Gao Wu: From a poor man in the outer city to a martial saint of the ten directions

Compared to the first round, the atmosphere in the second round was much more solemn.

After all, everyone has witnessed each other's battles and understands that none of those still standing here are easy targets!

There's less probing between students from different martial arts schools, and more head-to-head competition!

On the arena, the vigorous young martial artists pushed the intensity of this round to a new peak in the entire competition.

However, amidst this carnage, screams, and wails...

Wei Xiu's fighting style, however, seemed somewhat off!

In this match, by sheer coincidence, his opponent became a student from the Chiwu Martial Arts School.

Judging from the power of his moves, his Yuanli is around 460 points. He has a solid foundation and steady punches and kicks, making him a conservative type among tough opponents.

Normally, based on Wei Xiu's performance in the first round, even though he had just fought a tough battle, after resting and replenishing himself, he should be able to maintain his fierceness for a while.

But Wei Xiu, who took the stage this time, never put up a hard fight from beginning to end!

From the moment he stepped onto the stage, Wei Xiu adopted a dignified stance, his aura subdued and his steps slightly slow.

It was as if the first round of fighting had really caused him some extremely serious injuries!

Even the force of his punches was extremely weak; when he hit someone, it was no different from an ordinary person throwing a punch!

The only thing that could prove he was a student was his footwork.

That set of heavy and fierce movements belonging to the Tiger Subduing Fist, with its mountain-like steps, transformed into a precise tool for maneuvering when the offensive rhythm was deliberately abandoned!

With a tiger-like stride, his body shifts and moves, each change of position landing precisely in the opponent's blind spot, effortlessly taking down an effective point!

The opponent kept attacking Wei Xiu, but always missed the mark!

In the end, Wei Xiu became the only one who managed to drag the countdown to the end and win by winning points!

In response, the Red Martial Arts student looked as if he had swallowed fly droppings, clenching his fists as if he had no strength left!

After they stepped off the stage, Li Bulong walked up to Wei Xiu and patted him on the shoulder discreetly, in a voice so low that only the two of them could hear it.

"He's putting on quite a good act."

Wei Xiu chuckled softly as well.

"You noticed it too."

"If I were your coach, how could I not see through it!"

Li Bulong didn't judge right or wrong; he simply helped Wei Xiu straighten his clothes and smiled.

"But what you just did was correct!"

"You should hide your cards when you need to; you don't need to reveal all your cards in every game."

Wei Xiu nodded in agreement and said nothing more.

That's something that can't be explained, of course.

Li Bulong only realized that he still had some strength left, but he didn't know that he was currently at his absolute peak!

We have to pretend, otherwise, if we reveal even a little bit of our true colors in front of so many martial arts leaders, and even the vice leader of the martial arts alliance... the consequences would be unimaginable!

……

Although these forty people were all elites who had been eliminated halfway through the competition, the countdown rule remained unchanged, and the twenty matches were quickly over.

The list of twenty winners was also displayed on the big screen.

A commotion broke out in the contestants' area as everyone looked up.

But upon closer inspection, many people were utterly astonished!

Because the first place winner is Wei Xiu!

"ah?!"

Lynch almost flew off his chair!

"Number one! Old Wei, you're number one! How did you get that?!"

Wei Xiu glanced at the numbers he had jotted down, without much change in expression.

Although I was just going through the motions in the second round, I still managed to accumulate quite a few points by using the footwork of the Tiger-Taming Fist.

In addition, the high effective strike scores given by Liu Song, who forcefully crushed Sun Bin's defensive system in the first round, have accumulated to a considerable amount.

Of course, this was also thanks to the fact that these elite players all chose a quick and decisive approach in the second round, which caused them to accumulate fewer points than we did...

The list continues downwards, and apart from those I don't recognize, Huo Quan is fifth and Shen Gui is eighth.

The most unexpected thing is that, because he chose speedrun for both games, Xing Ming's ranking was actually tenth!

But overall, it was as expected; everyone who was supposed to be there was there.

Congratulations!

Just then, a voice without any emotional fluctuation suddenly fell into Wei Xiu's ears.

Wei Xiu turned his head and saw that the person who came was none other than Xing Ming!

He stood three steps behind Wei Xiu, his eyes fixed on the screen, hands in his pockets, looking completely nonchalant.

If there weren't no one else around, you really wouldn't think he was talking to you.

But as soon as he said that, he turned his gaze to Wei Xiu.

His gaze then became playful and profound.

"You did a pretty good job putting on an act this time; you fooled most people," Xing Ming said calmly.

"But I watched your performance in the first match today for a long time."

"You slacked off in the second game. Were you deliberately conserving your energy, or were you trying to hide your weaknesses from the opponent?"

Wei Xiu neither denied nor admitted it, but simply responded with the same look.

"Aren't you one too?"

Upon hearing this question, Xing Ming paused for a moment, then smiled, nodded, and turned to leave.

But as soon as he returned to his seat, Xing Ming rested his chin on his hand, looked at the twenty names on the big screen, and a faint regret appeared in his eyes.

"I thought I'd have a chance tonight..."

Before long, Liu Song stepped onto the stage again, and the entire arena fell silent instantly.

Just when everyone thought the third round of the final draw was about to begin...

"Dear students, there is an urgent announcement. Based on the Martial Arts Alliance's evaluation, the method for determining the final round participants has been adjusted as follows..."

Liu Song looked at the manuscript in his hand and spoke slowly, his voice not loud but firm.

These words immediately caused a slight commotion in the contestant area!

Under the tense gazes of the twenty people, Liu Song continued:

"After two rounds of point tallying, the top ten players with the highest total points from both rounds will be directly confirmed as finalists."

The remaining ten contestants have been unfortunately eliminated and will not participate in the third round of the competition!

"The results will be published immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the entire room erupted in uproar!

No third round?!

What about those of us who fought tooth and nail but ended up ranking outside the top ten?!

But before anyone could speak, the image on the big screen changed again!

This time, the names of the bottom ten were simply erased!

"I know that those of you who were eliminated are feeling dissatisfied and have doubts. Your team leaders will explain the reasons for this adjustment when you get back."

"Of course, in addition to this, the league will also provide corresponding compensation to everyone."

"And the compensation is... tonight's match rankings will be made public! No matter what, you twenty are the twenty strongest high school students in Linghai right now!"