Chapter 710 The Second Round Ended in a Blink of an Eye
"Because of the qualifying of the Queen Red Lotus, the competition in District B is skipped, and the first competition in District C will be held next, please get ready!"
Following the host's announcement, the next group of opponents appeared on the big screen.
"Originally, there should be sixteen players left today, at least eight games can be played."
Kagami Kusakabe explained: "However, because the competition in Zone B ended early, and there were not a few people who abstained, the number of games today has dropped sharply."
"In this way, not only the audience will not buy it, but the TV station will not buy it!"
"TV station?"
"Well, to put it simply, it's the investor!"
The Seven Star Sword Dance Festival itself is a large-scale event, just like the Olympic Games, with a lot of expenses.
In order to get enough funds, the committee must attract investment before the game.
The main source of investment is the live broadcast rights of the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival.
The live broadcast rights of the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival can be sold for one billion every year!
This year's heat is even more unusual, so it is rare to sell two billion!
In other words, by selling live broadcast rights to TV stations, the committee can obtain funds to hold the convention.
But in this way, the committee will inevitably be subject to the TV station as the investor.
The goal of the TV station is of course the ratings and traffic, and there must be enough traffic to ensure that this investment will not lose money.
Therefore, the investor cannot tolerate such a drastic reduction in the number of games.
And it just so happened that today was the second round of matches that received the least attention.
If the number of matches is not increased, today's ratings will plummet.
In addition, the alliance was just about to create momentum for Sword God. Once the two sides came together, they all put pressure on the committee. Of course, the committee could only obey orders and merge the second and third rounds together.
"It's all trouble."
"Who said it wasn't?"
Kagami Kusakabe was also quite upset.
"It's obviously a competition for student knights, so don't mix your reasons into it!"
As expected of a reporter.
He actually said such a philosophical thing.
All in all, some subtle coincidences between Jiang Li and Stella led to the current situation.
Leaving aside other people for the time being, but for Kurogane Kakki, it was obviously a huge test.
"It's my turn."
The game on the court was over in just half a minute.
Dongtang Daohua got up, and walked to the preparation room with the support of Tumaru Lianlian and others.
"Daohua should be able to easily win this battle."
"The opponent is only the top eight last year, it's very easy!"
Ten minutes later, Dongtang Daohua walked into the battle circle.
As the cheerleaders said, her opponent in the second round was only the top eight last year. Although she has made some progress, she is still not her opponent.
Two minutes later, Dongtang Daohua easily won the victory.
"The competition in Area C is over! The next game will start in Area D!"
"Keep everyone waiting! The first game in D area is the debut of our highly anticipated super-popular player who swept the country like the wind. Although he was called the Aurora Swordsman before, he now has a brand new title! Please! He appears!"
"Here we come! I saw this place just to wait for this moment!"
"
Countless young people shouted and cheered in the stands.
The fanatical demeanor seemed to have found faith.
Someone even unleashed their magic power and tried to rush towards the battle circle. The knife cutters in the auditorium hurriedly stopped those brainless fans from acting.
Under the eyes of everyone, Jiang Li stepped onto the stage.
In an instant, all the media pointed their cameras at him.
At this moment, his existence is known to people all over the world.
Jiang Li ignored those trivial matters, and stared coldly at the opposite gate.
"Brother!"
After a while, a figure came out from there.
She waved her hand and trotted into the battle circle with a look of surprise.
"?"
Jiang Li raised his eyebrows.
"Which one?"
"Too much!"
The girl was so shocked that her ponytail tugged down.
"And his opponent is the third runner-up of last year's Seven Stars Sword Dance Festival, the
The host's voice sounded very timely.
"oh……"
Jiang Li was stunned.
So he was the old man's disciple again?
"Do you remember?"
Asakoki showed a cheerful smile.
"No, I haven't heard of you at all."
Jiang Li looked calm.
To be honest, the old man has quite a few disciples.
As a senior in the swordsman world, he also likes to give advice to juniors. A few years ago, he also worked as a special consultant in the Wuqu Academy, and it is normal for him to accept disciples.
But he only knew Dongtang Daohua and Xijing Ningyin, and he had never heard of the others.
"when--!"
These words were like a sledgehammer, knocking Asaki down.
"It's almost time to start."
Jiang Li looked at Kurono at Xingong Temple next to him.
"Both sides prepare, the game begins!"
After issuing the order, Shinguji Kurono withdrew from the ring.
Asaki Kai revealed her spiritual amulet with her mouth puffed out, and the sword-shaped spiritual amulet was entwined with red flames.
"—"
Immediately afterwards, her eyes suddenly blurred.
Consciousness interrupted.
I didn't react at all.
"..."
For a moment, the auditorium was enveloped in silence.
Many people showed puzzled expressions.
"Is instant kill popular now?"
"Aren't they from the same family?"
In the ring.
Shinguji Kurono's back steps suddenly stopped.
"...The competition is over, and the winner will break through the army academy Nanxiang Jiangli!"
She froze for a moment before realizing it, and stepped forward to make an announcement.
"I'm honored to inform everyone that according to the camera judgment, this match took 0.5 seconds, and the defeat record of the tournament has been refreshed..."
The host was stunned.
The fight at that moment was played repeatedly on the big screen.
Jiang Li rushed out within 0.1 seconds of the start of the game, and ended up Asaki Kai with one blow.
Then it took 0.4 seconds for Asako to fall down.
The committee confirmed several times before finally coming to the conclusion that "Jiang Li didn't rely on his ability to snatch the victory faster than the referee".
"too fast!"
"Is this the strength of
It wasn't until after Jiang Li left that heated discussions erupted in the audience.
Although most people are looking forward to the sword god showing powerful sword skills and having a wonderful battle with the opponent, but after thinking about it carefully, it is normal for the sword god to kill the opponent in seconds.
I believe that only someone like Gaefeng Sword Emperor can fight him for so long.
From this point of view, only in the finals, when the sword god meets the red lotus princess, can they see a wonderful match comparable to yesterday's match!
"Brother is in a bad mood."
In the stands, Dongtang Daohua frowned deeply.
"Because of spike? Isn't that normal?"
Guide looked over suspiciously.