Chapter 571: I only need 40% of my strength! (Please vote)

Of the remaining 40 contestants, some frowned.

They were only two rounds away from getting the 10 spots.

And the situation had become quite clear; the strongest were the geniuses who had awakened two abilities.

And their number already exceeded 10; wanting to defeat them to get a spot was extremely difficult.

However, those who could advance were not ordinary people and had absolute confidence in their own strength.

"Boom!"

After King Shanhe finished speaking, the 40 names transformed into crimson flames, automatically finding opponents to collide with in the air.

"Bang!"

Amidst the sound of explosion special effects, they gathered into a brand-new crimson battle bracket, burning with raging flames on the side.

The flames represented the state of mind of each martial artist, and the smell of gunpowder was strong.

For the sake of the spots, no one would hold back anymore.

Everyone looked at the battle bracket again.

Lin Qi was the same; the other 39 people were all experts, and it wouldn't be easy for him to win.

【Match 3: Lin Qi (Xia Guo) vs Yolanda Gardner (Gao Lu)】

Lin Qi saw his opponent, and the figure of the opponent appeared in his mind.

Yolanda, a top-tier powerhouse from the Gao Lu Nation, a top-tier genius at the peak of the Eighth Realm.

In the previous rounds, she had defeated her opponents with sharp and swift spear techniques.

Liu Yuanzhang explained from the side: "Yolanda of the Gao Lu Nation is no ordinary powerhouse."

"On the Ten Thousand Beasts Wanshou Xuezhu, she ranks 30th; she is the number one among geniuses who awakened two abilities."

"And she is already at the peak of the Eighth Realm; her strength is much stronger than Aoki Michio and Tana Gong."

"She uses a long spear..."

Although Liu Yuanzhang felt Lin Qi couldn't lose, he still recounted the opponent's information.

Lin Qi nodded after hearing this and memorized all the information.

"Boom!"

As the battle bracket was released, the arena also changed violently, simulating a huge ruin venue.

Dilapidated buildings, vast scorched earth...

The following third round of the main tournament would all be conducted on it.

"Boom rumble!"

Two crimson beams of light shot into the sky and descended violently onto the arena.

The third round of the main tournament also officially began!

In the first match, one of them was Ajay of the Tianzhu Nation.

He was a man with a lean figure, regular features, and bright eyes.

The strongest genius of the Tianzhu Nation, who awakened two abilities; whether on the Ten Thousand Beasts Wanshou Xuezhu or the Eighth Realm leaderboard, he followed right behind Augustus and Andrei.

A blue domain filled the entire arena, instantly suppressing his opponent.

Lin Qi looked at it and frowned, saying:

"Ajay's strength is very strong; his saber technique is indeed extraordinary; it has likely already broken through to the mid-stage of Stage Five."

"Like Tana Gong, he has the ability to break through to the Ninth Realm, but he chose to suppress himself for the Tinder Trial."

Xue Zhou next to him also nodded in confirmation:

"Generally, only Ninth Realm martial artists have martial arts techniques at the mid-stage of Stage Five or above."

"It is no exaggeration to say that Ajay of the Tianzhu Nation has Ninth Realm combat power at this time."

"There are also Augustus, Andrei, and Qin Shuang, who are like him!"

Jiang Tao asked in surprise, "So amazing?"

"Then isn't it very dangerous for Lin Lin Qi Ge to encounter him?"

Liu Yuanzhang laughed, "Lin Qi can see it, so his strength is naturally not weaker than Ajay's!"

The circle of people around nodded in agreement; they had seen the scene of Lin Qi hunting Disaster Beasts, which was simply terrifying.

So far, no one's strength was stronger than his.

【Please prepare, Contestant Lin Qi!】

A moment later, it was Lin Qi's turn to take the stage; among the 40 contestants, the Xia Guo still had the most, a full eight people.

They also had the most geniuses who awakened two abilities.

"I'm going!"

Amidst the cheering of everyone, Lin Qi only had one simple sentence.

He immediately transformed into a crimson beam of light and shot into the sky, descending onto the arena under the gaze of everyone.

At the same time, in the Gao Lu Nation's section, a tall and straight woman also stood up.

"Gao Lu must win!"

Someone shouted, and the surrounding audience also roared, their expressions fanatical.

In their eyes, the woman before them, Yolanda, was their Gao Lu Nation's strongest Eighth Realm martial artist.

She was an invincible female war god who would definitely defeat Lin Qi of the Xia Guo and successfully claim a spot.

A crimson beam of light shot into the sky.

It descended violently onto the spacious arena.

