Six days passed and the first round of the competition ended.
All of Zhang Wentao's disciples passed. Among them, the one that Sun Mo paid the most attention to was a young girl named Liu Yuzhi. Her martial prowess was relatively high and her attacks were also very ruthless.
Naturally, the most puzzling thing was that Sun Mo couldn't use Divine Sight to observe this young girl's data.
Out of Jin Mujie's three personal students, two lost and one won.
The student who gave her a trace of hope was called He Ben. He was a new personal disciple she had accepted last year and his talent was very high.
However, after the first round, he was heavily injured.
Sun Mo had to use God Hands and bathe in various medicinal packets before he recovered to 90% of his combat strength. For the second round, it was hard to say. He could only depend on his luck.
He hoped that he would draw a weakling.
The second round began. It was still drawing lots.
This time around, the lucky mascot didn't draw the red wooden lot and lost the initiative. Li Ziqi's luck flipped and she could now draw her opponent.
As for Ying Baiwu, she didn't care about this. In any case, no matter who her opponent was, she would fight with her life on the line and fight to the death!
It was only the third round and Ying Baiwu was drawn.
The iron-headed girl went up and asked her opponent, "Can I use this longbow?"
Dan Lian had a depressed look on her face. Her age and cultivation base were much higher than her opponent. If she said no, it would be too embarrassing. But if she said yes...
That was a saint weapon. In addition to her opponent's peerless-grade saint-tier archery technique, even if she won, she would suffer a loss and it would affect her performance in the third round, right?
Dan Lian was still conflicted when Sun Mo spoke.
"Baiwu, don't be rude!"
Helian Beifang clicked his tongue. "I didn't expect that Senior Sister Baiwu also knows how to scheme?"
"Baiwu has a stubborn personality and is a ruthless person who would swallow her words. If it wasn't for the sake of Teacher's advancement, she wouldn't play such tricks."
Li Ziqi explained.
"I understand!"
Ying Baiwu changed her longbow.
If she wanted to win, she had to win flawlessly and not give others any excuses.
The audience whistled. Although this was fair, if someone could afford a good weapon, why wouldn't she be allowed to use it?
If this was the case, saint-tier cultivation arts should be prohibited and everyone should use the same one. After all, this would destroy the balance.
"How can there be absolute fairness in the world?"
Mei Ziyu sighed.
The Saint Gate only did this to provide a path for commoner great teachers to advance. If they were to use alchemical pills and weapons freely, then the aristocratic clans would be able to control all the slots for advancement.
Honestly speaking, a commoner great teacher like Sun Mo should be the type of person who would be taken care of by the Saint Gate. However, who asked this fellow to be alone and build up such a great foundation?
Just Sun Mo's cultivation arts and wealth alone were more abundant than many great teachers and wealthy clans that had accumulated wealth for over 100 years.
"Begin!"
As the sound of Tong Yiming's voice faded, Ying Baiwu immediately retreated. She drew her bow and fired explosively.
Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!
The translucent arrow flashed through the air, looking exceptionally strange.
As Dan Lian chased after him, she brandished her sword, creating a sword shadow in front of her, shattering the spirit qi arrows into pieces.
The game of cat and mouse began.
Ying Baiwu's cultivation base was inferior and her strength was too weak. If her opponent got close to her, she would surely be finished. Hence, she could only move around and exhaust her opponent to death.
Dan Lian relied on her overwhelming strength and wanted to end the battle quickly. However, she basically couldn't catch up to Ying Baiwu.
This girl's movement technique was really too elegant.
"It's too agile. This is definitely a saint-tier movement technique!"
"It's because the difference in strength is too great. If not, Dan Lian would have already lost."
"Not only is this girl's physique strong, but her mental fortitude is off the charts as well!"
The great teachers discussed, and several of them revealed looks of yearning.
They also wanted a genius disciple like her.
"This mustn't continue on!"
Dan Lian felt embarrassed. She took in a deep breath and exerted force with her legs. With a leap, she lunged toward Ying Baiwu.
Looking at her opponent who was rapidly closing in on her, Ying Baiwu didn't even frown. In fact, after she pulled the bowstring, she even paused for a short moment. When Dan Lian arrived before her and slashed down with her longsword, she released the bowstring.
Xiu!
The arrow whistled through the air.
Dan Lian dodged to the side. Although the range of movement wasn't great, it was enough to delay her slash by less than a second.
Everyone thought that the iron-headed girl would rely on her outstanding movement technique to continue dodging. However, she rapidly abandoned her bow and plunged headfirst into Dan Lian's embrace.
Swish!
A dagger slashed toward Dan Lian's throat.
How ruthless!
How decisive!
The great teachers exclaimed in satisfaction when they saw this. If one didn't have the courage to gamble with their lives, they wouldn't dare to use such a battle tactic.
Dan Lian was also caught unprepared by Ying Baiwu's sudden counterattack. However, her cultivation base was simply too high.
Pak!
Dan Lian calmly slapped away Ying Baiwu's dagger. Just when she was about to chop Ying Baiwu's neck to knock her out and end the battle, a beam of light suddenly shot out from her left index finger.
Zi!
The distance between the two of them was simply too close. Given Ying Baiwu's experience and talent, there was no way she would make a mistake in such a situation.
Pu!
The beam of light penetrated Dan Lian's right chest. She frowned and instinctively lifted her leg to kick out.
Bang!
Ying Baiwu was kicked in the chest and tumbled away in a sorry state.
Drip! Drip!
