The final stage of the Regional Selection, the arena battle, had finally begun. The venue for this stage was also completely different from the previous three stages.
The entire arena was placed in a huge arena. The rules for this stage were very simple. Whoever admitted defeat, lost the ability to fight, or stepped out of the arena would be considered the loser.
Of course, it was a battle between Level 19 Knights after all, so there was a limit to the number of casualties. Those who died would be considered to have failed. Naturally, the person who killed the other party was not guilty.
Therefore, killing was allowed in this arena. This made the audience feel even more excited and excited.
At this time, the entire arena was filled with thousands of people. Amidst the clamor, they were all discussing today's arena.
The debate over the first and second place was especially intense.
After all, although Fang Xingjian had displayed an overwhelming advantage in terms of talent in the third stage, talent was talent, and combat power was combat power.
Of course, Fang Xingjian had displayed unparalleled speed in the second stage, but Hoult had also displayed the power of a Level 29 God Weapon in the second stage. Just the high temperature that covered a radius of several hundred meters was enough to make it difficult for Fang Xingjian to approach.
"I wonder which ten people will be able to successfully advance to become Conferred Knights. Conferred Knights … Once they succeed, they'll be able to soar into the skies, and their statuses will be completely different," Kirst's City Lord said.
Ferdinand analyzed, "The fight for first and second place would naturally be between Xingjian and Hoult. Although Xingjian is powerful, Hoult has the level 29 Superior Divine Weapon, Crimson Fire. Once he transforms into a fire dragon to protect Hoult, Hoult wouldn't even be able to get close."
"As for the third and fourth place, it should be Anderson and Wei Leng. I can't tell the rest of the rankings. City Lord, can you guess it? "
"It's difficult." Kirst's City Lord said, "They are all Knights at the pinnacle of the first transition. Regardless of their attributes, Killing techniques, Waves, or mental cultivation methods, they are all very close to each other. And at the moment of the battle, all sorts of bizarre and dazzling thoughts, both real and illusory, came gushing forth. Even I am unable to be 100% sure as to how to grasp the situation and how to choose. That's why the outcome of the battle is so unpredictable. "
Ferdinand started to pray silently in his heart. He had invested a huge sum of money on Fang Xingjian getting first place.
At the same time, the 16 contestants stepped onto the stage one by one to draw lots.
In a corner of the spectator stand, Tresia Clan's Xiu Yi lowered his head, looking respectfully at the black-robed man.
The burly man's entire body was shrouded in a layer of black robe. Only a pair of cold eyes were faintly staring at the arena. His entire body exuded a frightening aura that prevented strangers from approaching him.
"Sir Adri," Xiu Yi pointed at Fang Xingjian and said, "The first guy on the left is Fang Xingjian."
This black-robed man was the younger brother of the Tresia Clan's clan head, the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Capital's Forbidden Army, and a level 25 Conferred Knight, Adri.
He stared at Fang Xingjian, his eyes bloodshot. His violent gaze seemed to want to turn the entire arena into ashes. He suffered from an unmentionable disease and could not have sex. It could be said that he hated the world. Thus, he had been extremely extreme since he was young. The only person he treated as family was his older brother.
Right now, Kaunitz's whereabouts were unknown and it was very likely that he had been killed. Of course, he hated Fang Xingjian and wished that he could kill Fang Xingjian.
'Hmph, I've already heard the news yesterday. That old man Devitt is now praising Fang Xingjian very highly. The number one genius in the Great Western Region? 'Hehe, but the higher one is praised, the more painful the fall will be. This Fang Xingjian … I'll make sure he falls until his bones are crushed.'
David and his father, Mongul City's City Lord, had also arrived at the battle coliseum's spectator stand. Looking at the dejected David, Mongul City's City Lord was infuriated and said furiously, "Why are you so useless? That Fang Xingjian has bullied and humiliated you, and you're just going to put up with it? You're even going to give up on taking revenge against him? "
"Father, you haven't seen his performance in the first three rounds." David said dispiritedly, "His talent and abilities are both too strong. He's like the sky high up in the sky. No matter how hard you chase after him, you won't be able to catch up to him."
Mongul City's City Lord naturally did not believe David's words. Although he had heard of Fang Xingjian's results, in his opinion, he was just a powerful genius. He had seen many powerful geniuses, but before their talent could be turned into abilities, they were just geniuses and not true experts.
