete today?"
"That round shield today is too ugly. I'm not interested." Xie Manqing rolled his eyes.
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On ring number four, challenger number one has already entered the ring.
He is a disciple who is being trained as a key skill by a small family and is at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Those who dare to go on stage first are naturally more confident in their own abilities and naturally have some strength.
Knowing Xu Qiuqian's identity, Xu Fan was extremely polite to Xu Qiuqian after he got the round shield on the stage.
"Manager Xu, I'm sorry if I offend you later. I hope you can understand."
Xu Qiuqian nodded to show her understanding.
"Stage number four defender Xu Qiuqian versus challenger Xu Fan, the competition begins!"
At the beginning of the competition, Xu Fan was cautious and did not take out the round shield directly.
Xu Qiuqian naturally didn't have any, and compared to her leisure, Xu Fan was more nervous. Anyone could see that Xu Qiuqian was in a very relaxed state.
"What does she mean? Isn't this too disrespectful to Brother Fan?"
"That's right! Brother Fan is, after all, a disciple that our Xu family has focused on training. Although he is not as good as the disciples that the major families have focused on training, he is not bad compared to other inner-clan disciples!"
The Xu family members who were watching the fight couldn't help but feel indignant when they saw this, and felt that Xu Qiuqian didn't take Xu Fan seriously.
A Qi Refining Level 4 person was so relaxed when facing a Qi Refining Level 6 person. How could this not mean that he didn't take him seriously? "Brother Fan, come on! Beat her!" A Xu family disciple couldn't help but yell.
Seeing this, other disciples of the Xu family were not willing to be outdone.
Xu Qiuqian and Xu Fan on the stage naturally heard it as well.
Xu Qiuqian raised an eyebrow: "Why, you're not going to make a move yet? Or are you going to wait for me to make a move?"
Xu Fan smiled bitterly.
He came here this time just to defeat Xu Qiuqian. Xu Qiuqian already has a certain fame now. If he defeats her, he will not only be noticed by several major families, but maybe other independent cultivators will choose to join them.
Therefore, he must win! And win beautifully!
Thinking of this, Xu Fan no longer hesitated and rushed towards Xu Qiuqian.
Since the round shield could not move after being activated by spiritual power, he chose to test Xu Qiuqian's strength first.
The two men came into close combat.
After several rounds, Xu Qiuqian had a rough idea of Xu Fan's strength.
He has outstanding melee combat ability, with good burst and strength, but he doesn't neglect one thing while focusing on another, which leads to weak defense. It can be seen that he is cautious and calm.
This is a man without many weaknesses.
To her, this kind of person is the most difficult.
(End of this chapter)
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