"The first battle of the second round, Bing Ling against Gu Qing!"
As the judge's voice faded, the huge audience suddenly quieted down.
Warriors who had the right to participate in the second round of the competition were not weak warriors. If the Hidden Dragon Rank could be expanded to one hundred and forty-four people, then all of the contestants in the audience would be on the rank. They would all be the elites of the elites, the top warriors of the young generation.
And Bing Ling and Gu Qing were undoubtedly the top warriors.
Bing Ling, the head disciple of the Ice Extreme Martial School, a rank 6 institution in the Ice Crystal Empire. She was ranked seventh in the last Hidden Dragon Rank, and was one of the most popular contestants for the top five this time.
Gu Qing, the head disciple of the Blue Cloud Pavilion, a rank 7 institution in the Grey Mystery Nation. He was ranked tenth in the last Hidden Dragon Rank, and was one of the most popular contestants for the top ten this time.
Judging from the surface, Gu Qing was obviously slightly weaker than Bing Ling. His martial institution was one rank lower, and his Hidden Dragon Rank was three ranks lower.
Do not underestimate the rank of a martial institution. The higher the rank of a martial institution, the higher the rank of the martial arts they collected would be. If the rank of a martial institution was low, then the rank of the martial arts would naturally be low. There were very few rank 7 martial institutions in the South Rudra Region that could compete with rank 6 martial institutions. However, coincidentally, the Clear Cloud Pavilion was one of those rare rank 7 martial institutions. They did not lack high-rank Earth Realm martial arts, and they even had a top rank Earth Realm martial art. With this top rank Earth Realm martial art, the Clear Cloud Pavilion was able to sit firmly as the number one rank 7 martial institution in the Black Dragon Empire.
If the leader of the Blue Cloud Pavilion was not stupid, he would have taught the top rank Earth Realm martial art to Gu Qing for sure. In order for a rank 7 institution to become a rank 6 institution, besides having enough top battling power, they would also need a Sea of Souls Realm warrior. With Gu Qing's talent and comprehensive ability, he would have a great chance to become a Sea of Souls Realm warrior in the future.
The two would meet in the first battle of the second round, which would definitely be the highlight of the battle. In everyone's eyes, no matter how powerful Bing Ling was, she would not be able to beat Gu Qing with only a couple of attacks. And Gu Qing would not just sit there and let Bing Ling beat him easily. He would definitely try his best to beat her, which would be a great treat for the audience.
"Who do you think will win this battle?" Some people could not help but ask their friends.
"Isn't that obvious? Of course, it's Bing Ling. It's easy to surpass the younger generation that's ranked at the bottom, but to be able to enter the top ten, their talent and comprehension are all top-notch. Coupled with the top-notch martial arts, it's almost impossible to surpass them. "
"Not necessarily. Gu Qing was ranked tenth in the last Hidden Dragon Rank, only three ranks behind Bing Ling. His martial arts are almost the same as well. It would not be that easy for Bing Ling to beat him. It might be very hard."
"Three years can bring the Hidden Dragon Rank competition to its peak. There must be a lot of changes happening to Bing Ling and Gu Qing. No matter how we argue, it will be useless. Let's just wait and see!"
While everyone was talking, Bing Ling and Gu Qing went on stage.
"It's been three years, but you're still as cold as ever!" Gu Qing smiled faintly, and a dark blue iron rod appeared in his hand. The iron rod was four feet and eight inches long, and as thick as a child's arm. Its surface was engraved with circles of simple spiral patterns, and in the center of the spiral patterns, there was a dot. Three spiral patterns made up three dots, making the iron rod look heavy and a little strange.
Bing Ling said, "Bring out all of your power! Otherwise, you will lose to me just like last time. "
"Of course, I will use all of my power."
The two exchanged a few words, then stopped talking and stared at each other.
The first one to attack was Gu Qing. His body flashed, and when he was still ten meters away from Bing Ling, the iron stick in his hand smashed down. The heavy air-breaking sound was like a mountain, giving people the feeling that it was not an iron stick, but a huge mountain, a sky-reaching stone pillar.
