Chapter 8: The tournament has begun

Ling Lin was surprised that the two of them had to pass such a tough test. The cult leader will kill us with his demand. The requirements are just too high. How can they survive without knowing a proper cultivation technique?

Ling Lin thought for a long time. He came to the conclusion that it would be impossible to defeat the training puppets with his skills.

Since Ling Lin has a photographic memory, he could memorize the technique in 2 minutes. He set the training puppet to body tempering level 2 and waited for it to attack.

"Clap, clap, clap. My attacks are effective, but they don't take out the opponent."

"I need other sword techniques. Hmm I still have three days left. I will increase the strength of the training puppet by one level. "

Three days have passed due to the harsh training conditions, Ling Lin was able to cultivate two levels higher.

"I am now at the level 4 of body mastery. However, I am still unable to beat opponents who are three levels higher. The difference in strength is just too great. I almost died doing that, luckily they can only move within a certain radius, otherwise I wouldn't be alive.

I'm curious to see how Hawk'seye will fare. Knowing her, I'm sure she'll be fine."

At that moment, the sect leader Firefist appeared. "Step forward, the time has come! The tournament has already begun and your battle will begin shortly."

Ling Lin stepped forward, "I have not been able to master your requirements. Although I have made progress in cultivation. But I have not been able to defeat the puppet who was three levels higher than me. My maximum is two levels higher. I was able to bring my own ideas and defeat the doll, but three levels higher is impossible for me right now."

At that moment, Hawkeye stepped forward.

"I'm already at the cultivation body tempering level 10. I accidentally destroyed the training puppet, so I guess I need a new one. She looked toward thunderclap and smiled

Ling Lin and Firefight were startled by the scene, how the hell had she managed to destroy the training puppet? Not only did she destroy it, but her progress is illogically high. Could she have cultivation techniques?

Four levels in three days, that doesn't exist anywhere in the world.

Ling Lin pondered "Something is wrong. Not only was she able to destroy the training puppet. No she was also able to get to such a cultivation level in three days." According to the book and his understanding, it is impossible to get advanced that fast.

"I think you are overqualified for the tournament. You won't participate in this tournament. I'm more afraid that the participants will die if they fight you. You are now officially a disciple in our sect. I will send you on a mission. You will form a group with two of our elite disciples and kill the evil cultivator "Bloodmoth". He has settled near our border and killing people without Qi. If the mission is successful you are to report to sect elder Everqueen. She will take you as a disciple. You are more likely to be attuned as an assassin."

Firefist turned back to Ling Lin. "Thunderclap, it will be difficult for you to win this tournament. But I think you can finish in the top 10. I expect you to finish in the top five. "

Firefist brought Thunderclap to the tournament site. There were so many people there, and when he looked through the crowd, he saw that most of them had level 4 to 6 body control. So it wasn't really a challenge for him. Every now and then he would see people with level 7 or 8 body control, which would be difficult to fight against.

There were already a few fights before Ling Lin came on.

There was no age limit here. There was also no limit to the cultivation level.

Most of those who did not have the body tempering level were already eliminated and did not pass the test. Although they could learn bits and pieces of fighting techniques, it did not help against those who could collect qi. Because of the fighting tournament, 2,000 people out of 10,000 died. 5,000 people could not learn the fighting art in three days or were too old. These had to replace their value by other missions or tasks. They have a chance to do a retest in three months, if they can't do it by then they will be expelled completely. So there are 3,000 opponents left. The tournament is structured in such a way that you have to win three times to advance to the next round. In total you have six fights. If you have three victories you are through. In the end, only 1,500 will remain. These are already accepted students but without a master. The 1,500 students can then decide whether they want to continue fighting or are satisfied as an outer student position. Only the top 100 will be accepted as students. Some people who were higher than body tempering level 9 were automatically accepted as inner students.

In the second phase of the tournament, you have to win all the fights. There is little time to rest between fights. The fights take place parallel to the other fights an opponent is assigned to one directly after a won fight.

"Contestant Thunderclap against contestant Gang Wu please step forward! The referee shouted to the crowd.

The two walked into the arena.

The referee explained the rules once again.

"I would like to explain the rules again. Weapons are allowed.Killing is allowed, but if the opponent gives up first, he may not be killed. If you still kill your opponent even though he has given up you will also die. If someone faints, it also counts as a defeat. Now fight!"

Without hesitation Gang Wu attacked: "Eat my fist".

Who was he? He was at body tempering level 6 and was arrogant towards others who had a lower level than him.

Thunderclap parried his fist with his sword " Pang " and slashed his upper body.

Since he attacked without a weapon and there was no structure to his fight, he was quickly defeated.

"Argh I give up! I give up!"

"Participant Thunderclap has won. Contestant Fu Feng please step forward. Fight!"

Fu Feng went into a defensive stance and fanned with his sword. Fu Feng was also at body tempering level 6. However, he was not as arrogant as his predecessor. "Go ahead and attack, you little rat!" Fu Feng smiled at Thunderclap, confident of victory.

Unimpressed at the scene thunderclap attacked. He quickly moved to the opponent's position. The swords clashed twenty times "Ding ding ding ..."

Both were able to parry their attacks. Thunderclap considered in the fight how he could strike down his opponent. He quickly found a solution. He used his Qi, which has electricity attributes, and transferred it into his sword.

When Fu Feng parried again, he got the full electricity and fainted.

The spectators could not see why he fainted? Many could not see that he used his qi and transferred it into his weapon. The elders watching were amazed that someone could have electricity as an attribute. The second round was also won.

"Participant Tunderclap won. Contestant Fu Dong please step forward. Fight."

Fu Dong looked quite angry. His brother was being grilled by someone. He could see it clearly that he used Qi. "Don't think I'm making it easy for you to win this round I'm still one round short of winning. I will destroy your electricity with my fire qi! "

He poured out, clenching his fist and punching towards Thnunderclap. A huge fireball hit Thundeclap. "Booom!"

Thunderclap was amazed, he was able to parry the attack at the last second, but with severe burns "not bad. But that's not enough to win against me. "

What amazed Thunderclap even more was that he was in the same body tempering level as him. So it made a huge difference if someone could use his attributes. It would increase his fighting power enormously.

Thunderclap had to come up with something again. "How about I combine the electricity with movement? With that, I should be faster than him and through pure speed, I can win this."

He sent his Qi into his legs and feet and ran quickly. Fu Dong only recognized his afterimage and realized that he had been slashed. "no... arghh ..how?.."

"Participant Thunderclap has won. You have qualified for the knockout rounds.

Please come back in two days."

Ling Lin walked out of the arena towards home. Once home, he took care of his burns and fell asleep.