Chapter 317 The competition begins
Guo Xie obviously thought of this as his first reaction.
But soon, he became a little unsure.
As a native of Dai, he knows better than Su Ziyi the fate of the extinct sects in Dai. Therefore, if Su Ziyi's sect really disappears like that, it is not that simple to pass it on to the present and train such a young foundation-building period.
But nothing is certain, maybe there are one or two lucky ones?
Suppressing this faint doubt in his heart again, Guo Xie looked at Su Ziyi with an indifferent expression. Knowing that the other party was very wary, he was wise enough not to pester him. After all, the two of them are rivals, and his behavior is absolutely suspicious in the eyes of the other party. So, he touched the tip of his nose, said goodbye to Su Ziyi, and left with his fellow disciples.
But Su Ziyi didn't pick up his feet until their backs were no longer visible, and walked back home.
Three days is just a blink of an eye.
Compared to the Qi Refining Stage Competition, the Foundation Establishment Stage Competition was obviously more lively. On weekdays, everyone would see two practitioners in the foundation-building stage fighting each other. They would run as fast as they could, for fear that they would be involved. But as a cultivator, I really want to see how foundation-building cultivators fight from the bottom of my heart, because the battles of high-level cultivators are of great benefit to low-level cultivators.
Therefore, the happiest people in this competition are the practitioners in the Qi refining period.
Su Ziyi didn't have to compete on the first day, so he brought Bian Qing and Su Yulang directly to the venue, hoping to watch the competition of today's practitioners to evaluate the approximate strength of his opponents. Others probably thought the same thing. They had not set foot here in the past month or so, but today they all appeared in the stands.
Compared with the final day of the Qi Refining Period a few days ago, the arena is much larger, and the shields around the arena are indeed much stronger as mentioned that day. You can see one layer without reaching out to try. A light cyan spiritual shield about ten feet high enveloped the entire arena.
This kind of handwriting should be the result of the formation.
Not long after we sat in the box, the entire venue became quiet. After a while, the mid-stage foundation-building cultivator who hosted the finals of the Qi Refining Competition last time came onto the stage again. As soon as he appeared, everyone knew that the competition was about to begin, and the last bit of silence disappeared quietly. , only the old man’s voice was left.
When everyone heard that the old man introduced that the first person to appear was a cultivator from Qibao Pavilion, an expression that was difficult to explain suddenly appeared on everyone's face.
To this day, the match between Qi Lin and Cui Yu is still fresh in their minds.
Therefore, when they thought about the appearance of another wealthy person, they felt even more inexplicable.
But fortunately, as soon as the game started, they discovered that Qi Yang and Qi Lin were completely different. As soon as Qi Yang came on the stage, he summoned his own magic weapon faster than Zuo Da of Tieshan Sect. He took a huge judge's pen and drew it in the air. Dozens of spiritual powers went straight towards Zuo Da like water arrows. Although Zuo Da was a little slower, at the moment when he was about to be attacked, he summoned a broad-backed sword to block in front of him, and set up a spiritual shield to deflect all the spiritual arrows.
In terms of cultivation, there is not much difference between Qi Yang and Zuo Da. They are both practitioners in the early stage of foundation building, so the only way to decide the winner between them is whose method is better.
The judge's pen can be used at close or far distances, but the broadsword can only attack at close range, so it seems that Qi Yang's advantage is much greater than Zuo Da's. However, the reality is not like this. The match has been going on for almost half an hour, but Zuo Da is always chasing Qi Yang on the ring. His moves are so fierce that Qi Yang does not dare to resist, so he can only fight at the same time. He retreated, but this would put him under greater constraints.
For a moment, everyone thought Qi Yang was going to lose.
"Father -" Su Yulang couldn't understand, and practitioners in the foundation-building stage made moves too fast, and he couldn't keep up. Often after looking at the previous move, the battle situation would change again, so he had to Asking Su Ziyi for help: "Is the cultivator in Qibao Pavilion about to lose?"
"Not necessarily." Su Ziyi said, watching the moves of the people on the stage without blinking.
"Although Zuo Da has been suppressing Qi Yang from the beginning to now, as long as you observe carefully, you will find that Qi Yang's dodge is quite skillful, and because he did not use any special spells, At this moment, his spiritual power is more abundant than Zuo Da's. Looking at Zuo Da, although his moves are very powerful, they don't change much, so once Qi Yang figures out the secret inside, it's time for him to lose."
"Hiss—" After hearing what Su Ziyi said, Su Yulang took another look and found that it was indeed the case. His eyes immediately changed when he looked at Qi Yang.
