Xuanxia

Chapter 303

Fu Qingzhou's arrow temporarily brought the atmosphere of the conference to a small climax. After he stepped down from the stage, the low-pitched discussion never stopped. Countless people were so excited that some even began to consider whether they should learn archery.

But soon, the atmosphere gradually faded away.

Those who came to power afterwards began to fail again and again.

Tang Jiao, who was standing behind Fu Qingzhou, was ultimately unable to defeat the mechanical man.

Although her swordsmanship was extremely exquisite and dazzling, and even several judges on the judging panel praised her highly, after all, the gap in realm was still there.

It is extremely difficult for a cultivator to become invulnerable to swords and guns unless he has cultivated to the peak of martial arts or practiced certain specialized defense techniques.

Especially in the stage from the fourth realm to the sixth realm, most people in the martial arts world are stuck at this stage. Although the difference in skills is obvious, do you think that the fourth realm can definitely not kill the sixth realm? This is not necessarily true.

If this sixth realm practitioner is completely defenseless, or is tied up and unconscious, and is attacked by a fourth realm... no, let alone a fourth realm practitioner, even an ordinary person could use a knife to stab the sixth realm practitioner and scratch him, causing deep wounds that can be seen through the bone, and may even kill him.

Therefore, Tang Jiao was able to defeat many opponents of different levels with her extraordinary and exquisite swordsmanship.

But she couldn't do it when facing the government officials.

This mechanical man has high defense and thick blood. No matter how exquisite your swordsmanship is, you can only leave a series of white marks on its body... You can't break its defense at all!
Finally, with a sigh of regret, Tang Jiao took back the spirit sword on her own initiative, admitted defeat and stepped down.

Although there was reluctance in her eyes, when she came to Fu Qingzhou, she still smiled and said, "Brother, I am pretty good, right?"

"Of course."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "If you were at the fifth or even sixth realm today, wouldn't you be able to cut that broken mechanism into pieces in a matter of minutes?"

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry. I don't think this Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Conference will be held only once. Who knows, it may be held again in three to five years. By then, Jiaojiao, you can take the first place!"

Tang Jiao giggled, the unwillingness in her eyes fading away.

She failed to defeat the mechanical man, and the same was true for most of the others.

Kong Ling was right. This mechanical man indeed had the strength of being in the top ten of the top 100—and it was hard strength.

The so-called hard power means that it is extremely difficult to defeat the opponent through tricks or strange moves, and you can only use real skills.

Soon, people that Fu Qingzhou was familiar with, such as Kua Ye, Murong Xuan, Qiu Chan, Ning Wushu, Yuan Zhen... including Yang Liuqing, Lin Qu and others, also came on stage.

Murong Xuan and Yuan Zhen won without a doubt, but Kua Ye's victory was a bit difficult. After all, Wan Dushan's hand-poisoning skills were of no use to the mechanical people.

Yang Liuqing and Lin Qu suffered a miserable defeat.

But there was not much reluctance and disappointment in their eyes. Yang Liuqing no longer cared about winning or losing, and viewed this competition more as an experience. Lin Qu was still slightly weaker, and his spells were complicated and varied, but like Tang Jiao, he had more tricks than power.

Among the few people, Qiu Chan fought the hardest, but she also won in the end.

Like Fu Qingzhou, she practiced both spiritual and martial arts, but she was far behind him in both magic and martial arts. Although she was extremely intelligent and often used surprising tactics in battle, the mechanical man did not fall for her tricks and even transformed himself into a weapon that was quite effective against the soft sword - the nunchaku.

Compared with the soft sword, the nunchaku is even more flexible and versatile, and can be entangled with the soft sword. Therefore, the soft sword's unexpected attack method is largely suppressed.

Fortunately, after a hard fight, when her internal energy was almost exhausted, she still found an opportunity, reached out and grabbed the opponent's stick. While the huge force almost broke her wrist, she gritted her teeth and thrust the sword into the narrow gap on the robot's neck!

After cutting off the robot's head, Qiu Chan was almost unable to stand. She gasped heavily and sat down cross-legged on the spot.

Fu Qingzhou in the audience nodded slightly.

Although she is cunning, suspicious and fickle, she is always a leader among young people, at least in terms of cultivating her mind.

As for Ning Wushu...

She won with great difficulty and with great ease.

How to say it...she seems to want to imitate Fu Qingzhou.

When she went on stage, she also did not carry a saber, but only a bow.

Moreover, she was also facing the robot, assuming the same posture as Fu Qingzhou, and it seemed that she also wanted to shoot the robot with one arrow.

But... the first arrow she put on the bow exploded after she infused it with powerful true energy...

Ning Wushu had no choice but to avoid the attack of the mechanical man and draw his arrow again.

The second arrow did not explode, but it was powerful after being shot. It pierced through the mechanical man's heavy shield and even shook the hand holding the shield to the side. However, it was still far from the effect of Fu Qingzhou's arrow.

With the third arrow, she seemed to have restrained her strength too much, and the arrow became light and fluttering, causing no damage at all.

So, everyone watched her shoot an arrow on the stage, run away, shoot another arrow, and run away again...

Tang Jiao, who was sitting in the audience, held her chin up and said with a grin, "Brother, what do you think Sister Wushu is doing?"

Fu Qingzhou said helplessly: "Is there any need to ask? Just think my arrow is interesting and want to learn it."

"So do you think she can learn it?" Tang Jiao blinked.

Fu Qingzhou shrugged: "It's hard to say..."

