Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

The time was almost up, and a few people reluctantly left Wang Dong's cave residence and took his spirit boat to the competition venue.

After three rounds of competition, there are only twenty people left. Except for a few who are lucky, those who remain are all quite capable.

Soon the fourth round of competition began. This time Zhang Chen's opponent was a disciple at the fifth level of Qi Condensation. He was one of the lucky few. In the first two rounds, he encountered disciples who were just at the fourth level of Qi Condensation. They were not proficient in magic, so he easily defeated them. In the third round, he happened to have a bye, so he advanced directly to the next round.

He looked at Zhang Chen with a wry smile on his face. He knew that he might not be Zhang Chen's opponent. He had seen Zhang Chen's competition and knew that Zhang Chen defeated Chen Zuo, so after the referee announced the start, he immediately used his body skills to move left and right on the stage.

When seeing the water ball attacking from Zhang Chen, it avoided it from a distance, and then slowly launched ice cones and fireballs to attack Zhang Chen occasionally.

After a while, Zhang Chen looked at his opponent, feeling a little amused. When Zhang Chen moved forward to attack, he moved around and kept a distance from Zhang Chen. When Zhang Chen attacked with spells, he used his body skills to avoid him from a distance.

Anyway, he didn't attack Zhang Chen. It was just like wasting time to see who would run out of spiritual energy first. Looking at his opponent who was avoiding him, Zhang Chen smiled slightly.

He directly condensed fireballs and ice cones and shot them towards the center of the competition stage. A cloud of white mist rose up, immediately blocking his opponent's sight. Zhang Chen immediately used his body skills to move forward. When the white mist was about to dissipate, Zhang Chen stood at the edge of the center of the competition stage and performed the water invisibility technique. Slowly, Zhang Chen's figure disappeared.

After the fog dissipated, he saw his opponent looking around cautiously. When the fog rose, he was very alert and immediately used his body skills to escape from where he had just been and came to the back of the competition stage. At the same time, he gathered spiritual energy in his body and was ready to use his body skills to dodge at any time.

When the fog completely dissipated, the opponent was very surprised to see that there was no one on the stage. He looked around but could not find any trace of Zhang Chen. He was at a loss and was about to ask the referee next to the competition stage.

Suddenly, four ice needles shot out from the empty space on his left, heading straight for his legs. At the same time, Zhang Chen's figure also appeared.

He was looking to the right to ask the referee when he felt something coming from the left out of the corner of his eye. When he turned around and saw Zhang Chen, he was immediately startled. He was hit by the ice needle before he could react, and his legs were immediately frozen by the cold air.

At the same time, two water balls condensed by Zhang Chen also shot towards him. His legs were frozen, and his movements were greatly affected. He could not avoid the attack of the water balls at all and was hit directly.

Seeing the ice needles condensed by Zhang Chen again, he knew that he could no longer dodge and had to admit defeat.

So after the referee announced that Zhang Chen was the winner, Zhang Chen walked down from the platform and the people below began to whisper. They had thought that this competition would be a war of attrition, but they did not expect Zhang Chen to win in this way. They were all surprised.

Soon the fourth round of competition ended, and the top ten were announced. The elder in charge of the rookie competition brought the ten people to the stage.

Before it started, the elder in charge of the newcomer competition began to speak to the loser:

"Some of you are as strong as those on the stage, but you were eliminated because you met stronger opponents. Now I will give you one chance. If you are confident, you can challenge these ten people. The winner can take their place. If the challenged loses, you will also have one chance to challenge again. Let's start now."

As he finished speaking, several defeated disciples began to challenge those on the stage. Among them were two, one was Chen Zuo, who was defeated by Zhang Chen, and the other was Xie Shuming, who was defeated by Xiao Yi. Both of them were among the six with the highest cultivation among the newcomers.

After half an hour, three of the ten people on the stage were replaced, and after another half an hour, no one continued to challenge. The elder in charge of the newcomer competition also announced the top ten list.

They are Zhang Chen, Sima Feng, Wang Dong, Xiao Yi, Chen Zuo, Xie Shuming, Li Siqi, Li Xin, Zhao Zhenfan, and Liu Zilin. The six with the highest cultivation levels when the newcomers first joined the sect are all listed above.

The elder in charge of the rookie competition let the ten people rest for an hour and then prepared for the next competition.

Time passed quickly and the ten people began the competition.

Zhang Chen's opponent this time is Zhao Zhenfan. Looking at his opponent, his body shape is very similar to Sima Feng. Zhang Chen guessed that he should also be practicing physical training and may be good at close combat.

As the referee gave the start call, Zhao Zhenfan took out a black iron rod from his storage bag, held it in one hand, and stared at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen looked at the referee with some doubt. Seeing Zhang Chen's questioning look, the referee explained:

"Mortal weapons do not count towards this rule."

Zhang Chen nodded and looked at Zhao Zhenfan opposite him. It seemed that he was planning to attack at close range.

Zhang Chen condensed a fireball and shot it at him, preparing to test it, but was blown up in mid-air by Zhao Zhenfan's stick. Then he waved his hand to put out the flames on the iron rod, still staring at Zhang Chen quietly without taking any further action.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen condensed two water balls and attacked him from left to right. At the same time, there was a transparent water line connecting each water ball. Zhang Chen observed his movements and wanted to change the attack path of the water balls at any time according to his movements to catch him off guard.

Seeing that Zhao Zhenfan didn't show any intention of moving, he instead held the iron rod with both hands, as if he was going to hit the water ball with the rod.

This made Zhang Chen very strange, and he thought to himself:

"Doesn't he know about water binding? But he shouldn't be so ignorant to be in the top ten."

While Zhang Chen was wondering, the water ball had already attacked Zhao Zhenfan. Zhang Chen then realized that the iron rod he was holding with both hands had changed color and turned red, as if the iron rod was burned red.

Zhao Zhenfan held the iron rod and swung it in front of him at an extremely fast speed. The two water balls entered the rod's shadow and were instantly swallowed up. After wisps of white smoke emerged from the rod's shadow, Zhao Zhenfan stopped waving the iron rod. The water balls that Zhang Chen had cast had long disappeared.

Seeing that the iron rod in Zhao Zhenfan's hand was still steaming, Zhang Chen understood that his iron rod turned red because he cast the fireball spell on the iron rod, directly using the iron rod to smash the water ball into countless small pieces, which then evaporated.

"I didn't expect that he would combine magic with worldly stick techniques."

Zhang Chen looked at the opponent and began to think about how to attack next.

Seeing that Zhang Chen did not move, Zhao Zhenfan slowly walked towards Zhang Chen holding the iron rod. After reaching the center of the competition stage, he used the Flowing Cloud Step to approach Zhang Chen at a very fast speed.

When Zhang Chen saw Zhao Zhenfan approaching, he immediately used the "Moon Chasing the Stars" technique to avoid to the right, and told himself that he must not let him get close, otherwise it would be difficult for him to get rid of his entanglement. After stopping, he condensed a golden needle and shot it at him, but it was blocked by the shadow of the stick he was swinging.

Shooting out ice needles was of no use as they were shattered by the shadow of the swinging iron rod. The fireball technique cast on the iron rod was like a curtain of fire when it was swung. The cold air released by the ice needles was instantly vaporized and turned into white mist, causing no damage at all.