Towards Eternity
Ch 431's. The End of the Second Selection
After meeting Weng Lou with the young man dressed in red clothes with the golden lotus emblem on his back, the members of their group who had not lost a single one were only one person.
She was Weng Hua. Jian Qiang and Lin Mei had to give up their winning records because they had to face Wudi Ge.
The two did not fight at all when they met Wudi Ge, instead Jian Qiang and Lin Mei themselves gave up immediately upon seeing that their opponent was Wudi Ge. For Lin Mei who had already faced many difficult fights during 60 more fights, she would have no chance of winning against Wudi Ge if she did not use everything she had.
While the reason Jian Qiang was not because he was unsure of winning, it was just that he did not think it wise to put out too much of his strength in this second selection round. He didn't want to show too much of his strength and martial technique he had because he thought it would definitely cost him in the semi-finals tomorrow.
Wudi Ge himself did not think too much about what Jian Qiang and Lin Mei were doing. Although he was thirsty for battle, he always respected the decisions of others, and never forced his will on others, especially on those older than him like Jian Qiang.
This is a form of teaching directly from where he came from that did educate well the students like Wudi Ge, be it their physical or moral.
Wudi Ge had fought 76 times, and he had yet to lose at all. Almost half of the number of fights he won easily because his opponent gave up immediately before he had time to fight against him.
"Wah-wah is this the young man who is touted as the strongest?! I was lucky to see him today!"
At this moment, right in his 77th match, Wudi Ge faced off against the figure of a young man who was none other than Yang Guang.
He smiled widely as he looked at the figure of Wudi Ge who was walking to the part of the arena where he was currently. Wudi Ge just smiled back at him, he didn't seem to recognize Yang Guang either.
But it turned out to be not true, because right he reached the arena he immediately opened his voice.
"That Guang, it's been a long time since we last saw each other, I don't think you've been interested in a fight like this" Wudi Ge told Yang Guang.
"No, I still like fighting, but I only like fighting those who do have power. I don't really like to spend my time with other participants who are not comparable to me unless they attack me first" Yang Guang replied as he shrugged both of his shoulders.
After that brief conversation, the two of them looked at each other, before then a powerful aura surged out from within the bodies of the two of them.
The bright blue and yellow aura coming out of their bodies symbolizes the two main elements they have, namely lightning and light. The two of them clashed together in the air, and caused a strong gust of wind.
No one wants to give up each one of them. In fact, it seemed that not only the aura was coming out of their bodies, as time passed the Qi and also the soul force started them both to emit, and made the wind that had previously been blowing fiercely, as time passed, it started to turn into a storm.
The ground where the two were resting on had cracks everywhere, and also the atmosphere around them also seemed to be very pressing.
If there was anyone else among them, surely that person would have trouble breathing because of this pressure.
After a minute, the Qi released by the two of them began to change according to their elements. The Lightning Element from Wudi Ge's body as well as the Light Element from Yang Guang made the attention of all the spectators and the few participants who were there focused on the two of them.
"Hey, look there! It's Wudi Ge!"
"Well!! There was another young man whose strength was on par with his?! This will definitely be a great fight!!"
"Come on Wudi Ge!!! We support you!!!"
The audience began to cheer Wudi Ge up and encourage him, not Yang Guang because they had no one to know him.
Unlike the participants in the arena, they seemed to see a new light from the equation of the amount of power issued by Wudi Ge and Yang Guang. According to them, this was a golden opportunity if the two of them fought each other.
"Hey!!! Come boy!!! Finish off that bastard Wudi Ge!!! We support you!!!"
"Yes, beat him up!! Don't give me mercy!!"
"You can be a boy! Don't lose to him!!!"
The one-on-one cries began to echo across the arena, while Wudi Ge and Yang Guang were still silent and clashed with the aura and power of the elements.
The voices of the participants and their spectators were not concerned at all. What they have in mind right now is about both of them.
"God! Those fuckers, they think I don't know what they're up to." Yang Guang said with a mocking smile.
The support provided by the participants was nothing but for him and Wudi Ge to fight in the end so that one of them lost and suffered serious injuries. That way they will get convenience if they meet one of Wudi Ge and Yang Guang.
"I think we should stop now, I still have to fight three more times after this. I'm not really interested in fighting you in the selection round like this, we'll finish all this tomorrow in the semi-finals" said Wudi Ge.
Yang Guang laughed softly, before he and Wudi Ge both pulled back the aura and Qi they had released to suppress each other.
With a very fast movement, the figures of the two also arrived outside the arena section where they were before.
The audience and also the participants who were there experienced great disappointment seeing what the two were doing. But there was nothing they could do, the one fighting was not the two of them, so it could only see the figure of Wudi Ge and Yang Guang moving away.
In one part of the arena, a participant who saw what Wudi Ge and Yang Guang were doing put on an annoyed and angry expression. He was the next opponent that Wudi Ge would fight against.
Previously he had hoped that Wudi Ge and Yang Guang would fight each other until one of them came out victorious after an all-out fight. This was so that when he fought later against Wudi Ge, he could have hope of winning against him.
But now, he could not dream about it anymore, and could only choose to give up once Wudi Ge reached the arena where he was.
***
Within minutes, more than half of the participants of the second selection round had finished their fight against all the existing participants.
They were also given instructions by Zu Zhang to return to their respective sections of the arena according to the paper that Zu Zhang had given them all.
Meanwhile the other participants who still had not fought against the existing participants were still doing their battles.
In Weng Lou's group, everyone had finished the fight, except Weng Lou and Weng Hua.
Weng Hua stayed 2 fights, while Weng Lou only stayed 1 fight.
Each of the 1 fights were none other than facing Wudi Ge. Which then both of them immediately chose to give up without hesitation in accordance with the plan that Weng Lou compiled last night.
That way the second selection round was finally completed and all the remaining participants immediately returned to their respective designated arena sections on the paper given to them.
Zu Zhang who saw everything was done finally got up to his feet after sitting in the air together with the King of the Middle Region while enjoying tea for a few minutes ago. It was seen that the figure of the Middle Region King who was with him had disappeared and only left him alone in the air.
"Ehm, good work everyone! You guys have finished the fight against all the participants! Although there were twenty participants who had to die in their fight in this second selection round, but there were more than half of them still left! The remaining of you have proven all of your strength to me today.
Alright, I will select the participants who will qualify for the semi-finals tomorrow. Oh yes, before, unlike the previous Free Martial Tournament where there will only be 10 people who qualify, this year I will choose 20 participants who will qualify for the semi-finals!
Now, look at the paper I gave you! The list of the 20 participants who escaped I have put in it!" Zu Zhang spoke quietly but very clearly could be heard by all the participants and spectators present.
At the participants also hurriedly opened the paper given by Zu Zhang and saw the name that managed to qualify for the semi-finals.
At Weng Lou's group, almost all of them put on a happy smile. Weng Lou, Weng Ying Luan, Lin Mei, Man Yue, Weng Wan, Weng Hua, Weng Ning, and also Jian Qiang and Shan Hu had miraculously made it through to the semi-finals.
All that was left was Pang Baicha who had not escaped, and this was already predictable by Pang Baicha himself. But even so, there was a slight sense of disappointment in knowing he was the only one who did not make it through in their group.