The semi-finals of the 29th Pillow Sword Club kicked off.
After watching the games over the past few days, the audience deeply felt that the top four players this time were the strongest in the past twenty years. The four players who were most anticipated by the audience lived up to expectations and all advanced to the semi-finals. In fact, Alvin was the only one who struggled. The other three players were crushed all the way without any real threats.
In previous games, the competition committee posted the lineup and time in advance. Now the four strongest players from the four groups have been selected. According to past practice, the four players will draw their respective opponents in front of the entire audience. In other words, before the drawing ceremony, none of the four players knew who their opponents were.
Today's game was just like the first day of the Pillow Sword Club. All the prominent figures in Salyuhi were present.
King Kelman had a look of expectation on his face. It seemed that even His Majesty the King was very concerned about his daughter's victory or defeat today. Master Piro looked relaxed and content. In his opinion, his apprentice would never lose to anyone he met.
Prince Resa still looked calm and calm, neither showing off in a high-profile manner nor pretending to be humble.
Governor Yuanyasu's face must not be that good. He must be unwilling to let his daughter show up on such an important occasion.
Then, Prime Minister Fuller announced the players' entrance. Two rows of royal honor guards were lined up at the entrances of the contestants' passages on the east and west sides. After a salute, instrumental music sounded, and the contestants entered the venue under the spotlight.
The Resa brothers and sisters came in from the east, and Gafo walked in slowly with Lan Yu in hand. The pair of brothers and sisters that Prince Resa brought back from his return to the royal capital this time completely impressed the noble officials of Salyuhi in terms of their strength and appearance. You must know that the prince's eldest son is still guarding Maine Province, and he must be very powerful. In the hearts of everyone, the three sons of the Resa family are all the same person.
Princess Onian entered from the west, and Alvin followed her. The princess went to study with Master Piro when she was only ten years old. After completing her studies, she returned with amazing strength, which was expected by everyone. Master Piro had many students in his life, but he was the only disciple he asked for, so he would definitely teach the princess everything he had. The princess also fully demonstrated her talent in this pillow sword meeting, which made her, a teacher in her seventies, quite proud.
As for Alvin, no one expected him to enter the semi-finals beforehand. There were many famous players in the same group, but the only son of an earl managed to break through. Some nobles in the stands began to lament that Earl Philip was lucky enough to have given birth to such a promising son. But even so, the Earl did not come to watch Alvin's game. Alvin has always felt that his father has "aristocratic social phobia" since he was a child, but he has never seen his father participate in situations where there are many mortals.
When the audience saw the contestants on the stage, the entire venue suddenly became abuzz with enthusiasm, and the roar of the audience echoed like a tsunami.
When the prime minister saw the four people gathered, he winked at the four black-clad deacons in the audience. The four deacons raised their hands and waved, and four golden irises lit up in the air.
The much-anticipated drawing ceremony began.
"Princess please go first." Fuller bowed.
Onian nodded, pointed at one of the iris flowers, and the whole flower began to glow, and the light turned blue in an instant.
"Miss Reza, please." Fuller said with his elbows crossed.
Lan Yu looked up and flicked her orchid finger at one of the remaining three flowers. The golden light of the iris changed rapidly and turned red.
"Oh!" The whole audience exclaimed. It was obvious that the audience was very sorry that the princess and Lan Yu were separated. This was originally the showdown they most expected to see. The battle between the princess and Lan Yu has always been one of the biggest gimmicks of the Pillow Sword Club.
Even King Kelman couldn't help but smile and sigh when he saw that the two had not met, and looked at Master Piro next to him to express some regret.
"Second Young Master Resa, please." Fuller said to Resa, unmoved by the emotions of the audience.
Gafo raised his hand towards one of the remaining two iris, and the light of the iris turned blue as it shone dazzlingly.
The princess’s opponent is Gafo, and Lan Yu’s opponent is naturally Alvin.
Alvin felt a little embarrassed standing there. He looked up at the remaining golden iris in the sky and thought to himself, "Do I still want to smoke this?"
Onian looked at Alvin's stupid look and found it funny. It happened that Lan Yu also glanced at Alvin at this time, with a cold look on his face and the corner of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
Fowler saw Alvin's confusion and comforted him: "Master Fei Lie, you can choose the time of your match. Morning or afternoon, it's up to you."
Alvin nodded, sighed, and comforted himself: "At least I have some decision-making power."
So, he reluctantly cast an instant magic on the last iris, and the golden light turned red as expected.
"It's always one thing in my mind. It's better to compete early to avoid being restless until the afternoon." He thought to himself.
So Alvin told Fuller that he chose to start the game between him and Lan Yu in the morning, that is, a while later.