Amidst the thick dust, two figures walked out.

Lin Qi held the spear with one hand, looking at the female martial artist holding a spear opposite him.

Female martial artists holding spears were quite rare; most used sharp swords or battle sabers.

Yolanda was clad in golden battle armor, holding a silver spear.

Golden armor and a silver spear were her unique features.

She was 1.85 meters tall, with a broad frame and a curvaceous figure, not inferior to some male martial artists.

Her features were exquisite, and she looked to be only in her early 20s, but she was actually over 30 years old.

Lin Qi had seen Yolanda's battles; the opponent awakened the 【Golden Light】 ability.

Her speed was incredibly fast, and her fighting style was also very similar to his own.

Yolanda held a medium-length spear, looking at Lin Qi with vigilance.

Both used long spears and both awakened metal-attribute abilities.

Only when one reached her realm would one understand the huge improvement brought by two abilities.

This could not be made up for by opening a few more apertures, unless quantity led to a qualitative change.

And facing Lin Qi, the number of apertures she had opened could not form a quantitative change.

It would be extremely difficult for her to win the victory.

She looked at Lin Qi, her expression serious as she said:

"Lin Qi, I know you are very strong!"

"Today, please be sure to display your full strength and let me feel the gap between us!"

Lin Qi said calmly, "I will use 40% of my strength; I hope you will gain something from it!"

"I can tell you that in the first two matches, I only used 30% of my strength!"

After saying this, an intangible pressure was released from his body; it was the prestige formed by the fusion of life force and mental power.

Yolanda frowned, secretly shocked in her heart, feeling the killing intent locking onto her, her whole body stiffening.

【Countdown:... 3, 2, 1】

【The 3rd match of the third round officially begins!】

Above the arena, the sound of the intelligent voice echoed instantly.

"Boom!"

In the arena, both released their domain powers simultaneously, like two golden rings of light colliding.

"Bang bang!!"

Where the domains were shrouded, the rubble on the ground was instantly cut into countless pieces, and beams of golden light shuttled through.

If ordinary people entered, they would be instantly cut into countless fragments.

"Whoosh~"

In an instant, Yolanda's whole body erupted with golden light, shooting out like a beam of golden light, shuttling through the air.

"Boom!"

She directly erupted with a strong sonic boom!

She awakened 【Golden Light】, and her speed itself reached an astonishing speed of sound!

At the same time, she exerted force with her arms, thrusting the silver spear in her hand, the spear tip shaking like a swallow diving!

In spear technique, speed is fastest when thrusting!

Body and mind as one, letting speed reach the extreme.

As soon as she attacked, Yolanda erupted with all her strength!

Lin Qi shook his head in his heart; after fighting three matches, only Yolanda went all out as soon as she attacked.

And she attacked with a killing move, without any concealment, her power completely erupting.

The spear technique the opponent used had similarities with the "Golden Light Volume" in the "World-Extinguishing Spear Canon."

No, it should be the "World-Extinguishing Spear Canon."

He was very familiar with this spear technique; the opponent must have switched to this spear technique halfway.

And she practiced the "Golden Light Volume," with the spear technique pursuing the extreme of speed!

"Whoosh~"

At the same instant, Lin Qi also moved, his movement technique erupting, his leg muscles using a special way of exerting force, letting him shoot out like lightning.

"Boom!"

Leaving spiderweb-like cracks in place.

Facing Yolanda, he had promised 40% of his strength, so he wouldn't change it.

Let her feel the gap in strength!

The more physical power used, the faster the speed under the 4-fold combat power boost!

He instantly thrust the great spear in his hand, unleashing the "World-Extinguishing Spear Canon."

Using an exquisite way to mobilize his cells and Golden Gangjin!

"Boom!"

In an instant, both began to bombard each other in the arena.

"Bang!!"

Golden sharpness bombarded each other, continuously cutting through the air.

Yolanda erupted with all her strength; the spear technique she originally learned was called "Flowing Gold Spear Canon."

It was a spear technique manual with a Three-Star rating; before, there were no metal-attribute spear technique manuals with a Four-Star rating.

Now that there was the "World-Extinguishing Spear Canon," she immediately spent money to buy it and learn it.

Only after reading the "Golden Light Volume" did she feel the power of a Five-Star manual.

She practiced for several months, and her combat power improved significantly.

She saw her instantly thrust the silver spear, erupting with all her strength, unleashing a killing move—"Thousand Flashes of Instant Shadow!"

She knew it would be very difficult to defeat Lin Qi, so she unleashed her killing move right from the start.