Sure enough, it was just as Su Ziyi said. Qi Yang is not a reckless person. Even because of his background, he likes to use his brain to think about things more than ordinary people. Therefore, during the fight with Zuo Da, he pretended to be defeated and dodged while secretly thinking. Looking for loopholes in the opponent's moves, and when he figured out the connection between the opponent's moves, and his body stiffened for a breath, he knew his opportunity had come.
With a wave of the judge's pen, he retreated with his sword, and at the same time used his spiritual power to force Zuo Da to the spot, unable to catch up immediately. When the opponent parried this move and changed the direction of the sword to shoot him down, Qi Yang turned his wrist, and suddenly thousands of spiritual powers as thin as needles were shot towards Zuo Da's face, so Zuo Da had to hurriedly Set up a spiritual shield in front of you to resist.
But as soon as he blocked it, everyone present's hearts that had just jumped into their throats dropped back.
"Ah, failed." Su Yulang, who was originally waiting for Qi Yang to use his strength, let out a disappointed sound after seeing that this move, which was like a heavy rain, failed.
"That's not necessarily the case." Su Ziyi on the side said calmly: "Don't let us know which force Qi Yang belongs to." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw three floating seals suddenly appeared in front of Qi Yang.
They glowed with thin lines of bright white light, obviously activated. Then before everyone had time to see clearly what the three talisman seals were, Qi Yang pointed to the left, and the three talisman seals shot directly towards Zuo Da, surrounding Zuo Da in the middle of the triangle. Pasted to the ground.
And the moment they stuck to the ground, Zuo Da, who was still steadily resisting the fine spiritual power needles, suddenly tilted his body, and the movements of his hands were also wrong, and suddenly there was a lot of spiritual power drizzle. leaked in. Even if Zuo Da hurriedly raised his knife to parry, it was still inevitably contaminated by the rain.
In an instant, Zuo Da felt as if he had lost all strength. He knelt down on the spot, and the big knife in his hand fell to the ground with a bang. He also fell down with a pale face.
Wow -
suddenly, the entire venue fell silent. No one expected that Qi Yang could defeat the enemy with one move and beat Zuo Da, who was still so aggressive just now, to the point where he could not move. After the old man as the referee came up and judged that Zuo Da had lost his fighting ability, he announced that the first match would be won by Qi Yang from Qibao Pavilion.
"What - what - is going on?" Even with Su Ziyi's explanation, Su Yulang also felt that Qi Yang would win, but this victory came too strangely and suddenly, leaving him a little stunned.
Su Ziyi said nothing, he still looked at the stage with squinted eyes.
After the old man announced that Qi Yang had won, Qi Yang lowered his sword from the air. At the same time, the judge's pen in his hand also started to rotate. As the judge's pen rotated, all the cultivators present who were above the tenth level of Qi Refining began to move. It can be seen that the spiritual raindrops shot out by Qi Yang before, including those that have been shot into Zuo Da's body, are all floating up at this moment, flying towards Qi Yang silently, until they merge into Qi Yang's hand. The judge wrote.
Suddenly, everyone understood.
It turns out that the raindrops are not raindrops, but the fine hairs on the judge's pen.
And the Judge's Pen was refined into a natal magic weapon by Qi Yangji. This method was enough to make Zuo Da suffer a lot.
When Bian Qing and Su Yulang heard Su Ziyi's explanation, they were stunned and didn't know what to say.
"Can it be possible to refine such a magic weapon through weapon refining?" Bian Qing murmured to himself, but as long as you look into his eyes, you will find that he is not stunned, but is very excited.
The first match has given everyone a lot of experience, so everyone is extremely enthusiastic about the opponent's next two matches, eager to see more unusual spells. And the next two groups of foundation-building period practitioners did live up to everyone's expectations. They were both quite proficient in both spells and spiritual power control, and everyone was fascinated by them.
By the time the three games were over, it was already dark.
Countless torches had already been lit in the venue, illuminating the entire venue and the arena. It was obviously dark, but it seemed like day. Especially the flashing fire, it was like the hearts of all those who came to watch the game, beating hard for the fierce competition throughout the day, and at the same time looking forward to tomorrow's game more and more.
On the way back, the three people in the Su family were not in a calm mood.
Su Yulang and Bian Qing did not discuss the game anymore. Instead, they looked at Su Ziyi nervously. This time they were not on the field, but they were even more nervous than when they were on the field. Su Ziyi, who had been deep in thought, didn't turn around to look at the two of them until he reached the door of the house. He smiled reassuringly and said, "You two, relax, don't be so nervous." Looking at Su Ziyi's smile, he didn't
know Why, Bian Qing's mood really relaxed a little bit.
