Song Duan thought for a long time and finally gave up the challenge.
Cheng Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of facing Song Duan, it might be best not to fight. Now that Song Qi has let go of his hatred, there is no need to cause trouble again!
Moreover, in his previous battle with Cheng Maofa, in order to break the storm vortex, he used the newly learned sword skill "Heart-Refining Sword". This sword skill combines 70% of the sword's will and the general trend of the sword. It can be said to be his ultimate killing move.
The power of the sword move is similar to that of the Mirror Flower, Water Moon, but there is a flaw in the move. The Heart Refining Sword consumes not real energy, but mental power, and it consumes a lot of money. With his current mental strength, he can only strike three swords at his peak state.
This is a terrible consumption. You must know that Cheng Ling's mental power is almost comparable to that of a monk in the late stage of becoming a god. He is so powerful that he can only hit three swords. If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, he would be very reluctant to use a sword.
The compensation for mental energy consumption is different from that of real energy. There are almost no corresponding elixirs, only some heavenly materials and earthly treasures and self-operating skills to slowly recover. Therefore, it takes a long time, and the recovery during the battle is even slower, so why not do it if you can avoid it.
Song Duan gave up the challenge and his ranking remained at fourth, followed closely by Qiu Ruohen.
As a court attendant, Qiu Ruohen is very powerful and is regarded as a banner in the Kendo Academy. He is deeply valued by the senior leaders of the Taoist Academy and respected by his disciples. He turned to look at Cheng Ling and said calmly: "I abstain!"
Everyone was in an uproar, and Song Duan's abstention was shocking. You know, the conflict between him and Cheng Ling spread in the Kendo Academy. The disciples all thought they would take the opportunity to challenge, but unexpectedly they gave up.
Now when it comes to Qiu Ruohen, she has also abstained. Do they all think they are no match for Cheng Ling?
Everyone speculated a lot, and no one could see through the two people's thoughts.
The referee doesn't care about this. Since it's a forfeit, let's move on. Ranked second is Wu Tianlei, the senior brother of the Martial Arts Academy. He is a rough man with a strong fighting spirit. He should be able to witness a wonderful duel.
Unexpectedly, Wu Tianlei closed his eyes slightly and said: "I abstain!"
Now, neither the elders nor the disciples could understand. What's going on? Is the number one spot still a hot potato? If Cheng Ling gets on top, no one will want to fight for it?
Sun Yuanliang snorted coldly and glanced at Jian Wuya and Wu Qiankun. As expected, these two people were colluding together. Seeing that Cheng Ling occupied the first place, his disciples did not even challenge him.
Old God Jian Wuya is here, and for him, the situation in front of him is the best. Among the top ten, the Kendo Institute accounts for five seats. It doesn't matter who among the five is ranked first. What's more, Cheng Ling must have consumed a lot of money in the previous battle. It's better not to fight if he can.
Wu Qiankun watched the game as if he were watching a show. Whether it was the Kendo Academy or the Fa Dao Academy, both were stronger than the Martial Arts Academy. Relatively speaking, Jian Wuya is more in line with his taste. Coupled with the entangled interests, forming an alliance with the Kendo Academy is the best choice.
Therefore, when it was Wu Tianlei's turn, he ordered not to challenge him this round and give Cheng Ling some time to recover. As for the next few rounds, it's up to him to fight or not. If he can win the first place, it will be an honor for the Martial Arts Academy.
The head of the hospital, Zhao Zhongyuan, looked at the three deputies below him and sighed inwardly. Sun Yuanliang was too arrogant. With his own support, he had been suppressing the Kendo Academy and the Martial Arts Academy for decades. But after so many years, there are only a few disciples in the Taoist academy who are good at it.
On the contrary, it is the Kendo Academy, which has Qiu Ruohen, Song Duan, Bai Yiyi, Gu Youlan, and now Cheng Ling. Bai Yiyi and Gu Youlan can still be said to be protected by the first-generation dean, but Qiu Ruohen,
Song Duan and Cheng Ling relied entirely on their own abilities to reach their current level.
