The two of them walked for a while before finally arriving at the center. There were already many people gathered here, and there were still people coming in twos and threes from behind.
In front of the crowd was a spiritual barrier that was several meters high. It formed a circle and completely separated the crowd from the various arenas inside.
However, there was also an entrance that had been deliberately left open. A team of Imperial Lightning Guards stood on each side, acting as a human wall to separate the crowd. If he was not mistaken, this should be a passage left for the competitors.
Time slowly passed. Unknowingly, the clock on the clock tower in the center had already reached ten o'clock.
Dong-Dong-Dong-
The bell rang. It was ten o'clock sharp.
"Friends of the martial world! I'm your old friend, Wan Jin! It was time! I believe that everyone is already unable to suppress their excitement, right?”At this moment, a voice that was augmented by Origin Energy spread across the entire area from the sky in front of them.
He raised his head and looked up. The first thing he saw was a huge bird-type demon beast with a wingspan of dozens of meters. On its back was a man who was beaming with joy. In addition, there were four other people, three men and one woman. From the aura fluctuations that they unintentionally revealed, they were undoubtedly peak Earthly Immortals of the same level as him. If he was not mistaken, they should be responsible for managing the order of the competition.
In this era where immortals would not easily appear, they were undoubtedly experts who stood at the peak of the mortal world. Of course, he was naturally the same, and he was even stronger. Even if these four people were tied together, they might not be his match.
While he was thinking, Wan Jin finally finished talking nonsense and said,""Good! Everyone! According to the usual practice, the name list of the first round participants and the corresponding arena would appear in the sky. Everyone, pay attention to observe if there are any of your own…If there are, you can go to the entrance and show your competition token. Then, you can enter and prepare!”
After a pause, Wan Jin continued." Of course, if the other contestants want to see their own match schedule, we have already posted it on the notice board. If you want to see it, you can go and see it yourself!”
As his voice fell, dense green words gradually appeared in the sky. Just as he said, they were all the contestants of the first round and the corresponding arena. Those who were assigned to the same arena were naturally the opponents.
He took a look and did not see himself, so he did not look anymore. Instead, he shifted his gaze to the people who had already begun to enter the arena.
He glanced around and saw a familiar figure. It was the young man from before.
"Oh? Was he in the first round? Then let's see what kind of "surprise" you can give me?”He rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes as he muttered to himself.
As expected, when he continued to stare at the young man, the young man's figure paused and turned around to look in his direction.
However, this time, he did not hide it. Instead, he revealed a smile that he thought was friendly to the young man. Although he was wearing a mask, the young man probably could not see it.
However, to his surprise, the young man seemed to have seen through the smile hidden behind his mask. He returned a smile and nodded, then turned around and headed towards another arena.
A moment later, the young man walked up to the 51st ring and jumped up. His opponent was already waiting on the ring. The moment he went up, the ring immediately lit up with a pale blue light shield, covering the entire ring. This also meant that the competition had officially begun.
His opponent was a male saberman who looked to be in his thirties or forties. He had already drawn his long saber and cupped his fists at him. The young man also cupped his fists in return.
Then, the two of them separated slightly. The saberman held his saber with one hand, and flames gradually burned on the saber and his body. He stared at the young man, ready to attack at any time.
At this moment, a platinum chain suddenly appeared in the young man's hand. It dragged from his hand to the ground and was about two to three meters long. That seemed to be his weapon.
Kyle, on the other hand, sensed something " unusual " from the chain. He couldn't describe it, but he felt that the chain was definitely not ordinary. At the very least, it couldn't be an ordinary item.
" Interesting…" He was deep in thought.
"What's interesting?" Luo Na, who was beside him, naturally heard him and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
" It's nothing…" He patted her head absent-mindedly.
At this moment, the saberman finally couldn't hold it in any longer and took the lead to attack. One of the sabers, which had been accumulating strength for a long time, slashed horizontally at the young man. The moment the saber was slashed out, flames erupted, condensing into more than ten flaming saber shadows on the saber's body. They completely covered the young man's location.