Bing Ling stood where she was without moving at all. Only when the iron stick was smashed down did she throw out a punch.
Bang!
Ice shards scattered all over the sky. Gu Qing's heavy and powerful strike, which was enough to split a mountain, was actually broken by Bing Ling with her bare hands. Not only that, the dark blue iron stick was covered in a layer of frost, emitting cold air.
"Amazing, not only does this punch contain a large amount of Zhen Qi, it also has the power to shatter ice." Ye Chen recalled the scene just now. When Gu Qing's iron stick smashed down, Bing Ling's right fist had already gathered a large amount of ice Zhen Qi. When the two collided, the ice Zhen Qi turned into solid ice and exploded, easily shattering the mountain-like power.
Xu Jing said, "This should be one of the secret skills of the Ice Extreme Martial School, Ice Breaking Fist!"
On the stage, Gu Qing's eyes looked serious. Zhen Qi flowed through his palm and into the iron stick. Suddenly, the three round dots on the iron stick lit up, and the blue halo rippled, shattering the ice.
"Take my attack, Blue Cloud Nine Consecutive Strikes!"
Gu Qing yelled out as his body flashed randomly. Within the space of dozens of meters, his figure was everywhere, and it was impossible to tell which one was real and which one was fake. Immediately after, pieces of ice shards suddenly exploded around Bing Ling's body. It turned out that Gu Qing had already arrived at Bing Ling's side, and kept smashing down with his iron stick.
Unfortunately, Bing Ling's defense was just as terrifying as her fist art. Before the iron stick that was covered by the blue halo could even land, it had already been weakened by layers of ice Zhen Qi. Ice shards flew everywhere, looking extremely beautiful, but also extremely shocking.
One hit, two hits …
Seven hits!
Eight hits!
It was not until the ninth hit that Gu Qing suddenly jumped up and split into three. Three Gu Qing's held the iron stick and smashed it onto Bing Ling's protective Zhen Qi.
Under Gu Qing's storm-like attacks, it was not easy for Bing Ling to block out the first eight hits. However, the ninth hit had thrown away all the techniques, and all it had was an unparalleled power and momentum. With one hit, all the air had been sucked out, and all that was left was a vacuum.
Crossing her arms in front of her chest, pieces of oval shaped ice frost appeared in front of Bing Ling's body.
Boom!
The ice frost exploded, and Bing Ling backed out nine steps. With every step, she would leave behind some ice shards on the stage.
Ka la la!
Seeing that Gu Qing had the upper hand, a lot of people did not even have the time to catch their breath before Bing Ling's counterattack came. This attack was even more violent than Gu Qing's ninth hit. With one punch, the water yuan qi in the air had been sucked over, and was thrown out along with the extremely cold fist power.
His protective Zhen Qi was frozen, and Gu Qing's whole body was sealed in a few meters wide ice block. He was smashed heavily onto the dark blue light wall.
The ice block shattered, and Gu Qing's black hair danced in the air as he yelled, "If you can take this hit, I will admit defeat."
"Bring it on!" Bing Ling still looked cold.
Her aura kept increasing, and a bright blue qi flow exploded around Gu Qing's body. The blue qi flow spun around Gu Qing once, and then dove into the iron stick.
The next second!
The iron stick vibrated intensely, and the blue light started to change, eventually forming into a stone pillar shadow. It was three meters long and half a meter thick.
"Blue Stone Great Art! Lose!"
After throwing out that stick attack, half of the battling platform had changed color. The powerful and heavy stone column shadow was like a real sky piercing stone column, ferociously smashing towards Bing Ling who was dozens of meters away. That kind of power that could crush a mountain and crack a river was unimaginable. It was hard to connect it with the handsome Gu Qing.
Right then, someone yelled out, "It is the Blue Stone Great Art of the Blue Cloud Martial School! I heard that an inner master of the Blue Cloud Martial School had killed two warriors at the same cultivation level with one hammer attack, and was famous in the South Rudra Region for its heavy power."
