Chapter 55: Sword Slashing Pre-Heaven (Part 1)

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  The venue for the martial arts competition between the younger generation of disciples was in the county town of Beimo County.

  The Niu family mansion, one of the three big families of Niu, Cheng and Zhang, is located in the county town.

  The county town is the most prosperous city in Beimu County, belonging to the Niujia-controlled Beimu Town. Compared with Huangbai Town, a large town, it is more than twice as big, and compared with smaller towns, it is three or four times bigger.

  In the center of Beimu County, there is a huge square with a length and width of over 100 meters. In the center of the square, a large circular arena has been built, occupying almost half of the entire square's area. The diameter of the arena is as far as 100 paces, about 50 meters.

  The arena in this square is where young warriors come to compete.

  The younger generations of the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families have been competing in martial arts for years, all of which were held publicly. This year, the Huang family also joined, without exception.

  It's just right during the New Year's festival, so all the martial artists who went out to gain experience have returned to the city. As a result, there are many martial artists gathered around the arena today to watch.

  In previous years, many martial artists came to watch the three families of Niu, Cheng and Zhang compete in martial arts. This year, with the addition of the Huang family participating in the competition, it has attracted even more martial artists to come and watch. Even martial artists from nearby towns have left their homes during the New Year's holiday to come to Beidao County City to watch this match.

  These onlookers were basically all martial artists of the Martial Path realm, with no seats available, they could only stand and watch.

  Around the arena, there are also many viewing platforms with seats, which are for the famous families of Niu, Cheng, Zhang and Huang, as well as some prestigious families in Beimang County to watch the martial arts competition among their younger generations.

  Niu, Cheng, Zhang and Huang, the four big families' positions are respectively in the east, south, west and north directions of the arena.

  The junior disciples are about to start their martial arts competition. At this moment, Xuan Tian is sitting with the Huang family members in the special viewing platform on the north side of the arena, which belongs exclusively to the Huang family.

  The number of people from the Huang family was not many, just a few, but their cultivation was not low.

  Huang Qishan, a congenital third-order cultivator, Huang Zongyuan, a congenital second-order cultivator, and three native Beimang County martial artists who had grievances with the Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families and defected to the Huang family's first-order congenital warrior.

  Adding Xuantian, there were only six people in total.

  The Huang family didn't have many people to begin with, and Huangbai Town was their foundation. To avoid being ambushed by others at this time, they naturally had to leave a large number of people to guard it.

  While coming to Beimou County Town to participate in the junior generation's martial arts competition, they also need to be on guard against being ambushed along the way. If their strength is too weak, it won't do. Therefore, Huang Ming Shan and Huang Qi Shan, two pre-heaven three-stage experts, split up to lead one side each.

  Xuantian sat beside Huang Qishan with his eyes closed, cultivating his spirit.

  "Tian Er, we absolutely cannot lose this battle, are you sure?" Huang Qi Shan asked.

  "Hmm!" Xuan Tian nodded slightly, although it was just a soft voice, but it revealed absolute confidence.

  Huang Qishan saw that Xuantian's eyes were still closed and knew that he was conserving his energy, so he didn't disturb him again.

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  "Every year, the younger generations of the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families engage in a martial arts competition, with the three families betting a significant amount of silver. This year, there's an additional Huang family, but I don't know what they're betting on."

  "You're also too out of touch, this year's gamble has long been spread by three families and it's all the rage, I heard it was a town."

  "Ah, doesn't the Huang family only have one Huangbai City? That's the foundation of the Huang family. If they lose, won't that destroy their foundation and ruin years of efforts in an instant?"

  "The idea of the three families, who doesn't know? It's just to bring down the Huang family."

  "This time the Huang family is in trouble, each of the three families - Niu, Cheng and Zhang - has sent one young master to fight against the Huang family's young master. The Huang family cannot afford to lose a single match, or else Huang Beitown will be finished."

