Planting an immortal tree in the wizarding world

Chapter 148 Equestrianism, Gunmanship, Swordsmanship
Paul recognized some of the wizards in the stands.

He also told Ronan about the ranks of these wizards.

These wizards include first-level formal wizards, elite wizards, and true-knowledge wizards.

Ronan used Hongmeng to analyze these wizards and obtained their numerical values, thus gaining a general understanding of the strength of first- to third-level formal wizards.

After finding out the news, Ronan returned to his original spot and sat down with Layton and Bran.

At this moment, musicians were playing in the arena, as if warming up for the competition.

A long railing has been installed in the arena.

In a moment, the knights will each take turns on either side of the railing to compete in horsemanship and spearmanship.

After listening to the musical performance for a while, the jousting began.

Ronan analyzed the stats of the first two knights to enter the arena and learned that they were both late-stage Gold Knights.

Both knights were dressed in royal armor, holding wooden spears in their right hands and shields in their left, each riding a tall horse.

Not far from the railing, there was a man holding a copper hammer.

The duel would begin once he struck the bronze bell with his bronze hammer.

Two knights were ready on either side of the railing.

when!
As the bell rang, the two knights spurred their horses.

The steed beneath him understood, immediately setting off on all fours, kicking up a cloud of dust as it galloped forward.

The two knights slightly raised their lances as their horses galloped.

The shield in his left hand was held against his chest.

A pair of eyes inside the helmet gleamed, keenly watching the opponent's every move.

Soon, the two horses passed each other.

The two thrust their wooden spears forward, both striking the other's shield.

Both of them slightly shifted their bodies and continued rushing forward.

Then, the two men squeezed the horse's belly, and the horse immediately turned a corner.

Then, they charged again.

While the two players were locked in fierce combat, the audience cheered.

Ronan also heard that some people in the audience were betting on it.

The two horses crossed paths about ten times.

Finally, during an exchange of blows, one of the knights made a mistake and was immediately stabbed and fell from his horse.

Immediately, some in the audience cheered, while others were disappointed.

The disappointed people were because the competition did not have the bloody scenes they wanted to see.

Next, pairs of knights took to the field to duel.

According to the data returned by Hongmeng, Ronan saw that these knights were at least in the late stage of the Gold Knight realm.

A significant portion of them were at the peak of the Golden Knights.

When a Golden Knight in its later stages faces a Golden Knight at its peak, the opponent is always the Golden Knight at its peak.

After all, the Golden Knight's reaction time at its peak is faster than that of the Golden Knight in its later stages.

This reaction speed is sometimes something that skill cannot compensate for.

After about twenty battles, Ronan and his men finally saw Leon take the field.

Although Leon was completely covered by armor.

However, they were extremely familiar with Lyon.

From Leon's physique and posture, they could tell that this person was Leon.

In this duel, Lyon's opponent is a late-stage Gold Knight, not yet at the peak of the Gold Knight realm.

The result was almost a foregone conclusion.

Ronan overheard that among the gamblers, Lyon's odds were one to one, while the other knight's odds were one to two hundred.

He thought to himself, "These gamblers must have gathered information about every knight on the field."

Otherwise, they wouldn't know that Lyon was stronger than their opponent from such a distance.

Dang Dang Dang!
Soon, the martial arts competition began.

The two horses charged forward, then crossed paths!
boom!
Leon thrust the wooden spear in his hand suddenly towards his opponent's opening!

Because his opponent was slow to react, he didn't have time to block or dodge, and was immediately pierced by Leon's wooden spear into his waist armor.

Lyon's wooden spearhead cracked from the force of the thrust.

His opponent, on the other hand, was sent flying by the stab.

……

The martial arts competition is in full swing.

Ronan and his team saw Lyon play a total of five times.

On three separate occasions, he knocked his opponent off his horse with a single blow.

In the other two instances, the number of rounds of combat did not exceed five.

After watching these dozens of matches, Lyon has clearly become one of the dark horses to win first place.

After watching these duels, Ronan used Hongmeng to analyze the stats of each knight.

Seeing those knights at the peak of the Gold Knight rank, the difference in their stats was only 3 points.

In other words, who can win first place really depends on skill and luck.