After returning home, none of the three members of the Su family slept. Su Ziyi meditated until dawn. At the moment of dawn, he was the first to stand up and open the door.
Chapter 318 Against Guo Xie
That day, when they first met, Su Ziyi felt that Guo Xie's temperament was somewhat similar to Chen Qiuci's.
But today, he discovered that the opponent's posture on the ring clearly looked like another Cui Yu.
Before the old man announced the start of the competition, Guo Xie grinned at him. However, when he summoned his own magic weapon, the Lazuli Mo Dao, his aura suddenly changed. He who originally looked like a harmless animal was suddenly covered with a layer of chilling aura, matching the look in his eyes. It's so sharp that it looks like an extremely sharp knife.
Su Ziyi knew that this was actually the real Guo Xie.
The lack of a magic weapon for sacrificing one's life is a major weakness of Su Ziyi. But facing the opponent's sharp blade, Su Ziyi still took out his long sword from the storage bag without changing his expression. Guo Xie, who was standing opposite him with a Mo knife in hand, saw his movements clearly, and the other figures on the field were stunned for a moment, and they blinked before recovering.
Is this person looking down on him?
The disciples of the Xuan Cang Sect always took the lead in competitions, so no matter what Su Ziyi's purpose was, Guo Xie rushed in front of Su Ziyi in a flash when the old man announced the start of the competition. He was extremely powerful, and the Mo Dao he chopped off was filled with fierce wind, and the spiritual energy contained in it could cut people's skin at any time.
"Qiang!"
Su Ziyi raised his hand to block it, and the two spiritual powers collided. In an instant, a small explosion was formed in front of them. Jumping, they were nearly ten feet apart from each other.
Turning the wrist of the hand holding the sword, Su Ziyi lowered his eyebrows and found a small gap on the blade, which made him frown. On the other side, Guo Xie also knew the power contained in the blow he just made, so he was well aware of the gap in Su Ziyi's sword. Therefore, after he stood firm, he rushed towards Su Ziyi again.
Suddenly, Su Ziyi's pupils shrank.
Compared with Cui Yu and Chen Qiuci, Guo Xie is relatively short and thin, and even a little smaller than Zhu Lianlai. However, such a body does not reduce his strength at all, and even makes him faster than others. How fast is it? Therefore, after Su Ziyi wrapped his sword with spiritual power and fought with the opponent, the weapons collided and the sound of "clang, clang, clang, clang" was heard all over his body.
Moreover, during the exchange of moves, Su Ziyi keenly noticed that the momentum on the opponent's body was stronger with each move, and the pressure on the sword was also greater with each move.
Obviously, the skills practiced by Guo Xie are also of great significance.
Su Ziyi was no match for Guo Xie in terms of strength, so he could only use skill to remove the force from the opponent's sword. However, even so, after one stick of incense, his sword-holding arm became slightly numb. , the speed of parrying is also affected. In the beginning, he was able to do it with ease, but now he has to mentally cope with it, and he was taken advantage of by the opponent's moves due to a moment of negligence.
He lowered his shoulders, took a deep breath, and sent a small amount of spiritual power to his arm, and the numb feeling immediately dissipated. After that feeling disappeared, he continued to fight Guo Xie with deep eyes, staring closely at all the small details on Guo Xie's body, trying to find the shortcomings in the opponent's moves.
Therefore, for a while, the two of them were in a stalemate.
The speed of their attacks was getting faster and faster, so fast that only afterimages were left. Although Su Ziyi was under great pressure, he was still restraining himself wholeheartedly. As for Guo Xie, the bigger he got, the more excited he became, because he found that no matter which angle he struck, Su Ziyi could withstand it. This made him shout in his heart, and the moves on his hands became more and more powerful.
And the confrontation between the two of them was a different scene in the eyes of the people in the surrounding stands.
In a box on the fourth floor of the stands, Cui Yu and Chen Qiuci were sitting next to Xia Zheng and Zhu Lian, watching the competition on the ring without blinking. After the stalemate, Cui Yu frowned: "Senior Su, he hasn't shown what he's capable of yet." That battle outside Tianlan City allowed him to clearly see Su Ziyi's strength.
Hearing his words, Xia Zheng next to him glanced at him and said in a calm tone: "Uncle Guo, you haven't shown your skills yet." As soon as he said these words, the atmosphere in the entire box suddenly became cold. , Chen Qiuci, who had been silent and dared not speak out, even shrunk his shoulders and tried hard to reduce his sense of presence.
"Haha——" At this time, Zhu Lian, who had been silent until now, chuckled twice.
When he smiled, the air in the entire box seemed to flow again. He poured Xia Zheng a cup of tea and said with a smile on his lips: "No matter who has better means, let's see." And Xia Zheng As if acquiescing to what he said, Zheng took the tea from him and stopped releasing the air-conditioning.