  "The Huang family's loss rate is as high as 80%, however, I also heard that the only innate realm disciple of the Huang family was ambushed and seriously injured on his way back to the clan from the sect, and cannot participate in this younger generation disciple competition."

  "Ah? Which of the Huang family's younger generation is coming out? The Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families all have younger generations with innate boundaries, but the Huang family's innate boundary children can't participate. Doesn't that mean the Huang family has a 100% chance of losing?"

  "Yes, every year the younger generations of the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families engage in a martial arts competition. Not only do the three families compete against each other, but ordinary warriors like us also place bets on the outcome. This year, although the Huang family has joined in, not one person has bet on them to win. Most people are well-informed and know that the Huang family is bound to lose."

  "Ah, it's not easy for the Huang family to emerge and be able to compete with the three major families. The Huang family doing business in a thick and honest way is a blessing for us ordinary martial artists. If the Huang family falls, the entire Beimang County will be completely monopolized by the three major families again."

  "Ah......!"

  ……

  The Dai, Cheng, Zhang and Huang families, as well as some prominent families from Beilu County, had all arrived at the viewing platforms around the arena. A man in his fifties walked onto the stage.

  This fifty-year-old man has a cultivation base of Second Heaven, and in the small town of Beimang County, a martial artist with a cultivation base of Second Heaven is also considered a figure of great importance, second only to the heads of the Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families.

  This fifty-year-old man stood on the stage, clasped his fists and turned around in a circle, greeting all the martial artists present, saying: "I am Wu Wenxiang, thanks to everyone's support, this year I will host the competition between the younger generation of the Niu, Cheng, Zhang three families and the Huang family. Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"

  "He is the master of the Wu family, a prominent clan in Beimang County. The Wu family has always been attached to the Niu family, but it's unclear whether Wu Wenxiang will favor the Niu, Cheng, or Zhang families over the Huang family." The martial artists below the stage began to discuss this quietly among themselves.

  The discussion under the stage had apparently not reached Wu Wenxiang's ears, and he continued: "This year, the young disciples participating in the junior martial arts competition are Cow Zhiqiang from the Niu family, Cheng Jifeng from the Cheng family, Zhang Zetao from the Zhang family, and Huang Tian from the Huang family. The junior martial arts competition is divided into three rounds and seven matches. Each disciple must compete against the disciples of the other three families to determine the winner. Winning a match earns one point, losing a match deducts one point, and a tie results in zero points for both sides. The Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families are regular participants in the junior martial arts competition every year, while the Huang family is participating for the first time. Therefore, Huang Tian from the Huang family will compete in the first round, fighting three matches against Zhang Zetao, Cheng Jifeng, and Niu Zhiqiang respectively."

  "Let Huang Jia's Huang Tian win three games in a row? Isn't this too targeted at the Huang family?"

  "Huang's congenital realm disciple was injured and couldn't fight, so Huang Tian is at most just a martial artist of the tenth rank of the Martial Dao Realm. He can't even compare to a high-ranking expert in the Congenital Realm, let alone fight three battles in a row. Isn't that going to exhaust him to death?"

  "I see that the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families are planning to harm the young master of the Huang family during the martial competition. Their hearts are as poisonous as a snake's fang."

  ……

  ……

  Wu Wenxiang's words came out, and the crowd of martial artists below the stage suddenly burst into an uproar. There were only four people participating in the martial arts competition, but instead of pairing up to fight each other, they had Xuan Tian fight against Zhang Zetao, Cheng Jifeng, and Niu Zhiqiang one after another, clearly putting pressure on the Huang family.

  Even if the Huang family's warriors were all First Heaven Realm cultivators, their strength would be greater than that of ordinary First Heaven Realm martial artists. However, being surrounded by Zhang Zetao, Cheng Jifeng and Niu Zhiqiang in a pincer movement, they would almost certainly be defeated.