Decades of resource advantages have failed to cultivate a few outstanding disciples. It is too short-sighted to spend all day thinking about competing for power and profit with the other two masters. Among the top ten disciples, apart from Cheng Maofa, whom he personally trained, only two from the Fa Dao Academy were on the list, and they all ranked at the bottom.
Although the top three in the last competition were all from the Law Academy, the advantages of those three were not great. Their own cultivation talents had reached the stage of becoming gods, which was almost at their peak. There was basically no hope of breaking through again.
He knew that many elders in the academy were opposed to the introduction of too many monks with powerful backgrounds. But without those monks, relying on their own training, it would be impossible to establish a firm foothold in less than a few decades.
The Court of Justice alone blocks the two courts of Kendo and Martial Arts, which has inherent disadvantages. If we lose the support of those disciples with strong backgrounds, it is conceivable that the entire Taoist temple will fall into silence and eventually fall to the bottom.
In front of me, the young disciple I trained has not yet grown up. Unlike several outstanding disciples of the Kendo Academy, the advantages of the Kendo Academy are gradually fading, and they will eventually be squeezed out by the Kendo Academy. Sun Yuanliang cannot escape the blame for such a situation!
The first round of challenges came to Wu Tianlei and officially ended. As for Cheng Ling, since he was already ranked first, there was naturally no one to challenge him, so the referee automatically ignored him.
The second round of challenges officially begins! It’s still the old rule, starting with disciple number 100. This time, Fa Dao Yuan finally suffered a bitter pill.
The disciples ranked in the bottom fifty did not consume much, and could still maintain a certain advantage. They were not weak in the challenge, and barely held their position.
But the top fifty disciples were in misery. They were basically defeated by Cheng Ling. Their own combat power could only be used at half. They were targeted by the disciples of the Kendo Academy and the Martial Arts Academy, and they all ended in failure.
Their rankings dropped sharply. Starting from fifty, the top fifty disciples of the Fa Dao Academy were replaced by disciples from the Kendo Academy or the Martial Arts Academy.
In this way, it will look good. Those ranked below twenty are all disciples of the Fa Dao Academy. At this time, it was the turn of the top ten disciples to face off again. Soon, both Wu Changyuan and Zhao Yuanchang were pushed out of the top ten, and their replacements were Li Linfeng from the Kendo Academy and Wu Shentong from the Martial Arts Academy.
Sun Yuanliang was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and looked at Cheng Ling with murderous intent. Unexpectedly, the opponent also played a dirty trick in the challenge, causing all his disciples to be seriously injured, and their combat power was less than half of the original.
But helplessly, the previous challenges were all forced by him, and Cheng Ling was forced to fight back. What's more, it's a continuous battle. On the whole, it's the disciples of the Fa Daoyuan who are at fault. After the whole incident, the only result is that the teeth will be knocked out and blood will be swallowed.
Little did he know that the suffering was not over yet. After Wu Changyuan and Zhao Yuanchang were squeezed out of the top ten, only Cheng Maofa remained. At this time, it was Gu Youlan's turn to challenge again, and she challenged Cheng Maofa again!
Sun Yuan's conscience felt bitter, and he secretly prayed that Cheng Maofa could withstand it. If even he fails, the top ten disciples of Zhongfa Daoyuan will definitely be hit again, and there will be no room for recovery.
Unfortunately, things did not develop in the direction he hoped. Cheng Maofa was seriously injured in the battle with Cheng Ling and could not recover at all after a round of challenge. In addition, Gu Youlan can no longer stay behind this time and uses her full strength.
In the arena, the sharp sword energy has the intention of breaking the ban again. Cheng Maofa resisted hard and lasted for more than half an hour, but was finally defeated by Gu Youlan. Not only that, his injuries were even more serious!