Perhaps she could catch the other party off guard.

Lin Qi looked at the familiar killing move and also thrust his long spear; the power of this killing move in different people's hands was completely different.

Fifty consecutive golden light strikes!

Golden Golden Gangjin flowed, using an exquisite way of exerting force, instantly thrusting out!

"Shoo shoo shoo!!!"

"Clang clang clang!!"

Both frantically thrust their great spears, colliding with each other in the air.

Spear tip against spear tip, energy splashing!

An intangible wave spread toward the surroundings, the Qi energy kicking up bursts of wild wind.

Yolanda only saw a golden thread thrust out, colliding with her spear tip.

After colliding several times, she felt a terrifying force transmitted to her body through the spear tip.

Her cells were scattered, and the speed of mobilization slowed down.

Facing Lin Qi's thrusting spear again, her rate instantly dropped.

"Clang clang!!"

Countless spear strikes hit her golden battle armor, and the terrifying penetrating power left cracks.

After fifty consecutive bombardments, her body completely lost control, and she couldn't help but retreat backward.

The killing move dissipated, and she could only brandish the great spear to block.

"Good chance!"

Lin Qi said calmly, erupting violently, his speed increasing by a large margin.

Sharp Golden Gangjin was compressed into the great spear, thrusting out violently.

"Chirp!!"

A golden thread appeared, piercing straight through the air.

"Not good!"

Yolanda watched a golden thread shuttle through the air, fast to the extreme; she was too late to dodge.

"Pfft~"

The golden thread pierced Yolanda's neck; it was Lin Qi's spear tip!

On the golden battle armor, dozens of cracks had already appeared, stained red with blood.

Yolanda looked at Lin Qi, turning into nothingness and vanishing.

"Your 'World-Extinguishing Spear Canon' is not strong enough!"

Lin Qi said slowly.

【Match 3 of the third round: Lin Qi (Xia Guo) wins!】

Above the arena, the intelligent voice quickly announced the final result.

"Clap clap clap!!"

Thunderous applause and noisy cheering instantly erupted in the audience.

"Won again!"

"Lin Qi is too strong; it feels like the strength of the opponents is about the same, equally weak!"

"It's not that they are weak, it's that Lin Qi is too strong. Yolanda from the previous round was terrifyingly strong, her spear technique sharp and swift, able to pierce through everything."

"But facing Lin Qi, it was as if she had opened 0.5x speed; the contrast was too strong, she was simply no match!"

"Now we have entered the top 20; only one more round, and we can get a spot!"

"Looking at Lin Qi's strength, getting a spot is already a sure thing."

Compared to the joy of the Xia Guo, the martial artists of the Gao Lu Nation were like they were mourning; their nation's female war god had actually lost!

The hope of entering the Tinder Trial was completely shattered.

In the audience, Yolanda was also teleported back, her expression dejected.

Recalling the battle just now in her mind, a large amount of realization surged from her mind.

Her mastery of saber technique improved significantly.

This improvement made her excited.

But before she could be happy for too long, she thought of the fact that she had already lost to Lin Qi.

Looking at the disappointed expressions of other friends and seniors around her, she apologized to the man in the very front:

"Teacher, I let you down!"

"I lost!"

The white-haired Ganges Venerable shook his head and comforted her:

"You have already done very well; as long as there is improvement, that is enough for you."

Yolanda nodded; she had already obtained a trial spot.

Other rankings didn't matter; what mattered was improving herself in battle.

And fighting Lin Qi was a great gain.

In the Xia Guo's section, Lin Qi was also instantly teleported back and received the congratulations of everyone.

And his gaze was locked on the panel.

【You fought against opponent Ajay, and had new realizations about the "World-Extinguishing Spear Canon," domain power improved, spear technique improved significantly, spear technique +1%】

【You fought against opponent Ajay, and had new realizations about the movement technique "Nine Flashes of Thunder Extremity." Movement technique improved significantly, movement technique +1%】

【Spear Technique: Stage Five 43% -> Stage Five 44%】

【Movement Technique: Stage Five 32% -> Stage Five 33%】

Lin Qi nodded secretly; he finally met a decent opponent!

Allowing his martial arts technique to improve.

If only 10 people were selected and it stopped, that would be too much of a pity.

It would be better to let the 10 strongest continue to compete; the collision between geniuses might be able to polish the martial arts techniques of both sides.

He guessed that the higher-ups also planned this way.

Now it seemed this step was clearly the right one.

He was now looking forward to fighting Augustus, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing later!

The point was Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing; after all, they had both awakened three abilities.

