Chapter 209: Byes

At the same time, far away from the grove where Lin Chen and Xue Lingyun were, on a small path.

Hong Qi's face was gloomy, and he looked at Lin Chen and Xue Lingyun in the grove with a hint of murderous intent.

"Lin Chen again!" Hong Qi's face was full of anger.

Every time he saw Xue Lingyun, Lin Chen would be by her side. And every time he saw Lin Chen and Xue Lingyun together, Hong Qi couldn't help but feel extremely angry.

He pursued Xue Lingyun for several years, but got nothing, but Lin Chen... He had only known Xue Lingyun for two short years, and they hadn't met for most of the time, but the relationship between Xue Lingyun and Lin Chen was still several times better than that between Hong Qi and Xue Lingyun!

Of course, this was just what Hong Qi thought. In fact, Xue Lingyun didn't take Hong Qi seriously at all, let alone the so-called good or bad relationship.

Suddenly, an extremely terrifying pressure broke out from the grove!

Feeling this pressure, Hong Qi's face changed instantly.

"This... is this Lin Chen's swordsmanship?" Hong Qi looked at Lin Chen in the grove in disbelief, holding the True Spirit Sword as if he had won.

Just now, he only saw Lin Chen raise the True Spirit Sword and then attack Xue Lingyun, followed by a deafening roar and an extremely terrifying pressure.

This pressure made Hong Qi feel palpitations.

And the pressure alone was so strong, so... how terrifying was the power of Lin Chen's sword?

Hong Qi's face changed several times, and finally he took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and then frowned, thinking to himself: "Lin Chen, a mid-stage Tiangang Realm warrior, how could he exert such a powerful pressure? This is unreasonable. No matter how strong he is, he can only be comparable to the peak of the Tiangang Realm. But his attack just now..."

Hong Qi had a feeling that if he attacked him, he would be injured.

And you know, Hong Qi is a genius disciple at the peak of the Tiangang Realm. In terms of strength, he can be ranked in the top ten in the entire Tianji Sect.

More importantly, Lin Chen, a mid-level Tiangang Realm disciple, can launch such a powerful attack, which means that Lin Chen's talent and qualifications are probably extremely high.

Higher than Hong Qi!

"Humph."

Hong Qi took a breath, looked at Lin Chen and Xue Lingyun in the grove with cold eyes, and then turned and walked towards the inner gate square.

"Lin Chen, no matter how talented you are, you have to surrender when you meet me! Lingyun, I'm mine."

Lin Chen's talent surprised Hong Qi, but even so, Hong Qi didn't care too much. Even the most talented warriors need to practice. No one is born as a top warrior, and Lin Chen is no exception. Although Lin Chen has been practicing until now and his strength is already very strong, Hong Qi is still confident that he can suppress him.

Time passed quickly, and it was afternoon in a blink of an eye.

This inner gate competition has been going on for the ring match, and Lin Chen has experienced two ring matches, defeating Pang Bo and Yang Wuying respectively, and he has also advanced and is eligible to compete for the top ten.

The next ring match is from 25 to 13. The opponents are also decided by drawing lots, and there are twelve groups in total, but there are only twenty-four people in each of the twelve groups, which means that one of the disciples who have experienced two ring matches will have a bye!

The so-called bye means that there is no need to participate in the ring match and they can directly enter the top thirteen!

"I don't know who is lucky enough to have a bye." The disciples talked about it.

The ring match is decided by drawing lots, and there is no cheating at all, so the one bye can only depend on luck.

When the last ring match is over, the next one is the ring match in the form of a points match. The top 100 of this inner door competition are also divided into four levels for the points match.

For example, those who have experienced a ring match and won can have several or even dozens of ring matches with every disciple who has also experienced a ring match. Winning will earn points, and losing points will deduct points to compete for the 26th to 50th place.

However, compared with these ring matches, most disciples are more looking forward to the upcoming third ring match, which will determine the top thirteen of this inner door competition!

It is worth mentioning that Ao Xin also advanced to the third ring match as her cultivation broke through to the peak of the Tiangang Realm! In other words, even if she fails in the next ring match, Ao Xin can still compete for the 14th to 25th place.

This ranking is already very high in the inner door competition.

"The draw has finally begun." Lin Chen, Xue Lingyun and Ao Xin walked slowly in the center of the square.

Ao Xin smiled and said, "In this ring match, one person will be a bye. If this person is me, then I can easily enter the top 13!"

The rewards for the top 20 are very rich, especially with higher privileges. And once Ao Xin enters the top 13, she can at least stay in the 13th place.

Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Let's draw lots."

"The first one has the best luck, I'll go first." Ao Xin said carelessly.

As she said that, Ao Xin stretched out an extremely white hand and put it into the lottery box. Soon, she had a black token on her hand.

Looking at the token in his hand, Ao Xin sighed slightly and said, "It seems that my luck is not very good. I am number ten and I don't know who my opponent is."

Shaking his head, Ao Xin continued, "Lingyun, you come."

