Chapter 257: Is there any point in pretending to be weak with such low-class sword technique

The fighting on the martial arts arena continued. Luo Yong sat below the stage, holding an elixir in his hand, quickly swallowing it to restore the energy in his body.

The rules only prohibited taking elixirs on the stage; it was allowed off the stage. After all, contestants needed to recover their state as quickly as possible to prepare for the next round of competition.

While regulating his breath, Luo Yong watched the fighting on the stage, feeling a secret emotion in his heart.

"The sword techniques of these geniuses are indeed extraordinary; every move and every style contains profound sword intent."

Normally, Luo Yong was considered the bottom of these one hundred people. Just now, he had defeated Gao Jingnian with the help of the precious sword refined by Emperor Li Chen. Although the victory came somewhat suddenly, it also gave him a deeper understanding of the Dao of the Sword.

Seeing the fighting of other young sword cultivators, he felt that his own sword technique seemed to have made a breakthrough, as if touching some profound realm.

On the martial arts arena, sword Qi was constantly colliding, and the various exquisite movement techniques used by both sides of the competition made people dizzy.

Bursts of cheers erupted from the spectator stands from time to time, and even the main dais where the referees and sect masters were located praised the performance of these young sword cultivators endlessly.

After intense competition, the Top 50 had been determined, and the second round of competition soon began.

As the number 1 draw, Luo Yong walked onto the martial arts arena again.

His mood was somewhat complicated, both a bit nervous and a bit expectant.

It was at this moment that a familiar scene appeared: the spectator stands erupted in a burst of enthusiastic cheering.

Luo Yong knew that his opponent for the second round was the 'Weeping Blood Sword Child' Wei Wei Yuanping of the Heaven-Crying Sword Tomb, who was the number two seed of the Sword Discussion Assembly.

Wei Wei Yuanping was very famous in this place, so the cheering was naturally for Wei Wei Yuanping.

He was a sword cultivator from the Imperial Capital, unfamiliar with the place; who would cheer for him?

But when he walked onto the stage, Luo Yong was surprised to find that among these cheers, there was actually his own name; it seemed everyone was very satisfied with his performance in the first round and started cheering for him.

This was the first time Luo Yong had stood on such a big stage and received cheers from the audience, and a little pride sprouted in his heart.

But at this time, he was thinking again: how good it would be if I had defeated my opponent by my own ability.

The last win was just by borrowing Emperor Li Chen's power, so now, he intended to display the sword technique he had just realized, to try his own power, to use his own power!

Just then, Wei Wei Yuanping also walked onto the martial arts arena.

After Wei Wei Yuanping got on stage, he didn't act as arrogant and domineering as Gao Jingnian, but instead appeared very polite.

He glanced at Luo Yong and said faintly: "Brother Luo, please enlighten me."

Many people familiar with Wei Wei Yuanping knew that his politeness was not because of a gentle personality; in fact, compared to Gao Jingnian, he was even more arrogant.

But the previous Gao Jingnian, who wasn't polite, had already been defeated and lost face to the grandmother's house, so he didn't dare to talk big, lest he also get his face slapped.

If he won later, he would definitely dare to be arrogant.

"Brother Wei, please." Luo Yong gripped the long sword in his hand, his gaze firm.

The referee gave an order, and the competition officially began.

Wei Wei Yuanping's sword momentum unfolded instantly, the sword tip weeping and complaining, every move carrying endless sorrow.

Even his opponent was infected by his offensive, and his whole person started to become sluggish.

Luo Yong displayed the sword technique he had just realized; although the sword momentum was ordinary, it contained a plain and unadorned power.

Perhaps in the eyes of most cultivators, this sword technique of Luo Yong's was already very good, but this was the Eternal Sword Discussion Assembly; his level was indeed too not ordinary.

The sword tips of the two crossed in the air, and the sound of weapons colliding rose and fell.

Although Luo Yong's sword technique had improved, it still appeared stretched thin in front of Wei Wei Yuanping's sorrowful sword intent.

His sword momentum was completely suppressed by Wei Wei Yuanping, and every time the sword tips collided, he felt a huge pressure.

Not even three moves in, Luo Yong felt he was about to be swallowed by that endless sorrow, and his actions and emotions were affected.

But just as Luo Yong was retreating steadily, Wei Wei Yuanping suddenly stopped his offensive, stopping in a way that made people feel inexplicable.

Only to see him looking coldly at Luo Yong, then pointing at Luo Yong with his long sword, cursing angrily: "What do you mean? Is there any point in pretending to be weak with such low-class sword technique? If you do this again, you are looking down on our Heaven-Crying Sword Tomb! Use your real ability!"

After fighting for a while, Wei Wei Yuanping felt that Luo Yong was really going too far. You already used this 'playing the pig to eat the tiger' move just now to defeat Gao Jingnian, and you're using it on me again? Is this interesting!

Hearing this, Luo Yong was speechless in his heart. What low-class sword technique? This is my real ability; why don't you guys believe it!

I didn't want to use a cheat, but you guys are forcing me to use it, right?

Under Wei Wei Yuanping's pressure, Luo Yong could only continue to drive the long sword refined by Emperor Li Chen.

The next second, golden light flourished on the sword body, and a domineering sword intent erupted from the sword body.

"Good, this is more like it, watch the sword!" Saying this, Wei Wei Yuanping rushed up excitedly, his sword technique even sharper.

As a sword cultivator, one is not afraid of fighting with experts, but afraid of having no experts.

