When Ling Xiao arrived at the arena, the finals had already been going on for nearly an hour.
The finals used a challenge system.
In other words, the 110 people participating in the finals could challenge someone with a higher ranking according to their original ranking.
However, there was a limit. One challenge could not exceed ten people at a time.
This was also to prevent a martial artist from being tagged along.
After all, the total amount of earth energy of the current Prodigy Hall disciples was not much. If they were continuously challenged, the possibility of losing was relatively high.
In addition, only the lower ranked could challenge the higher ranked. This was to prevent the higher ranked disciples from taking revenge and deliberately humiliating the lower ranked disciples.
According to such rules, even if one came an hour late, it would not affect the overall rhythm of the competition.
"Ling Yihang challenged Ling Dapeng and won. He is currently ranked sixth!"
Ling Xiaotian's voice rang out in the arena. As the patriarch of the Ling Clan and a top expert of the Ling Clan, the importance of this competition could be seen from the fact that he could personally preside over the finals.
Ling Xiao raised his head and looked. In the vast arena, there was only one battle stage. However, this battle stage was obviously larger than the previous ones and the protective wall was stronger.
It was estimated that during the elimination round, Ling Yihang and Ling Xiao's battle, the battle stage was destroyed, which made the upper echelons of the Ling Clan uneasy. Therefore, for safety, the protective wall was strengthened.
The 110 participating disciples were supposed to be sitting near the battle stage, but at this moment, there were two empty chairs.
One belonged to Ling Feifan.
The other belonged to Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao noticed that Ling Yihang, Ling Yixue, Ling Tieshou, and Ling Fei had already challenged because their rankings had entered the top 100. Ling Yihang had even risen to sixth place.
Ling Yixue's ranking had also entered the top 20.
"Referees, disciple Ling Xiao came late because he encountered some troublesome matters. I hope you can give him a chance."
Ling Xiao knew that he was late, so he was naturally in the wrong.
No matter what the reason was, being late was definitely not good, so his attitude was more sincere and humble.
"Hey, Ling Xiao is here, the disciple who ranked first in the elimination round!"
"Damn, how did his cultivation level rise to the peak of the fourth level of the Martial Vein? His improvement is too fast."
"I'm late. He's probably cultivating."
Ling Feifan hadn't arrived yet, so Ling Xiao's appearance naturally attracted many people's attention.
"A country has its laws, and a family has its rules. No matter how good your results are in the elimination round, since you're late, it means that you've given up on your own accord. You're no longer qualified to participate."
Although the head judge thought highly of Ling Xiao, he could not help but shake his head. If a family had no rules, then it would not be able to last long. It would be the beginning of chaos.
Ling Xiao smiled bitterly. Although he had already expected this, he was still a little disappointed when he heard this result.
How could he not be disappointed? If he had obtained first place, he would have been able to enter the library pavilion to steal books. What he urgently needed now was a set of top-notch martial skills and a top-notch soul cultivation secret method, but he currently didn't have any of them.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, another figure suddenly appeared, directly leaping over the crowd and flying to the first place.
"It is Ling Feifan!"
"What a powerful movement technique!"
"Genius Hall's first place is indeed the first place, too cool!"
"But he's late, can he continue to participate in the competition?"
"I don't think so, Ling Xiao can't participate, if he can participate, then wouldn't he be breaking the rules?"
"What qualifications does Ling Xiao have to compete with Ling Feifan, the first place of the elimination round is just the first place of the trash, how can he be compared with the first place of the Genius Hall?"
Hearing such discussions, Ling Xiao's footsteps stopped. He wanted to see what the higher-ups of the Ling family were going to do.
"Hahaha, Feifan, you're late, but it doesn't matter, you're a special one, the rules can't restrict you!"
The head judge saw Ling Feifan, his face revealed a smile, and laughed.
"Thank you, head judge, thank you, judges!"
Ling Feifan did not get up, he just sat there and cupped his hands. That arrogant attitude made it seem like he was already the first master of the Ling family.
"Wait!"
Ling Xiao suddenly shouted, "Head judge, I thought you were going by the book, that Ling Feifan came later than me, he is qualified to participate in the competition, why am I not qualified?"
The head judge was a little embarrassed, he was about to say something, but one of the judges sneered, "Who do you think you are, Ling Feifan is the first place of the Genius Hall, the first genius of the Ling family, related to the prosperity of the Ling family, the future of the Ling family is tied to him, we naturally have to give him a chance, do you think you are qualified to compete with him?"
"That's right!"
Before Ling Xiao could say anything, another voice sounded, it was Ling Shisan who was in the audience.
Ling Shisan's face was very gloomy.
He stood up and said, "Everyone knows that Feifan is the key disciple of the Ling family, he has special privileges in the Ling family, Ling Xiao, you are not even qualified to carry his shoes, how dare you compare with him?"
Ling Xiao frowned. This person was truly shameless to the extreme.
He was almost sure that the person who bribed the black-scarf thief to kill him was Ling Shisan.
He had not settled the score with Ling Shisan yet, this person dared to be so unforgiving, it seems that this Ling Shisan must be eliminated as soon as possible.
"Yeah, who is Ling Xiao, a bottom disciple, he got first place in the elimination round by using tricks, does he not know the immensity of heaven and earth?"
"That's right, there is no absolute fairness in this world, if you want to give you special privileges, you have to beat Ling Feifan."
"Hahaha, he wants to beat Ling Feifan, I'm afraid he can't even beat Ling Yun."
In the family, there were a lot of people who were gloating.
After all, a dark horse like Ling Xiao who came from the bottom was not liked by the privileged.
Naturally, they would hit him when he was down.
"Hmph!"
Suddenly, a cold snort sounded, the second master of the Ling family stood up.
He squinted his eyes and glanced at the crowd, and immediately, many people were silent.
"Just now, I heard someone say that a country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. If Ling Feifan can break the rules, why can't Ling Xiao? If you all treat everyone equally, then let Ling Feifan withdraw from this finals."
The second master of the Ling family had wanted to rope in Ling Feifan, but he was rejected because Ling Feifan was arrogant and did not put anyone in his eyes except for his grandfather.
And he had succeeded in roping in Ling Xiao, so at this time, he naturally had to speak up for Ling Xiao.
"How can you say that, second brother? Ling Feifan is a white jade, and Ling Xiao is just a stubborn rock, how can they be compared?"
Ling Jiu stood up and objected.
"Enough!"
Ling Xiaotian could not stand it anymore, and as soon as he spoke, all the discussions stopped.
"Ling Xiao, I can give you a chance, among these one hundred and ten people, as long as you can beat any one of them, I will let you participate in the finals, okay?"
As the patriarch and the number one fighter in the family, Ling Xiaotian's judgment was not bad, he did not want to offend Ling Feifan, and also did not want to offend Ling Xiao.
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