In this way, Gu Youlan replaced Cheng Maofa and achieved fifth place.
Next,
It's Bai Yiyi's challenge. He glanced at the people in front, pouted, and finally gave up.
The current top six disciples are: Cheng Ling, Wu Tianlei, Qiu Ruohen, Song Duan, Gu Youlan, and Leng Feng.
The six of them were either from the Kendo Academy or the Law Academy, so there was no need to fight each other. Originally, given her temperament, she wanted to challenge Wu Tianlei, even the second-tier Leng Feng.
However, Jian Yinghao kept sending messages to her outside the court, asking her not to challenge the disciples of the martial arts academy, so she gave up. As for Gu Youlan, although she was unconvinced that she was ranked ahead of her, her strength was there. If she challenged him, she would probably end up losing.
Next up was Leng Feng, who had no choice but to abstain. The first few are extremely powerful, and according to the current situation, the effect of the two houses' union is very good. I don't want to destroy this delicate balance, so I can only give up!
After Leng Feng, Cheng Maofa, who was originally ranked fifth, has now fallen to eighth, and can only challenge in the eighth ranking. Unfortunately, he had just been defeated by Gu Youlan, and his combat power had dropped even further. The only two people who had a chance were Bai Yiyi and Leng Feng.
After glancing at the two of them, he decided to regain his fighting strength this round and give up the challenge!
Song Duan, ranked fourth, gave up the challenge!
This time, the audience was not happy. Come to watch the battle, the ones at the bottom are still fighting passionately, why are the people at the top giving up the challenge? What's the point of watching like this? It’s better to announce the ranking directly!
Perhaps seeing the audience's reaction, it was the turn of Qiu Ruohen, who ranked third. He turned to look at Cheng Ling and asked with a smile: "Cheng Ling, has your injury recovered?"
Cheng Ling was startled and realized instantly. He also wanted to try to see how far his strength had reached, so he replied: "It's okay, Senior Brother Qiu, please give me some advice!"
"Okay, I challenge Cheng Ling!"
After saying that, he walked lightly to the middle of the ring, followed closely by Cheng Ling!
This time, the audience's enthusiasm was finally awakened again. The two great swordsmen of the Kendo Academy were fighting each other. This was not something you usually see. Qiu Ruohen has superb swordsmanship. He has been ranked among the top ten since the last competition and has extremely strong combat power. It has not yet fought, and its strength is still unknown.
And Cheng Ling, the new dark horse, cut thorns all the way and defeated more than forty disciples of the Fa Dao Academy with one sword strike. He also has 70% of his sword power and the general trend of swordsmanship. He is definitely the most outstanding performer this year!
What kind of scene would it be like for two such powerful swordsmen to show off? The cheers soared to the sky one after another, reaching into the sky and unable to subside for a long time.
The referee was a little excited. Among the top ten, several abstentions had disappointed him, and now he was finally looking forward to a heavyweight showdown. This battle is almost a duel between the two top swordsmen of the Famous Sword Academy. Whoever wins between the two will be the number one swordsman in the academy.
Is it Cheng Ling? Or Qiu Ruohen? Even he had some expectations!
Cheng Ling and Qiu Ruohen stood opposite each other. The two drew their swords. Cheng Ling naturally used the red flame sword, but Qiu Ruohen's sword was a shining golden sword. The length of the sword was quite regular, but the width was a little wider than ordinary swords.
He said calmly: "Cheng Ling, this sword is called the Golden Sword. It is three feet and three inches long and weighs thirty-six kilograms. It is a top-grade sword made of meteorite crystals!"
Cheng Ling's eyes narrowed, he swung his long sword and said, "The Red Flame Sword is three feet long and weighs thirty-two kilograms. Senior Brother Qiu, please take the sword!"
Cheng Ling knew that Qiu Ruohen could not take the initiative to attack, so he swayed and was in front of him in an instant. The Seven Purple Flame Swords, wrapped in scorching heat, struck him!
