C276 Empty Lot

"Phew. . . "

After seeing this scene, everyone could not help but heave a sigh of relief in their hearts. However, their faces revealed traces of disappointment.

Whether it was Lin Xu or Yuwen Hua, they had already proved their strength to everyone in the two previous battles.

The battle between the two would certainly be a brilliant one, but unfortunately, they didn't make a move on the spot, which was the reason why everyone felt that it was a pity.

Not long after that. . . All the battles on the fighting stages had ended, and the ones that remained were the ones who had stayed behind. There were only nine people left.

The drawing process had once again entered the process of drawing lots. However, this time, the drawing of lots was prepared for tomorrow's competition.

After experiencing two battles, the consumption of essence energy in a martial artist's Dantian would definitely be extremely huge.

On one hand, it was to recover elemental energy. On the other hand, it was also to give the contestants time to adjust their states and formulate strategic plans.

With the experience from the previous two draws, the process of drawing lots this time was extremely fast. In a short while, all nine of them drew their lots.

"En, my opponent is. . . " Ye Heng muttered. Immediately, his eyes looked towards the bamboo stick in his hand. However, to his surprise, there were no numbers on it.

Empty?

Could it be that after two consecutive battles today, he had used up too much of his mental energy, resulting in hallucinations?

Ye Heng was stunned for a moment. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the bamboo stick in his hand again.

It was still the same as before. There were no numbers on the bamboo stick in his hand. It was indeed an empty bamboo stick.

However, at this moment, a voice echoed in everyone's ears, answering the doubts in Ye Heng's heart.

"The contestant who drew the hollow bamboo stick will enter the next round. " The elder who stood at the highest point, who was considered the judge of this competition, said in a deep voice.

Although his voice was not loud, it was clearly transmitted into everyone's ears.

When Ye Heng heard this, he was first shocked, then he revealed an expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Ye Heng was clearly prepared to face a strong enemy, but this time it was empty. He had no choice but to feel as if he had punched cotton.

"Damn it, the one who drew the bamboo stick wasn't me. "

"This kid's luck is really good. He didn't even need to fight to enter the next match. "

"My god! Tomorrow, I will fight Lin Xu! This is going to be the end of me!"

. . .

The other people who had finished drawing their lots all revealed bitter expressions when they saw their lots.

It was no wonder they were like this, because the contestants who could enter the top nine were all quite strong.

No matter who they met, it was always the same. There was no lack of bitter fighting.

However, the two contestants who met Lin Xu and Yuwen Hua must be extremely unlucky.

Anyone could tell that Lin Xu and Yuwen Hua's strength had far exceeded those of the same realm.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that these two people were very likely the two strongest people in this competition.

This was the common thought in everyone's hearts.

However, what disappointed the spectators was that Lin Xu and Yuwen Hua didn't meet in the draw this time.

If that was the case, the match between the two of them would be postponed slightly.

At this moment, the elder who was standing on the tall platform, the referee of the martial arts competition, glanced at the crowd below and stroked his beard lightly. From time to time, he would nod his head.

In fact, the serial number of the lots this time was completely controlled by him.

Every opponent was just right. Only Ye Heng felt that no matter where he put it, it would not be appropriate.

After all, from Ye Heng's fight just now, he could tell that Ye Heng's strength was neither strong nor weak.

After a moment of hesitation, he threw the empty lot to Ye Heng.

As an Essence Image Stage warrior, when he sat up and moved his hands and feet, Ye Heng and the others, who were merely Essence Vortex Stage warriors, could feel it.

No matter what, the match tomorrow would be settled. It would be sunset and dusk, so the match might as well end here.

After the first day of the competition, it could be said that the few families were happy and the few were worried.

The worried families and the contestants had all been eliminated.

The most miserable one among them was when two of their own contestants met in the first round. One of them was forcefully eliminated, and all of them were eliminated in the second round.

The Moon Watching Sect where Ye Heng was located was in pretty good condition. Out of the nine people in the top ten, two of them were in the top ten.

In other words, even if they lost all the matches in the future. . . There was a guaranteed spot in the competition.

The top ten didn't include the tenth person, which saved them the trouble of competing again.

After the competition ended, Ye Heng followed the four people from the Moon Watching Sect and left.

What he saw today had to be said, it had given Ye Heng a deep warning.

Therefore, Ye Heng didn't sleep that night. He cultivated for the whole night just like that.

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it was the second morning. When a ray of sunlight shone on Ye Heng's face, he slowly opened his eyes.

Although he did not sleep for the whole night, Ye Heng seemed to be in a very good mood.

