Chapter 259 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
The location for the competition among those with special abilities is set in the capital.
On the day of the competition, a group of people from Yunlu Village took a floating bus to the venue prepared by the new emperor.
Because it was a temporary competition, the venue was rather simple. It was just a circular cleared area surrounded by a fence, and there were even a lot of weeds left on it.
In the east of the venue is a high platform viewing area specially prepared for the new emperor and high-ranking officials. Next to the platform are many slightly lower seats, which are prepared for the second-class nobles and relatives and friends of the psychics.
The south side is the waiting area for the psychics, and the rest is a free viewing area without seats. Ordinary people who have heard about this competition can come and watch the excitement and broaden their horizons.
So far, the total number of people with special abilities in all gathering places, including Yunlu Village, has reached over two hundred.
This time the competition mainly focuses on martial arts ability, so except for the wood type, most of the participants are pure attack type ability users, mainly gold, fire, earth, wind, thunder and ice. In addition, there are a few water type, strength enhancement type, as well as special type ability users such as Zhou Qing, Lu Chen, and Mei Xue, totaling about one hundred people.
These people include men and women, young and old, and their levels range from one to three. If we want to ensure complete fairness, it would be too troublesome to separate them all.
Therefore, the competition will not involve any other conditions. Everyone will draw lots together and fight against each other until the final winner is decided.
The winner will receive a 100-cubic-meter space ring, 1,000 kilograms of mutant grain, and 500 kilograms of supplies including meat, eggs, vegetables, and fruits.
The second and third place winners will each receive 50 cubic meters of rewards, or half the amount of supplies.
The top ten have 10 cubic rings and 100 kilograms of mixed materials.
Although most people with special abilities don’t have to worry about food and clothing, why not do it if they can learn from others about their own strength and earn some extra money at the same time?
With rewards as motivation, the participants' fighting spirit is obviously more excited.
From Yunlu Village, there are a total of ten people participating in the competition.
They are Lei Yan, Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao, Li Tuo, Wei Xiang, Wu Cheng, Lu Chen, Mei Xue, a strength-enhancing psychic, and a second-level wind-type psychic.
Originally, Lu Xuan could have participated, but his participation in this kind of competition among low-level psychics would be a complete dimensionality reduction attack. There was no comparability at all, and it would have a huge impact on the enthusiasm of others.
To this end, the new emperor has added an additional new rule.
The top three contestants will be eligible to challenge Yunxianhou. As long as they can last ten moves against him, they will receive a luxury electric kayak provided by Yunxianhou.
At a time when many people rely on going out to sea to obtain resources, being able to privately own a kayak, especially a luxury version, is definitely a very prestigious and practical thing.
When all the rules were announced, not only were the participating psychics excited, but even the common people who had arrived early to take seats and watch were excited, as if they were the ones who were about to receive a large amount of supplies and kayaks.
Waiting for the draw time, Yunlu Village viewing area.
Lu Qing, Wu Yinyin, Su Ying, Ye Ping, Liu Yu and other female relatives were holding a large plate of snacks such as dried fruits and meat jerky, as well as a cup of milk tea or juice, and were discussing while eating.
Ye Ping asked, "Who do you think will take the top spot?"
Wu Yinyin said without hesitation: "It's hard to say who it is, but it must be someone from our village."
Lu Qing nodded in agreement. "I think the highest-level psychic participating in the competition is only level two. He can't even compare to a level three psychic."
Not only the top spot, but if nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid the top three spots will be taken by them.
Liu Yu chuckled, his eyes teasing, "I'm afraid that people from our village will take all the top ten spots, and everyone else's efforts will be in vain."
Su Ying casually touched her head, which was the imperial hairpin she had received two days ago after Lu Xuan had helped present the yellow conch pearl. She glanced at Xiong Mao, who was talking to Zhang Chengming and the others at the lottery venue. She narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and said, "I don't care about others, but if my Xiong Mao doesn't make the top three and embarrass me, I'll make him sleep on the floor for the next two weeks."
Lu Qing and the others couldn't help laughing.
Li Tie, Old Man Zhang and others who were listening nearby turned their heads to look at Li Jing, Wu Yang, and Chen Rong.
"You usually train with them, so you should be aware of their strengths. Who among them has the greatest chance of winning first place?"