The ceremony of drawing lots for the players ended, and Fowler loudly announced to the audience that the first game of the day was Alvin versus Lan Yu, and that this was the game time chosen by Alvin.
Before leaving, Alvin glanced at Lan You. Today, she was dressed in pure white, as clean as a fairy. Her red hair was tied up, and her eyes were calm, as if she had never met him before.
Onian coughed twice before calling Alvin back, who was in a trance, and asked in a cold voice: "Is it so beautiful?"
Seeing that the princess looked unkind, Alvin quickly shook his head with a smile and followed the princess honestly to exit, for fear of provoking another ice beauty.
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"Can you beat her?" Onian asked politely. At this time, she and Alvin were already sitting in the player lounge to the west.
"Anyway, I've thought about it. As long as my opponent is not Gafo, I won't go all out." Alvin said and glanced at Onian, "As long as your highness doesn't blame me for a moment."
"What do you blame me for?" Onianqi asked.
Alvin put it off with a smile on his face.
Before he came on stage, Onian couldn't help but said "be careful". Alvin nodded.
After the two players were ready, the first game of the semi-finals finally began.
The two of them looked at each other, and Lan You's green eyes were still as old as ever. With one move of her delicate hand, the early sun faded, the wind and snow started to blow, and soon the whole place was covered with ice and snow, with cold peaks crisscrossing the ground.
Alvin made no move and watched quietly as Lan Yu completed the field magic. He raised his head and glanced at the swaying snow, and thought to himself, "It coincides with my mood." He raised his hand, and an icicle cracked from the ground and exploded directly from the soles of Lan Yu's feet.
However, I saw a shower of peach blossoms flying down among the icicle fragments. Lan Yu's toes were stained with bright red, her figure was graceful, she moved lightly on her lotus steps, and climbed into the sky. Alvin was used to seeing her quirky and unpredictable moods. Now looking at her robes covered with snow, temples stained with frost, her green eyes thin and angry, looking like a fairy, he couldn't help but sigh:
"The mountains and rivers across the mountains are covered with snow, and the proud and unintentional people are still cold."
In addition to talking about the cold plum blossoms, Ao Hong Baoxue is also mocking Lan Yu, who is dressed in white and has red hair.
Lan Yu naturally understood the situation, with a cold smile on her lips. She displayed the staff in her hand sharply. The gem on the tip of the staff suddenly shone brightly, and the entire venue was covered by the faint blue light. Ice rain fell all over the sky, and the falling ice rain quickly turned into ice blades in such a venue, and each handle was like a murderous weapon. Fortunately, there was only Alvin on this huge battlefield.
Alvin didn't panic. He blocked it with a few instant magics, and then came behind Lan Yu. Looking at her slender waist, he touched a few more instant magics and sighed softly:
"Sheng/Snow is hard to come by, but your heart is at peace?"
"Hmph." Lan Yu believed that she knew Alvin well and did not look back. She put her hands behind her back to hold up a magic shield, and purple instant magic exploded behind her.
"Stop talking about useless poetry and prose, and quickly show off your special skills." Lan Yu turned around and looked at Alvin coldly.
"I won't!" Alvin also had a frosty look on his face, and his tone was extremely harsh.
I think this was the first time the two of them had verbal communication since they said goodbye that night.
"Looking for death." Lan Yu chanted magic, her white clothes were flying, her cloak was swaying, the lotus light bloomed behind her, and a giant sword took shape. She was forcing Alvin to fight her with all his strength.
"Oh!" There were exclamations from the audience.
The reason is that the giant sword bloomed like a tender lotus, and the long swords unfolded in the water-red light. The sword array blocked the sky and the sun, and the venue was covered with wind and snow, but there was an unspeakable feeling in the cold and solemn atmosphere. Romance, as the saying goes, "The fairy will die by the sword, but live in the wind and snow."
Alvin looked at Lan Yu's "Yao Ying Sword Formation" and sighed. He didn't intend to interrupt Lan Yu's chanting. He fell straight to the center of the field and dusted the falling snow on his shoulders. The audience was so shocked that they were speechless, but they saw him strolling around the venue, looking around the venue, as if he didn't take Lan Yu's sword formation to heart at all.
Then an even more astonishing scene appeared. I saw Alvin spreading his hands flat and letting out a roar. In an instant, icicles shot up from the ground. "Boom, boom", dozens of icicles descended from high to low. , forming a circle, as high as the sky and as low as thin ice, Alvin stood in the middle, silently looking at the man in the sky.
"What kind of magic is this?" The audience was even more puzzled. Alvin had come all the way through the competition, but no one had ever seen him use this kind of magic.
Even Lan Yu couldn't help but take a second look, but she couldn't tell the clues about the ring-shaped icicle.
