Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Chapter 143 Possession by the Declining God
"This is the power of the Martial Saint!"

"The power of the mind, using one's own mind to replace the mind of heaven, can change the celestial phenomena with just thoughts, and control natural forces such as lightning. It is really incredible!"

"With such power, it's no wonder that the Martial Saint is called the guardian of the nation! It turns out that one person can protect a country. The title of guardian of the nation is truly well-deserved!"

From the guest seats, there were constant sounds of exclamation and praise.

But Qinglong turned a deaf ear to these voices. He just sat back in his seat calmly.

"Thank you, General Qinglong, for showing us the power of the mind image of a martial saint!"

Hun Sen was full of aura at this time. Holding the microphone, he quickly mastered the rhythm of the whole audience, and once again made everyone focus their attention on him.

Jingyu was also there to help create an atmosphere. Under the auspices of the two, they first announced the original intention of holding this event.

Afterwards, the two of them looked forward to the future of Dongji Kingdom's martial arts world.

The two took out the list and read out the names of the fourteen city teams: "Xingcheng Team, Zhaoling Team, Yancheng Team, Lincheng Team, Jianning Team, Liancheng Team, Baling Team, Wuling Team, Loudi Team, Wuxi Team, Yincheng Team, Dayong Team, Langzhou Team, Linjiang Team..."

"This competition has a total of 14 city representative teams, bringing together 112 contestants. They are all representatives of the new generation of Hunan Province's martial artists, the most outstanding martial arts rookies, the best among martial arts apprentices, and geniuses among geniuses. Now, let us welcome the contestants with the warmest applause!"

In the corridor outside the Linjiang team's players' lounge, ten members of the school team have lined up.

It was not until he heard the host calling for the contestants to enter that Ye Qingzhou, as the team leader, was the first to stand up. Then he walked in front, leading the other seven team members, taking firm and steady steps towards the center of the martial arts arena.

Fourteen cities, dozens of prestigious schools, and more than one hundred martial arts talents who have been screened through layers of screening, the contestants showed a youthful and vigorous spirit.

Each of them represents the future of Hunan Province's martial arts community.

On that young and slightly immature face is the courage to face difficulties and challenges, and the martial arts spirit to strive for progress and never slack off.

From these more than one hundred martial arts geniuses, everyone seems to be able to see the profound foundation of the Dongji Kingdom's martial arts world and its bright future.

Just as the hosts Hong Sen and Jing Yu said, they are the most outstanding martial arts talents among this year's martial arts rookies in Hunan Province.

Among these geniuses, those who are qualified to serve as captains are even more outstanding and dazzling, and they receive the highest level of attention as soon as they appear.

Ye Qingzhou, who was walking at the front of the team, felt countless eyes focused on him at this moment, and the two swords of Tao, Feishuang and Xuanjian, were buzzing and humming non-stop.

Ye Qingzhou was thoughtful. It turned out that other people's mental power, especially the spiritual power representing hope and recognition, could also be absorbed and utilized by him.

Just as he was lost in thought, there was warm applause and cheers from the audience.

Flags are waving and flowers and ribbons are displayed in an endless stream.

At the same time, the invited media reporters carried their cameras and pointed them at the contestants' team, with the lenses flashing continuously, trying to record this precious moment.

One day in the future, if a master or even a grandmaster is born among these martial arts geniuses, then the precious video materials will immediately become hot commodities and will be dug out and appreciated repeatedly.

Ye Qingzhou led the Linjiang team and took office smoothly.

"Whoo~"

Feeling greater pressure on site than at the Qinglan Sword Fighting Competition, Xu Yuebing took several deep breaths before calming down his nervousness a little.

Then, she looked at the figure standing at the front of the team, and there was no longer any doubt about victory in her heart.

The team you are in is the most powerful!
As long as Ye Qingzhou is here, victory is just a matter of seconds!
But even so, Xu Yuebing was not willing to win easily.

What she had longed for in the past was to fight side by side with her sister, but now she had another wish in her heart - if possible, she hoped that she would always be qualified to stand by Ye Qingzhou's side and accompany him all the way.

Instead of standing still, being left far behind by him, and finally being unable to even see his back.

"I will become stronger!"

