One sword attack!
Gao Feng had lost!
Everyone who was watching the battle was shocked. The whole place was dead silent.
Before this, no one would have thought that Ye Chen had hidden his sword intent, which was the pride of a sword artist. He had only used his sword art to compete on the stage and beat all the top young warriors, winning eleven battles in a row.
What was even more unexpected was that once Ye Chen had released his sword intent, Gao Feng did not even have the chance to attack. He had lost right away, and in such a straightforward manner!
If Gao Feng were only a normal young warrior, people would not be so shocked. But in the first stage of the competition, he had beaten Teng Mo, who was ranked nineteen in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. And just like Ye Chen, he had won all the battles.
Therefore, no matter how you looked at it, Gao Feng was not a normal warrior. He was definitely one of the top warriors among the young generation. However, a powerful warrior like him could not even handle one attack from Ye Chen. The huge contrast had shocked a lot of people.
Amateurs would just watch for fun, but the experts would see for themselves.
Most of the Clasping Yuan Realm warriors only knew that Ye Chen had the sword intent, but they did not know what had happened in that second. However, the powerful Clasping Yuan Realm warriors and Astral Reaching Realm warriors had seen some of the details. For example, Ye Chen's sword intent flashed once and then disappeared, and it was hard to tell exactly what kind of realm he had reached. Also, right now, they could finally feel how fast Ye Chen's sword was. It had already surpassed the reaction speed of warriors at the same cultivation level. Most importantly, the second he threw out his sword, Ye Chen had shown the elegance of a sword artist. Not only did his sword art move as he wished, but it was also very fast.
"So impressive! Is this the power of the fifth in the top ten new stars? Why do I feel like he could be the second?" Some of the warriors who were watching the battle could not help but say.
Someone next to him said, "I have the same feeling. Gao Feng is the ninth in the top ten new stars after all. But he still could not handle one serious sword attack from Ye Chen."
"It is not certain whether he is serious or not. Haven't you noticed? Until now, has Ye Chen tried his best? Only Gao Feng was able to force out his sword intent. "
"This year's Hidden Dragon Rank competitions are indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Before, there were top young warriors like Sikong Sheng, and now, there are the top ten new stars. All of them are hiding their powers. Before the most crucial moment, no one would know what kind of realm they have reached."
"Now that's hot-blooded! What's the point of a match that can be seen through at a glance? "
"Haha, this is really exciting. I really want to see who among the younger generation can laugh until the end, and who can be ranked in the top ten."
There were way too many people who were paying attention to this battle, since there were only six groups left. It was obvious which group would be more interesting to watch. The battle between Ye Chen and Gao Feng was very exciting. In the beginning, it was clear that they were evenly matched, but in the end, the situation changed drastically. First, Gao Feng was forced to use his ace attack, and his momentum increased drastically. It seemed like he was going to win, but who would have thought that Ye Chen would have even more attacks, which exposed the fact that he had comprehended the sword intent and killed Gao Feng with one sword attack, showing off the power of a sword artist.
Such an exciting battle had made people's blood boil. Their faces turned red, and they could not help but want to scream out loud.
The group twelve judge froze for a while before he said, "A real sword artist needs both a powerful attacking power and the power to kill with one attack. This kid has both, which is very rare."
The group three judge nodded, "It is easy to become a warrior, but it is hard to become a sword artist. Most people only have the talent to be a sword artist, but not the qualities that a sword artist should have."
As Astral Reaching Realm warriors, the two had seen a lot of powerful sword artists. They knew how hard it was to deal with a sword artist, since they did not seem to have too big of a weakness, because they were experts in finding weaknesses. That sword attack of Ye Chen seemed to be very fast and casual, but it had actually landed on Gao Feng's weakest spot, which gave Gao Feng no chance to fight back at all.
A light flashed through the head disciple of the Heartless Martial School, Li Daoxuan. Ye Chen, who had learned the sword intent, had piqued his interest. As for how long this interest could last, it would depend on how powerful Ye Chen really was. If it was only this much, then it would only take three sword attacks to finish him off.
Sikong Sheng and the other top young warriors did not have any expression on their faces. The power that Ye Chen had shown so far was nothing special to them. Reaching their level, the gap between them was huge. If one's power could not be ranked in the top five or top ten, then he would not even be worth their attention.
"Huh! There are too many people who have not shown their real power yet. He is only a clown." The head disciple of the Sky Fall Martial School, Lin Yun, sneered.
The head disciple of the Sky Demon Martial School, Mo Yan, used his Sky Demon Eyes. A dark red light flashed through his eyes as he said lightly, "He will not be in the top ten."
Murong Qingcheng frowned slightly. This head disciple of hers looked very calm and collected on the surface, but he was actually very prideful. As one of the top two martial arts of the Sky Flying Demon Martial School, the Sky Demon Art was indeed very powerful. The Sky Demon Eyes that came with it could see through a person's aura. However, martial arts were not omnipotent. Moreover, his Sky Demon Art was only at the tenth realm, so how could he see through a person's power?
On the battling platform, putting his Star Scar Sword back into its scabbard, Ye Chen said "Thank you" before flying off the platform.
Gao Feng covered his chest with his left hand, but he was not hurt at all. He knew that Ye Chen had held back. Ye Chen's control of his power was just like his sword art, which had already reached the realm of being able to do whatever he wanted. It was not a shame to lose to him. Plus, he had learned something from this battle.
Getting off the platform, Gao Feng sent a zhen Qi message to his sister disciple, "Sorry! I have lost! "
"It's okay. He is just too powerful. I just want to watch your battle. I don't care about anything else."