This was especially so after David's words. What did he mean by 'the sky high up in the sky'? This evaluation was too exaggerated, and Mongul City's City Lord did not believe it.
He shook his head and said, "You've really disappointed me. A Knight will always be a Knight. Don't you understand the difference between a Knight and a Conferred Knight? "Fang Xingjian's abilities may seem very impressive to you, but among Conferred Knights, it's just his speed that's a little special. "As for killing a level 21 ferocious beast, it's even less impressive. It's just killing a wild beast that doesn't know martial arts. "Of course, I admit that for Fang Xingjian to be able to do all this at level 19, he does have astonishing potential. But it's precisely because of this that you should go all out and get rid of him completely. "If you don't deal with him while he's still weak, are you going to watch as he grows stronger, watching as your humiliation hangs on him forever?
"But he's already been treated as a treasure by the Governor. All the more we can't touch him." David looked at his father's unresigned gaze, shook his head, and sighed, "Forget it, Father. You'll understand once you watch Fang Xingjian's competition."
By now, the lot-drawing process had been completed, and everyone had confirmed their opponents.
The entire process of the arena competition was as follows: 16 people would draw lots at the start, and there would be eight one-on-one elimination matches. The eight people who won would be in the top eight, while the eight people who lost would have to fight for the ninth and tenth place in a round-robin tournament.
The eight people who won would then draw lots again, and there would be four matches to decide the top four.
The top four would then compete to decide the finalists. The winners would fight for the first and second place, while the losers would fight for the third and fourth place.
The first match would be between Rota and a middle-aged Knight.
That middle-aged Knight was a soldier by the name of Howard. His over ten years of life on the battlefield had given him an extremely rich battle experience. Regardless of whether it was his attributes, specialties, or Killing techniques, they had all been trained to the pinnacle.
Looking at the battle between Rota and Howard, everyone did not think that Rota would win. It was because Rota was too young, and it was hard to believe that she would be able to surpass Howard in terms of attributes, specialties, or techniques.
This was what Howard thought as well. He carried a machete and leaped onto the arena. Looking at Rota, who was like a bean sprout, he smiled and said, "Young lady, you should just surrender. Otherwise, it'd be a pity if such a pretty face is disfigured by me."
Rota did not say anything. Her disposition was extremely calm. Even though she knew that she was not a match for Howard, there were no fluctuations in her heart at all. She merely held onto her spear, pointing it diagonally at the ground as she looked at Howard with indifference.
Howard let out a cold laugh, "It seems that you're not willing to surrender. Then I'll send you off the arena."
Before he finished his words, it was as if he had instantly turned into a cheetah. The muscles on his legs contracted crazily, and a violent force exploded under his feet. With a loud bang, he dashed up to Rota, bringing along a series of afterimages. The machete in his hand slashed out toward Rota's head at the fastest speed and with the greatest force.
He had spoken in a frivolous manner, as if he was looking down on Rota. However, in reality, he had gone all out right from the start, not showing any mercy at all.
This was the truth. At the stage of the top sixteen in the Regional Selection, which person would look down on their opponent and show mercy to the fairer sex? That would be treating their own life and future as a joke.
At the stage of the Regional Selection, even if the person before them was the world's greatest beauty, they would still slash her if they wanted to. Whoever stood in their way of becoming a Conferred Knight, they would naturally fight to the death.
On the other hand, the reason why he had acted so frivolously was to confuse Rota, to make her think that he was looking down on her. He would then go all out, slashing out explosively with his machete, creating a psychological misconception.
However, Rota seemed to have expected this. Ever since she had comprehended the Pantheon Monument, she had sunk into a state of calmness. It was as if she would be able to let go of her spirit at any moment, truly attaining Heaven's Perception.
Right now, despite Howard's explosive slash, she was still unable to break this calmness.
She retreated three steps, dodging three of Howard's attacks. Amidst the three slashes, the saber slashes were executed consecutively, and the saber light flashed. Each slash got closer and closer to Rota's face, and the fourth slash would slash open Rota's stomach.
This was Howard's Killing technique — Gale Quick Blade. As long as his opponent was unable to fend off his consecutive attacks, he would continue to perform the forty-nine consecutive moves of the Gale Quick Blade. His speed would become increasingly faster, and his power would also become increasingly stronger. In the end, there would be no way to block his attacks.
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