Chapter 101 Eye-opening

Chapter 101 Eye-opening

Chapter 101 Eye-opening
Both the Xiao family and the Lu family became nervous. Both families had one victory each, and it all depended on the final battle. Whoever could get two wins would be the first in the group and would participate in the second round of competition.

The person who came on the stage from the Lu family was Lu Tao, who was about thirty-four or thirty-five years old. He was a general in the Sui army and served as the Guoyi Duwei of the Lujiang Military Headquarters. He was also the leader of the Lu family.

When Xiao Xia walked onto the stage holding the Frost Sword, the Lu family members burst into laughter as they actually sent a young man onto the stage.

However, Lu Tao looked serious, as the competition concerned the survival of the Xiao family, but the Xiao family sent a young man to compete. This young man must have something extraordinary.

"Please!"

Xiao Xia also saluted slowly and instantly entered the barrier-breaking state, but his aura was not noticeable at all.

Qi can also be called murderous intent or murderous aura. When a general enters a state of war, the murderous aura from within will naturally manifest itself.

Xiao Xia had been observing Lu Tao for a long time. He had been in the state of breaking barriers and had not restrained himself. This meant that he was also at the fifth level, just like Xiao Hu, only halfway through the state of breaking barriers and completely relying on drugs to maintain his condition.

What Xiao Xin said was absolutely correct. These so-called sixth and seventh-grade martial artists were actually all fifth-grade. They relied on drugs to break through barriers, but did not have the ability to consolidate their essence, and ultimately became half-baked.

Lu Tao was pleasantly surprised to find that there was no murderous aura on Xiao Xia's body, which meant that he had not entered the barrier-breaking state. Could it be that he was still only a fourth-rank warrior?

Lu Tao changed his mind and suddenly realized that their most powerful warrior was Xiao Xin in front, who had gone to deal with the Yu family, and the weaker warrior happened to be encountered by him.

This was not a tactical arrangement by the opponent, but a complete coincidence.

Thinking of this, Lu Tao's morale was boosted. He gathered the power of thunder and stabbed at Xiao Xia with a sword.

Of course Xiao Xia had entered the barrier-breaking state, but he restrained his energy. He slightly dodged, and in the split second when the two sides crossed, the dagger touched the opponent's wrist.

Xiao Xia's speed was too fast, just like the sword that Yuwen Chengdu stabbed out, which was completely invisible to the human eye.

Lu Tao only felt a mosquito bite on his wrist, and there was an unbearable stinging pain. He couldn't even hold the sword anymore.

"Clang!"

When the sword fell to the ground, Lu Tao was stunned on the spot. Everyone except Xiao Xin, even Lu Tao himself, thought that it was a mistake.

Several members of the Lu family hurriedly ran to explain to the referee that it was just their own mistake and should not be counted.

All three referees raised their signs mercilessly, the weapons fell to the ground, and the opponent was declared the loser!

More than a dozen Lu family members couldn't help crying. This defeat was too humiliating.

Xiao Lin walked to Xiao Xin's side and asked in a low voice: "It's not an accident, right?"

Xiao Xin shook his head. "When two armies are fighting, how can there be any surprises? The Lu family couldn't even think of this, they deserved to lose."

At this time, the emcee announced loudly, "In the third round, Jiangdu Xiao family won!"

The Xiao family members were all excited; they won the first round and advanced.

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Yang Zhao's carriage sped along the official road. It was more than ten miles from Pier 6 to Pier 1, and it would take a while to get there.

"Third brother, that Lu family man dropped his sword just now, it wasn't a mistake, right?"

"What do you think, brother?" Xiao Xia asked with a smile.

"Me? I think when a person is charging, every muscle in his body must be tense, and he must be holding the sword tighter than ever before. How could he drop the sword?"

"Brother, have you ever practiced martial arts?"

Yang Zhao laughed dryly, "I have been busy eating since I was a child, how could I have the heart to learn martial arts or literature?"

Yang Zhao punched his brother again, "Don't interrupt me, tell the truth about the question just now!"

Xiao Xia smiled slightly and said, "That Lu underestimated his enemy. He stabbed me with all his strength, and a loophole appeared in my defense. I took advantage of this loophole..." Yang Zhao laughed, "It's you, kid. It's so funny. The Lu family even went to complain, saying that the referee was unfair."

