The big red drum thumped loudly.
The master is well, and he goes about his business alone.
There was no one else on the road.
The highest point is on the east side, and the road there is also the longest; he walked for a long time.
Upon seeing a splash of bright red before him, Shi Wuyang said thoughtfully, "We've finally arrived."
Luo Yan was the chief examiner here, and Yan Tianhua followed silently and respectfully beside him.
There are no rules here, it's all about pure force.
Although Luo Yan is small in stature, her fighting skills are off the charts.
She saw a person dressed in a black robe and said professionally, "Hello, I am Luo Yan, the examiner for this competition. The competition began the moment the drum sounded. Your task is to defeat all the contestants who have come here and win the final victory."
Shi Wuyang remained silent and went up on stage.
His eyes held a depth of thought that was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people—a mixture of loneliness, indifference, and above all, taciturnity.
And indifference to the final victory.
As the wild geese's cry faded, the voice said, "Well then, I hope you enjoy the competition. By the way, if you encounter any problems during the competition, feel free to report them to me."
After Luo Yan finished speaking, she disappeared behind the curtain.
Yan Tianhua watched as the chief examiner of the event, nicknamed "Examiner Luo Yan," slipped away after speaking. He could have stayed on the field as a referee, but the little girl in front of him had already sidled up with him.
She quietly leaned closer and said, "It's not that I don't want to be a referee, I just want to observe the situation from the shadows for a more comprehensive view."
Yan Tianhua hesitated before repeating, "More comprehensive?"
Luo Yan, with the air of an old man, said earnestly, "Yes."
Looking at the confident Lord Luo Yan, he suspected something was amiss, but couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he changed the subject, "Do you think he can win?"
Luo Yan stretched and said, "I don't know."
Victory or defeat is determined by people, and there has never been a shortage of young people who believe that "my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven."
Yan Tianhua felt that he was better at dealing with someone like Chi Wangyue, who was unreliable and whose behavior was neither good nor bad.
He missed him. Especially in stark contrast to the person right in front of him.
Luo Yan said, "...I have a feeling that I'm even more of a devil than the devil king."
Chi Wangyue: "...I wasn't there, and my longing for you is like the wind, unbidden!"
Luo Yan crowded into the audience seats like a spectator watching a spectacle. The audience seats were occupied by prospective judges, while the actual audience members couldn't see the "fake audience."
A "circle within a circle".
Shi Wuyang stood in the middle of the four drums, looking down from the stage, all he could see was darkness.
Footsteps could be heard in the shadows.
Shi Wuyang's eyes flashed with "Let's fight!", but his opponent kept stopping and starting, leaving him completely bewildered.
"Forget it, I'll just go with my gut feeling." Shi Wuyang closed his eyes and dozed off, still not at ease.
Suddenly, a drum sounded from behind, and the latecomer arrived—a "person" fully clad in armor.
Although his movements were slow, his attack power was greater than Wu Yang's.
When Shi Wuyang launched his first attack, he swiftly and ruthlessly used his long whip "Karma" to deliver a powerful blow.
"Armored guy?!"
His eyes were bloodshot as he stared in the direction he was in.
With a swift movement, his longsword flashed out, suddenly aimed straight at Shi Wuyang, his aim always precise and fast.
Shi Wuyang's pupils contracted, and he took out his life-saving prop.
A high-quality prop was instantly reduced to fragments, and Shi Wuyang's heart sank.
“.
The armored guy continued, Shi Wuyang, with a cold face, gripped the Causal Whip tightly, his eyes hiding a cold light, looking no different from a "demon".
“Continue—” he said hoarsely, his movements quickening rapidly.
The Causal Whip was used to its fullest potential by Shi Wuyang, but the opponent was thick-skinned and had a high health pool, so it didn't react at all.
Again!
The armored guy seemed to realize something was wrong; he couldn't withstand the intensity of the attacks, especially Shi Wuyang's reckless use of Blood Burning Technique.
The drums sounded again, the armored man's eyes darkened, and the Causal Whip seized the opportunity to strike, forcing him to contract his entire body.
Then, under Shi Wuyang's indifferent expression, the armored vehicle fell apart.
After it fell apart, another formidable rival came to attack.
He's a dark-tongued guy, even playing with "ghost fire" in his hand, a kind of enhanced version of swagger.
When Zhao Yao was found by Yan Tianhua, a spark ignited in his eyes.
"Great, the master uses me again." After being ejected from the Enchanted Illusion, Zhao Yao found himself in the middle of nowhere, and for a moment, he wondered if he had been exiled.
But Yan Tianhua wouldn't treat him like that.
He's still useful!
Zhao Yao quickly confirmed his location, exuding a natural confidence. He was definitely being deliberately retaliated against by some guy surnamed Huang, and sent flying to a place where no one knew!
"Tsk tsk tsk, you little trash."
On the way to Yan Tianhua, he cursed Huang Di while enduring hardship and developing his business.
