The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The following morning, on the martial arts arena of the Wuxuan City Martial Arts Tournament.

Liang Xiao's father-in-law, the current leader of the martial arts alliance, Master Zhu, is presiding over this martial arts conference with great enthusiasm on the stage.

"Heroes rise and fall with the times, once you enter the martial world, time flies! The pursuit of martial arts supremacy is discussed in jest, nothing beats a life of carefree revelry!"

Esteemed heroes and chivalrous figures, I, Zhu Zhishan, have been waiting for you here for quite some time!

The triennial martial arts tournament begins today. Who will emerge victorious and become the new leader of the martial arts world? Let's wait and see!

Below the stage, thousands of applicants raised their arms and cheered in unison.

"Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow..."

They were all martial arts practitioners, with strong voices. When they shouted together, their powerful voices could be heard clearly by people in half the city.

Song Gua and others were also among the sea of ​​people below the stage.

Many of the students who entered the illusionary realm this time signed up for the martial arts tournament.

After walking around the city, I found that there didn't seem to be many things of value.

I've heard that those powerful martial arts families and prestigious sects have some good stuff in their possession.

However, some of these people were experts with profound inner strength, and the students were not able to handle them.

If you can't snatch it, and you try to trade with someone else, the people here are very prejudiced; they won't even see you if you're not famous.

So, hearing that the rewards for the martial arts tournament were pretty good, most people came to sign up and give it a try.

The martial arts tournament will last for two days, coinciding with the end of the trials.

Xu Kai looked around and said.

"Huh? I don't see Zhao Shanming's team. Didn't they sign up yesterday?"

Yuwen Hao laughed.

"They've been arrested."

Song Gua raised an eyebrow.

"Arrested?"

"Yes, these people are robbing and looting, treating the people here like NPCs, bullying them at will."

More than fifty constables from the government arrived, along with martial arts experts from the city, and they captured them.

I heard that when the mage in their team fought back, he used an AOE skill to kill more than a dozen constables.

Awesome! Awesome!

They're probably going to spend the rest of their lives in jail.

I heard that Pang Liang is organizing a rescue operation for them.

Song Gua let the clones superimposed on him look around.

I saw Ma Feng.

"Isn't Ma Feng on the same team as Zhao Shanming? How come he wasn't arrested?"

"He didn't seem to be involved in the robbery. The authorities arrested him at the time, but when the victims identified him, they said they had never seen him before, so they released him."

"This kid has finally shown some intelligence for once."

However, this is the last time.

Ma Feng has twice attacked himself, which is a death sentence. Song Gua wants to keep him in the illusion forever.

There are too many people around right now, so it's not convenient to make a move against Ma Feng. We'll look for an opportunity later.

At this moment, Ma Feng also saw Song Gua, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets in shock.

"What Soul-Devouring Beads! Are they counterfeit?! How come Song Gua is still alive and well?!"

Ma Feng's worldview was shattered by the shock.

Ten years!

Ten years of life!

I was a perfectly fine 18-year-old boy, but now I'm practically a 28-year-old, almost 30-year-old!

Ma Feng bit his back molars until they shattered.

But on the surface, they still had to pretend that nothing had happened.

The clones noticed Ma Feng's change in expression and were overjoyed.

"This kid, he's wasted ten years of his life, he must be spitting blood! Hahaha!"

"Why don't we make him suffer even more?"

"Is this kid really that stupid? He's made himself all old and gray?"

Do you know what sunk costs are?

"Hahaha! You guys are so mean!"

Nothing much to do today, so I'll play some horse racing.

Song Gua and his clones made the decision happily.

On the arena, Zhu Zhishan announced the rules of the martial arts tournament.

"The martial arts tournament will be held over two days. On the first day, we need to quickly select from the more than 5,000 heroes who have registered."

Only sixty-four people can participate in the second day's arena competition to vie for the title of champion.

Five kilometers north of the north gate, there is a bamboo forest.

That wasn't an ordinary bamboo forest, but a bamboo maze.

At the center of this formation are sixty-four command flags.

The first person to obtain the command flag and lead the way out of the maze will advance!

I would like to remind you all of the following.

Within the maze, you may freely compete for the command flags, but once you leave the maze, there shall be no further fighting.

"Now then, let's set off! The competition begins now!"

The thousands of people near the arena dispersed in a panic.

A group of martial arts practitioners rushed to the bamboo forest outside the city.

The students who had come in for the trial also ran out.

"Capture the flag, it's quite fun!"

"No wonder so many people like to come to the Illusionary Realm. The gameplay here is much more interesting than grinding dungeons and fighting monsters every day."

"It's not guaranteed that you'll gain anything."

"When you're feeling fatigued, come in and play around, experience a different world, isn't that nice?"

Seeing that everyone had run away, Yuwen Hao urged Song Gua, who was still walking slowly, to hurry up.

"Old Song! Let's hurry! The flags are going to be taken!"

"What's the rush? Do you really think it's just about grabbing flags? What's going in is about the wisdom to navigate the maze and the skill to snatch flags from others."

With so many people, let them fight inside for now.

"We'll go in and harvest the kill once they're tired of fighting."

Xu Kai gave a thumbs up.

"high!"

Song Gua wasn't the only one with the same idea.

There were also several hundred people, who were leisurely walking towards the bamboo forest, chatting and laughing along the way, enjoying the scenery, looking very relaxed.

Ma Feng mingled among the hundreds of people, keeping a close eye on Song Gua.

Song Gua knew, of course, that he was following him. It was good that he was following him; otherwise, how would he have a chance to kill him?

Five kilometers isn't far.

Around noon, the group arrived at the outer edge of the bamboo forest.

From the outside, you can see that all the bamboo in the bamboo forest is constantly moving.

"Be careful once you're inside. It's a maze. The bamboo inside can move, so don't get separated..."

Before Song Gua could finish speaking, he suddenly realized that everyone around him was gone.

"Damn... this maze is pretty impressive."

Yuwen Hao, Xu Kai, and the others were also completely bewildered.

Every few steps inside, he would turn his head to observe his surroundings, and then turn back again, only to find himself separated from the people around him.

Yuwen Hao was speechless: "How can my invincible marksman roster work without teammates... Forget it, I'll just quit."

Looking back, all I saw was a dense thicket of bamboo; there was no path at all.

"Damn it..."

The maze may be formidable, but it's no match for Song Gua.

He sent out his clone to observe the terrain, marking everything around him, piecing together a small map of his surroundings in his mind.

During this time, one of his clones encountered other martial arts practitioners who were also participating in the competition.

However, since the clone did not have a command flag, the opponent only glanced at it and left.

After Ma Feng entered, he also got lost not long after.

"Damn it! Where did Song Gua go?!"

After a while, Ma Feng encountered Song Gua.

Of course, this is just a clone.

Because this clone wasn't level 20, it was afraid that if it got too close, its level would be revealed. So, as soon as it saw that it was Ma Feng from afar, it took off running.

Why is he running? Is he afraid of me?

Not long after, Ma Feng encountered another Song divination.

This Song Gua still runs away when he sees him, because he's not level 20.

"Damn it! Has Song Gua sensed something? No, if I run into him again, I have to make my move as soon as possible!"

Finally, Ma Feng encountered a level 20 Song hexagram.

Song Gua also noticed him, but deliberately didn't run away, remaining standing still and waiting for Ma Feng to make a move.

"Excellent, he didn't spot me this time. This is a golden opportunity!"

Ma Feng quickly took out the Soul-Devouring Pearl and shone it towards the clone.