Chapter 145: The Competition Begins

  The long-awaited All-Martial Arts Tournament has finally arrived, and the massive arena in the center of Luoyang is packed to the brim with people, the noise is deafening, and can even be heard from several miles outside the city, a testament to the enthusiasm of the crowd.

  The lord's mansion also attaches great importance to this game, not only the law enforcement team is fully present to maintain the discipline of the venue, but even the military has been dispatched. The opening speech was still made by Lord Luo Shui of Luocheng City, but at this time, the lord's speech did not have many people listening with their hearts, and more people were concerned about the game.

  Of course, the city master Luo Shui was also crystal clear, so Luo Shui didn't say much and announced the start of the competition. Suddenly, the venue began to boil over, and all the contestants started to take the stage to compete. However, due to the large number of participants, as many as 30,000, the venue was insufficient, and only those who had not reached the First Heaven Realm could compete first.

  Everyone was randomly assigned a match venue by the computer, and the official competition began. Ye Chen and Mingyue also arrived at the square. As they were pre-heavenly realm contestants, they had corresponding seats, but it was still very crowded because there were too many people, including many pre-heavenly realm contestants.

  These guys who usually don't show up individually, once they appear, they all come together in a bunch. Ye Chen didn't expect that there would be over 10,000 people in the entire Luocheng who could enter the Innate Realm before the age of 25, which made Ye Chen very surprised.

  Ye Chen and Ming Yue both participated in the competition, and Mu Dao also joined in, so the three of them were together. As for whether anyone else from the Ming family was participating, Ye Chen had no way of knowing, after all, that was a matter for the Ming family, they wouldn't tell him anyway.

  Mokudo came to and realized that there was a visitor in the family, very calm, as usual, with a flat tone and practicality, and he could still participate in the competition, which meant that the family did not know that he had become a captive. This made Mokudo breathe a sigh of relief.

  Then Mu Dao followed Ye Chen and others to the arena, this was the first day of competition, all participants must be present, otherwise they would be considered forfeit. This attention-grabbing match, if there wasn't a major event, who would absent themselves for no reason.

  The competition was fierce, the entire arena was a thousand meters square, divided into 1,000 venues, from morning to night, each venue had ten matches, the winner advanced to the next round, and the loser had to wait another five years.

  Luo City is located next to the main city of Jiancheng. The vast majority of participants are practicing swordsmanship, so at a glance, there are long swords, short swords, thin swords, and wide swords, with various swords intersecting each other, and various swordsmanship styles on display.

  For Ye Chen, a congenital realm expert, these competitions that haven't reached the congenital realm don't have much meaning. Looking around, various sword techniques seem extremely slow, and various flaws are presented before his eyes; if he were to go down himself, one move would be enough to settle his opponent.

  Ye Chen didn't want to think about it, maybe his original self wasn't even as good as these guys on the field. At that time, Ye Chen was only 14 years old and was defeated by a little fatty in the second round. The scene at that time was still vivid in his mind.

  Ye Chen is now worlds apart from the one five years ago, his horizons have broadened greatly, and what he thinks and does can no longer be compared to that young boy. Ye Chen sat quietly in his own chair, looking at these children who were only fourteen or fifteen years old, coming to participate in this competition for various reasons.

  These mortal realm sword techniques are of no help to Ye Chen. When Ye Chen was in the mortal realm, he created his own sword techniques, which were unorthodox and unpredictable. He still uses them now, often catching his opponents off guard and achieving unexpected results. Of course, the innate realm's sword techniques are even more formidable.

  The nearly 20,000-people match on the square is not spectacular, but because of its grandeur, everyone can't watch all the matches in full, and can only rush to watch a little bit. As for TV broadcasts, they don't focus on individual matches either, but report on the overall scene, reporting on the entirety of the competition.

  It's already good that congenital realm experts can come to attend this opening ceremony. Three days later, there will be a competition where mortal realm challenges congenital realm. It's called a challenge, but in fact, those winning mortal realm experts will also compete with congenital realm experts, completely treating these promoted mortal realm people as congenital realm people.

  It's the same with computer random sorting, and the selected numbers participate in the competition. Since it's a competition, there will be people who are happy and worried. In the first round, nearly half of them were eliminated. The enthusiastic participants had not even enjoyed the game yet, but they were ruthlessly rejected from the competition venue. This gave those 14- or 15-year-old boys a huge blow, and some even left the competition venue in tears.

  Ye Chen and the others left first, for the strong in the Innate Realm, this Mortal Dust Realm's competition really didn't have anything worth paying attention to, unless two extremely powerful Mortal Dust Realm experts met, which could pique the interest of those in the Innate Realm. Otherwise, there was nothing else.

  But wanting to randomly encounter two powerful masters among these 20,000 people is too slim a chance. Moreover, even if you do meet them, it's not necessarily in your own nearby match. With over a thousand competition venues, how can you possibly keep an eye on each one? It's better to just go back and rest for now, and wait for the match three days later.

  Of course, this is for Ye Chen and others, but for more people, the Mortal Realm's competition is actually very exciting. After all, most of the people in the city are those who have not entered the Innate Realm, and it's already good if one out of ten can enter.

  In three days, 5,000 strong men from the Mortal Realm were selected. These 5,000 people all passed the second round and were able to pass two rounds in a row. The strength of these people is also very good. Even if some lucky ones encountered relatively weak opponents in both rounds, they are still very powerful. After all, luck is also a kind of strength. Sometimes luck is more important than strength.

  In these three days, Huafeng finally woke up. He was attacked by the Feng Beast and didn't die, which was also a testament to his good fortune. The awakened Huafeng expressed his gratitude to Yechen, saying that if there's anything he wants him to help with, just let him know.

  The next day after Hua Feng woke up, he left here and returned to his own sect. He also invited Ye Chen to go there and have fun when he was free, and learned about the opening of the National Martial Arts Conference. Ye Chen did not stop him, letting Hua Feng leave.

  Although Mingyue also looked at Huafeng with a new eye, when she heard that Huafeng was from the same sect, she didn't try to win him over like she did with Yechen. After all, someone from the same sect would naturally represent their own sect, and Mingyue had no chance of getting Huafeng on her side.

  As for the long sword that Ye Chen had obtained, it changed Mingyue's complexion for a good while before she finally let go. However, she made Ye Chen promise to reach the top ten; otherwise, he would have to return the long sword to the Ming family.

  But just as everyone was rejoicing and wildly excited, a discordant voice appeared. This discordant voice wasn't opposing the match or anything, but rather, a great thief had appeared in Luocheng.

  The mysterious thief suddenly reappeared, which instantly reduced the festive atmosphere. Many important figures of large families hurriedly ran towards their own nests.

  There are also many ordinary people who look forward to the arrival of the heroic thief in their homes. The heroic thief is a synonym for robbing the rich and helping the poor, and those who claim to be heroic thieves often give away many stolen goods to ordinary people, making them a rare good person among the weak.