With Xiang Tianming's instructions, Nangong Aotian did not dare to go out in the past two days. He also did not have more opportunities to be alone with Liu Mengying. It seemed that Liu Mengying's alone meeting with him was ignored by Han Yuxin and Ren Fei
Er saw the clues. The two girls stayed together with Liu Mengying all day long, not giving Nangong Aotian any chance.
With no choice but to do so, Nangong Aotian had no choice but to return to his room and practice alone.
Sun Yifeng and Li Changfeng seem to have made some progress in the past few days. Especially in the practice of swordsmanship, after several days of actual combat, coupled with these days of careful practice, it seems that they are far away from the first realm of the integration of man and sword.
The realm is not very far away anymore.
Xiang Tianming rushed back from the academy two days later and sent Nangong Aotian the Spiritual Return Pill. In the past few days, the empire seemed to have forgotten about Nangong Aotian's assassination, except for adding more guards.
, there was no other movement.
However, the major colleges did not suspect anything. After all, the matter had nothing to do with them. Some people even speculated that Nangong Aotian was being pursued by his enemies because of his personal grudges and implicated the major colleges. So everything was still so calm.
Finally, it’s time for the competition again. This competition is very different from the last competition between the colleges.
First of all, each of the colleges participating in the competition sent four of its strongest students to participate in the competition. In other words, the number of students participating in the competition reached forty.
Then all the forty students dispersed for a drawing competition.
In the first round, the students were divided into two groups by drawing lots, and then the winning group and the losing group each had twenty people. The winning group was the first group, and the losing group was the second group.
In the second round of competition, the top ten will be selected from the first group, and the top ten will be selected from the second group. Then the top ten from the eliminated people in the first and second groups will be selected into the third group.
In the third round, the first group will select the top five, and the second group will select the top five. Then the losers of the first and second groups will join the third group, and the top ten will be selected to be the fourth.
Group.
No one is allowed to encounter the same opponent twice in these three rounds.
In the fourth round, the first and second groups will select the top five, and the fourth group will select the top five. Then the losers of the first and second groups and the winners of the fourth group will select the top five.
Five. In this way, after four rounds, there will be ten people left. And these ten people are guaranteed to have played against each other at most once. This ensures that among these ten people, there must be the top three.
In the fifth round of the competition, ten people were also divided into two groups. The winning group was made up of five people, and the losing group was made up of five people.
In the sixth round, find the top two from the winning group, and find the top two from the losing group.
The final round is to find the top three among the remaining four.
The competition lasts for seven days in total, with one round per day.
The competition starts very early, at nine o'clock in the morning, and starts at three o'clock in the afternoon. There are ten competitions in the morning and ten competitions in the afternoon. The number of competitions becomes less and less in the later stages. But they are still divided into morning and afternoon competitions.
afternoon.
This kind of competition has become much easier for Nangong Aotian and Sun Yifeng. After all, there is basically only one competition a day, and rarely there are two competitions a day. In this way, there are two competitions a day.
, it will not lead to failure due to fatigue or intense consumption of fighting spirit. After all, such a competition generally does not allow very dangerous situations to occur. The referees on the battlefield have been replaced by two martial arts masters at this time.
High-level experts rarely suffer accidental casualties under their noses.
The four people sent by Xiang Tianming were Nangong Aotian, Sun Yifeng, Li Changfeng and Ren Feier.
Of course, many students were a little dissatisfied when Nangong Aotian was originally sent to play. However, Xiang Tianming was relatively clear about the master. After a simple selection in advance, everyone barely knew a little bit about Nangong Aotian's strength.
None of them spoke anymore.
The first day of competition went smoothly. But after the first day of competition, all the students and instructors in the academy were shocked. Even His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire was shocked.
On the first day of the competition, Huo Li, whose strength was only at the fifth level of King Level a few days ago, has now reached the eighth level of King Level, and seems to be still at the peak of King Level 8. In such a short five days, the strength of
He actually jumped up to level three. What a terrifying thing. You must know that once you reach the king level, it usually takes at least half a year to advance to level one. He actually rose to level three in just five days. How is this possible?
Within a day, Holly became the hot topic of conversation for everyone, including His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire.
Returning to his residence in the evening, Xiang Tianming called Nangong Aotian to his room, "You have seen Holly's condition. What do you think?"
"I think he must have taken some kind of magic pill." Nangong Aotian said with certainty.
"Do you know? No matter how good the treasures of heaven, earth, treasures or elixirs are, it is impossible to suddenly upgrade to three or four levels in a few days. Two levels are already the limit. Because if it exceeds two levels, let alone human beings.
Whether the meridians can withstand it? Even the Dou Yuan in the body will mutate or even be destroyed due to too intense energy infusion. The foundation of cultivation will also be completely destroyed." Xiang Tianming said, "But I have seen Holly's condition.
.Now he is already at the peak of the eighth level of King Level. Last time, he just reached the fifth level of King Level. In other words, the thing he takes can directly increase his strength by four levels. This thing is definitely very harmful to him.