Luo Yong's sword momentum changed abruptly, the sword tip hacking toward Wei Wei Yuanping like thunder.

His sword momentum contained an unrivaled domineering power; in front of this domineering power, sorrow and despair were completely disintegrated.

In Wei Wei Yuanping's eyes, it seemed there was some powerhouse's phantom on Luo Yong; he wasn't fighting Luo Yong, but fighting this powerhouse.

Wei Wei Yuanping sighed in his heart: which powerhouse's sword intent did this guy copy? Does our Heavenly Strategy Dynasty have such a powerhouse?

While he was sighing, his sword technique was already in chaos, and his defeat was about to appear.

Unsurprisingly, Luo Yong 'seized the opportunity', erupting with a burst of terrifying domineering sword intent; Wei Wei Yuanping's long sword was directly shaken away, the sword tip landing and making a crisp sound. This time, the audience below the stage wasn't shocked, but instead erupted in another burst of cheers.

"Luo Yong did a beautiful job; this move of breaking a thousand with one force is simply perfect!"

"I feel Luo Yong still has a trump card; I don't know who can force out his true strength."

"Holy crap, Luo Yong has such ability and is still so low-key; if it were me, I definitely couldn't do it."

"I feel perhaps only Divine Son Jun can test out Luo Yong's true strength!"

It seems the audience already felt that this was Luo Yong's own strength; this guy was used to playing the pig to eat the tiger, and the 'clumsy' sword intent from before was definitely an act.

If Luo Yong knew that the audience thought this way, he would definitely be very uncomfortable; that 'clumsy' sword intent you guys mentioned is actually my true ability!

On the referee's dais, the head referee nodded, revealing a satisfied smile, then announced loudly: "Luo Yong wins!"

In the head referee's view, Luo Yong was truly a talent; to have such sword intent at a young age, he would be a sword master sooner or later.

Except for Jun Shizi Shizi Jun Zhan Tian, the referees were all masters of the sword technique halls of the major sects.

The audience could even hear some referees starting to compete to take Luo Yong as a disciple.

!

The head referee told them to calm down. Luo Yong could have such sword intent because he must have had a powerhouse's guidance behind him; it wasn't something they could just take as they pleased.

If they truly had the intention of cherishing talent, they could go and ask after the competition ended; whoever dared to take a disciple in public here and disrupt the competition, don't blame him for turning hostile.

The head referee was still relatively rigorous, and his prestige was also extremely high.

When he said this, the other referees calmed down.

Beside him, Divine Son Jun Shizi Shizi Jun Zhan Tian felt more and more that this kid named Luo Yong was hiding his strength, but he also had the certainty of winning. No matter how strong you are, you are just my stepping stone.

You must know, Jun Shizi Shizi Jun Zhan Tian's master is the He He Zongzhu of the Return to Ruins Boundless Sect, and he is also the possessor of the Innate Holy Body, having received countless inheritances since childhood, his body having been strengthened by countless spiritual treasures; there is no reason for him to lose.

The two matches of the first day had ended. Even if the cultivators were refined to the Soul Spirit Realm, their state was not good after two battles.

The purpose of the Sword Discussion Assembly was to compete for the sword cultivator with the strongest sword intent, not a death match.

At this time, it was necessary to rest reasonably to let the sword cultivators recover their state.

Two rounds of competition determined the Top 25.

What was surprising was that Luo Yong's 'good brother', the green-clothed sword cultivator, also successfully advanced.

Those sword cultivators who advanced had already started to become arrogant.

They were the Top 25 out of tens of thousands of sword cultivators, one in ten thousand; why couldn't they be arrogant?

As soon as they came out, they showed off to their fellow disciples how awesome they were just now and how they defeated their opponents.

Only Luo Yong was somewhat disappointed when he came out, even feeling restless.

Many people saw this scene and started to promote it according to their own ideas.

Shock! The biggest dark horse of the Sword Discussion Assembly, Luo Yong, feels depressed because his opponent's strength is too poor!

Such rumors spreading out were enough to cause a certain degree of shock.

Others didn't know, but Gao Jingnian and Wei Wei Yuanping, who were defeated by him, must be very uncomfortable.

Are we two considered poor?

But losing is losing; they had no way to refute it.

When Luo Yong arrived at the restaurant, Li Chen had just arrived.

Seeing Li Chen, Luo Yong restored his respectful appearance and bowed.

Sensing that Luo Yong looked somewhat worried, Li Chen asked suspiciously: "Did you lose the competition?"

From this sentence, it could be judged that Li Chen hadn't watched at all.

Luo Yong replied respectfully: "That's not it, it's just that this commoner has some doubts."

After Li Chen let the waiter serve the wine, he said: "Just speak freely."

Luo Yong told his thoughts one by one.

This time he defeated Gao Jingnian and Wei Wei Yuanping, who were the number three and number two seeds of the Sword Discussion Assembly, and their strength and reputation were beyond doubt.

But he couldn't be happy at all, because this wasn't relying on his own strength, but borrowing Emperor Li Chen's power.

The audience cheered for him, the referee also expressed appreciation for him, and his opponents also expressed admiration.

But he felt ashamed, after all, this wasn't a result he achieved by his own ability. He felt that using Emperor Li Chen's power was cheating, which was a bit unfair to other contestants.

Of course, here Luo Yong also solemnly explained that this was not Emperor Li Chen's problem, but his own problem. If he were a bit stronger, he could have completed Emperor Li Chen's entrustment.

Finally, Luo Yong added: "This is this commoner's foolish opinion; if there is any offense, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 258 =====