Chapter 169: Champion

Chapter 169: Champion

While Ronin and Galil were talking, the contest in the square had already begun.

James drew out his knight's sword, and the fiery red fighting spirit exploded. The huge energy generated made him turn into a cannonball and rush toward his opponent at an astonishing speed.

Roning raised his eyebrows. He could tell from just one opening move that this man's fighting style was very wild, and his strength might be above Rogner's.

Sure enough, the following battle confirmed his guess.

James' swordsmanship is very sharp, and his strength and speed are slightly superior to Rognar's.

After each collision of swords, Rogner's body became a little unstable. When a series of close attacks came one after another, his disadvantage was gradually magnified.

Soon, after a fierce fight, James raised his leg and stepped on Rognar's chest armor. The latter was kicked away and fell heavily to the ground.

"I'm sorry you lost," James said condescendingly.

Rogna rubbed his chest, picked up the sword, and stood up, "Congratulations, you win."

On the terrace, Viscount Marvin, excited just now, turned cold and glanced gloomily toward Orson, knowing that the other party sent people into the field just because he didn't want Rogner to win the third game.

"I didn't expect Rogner to be defeated so quickly."

Galil sighed, "Baron Bernardo Monzon is said to be at the bronze level. This James should be his son. I didn't expect him to be so talented."

Roning nodded.

Since James participated in the competition, he is under 30 years old. He is so young but can easily defeat Rogner, so his talent is not weak.

"But Rogner is only 21, so he should be much younger than James. It's hard to say who has better talent."

While the two were talking, James looked toward Ronin in the center of the square.

He saluted respectfully and said, "Baron Ronin, may I challenge you?"

As soon as the words fell, the nobles on the terrace and corridor suddenly fell silent. None of them expected that someone would designate a challenger.

Even Roning had not expected such a scene to happen. He was enjoying the show.

"Uh, Ser Jaime, the knight's tournament did not actively challenge this aspect."

As the host, Bretton spoke up to remind Roning and said he wanted to help him.

But faced with such a challenge, it was impossible for Roning not to respond positively.

There are so many nobles watching on the terrace, including Princess Blanche. If Roning chooses not to accept it, wouldn't others think he is afraid?

Roning has already decided to participate in the Knights' game to win the championship prize, and his strength has been exposed, so it doesn't matter whether he plays in the morning or the evening.

"Sure."

Roning stretched out his hand, and Tom, waiting on the side, came up and respectfully handed him the Liuyan Sword.

He held the hilt of his sword and walked towards the square, saying, "The Wushan family is never afraid of any challenge."

In an instant, thunderous applause and cheers broke out all around.

The eyes of the noble ladies were full of little stars.

"Malik, Ronin is even more handsome than last time!"

Marina from Lake Town told her brother beside her that she felt a little upset when she remembered that she wanted to get into Ronin's tent that night.

If she had persisted a little longer, would it have succeeded?

Malik coughed and said, "Sister, be careful with your words; Jamie will misunderstand."

Next to Marina stood a fat man with dead eyes. This was Viscount Dennis's second son, Marina's marriage partner.

Jamie laughed and said gentlemanly: "Marina is right; Ronin is very handsome!"

Not only them but Blanche's hands were clenched under her long skirt. Her heart was pounding, and she was silently shouting, "Come on, Roning."

Lu Lans, who was sitting in the front center, smiled. The Wushan family was never afraid of any challenge, and he felt very comfortable hearing this.

"Thank you, Lord Roning, for this opportunity."

James still maintained his politeness, "Please!"

"bring it on!"

Luo Ning raised his hand and used a fire cloud move, and a range-type flame attack rushed toward the opponent.

James was not flustered and used the same move.

"boom!"

The two fan-shaped flames collided midway, causing a violent roar, and the heat waves turned into strong winds that swept around.

"Ronin's fighting skills are a bit more powerful!"

Many people saw that Roning's fire cloud devoured the opponent's fighting skills and swept toward James with the remaining power.

Luo Ning's attribute affinity is strong, to begin with, so the power of his fire-attributed fighting skills is naturally high; the Flowing Flame Sword in his hand has an amplifying effect.