Xue Lingyun nodded, stretched out a white, heart-warming little hand from her white clothes, and then put it into the lottery box.

In the blink of an eye, Xue Lingyun also had a black token in her hand.

"No. 15." Xue Lingyun glanced at the token.

Immediately, Xue Lingyun and Ao Xin turned their heads and looked at Lin Chen. Seeing this, Lin Chen didn't waste any words and directly stretched out a hand and reached into the lottery box.

A black triangular token made of unknown material appeared in Lin Chen's hand.

Looking down at the token, Lin Chen's eyes suddenly had a strange look.

Noticing the strange look in Lin Chen's eyes, Ao Xin couldn't help but say: "Lin Chen, you are not a bye, right?"

Lin Chen smiled and nodded.

"It's a bye!" Ao Xin was stunned.

Xue Lingyun also smiled: "Lin Chen, you are very lucky."

The lottery is absolutely fair. If you want to get the bye, you can only rely on luck.

"Let's go, the ring match is about to start." Lin Chen said.

Immediately, the three of them walked slowly to the ring at the front of the square.

After a moment, an elder in green clothes stood on the podium and said loudly: "Attention, participating disciples, all participating disciples are now entering the ring according to the lottery. In addition, the disciple who is given a bye in the 25th to 13th round is..."

After a pause, the elder's voice was extremely loud: "Disciple Lin Chen who is given a bye."

"Wow."

The many disciples in the square suddenly made a noise.

"What, the disciple who is given a bye is Lin Chen? This... Lin Chen's luck is simply amazing."

"Lin Chen's strength is at most ranked around 20th. Now he is a disciple who is given a bye in the 25th to 13th round, so his ranking is at least 13th?"

"If I have this luck, I'm afraid I can also enter the top 100."

Many disciples talked about it.

Many people even think that Lin Chen's ability to enter the top 100 depends mostly on luck, in addition to some strength.

And are there few disciples with some strength in the inner sect? Many disciples were surrounded by two or three disciples in the elimination rounds, and were eventually knocked off the ring and eliminated.

It can only be said that they had bad luck.

Ignoring the discussions of many disciples, Lin Chen glanced at the No. 15 ring where Xue Lingyun was. When he saw that Xue Lingyun's opponent was a disciple at the peak of the Tiangang Realm, Lin Chen turned around and went straight to the No. 2 ring.

Lin Chen had competed with Xue Lingyun before. According to Lin Chen's estimation, Xue Lingyun could at least rank in the top ten of the inner sect, and she would have no problem dealing with that disciple at the peak of the Tiangang Realm.

This kind of battle with a huge disparity in strength had no appeal to Lin Chen.

On the contrary, the No. 2 ring...

"On the No. 2 ring, there are Fu Shijian and Feng Ze. Fu Shijian was the second place in the last inner sect competition, and he has initially comprehended the artistic conception. His strength is very strong. Feng Ze once competed with Huang Ming. Feng Ze's strength can at least rank in the top ten of the competition." Lin Chen thought to himself.

Both of them are very powerful, but Lin Chen believes that Feng Ze is probably not Fu Shijian's opponent. In fact, it is not just Lin Chen, many elders and leaders of forces think so.

Fu Shijian has comprehended the artistic conception.

It is precisely because Fu Shijian comprehended a trace of artistic conception, so... the biggest threat to Lin Chen in the entire inner sect is undoubtedly Fu Shijian!

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will lead to victory in all battles. Lin Chen needs to understand Fu Shijian's martial arts and artistic conception.

On the second ring.

Fu Shijian and Feng Ze stood hundreds of meters apart from each other.

Fu Shijian was wearing a light blue tights. He was extremely burly, and the tights on his body highlighted his muscles to the fullest.

"I am not your opponent." Looking at Fu Shijian in front of him, Feng Ze suddenly spoke.

Fu Shijian smiled lightly and said nothing.

Before the inner sect competition, the two had competed, and Feng Ze was not Fu Shijian's opponent at that time.

Seeing this, Feng Ze was not annoyed. He suddenly flashed a gleam in his eyes and whispered: "But even if I am not your opponent, I will fight you with all my strength. I really want to see if my strength can force you to use all your strength!"

"Then try it." Fu Shijian said lightly.

"Be careful!"

"Hundred Flame Palm!"

Feng Ze stopped talking nonsense. He roared, and Dantian Qi gushed out of his body crazily. As a large amount of Dantian gushed out, a touch of red suddenly appeared on his body, as if a large amount of flames were burning on his body.

At the same time, he stretched out his hands, with a wave of fanatical air waves, and slapped Fu Shijian's head directly.

Fu Shijian smiled indifferently, and he also slapped out with one palm, but unlike Feng Ze, Fu Shijian's palm was extremely slow.

It's just that although it looks slow, in just a blink of an eye, Fu Shijian's palm appeared in front of Feng Ze.

Bang Bang...

Two extremely dull sounds rang out, but it was seen that Feng Ze's face changed drastically and his body retreated dozens of feet. He opened his mouth, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his face was full of horror.

And on Feng Ze's chest, there was a palm print.