Xu Yuebing grasped the hilt of the Piaoxue Sword. This time, the Fengchu Cup would be an opportunity for her to demonstrate her strength, as well as a test for her to sharpen her swordsmanship.

She is also full of desire for victory and to continue climbing to the pinnacle of martial arts.

First, the contestants took their oaths, followed by speeches from the leaders. The process of the opening ceremony went on step by step. Everything was so well organized that it seemed very boring.

Finally, Hun Sen and Jingyu began to introduce the rules of the competition to the audience.

In the Hunan Province Fengchu Cup City League, martial arts battles are divided into ring battles, squad battles and team battles.

The ring battle is divided into three stages.

They are the preliminaries, main competitions and finals.

In the preliminary stage, the winner will be decided by five one-on-one matches. Each team will play a full thirteen games. The winning team will get three points, the draw will get one point, and the loser will get no points.

The four teams with the highest scores will advance to the main competition, with the first place facing the fourth place, the second place facing the third place, and the final winner will advance to the third stage final to decide the ownership of the three trophies of the championship, runner-up and third place in the ring battle event.

This is the rule of the ring battle, and according to this rule, every team must give their all.

Because any mistake is very likely to cause a chain reaction, resulting in loss of points and elimination, or being in a disadvantageous position after entering the main competition and ultimately missing out on the trophy.

Secondly, there are the rules for the team battles. Each team must also play thirteen games, and finally proceed to the main competition and the finals. The only difference is that each time, three players must be on the field.

When it comes to the team battle, the rules are completely different from the previous two battles.

The venue for team battles is no longer the arena, but inside Yanling Cave.

At that time, the organizer will release various tasks, and the corresponding points will be marked behind each task.

Fourteen teams will be thrown into the cave together. The competition will last for a full ten days. At the end, the city team with the highest points will win the team championship.

Among the three events, arena battle, squad battle and team battle, the team with the best overall performance will win the championship!
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"The schedule of the Arena Battle and the Squad Battle is very close. There is no doubt that the intensity of the battle before the main competition will be terrifyingly high. The representative teams of each major city will probably bring out their long-prepared trump cards. In this case, if you don't have enough strength, it will be difficult to advance."

"Not only that, we also need to learn to make trade-offs between the ring battle and the team battle. Sometimes, appropriate tactical giving up may lead to better results."

Miao Yi and Xu Lan were analyzing the situation and discussing tactics. The team only had eight people at most, five of whom would participate in the ring match and three in the squad battle.

After that, we have to select candidates for the team battle. Just thinking about how to combine them gives me a headache.

Captain Ye Qingzhou showed a lazy expression and acted like a hands-off boss.

"Ye Qingzhou, you are the captain, do you have any ideas?"

"No."

Ye Qingzhou shook his head bluntly: "As for the personnel allocation for martial arts battles, I only need to think about winning, but you, teacher, have to consider a lot more."

Xu Lan: "..."

It's so infuriating, what's going on!

However, Xu Lan had to admit that she couldn't do anything fancy with the tactical arrangements. She just had to mindlessly attack Ye Qingzhou.

Her abilities were completely meaningless to the competition.

As for Ye Qingzhou, while others were thinking about the competition, he was thinking about how to spend the prize money and how to use the reward.

The opening ceremony ended at lunch time, and the official competition would not start until the afternoon.

So this is the time for the players to have meals and take a lunch break. In the hotel, a sumptuous buffet is already fully prepared, and on the big screen in the restaurant, the representative teams that will be playing against each other in the afternoon are being broadcast.

The leaders of each team also received the corresponding match lists and time schedules from the staff of the competition center.

And above the table, there is the appearance information of the Linjiang team.

"Who are our opponents?"

"The Jianning team, captained by Zhang Chen, is good at using long weapons in combat. I heard that he has mastered the Six Bows Divine Spear to a high level."

The martial art "Six Bows Divine Spear" is quite famous.

The main reason is that there are many people practicing it. It is a martial art that is widely popularized by the military. It is easy to obtain, not difficult, has good power, and has good growth potential.

After mastering it, you can apply to join the army in the future and obtain subsequent high-level martial arts moves.

Therefore, this is also the most commonly chosen path for many martial arts geniuses of civilian origin.