……

Soon, the competition reached the quarterfinals.

Lyon came on twice and knocked their opponents off their horses.

Finally, the decisive battle between the first and second place teams came down to it.

Upon seeing this, Layton was moved to tears.

In fact, Lyon reaching the quarterfinals had already exceeded his expectations.

Both first and second place are of great help to the Lawrence family.

Even if Leon only comes in second place, there will definitely be a wizard willing to modify his physical body.

At that time, their Lawrence family will be affiliated with a top wizarding family.

Therefore, his entire family is not only prominent in the southeastern province, but also in the whole country.

A rise in a family's social class brings more resources.

The family will then use these resources to train his second son, Ronan, in wizardry.

Once Ronan becomes a full-fledged wizard, he will further enhance the family's strength.

Soon, by the time it came to Leon and Ronan's generation, their family was considered a wizarding family, officially joining the ranks of the kingdom's upper nobility.

Ronan and Bran both turned to look when they heard Layton sniffing softly.

But as the bell rang, they turned their attention back to the field.

Lyon begins a duel with another knight named Ander.

Judging from the fight just now, Ronan realized that the two had completely different fighting styles.

Lyon prioritizes stability, usually focusing on defense and using offense as a secondary tactic. He only launches a sudden and fierce attack once he finds an opening in his opponent's defenses, thus bringing them down from their horses.

This knight named Ander was agile and had a much longer arm span than the average person.

This makes the knight extremely aggressive.

In previous matches, Ronan had seen that Ander never used a shield; he almost always relied on body twisting and horsemanship to evade his opponent's attacks while simultaneously launching a counterattack.

Judging from the competition just now, it is obvious that Ander's brilliance is more dazzling than Lyon's.

Ander has a significantly higher number of matches where he knocks his opponent off his horse than Lyon has.

Moreover, this Ander is a knight from a wizarding family, only nineteen years old, younger than Leon, and also more handsome than Leon.

Taking all these factors into account, Ander's odds were higher than Lyon's in the spectator betting.

As soon as the bell rang, Lyon and Ander spurred their horses forward!

Lyon deliberately lowered his center of gravity and gripped the shield firmly.

He had just watched several of Ander's matches and found that the man's attacks were unpredictable and unconventional, making it difficult for him to find any weaknesses.

Therefore, he had to observe the man's attacks a few more times before launching his own. The eight horses' hooves pounded the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

Ander cursed under his breath at how Lyon was being defended against him.

As the two horses passed each other, Ander simply tapped Lyon's shield lightly with his wooden spear.

If a wooden spear were to forcefully pierce a wooden shield, the spearhead would likely be damaged.

If his wooden gun is damaged, no matter how skilled he is, he will only be able to take a beating.

Just as the two horses passed each other, suddenly, Ander twisted his body like a spring and thrust his wooden spear backward.

The gun tip was pointed directly at Leon's neck.

That spot was precisely the gap where the armor was joined.

If you were to stab a wooden spear into this spot, it would pierce the carotid artery in the neck.

In the two matches just now, Ander thrust his wooden spear into his opponent's neck armor, piercing through the neck and killing him.

Although Lyon's horse passed by, he remained vigilant, keeping an eye on Ander out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing Ander suddenly turn around and thrust his spear at him, he ducked down and used his shield to block the attack.

Benedict!
The wooden spear struck the shield with a dull thud.

A crack appeared on the tip of the spear.

With the horses galloping away, Ander had no choice but to make this one move.

Seeing that the attack had failed, Ander couldn't help but feel angry.

In the following rounds, Leon continued to use his shield to block, without making a move.

Although Ander was furious, he was also racking his brains for a way to break through Lyon's defense.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he smiled sinisterly and then said to Leon:

"You're just from a knight's family, but I'm from a wizard's family. If our family wanted to destroy your family, it would be very easy."

"Your fighting style today is truly disgusting. After the competition, I will have my family members deal with your Lawrence family."

“I will make your entire family lose its territory, the men will be sent to guard the borders, and the women will be sent to brothels.”

"what!"

Lyon's eyes seemed to blaze with fire as he charged toward Ander.

"now it's right!"

