Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 154: Hundred-Refined Steel Giant Sword

On Micui Peak, there was less excitement than yesterday, but more anticipation for the martial arts performance.

According to the rules of the Five States Martial Arts Competition, the winner of the first round and the warriors who ended in a tie will still retain the qualification to participate in the second round.

Warriors who lose in the first round will naturally not be able to participate in the second round of martial arts performances.

As a result, about 30% of the warriors who failed in the first round of martial arts performances can only watch the battle as spectators from the sidelines.

Among the 30% of warriors, a considerable number were willing to stay and continue to observe and study the moves of other warriors, while some warriors had already left Mi Cui Peak because they could not go any further in the Five States Martial Arts Performance.

The distribution of the audience in the five martial arts training grounds on the top of Micui Peak was significantly different from that on the first day.

Among them, the audiences around the peak group's martial arts training ground and the heavenly group's martial arts training ground are still the largest.

But the audience distribution in the other three venues has become more fluid.

Taking the Yellow Class martial arts performance as an example, at some specific sessions, the audience will gather together, while at other sessions, the audience around the Yellow Class martial arts performance field will go to the martial arts performance fields of other groups to watch the competition.

The reason is that the audience has already chosen some fighters that they like or are interested in after the first day's competition. Naturally, they will focus on watching the corresponding fighters in the second day's competition.

Another reason is that the audience has spread word of mouth that there will be some exciting matches to watch in the second round.

This also leads to some matches being very lively even though the audience thinks the strength of the two competing parties is not very strong.

Zhu Yu’s second competition was the one that the audience found “extremely lively”.

The reason is simple. Many viewers were curious about how well Zhu Yu, who was injured the day before, could fight and whether he could stage a comeback.

"Has number 161 come today?"

"I guess he's coming. He finally won the first round. Even if he's injured, why wouldn't he come?"

"He was seriously injured yesterday. It's hard to say whether he can come today."

A large number of spectators gathered around the Earth-level group's martial arts training ground, some of whom were looking forward to the competition between the 161st warrior Zhu Yu.

Rather than looking forward to Zhu Yu's competition, the audience is more looking forward to whether Zhu Yu will appear in the Earth Level Group's martial arts arena today after being injured yesterday.

As to whether Zhu Yu can play today, many curious spectators have started to make bets, and the majority of them bet that Zhu Yu cannot play or will easily lose in the competition.

"From the Earth-level group, is there anyone willing to bet with me?" A burly warrior shouted in the crowd, waving a giant sword in his hand.

"Hey, isn't this the warrior who lost the competition yesterday...his number is...?" A warrior in a dark robe recognized the warrior wielding the giant sword at a glance and teased him.

"What do you care what rank I am as a warrior? I lost, so I lost. Stop teasing me." The burly warrior put the giant sword on his shoulder and said with an indignant look on his face.

"Okay, I'll play with you. What do you want to bet on?" The warrior in the dark robe was interested.

The burly warrior pointed at the giant sword on his shoulder and said, "Let's use this giant sword to bet on whether Warrior No. 161 can win today."

"Can he win? Haha, considering the condition he was in yesterday, it's hard to say whether he can come today." The dark-robed warrior laughed.

"Hehe, if he can win, I win; if he doesn't come, or if he loses the competition, you win. What do you think?" The giant sword warrior raised the giant sword on his shoulder and said to the dark robe warrior with interest.

A flicker of joy crossed the dark-robed warrior's face, but he quickly retracted it. He didn't reply immediately, instead looking at the greatsword the greatsword warrior carried on his shoulder. "Don't worry, brother. This greatsword of mine isn't some random weapon you buy on the street. It's forged from tempered steel, with the weight of the hilt and blade perfectly balanced, for a flawless balance."

The giant swordsman's words still failed to impress the dark-robed warrior, so he added, "To put it another way, to put it simply, my giant sword is worth more than a hundred taels."

"One hundred taels?" Many people present exclaimed in surprise.

One hundred taels of silver may not mean much to a cultivator, but for a warrior, it is indeed a considerable sum of money.

You know, the registration fee for the Five States Martial Arts Show is only five taels of silver, and these five taels of silver, which are far less than a hundred taels, make many warriors feel discouraged.

The warrior in the dark robe began to change his expression and looked at the other warrior beside him.

The warrior also wore a dark robe, but was slightly shorter, with a long sword slung across his back.

Obviously, the first dark-robed warrior was seeking advice from the long-sword warrior.

After all, in terms of weapons, greatswords and long swords are more similar than shorter weapons, and the difference in usage methods is also smaller.

"Come and have a look!"

Seeing this, the giant sword warrior was also very decisive. He took off the giant sword on his shoulder with a word and threw it to the long sword warrior not far away.

When the giant sword fell into his hands, a ripple appeared on the long sword warrior's originally calm face.

Obviously, the feel of the giant sword was beyond his expectations.

With a few single-handed swings, the expressionless longsword warrior tossed the greatsword back to the greatsword warrior. He then nodded to the dark-robed warrior beside him.

Seeing this, the dark-robed warrior looked at the long sword at his waist, but did not take it out. He said to the long-sword warrior beside him, "Take it out."

Obviously, the dark-robed warrior did not want to gamble with the long sword at his waist, which not only surprised the giant sword warrior, but also everyone present.

The long-sword warrior took out an iron box tied with an iron chain from his dark robe, opened the box and revealed the contents.

"The tip of the gun?"

A cry of disappointment came from the crowd.

In the perception of warriors, the spear is a weapon that is less used by warriors and is in lower demand. Therefore, generally speaking, its value is lower than that of swords.

An ordinary spear, even one of sufficient size, is difficult to compare in value with a sword made of fine materials, let alone a mere spear tip.

Moreover, the object used to contrast this spear tip was a massive giant sword made of tempered steel.

"Don't underestimate this spear tip. It is made of rare fine iron. The weight of this spear tip alone is greater than that of this giant sword." said the warrior in the dark robe.

He threw the iron box containing the gun tip to the giant sword warrior, and the long sword warrior stood there expressionlessly again.

"Ok?"

Although the dark-robed warrior had already stated the weight of the spear tip, its weight was obviously beyond the giant sword warrior's expectations. The moment he took it, his body staggered and he almost fell because of losing his balance.

(End of this chapter)