Become famous in one battle

The five main battle platforms in the center of the martial arts field each had eight figures stepping onto them. The Nalan family, representing the City Lord's Mansion, occupied the highest central main platform, looking down on the crowd. The other four platforms were respectively designated for the Gu family, the Lin family, the Wen family, and the independent force led by Qiulan, spread out in the four directions of northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.

At this moment, in the direction where the Nalan family was located, beside the City Lord Nalan Xiong, an old man stood up, his gaze falling on the battle platforms.

"Today's martial arts tournament is to test the strength of the outstanding young talents of my Yangzhou City. Therefore, there is no need to hold back. Those who are defeated can admit defeat, and the battle will end. If you refuse to admit defeat, then the battle will continue until one side is completely defeated, regardless of life or death."

As the old man's words fell, it stirred up a wave in the hearts of the crowd. Not admitting defeat meant risking one's life, how ruthless.

Some proud martial artists valued their reputation extremely, especially feeling extremely ashamed of admitting defeat. Therefore, few people would deliberately admit defeat. Even if they were not opponents, they would continue to fight to defend their honor, although defeated, still proud.

However, the old man's words forced those people to think twice. This was equivalent to not restricting the fighting. If both sides were evenly matched and refused to admit defeat, it would be a fight to the death, forming deep enmities.

"Clever." Many people secretly admired. The old man obviously represented Nalan Xiong's intentions. This move was beneficial and harmless to the Nalan family. After all, this time it was their City Lord's Mansion hosting the event. If someone dared to kill their lord in the City Lord's Mansion, it would be different for the other groups in the crowd. It was likely that there would be a situation of life and death struggle, causing enmity between the two families.

Nalan Xiong wanted to provoke conflicts among the other major families through this martial arts tournament. Although the other three family heads knew Nalan Xiong's intentions, they could only go along with it. Which one of them did not want their family to be high and mighty, admired by other families? Therefore, they naturally instructed their family disciples to strive for victory with all their might.

Moreover, the old man also said that if you lose, you can admit defeat and end the battle. Therefore, this rule seemed to be no problem. They could not refute it. Who would admit that their family disciples were inferior to others?

"I have already received the list of all the participating disciples for this martial arts tournament. The arrangement of the battles will be decided by me. I wonder if the owners of the families have any objections." The old man's gaze fell on the three family heads.

"Hehe, since it is the arrangement of the City Lord's Mansion, I naturally agree." The head of the Gu family, Gu Qing, said loudly, seeming indifferent.

"The previous martial arts tournaments were all presided over by the City Lord Nalan. Naturally, this time should be the same." The head of the Wen family, Wen Renyue, also spoke up.

"I have no objections either." Lin Badao naturally would not oppose.

"Then, on behalf of City Lord Nalan, I thank the three family heads." The old man smiled slightly at the three of them and announced, "The battles of the martial arts tournament will start from the first battle, which will be an elimination match. The loser retreats, and the winner advances."

"Now, I will announce the opponents. Those called out will stay on the battle platform, while others will wait below the platform. On the main platform, representing the Nalan family, Nalan Feng will face off against Wen Xin from the Wen family; on the east platform, Gu Yun from the Gu family will face off against Lin Wu from the Lin family; on the south platform, Lin Yu from the Lin family will face off against Wen Feng from the Wen family; on the west platform, Nalan Zhu from the Nalan family will face off against Feng Qian; on the north platform, Life-taker will face off against Gu Qing from the Gu family."

Each of the five main platforms could accommodate ten people, forty people in total, and the competition would end after four rounds of battles, eliminating half of the contestants and leaving twenty people remaining.

Those who were not called out quickly walked down from the battle platform, while the ten who were called out walked up to their respective platforms.

"Hehe, Wen Xin from the Wen family is really unlucky, encountering Nalan Feng in the first battle. Although her strength is not weak, she can only accept defeat."

"I heard that Lin Wu from the Lin family is also strong, already reaching the ninth level of the Qi Martial Realm. It seems that he will undoubtedly win on the east platform."

"Lin Yu should win on the south platform, and Feng Qian should win on the west platform. As for the last north platform, although Life-taker is very mysterious with a silver mask, they have never heard of him. It seems that he has an extraordinary demeanor, but unfortunately, he met Gu Qing. It's his misfortune, there is no chance of winning."

