Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 226

[Chapter 226: First Battle Victory]

Today is the first match of the small competition. Forty competitions will be held in each training ground.

In the ten training grounds, the geniuses from various countries are preparing for the upcoming competition, but Lin Xiu’s eyes are looking around.

He has learned from Li Baizhang that there are a total of 19 geniuses of the earth level in this small competition. These are the most talented people under the age of 25 from Daxia and more than a dozen surrounding countries. Among

them, 14 are from Daxia. The

remaining five, one is from Fusang, one is from Wuji, one is from Java, and the last two are from the Western Regions and Beimang respectively.

The number of geniuses in Daxia is more than ten times that of them, not only because of Daxia’s large population, but more importantly, resources, and the root of resources lies in national strength.

The stronger the national strength, the more resources it occupies, and the more geniuses it can cultivate. After these geniuses grow up, they will make the national strength even stronger. After a few decades, the strong countries will become stronger, and the weak countries will become weaker.

After a period of silent and rapid drumbeats, the small competition officially began.

In front of the stands, a worshiper of the Yishu Division said loudly: “The first match, Fuso Chiba Rin, against Daxia Zheng Yi.”

Linglong sat next to the imperial concubine and said expectantly: “It’s started, it’s started…”

Chiba Rin walked out of the stands and came to the middle of the training ground. At the same time, another young man also walked out of the stands with a sad face.

In the stands, the rest of the people just glanced at the training ground, with no expectations in their eyes.

This was a competition without any suspense.

Lin Xiu also mourned for Zheng Yi. This was another unlucky guy. Zheng Yi knew him. He was a student of the Tianzi Academy of the Martial Arts Academy. He was at the upper level of the Xuan level. If he hadn’t drawn Chiba Rin, he could have even won a place in the competition with better luck.

But now, he has no chance.

After the two stood still, they saluted each other, and then retreated to ensure a distance of three meters.

At the edge of the training ground, there were several figures. They were all strong men from the Martial Arts Academy and the Yishu Division. When there was an accident in the competition, they would immediately take action.

A priest said, “This is a small competition. Stop when you are satisfied. Do not hurt the other party’s life, otherwise you will be disqualified. Do you two understand?”

The two nodded at the same time and said, “I understand.”

The priest struck a gong and said, “The competition begins.”

The moment the gong sounded, Qianye Lin’s figure had disappeared.

Zheng Yi clenched the sword in his hand and was still looking for an opponent. The priest’s voice came again: “Fusang Qianye Lin wins.”

He slowly turned his head and saw the woman from Fusang standing behind him, pointing the handle of the long sword in her hand at his back. The two of them were so different in realm. If it was a fight between life and death, he would have died at that moment.

Zheng Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said, “The top ten of the Tianjiao list is well-deserved. I lost and I am convinced.”

Qianye Lin’s decisiveness made many people in the stands look serious. Although they would not meet for the time being, if they met her in the next few competitions, how would they deal with it?

After Qianye Lin, the second person to come on stage was a young man.

Lin Xiu had never seen this person, but he felt familiar.

Li Baizhang sat next to him and said, “His name is Zhang Ren, the eldest son of the Zhang family. He has awakened the Golden Art. In the last competition, he almost made it into the top ten. His strength should not be underestimated.”

Lin Xiu soon realized that his familiarity with this person came from Zhang Jing.

Zhang Ren’s opponent was a young man from the Academy of Artificial Arts. His strength was only at the lower level of the Mysterious Stage. After he came on stage, he said very straightforwardly, “I admit defeat.”

Lin Xiu glanced at the other training grounds. There were several arenas where the fighting was in full swing. The sound of swords clashing continued, but it was very harmonious here. After Zhang Ren, it was the eldest son of the Song family. He was also a genius on the last Tianjiao list. Like Zhang Ren, he did not make it into the top ten, but his ranking was also very high.

In the last Tianjiao list of Daxia, there were about ten people. In this list, most of them were over 25 years old and could no longer participate in the competition. Only Zhao Lingjun, Zhang Ren, and Song Yuzhang were left. This was also the reason why the court spent so many resources a few months before the competition to push Qin Wan, Lingyin, Li Baizhang and others to the ground level.

If Daxia only had three people on the next Tianjiao list, it would be a big shame.

Faced with the dilemma of a lack of successors, Emperor Xia even wanted Lin Xiu to bring back the Tianjiao of Fusang to represent Daxia in the competition.