A raging fire seemed to ignite in Ander's eyes as well.

He spurred his horse and charged towards Lyon, spear raised to his chest.

Just as the two were about to thrust their spears at each other.

It is clear that Ander has a longer wingspan, a better trajectory, and is faster.

But at that moment, Leon suddenly raised his shield and rammed it into Ander's wooden spear.

The force of the shield and the wooden spear colliding together.

The tip of the wooden spear immediately burst out a cloud of wood chips.

Ander's pupils suddenly contracted.

At this moment, Lyon's spear, its momentum undiminished, thrust out!

boom!
Lyon's wooden spear pierced straight into Ander's chest armor.

The tip of the wooden gun exploded.

Ander then left the saddle and flew outwards.

Ander was in mid-air when he twisted his body and barely managed to land on his feet.

He stared intently at Lyon, his eyes fixed on him. "If I were to meet you in a sword duel, I would kill you!"

Lyon ignored his threat, simply placed his left hand on his chest, performed a noble salute, and then rode away.

……

Following the equestrian and spear-fighting competitions, the sword-fighting competition will take place.

The Golden Knights possess extraordinary physical strength.

Even though they had just gone through a thrilling competition, their physical strength had long since recovered.

Even those who are injured have medicine to help them heal quickly.

The railings in the Colosseum have been removed, leaving only an empty space.

Sword fighting competitions have time limits.

The winner and loser were determined by the paint on each person's armor.

If the person with the most harmful pigments is judged to have lost, then that person will most likely be judged to have lost.

Next, another team of knights took to the field.

Compared to charging on horseback, the two knights competing in swordsmanship offers a different kind of visual experience for the audience.

Bran got excited as soon as he saw the swordsmanship.

Bran was more interested in swordsmanship than horsemanship or spearmanship.

While in Redwood Territory, Bran studied under several sword experts.

Although his actual strength is only that of a Silver Knight, his swordsmanship is already comparable to that of several swordsmanship experts.

Moreover, swordsmanship is, in some ways, more bloody and intense than horsemanship and spearmanship.

Because the tip of a sword is smaller than that of a spear, and because fighting on the ground allows for greater agility than riding a horse.

Therefore, it was easier for the sword to pierce the gaps between the armor.

In several instances, some knights whose swordsmanship was clearly superior to their opponents deliberately thrust their wooden swords into the gaps in the opponent's armor, killing them instantly.

Seeing the blood gushing from the armor, some of the spectators became excited.

Lyon played a few times, maintaining their steady and methodical style.

Always keep the shield facing forward, prioritizing defense.

And he often uses steady steps to create distance between himself and his opponents.

Finally, after identifying an opening in the opponent's defenses, they launched another attack.

Usually, after a competition, there would be no paint residue on his armor.

However, the opponent's weak point was marked with traces of paint.

The martial arts competition continued, and the gambling in the audience grew increasingly heated.

Several hours later, the battle for first and second place resumed.

As most people expected, the battle for first and second place was once again between Lyon and Ander.

Lyon was strong and robust, while Ander was tall and thin with long arms.

Their physique, to some extent, also determines their fighting style.

It was already evening, and dusk was gradually settling in.

But the wizards on the stands chanted for a while.

A soft yellow light shone down from the sky.

The entire Colosseum was illuminated as if it were daytime.

As the bells rang, Ander let out a loud shout and his body darted toward Lyon like a snake.

The wooden sword in his right hand kept thrusting towards Lyon.

Lyon used his footwork and shield to defend himself.

The shield was covered with streaks of red paint.

Seeing this, Bran frowned. "If Lyon keeps defending, they will be declared the loser when the time is up."

Layton patted Bran on the shoulder with his fan-like hand, "Losing doesn't mean you're second place, it's okay."

Ronan, meanwhile, watched intently, putting himself in Lyon's shoes, trying to find a way to break the deadlock.

However, after thinking about it for a while, I realized that I couldn't put myself in Leon's shoes at all.

Because he had never encountered a situation where he was being completely dominated before.

If he encounters such a situation, he will throw out the Azure Spirit Sword Formation, the army of undead, talismans, and so on all at once, without even thinking about what sword technique he should use to win.

(End of this chapter)