After yesterday's battle, Ye Heng had also benefited a lot. After a night of deliberation, he solved a few problems that he could not figure out before.

Although one night of training had not increased the Yuan energy in Ye Heng's Dantian by much, his strength had increased by a large margin.

"As expected, if I want to quickly increase my strength, I have to experience many battles. " Ye Heng clenched his fist and could not help but think.

At the same time, in a cold pond not far away, a figure slowly stood up from where he was sitting.

This person was the black-robed youth Ye Heng saw yesterday, Yuwen Hua.

"It's time to leave. " A cold light flashed in Yuwen Hua's eyes. His body moved slightly, and with a light leap, he jumped from the center of the cold pond to the shore.

After Yuwen Hua jumped away, he could clearly see the place where he had just sat.

Because of this cold pond, there were many ice cubes floating in it.

The place where Yuwen Hua had sat earlier was precisely the ice cube in the center of the cold pond.

However, that block of ice was only the size of half a palm.

Under a waterfall several hundred meters away from the cold pond, a white-robed youth also slowly opened his eyes. This person was Lin Xu.

The source of this waterfall was the Coldwinter Snow Mountain Range, so not only was the water current abnormally rapid, it was also bone-chilling cold. Ordinary people would be frozen into an ice sculpture within a few breaths of time, and then they would be smashed into pieces by the current.

"I hope you won't disappoint me," Lin Xu said to himself with a faint smile on his face. Then, he walked out of the rapid flow of the waterfall and went straight to the shore.

As Lin Xu walked, the rapid waterfall seemed to be twisted by something and flowed past him.

It was because of this that Lin Xu did not have a single drop of water on his body.

As for Lin Xu, as he walked on the surface of the water, ripples appeared on the soles of his feet.

It was as if it was because of the existence of these ripples that Lin Xu did not fall into the water.

Or it could be said that Lin Xu used this method to be able to walk on the surface of the water as if it were flat ground.

After a while, this day's martial arts competition began again with loud drums and drums.

Of course, because Ye Heng had drawn an empty lot yesterday, the first round of the competition had nothing to do with him.

However, since he had a better understanding of the other opponents' abilities, Ye Heng, Xi Gongtian, and the others were watching from outside the arena.

Because Lin Xu and Yuwen Hua didn't fight each other, the battle between the two of them would be resolved very quickly. Therefore, there wasn't much to watch.

In that case, Ye Heng shifted his gaze to the fighting stage where Ning Xun, who represented the Moon Watching Sect, was standing.

Ning Xun's opponent was the girl who gave Ye Heng a slight headache by covering her face with a veil.

This girl with the veil covering her face was not only extremely fast, but also used a very strange martial skill.

Even if Ye Heng were to fight her, his chances of winning would not exceed fifty percent. This was even under the circumstances where he used all his trump cards.

Fortunately, Ye Heng had drawn an empty lot, which was why he would not encounter the veiled woman.

Within the short period of time that Ye Heng was distracted, Ning Xun started fighting with the veiled woman.

Because Ning Xun ended the previous two battles before Ye Heng, he didn't know how Ning Xun fought and how strong he was.

Under the urging of his curiosity, Ye Heng stared unblinkingly at Ning Xun and the veiled lady on the fighting stage.

Similarly, Xi Gongtian, Xi Gongwan, Xiahou Zun and Xiahou Dong were also staring at Ning Xun's fighting stage.

Xi Gongtian and Xi Gongwan hoped that Ning Xun could win this match, while Xiahou Zun and Xiahou Dong were watching the match because they wanted to see Ning Xun make a fool of himself.

On the fighting stage, Ning Xun took the lead and attacked the veiled lady.

Ning Xun raised his arm, and as the light of Yuan energy burst out, dozens of light spheres containing terrifying Yuan energy whistled towards the veiled woman.

The sound of breaking through the air exploded. In less than two breaths' time, the dozens of balls of Yuan energy had already struck the area where the veiled woman was standing.

However, what stood there was merely an afterimage left behind by the veiled woman.

The balls of Yuan Power passed through the veiled woman's afterimage and smashed onto the fighting stage, creating a series of explosions.

Because this was only a probing attack from Ning Xun, he didn't use too much Yuan energy.

As a result, although the rumbling sound of the fighting stage didn't stop, it only slightly cracked and created a very shallow hole.

As for the real veiled lady, she had actually appeared behind Ning Xun.

No one knew how she had managed to reach that place. However, there was no doubt that Ning Xun had fallen into a crisis.