Chen Rong said without hesitation, "That must be Lei Yan. Thunder-type abilities are inherently much more aggressive than other types, and he also has Lu Xuan's help from time to time, so he definitely has the best chance of winning."
It should be said that it would be a shame if Lei Yan couldn't win.
"Lei Yan is indeed the strongest among us. Next are Cheng Ming and Xiong Mao. They have won and lost against each other in their sparring matches."
Li Jing also added, "Li Tuo is slightly worse than them, mainly because he's too fickle and unstable, and is always easily caught."
Old Master Zhang said, "Then Lei Yan will be first, and my Cheng Ming and Xiong Mao will take second and third?"
Ge Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. The psychics in other gathering places may not be much worse than us."
Ten people from their village might seem like a lot, but most of the other gathering places also had more than a dozen people. Otherwise, how could they possibly gather a hundred people?
Each town has some outstanding psychics, and most of them are people they know.
For example, the seed players in Fengxian include Ye Feiluan (wind), Du Chenghai's son Du Qingyu (ice), Luochuan has Chu Ming (fire) and Yan Erhu (earth), and Yangshan has Miao An, who has just contracted a third-level psychedelic mushroom, and Chen Bing (fire).
Finally, the representatives from the capital are Xie Heng (Feng), the son of Weiyuan Marquis, and Zhou Qing, who came from the Huo family army.
Ge Yuan said, "Marquis Weiyuan is a military general. The prince must have practiced martial arts since childhood. Zhou Qing has been with the Huo family army through thick and thin and is equally experienced. Even without supernatural powers, their strength should not be underestimated. The difference of just one level may not be irreparable."
What's more, Zhou Qing is a person with special abilities and has just acquired the ability of a third-level thunder mutant leopard. He may not lose even if he faces Lei Yan.
Ge Yuan glanced at Huo Tiankuo, who was sitting next to Lu Xuan. "If General Huo were to participate, it's still unknown who would be at the top of the list."
It’s a pity that Huo Tiankuo’s name is too famous.
In the eyes of the people, winning is a matter of course, but losing is a loss of dignity.
Even if Huo Tiankuo himself didn't care about these things, His Majesty would probably not let him play casually, and in the end he could only watch the battle like Lu Xuan.
Li Tiedao said, "Forget it. Don't overthink it. Even if we can't get first place, our village's strength is unquestionable. We will definitely not embarrass ourselves."
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At the same time, on the high platform viewing area on the east side.
The new emperor, ministers, nobles, Liu Wenchi, Ye Feiluan and other leaders of other towns have also taken their seats.
Lu Xuan's position was also arranged here.
He sat at the lower left of the new emperor, his eyes swept over the ministers who looked exceptionally neat after putting on new cloaks made of mutant animal skins, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
These ministers pointed at the people with special abilities who had drawn lots and discussed in low voices, while from time to time they silently took off their cloaks, their brows full of comfort and pride.
Not to mention, these fairy beast skins are very warm when worn on the body. Some people deliberately did not wear biological clothing today. Even so, they did not feel cold at all in the temperature that could still reach below zero, and they were even sweating a little.
Not only that, the finished product looked more luxurious than anything they had worn before.
Originally, many ministers did not like the cold season due to their age, but now, for the first time ever, they hope that such temperature can last for a while longer so that they can wear cloaks more often to show off.
The new emperor was also wearing a newly made black fox fur cloak, but he was more reserved and didn't reveal any obvious emotions. He only asked Lu Xuan in a low voice: "What do you think of the result of today's competition, Yun Xianhou?"
Lu Xuan said: "It has no impact on me or Yunlu Village."
The new emperor chuckled, "That's true. Today, I'm taking this opportunity to see the true strength of these psychics and whether they are worthy of the status I've bestowed upon them."
As they were talking, the drawing of lots had already ended.
After the people below came over to ask for instructions, the new emperor waved his hand and said, "Then let the competition begin."
In the live broadcast room.
[Is it finally starting?! I'm getting impatient waiting.]
[The Star Alliance does have a number of different levels of psychic competitions, but this is the first time I've seen a psychic exchange competition in the ancient times. I hope the battles are exciting.]
[Out of a hundred contestants, the highest is only level three. No matter how exciting it is, it won't be that exciting. It's best not to hold out too much hope.]
