Battle of the Top 100

On the second day, the battle for the top 50 was held as scheduled. The martial arts academy's large training field was still crowded with people.

"How is it? Have you all advanced to the next round?" Han Yan'er asked as she looked at the people who had gathered together.

"Yes. The opponent wasn't strong and I was able to quickly deal with them," Tang Yu nodded.

"Where's Kuang Qing? Why isn't he here yet?" Gu Hongyi looked around and realized that Mo Qingkuang was not there, "Do you think he had encountered a tough opponent?" 

Han Yan'er shook her head, "His round was the first one to end. He went to watch the Origin Sword Sect's disciples matches."

Chen Shi raised his eyelids and asked in surprise. He hadn't expected Kuang Qing to be so eager to observe his opponent, "To watch Liu Xuan's match?"

"No, he seems to have gone directly to Yang Lin's match."

"Yang Lin? Was he Chu Yanran's lover whom he had insulted yesterday?" Gu Hongyi's beautiful eyes flashed mischievously.

"Something's up. Something must have happened between the two of them!" Tang Yu seemed to have figured out the truth, "Yesterday, it looked like he was humiliating Chu Yanran, but the more I think about it, he seemed to have been provoking Yang Lin."

"Let's go and take a look," Gu Hongyi left immediately.

Chen Shi shook his head, "I'm going to watch Liu Xuan's match. He's my biggest opponent," And with that, he walked in another direction.

....

Han Yan'er and the other two came to the venue where Lin Yang was and found a strange sight.

Mo Qingkuang stood in the crowd below Lin Yang's stage, his eyes remained on him. The sparks in their eyes almost ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

The surrounding people could feel that the aura around Mo Qingkuang was not right. The intense killing intent made them shudder. They all retreated a certain distance, causing the one-meter radius around Mo Qingkuang to become empty.

After yesterday's preliminary round, the Central Plains had basically confirmed that the Origin Sword Sect would send seven disciples to this competition. One was the inner sect disciple Liu Xuan, and the new disciples were Yang Lin, Qian Song, Fan Zhuang, and a few others. Among them, Chu Yanran had already been eliminated by Mo Qingkuang, and the other six had all advanced to the top hundred.

The Central Plains had arranged for them to fight opponents who were one level stronger than them. Liu Xuan, in particular, arranged for a Fourth-Grade Martial Master to be his opponent.

In order to preserve the face of this Martial Arts Examination, the Imperial Clan of the Central Plains had no choice but to break the rules themselves to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Han Yan'er looked at the stage. Lin Yang's opponent was a young man with two blades.

"Liu Wuying? I didn't expect it to be him!" Tang Yu asked in surprise.

Lin Yang's opponent this time was Liu Wuying, who made himself a name in Jingdu. He used two blades and was extremely fast. He was known as the Shadowless Blade.

Liu Wuying was turning nineteen years old this year. He was a Peak grade-two Martial Master. He had a chance to enter the Martial Arts Institute in the last Martial Arts Examination, but his family had prevented him from participating on the grounds that he was young.

Although he was already beyond the age to participate in the martial arts examination, he had long been recognized by the martial arts academy and could directly enter the school to cultivate.

However, the Origin Sword Sect had caused trouble this time, causing the Central Province to have no choice but to request him to change his age and participate in the martial arts examination. His opponent was Lin Yang.

Liu Wuying stood opposite Lin Yang with two blades in his hands and snorted in dissatisfaction, "What are you looking at? Your opponent is me!"

From the moment he stepped onto the stage until now, the scarred man, who was suspected to be a disciple of the Origin Sword Sect, had been staring at Kuang Qing, who had recently risen to fame, for 15 minutes.

He was quite talented and had always thought highly of himself. He even felt that if it were not for his age, Chen Kong might not have been the previous martial arts champion.

His voice interrupted Lin Yang and Mo Qingkuang's staring contest, and he turned his attention back to him.

Seeing this, Tang Yu said with a gloating smile, "Ha, Yang Lin has his eyes filled with Kuang Qing who humiliated his lover yesterday, which distracted Yang Lin from his opponent. Liu Wuying is not someone easy to get along with."

"Yeah, Liu Wuying has always been arrogant and conceited, and he is also extremely strong. Yang Lin's actions must have angered him. He might even have another scar on his face," Gu Hongyi nodded in agreement.

Lin Yang faced Liu Wuying again and mouthed something to Mo Qingkuang.

Mo Qingkuang's heart shook when he saw this. He could tell. Lin Yang said, "Mo Qingkuang, just you wait."

"Ancestor, he recognized me? Your makeup didn't work?" Mo Qingkuang asked in his mind.

"It's easy to put two and two together once he saw your behavior yesterday. If Lin Yang isn't an idiot, he'll definitely be able to recognize you," Mo Fan said nonchalantly. He was already prepared.

Although the God-Level Make-Up Technique was magical, thanks to Mo Qingkuang's crazy actions yesterday, even if Lin Yang did not think in that direction, how could his teacher, an old fox like the Alchemist Saint, not guess Mo Qingkuang's true identity?

"So what if he found out? If you show enough talent in this martial arts competition, do you think the Central Plains won't protect you?" Mo Fan said.

On the stage, Lin Yang looked at Liu Wuying again, "Are you that impatient?"

Liu Wuying thought that Lin Yang's disregard for him was very disrespectful, and he smirked, "I don't care who you are, you're unlucky today. If you want to fight Kuang Qing, you should admit defeat and challenge him alone! Otherwise, you probably won't be able to fight for half a year."

"Ha, you sure are confident," Lin Yang smiled. Since he didn't meet Mo Qingkuang, he would use this guy as a warm-up.

Han Yan'er and the others came to Mo Qingkuang's side and asked whispered, "What deep hatred do you have with him? Why do you look like you won't rest until one of you dies?"

Mo Qingkuang shook his head and did not speak.

"Forget it, it's your business. However, I'm afraid that Yang Lin won't have the chance to find trouble with you in the short term. He had successfully angered Liu Wuying, so Yang Lin will have to suffer." Tang Yu shook his head sulkily.

Mo Qingkuang's gaze was impartial as he stared intently at the stage. He said with certainty, "Lin Yang will win."

"What did you say? Who would win? Who is Lin Yang?" Gu Hongyi asked in confusion.

"Lin Yang? You said he is Lin Yang? The one who fought me in the Flower King Mausoleum?" Tang Yu was shocked when he heard that, "If it was him, he would most likely lose with Liu Wuying as his opponent." 

Back in the Flower King Mausoleum, it was Lin Yang who had fought him. He felt that although Lin Yang had the upper hand against him, he was not that much stronger.

Liu Wuying was also a noble disciple of the capital. They were quite familiar with each other, so he was very clear about Liu Wuying's strengths.

Liu Wuying was a peak grade-two Martial Master. His actual combat strength was probably stronger than some ordinary grade-three Martial Masters. How could he not beat Lin Yang?

"He didn't use his full strength when he fought with you." Mo Qingkuang looked at Tang Yu as if he was looking at a fool.

'That's Lin Yang. If anybody can deal with him, what right does he have to be my lifelong enemy?'

Although he hated Lin Yang to the bone, he could not deny Lin Yang's terrifying talent of breaking through to grade-eight in three months and the terrifying shadow of the grade-nine Martial Artist who defeated him as a pseudo-martial master.