nycdaug Chapter 116 Offensive and defensive reversal
Chapter 116 Offensive and defensive reversal
After a few days, only 60 people were left out of the thousand contestants. The first place in each of the groups of contestants will be selected today, and the remaining people will enter the next round of pursuit.
In the group that Lu Zhaozhao was in, the other two winners besides her were Jin Ke from Jianzhong and Cen Jianwen from Kongshan School.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that everyone in our group is familiar with each other!"
Jin Ke patted Cen Jianwen on the back with a smile on his face.
Cen Jianwen also smiled back at him.
In fact, after the groups were formed, this result was within everyone's expectations.
Every year, a gambling game is held at the Jinque Banquet. As the competition progresses, the gambling game continues to expand. In Lu Zhaozhao's group, the three of them have the highest odds of winning, which means that the most people have bet on the three of them to win.
The gambling game opened today announced the betting situation as of yesterday. This time the bet was on the winner of each group.
Some groups are unclear, so everyone's odds are pretty much the same, but some groups are different.
Master Bai Yuan, Lu Zhaozhao, Liao Chou... the top few people on the Wenrenlu showed terrifying strength in this selection competition, and almost everyone placed bets.
"It seems like everyone is looking forward to seeing Junior Sister Lu."
Jin Ke looked at the list with a hint of bitterness in his tone.
When this group was announced, he felt something was wrong, and after seeing Lu Zhaozhao's performance on stage, this feeling turned into worry.
He watched the match against Bai Yuanzhou carefully from the audience. Bai Yuanzhou was a disciple of Wenyuan Academy and studied under the headmaster Qingsongzi. His brother Bai Yuanshi was a rare talent, so he had a great reputation at a young age, and he really lived up to the reputation.
In these competitions, he displayed very strong abilities. Even though he lost to Lu Zhaozhao, the strength he showed was extremely strong. It was just bad luck that he met the more powerful Lu Zhaozhao.
At that time, Cen Jianwen was secretly thinking in his heart, if he was on the stage, could he win this competition?
He didn't know.
Facing Bai Yuanzhou, it will be a tough battle, but they will be evenly matched; facing Lu Zhaozhao, the balance will be broken and he will fall into a worse situation, but he will still be able to fight.
As for Lu Zhaozhao, she stood in front of the gambling game, her heart was calm, but another idea came to her mind.
Wouldn’t the other two really unite to target the most anticipated person first?
The answer is: yes.
Lu Zhaozhao stood on the stage and looked at the two opponents who hit it off immediately, feeling inexplicably helpless.
As soon as they came on stage, Jin Ke and Cen Jianwen reached a consensus to defeat the strongest Lu Zhaozhao first, and then the two of them would decide the winner.
The whole process was extremely smooth, and after just a few words, the two of them directed their attacks at Lu Zhaozhao.
"I'm sorry, Junior Sister Lu." Jin Ke greeted her embarrassedly.
Lu Zhaozhao had no opinion on their joining forces. After all, the rules did not prohibit it, and it was not against the rules for them to do so.
Her eyes flickered between the two of them.
Jin Ke, a disciple of Jianzhong, is ranked 13th in Wenrenlu, and has reached the middle stage of Yuanying. His weapon is an ancient sword named Qingshuang. It is said that this sword was left behind by a powerful man in Jianzhong after his death, and it came into the world again after being silent for a hundred years.
Cen Jianwen, a disciple of the Kongshan Sect, ranked 51st in the Wenrenlu, and was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. He practiced talismans in the Kongshan Sect, and she had also seen a little of Cen Jianwen's strength in the Mushan Temple.
Both of them are quite strong, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten this far. So if they join forces, the threat will be even greater, but Lu Zhaozhao doesn't care.
She hadn't considered collaborating. Firstly, she didn't want to leave her back to outsiders; secondly, she didn't think her current strength required cooperation. She even thought the two of them were a good match, saving her the trouble of defeating them one by one.
Lu Zhaozhao made a sword flower and raised her chin towards the two people opposite her, who immediately attacked her.
Jin Ke quickly closed the distance with his heavy sword, which dealt considerable damage in close combat. Cen Jianwen, on the other hand, kept throwing talismans from behind to protect him.
"Bang bang bang!"
Three talismans were thrown in front of Lu Zhaozhao, and white smoke filled the air, covering the entire arena, making visibility extremely low.
Jin Ke hid in the smoke and kept approaching Lu Zhaozhao.
"Qiang!"
The two swords collided with each other. Lu Zhaozhao looked at Qingshuang, who was a whole circle bigger than Niye, and raised his eyebrows. The weight in his hand reminded him of the power of the heavy sword, which was indeed worthy of its reputation.
When Cen Jianwen saw the two people entangled with each other, he immediately threw out other talismans.
"Boom."
A fire talisman attacked Lu Zhaozhao, but was intercepted halfway by her sword intent. When the fire talisman fell, fire immediately broke out around it.
Another talisman followed closely behind.
"Boom——"
Accompanied by lightning and thunder, a ray of light streaked across the sky and struck Lu Zhaozhao hard.
Lu Zhaozhao wanted to dodge, but Jin Ke in front of her did not intend to give her this chance. He entangled with her tightly and was determined to trap her in place.
Thunder struck from the sky, and Lu Zhaozhao took the blow head-on. Jin Ke, who was also in the attack range, was also affected.
He coughed twice, retreated to a safe area, and looked at Cen Jianwen.
The black smoke from the thunder had not yet dissipated, and they had no idea what was going on inside, but judging by the power just now, it was impossible for Lu Zhaozhao not to be injured.
The smoke gradually dissipated, and before a figure appeared, a ray of light cut through the black smoke.
The sharp sword light rushed straight towards Cen Jianwen's vital point.
Cen Jianwen was unable to dodge, and Jin Ke subconsciously threw the sword in his hand to block the attack for him.
Niye was knocked back.
The next moment, Lu Zhaozhao's figure appeared out of thin air in the middle of the court. He used the force to grasp the hilt of the sword and attacked Jin Ke who had lost his sword.
"careful!"
Cen Jianwen shouted and had no time to think about why Lu Zhaozhao's clothes were not even damaged after being struck by lightning. The current situation was even more serious.
Jin Ke was forced to retreat again and again, and facing the attack, he could only rely on his body to withstand it.
Niye's sword hit his body again and again, as if it had found the right spot, and each blow hit his tendons and veins directly. Cen Jianwen was not good at close combat, so he could only keep a distance and throw talismans to assist.
Just when Jin Ke was about to take this attack, his eyes met with Cen Jianwen's.
With just one look, he understood.
The two men set a trap, and Jin Ke exposed a flaw, just waiting to lure the enemy into the trap.
But in the next second, Lu Zhaozhao's figure flashed, and Niye transformed into three swords. Two of them continued to chase Jin Ke, and a virtual sword followed the real sword in Lu Zhaozhao's hand and appeared in front of Cen Jianwen the next moment.
With her current strength, she can transform into four swords at most, but this effort is not perfect. The three compressed and condensed swords are almost the same as the original swords. When stacked together, their power is even greater.
Cen was horrified when he saw this, and in a panic he threw countless talismans, just wanting to get away as quickly as possible.
Lu Zhaozhao sped up, her afterimage flashing in the air. She shuttled through the gap between the two talismans and continued to approach Cen Jianwen.
The offensive and defensive situation was completely reversed at this moment.