"Broken!" Lan Yu couldn't care less and shouted angrily. Thousands of flying swords shot out and flew straight towards Alvin.
Alvin glanced at the rain of swords in the sky, and thought that he had also defeated Ujiu and Langyun with the ancient magic sword formation. Today, he was defeated by the Yaoying Sword Formation, which could be regarded as a cycle of cause and effect.
Seeing such a monstrous sword power, everyone thought that Alvin was going to use his special skill "Light Shield", but Alvin actually made no move, as if he was enjoying the snow with ease.
Of course, Alvin didn't stay cool for long. His phantom necklace deceived the first rain of swords after being triggered. However, the magic swords of the Shadow Sword Formation were all equipped with powerful tracking capabilities. Countless flying swords had already turned around and came back again. Pushing towards Alvin.
A long sword slashed across Alvin's shoulder, the second sword cut a gash in his thigh, the third sword flew out close to his ear, almost cutting off his ear, and there was a fourth sword behind it. The fifth one. . .
The black-clothed deacons around the battle stage saw the clues and wanted to come to the stage to save people. However, half of the venue was sealed by Alvin's icicles. Moreover, Lan Yu's magic was strange and fierce. As soon as he entered, he was blocked. The wind and snow were blowing all over the sky and they were dizzy, so the deacons were at a loss what to do for a while.
When the first sword injured Alvin, Lan Yu could see that this little bastard was really desperate for his life. However, once the "Yaoying Sword Formation" was launched, she had no way to take back the momentum, so she had to activate it. The peach blossoms were raining under his feet, and he sped up and flew towards Alvin. Even though her magic is much faster than the ordinary levitation technique, what she needs now is a move like "Splitting the Sky".
Lan Yu was running quickly while firing magic spells at Alvin. In fact, even she had no good way to face this terrifying sword formation that had no rules and could track. Moreover, some of the swords had already been formed with qi, and It cannot be broken with magic.
At this time, Onian, who was in the stands, watched this scene with cold eyes. She originally planned to go off to save people, but then she thought of what someone had just said, pressed her hand tightly on the staff, and said nothing.
Don't let me have sorrow and hatred. How can I hear the sighs of thousands of people.
It was as if Alvin couldn't feel the dozens of large and small sword wounds on his body, and he stared blankly at the blood stains on the snow.
Many viewers would think that Lan Yu's field magic blocked Alvin, preventing him from using the light shield. However, they all overestimated Lan Yu's field magic, and Alvin just didn't want to use it. Why don't you want to use it? Because he is waiting.
Looking at the white figure speeding towards the sky, Alvin laughed sadly, with long blood marks hanging from the corners of his mouth.
Seeing him like this, with holes all over his body, Lan Yu couldn't help but feel pain in her heart. She thought that she had already made up her mind not to associate with this person, but why did she feel bad again?
"It's not as he said, it's easy to be carefree, but why is there a lump in the throat? Why is there mist in the eyes?" She couldn't figure it out, and looking at the smile on the corner of the little bastard's mouth, she didn't even want to understand.
Even though Alvin suffered a lot of injuries, he had been waiting for this moment, so how could he let it go. But she saw him holding her waist with one hand, and instantly holding up the light shield with the other hand. Countless long swords "clinked" against the outer wall of the light shield.
"Hey~" The audience burst into cheers.
"This Earl's family is really not afraid of death. He was almost poked like a hedgehog."
"That's the first time in my life that I've seen someone play like this in the Pillow Sword Club."
"Hey, it's no wonder that the princess and the girls from the prince's family are all attracted to this boy. He is really a courageous person."
"Not only is she very bold, she is simply extremely sexy, haha."
At this time, in the time shield, Alvin held Lan Yu's waist tightly with one hand, as if he wanted to break her slim waist.
"Let go, you bastard, you just want to make me cry." Lan Yu saw that he was covered with injuries and couldn't bear to use magic to deflect him. In addition, the masculine aura of Alvin's body rushed towards her face, which made her even more troubled. No way to resist. However, she couldn't use magic in the light shield.
"I won't let go." Alvin pinched the tender flesh of her waist bitterly, and said sarcastically: "Why do you care about my life and death? Are you not going to do that without eating?" Are you the fairy who makes fireworks on earth?"
"You..." Lan Yu was choked by him, but seeing that her white clothes were soaked red by his wounds everywhere, she could only drink tears secretly.
"Aren't you very articulate? Why didn't you speak?" Alvin didn't care that the wounds on his body were bleeding, and he didn't care how long his physical strength could hold on to the light shield, but he still yelled at Lan Yu.
Lan Yu had her own difficulties and couldn't express them clearly, so she had to bury her head in his arms and let him knead and scold her. After he finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at him, "You little bastard, isn't it good to live a good life? Do you have to seek death?"