"Get ready. This is our first ring battle. We need your Sea-Suppressing Divine Needle."

Xu Lan had a solemn expression. After all, this was the team's first battle since its establishment, and she was still quite nervous.

"Ah."

Ye Qingzhou simply responded and began to close his eyes to rest.

On the other side, Zhuang Yuan, the leader of the Jianning team, was also carefully analyzing the situation and arranging tactics.

When Zhuang Yuan saw that his first opponent was the Linjiang team, his expression was very serious: "We are actually facing a team with Qianlong in the first match? This is too bad luck!"

Damn, who drew the lot in the first place? Oh, I remember, it was me.

That's okay.

There are only one hundred high school students in the country on the Hidden Dragon List. On average, each province can only get three places.

And what about the entire Hunan province?

After counting, there are currently only two people's names appearing on the list.

Qin Haoyu ranked sixth, and Ye Qingzhou ranked seventh.

Among the fourteen teams, only two teams have potential talents. It is really unlucky that we have to meet them in the first battle.

As the representative of the host team, Zhuang Yuan is under a lot of pressure.

After all, this is the home court of the Jianning team. So many fellow villagers have come today and the local audience is looking forward to it. How embarrassing it would be if they lose this first game?

The leader has already spoken. Even if we can't win the championship in the end, we must at least get off to a good start in the first battle.

Zhuang Yuan pinched his brows and called the team members together: "How much do you know about Ye Qingzhou?"

Feng Wu from Jianning No. 2 Middle School raised his hand: "Teacher, I fought with Ye Qingzhou in the Qinglan Sword Fighting Competition."

"Oh?"

Zhuang Yuan's eyes lit up: "How many moves did you exchange with him?"

"Three moves."

Feng Wu didn't dare to say that he was in a bad state because of fear at that time. These three moves were all because Ye Qingzhou let him go, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take even one move.

Then, someone in the team mentioned: "Teacher, I heard that Zhang Chen and Ye Qingzhou fought last night."

Damn, could you please stop mentioning me!

Zhang Chen huddled in a corner with a resentful look on his face. What happened last night was too difficult for him to talk about. He even regretted going out to have fun.

"How is the result?"

Zhuang Yuan did not pursue Zhang Chen's self-assertion at this time, but was eager to know the opponent's strength level so that he could arrange tactics.

"Well, I have fought with Ye Qingzhou."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Zhang Chen had to tell the truth.

"How many moves did you have with him?"

Zhang Chen raised a finger.

Zhuang Yuan frowned and thought: "Only one move?"

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head to correct himself, "I did make a move, but Ye Qingzhou just stretched out a finger and bounced me away."

"..."

After a long silence, the atmosphere suddenly became weird.

At this moment, Zhuang Yuan felt that breathing had become difficult.

What a fucking fart!
The strongest captain on his side couldn't even hit a finger of the other person. Even if five of them rushed up to him on the ring, they probably wouldn't be able to win.

The opponent is so strong that tactics are no longer meaningful.

Originally, Zhuang Yuan planned to send a few people on the field first to drain Ye Qingzhou's physical strength, and then let Zhang Chen come on the field to use several enhanced martial arts to stack states, and take advantage of the momentum of defeating Ye Qingzhou to win a big victory over the Linjiang team in one fell swoop.

Now it seems that he was just overthinking!

"Give up on the first match. Just go up and test the waters. There's no need to fight too hard. Keep up the good form and hopefully we can win the next one."

Zhuang Yuan looked helpless. Although he didn't want to lose, he knew he couldn't win. Only by making the most rational judgment could the Jianning team go further.

In the afternoon, venue No. 1 of the Sports Center.

"Linjiang team versus Jianning team!"

"Jianning, Jianning, we are the best!"

As the host, Jianning team's home advantage was fully demonstrated at this moment. The audience seats were filled with relatives, friends and cheerleaders, and the cheers almost drowned out the entire competition venue.

In comparison, the Linjiang team looked a bit lackluster.

Only Huang Liwen was waving the flag vigorously and leading the members of the fencing club to cheer for their own players at the top of their lungs.

Soon, the order of the two sides' ring battles was announced at the same time.

