69novels Chapter 400 The Competition Begins
Chapter 400 The Competition Begins
Chapter 401 The Competition Begins (Seeking monthly votes at the end of the month!)
Right now, Magic Martial Arts University has no shortage of resources. They have enough resources, but they lack geniuses who can quickly digest and improve their skills.
Wang Jinyang, standing nearby, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. He could naturally see that Fang Ping's real intention was not what he seemed. He wanted to poach people, so he wasn't afraid of the grandmasters in Kyoto causing him trouble.
However, the current Magic Martial Arts School is not afraid of Jingwu School at all. Putting aside everything else, Lu Hao alone can overpower Jingwu School.
With Wu Kuishan about to advance in rank and Li Changsheng possessing formidable combat power, they truly have nothing to fear from Jingwu.
The group quickly arrived at the venue prepared by the Kyoto Martial Arts Association. Along the way, Fang Ping kept telling Ling Yiyi and the others about the current benefits of Magic Martial Arts.
He persuaded quite a few students. I wonder if the grandmasters of Jingwu will regret releasing Li Hansong when they find out. After all, with Li Hansong leading the way, many people will probably be bewitched into Magic Martial Arts.
While this would indeed improve the students' abilities considerably, for Jingwu, without their most elite group of disciples, their level would likely fall to that of a third-rate university, never to regain their former glory as one of the two great universities.
After getting off the bus, everyone went to the central square to prepare for the competition.
Lu Hao then saw several familiar grandmasters and went over to chat with them. "Grandmaster Li, you seem to be in good shape now," Lu Hao said to Li Deyong.
After all, the two had participated in the Battle of Tiannan together, so they were somewhat familiar with each other. "I still have to thank Master Lu for providing the life essence, otherwise I wouldn't have recovered so quickly."
When Li Deyong saw that it was Lu Hao who came over, he smiled and said that he was very grateful to Lu Hao. If it weren't for Lu Hao, he might have perished in the Tiannan Cave.
"These are all minor matters. After all, without the masters among you, I wouldn't have been able to so easily slay the demonic plant and obtain its life essence."
"Master Lu, I need your help with a small matter later. The competition venue will be set up by several ninth-rank grandmasters using their spiritual power, since their sixth-rank competition is too noisy —"
"no problem----"
Su Haoran arrived as well, and the three of them chatted for a while.
"Patriarch Su, are those three people from the Yang family?" Lu Hao asked with a frown, while setting up a mental barrier around them. Those whose mental power had not undergone a transformation could not detect it at all.
"Oh yeah? What's wrong?"
Li Deyong and Su Haoran were present at the time and knew about the conflict between the Magic Martial Arts Academy and the Yang family. "That eighth-rank official is hostile towards me—" Lu Hao said with some surprise. He really wasn't framing him; he genuinely felt that the eighth-rank official was hostile towards him. He wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't for his spiritual transformation, but now it seemed particularly abrupt to him.
"Master Lu————"
Su Haoran transmitted his voice, "Patriarch Su, just speak directly. I have already set up a mental barrier so he can't hear our conversation," Lu Hao interrupted.
"Master Lu, the Yang family must have just lost their patriarch, which is why they are behaving somewhat incoherently and misinterpreting the situation. They would never do anything outrageous."
The head of the Su family said that, after all, their relationship with the Yang family was quite good in the past.
"I'm giving Patriarch Su face, but if this member of the Yang family does anything unwise, don't blame me for bringing down my sword."
Lu Hao didn't condemn the Yang family outright. After all, he had spoken against them before, so it was normal for them to have some malice. But if they dared to make any moves, he would crush them. He didn't believe that these eighth-rank officials could do anything to threaten him.
"Alright, thank you very much, Master Lu. I will give the Yang family some advice when I get back; they are just overwhelmed with grief."
Lu Hao didn't say anything more and just watched Fang Ping and the others talking to each other below.
Several ninth-rank cultivators also came this time, from the six holy lands, but Lu Hao didn't recognize any of them.
After a while, Li Deyong flew into the air and nodded to the several ninth-rank officials. "Let's begin!"
Lu Hao also got up and flew into the air.
They lifted the huge arena in the distance directly into the air, suspending it in mid-air.
Several grandmasters unleashed their spiritual power, setting up layer upon layer of spiritual barriers around the arena, which even began to solidify.
"Isn't this a bit too flashy? Why does it have to float in mid-air? Can't it just stay grounded? If it's for a grandmaster to watch, we might as well just do a live stream."
Fang Ping spoke from below.
All the ninth-rank grandmasters twitched their lips. Lu Hao didn't seem to understand the meaning of what he was doing. Fang Ping said that this guy was really something, always the center of attention wherever he went. With just one sentence, he made all the ninth-rank masters present remember him.
Soon everyone finished setting up the arena, and the masters and contestants below all came up one after another.
Li Deyong walked to the center and said loudly, "Everyone should know the rules. It's the same as before: everyone has three chances to challenge and three chances to be challenged!"
Whether you are the one taking the challenge or being challenged, no one can refuse!
If you win the final battle after using up all six chances, you will qualify.
If the last attempt fails, the only option is to quit!
If the number of finalists exceeds the limit, arrangements will be made; if the number is insufficient, more will be added!
In addition, everyone is now facing the great enemy of the underground cave. Martial artists should be united as one. Unexpected events can happen anywhere, but once the opponent is incapacitated, it is absolutely forbidden to intentionally kill the opponent!
Finally, non-participating martial artists present are reminded not to interfere with the competition. Even if a martial artist violates the rules and kills an opponent who is defenseless at the last moment, the Chinese Federation will intervene to stop it!
After Li Deyong finished explaining the rules, those who hadn't been here before began to ponder the reasons behind these regulations.
Lu Hao could tell at a glance that some people on the field were hiding their strength. They must have a ninth-grade mental energy barrier around them, which was why they were able to deceive the other ninth-grade people. But it made no difference to Lu Hao.
The rules on the field are quite simple: strength is paramount. The descendants of these top-tier individuals also prioritize strength. This is to ensure that these descendants of top-tier individuals shed blood in this competition. Some may die, but others will not, at most only be injured. Those who can die are martial artists from martial arts universities and the military, while those who will not die are the descendants of top-tier individuals. They are here to shed blood and witness the cruelty of martial arts. Perhaps the top-tier experts arranged these rules to allow their descendants to see through the true nature of all this.
They are using the blood of outsiders to tell their descendants that only the strong can dominate everything.
Lu Hao couldn't comment on the methods of these top-tier warriors, as he was currently an observer. If he were to become a top-tier warrior himself, his offspring probably wouldn't want him to die either; bloodshed would be the best method. It was somewhat cruel to the martial arts students and military warriors, as they would be facing life-or-death battles. However, they were also vying for this spot, and since they were there, they were prepared, so they couldn't blame anyone else.