The Dragon Warrior Pair
DWP 53: Nine Dragons Tournament — Preliminary Round II
The match continues. Some participants have competed as many as two to three rounds. Among the young swordsmen, Gao Zhimao, Gu Hao and Yan Shangxuan were the ones who attracted the most attention of the audience.
“What do you think, Brother Jing Yang?” ask Mei Hua. The young girl observed Yan Shangxuan from the Single Sword Mountain who had always fought brutally.
“I think he's great. Can reach the emperor swordsman at the age of eighteen years.” Jing Yang replied doubtfully. Because he himself was precisely paying attention to the young swordsman who came from the Nine Dragons Palace. The young warrior Gao Zhimao appears to be over twenty years old.
“Brother Jing Yang, those words of yours are a little irritating to me. Are there other participants that interest you?” Mei Hua puffed her cheeks and asked back.
“Saudari Mei Hua. Thirty-three lottery number player named Gao Zhimao. Is it true that he is twenty years old?” Jing Yang asked in a whispering tone. Mei Hua looked at Jing Yang and laughed softly.
“Oh, reaching the holy warrior at the age of twenty is a great achievement. He was the participant who was predicted to become the Elder of the Young Dragon.” Mei Hua smiled mischievously and stuck her arm on Jing Yang's arm.
“What is Brother Jing who is jealous because no one knows of your strength who has reached the holy swordsman?” Mei Hua's attitude made Qiu Mei and Qiao Xi instantly pinch the fellow student.
“Saudari Mei Hua, don't get too attached to Brother Jing Yang. You're making him feel distracted.” Qiao Xi with his flat face looked at Mei Hua and Jing Yang.
“All people's gazes point at us. Mei Hua, you make me uncomfortable.” Qiu Mei responded to Mei Hua's actions which made the male swordsman stare intently at Jing Yang.
“I do not feel disturbed, Sister Qiao Xi..” Jing Yang answered Qiao Xi's words and smiled awkwardly.
“Brother Jing Yang. Watch the people around you.” Qiao Xi gave a mark with a sharp look in his eyes.
Mei Hua and Qiu Mei immediately sat quietly, while occasionally whispering. Jing Yang stared at the people around him. Their gazes all looked so envious of Jing Yang.
Qiao Xi did not care much. It was just that he was more interested in waiting for his turn to compete and meet strong opponents to add to his experience. Meanwhile Jing Yang did not take too much for a headache with the gazes of the people around him. Now he is more calm than usual.
Jing Yang indeed did not suppress or hide his true strength. Only warriors of the same rank and higher than him were able to know the level of Jing Yang who had reached the holy swordsman.
Some names such as Gao Zhimao who had reached the holy warrior at the age of twenty years into the conversation. Moreover, Gao Zhimao was the son of the Water Dragon Elder, Wang Zhi.
There were rumors circulating that Wang Zhi had the ambition to take control of the Nine Dragons Palace by eyeing the seat of the Great Dragon Elder. The empty golden chair that was the Young Dragon Elder, made Wang Zhi confident that the one who would fill it was Gao Zhimao.
The fight Gao Zhimao had fought passed easily. The man who used the green cover and hood could defeat his opponent with a single breath.
Other than Gao Zhimao, there were several names of younger generation swordsmen who attracted the attention of the audience. Call it Yan Shangxuan of the Single Sword Mountain, Gu Hao of the Ghost Forest, Ma Xinxuan of the Red Full Moon, Duan Zhaoyang of the Nine Dragons Palace and Dong Yuan of the Nine Dragons Palace.
Naturally the young swordsman from the Nine Dragons Palace had the right to enter the Nine Dragons Tournament. If they managed to become champions and make the Supreme Dragon Elder choose to charge the Young Dragon Elder, then their lives would change.
If the person who won the Nine Dragons Tournament was unable to unplug the Dragon God Sword stuck behind the Young Dragon Elders seat, the, then the Great Dragon Elder would retest whether the participant who became the champion deserved to become the Young Dragon Elder. It had been decades of the Nine Dragons Tournament rolling, but the Great Dragon Elders had never chosen a single person who was the champion of the Nine Dragons Tournament to occupy the seat of the Young Dragon Elders.
Swordsman other than Gao Zhimao who attracted the attention of the audience, all of them had just reached the emperor warrior. Thus Gao Zhimao became the seeded participant, even the swordsman of the Nine Dragons Palace believed that the Great Dragon Elder would choose Gao Zhimao to be the Young Dragon Elder after decades.
Time keeps passing. On the ground stage, where the fight was held, Ma Xinxuan from the Red Full Moon fought against the young swordsman from the Sky Sword Sect.
It didn't take long for Ma Xinxuan to defeat the young swordsman of the Sky Sword Sect after exchanging ten strikes.
After Ma Xinxuan was announced to be the winner. Next it was Dong Yuan's turn from the Nine Dragons Palace to show off. The eighteen-year-old youth who had reached the emperor warrior fought against the swordsman of the Ghost Forest fiercely.
The fight was won by Dong Yuan after exchanging five moves. After Ye Long announced Dong Yuan as the winner, the next participants began to be summoned to immediately be on the ground stage.
Furthermore Gu Hao from the Ghost Forest met the young swordsman from the Wind Hill Sect. The difference in strength between the two was too great. After exchanging ten strikes, the opponent from Gu Hao was unconscious from being hit by an extremely fatal sword attack. Luckily Ye Long stopped Gu Hao's actions intending to finish off his opponent.
After Gu Hao returned to the special bench of participants. Ye Long again called out the next two participants' names.
The two participants who were both from the Nine Dragons Palace competed. One of the participants named Dong Zhangyuan won easily in a short exchange of attacks.
It was not long before Jing Yang's turn to fight against the young swordsman of the Nine Dragons Palace. In that match, Jing Yang won after exchanging attacks of over ten strikes.
Jing Yang had not used his manager in this preliminary round. He enjoyed the fight without using his inner strength nor his body aura.
As he swung his sword, Jing Yang felt a difference. Because every swing of his sword felt so light.
After Jing Yang competed and was confirmed to qualify for the next round. Mei Hua, Qiu Mei and Qiao Xi also went through the match without any significant difficulty. The three young girls were able to calm down the match by defeating his opponents.
Seeing that there were still many participants, Ye Long continued to call out the names of the participants after the two participants finished competing. Tens of participants have started to decline. Slowly leaving only sixteen participants.
“Sixteen participants..” Ye Long muttered softly and looked at the sixteen participants who were sitting on the special bench of the participants.