【Come on, bet big or small, and bet on who will win first place today?】
[I bet a box of nutritional supplements, and the anchor's brother-in-law won first place!]
[Zhang Chengming's wind-based abilities are also very strong.]
Doesn't our brother Lu Chen have any supporters? A level two gravity ability is a bit low, but it's still gravity! Add one or two times the gravity to your opponent and crush them!
[That's right! I'm betting ten boxes of nutritional supplements on Chenchen to beat all the adults and take first place!]
[Meixue is not bad either, with her poison-type ability, she can poison anyone she catches.]
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While the audience was discussing, the competition officially began.
Due to the large number of participants, the preliminary round was divided into four areas, with four competitions being held simultaneously. Everyone played one round to select fifty people, and then played the second round to leave 25 people, and then the rematches were held one by one.
Generally speaking, as long as you can win three battles, you can almost make it into the top ten.
As soon as the first four groups came on stage, people from different towns immediately began to shout out the names of the psychics from their own towns and cheer for them.
None of these eight people were familiar to Yunlu Village or were well-known figures in other towns. They were all psychics who had just awakened not long ago. Their strength was very average. They could only rigidly condense a fireball or a water ball to attack from a standing position. There were even two strength-enhancing types who engaged in direct hand-to-hand combat.
In the eyes of Lu Xuan and others, there was naturally nothing to see, but among the people who came to watch the battle, there were many people who had never seen a fight between people with superpowers. Suddenly, when they saw someone really create a fireball with bare hands, they couldn't stop exclaiming, and the atmosphere was not quiet at all, and there were excited shouts everywhere.
As the seeded players from various towns took the field one after another, the battle became more and more exciting.
Fire whips, wind blades, and falling thunder danced wantonly on the battlefield, and wood-type mutants proudly showed off their newly contracted mutant plants to join the battle. The exciting and amazing scene made the people exclaim in surprise and burst into exclamations from time to time.
During this period, the psychics from Yunlu Village also came on stage one by one and won the victory easily.
Not long after, it was finally Lu Chen's turn.
As the youngest contestant in this competition, Lu Chen was not at all stage-frightened and appeared in front of everyone with high spirits and confidence.
However, when the people in the audience saw him, they fell into a brief silence, and then burst into laughter.
"Why is there another child participating in the competition?"
"Little guy, have you grown your hair yet? Come and join in the fun."
"Even though the match was a one-touch game, a child that young would be half dead if he got hit by anything. What are the family members thinking? That's so irresponsible."
Lu Chen listened to the doubts of the people around him and puffed up his cheeks with anger.
In the viewing area of Yunlu Village, adults and children were also dissatisfied with the questioning and ridicule of others.
Especially the little ones like Zhang Dafu, Li Kangbao, Xiong Dabao and so on.
"Hmph! What do they know? Chenchen is so powerful!" Zhang Dafu said angrily.
Li Kangbao nodded vigorously, waving his hands in the air. "That's right! Let them see how powerful Lu Chen is and let him beat his opponents to a pulp!"
The adults didn't react that strongly, only snorting coldly: "When Lu Chen knocks his enemies down later, they'll know what it means to be slapped in the face."
"What's wrong with the kid? It would be more embarrassing if the kid beat his opponent."
"Our Chenchen is a person with special abilities. Maybe he can even make it into the top ten and scare them to death."
Lu Qing also didn't like the attitude of those who made fun of Lu Chen, but she believed in Lu Chen's ability, so she acted very calmly.
Lu Chen, the person involved, was also calm.
The little guy seemed to be completely oblivious to the sounds around him. When he heard the person opposite him say, "Don't worry, little brother, I will try to be gentle when I do it," he just glanced at him without any reaction.
It was not until the referee announced the start of the competition that Lu Chen straightened his eyes, raised his arm, pointed it at his opponent, and squeezed it hard in the air.
Double the gravity!
Double gravity instantly fell on the opponent, and the latter's pupils shrank. Before he could do anything, he was hit to the ground with a "bang" because of the heavy and irresistible force without any resistance.
The excessive vibration caused severe damage to the opponent's head. He felt his head dizzy and fainted immediately.
The battle had just begun and it was over.
The viewing area, which was filled with laughter just a second ago, immediately fell into silence.
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