After all, his path to enlightenment was different from the traditional one, and he pondered it in secret.
In an era where powerful ghosts bullied lesser ghosts, this was another force that rose to prominence by extorting protection money from lesser ghosts by bullying the more powerful ones.
As a result, they went too far and were found by the kind-hearted and beautiful boss.
The process can be a journey of "whoosh whoosh whoosh" along the way.
He didn't take Shi Wuyang seriously at all. He could beat such a small person into a pulp with just one finger!
After Shi Wuyang defeated the armored guy, a strange, inhuman creature appeared in a series of attacks, and he was bound to be squeezed dry in the final round.
"...Is the person who orchestrated this even human?" Shi Wuyang questioned Yan Tianhua.
Yan Tianhua retorted with a flip of her hand, insisting on denying everything.
Luo Yan stared at the armored vehicle, which was slowly coming back to life right below Shi Wuyang's stage. It seemed that the strange thing on the stage had come up too early.
The first time, she went too far with her shamelessness. Looking back, Qingzhou was already beyond reach. It's alright, she's not the one who's suffering.
Yan Tianhua, who was around her, pushed the pressure onto Luo Yan, who in turn pushed it onto the non-existent face. The two of them lived happily without any worries, and neither of them seemed to care about being slandered by the world.
Previously, the best venues were set up, relying purely on combat strength.
Luo Yan spoke up at the opportune moment, "These... Armored Brothers, where did they come from?"
Yan Tianhua looked at "recycling and reuse" expressionlessly and said in a serious tone, "I found it."
Luo Yan continued, "And who is this strange fellow?"
Yan Tianhua said tenderly, "I found it."
Is there a difference?
Luo Yan, unwilling to give up, asked. As the most stubborn of the four chief examiners, she was always straightforward, speaking her mind when she had something to say and keeping quiet when she didn't, happily watching the drama unfold.
"...The big one was a gift from someone, while the one that looks a bit eerie is a little thing that my junior brother and I collected together. It's quite cute."
Luo Yan said with great interest, "A domineering tone, looking down on people, a cute little fire-playing girl? Junior Brother Yan, you have a sharp eye!"
Yan Tianhua: "...Whatever you say."
Shi Wuyang couldn't hear people saying that the inhuman, ghostly thing in front of him was a cute little fire-playing creature, nor could he sense that a certain armored behemoth below the stage was watching him as he was being resurrected.
Shi Wuyang remained calm and said, "Ignorance is bliss."
Even his choice of clothes for his flamboyant arrival was deliberate. His outfit was black and red, complete with tassel pendants. To accentuate his sinister charm, he personally selected a pair of modern Chinese-style earrings. Hanging from his ear, he resembled a sinister male ghost.
However, the sinister male ghost, facing a pitiful girl who looks like she's just started school and has no use for her natural beauty, doesn't bully her, but similarly, no one can lay a hand on her.
It only took a moment for Shi Wuyang to use the Causal Whip on him. He acted swiftly, and as the whip fell before his eyes, it brought a gust of wind, which he caught with his bare hands.
"Kid, don't bully honest people!" Zhao Yao uttered, and felt the Causal Whip he was holding suddenly detach from his grasp.
"?" The Causal Whip, segmented and without the blood of its previous opponent, looked like a large black snake, but it could sever its tail and reassemble itself automatically.
"Show off?!"
You bastard! Wait till I beat you until you're screaming like a banshee!
Shi Wuyang gave a disdainful smile. "You look down on people with your ghostly eyes, you arrogant jerk."
He chuckled arrogantly.
He acted without hesitation. As the leader of Qingcheng Mountain, he couldn't do without strength. He wrapped himself in wisps of red mist. When Shi Wuyang saw the red mist, he instinctively stopped.
Zhao Yao seized any opportunity to retaliate fiercely, and since he didn't have any suitable tools, he simply beat him with his bare hands.
His best approach is close-quarters combat, while his worst aspect is his closeness.
In less than a second, Zhao Yao was in front of him at top speed and punched him hard.
Although Shi Wuyang was wearing a black robe, he was tall and muscular, and for a moment, Zhao Yao was like punching cotton!
"…That's really something. It's true that people never lose out when they fall into the same trap twice."
When Shi Wuyang saw him approaching, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but the next second, he punched Zhao Yao off the dueling platform!
He arrogantly declared, "You just wait!"
Shi Wuyang didn't say anything, but there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
"Okay, wait."
The swaggering figure suddenly crashed into the big guy, who dusted himself off and then got down to contemplate life.
Although he was a bit embarrassed when he stepped off the stage, he was sincerely grateful when a guy in the audience caught him.
"Thanks a lot, buddy!"
Armored Brothers: "You're welcome."
Zhao Yao believed that he didn't have a perfect victory, but he made a graceful exit in the end (without falling flat on his face!).
