Chapter 68: Re-encountering Duan Tiande

  "This indicator competition, officially begins." Mei Xu Gong Luyuan stroked his chest-length black beard: "Now the first round of the indicator competition is about to start. The first round will have 15 signs, namely A1 sign, A2 sign, B1 sign, B2 sign, C1 sign, C2 sign, D1 sign, D2 sign, E1 sign, E2 sign, F1 sign, F2 sign, G1 sign, G2 sign, and a blank sign. Since there are 15 people, one person will be left out in each round, just to see who gets the blank sign."

  When Mei Xu Gong mentioned the blank sign, Yan Zhen also slightly moved. Getting a blank sign can reduce the first round of fighting, which can save energy and reduce exposure to one's own moves, it's quite beneficial, but I don't know if I can get a blank sign. Yan Zhen also found that others who heard about the blank sign were also moving with intention, it seems they all have the same idea as me.

  Whether you can get a blank signature is purely a matter of luck.

  I am fortunate to have obtained it.

  Lose it, I die.

  Yan Zhen shrugged her shoulders, actually she didn't care too much about it either.

  One by one, they went up to draw lots. Yan Zhen found that Lin Da Tong didn't seem to care much either. It seemed that Lin Da Tong was confident in his own strength and didn't mind at all. Duan Tian De, on the other hand, was very cautious when he went up to draw lots. He looked like he really wanted to get the blank lot, but unfortunately, after he drew it, he looked a bit disappointed. The blank lot shouldn't be in his hands.

  It was finally Yanzhen's turn. Yanzhen went up and randomly drew one, took a look, oh, there were no marks on it, she got a blank signature.

  Yan Zhen shrugged and said, "My luck isn't bad, I got a blank in the first round."

  Yan Zhen sat leisurely on one side, starting to watch other people's battles on the Stone Dragon Boat. This round of battle wasn't too intense, as the opponents' strengths sometimes differed greatly.

  For example, Lin Datong was able to easily defeat a strong opponent from the Foundation Building stage. When Lin Datong won against Shi Longzhou, he looked in Yan Zhen's direction and said, "Winning against a Foundation Building stage rookie is this simple." Yan Zhen also understood that Lin Datong was saying this for his own benefit.

  On the other side, Song He also didn't lose to Lin Datong, and very neatly and efficiently obtained victory. Song He's moves were extremely beautiful, with a hint of elegance that transcended the ordinary.

  Lin Dali was a second-level cultivator of the Foundation Building Realm, and his opponent was a first-level cultivator. Lin Dali used some techniques to gain victory.

  Yan Zhen continued to watch, Duan Tiande's opponent was a first-level Foundation Establishment cultivator. Duan Tiande himself was also at the first level of Foundation Establishment and he was very fierce, it was not easy for him to win. After winning, Duan Tiande shouted loudly, with an expression that said "I'm also very powerful".

  It ended like this in the first round.

  Yan Zhen himself easily entered the top eight due to a bye, while the other seven included Lin Datong, Lin Dalie, Song He, Zhang Peng and Duan Tiande.

  Yan Zhen looked at the list of top 8, hehe smiled, there are several people who especially want to punch in the face, hoping to meet them in the next battle.

  ……

  After the first round ended, the second round began. Mei Xu Gong Lu Yuan Weng stood up: "First of all, let's congratulate Lin Da Tong, Song He, Yan Zhen and others for entering the top eight. Now, the second round of competition is about to begin. The second round is a knockout match where eight players will be reduced to four, with opponents still determined by drawing lots. There are eight lots in total: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1 and D2. A1 will compete against A2, B1 against B2, and so on."

  One by one, people went up to draw lots, and soon it was Yan Zhen's turn.

  Yan Zhenyi drew a lottery ticket and exclaimed, "Oh, I'm actually the third prize winner! I wonder who got the second prize."

  The second round's first match was Lin Datong against Zhang Peng. In this battle, the big fat Zhang Peng used a meatball tactic, constantly rolling and charging towards Lin Datong. However, Lin Datong's swordsmanship was even more brilliant, ultimately leading to his victory.

  The second round of the second game, Yi Yi signed against Yi Er signed, and this battle Song He also won easily.

  After watching two rounds of battles, Yan Zhen thought to himself that it was finally his turn, but he didn't know who his opponent was. Yan Zhen walked onto the stone dragon boat, which was about 2.5 meters wide and 12 meters long, a pretty good spot. Yan Zhen said: "I'm the third signer of the bronze group, my opponent can come up now."

  Yan Zhen saw only in the audience, Duan Tiande's face suddenly turned white. Yan Zhen looked at Duan Tiande: "Bingyi won't be you, will it?"

  Duan Tiande looked at Yan Zhen: "The real owner of the bronze second sign is indeed you."

  Yan Zhen nodded: "I'm mourning for you in silence."

  Duan Tiande's face was about to cry out in joy, having just won a match and feeling invincible. He felt he could conquer the world, destroy the heavens, and dominate all directions. A surge of heroic passion burst forth from his chest, making him feel that no matter who his next opponent was, he would emerge victorious. But then he heard the worst possible news: his next opponent was Yan Zhen, the one person he least wanted to face. His last encounter with Yan Zhen had been a crushing defeat, leaving a deep psychological scar.

  Yan Zhen looked at Duan Tiande's expression and found that his face was red, white, blue, and green, this expression is very colorful.

  Yan Zhen looked at Duan Tiande: "Come on, old Duan, come and fight with me."

  Duan Tiande also fell into deep thought, and wondered if he could defeat Yan Zhen again. Thinking back to the previous situation, Duan Tiande shook his head. He estimated that if he went on stage again, the most likely outcome would be another brutal beating like last time. Just thinking about it made him feel the pain again. In the end, Duan Tiande gritted his teeth and said, "Can I admit defeat?"

  "You want to admit defeat." Yan Zhen was taken aback.

  "Alright, I admit defeat." Duan Tiande said firmly.

  "You don't try and see, maybe you'll have a chance to win over me." asked Yan Zhen.

  "No way, no way." Duan Tiande shook his head like a rattle drum.

  "It seems I'm really lucky, first round was a walkover and second round opponent conceded voluntarily." Yan Zhen said with a seemingly carefree tone.

  Actually, Yan Zhen was very unhappy. Why hadn't he run into his two uncles yet? He had been wanting to slap them for a long time. After slapping Duan Tiande's face once, the guy retreated and it wasn't satisfying at all.

  Yan Zhen secretly thought in her heart, let herself meet two uncles as soon as possible.

  Yan Zhen also heard the discussions and comments from the audience, all saying that he had good luck to advance to the top four, and Duan Tiande suddenly and mysteriously conceded. However, his neighbors on Feilang Street immediately began to explain that Yan Zhen had played against Duan Tiande before and won badly, so this time Duan Tiande conceded so readily. Finally, most of the audience understood what happened.

  Yan Zhen continued to watch after finishing this battle. In the fourth match of the second round, Lin Da Tong fought hard against an opponent in the second stage of foundation building, but Lin Da Tong still won with his superior skills.

  Yan Zhen looked at the final result, and the last four strong players were Lin Da Tong, Lin Da Li, Song He, and herself? Good, hoping not to meet Song He in the next round, meeting either of the other two is fine.