The same fighting skill will naturally be stronger when used.

"There's something wrong with his sword."

James keenly noticed the uniqueness of the sword in Ronin's hand and knew that he might not be able to gain the upper hand in a fighting competition.

He covered his entire body with fighting spirit armor, slashed out a wave of air with a sword to separate the remaining power of the fire cloud, and then rushed forward, wanting to defeat Roning with the quick attack method he used to defeat Rogna.

It's a pity that he picked the wrong person this time.

Ronin's swordsmanship combines the strengths of Macken and Rydar. He is good at both defense and quick attack. Facing James' quick attack, Ronin's defense was flawless.

"His swordsmanship is fast but not powerful enough."

As the swords clashed, Ronin analyzed James's swordsmanship.

"Also, the long sword's accuracy is not good, and there are many flaws when changing between attack and defense."

Rydal mentioned these when he taught James swordsmanship. Now, he has found his own shadow in James.

On the terrace, the more Lu Lans looked, the more pleased he felt. His smile grew wider, and he became increasingly amazed at Roning.

He couldn't understand why this kid's defensive sword skills were so high.

The same was true for other nobles. They originally thought that Ronin's strength was exaggerated in the Colosseum incident, but they didn't expect what the outside world said to be true.

Orson frowned. He didn't understand why Roning had become so outrageous in just half a year.

"It's my turn."

In the square, Roning, who had been fighting, chose not to defend anymore. He burst out with strength and directly deflected the opponent's sword with one sword.

The whole person rushed forward, and the right half of his body hit the opponent fiercely like a weapon. The huge impact twisted and deformed the fighting armor of both men.

The sudden change, coupled with the huge impact, left James completely unable to react.

As he retreated, he swung his sword, creating a huge flaming slash to delay Ronin's attack.

But Roning's speed exploded completely, avoiding the attack and catching up with the opponent's flying figure.

"Fierce Wind Palm!"

Roning slapped his palm, and the wind-attributed fighting spirit in his palm condensed into a strong wind and bombarded James.

"boom!"

The opponent's body armor collapsed, and the whole person hit the ground heavily, like a sandbag with a broken rope. His coat was torn open, revealing the soft armor inside.

James only felt the blood and energy surging in his chest, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"You lose," Roning said condescendingly.

"I..."

James seemed to be about to admit it, but the blood in his throat confused his voice, so he couldn't speak and could only nod silently.

Roning turned to look at Bretton, who was still in shock from the sudden end of the game.

They seemed evenly matched; how could it have become like this instantly?

"Breton, don't just stand there like an idiot. Announce the result and have the waiter carry the injured Jenny away for treatment."

"Oh, okay."

Bretton came back to his senses, "The winner is Ronin!"

"good!"

On the terrace, Viscount Marvin cheered loudly as if he was happier that Ronin won than Rogner.

Others also began to applaud and cheer.

Blanche clapped her hands and said, "Missy, give five hundred gold coins to the brave knight!"

"As you wish, Princess!"

Following the reward from Her Royal Highness the Princess, other nobles also gave gold coins. Of course, their contribution was far behind five hundred.

The reason why Blanche only gave five hundred was actually to give a face to Wushan Castle. After all, the reward for the champion of the knight competition was only one thousand gold coins.

Roning didn't expect to make extra money and couldn't help but feel grateful to Blanche.

This girl is sensible.

With Roning's powerful victory over James, the following games became monotonous because everyone knew who would be the champion this time.

However, knights from various families still challenged the enemy by requesting swordsmanship advice to warm up the atmosphere.

Roning defeated his opponents one by one.

More than ten minutes later.

After Bretton shouted three times, no knight continued to challenge.

"Since no challengers continue to participate, I can declare that the Wushanbao Knight Competition has reached a successful conclusion!"

He looked at Roning in the arena, "The champion of this competition is..."

"slow!"

Breton subconsciously thought there was another challenger.

But when he saw the identity of the speaker, he was stunned.

"Brother, is there anything else?"

Roning nodded and looked up at the terrace. "I would like to invite Baron Leisen from Sean County to come down here in the name of the champion of the knight competition, the baron of Shanlin Town, and the eldest grandson of the Wushan family."

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