"People who trained the Blue Stone Great Art would usually choose heavy weapons, like iron sticks or hammers. Only then would they be able to bring out the full power of the Blue Stone Great Art."
"Gu Qing's power is indeed not to be underestimated. I wonder how Bing Ling is going to handle it?"
"Bing Ling should have some ace attacks as well, right?"
Ye Chen squeezed his eyes. Bing Ling's ace attack was about to come. All of the water yuan qi on the battling stage suddenly gathered towards that elegant fist.
"Ice Break!"
Bing Ling groaned as she threw out a punch with a horrifying aura. At that moment, a lot of people felt like they could hear the sound of ice breaking.
Boom!
The battling stage shook a little, and the air twisted. That blue colored Qi flow and freezing frost filled up everyone's vision. If it were not for the dark blue light wall, it would have spread out and spread out in all directions.
Pooh!
The stone column shadow had been shattered, and Gu Qing's hand, which was holding the iron stick, had cracked open. His chest felt like it had been struck by lightning as he puked out a mouthful of blood while his body was blown away.
Bing Ling was not feeling any better either. Her face was slightly pale, and there was blood dripping down from the corner of her mouth.
The result of the exchange of ace attacks was that Gu Qing had lost completely, while Bing Ling was slightly wounded.
"Bing Ling wins!"
The judge came back to his senses and announced the result immediately. It was not the time to be amazed by the two's power. In the competitions of the Hidden Dragon Rank, even the slightest injury could affect the rest of the battles. Even the leaders of the Ice Extreme Martial School and the Blue Cloud Martial School looked very anxious.
Bing Ling had just gotten off the stage when she was taken away by the leader of the Ice Extreme Martial School. Without any surprises, she would be using her Seas of Souls Realm cultivation to heal Bing Ling, so that she would be able to recover to her peak condition when she encountered a powerful opponent. That way, she would be able to avoid further injuries and possibly losing the competition.
The people from the Blue Cloud Martial School were not slow either. They brought Gu Qing, who looked very tired, into the training room nearby. Although the Blue Cloud Martial School did not have any Seas of Souls Realm warriors, Gu Qing's injury was not that serious. With the help of a couple of Astral Reaching Realm warriors, plus the top healing medicine, it would not be a big problem for him to recover within a short period of time. Compared to that, the ranking of the Hidden Dragon Rank was what they cared about.
The departure of the two did not cool down the atmosphere. Instead, it got even more heated.
"I did not expect Gu Qing to be able to fight with Bing Ling like that. It would be hard for those young warriors to surpass him."
"Yeah! Bing Ling could be counted as one of the top young warriors. There were not many people who could injure her. Although it was just a small injury, if there were no competitions, she would not need to rest at all. She would be able to recover completely after a couple of days of rest. "
"In the group five, the top four are almost out. They are Bing Ling, Gu Qing, Tang Xiaoshan and Ye Chen. I wonder if the four of them will run into each other. If they do, it would be another intense battle."
Everyone was full of anticipation for the upcoming battles. Of course, it was not just the group five, the other groups' battles would be exciting as well. After all, there were only twenty-four people in each group, and in ten rounds of battles, they would run into ten people. There would be scenes where the top two would run into each other.
When Bing Ling and Gu Qing were battling, Lynch was also battling. Because the two of them were not as eye-catching as the two on the other side, not many people were paying attention to them.
Right now, the battle had ended, and Lynch had won!
Time passed slowly, and five battles had already ended in the group five. The sixth battle was Ye Chen's, and his opponent was the third disciple of the Sky Demon Martial School, Wu Liangyu.
Everyone who had not calmed down yet suddenly became excited. On the surface, Wu Liangyu was indeed not as powerful as Ye Chen, but he would not be weaker than Gao Feng, and might even be more powerful. What they were looking forward to was how would Ye Chen beat Wu Liangyu.
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