Before he finished speaking, a loud noise was heard from the stage. It was Ning Wushu who had used up all the arrows in his quiver. In desperation, he picked up the bow and smashed the mechanical man to pieces!
The audience was stunned.

You can smash the automaton with a bow?!
Then what was the point of all those times you jumped around on the stage and shot arrows?
Of course, many people saw through her intention, but this was a bit outrageous - as for martial arts, it is understandable that you can learn low-level moves by just looking at them; but Fu Qingzhou's arrow just now was clearly not a simple archery technique. You don't even know how to circulate internal energy or what the mental formula is, so what are you learning?

But Fu Qingzhou didn't think much about it.

"I rely on."

He looked at Ning Wushu who was smashing the mechanical man on the stage, and his eyes changed: "She really learned a lot from me!"

Tang Jiao: “Ah?”

Fu Qingzhou nodded solemnly: "Although she failed to channel all her energy into the arrow, she succeeded in channeling all her energy into the bow in the last shot!"

"This move isn't too complicated, but it requires a very high level of control. A martial artist with a high level of skill can comprehend it on his own without having to learn any mental formulas...but isn't her learning ability a bit too amazing? How long has it been?"

After smashing the mechanical man, Ning Wushu showed a slightly satisfied smile on his face. He turned his head and smiled at Fu Qingzhou, then jumped off the stage.

In addition to the above acquaintances of Fu Qingzhou, there were eleven more people who defeated the mechanical man in the end... There were eighteen winners in total, which was a few more than the fifteen or sixteen people Kong Ling had guessed.

These people are all in the sixth realm.

Or to put it simply, among the eighteen winners, except Fu Qingzhou, Yuan Zhen and Qiu Chan, all of them are in the sixth realm!
Among them, there were two young men who cast spells. One of them was from the Sword Academy, and the other was from an unknown small sect in the Northern Desert.

As for the other winners, many of them were young and powerful warriors who had become famous in the martial arts world, but most of them were nearly thirty years old, and it was not easy for them to defeat the mechanical men. The only one who stood out was a twenty-eight-year-old dwarf.

This man's name is Liu Xiaokong, and he has a nickname in the underworld, which is "Shadow Spider".

Although he is nearly thirty years old, his height is like that of a young child, and he takes good care of his face, so he looks like a harmless child no matter how you look at him - but this "child" is a feared assassin in the world!

However, this assassin only kills those on the wanted list.

He is very smart. He does not do evil or harm innocent people. He is just a bounty hunter.

But countless people are still afraid of this man, simply because the way he kills people is so cruel and horrible.

A bounty order never requires a kill, but Liu Xiaokong never gives his bounty targets any chance to survive!

He is like a perverted murderer who can control his desires. Once he has the opportunity to kill someone legally and legitimately, he will release his cruelest and darkest side.

When he came on stage, many gangsters in the audience turned around and left - they probably had some kind of bounty on them, so they didn't dare to stay.

"This Liu Xiaokong is indeed quite scary, but the threat shouldn't be that great. But someone from the Palm Sword Academy finally showed up, which is quite interesting, the sixth realm..."

Fu Qingzhou murmured, "Is this the right time to join the Mingjian Pavilion as a secret envoy?"

Wu Changfeng on the side shook his head and said: "Brother Fu, you don't understand. People who practice the law cannot be secret envoys of Mingjian Pavilion."

Fu Qingzhou was startled: "Oh?"

"There are two types of people who can enter Mingjian Pavilion." Wu Changfeng said, "One is the secret envoy you mentioned, who is under the management of the Secret Sword Building of Mingjian Pavilion and is led by Commander Li..."

"Lord Li? Li Jingzhe?" Fu Qingzhou remembered a name.

Wu Changfeng smiled and said, "You know?"

How could I not know...I was almost hacked to death by him back then.

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Who hasn't heard of Lord Li's reputation?"

"That's true."

Wu Changfeng said leisurely: "As for those who practice magic, it's more complicated - many people who practice magic actually want to be civil servants, but they just happen to have that talent, so they also learn some magic to keep themselves on the sidelines. In this way, even if there is a war on the border, the civil servants can do something."

"Some people will enter the Mingjian Pavilion's Book House to be responsible for the secret envoy's logistical affairs. Of course, they will occasionally work with the secret envoy, but only as an auxiliary. The Book House is managed by Ning Baimei's own son. His son is also the patriarch of the Jiangnan Ning family. He is very powerful."

"Of course, there are also people who become instructors at the Palm Sword Academy, but they are relatively rare. The Palm Sword Academy is quite strict in screening candidates when recruiting instructors."

"As for the guy on the stage just now, I guess he will work in Pai Shu Lou in the future."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Hey, Brother Wu, you usually don't care about anything, how come you know so much about Mingjian Pavilion?"

"Oh, this..."

Wu Changfeng scratched his head embarrassedly: "Who didn't have a dream of entering Mingjian Pavilion when they were young?"

Fu Qingzhou burst into laughter.

This second round of competition lasted from noon to night, and the Wulin Alliance also lit up large lanterns one after another.

After the Hundred Heroes Competition was over and the eighteen finalists were decided, Jiang Baichuan finally stood up again and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, you have been very tired today. The eighteen young heroes who have won, please stay in the Wulin Alliance. We will ask good doctors to treat you so that you can return to your peak state tomorrow."

"Tomorrow at noon, the third round of competition will begin here!"

PS: Thanks to brother Zhao Hao for the Silver Alliance! (Yes, Zhao Hao is the boss of the Silver Alliance)
(End of this chapter)