Chapter 38 The Biggest Dark Horse
"boom!"
The sword flashed and swept as fast as lightning, leaving people no time to react.
After a loud bang, the spiritual power that protected Jiang Hong's body was directly cut off and destroyed.
The enormous force lifted him up and knocked him down under the stage.
"what?!"
"Ji Chen actually won? Just one sword..."
This scene, although it sounds long, actually only took a few breaths.
When they realized what was happening, many people in the surrounding audience seats couldn't help but burst into exclamations.
Some people even gasped, feeling extremely horrified.
"How is this possible? Isn't Jiang Hong at the peak of the third level of the Condensed Veins Realm? How could he be defeated by Ji Chen?"
"And it's just one sword. It seems to be the most basic sword technique, sword drawing?"
No one could help but be surprised and everyone started talking about it.
"This boy... has an incredible talent in swordsmanship!" Someone from the older generation couldn't help but speak up.
"Wow!"
Ji Xueruo shouted and applauded Ji Chen, "Sister Yanran, look, Ji Chen won again!"
"Has he become so strong now?"
Ji Yanran was equally stunned. Although she had heard Ji Xueruo say before that Ji Chen defeated a third-level Condensing Vein Realm expert with just one sword, now, after seeing it with her own eyes, she couldn't help but feel extremely surprised.
"impossible!"
In the direction of the VIP seats, Ji Xiaotian stood up with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Not far from him, Master Lin Qing was also sitting there, watching Ji Chen's game from beginning to end.
He was also shocked.
"Master Ji, this boy seems to be named Ji Chen? He seems to have the same name as the young master in your family?"
Beside Ji Xiaotian, a strong man from a certain family suddenly spoke.
As the largest family in Yangcheng, the Ji family is naturally well-known. And it is precisely because of this that more people know Ji Chen's reputation as a waste.
"More than just having the same name, they are the same person."
Not far away, Master Lin Qing couldn't help but smile when he heard these words.
"Oh? So this Ji Chen is the son of the head of the Ji family? I'm so sorry." The person who spoke was surprised and quickly clasped his fists towards Ji Xiaotian.
"This rebellious son is no longer a member of my Ji family."
However, Ji Xiaotian snorted coldly, "I don't have such a son. Before this, he has already ruled out my Ji family. My son is named Ji Wushuang!"
"This……"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the VIP seats were stunned and looked at each other.
An old man with white hair and beard said with a smile, "The Ji family doesn't want such a genius in swordsmanship, but our Sword Sect values him very much. Unfortunately, he has already joined the Yuhua Sect..."
The Sword Sect is a large sect within the Yun Kingdom. Within the entire sect, from the headmaster to the ordinary disciples, all are sword practitioners.
Today, Ji Chen's swordsmanship was extraordinary. He defeated a powerful enemy with the most basic sword-drawing technique. Such performance naturally attracted the Sword Sect's desire to recruit him.
Ji Xiaotian remained silent, his face gloomy.
Obviously, the more outstanding Ji Chen's performance was today, the more embarrassed he felt.
"The winner is Ji Chen!"
Elder Xu Yan cleared his throat and shouted again, "Directly advance to the main competition."
"This little guy is really not simple."
At the same time, in a certain direction of the crowd, the great elder Ling Zhuo stared at Ji Chen with sharp eyes.
In the previous entrance examination, Ji Chen had already shown his extraordinary side.
He had a premonition that such a genius would become famous throughout the Yun Kingdom in the future.
After all, for many years, no one had been able to light up all nine crystals with the Yuhua Sect's spirit-testing drum, and only Ji Chen had been able to do so!
"Ji Chen, congratulations."
Lin Caier and Li Yang came over.
Their game was over and they were not able to advance.
Ji Chen was about to speak, but he saw Li Yang with a bruised face and frowned, "What's going on?"
"I was a bit unlucky. I met Yan Zhe in the third game. Otherwise, I would have a high chance of advancing to the main competition." Li Yang sighed.
"I watched the match between Li Yang and Yan Zhe just now. That guy's attack was extremely heavy. If Li Yang hadn't practiced physical training and was relatively resistant to blows, he would probably not be able to walk now." Lin Cai'er said angrily.
"Yan Zhe..."
Ji Chen narrowed his eyes and looked around.
Not far away, he felt a gaze and looked over.
There, Yan Zhe was looking at him with a sneer on his face, and there was a look of provocation in his eyes.
"Ji Chen, this guy is very strong. If you meet him in the main competition, you must be careful." Li Yang reminded.
"rest assured."
Ji Chen nodded, "It would be great if we met each other. It's time to settle the previous grudges with him."
……
The competition continues.
Finally, about an hour later, the top ten contestants in the ten elimination rounds were decided, adding up to exactly one hundred.
These one hundred people will participate in the next main competition stage.
"The main competition is about to begin. I didn't expect Ji Chen to actually make it this far." Ji Xueruo said excitedly.
Being able to rank among the top 100 among thousands of disciples is not an easy achievement.
At least that's the case for Ji Chen.
After all, in the eyes of Ji Xueruo and Ji Yanran, the other party more than a month ago was just a good-for-nothing young master of their Ji family.
But now, he has transformed himself and shines brightly in this outer sect competition.
It would be hard for them to believe such things if they didn't see them with their own eyes.
"The opponents in the main competition are all very strong. Being able to get to this point should be his limit." Ji Yanran said.
No one who can squeeze into the main competition is a simple person. In her opinion, Ji Chen is only at the first level of Condensing Veins Realm after all. The probability of him really getting a good ranking or even winning a place to enter the inner gate is almost zero.
"The first match of the competition, Ji Chen versus Wang Shuo!"
Soon, the draw was over and Ji Chen was the first to go on stage, which surprised him a little.
However, without giving it much thought, after hearing the elder in charge of drawing lots read out his name, he immediately leaped up and jumped onto the stage.
"You are lucky. You are already proud of being able to reach this point in the first level of the Condensed Veins Realm."
Wang Shuo was standing not far away on the opposite side, looking Ji Chen up and down, with a hint of pride between his brows.
"Buzz!"
Ji Chen said nothing, without any nonsense, he drew out the wooden sword immediately, and still used the sword-drawing technique, which he performed without hesitation.
The sword energy flew out in the air, as if cutting through space, and in the blink of an eye, it was approaching Wang Shuo.
"boom!"
Immediately afterwards, a dull loud noise reached everyone's ears.
The next moment, Wang Shuo was unable to withstand Ji Chen's sword attack. He was knocked flying and fell heavily under the stage.
After a long while, he finally got up from the ground with a confused look on his face, as if he had not yet realized what had happened.
"Concession."
Ji Chen put away his sword and stood up, speaking in a calm voice, then walked calmly down the stage.
"hiss!"
There were bursts of gasps, and in the audience seats all around, everyone who saw this scene was now shocked to the extreme.
"How is it possible? He defeated his opponent with just one strike of the sword?"
"Wang Shuo didn't have the energy to fight back at all. It was too terrifying. Ji Chen's sword was so fast that people couldn't react at all!"
"Is that really just sword-drawing? The most basic sword technique?"
"This boy...will be the biggest dark horse in this year's outer sect competition!"
Many people are talking about it.