After hearing Yu Jun's words, everyone at the scene looked at the VIP area at the same time.
Most people's faces showed strong excitement and admiration.
The Prime Minister Gongsun Yin, an old man who devoted himself to the country, had a high status in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Daxia people.
In recent decades, the country of Daxia has bucked the trend and risen against the backdrop of a weakening national fortune, and it has an extremely close relationship with this old man!
"Hahaha…"
Gongsun Yin stood up and walked out of the VIP area, and his hearty laughter spread to every corner of the arena.
The laughter fell and he spoke loudly.
"Dear geniuses, the future of Great Xia depends entirely on you."
"I believe that with your presence, Great Xia will soon return to its heyday where all nations come to visit!"
After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to hundreds of thousands of people.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thunderous applause erupted from the scene and lasted for a long time.
"Now, let me briefly explain the rules of this competition." After five or six minutes, when the applause fell, Yu Jun spoke again on the lifting platform.
"Considering the large number of contestants, the first few rounds of this competition will all implement a knockout mechanism..."
"..."
Yu Jun spent a few minutes describing the rules of the competition.
"In addition, I would like to emphasize three more points!" After a slight pause, Yu Jun continued.
"First, the purpose of this competition is to make friends through martial arts. Therefore, unless both parties are willing to sign a life and death certificate, no one is allowed to kill anyone in the ring. Anyone who violates this will be killed!"
"Secondly, contestants can use cold weapons, including hidden weapons! But they cannot use poison. Violators will be beheaded!"
"Third, except for battles where life and death are signed, under other circumstances, forbidden techniques and secrets are not allowed to be used. Violators will be beheaded!"
"Okay, that's all I have to say. Now, please take a break for the contestants who have signed up for the competition.
Take your seats in the seating area, and there will be staff to guide you into the lottery process."
After finishing speaking, the lifting platform slowly lowered.
"You are not allowed to use poison, isn't this bullying!" Xuan Pang pouted in the rest area.
"Without poison, you don't have the courage to go into the ring?" Xuan Chenxi glared at him.
"There are more than 200,000 spectators here. If poison is allowed, who will ensure the safety of so many people?"
"Okay!" Xuan Pang shrugged his shoulders.
After a brief pause, he looked at Ling Hao, "Brother, I can understand that they are not allowed to use poison, but why are they not even allowed to use forbidden arts and secrets?"
"Xuan Pang, this is easy to understand!" Lu Yue smiled.
"The world is vast and full of strange things. The forbidden arts and secrets mastered by some people are extremely lethal. If they are let go, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of the audience."
"Moreover, most people's secrets of forbidden arts are at the expense of burning their own essence and blood. Many people have become like useless people after using forbidden arts."
"If this kind of person breaks into the top 100 after performing the forbidden surgery, will his ranking be recognized at that time? Or will he not recognize it?"
"It seems reasonable." Xuan Pang smacked his lips and looked at Ling Hao again.
"Brother, forbidden techniques and secret techniques are not allowed in the competition. If the young master of Shengtian Sword Pavilion really breaks through to the supreme realm, won't you be in big trouble?"
"Just take care of yourself!" Xuan Chenxi glared at him again.
A few days ago, she had witnessed Ling Hao's Ba Dao Jue with her own eyes. The power of that sword was still extremely shocking to her when she thought about it.
She could feel that even if that sword was not completely comparable to the Five Elements Secret Technique, it was not much inferior.
If Brother Ling Hao really wants to push it with all his strength, even if he really faces a powerful person in the Supreme Realm, it is not impossible to fight!
Half an hour later, under the leadership of the staff, the contestants completed the drawing of lots for the first round of knockout rounds.
If the first digit of the number is '1', it means that the competition will be held in Arena No. 1, and so on.
The lots drawn by Ling Hao and his group were relatively scattered and distributed in several arenas. Ling Hao, Han Yue and Xuan Pang were drawn in the 2nd arena.
According to the rules of the competition, one thousand contestants are arranged in each arena. Two people who draw the same number will go on stage to fight. The winner will advance and the loser will be eliminated.
In this way, after one round, half of the contestants will be eliminated.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the competition officially started.
On the second stage, following the referee's order, the two players opened their stance and attacked each other.
Both of them are at the Zhan Zong realm, and they go all out when making a move, each using their strongest trump card to blast away.
Since the two were evenly matched, the battle lasted for about ten minutes before it ended. The tall man seized an opportunity, dodged and rushed to the right side of his opponent, and swept the opponent off the ring with a whip kick.
In the next dozens of battles, the strength of the two sides was very different, and most of the battles were solved with one move.
There are also people who, after knowing the strength of their opponents, do not even enter the ring and just admit defeat.
Time passed quickly, and it was around eleven o'clock in the blink of an eye.
"Now let's invite the two contestants who drew number 2092 to come on stage!" the referee's voice came from the ring.
According to the regulations of the competition, all contestants will only report their numbers and will not introduce their identities.
This is obviously done to prevent some people from retaliating afterwards.
"Sister Hanyue, it's your turn!" Xuan Pang looked at Hanyue beside him and said with a smile, "Sister Hanyue, it's your turn!"
There are rules in the competition, and you are not allowed to kill people in the ring, so you have to save others under the sword!"
"Xuan Pang, am I that cruel?" Han Yue pouted, got up and walked towards the ring.
"Brother, Sister Hanyue still doesn't understand herself well enough!" Xuan Pang turned to look at Ling Hao and smacked his lips.
"You are no better than her!" Ling Hao replied lightly.
"Uh..." Xuan Pang's mouth twitched.
While the two were talking, Hanyue had already stepped onto the ring.
"Haha, I'm so lucky, I got such a beautiful opponent!"
On the ring, a man with a strong back and dark skin looked at Han Yue and opened his mouth, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Wow, he is Heikui? I didn't expect that he would also come to participate in the Dragon and Phoenix Ranking Competition." A man in the audience area couldn't help but be surprised.
"Who is Heikui? Is he very powerful?" asked the companion next to the man.
"Have you never heard of Heikui?" A trace of fear flashed across the man's face. "In the past two or three years, his name has become quite famous in the ancient martial arts world."
"It is said that since his debut, he has rarely met an opponent with his iron palms. He does everything based on his own interests, whether it is good or evil."
"As early as a year ago, I heard that he had broken through to the War Emperor realm. He should be at least at the middle stage of the War Emperor realm now!"
"So strong?" A trace of apprehension also appeared on the face of his companion.
"..."
"Are you Heikui?" On the stage, Han Yue glanced at the opponent coldly.
"What do you mean by this beauty? Have you ever heard of my name, Heikui?" Heikui's eyes scanned Han Yue's figure.
"Then it's better this way. Beauty, just admit defeat!"
"You are no match for me. Stop fighting and make a friend. I'll treat you to dinner at noon. How about that?"