The outcome of the battles had not yet begun, but the crowd had already predicted the outcome of the battles. After all, the crowd knew some information about these young talents of Yangzhou City on the battle platform and understood their strength differences.

The attention of the crowd was also drawn to Life-taker on the north platform. They had never heard of this martial artist wearing a silver mask, and he seemed to have a remarkable bearing. Unfortunately, he encountered Gu Qing, and the outcome was already doomed. It was known that Gu Qing's strength had reached the peak of the Qi Martial Realm, and there were few opponents under the Spirit Martial Realm. Naturally, it was impossible for an unknown person in Yangzhou City to defeat Gu Qing.

The crowd's predictions were quite accurate. Wen Xin, who encountered Nalan Feng, admitted defeat without a fight. Although face was very important, admitting defeat under Nalan Feng's hands was not shameful. If she had fought, it would have been foolish.

The battles on the east and west platforms gradually determined the outcome. The winners, Lin Wu and Wen Feng, completely overwhelmed their opponents, and the battles could end soon. However, the last north platform had not yet started the battle, leaving people speechless.

Especially Gu Qing, there was no Life-taker in his eyes at all, treating the other party as if they were air, his gaze had been on the other battle platforms, observing their battles. After all, he would soon enter the next round and naturally wanted to familiarize himself with the strengths of the others.

"Nalan Feng is not my opponent. I hope I don't encounter her. Lin Wu and Wen Feng are easily defeated. As for Feng Qian, he seems to be more formidable than before, but he can also be dealt with. There should be no problem encountering the three of them in the next round."

Gu Qing murmured in his heart, completely ignoring Life-taker with the silver mask, and was already thinking about the next round of battles.

Finally, Feng Qian's palm fell on his opponent Nalan Zhu, who had no strength to continue the battle, and surrendered. All eyes were on the north platform.

"It's over, so fast." The crowd whispered, it seemed that the first round was ending like this.

"Gu Qing, don't waste any more time." Gu Qing, the head of the Gu family, said indifferently, with a tone that was proud, as if he could resolve the opponent of his family disciple at any time.

"Yes, Master." Gu Qing responded, then looked at Lin Feng and said indifferently, "Get down on your own, I don't want to bother."

Lin Feng stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a silver mask, only revealing his eyes and half of his face, so his expression could not be seen.

Like Gu Qing, he had been observing the battles just now. Since the other party was not in a hurry to act, why should he be anxious? As for Gu Qing's arrogance, Lin Feng was already used to the faces of those so-called geniuses who thought highly of themselves.

"Didn't you hear me speak? I told you to get down. If I were to do it myself, maybe you wouldn't even have the qualification to retreat, and I would have taken your life directly."

Seeing that Lin Feng did not react, Gu Qing frowned and said. People from the major families looked down on the so-called independent martial arts geniuses who did not have the cultivation of a family. How could they become great without the cultivation of a family? Gu Qing looked down on Lin Feng even more, who had no fame as an independent martial artist. Therefore, Gu Qing looked down on Lin Feng.

"While I have not changed my mind yet, leave." Lin Feng said, causing everyone's gaze to pause, then someone sneered and said in secret that this person might be crazy.

Only a few people who came with Qiulan did not laugh. Lin Feng was very mysterious in their eyes, powerful, even Wu Xiao was not his opponent.

"Gu Qing, you are unlucky." Just victorious Feng Qian saw the situation here and thought to himself that Gu Qing's behavior was seeking death.

However, Gu Qing's face was ugly at this time. He did not expect that someone without any fame would dare to speak to him like this. He was the second person of the Gu family, one of the strongest few under the Spirit Martial Realm, and was highly valued by the family.

"Fulfill him." Gu Qing shouted, his voice cold, making everyone's expression condensed, secretly thinking that Lin Feng was finished. Obviously, Gu Qing's intention was to let Gu Qing kill Lin Feng.

"Okay." Gu Qing heard the anger in the voice of the head of the family, and his figure flashed, extremely fast, and he didn't even intend to give Lin Feng the opportunity to admit defeat.

"Rampant Fist." Gu Qing shouted, his fist wind roaring, terrifying, as if it could tear the air apart.

However, Lin Feng remained motionless like a mountain. When the Rampant Fist was about to reach him, a dazzling brilliance overshadowed everything, and a sword light descended from the sky.