Song Yuzhang looked gentle and elegant, with the demeanor of a young man from an aristocratic family. Facing a woman from South Vietnam, he held a folding fan and waved it gently, and the woman rose from the ground and came to the outside of the training ground.

Then, he waved his hand to put away the folding fan, smiled at the woman, and said, “Thank you.”

Many women on the stands cheered.

Both the small competition and the big competition allow outsiders to watch, but tickets are required for admission, and they are expensive. Often, after organizing a competition, the court will not only not lose money, but will also make a small profit.

Li Baizhang curled his lips and said, “Holding a broken fan, why are you pretending? I can do it too.”

This is pure jealousy.

Others are handsome, have a good family background, and have the ability to eliminate opponents elegantly and gracefully. Li Baizhang, on the other hand, looks good and has a good family background, but his ability is too domineering. He can shatter the darkness with thunder. How can he walk the path of a cream boy?

At this moment, Qin Wan has already entered the stage.

Her opponent, from Wuji Country, is also a woman. The woman is a little older than her and looks like she is in her twenties. This is her last time to participate in such a competition.

This woman is practicing martial arts. When the gong sounded, she rushed towards Qin Wan with two swords in hand.

But she only ran a few steps and her footsteps suddenly stopped. She looked around with horror, slashing randomly with the two swords in her hands, and her footsteps were also very chaotic. She was getting farther and farther away from Qin Wan.

This scene made the audience in the stands, as well as many earth-level geniuses, stunned.

“What is this doing?”

“Why is she getting farther and farther away? What is she attacking?”

“Is she, is she crazy?”

“What kind of ability is this that can make people crazy?”

…

This strange scene made the earth-level geniuses in other countries tingle. Those from Daxia already had information about all earth-level geniuses and knew that Qin Wan’s ability was a rare spiritual type, but knowing it was no exception, seeing this scene with their own eyes still made them feel frightened.

Even Qianye Lin’s expression became a little more solemn.

Zhao Lingyin secretly decided that when she returned home at night, she would discuss with Qin Wan. If they met in the ring in the future, Qin Wan would not let her do such a shameful thing in public… If

she disagreed, she would knock on the door next time she saw Lin Xiu enter her room…

Seeing that the woman from Wuji Country was on the verge of losing control, a worshiper immediately said: “Okay, this game, Qin Wan wins…”

When Qin Wan returned to the stands, almost everyone here regarded her as one of the biggest opponents. After

Qin Wan, there was another person from the Zhang family, named Zhang Yi. According to Li Baizhang, the strange skill awakened by this person was strength. At the same time, he also had the martial arts cultivation of the earth level. He was the second genius of the Zhang family besides Zhang Ren. In addition to Zhang Xin, who Lin Xiu

was about to face, the Zhang family accounted for three of the fourteen earth-level geniuses in Daxia.

With this bloodline, it is no wonder that the Zhang family is so brilliant.

As long as they can grow up, the Zhang family will still be able to suppress the royal family in the next few decades.

After Zhang Yi easily defeated his opponent, it was Lingyin and Ning’er’s turn.

Lin Xiu had no worries about them.

Lingyin’s opponent was a lower-level Xuan-level magician, a user of wood magic. Unfortunately, the little vine had just grown out of the ground when it was frozen into ice chips. He was also shivering from the cold and had no choice but to admit defeat.

As for Ning’er, her opponent was not very strong either. He was a lower-level Xuan-level warrior. He wanted to get close to her from the beginning, but before he could get close to Ning’er, his body and his sword flew into the sky involuntarily. He could only kick and spin in the air, and was soon sentenced to elimination by a priest.

Then, the worshiper said, “The next match is between Lin Xiu of Great Xia and Zhang Xin of Great Xia.” As soon as

the words fell, the waiting imperial concubine showed an expectant look on her face.

There was also a burst of discussion in the stands.

“It’s Miss Zhao’s husband.”

“His luck is so bad that he actually drew the Earth rank.”

“Oh, I’m afraid he will be eliminated in the first match…”

…

One Earth rank, one Mysterious rank, although it hasn’t started yet, the result is already obvious.

But Zhang Xin, who is about to play, is in a completely different mood.

When he heard Lin Xiu’s name, his heart skipped a beat.

As a user of water attribute ability, he is not afraid of encountering fire attribute opponents, but he is very afraid of encountering ice. This is an ability that makes him speechless. Although he is stronger, he will still be greatly restrained when facing an opponent who is one level lower than him.