"You are right. He is indeed too powerful. I think his power is even more powerful than what everyone thinks." Gao Feng said in shock. Unfortunately, besides his sister disciple, no one else heard what he said.
Pap!
The iron ball in his hand had been crushed. Tang Xiaoshan's face froze. He had just said that Ye Chen was going to lose, but the result was completely different from what he had expected. He had been humiliated.
"His power is not bad. It seems like I have underestimated him."
Tang Xiaoshan twitched the corner of his mouth.
…
The battle continued. The next contestant was the third disciple of the Sky Demon Martial School, Wu Liangyu. His opponent was the young warrior who had made it to the next round with all his wins.
The two had exchanged three rounds of attacks.
Wu Liangyu won!
"The Sky Demon Martial School is slightly more powerful in terms of the number of top disciples! In addition to the top three disciples, there are also three disciples who have made it to the second stage of the knockout competition, adding up to six disciples. As for the other Sixth Grade Sects, the most disciples who have made it to the second stage of the knockout competition are no more than five, and at least three. "
"Of course, the Sky Demon Martial School has the advantage in terms of quantity. But in terms of quality, no one can compete with the Floating Mountain Martial School."
"There is no other way. The Floating Mountain Martial School has Sikong Sheng. Besides the Fire Spirit Prince, no one else would be able to compete with him."
"Not necessarily. That Lin Yun's qi is not weaker than the Fire Spirit Prince's. In some aspects, he is even more powerful. The fight for the first place should be between the three of them."
"Not necessarily! Tuo Baku should be counted in. The last Hidden Dragon Rank 9 young warrior had been blown away by him with only one punch. Is this kind of power not enough to compete for the top three? "
Although Wu Liangyu had performed very well, unfortunately, with Ye Chen's performance in front of him, Wu Liangyu was definitely not as good as him. Therefore, with his status, the crowd started to discuss about the battle between the top young warriors and the Sky Demon Martial School. They all had their own opinions.
Ye Chen and Xu Jing stood together. Next to them were Zhu Mei and Qin Yulian who had lost the right to compete.
Qin Yulian watched the matches of each group and sighed. "This year's competition is too intense. Many of the contestants from last year's ranking have been eliminated. I wonder how many of the contestants from last year's ranking will remain after the second round of elimination."
Zhu Mei said: "Looking at the current situation, at least thirty to forty percent will be eliminated."
Thirty or forty percent was more than twenty people. This was a shocking number.
Ye Chen did not say anything. The first stage of the competition had indeed eliminated a lot of contestants from the last Hidden Dragon Rank, such as Lin Yue who was ranked seventieth, Zhuang Fei who was ranked sixty-eighth, Wei Dongshe who was ranked sixty-sixth, Cai Yueyao who was ranked sixty-first, Lu Zhao who was ranked sixty-first, and Yuanheng Ying who was ranked fifty-ninth. These were all powerful warriors from the Hidden Dragon Rank that Ye Chen had met in the Scorching Ancient Desert, but now, they had all been eliminated.
These were only the Hidden Dragon Rank warriors from the nine nations, including the Windy Nation. Including the other nations, up until now, there had already been twenty people who had been eliminated. Therefore, the thirty to forty percent that Zhu Mei said was still an understatement. After the second round of elimination, the total number of people who had been eliminated from the last Hidden Dragon Rank should be around twenty-five to thirty.
Of course, there were also a couple of people from the nine nations who had not been eliminated, such as Mo Wuxue who was ranked fifty-fourth, and Xue Hen who was ranked fifty-seventh. The two of them used to be the top warriors in the Heaven Dream Ancient Region, but unfortunately, when they arrived at the Hidden Dragon Ancient City, they had barely managed to struggle on the edge of being eliminated. Whether they could make it to the next round or not would depend on the luck that they usually did not care about.
The new generation had replaced the old generation!
How many old warriors had been eliminated meant how many new young warriors had been replaced. Not to mention the other nations, just the Windy Nation alone had Ye Chen, Xu Jing and Lynch, which was three times better than the last Hidden Dragon Rank, when only Zhuang Fei was in the Hidden Dragon Rank. Therefore, the Windy Nation had not only not declined, but had actually become a lot stronger.
The twelfth battle of the second group had begun, and the contestant was indeed Xu Jing.
Seeing that Xu Jing had easily suppressed her opponent, Ye Chen had realized something. He thought to himself, 'It turns out that Xu Jing's martial arts and martial skills have not been trained to a very high level. It seems that she has not trained for a long time after all. Give her one more year, and she might be able to compete for the top ten.'
Ye Chen had figured out that Xu Jing had changed her martial art. If he had guessed it right, Xu Jing had changed her martial art after she came back from the Heaven Dream Ancient Region, and it was an extremely high level body-strengthening martial art. However, it was only a year before the Hidden Dragon Rank competition, and body-strengthening martial arts were extremely hard to train. It would be impossible for Xu Jing to train her body-strengthening martial art to a very high level within a year, which was her weakness.
After all, those old generation young warriors had all trained a martial art for three years or even more. If Xu Jing had three years to train, even Ye Chen could not be sure what level Xu Jing could reach, because Xu Jing's current power was already horrifying.
With a thunderous punch, she had broken her opponent's protective Zhen Qi layer. Xu Jing had easily won the first point in the second stage of the competition.
Ye Chen chuckled as he turned his attention to his own group.
The second round of the competition was about to begin!
Who would be his opponent?
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