Alvin looked at her face with mist and rain, and shed tears. He had never seen her look so miserable and weak, and he secretly blamed himself for scolding her too harshly. He was in a panic and did not think carefully about Lan Yu's words, thinking that she was blaming him for resisting the sword formation without fear of death.
"Look there." Alvin pointed at the tallest icicle with his staff, and his lips began to turn pale.
Lan Yu raised her eyes and didn't see anything special about the icicle. However, after a baptism of miserable wind and rain, her green eyes were so clear that Alvin was stunned.
Lan Yu looked at his dumb look and suddenly chuckled, but she forgot about the spring rain pear blossoms on her face.
"Watch it." Alvin shouted softly and put away the light shield. The remaining magical energy of the sword array outside and the material elements that were about to pour into the body of the bruised Alvin.
Lan Yu felt cold sweat breaking out on Alvin's body, thinking that his physical strength had reached its limit. She wanted to stop him, but she couldn't match the stubbornness in his eyes.
A purple flame spurted out from the top of Alvin's staff, directly igniting the top of the icicle. When he looked again, the top of the icicle actually ignited a red flame. Alvin squeezed out the last bit of energy and released all the energy and matter in his body.
The flame at the top of the icicle began to ignite downwards, and the second icicle also caught fire, then the third, and then the fourth. . . The icicles made a "sizzling" sound after being ignited, and bursts of mist followed.
In the blink of an eye, from high to low, all the icicles were ignited.
The ice is surrounded by fire, the clouds and mountains are surrounded by mist, and it is a fairyland on earth at this time.
The audience was surprised at first, and then overjoyed that they could see such a beautiful scene in the Zhenjian Club competition. Everyone could not help but be stunned and sighed.
Even Emperor Kelman sighed to Master Piro beside him: "Are all the young people today so clever at chasing girls?"
Master Piro agreed angrily, thinking that the princess had been hanging out with this kid these past two days, how sad the little girl was.
Prince Reza looked at this scene. Although he still smiled politely, his cheeks were tense.
With tens of thousands of people watching, amidst the misty clouds of ice, fire, and smoke, Alvin still put his hand around Lan Yu's slender waist without shame. Lan Yu did not resist and snuggled into his arms.
The two of them watched quietly as the icicles melted one by one, and watched as the vibrant flames burned into a circle, happily surrounding them in the middle, and then were ruthlessly extinguished by the wind and snow, leaving only a few wisps of smoke.
No matter how beautiful the ice flame is, it will eventually burn out.
Talking about long-term love is in vain, it’s time to embrace each other in the snowy sky. What he wanted to say to her had already been melted by the ice flames just now.
Lan Yu naturally understood what he was thinking. Isn't this moment of brilliance just like the shaky relationship between them? She looked at the man in front of her. Although her face was pale, her eyes were very fierce. She suddenly felt as soft as water and smiled sadly, "That's it, that's it, don't worry about what happens tomorrow. If you can't protect this little bastard in the future, let him do it." Let’s go together.”
As a result, sweet and soft lips pressed against Alvin's pale lips, and arms full of wounds hugged Lan Yu's waist tightly.
The audience was completely convinced now, as long as it was Alvin's game, he would never disappoint. The two people hugging each other tightly pushed the atmosphere in the venue to a climax.
"Alvin is still awesome, this is not an old lover." Lai Wu couldn't help but sigh and cursed as he looked at it.
Chen Zhu and Kaiba were so shocked that they were speechless for a while, and then Chen Zhu said leisurely: "This is really not something ordinary people can learn."
But no one was seen leaving the field coldly in the stands.
However, what was shocking was that Alvin, whose blood was surging, couldn't hold on after all. He fainted before he could enjoy it for a few seconds. Fortunately, Lan Yu came to his senses in time and supported him.
As the saying goes, things only come in threes, and this time it happened to be the third time. If Alvin was awake, he would definitely complain that he didn't have to be so precise.
Originally, several deacons were very embarrassed watching the two of them flirting with each other on the sidelines. How should they be punished for challenging their opponents during the game? Fortunately, Alvin fainted in time and saved them.
Alvin's Pillow Sword Club schedule has come to an end, and he has indeed left a mark in the history of the Pillow Sword Club. Thanks to him, in addition to the talented players and exciting competitions, this pillow sword meeting also had a bit more romance.
In the years that followed, whenever it was time for the Pillow Sword Club, people would inevitably talk about the magical Alvin and his unseen magic at the 29th Pillow Sword Club, and about his emotional entanglement with the princess and the prince's daughter. Talking about that fleeting ice flame. All in all, I have never seen such an unruly, willful, romantic and sentimental player again. It should be said that I have never seen anyone with such youthful arrogance and decisiveness in life and death.