"
"Oh." Nangong Aotian said in surprise, "Then what they are doing is just to strive for the first place. They would rather destroy a person with great potential to strive for the first place. It is obvious that they are not trying to enter the trial place.
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"Yes. I am a spiritual doctor after all. When he was fighting, I checked his condition. His foundation has been completely destroyed by the medicine, which means that it is impossible to level up again. He can only
He remains at his current level of strength. The place of trial will not be of any help to him."
"Such a big price?" Nangong Aotian frowned, "What are the benefits of being first?"
"No one knows this, but there must be something very special, so this time, you have to get the first place no matter what." Xiang Tianming said seriously.
"Teacher, don't worry. It's just an eighth-level Martial King. I can handle it. If he is a ninth-level Martial King or a peak Martial King, it will be difficult." Nangong Aotian said.
"You should be able to deal with it, but your two good brothers are in a bit of a dilemma." Xiang Tianming said, "Their strength is very different."
"Haha, teacher, you don't have to worry. If I hold the same spiritual weapon as them now, without using spiritual power, our strength is actually about the same. It's just that I am better than them in the use of the sword."
"Oh. What do they have to rely on?" Xiang Tianming asked doubtfully.
"Actually, their sword skills have improved quite a lot recently. Plus my move Thunder Shock Nine Heavens, they should still be able to deal with it." Nangong Aotian said.
"Well, that's good." Xiang Tianming nodded and said.
In the palace.
Liu Bang was walking around in the study, seeming restless.
"Your Majesty, Zhou Qingquan would like to see you." A guard came in and said.
"Ask him to come in." Liu Bang said quickly.
"How's it going?" Liu Bang asked, "Do they know if there is such a magical elixir or a treasure of heaven and earth that can suddenly increase the level of swordsmanship to level four or five?"
"He said that this kind of elixir is not impossible, but it will do great damage to the foundation of a warrior. It is very likely that he will not be able to make any progress for the rest of his life." Zhou Qingquan said, "My subordinates also investigated the situation of the boy Huo Li and found that his foundation seemed to be weak.
It’s already very unstable. I think what he said makes sense.”
"Since he said so, it seems that Duris College is really here for this Thunder Wing." Liu Bang frowned and said, "Is there anything else?"
"He said that this situation is very similar to the effect of a spiritual pill he knew before. It's called Douwang Pill. It's just a little uncertain." Zhou Qingquan said, "He said it is a very strange medicine from the Tianmo Sect. Take it.
This kind of medicine cannot be advanced for a lifetime of fighting spirit. It is generally used by those who have no chance of becoming a martial spirit. However, this kind of fighting king pill is also very precious and will not be used unless it is a very special situation."
"Oh. Heavenly Demon Sect?" Liu Bang frowned and said, "Hasn't Heavenly Demon Sect been hiding from the world for a long time? Is it coming out again now?"
"I also hope it's not the Heavenly Demon Sect. If it is true, then the situation is a bit bad. As long as the Heavenly Demon Sect is born once in history, there will be a big turmoil. The Heavenly Demon Sect's ambitions are huge." Zhou Qingquan thought about it.
I wanted to say, "If the Heavenly Demon Sect is really born, we must take good precautions."
"The more I think about this matter, the more wrong it becomes." Liu Bang frowned and said, "It seems that the situation at Dulis College is not simple. You need to send more people to find out more."
"I have already transferred some people there." Zhou Qingquan said.
"Well, you go down first. When the competition is over, we can start investigating this matter properly." Liu Bang said, "Except for you and me, no one can know about this matter, including my son."
"Yes." Zhou Qingquan agreed and went out.
"Hey!! What should I do if my two traitors really have anything to do with this Demon Sect?" Liu Bang frowned alone. "This is seeking the skin of a tiger and luring the wolf into the house. Are they just doing it for some power of their own?"
Desire, do you not even care about the safety of the country and the foundation of the Chinese Empire for so many years?"
In the next three days, there were no more accidents in the competition. Ren Fei'er from Kalai College was eliminated. However, Nangong Aotian, Sun Yufeng and Li Changfeng all entered the top ten.
It's okay for Sun Yifeng and Li Changfeng. After all, their strength has been recognized by some people for a long time. But the rise of Nangong Aotian also surprised many people. A junior king-level person actually made it all the way to the top ten. Really
It's unbelievable.
But Nangong Aotian was very lucky because after so many battles, the three of them did not encounter Holly.
Of course, Holly is invincible along the way. It is certain to enter the top ten.
In the fifth round, Nangong Aotian won. But Sun Yifeng and Li Changfeng both failed.
Of course, they had already calculated this. The five victors would definitely be Nangong Aotian and Huo Li, and the losing group would of course be Sun Yifeng and Li Changfeng. So in the fifth round of the competition, Nangong Ao
Whether the three of them will fail depends entirely on the whereabouts of Holly. Of course, the most confident Nangong Aotian will compete with Holly in the first battle.