The young man also made a move at the same time. He flung the chain in his hand, and a white-gold light appeared on the chain. It flew out with the momentum, and the back of the chain directly whipped at the incoming fire saber.
When the two collided, perhaps due to the barrier, only the light of the explosion could be seen, but no sound could be heard. After the aftershock spread out, it was completely offset by the barrier. Even the ground of the arena only had some charred marks.
The saberman staggered back more than ten steps, but the young man did not move at all, which surprised him a little. In his perception, the saberman was truly at the intermediate stage of the Airborne Realm, while the young man was only at the peak stage of the martial grandmaster realm. If it was not a problem with the cultivation technique, then it was definitely a problem with the chain. However, the problem with the chain weapon should be even greater. Even if he had attacked just now, he still could not see through the details of that thing. He did not even know what level of spirit treasure it was.
The macheteman was naturally shocked. He could not understand how the other party, who was only at the peak of the martial grandmaster realm, could block his attack that had been accumulating power for so long. He had wanted to injure his opponent with one blow and win immediately, but he never expected that he would be defeated.
Only then did the saberman finally look at the young man. Flames ignited on his body again. He held his saber and rushed towards the young man. In the process, the flames on his body turned into a fierce tiger, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it pounced towards the young man.
The young man waved the chain again. The chain shone again and suddenly grew several times longer. It directly tied up the giant flaming tiger that was already close to him. The giant flaming tiger suddenly exploded and the chain tied up the swordsman. The young man threw it again and threw him away.
The machetemen crashed into the enchantment, but the enchantment returned to normal after only a few ripples appeared. The saberman immediately fell to the ground and spat out a large mouthful of blood before slowly standing up. He looked at the young man with indescribable anger, but more than that, he felt aggrieved. He was only at the mid-stage of Aerial Flight, but he could not defeat a peak-stage Great Grandmaster. How could he not feel aggrieved? He would probably not be able to raise his head in his own circle in the future.
The more the saberman thought about it, the angrier he became. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. Ignoring his injuries, flames burned on his body again. He raised his saber and charged at the young man again.
Seeing this, the young man looked calm and said something. When the macheteman heard this, his face turned green. He was most likely angry.
He roared and slashed at the young man. As he moved, the giant flaming tiger behind him stretched out its claws at the same time and slapped at the young man. Anyone could see that this slash was absolutely serious. The macheteman had no reservations. It looked like he was going to risk his life. No one knew what the young man had said to him to make him so angry.
The young man swung the chain again, but this time, the chain shrank and straightened, instantly turning into a longsword.
The young man then pointed his sword, and time seemed to stop in an instant. In just a few seconds, the flames on the saberman's body were instantly extinguished, and the giant flaming tiger disappeared. The saberman's long saber fell to the ground, and his legs went weak. He knelt in front of the young man and then fell to the ground. No one knew if he was dead or alive.
The longsword in the young man's hand turned back into a chain and disappeared. The huge light barrier also disappeared. The young man jumped off the stage and headed for the exit.
"Oh! The first winner had appeared! It was Contestant Lin Ye from Ring 51! It was unbelievable that he could defeat an opponent at the mid-stage of Aerial Flight with his cultivation at the peak of the martial grandmaster realm! If nothing goes wrong, we might witness the birth of another peerless expert many years later!”Wan Jin also shouted in a timely manner, but there was indeed an unconcealable surprise on his face.
The four experts also looked at the back of the young man at the same time. Other than surprise, there were other expressions, especially the female expert. Her eyes were rolling, and no one knew what she was thinking.
"Lin Ye?" Looking at the young man who walked out, he finally learned his name.
"Me? Damn it, another fierce person!"
"Indeed, what the hell is this year's competition? Why were there so many fierce people? The first two were at ridiculous realms, and this one had ridiculous combat strength. He actually crossed realms and won easily?”
The spectators outside also looked in the direction of the young man. They whispered to each other, and their shock and astonishment were expressed in their words.