And Cui Yu, who was slightly ignored by the other party, was also helpless.
He really couldn't figure it out. Since he met them, Senior Su had never done anything to harm the Xuan Cang Sect. He rarely bothered them and even kept a distance from them. Moreover, Senior Su has helped them several times, so why is Master so hostile to Senior Su and his family?
Even though the uncle had said that the master had his own difficulties, such hostility and paranoia were somewhat unreasonable.
Su Ziyi in the ring had no idea about Cui Yu's troubles. At this time, the battle between him and Guo Xie moved from the ring to mid-air. They had been anxiously together and separated. As the flying swords under their feet were fighting back and forth, the entire ring was in mid-air. They are all the afterimages of their figures passing by quickly, and coupled with the use of spells, the whole fighting process looks even more thrilling.
After such a long period of observation, Su Ziyi found that the technique Guo Xie practiced was not like the kind that forcibly improves a person's combat effectiveness in a short period of time, but gradually unblocked himself in a fairly safe rhythm. yoke until all the strength of a person is unleashed. Half an hour later, Guo Xie's aura finally stopped increasing. He thought it had reached its limit.
"Qiang!"
After another block, Su Ziyi felt that the intensity was exactly the same as the previous move, with no increase or decrease.
After a short collision, the two separated again. Su Ziyi raised his sword several feet high, and waved two sword energy condescendingly, straight towards Guo like a sharp edge, temporarily blocking the opponent's path. . Taking this opportunity, Su Ziyi looked at Guo Xie carefully and found that there was no sign of discomfort on his face. Obviously, the other person's current situation was the same as his.
That would be bad.
Su Ziyi had no intention of continuing to be beaten and tested passively. After Guo Xie's aura stopped rising, it was his turn to take the initiative to attack. The moment Guo Xie slashed away the sword light with his sword, he swooped down from top to bottom, and his whole body merged with the sword. In one body, they collided with Guo Xie. In an instant, another burst of explosions broke out between the two of them, causing the shield covering the ring to flash. The color darkened for a few moments before shaking back.
After the explosion, the two men exchanged positions.
Su Ziyi fell directly onto the ring, while Guo Xie rushed into the air. On Su Ziyi's side, due to his own speed and the force of the explosion, he made a "bang" sound as soon as he landed on the ground, and a shallow pit appeared under his feet. He subconsciously bent his knees for a moment, releasing all the strength from his body, and then he flew the sword against the ring again, just in time to avoid the Mo Dao shot down from the air.
"Dang!"
Guo Xie's Mo Dao was inserted directly into the ring, shaking up a piece of gravel. Then Guo Xie followed closely, leaving two deep holes on the ring with a "bang" like Su Ziyi just now. footprints. After this move, he did not bully him again, but stood on the spot, pulled out the Mo Dao and weighed it in his hand.
Suddenly, he grinned at Su Ziyi, who was more than ten feet away from him.
After this fight, he already understood that Su Ziyi didn't use his magic weapon to fight him, not because he despised him, but because of other reasons. As for the reason, he didn't know, but it didn't stop him from admiring Su Ziyi.
He stood up straight and said to Su Ziyi: "Your swordsmanship is very good." Su Ziyi
did not respond and just nodded to him with an indifferent face. He didn't know what the other party meant by saying this, but he was still on the stage, so it was best to be careful.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Guo Xie wasn't disappointed. As soon as he turned the Mo Dao in his hand, his expression returned to what it was before.
Su Ziyi knew that this was the signal for another round of confrontation.
This time, Su Ziyi did not intend to hand over the initiative to the other party. Before anyone had time to see clearly, he had disappeared. When his figure faintly appeared in another part of the ring, everyone's eyes only caught a shadow that had turned into smoke. By the time they finally determined Su Ziyi's location, Su Ziyi was already behind Guo Xie.
Suddenly, everyone was shocked.
What kind of movement is this?
As a movement move in the Zhiyi Sword Art, Su Ziyi attaches great importance to this footwork. Therefore, among the moves on the first level of the Zhiyi Sword Art, Su Ziyi has used it best so far, even better than Saluo. Traceless is even better. Especially now that he is already in the early stage of foundation building, the speed of his footwork is many times faster than that in the Qi Refining stage, so he just shocked everyone.
Guo Xie also didn't expect that Su Ziyi would create such a big surprise as soon as he took the initiative.
However, although he was excited in his heart, it was obvious that his parry speed could no longer keep up, so when the tip of Su Ziyi's sword was about to touch his vest, he only had time to hurriedly set up a spiritual shield.