"Everyone take a break for half an hour, and then the elimination round of 16 to 8 will begin." The voice of the chief steward of the two halls came.
Wang Xiaohai and Cheng Yan immediately stopped talking.
Wang Xiaohai and Cheng Yan had byes, so they didn't pay attention to the game and stood aside to chat.
"Last time I met a group of people gathered together, and I didn't know what they were doing?" Cheng Yan said, "Then I leaned over to take a look, and found that it was a middle-aged man performing a monkey-entertaining show. I thought it was boring, so I turned around and wanted to leave. Guess what happened next?" At this point, Cheng Yan kept the question in suspense.
"What happened?" Wang Xiaohai asked with pretended curiosity. He knew that Cheng Yan must have been tricked, and he answered just to cooperate with this guy's dirty thoughts.
"Haha, you really can't guess!" Cheng Yan laughed triumphantly, just as Wang Xiaohai expected, and whispered, "A young man walked over and asked me for money."
Wang Xiaohai yawned. This was such a cliché. "Did you give it to me?"
"Of course not. I was about to leave, why should I give money?" Cheng Yan said, "But they came again and wouldn't let me go. They insisted I'd seen it, and I ended up giving them a beating."
"That's why they say curiosity kills the cat. Street scams are full of tricks, and people are treacherous," Wang Xiaohai said. "You need to be more careful in the future. Strength is the most important thing. Status and wealth are also a manifestation of strength. If the person asking for money is not you, but an ordinary person, you have no choice but to give in!"
"Ultimately, it's the flawed laws of our alliance that allow bad guys to exploit loopholes," Cheng Yan said. "If calling the police would have helped, would anyone still dare to do this?"
Wang Xiaohai thought that the former police chief who was fired by him was indeed a person who only knew how to take shortcuts, flatter, and not work. In fact, working hard, conscientiously, maintaining public order, and being capable and down-to-earth are the best flattery to superiors.
As the two were talking, it was Foles' turn to play in the elimination round. The two stopped talking and looked towards the center of the stadium.
The stadium is covered by a light column with a diameter of 100 meters, forming a special force field. Contestants within the light column can use martial arts to attack. Anyone who is killed or hit out of the light column will be deemed the loser.
At the sidelines, a host with slicked-back hair, formal attire, and a microphone shouted, "Game on!"
Then—Fowles leaped out of the beam of light and admitted defeat. He was merely a regular warrior, facing a peak martial arts master. He was undoubtedly no match. A transcendental challenger was rare across the continent, rarely seen in a century. Even if there were, it wouldn't be him. A difference of one realm meant a difference in strength of tens to a hundred times. It was like a twenty-year-old professional Sanda master fighting a one-year-old infant in a ring. What were the chances of a one-year-old infant defeating a Sanda master? It was estimated that even a human race wouldn't have seen one in thousands of years, and even if there were, it would only be a legend.
"Fowles, I think you've set the fastest defeat record for the Twin Palaces!" Cheng Yan exclaimed as he saw Fowles approaching. "It should have been less than 0.2 seconds. You stood next to that circle of light and jumped out of it to admit defeat the moment the host's voice fell!"
"You can laugh now, but wait until you're in the ring and see how I laugh back!" Fowles snorted coldly, "You and I are just regular warriors, the two lowest-level top sixteen contestants in the Twin Palaces in decades."
"It doesn't matter. After the competition, we will have the Golden Martial Fruit and will soon reach the level of martial arts master. Even if we become powerful, we can become teachers at famous universities around the world." Cheng Yan said, "Also, you are in the top 16, and I am in the top 8."
Fowles was speechless. This guy just happened to advance to the quarterfinals by a bye and beat him by luck.
"I'm not convinced. Let's go to the sidelines and have a fight." Fowles said, pointing to an open space next to the recreational field where there was no one.
"Let's spar, it's a good opportunity to test your strength." Cheng Yan said without hesitation, "But your martial energy is blocked outside the light column, so it will be a bit difficult to adapt to a fierce battle. Let's warm up first."
As they talked, they ran around the stadium together to warm up.
After Cheng Yan and Fowles finished a lap, the last group had finished the race.
"The first round of the elimination tournament has concluded, and the top eight have been chosen." The voices of the two hall stewards came from the loudspeakers around the sports plaza. "They are Bu Yao of the demon race, Chi Ming of the beast race, Hu Xiaotian of the beast race, Wang Xiaohai of the human race, Cheng Yan of the human race, Liu Xingyi of the human race, Jin Chengjue of the human race, and Lu Feiyan of the human race."
The list is out. Among the top eight, there are five humans, two beastmen and one demon. It seems that humans are still the strongest and dominant race on the Evil Spirit Continent, followed by beastmen and finally demons. The ratio is about the same for the top sixteen.
Unfortunately, no magician made it to the quarterfinals. There was originally one in the top sixteen, but in such a limited-range battle, the magician was at a great disadvantage because he could not create distance, while a martial arts master only needed a second to rush across a distance of a hundred meters. The magician was equivalent to fighting in close combat with a martial artist, and the result was obvious.
"The quarterfinals will begin tomorrow. The first match will be between Bu Yao and Chi Ming, the second between Hu Xiaotian and Wang Xiaohai, the third between Cheng Cheng and Liu Xingyi, and the fourth between Jincheng Jue Jue and Lu Feiyan," the head steward of the two halls said. "Everyone, find a place to stay and rest. You can sleep on the overpass or the floor. It doesn't matter to you. Just arrive at the square before noon tomorrow. If you're late, you'll lose."
The contestants dispersed, and the staff at the venue were sorting out the recorded documents.
Wang Xiaohai saw the bald man walking towards the side of the road.
The bald man's arm was slightly injured, and the clothes on his upper body were torn. His previous opponent was also a top contestant who was a master of martial arts. The two fought hard, and in the end the bald man won with a slight advantage. The reason for his victory was not because he was stronger than his opponent, but because he was ruthless enough. He exchanged injuries for injuries and fought for his life in the game. When his opponent hesitated, he seized the opportunity to defeat him and became one of the top 16 players. According to his strength, he should have been able to enter the semi-finals.
There are sixteen martial arts masters in the top and eight formal warriors in the top, so sometimes luck is more important than strength!
"Jin Chengjue, you owe Qingliu University hundreds of lives, how are you going to pay it back?" Wang Xiaohai said to the bald man.
The bald man’s name is Jin Chengjue, but the country he represents is not the Alliance, but Yueying Country!
Wang Xiaohai felt that there was an inside story. Jin Chengjue was in Yueying Country, Wu Ciren was also in Yueying Country, and Yunmei escaped from Yueying Country. Yueying Country must have a secret!
The bald man, Jin Chengjue, stopped and looked back at Wang Xiaohai. "I don't care about right or wrong when doing things, I only care about success and failure. Human life is not important to me, including my own. Do you know why I shaved my head? It means I have no worries, so I won't apologize for anything I have done."
To achieve the goal, do whatever it takes? Wang Xiaohai thought that he probably couldn't be as ruthless and decisive as him. He thought that this guy's name sounded like an idol star, but his actions were almost like a devil.
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