Swordsman the Wanderer
Ch. 422 - Tournament I
"Punished?" Lin Ming asked coldly, “Old woman, since when did my disciple need you to order her?"
Wang Nio was furious at Lin Meng's words, "You dare.....!" His face was red with anger.
"Why? Do you want to fight me? ” Lin Meng completely ignored the other party's anger, grinning complacently, “No problem, wait until this tournament is over, I'll play with you for a while on stage. But, you yourself are not my opponent, just remember to call your lover that too. ”
Wang Nio did have an illicit relationship with Clan Patriarch Li Wuhuang which was already an open secret.
Hearing these words coming out of Lin Mengs mouth, everyone's expressions changed and could only observe from afar. Wang Nio almost vomited blood l from anger, no longer hiding the killing intent in his eyes.
When Zhang En thought that Wang Nio was going to explode in his anger and start killing people, the viscous killing intent around him gradually fused together and eventually disappeared.
The surrounding crowd suddenly made a fuss when looking up at the sky, a group of people wearing the robes of the Heavenly Dragon Sect flew to the top of the arena at high speed.
"That is the people from the Sky Dragon Sect..!"
"That young man is Ming Zhi!"
In front of the group was a thin, white-haired old man who looked like he could be blown away by a gust of wind. Behind the old man was Ming Zhi and a group of disciples within the envoy of the Heavenly Dragon Sect along with a group of elders of their sect
"The old man was the Vice Sect Master of the Heavenly Dragon, Jia Xiang." Lin Ming said as if he saw Zhang En's questioning face, but there was a small frown on his face.
In Lin Ming's mind, the Heaven Dragon Sect Master did not come and only sent his Vice to lead their disciples. It seemed like the Heavenly Dragon Sect Master felt that sending his Vice had already given enough face to their Fire Spirit Sect. This made Lin Mengs heart feel uneasy.
After Vice Sect Master Jia Xiang arrived, he glanced past Lin Ming and instead nodded towards Wang Nio. Then, along with his group, they descended towards the audience seats reserved for them.
This small exchange fell into the eyes of many people, causing an uproar. The face of the elder supporting Lin Ming did not look too good. Also, a cold gaze was seen in Lin Ming's eyes but he quickly became calm.
A while later, Lin Ming looked at the time and gestured to Grand Elder Bao Xin beside him, who nodded in understanding and stood up from his seat. Walking to the center of the stage, Elder Bao Xin began to lead the opening event of the tournament on this day.
In the inner disciple tournament this time around, a disciple who had successfully entered the top ten and had broken through to the True God Realm would be promoted to an elite disciple. The elite disciples were the future successors of the Fire Spirit Sect, which was why the tournament this time received so much attention from all the great clans.
Elder Bao spoke briefly about the rules and rewards for the disciple-to-student battle competition this time around.
The first place would receive a reward of five hundred million star coins, ten thousand saint-level spirit stones, ten thousand pills, and many more.
There were over ten thousand inner disciples in the Fire Spirit Sect, it was impossible for all of them to compete on stage. Therefore, to shorten the time, the elders would select ten candidates to occupy the top ten spots, and those who were dissatisfied could pose a challenge.
“Fu Jiang, Liao shi, He San, Zhang En Elder Bao announced the ten names listed, whether it was intentional or not, Zhang En's name was once again placed in fourth place.
However, Yuan Feng who was able to enter the top ten inner disciples slightly surprised Zhang En, but he did not pay much attention to this, either, wang Biao and Du Leng were not on the list of inner disciples occupying the top ten this time around.
Standing below the arena, Wang Biao and Du Leng's expressions darkened. Although they were aware that they did not indeed possess the qualifications to secure a place amongst the top ten ranks with their current strength, seeing Zhang En's figure on stage was a source of discomfort to them.
With the names of the top ten having been announced, next is the round of open challenges.
All of the inner disciple disciples took the stage one after another to try their luck to challenge the ten names that entered the list, but none of them challenged the disciple who occupied the first to fourth position.
Fu Jiang had been known for a long time among inner disciples in general, he was the owner of the first place that could not fight, he was the owner of the first place, while Liao Shi and He San had occupied second and third place long ago. As for Zhang En, a few years ago he could already defeat Yuan Feng by just one strike, therefore, a few years ago, there would be no one to overestimate themselves to challenge one of these four people.
On the other hand, Yuan Feng was the one who most wanted to be challenged by most other inner disciples who were not on the list.
It lit a burning fire in his heart. He even believed that the reason why so many disciples challenged and chose him was mainly because he had once defeated Zhang En in a single strike back then, made the impression among the other inner disciples that he was the weakest among these ten people and the soft persimmon that they could easily crush.
In the end, Yuan Feng was defeated by another inner disciple named Niu Chang, resulting in him being removed from the top ten list, fueling his hatred towards Zhang En.
Roughly an hour later, the number of inner disciples who rose to challenge gradually reduced to nothing, and the final result was already set. Other than Yuan Feng, the position of the other nine people remained unchanged, successfully occupying the top ten list.
Next was the battle for those who occupied the top ten positions.
The rule for this round was that the ten of them could go up onto the arena stage for the preliminary round. The last person still standing on the stage would eventually become the winner of the first place disciple tournament within this year.
"You ten, please get on stage." The loud voice of Elder Bao sounded from above the arena.
Fu Jiang was the first to jump onto the stage like a great swordsman, salto nine times in a row in the air before landing stably on the arena stage..
"That's great, it's an ancient movement technique, Nine Killer Rounds !" Some people in the crowd below the arena exclaimed.
As this cry entered Fu Jiang's ears, his nose slightly extended forward.
After Fu Jiang climbed onto the arena, Liao Shi, He San, Zhang En, and the other six also leaped onto the stage, then parted with each one keeping a certain distance around them, form a large circle.
"Alright, the fight starts!” After his tenth was on stage, Elder Bao shouted loudly.