And if he encounters an opponent of the same level, he won’t even have the strength to fight.

Unexpectedly, he avoided Zhao Lingyin but not Lin Xiu.

Although Lin Xiu was only at the upper level of the Xuan rank, he was a man who practiced both martial arts and martial arts. He had heard of the name of the fastest man in the martial arts academy. He had also heard of his record of defeating eight people alone and defeating the genius of Wuji Country.

It can be said that he was not afraid of all opponents below the Earth rank, except for one person he was not sure of defeating.

That was Lin Xiu.

He happened to meet him.

Isn’t this too unlucky?

Beside him, Zhang Ren patted him on the shoulder and said, “Do your best.”

Under the gaze of countless people, the two walked to the training ground.

Before the competition began, Zhang Xin felt that the Yuanli in his body was suppressed.

The small competition could not bring weapons by themselves, but the training ground would provide them, and the variety was very complete. Lin Xiu chose a spear as usual and saluted Zhang Xin.

“Please teach me.”

“Please teach me.”

Then, the two retreated a few feet away.

Zhang Xin did not choose a weapon. His martial arts strength was too far behind Lin Xiu. Even if he chose a weapon, it would be useless. The only thing he could do was to win at the fastest speed by relying on the advantage of his realm.

After the gong sounded, Zhang Xin took the lead.

In front of him, countless water arrows appeared and shot towards Lin Xiu. When

those water arrows shot to Lin Xiu, they condensed into ice and fell to the ground.

This was not beyond Zhang Xin’s expectations. He kept a distance from Lin Xiu and summoned four rapidly rotating water tornadoes to attack Lin Xiu from four directions.

At the same time, two flowing water ropes appeared under Lin Xiu’s feet, binding his legs and trapping him in place.

In a moment of fighting, it seemed that Zhang Xin had the upper hand.

But the next moment, the water ropes under Lin Xiu’s feet were frozen into ice and then shattered.

Then, Lin Xiu’s figure disappeared on the spot.

Zhang Xin secretly thought that it was not good, and immediately formed a water barrier around him, but this barrier could not stop the spear at all.

The spear pierced out from the other side of the water curtain, and the tip of the spear stopped an inch in front of his neck.

Seeing this scene, several priests who acted as referees couldn’t help but sigh.

“What a pity.”

“Water meets ice, there is really no reason to talk.”

“It’s useless to have a higher level of Yuanli. This Lin Xiu is practicing both magic and martial arts. His martial arts seems to be stronger and his speed is too fast. It’s hard for ordinary magicians to defend against him…”

“It can only be said that his luck is too bad. There is only this one who can restrain him, and he met him in the first game…”

…

On the training ground, Zhang Xin moved his throat, dispersed the water curtain, and said, “I lost.”

His ability was restrained tightly, and he had no way to do anything.

Although he didn’t think about getting a good ranking in the big competition, he didn’t expect that he would be eliminated in the first round of the small competition.

The coincidence even made him wonder if someone was deliberately arranging and targeting him.

Lin Xiu decisively put away his gun and said, “Thank you.”

It was not until this time that a burst of exclamations broke out in the stands.

“What’s going on? It’s over now?”

“Earth rank can actually lose to Profound rank…”

“What do you know? This is a restraint of ability. It’s really unfair for the Zhang family to lose. If he met Miss Zhao’s husband, he wouldn’t have lost to anyone else…” In the

battles in the first training ground, without exception, someone either admitted defeat or ended in an instant.

This one was the same, except that the one who was eliminated was a genius of the Earth rank.

This was the first Earth rank to be eliminated in the small competition.

The next competition was about to begin. Zhang Xin walked back to the stands. Zhang Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, “It’s just bad luck this time. Don’t take it to heart. You still have one chance to participate in the big competition.”

Zhang Xin didn’t take it to heart and shook his head and said, “The Zhang family has enough for the two of you. There are more people in Daluo who have awakened the ice art. It’s useless even if I go. Besides, it’s not shameful to lose to Zhao Lingjun’s husband…”

Lin Xiu happened to walk by them and heard their conversation. She was very indignant.

Zhao Lingjun’s husband, and Zhao Lingjun’s husband again. When will he have his own name?

Through this competition, he will definitely take the halo off Zhao Lingjun’s head.

(End of this chapter)