  Moreover, the congenitally gifted disciples of the Huang family were already seriously injured, and the ones who went to battle were only martial path disciples. Being arranged in such a way, it seemed to all the warriors that the Huang family was bound to lose, without even a glimmer of hope for victory.

  "This is outrageous!" Huang Qishan was furious upon hearing this, and said: "Tian Er, you actually let him fight three First Heaven Realm experts in a row. This is clearly bullying our Huang family. If we don't have a fair one-on-one match, then we won't participate in this martial arts competition!"

  Just as Huang Qishan was about to explode in anger, Xuan Tian opened his eyes and said: "Second Uncle doesn't need to get angry, the three families' pre-heavenly boundary disciples are like chickens and dogs in my eyes. Whether they fight one after another or all at once, if my nephew defeats all three, it's a complete victory, and he'll be ranked first. The rest of the martial competition won't even be necessary."

  If Xuan Tian wins three games in a row, he will accumulate three points. Zhang Ze Tao, Cheng Ji Feng and Niu Zhi Qiang each lost one game, which means they each have minus one point. Later, the three of them compete against each other, no matter who wins two games in a row, they only get one point. Therefore, as long as Xuan Tian wins three games in a row, the next three people don't need to play anymore, and the first place is already decided.

  On his way back to the family, Xuan Tian fought against Ma Zei of Fu Wei Gang and was already comparable to a warrior in the first realm of Xiantian. Now, more than ten days have passed, Xuan Tian swallowed the spiritual medicine "Yulingzhi", cultivated the Xuanjie secret technique "Lianqi Jue", and cultivated the Xuanjie light skill "Longhu Bu".

  Just half a step away, Xuantian could enter the tenth level of the Martial Path, and his strength would increase several times over. Even second-level Pre-Heavenly martial artists couldn't do anything to him. In Xuantian's eyes, first-level Pre-Heavenly martial artists were indeed just mediocre.

  As for the discussions among the martial artists, Wu Wenxiang pretended not to hear and continued loudly: "Enough idle chatter, the younger generation of the four families of Niu, Cheng, Zhang, and Huang will engage in a martial arts competition. It is now beginning. The first match is between Huang Tian of the Huang family and Zhang Zetao of the Zhang family."

  As soon as Wu Wenxiang's voice fell, a figure quickly jumped out from the western Zhang family arena, with both hands open like an eagle spreading its wings, and slowly landed on the arena.

  This young man, with a long sword on his back and wearing a green shirt, was none other than Zhang Ze Tao, the Seventeenth Heaven's Chosen One of the Zhang family, who had entered the Seventeenth Heaven half a year ago at the age of seventeen.

  Just as Zhang Zetao fell onto the arena, Xuan Tian also leaped out from the spectator's stand, with a speed like a cheetah and landed like a tiger stepping on a dragon, only to see a residual shadow flashing by, Xuan Tian was already standing on top of the arena.

  Wu Wenxiang's gaze swept across the crowd, his smile slightly gloomy as he said, "During the martial arts competition, it is strictly forbidden to intentionally harm or take someone's life. However, knives and swords have no eyes, fists and feet have no emotions, and accidents are inevitable. If you want to ensure your own safety, you must be careful during the competition. If you're afraid, you can concede early. Alright, let the first match begin."

  With that, Wu Wenxiang's figure flashed and retreated to the side of the arena.

  Clang!

  Zhang Zetao drew out the long sword behind him, this sword was a famous one with a cyan sheen.

  A flash of sword light, Zhang Zetao raised his sword and pointed at Xuan Tian from a distance, shouting: "Huang Tian, you bullied my two younger brothers Zhang Long and Zhang Tiger in the Tianjian Sect. You are truly ruthless and shameless! Today, I will avenge them for you. If you kicked them once, I'll kick you back ten times. If you stabbed them with one sword, I'll stab you back ten times. If you're afraid now, kneel down and kowtow ten times in front of me, admit defeat and apologize, and I might spare your life this time."

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