A full-scale head-on collision might bring even greater improvement!

"Dear audience and contestants!"

A thick voice pulled him back to reality.

He saw King Shanhe projected above the arena again.

Looking around at everyone, he said slowly:

"Congratulations to Augustus, Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, Andrei, and Lin Qi for successfully advancing to the sixth round!"

"Next, we will conduct the seventh round!"

"Since there are five contestants, one contestant will be given a bye!"

"After the bye, they will compete with the two losers respectively, winning two matches to advance, and losing one match to be eliminated!"

Once this rule came out, everyone felt that the person who got the bye was quite unlucky.

Others only needed to fight one match, but he had to fight two.

As soon as he finished speaking, King Shanhe waved his hand,

and among the five seats on the third floor of the pyramid, one seat floated up, revealing a name.

【Bye: Sun Sheng (Xia Guo)】

After the bye personnel appeared, the remaining four also formed a new battle bracket:

【Match 1: Li Tianxing (Xia Guo) vs Andrei (Mao Xiong Nation)】

【Match 2: Lin Qi (Xia Guo) vs Augustus (White Eagle Federation)】

【Bye: Sun Sheng (Xia Guo)!】

The brand-new battle bracket was released, and the entire audience was instantly plunged into a boil.

In the bullet comments, there were also intense discussions.

"Li Tianxing vs Andrei, this match should be stable!"

"Only Lin Qi's match has suspense; Augustus is the number one powerhouse in the Eighth Realm."

"And Lin Qi has also shown the strength of a top-tier powerhouse; this is destined to be a match of Mars hitting Blue Star."

The audience of the White Eagle Federation was discussing frantically at this time:

"Lin Qi of the Xia Guo is doomed; victory belongs to Augustus."

"Only two matches left; Augustus will win the final victory!"

"No matter how many geniuses the Xia Guo has, they will ultimately be defeated by Augustus."

At the same time, Sun Sheng in the audience was also gritting his teeth in annoyance:

"So unlucky, I actually got the bye!"

Li Tianxing shook his head, "This is a good thing; fighting two powerful opponents might bring even greater improvement to martial arts technique!"

Sun Sheng realized, "Makes sense; if I defeat both, wouldn't that prove I'm even more amazing?"

In the White Eagle Federation's audience section

Augustus, with golden hair, blue eyes, and a tall body, pressed his hands on the armrests of his seat and immediately revealed a smile:

"Didn't expect to match with Lin Qi so soon!"

"Just in time; first defeat Lin Qi, then defeat Li Tianxing, and even Sun Sheng!"

"The future is theirs, but I want the championship now!"

Lin Qi naturally also saw his opponent; for the next opponent, no matter who it was, they couldn't stop him.

He wanted to defeat everyone; when the Tinder Trial came, he would also challenge the strongest of the other civilization one-on-one.

If he didn't go, others might not necessarily win.

"I announce the sixth round officially begins!"

"Inviting the two contestants of the first match, they are Contestant Li Tianxing from the Xia Guo, and Contestant Andrei from the Mao Xiong Nation..."

King Shanhe finished the announcement and turned into light particles and dissipated.

In the arena, two crimson beams of light descended violently.

The first match of the sixth round also officially began!

Lin Qi looked at Li Tianxing; Li Tianxing, like himself, had only broken through to the Eighth Realm five months ago.

He himself had only opened 50-something apertures so far, while Li Tianxing and Sun Sheng were not as good as him.

At most, they had opened 40-something apertures if they only used two abilities.

Wanting to defeat Andrei, who had opened over 72 apertures, was simply a pipe dream.

So if they wanted to win, they had to use three abilities.

"That is...!"

Jiang Tao exclaimed from the side!

He saw Li Tianxing in the arena, brandishing a great spear, wearing a red battle armor, shrouded in crimson flames, his skin revealing two types of patterns.

Andrei had finally broken through the attack of 16 flying knives and opened distance from Li Tianxing, preparing for close combat!

Spirit Readers fear close combat the most!

Lin Qi had to admit that Li Tianxing was indeed amazing in controlling flying knives.

He could make Andrei extremely embarrassed.

But the power was limited and couldn't cause greater damage.

Andrei was also a top-tier genius, having awakened two abilities: 【Ice Cold】 and 【Ice Crystal】.

At the same time, he was good at power and defense, able to effectively block the damage of flying knives.

Now that he had seized the opportunity to get close, ordinary martial artists might only have the result of losing.

And Li Tianxing was naturally not an ordinary genius, instantly erupting with his third ability.