Fresh blood flowed out.
Dan Lian's embarrassment turned into anger. She gritted her teeth and wanted to follow up with another attack, but she was stopped by her teacher.
"Stop!"
Dan Lian stopped and looked at her teacher with a puzzled look on her face. "Why?"
"You have already lost."
This great teacher who was over 60 years old sighed. "If it was a life-and-death battle, her attack would have penetrated your heart. How would you retaliate then?"
"Could … could she have missed?"
Dan Lian argued.
"That can't be. At such a close distance, even a fool wouldn't miss."
The great teacher glanced at Ying Baiwu and smiled. "Many thanks to little friend for showing mercy!"
After that, he looked at Sun Mo and continued to thank him.
"The disciple taught by Teacher Sun is very kind!"
"Teacher, you..."
Dan Lian grew anxious. (You are already over 60 years old and have desired to break through to the 4-star realm for many years. Why must you give up now?)
"Lian-er, as a person, the most important thing isn't one's achievements but one's perseverance. One must have a bottom line. If others show me respect, I'll return it tenfold."
The great teacher was very open-minded.
"This old man is so principled. He can't be a fool, right?"
Qin Yaoguang mumbled.
"Yaoguang, don't talk nonsense!"
Li Ziqi reproached. "Among great teachers, many of them have noble characters and are highly respected."
Qin Yaoguang stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say anything more.
"Actually, there's no need for you to admit defeat!"
Ying Baiwu clutched her chest and stood up. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, she spoke with a calm look on her face, "I didn't hit the heart because I didn't want to bring shame to my teacher by saying that he has a ruthless female student. However, I didn't hope to win by relying on you guys to admit defeat."
"I've already guessed her attack."
Ying Baiwu waved the longbow in her hand. "Look, I'll take the opportunity when she sends me flying to pick up this bow again and continue the kiting tactic. But now that she's injured, she won't be able to catch up to me."
(I know how to fly, and your movements are slow after you're injured. You'll lose for sure.)
Everyone was stunned. (So, this is a chain battle tactic.)
Dan Lian's countenance turned unsightly because she discovered that the direction Ying Baiwu rolled toward was precisely the place where the longbow had fallen.
This meant that Ying Baiwu had indeed planned this beforehand.
At the thought of this and sensing the intense pain from her wound, Dan Lian suddenly felt a lingering fear. If her teacher hadn't shouted for her to stop and she continued to attack, she would have lost a lot of face if she lost.
"Does she have to be so ruthless to herself? That kick from her opponent would have broken at least two of her ribs, but this young girl didn't even frown. "
The examinees were convinced.
Ying Baiwu's courage and battle tactics could truly suppress Dan Lian.
"Sigh, this was originally a great opportunity to perform, but it's a pity that the limelight was snatched away by this old man!"
Gu Xiuxun felt depressed.
Right now, no one was paying attention to Ying Baiwu. Everyone was sighing at the noble character of that old great teacher.
"No matter what, she won in any case."
Mei Ziyu was very happy. Sun Mo was only a step away from becoming a 4-star great teacher.
The competition continued. On the morning of the second day, a young man with a swollen face as though he had been stung by over a hundred bees limped toward the lottery box.
The examinees immediately felt nervous. All of them had hopes of being chosen.
This young man was called Cao De. In the first round, he put on a show of rookies fighting against each other. This battle lasted for half an hour, and there was no clear victor.
In the end, he only won because his opponent fell to the ground due to exhaustion.
"Whip me! Whip me! "
The examinees prayed.
Lu Zhiruo pressed her palms together and blinked her big eyes, looking at Cao De anxiously. (If I get chosen, I'll offer incense and offerings to the heavens every day.)
Cao De took out the wooden lot. After looking at the name on it, his swollen mouth instantly cracked open.
"Ga ga!"
Cao De was overjoyed. "The heavens are on my side this time around!"
"De 'er, how is it?"
His teacher hurriedly asked.
"It's Lu Zhiruo, Sun Mo's student!"
Cao De was so happy that he wanted to sing a song. He had thought that it was over for him, but he didn't expect that there would be a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel.
(As expected, I'm the child that the heavens love the most!)
"Don't be careless!"
Although his teacher said this, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
After the first round of the competition ended, there weren't many great teachers who could enter the second round with all three of their disciples. Hence, people like Sun Mo were especially eye-catching.
Everyone immediately started to collect the data of his disciples. Although they didn't know the details, they were very clear about their cultivation bases.
In any case, anyone would be able to crush them.
"Teacher, just wait and see. I'll definitely get the title of a 4-star great teacher for you!"
As Cao De spoke, he walked towards the arena. Because he was too excited, and because everyone was jumping onto the arena instead of walking down the stairs, he did the same.
However, his body was heavily injured. The moment he exerted force in the air, his entire body felt a cramping pain, causing his movements to change.
The arena wasn't very high, only five meters. Usually, even a rookie at the first level of the body refinement realm would be able to jump up easily. But this time around, Cao De's movements changed. His right foot scraped against the edge of the arena.
"F * ck!"
After Cao De shouted, he knelt on the ground.
Bang!
Accompanied by a dull thud, a crisp cracking sound rang out.
That ear-piercing sound caused the hearts of everyone in the surroundings to contract involuntarily.
Was his kneecap broken?
No one knew if it was broken or not, but it must be very painful.
His tears and mucus were flowing down. How painful must it be?
...
At the next instant, all the examinees looked toward Lu Zhiruo.
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