"Brother Lin, please wait!" After Lin Ye came out, he brought Rana closer and called out to Lin Ye.
"Oh? It's you?" Lin Ye turned around and recognized him.
"That's me…I'm a young official. I admire Brother Lin's bravery just now. Can we talk?”Kai Er smiled and cupped his fists.
Lin Ye waved his hand." I don't dare to admire you. I'm just an ordinary person who happened to have some opportunities." Brother, you are the one I should admire. You have reached the Mahayana Realm at such a young age.”
"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. I only have some talent and opportunities.”Although he said that, he was also a little surprised in his heart. Lin Ye could actually see through his second layer of disguise.
Although this disguise wasn't very brilliant, it was at least at the tenth level and above to be able to see through it. Now, it seemed that this Lin Ye was getting more and more interesting. Later on, he would look at her personality and decide if she was worth being close friends with.
Kai Er was surprised, but Lin Ye was even more surprised. He couldn't tell Kai Er's true realm. In his perception, which surpassed those in the same realm, Kai Er was only in the Origin Spirit Realm. The reason why he could tell Kai Er's " true " realm was because the " old grandpa " in Tianhao told him.
Tianhao was naturally named after the chain, and the " old man " was an old man who claimed to be a god. Although he didn't believe it, the old man's knowledge and wisdom convinced him. Many of the words he said could refresh his worldview and allow him to understand this " world " again.
When he had first obtained the chains and the old man had appeared, he had thought that the old man was the artifact spirit. However, the old man had taught him a lesson.
It also made him realize that there was no such thing as a " weapon spirit " in any treasure. It was even impossible for it to have high intelligence. Everything was just a result of people's wishful thinking. This was because this was the absolute law of the universe. Nothing could violate it. Even a true god could not do it.
This was also the " first lesson " he had learned from the old man. As he interacted with the old man, the old man's words from time to time refreshed his worldview.
The so-called " universe " wasn't a real universe at all and was just a remote small star area. The Real Gods were existences that surpassed common sense and could destroy the galaxy with a snap of his fingers. There were some things that he couldn't imagine at all.
Of course, he had also speculated about the old man's existence. He wondered if the old man wanted to possess him or if he had other plans. However, when the old man found out, he was very angry. He immediately demonstrated what "possession" was. The old man directly came out of the chains and entered his body. At that time, he could not move at all, and his body was no longer under his control.
Naturally, the old man didn't really want to possess him. He just wanted to let him know that it was very easy for the old man to possess him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be fine now.
"Brother Lin? Brother…Lin?"
Kyle's voice pulled him back from his memories. He realized that he had been distracted and quickly smiled apologetically."I'm sorry. I was thinking of something just now and got distracted…"
" It's okay…" Kyle waved his hand, not too concerned.
"Brother Lin, how about we go over there and chat over some tea?"”
As he spoke, he pointed at the tea stall that had just been set up not far behind him. People were already walking over there.
"Alright…but…young brother? Who is the person beside you?" Lin Ye nodded, then hesitated for a moment before looking at Rana, who had been silent all this while.
"Oh!" Kyle slapped his head. Sorry, I forgot…this is…my sister, Roya.”
"Uh…you didn't kiss him, did you?" Lin Ye hesitated slightly when she heard that they had different surnames.
"Yes, that's right. Alright, let's go over first. If we continue chatting here, there won't be any seats left…"
"That's true. Then let's go over and talk…"
Lin Ye didn't plan to reject Kyle because he felt that they hit it off and didn't feel that Kyle had any ill intentions. Kyle gave him a good first impression, so he decided to make friends with him. After all, it wasn't a bad thing to have more friends.
The three of them came to the tea stall. Many people recognized them and automatically avoided them. They were happy to have some leisure time and directly found an empty table to sit down. The boss quickly served them a pot of tea.
As they drank tea and watched the battle, the two of them started chatting. They only talked about their past and things related to the Thunder King's remains…
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