As the drums sounded, a figure instantly drew the attention of everyone on and off the stage.
She was a tall and slender woman.
It is named "White Cloud".
The shadow behind her was also Shi Wuyang's opponent.
It is named "Dark Cloud".
Compared to the previous two, they were like appetizers, looking impressive but not actually showing their true strength.
It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't.
In this match, friendship comes first, competition second.
It can be described as "a hidden knife held to the neck by the proctor".
Luo Yan smiled and said, "I am the fairest examiner!"
Bai Wu bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry."
Shi Wuyang didn't answer, sensing that the other party would make a move the next second.
As its name suggests, Baiwu's light is like a pure white cloud, while its darkness is like a stormy downpour.
She moved quickly, and her target was the dark cloud.
Dark Cloud unleashed one deadly attack after another, leaving no moment of weakness, like a murderous maniac descending to slaughter his minions.
Baiyun is the strongest support, as Shi Wuyang's Causal Whip always manages to deviate from its original trajectory when it gets close to her.
It was as if she was his nemesis.
What's frightening is that everything she did was in accordance with the rules, which are based on a relationship of equal strength between the two parties.
Sweat beaded on Shi Wuyang's face, and his black robe was damp with sweat.
Baiyun said, "Just admit defeat!"
Dark Clouds launched another attack.
The movement was accompanied by an overwhelming killing intent.
One is gentle, the other only wants to destroy.
If there are restrictions, then two people can only be restricted to one person, which is Baiyun.
Shi Wuyang had never seen Bai Yun truly make a move. He felt no fear, only contemplation.
Perhaps, if either of them were to lose, the rules would be impossible to establish.
But it is undoubtedly very cruel.
However, Shi Wuyang never goes to extremes.
He said, "Knocking your opponent off the stage is essentially a loss, and from the beginning, Big Guy and Ah Fu have proven this point."
He closed his eyes and used the move he had originally planned to use last. Suddenly, the Causal Whip had a flash of inspiration and spontaneously locked onto the White Crow.
Images flashed through Bai Wu's eyes, and there she was, thrown off the stage. In an instant, she lost her chance to win.
"It's really a helpless way to fall," Wu Yun said.
"It's okay, I'll stay with you," Baiyun said, as warm as a little sun.
Dark Clouds' eyes softened. "Okay."
Fuyao stood beside the big guy, watching Baiwu, who took off on her own without being caught, and asked, "Hey, are you guys done yet?"
Baiyun greeted him with great composure.
Dark Cloud ignored him.
As the drumbeats subsided, Shi Wuyang coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground, his vision blurring.
Three drums had already thundered, but the last drum remained silent.
Shi Wuyang had already played three rounds of the game, and he was only one game away from winning. It seemed like the organizers were deliberately giving him some breathing room.
Shi Wuyang was amused by his own thoughts.
But he really needs to rest.
Without a word, he looked in a certain direction and said, "Thanks."
A soft, fluffy ball of cotton stared intently at him.
When the drums sounded again and the white-haired, red-eyed boy appeared, Shi Wuyang looked at him without saying a word.
The Causal Whip flickered wildly, visibly going berserk.
Shi Wuyang asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
The sound echoed in the stadium, but there was no response.
"It's alright, let's continue." Shi Wuyang picked up the Causal Whip, ignoring its rage, and subconsciously tightened his grip.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Wuyang raised his hand to block, but coughed up blood.
Luo Yan asked, "Are you the last person here, a demon?"
Yan Tianhua said calmly, "I don't know. After all, he came to us on his own."
Luo Yan said, "Good heavens, you take people in as soon as they come."
Yan Tianhua glanced at him, as if to say, "You come here?"
Luo Yan waved her hand, "Only you can handle this task."
They chatted until the game ended.
Unsurprisingly... Shi Wuyang won.
Shi Wuyang felt very strange at first.
He didn't even touch him, and the man vomited blood and collapsed on his own. It was as if the man was deliberately being delivered to his doorstep.
The audience below the stage was also shrouded in mystery.
"Show off?!"
The big guy said, "...This was intentional."
Bai Wu: "Look, he's even more watery than us!"
Baiwu: "Don't learn from that, it's a demon, an improper demon."
He boasted, "That guy is even worse than me, haha!"
The drumbeat ended, signaling the end of the competition. Luo Yan had no choice but to leave, hurriedly pushing Yan Tianhua, "Go, go, go! Go through the back door, don't let anyone see you."
Yan Tianhua is like a little muse.
"…good."
He walked off the stage and gave the order, "Let's go."
All three looked to be in good spirits.
"If we lose, we lose; friendship comes first."
Even the boss didn't complain!
“.
Luo Yan looked at the mess in front of her and sighed.
"Congratulations on clearing the level. Yes, let's go. And this one? Take him with you. [Drumming] It's closed from here."
"Oh, and remember to take him to claim the award. Just find Xing Juan."
"I won't say goodbye."
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