Linjiang team: Lu Yifan, Hou Fei, Yu Shouping, Xu Yuebing, Ye Qingzhou.

Jianning team: Zhang Chen, Feng Wu, Liao Yucheng, Zou Yuanping, Peng Xinyue.

Seeing Ye Qingzhou's name being ranked last, everyone on the Jianning team breathed a sigh of relief. This way, they still had a chance to win the first battle.

After all, as long as Zhang Chen beats Lu Yifan, even if he loses the ring battle in the end, it can barely be considered his first victory.

Just tell me whether you win or not!
"Zhang Chen, come on!"

"Well, I will definitely win this battle!"

Five minutes later, Zhang Chen was beaten to the point of doubting his life. He was miserably defeated by Lu Yifan's sword attack that was as powerful as a brocade.

When he was carried to the infirmary, he looked up at the sky blankly: "There is no reason. It's fine that I couldn't beat Ye Qingzhou, but how come I can't even beat an unknown person now?"

Feng Wu, who had met Lu Yifan several times in the Qinglan Sword Fighting Competition, also found it unbelievable at this moment: "Compared to the sword fighting competition, this person has undergone a complete transformation. What is going on?"

It's okay that Ye Qingzhou is strong, but how come any random person from the Linjiang team is so ridiculously strong that he can't even beat the captain of our Jianning team?
With a heart full of melancholy and confusion, Feng Wu walked onto the ring, but in the end he could only trade one for one with Lu Yifan, resulting in a draw.

In the end, in the first match of the ring battle, the Linjiang team only had three people on the field, but they defeated the five members of the Jianning team.

Yu Shouping's six Cloud Hand skills amazed everyone in the competition and made him the most watched person.

As for Xu Yuebing and Ye Qingzhou, it was quite regrettable that they didn't even have a chance to appear on stage.

Ye Qingzhou naturally understood Xu Lan's intention behind this arrangement. She was obviously planning to hone the other members of the team so that they could also gain experience from the competition.

Anyway, with Ye Qingzhou backing them up, they won't lose no matter how they are ranked, so naturally they should give others more chances.

Ye Qingzhou naturally had no objection to this.

In the commentary booth, both anchors were surprised by the result.

Hong Sen looked surprised: "I didn't expect that besides Ye Qingzhou, the hidden dragon, the other members of the Linjiang team are also very strong."

Jingyu nodded and smiled sweetly in front of the camera: "Yes, especially contestant Yu Shouping. His "Cloud Hand Six Skills" can use the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force. It is both offensive and defensive, and has great potential for growth."

Then Jingyu looked at Qinglong: "I wonder what you think, General Qinglong?"

The Azure Dragon God General's expression remained unchanged: "It's not them who are strong, but Ye Qingzhou."

Jingyu looked puzzled when she heard this: "Why do you say that?"

"Yu Shouping's aptitude is just that of an ordinary genius. What really transformed him was the Heavenly Sound of the Great Dao and the Nine Sounds of Divine Sound."

Qinglong's tone was calm, but his words caused shock and envy among the people around him: "It's actually the Heavenly Sound of the Great Dao and the Nine Sounds of the Divine Sound!"

Who wouldn't desire this kind of opportunity to improve one's aptitude?

But there is no point in longing, because generally speaking, people who can ring a tapping clock no longer need this kind of improvement.

And for those who are eager to improve their qualifications, they often do not have the ability to ring the bell.

Therefore, unless you spend precious favors and invite a master of spiritual cultivation who specializes in spiritual martial arts, don't even think about it.

Gu Minghui smiled and pushed up his glasses: "Ye Qingzhou can shake the automatic bell with his own martial arts will. With such a strong spiritual realm, I can assert that he must be the first in this Fengchu Cup."

"Dr. Gu, are you serious?"

Jingyu's red lips slightly opened: "But isn't Qin Haoyu ranked ahead of Ye Qingzhou on the Hidden Dragon Ranking?"

Qinglong looked at Gu Minghui and exclaimed: "The reputation of the God of Fortune is well-deserved."

At this moment, the pair of golden dragon eyes on his metal mask had data streaming down like a waterfall, and it was obvious that they also had powerful computing power.

Gu Minghui also looked at Qinglong, smiled and said, "We are the same."

(End of this chapter)