Xiao Xia said calmly: "The rules are here. If the sword falls to the ground, you lose. What's the point of complaining?"

"Yeah! If you don't even know why you lost your sword, how can you be qualified to enter the second round?"

At this moment, countless soldiers suddenly ran around the carriage, and someone shouted: "Yuwen Chengdu must come out!"

Xiao Xia was invigorated and asked quickly, "Which family does Yuwen Chengdu represent?"

Yang Zhao's eyes widened, "Of course it's Yuwen Shu's family. Do you think he doesn't want to seize the docks to make a fortune?"

The carriage soon arrived at Pier No. 1, which is located on the east side of the canal and close to the canal. It was already crowded with people, and tens of thousands of soldiers had surrounded the arena, which was in stark contrast to the deserted Piers No. 6 and No. 7.

The reason is simple. The soldiers don't like to watch the southern style sword fighting where women can also participate. They prefer the northern style fighting where fierce generals fight one-on-one.

The competition arena is about the size of three basketball courts. The rules are the same. Three teams fight in a group and the winner advances.

There were three tents around the arena, with war horses tied at the door. This was the third group of competition in the north, contested by the Yuwen Shu family, the Han family, and the Wei family.

The Wei family lost both games and was eliminated. The Yuwen Shu family and the Han family won one game each. Now it was the crucial third game, and Yuwen Chengdu represented the Yuwen Shu family.

The general of the Han family is a veteran in his fifties, Han Sengshou, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty and the brother of the fierce general Han Qinhu. However, Han Qinhu has passed away for many years, and Han Sengshou is currently the head of the Han family.

Yuwen Chengdu was holding a 240-jin gilded phoenix-wing hammer in his hand, riding a fire dragon horse, wearing an iron helmet and silver armor. His eyes were as cold as lightning, and he looked like a god descending from heaven, majestic and awe-inspiring.

Han Sengshou rode a white dragon horse, carried an eighty-jin golden machete on his back, and wore an iron helmet and armor, exuding a murderous aura.

"Boom-"

With the ringing of a clear bell, the competition began.

Yuwen Chengdu urged his warhorse to gallop towards the enemy. Han Sengshou drew his bow and shot an arrow as fast as a meteor towards Yuwen Chengdu's throat. Yuwen Chengdu lightly swung his gilded hammer to knock the arrow away. The warhorse was only thirty steps away from the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy was invincible, Han Sengshou threw away his bow and arrow, urged his horse to gallop, and waved his mountain-cutting sword to kill the enemy.

The two men were ten feet apart. Han Sengshou wielded his sword and rushed towards the other party first. The sharp sword created a whirlwind and was fierce.

Yuwen Chengdu sneered, held the phoenix-wing gilded sword horizontally, and blocked all the opponent's attack routes.

"Bang!" The big knife hit the gilded drill heavily, but the gilded drill did not move at all, and the big knife was bounced away.

Without waiting for Han Sengshou to change his moves, the Phoenix-winged Gilded Drill hit Han Sengshou's head heavily. The speed was neither fast nor slow, but the powerful momentum was like a mountain pressing down on his head, covering Han Sengshou from front to back, left to right.

It felt as if the phoenix-wing gilded drill suddenly grew a hundred times larger, dropped from the sky, and covered the other person.

Han Sengshou had no room to dodge at all. He only had two choices: either fight back head-on or fall off his horse, where his horse would be killed and he would lose the battle.

It's not shameful to lose to Yuwen Chengdu, but this is just the first time they met!

Han Sengshou gritted his teeth, put all his strength into his arms, raised the sword and thrust it upwards.

"Dang!" With a sharp sound, the phoenix-wing gilded boring tool hit the opponent's sword handle hard.

Han Sengshou screamed, both his arms were broken, he fell off his horse, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. His mountain-cutting sword was also smashed and flew dozens of feet away, with the handle bent.

In the first encounter, Han Sengshou was defeated by Yuwen Chengdu and his internal organs were seriously injured.

Tens of thousands of soldiers around jumped up together, and their cheers reached the sky.

At this moment, Xiao Xia was also shaken by what he saw. It was the first time that he knew what real martial arts were. His previous sword skills were just trifles that were not up to par at all.

(End of this chapter)