"Haha, the arrival of the Alliance Hierarch brightens the place!"
Seeing Pu Dongyun and his companions approaching, Jiang Shang hurriedly left the stronghold to greet them, "This time, we're hosting a martial arts tournament mainly for our own entertainment and also to let outsiders know that we players are not just about trickery... However, we're still a few judges short and would like to invite the Alliance Hierarch and a few others to take on the role."
This world was still in ancient times, where ordinary people had very limited spiritual life; for someone like Pu Dongyun, besides drinking and hunting every day, the only other pastime was to visit the brothel.
Now that he heard he could be a judge, he was quite happy.
Though his martial arts skills had greatly deteriorated, he was once a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, so judging was definitely not an issue for him.
The group exchanged greetings and Pu Dongyun was led to the judges' stand.
Looking at a table full of delicacies, Pu Dongyun was very satisfied, though he would have been even happier if the surrounding players didn't keep coming over asking if there were any quests.
The gong echoed, and Wan Donglin, dressed in his official attire, took to the center, "The premier martial arts tournament begins now!"
"The rules of the competition are no armor allowed, no gunpowder, crossbows, swords... everything else is at your discretion. Once you step onto the stage, fight to the death!"
"Haha, the so-called 'premier' implies it's the first martial arts tournament among us outsiders..."
From the stands, Jiang Shang explained with a laugh.
He truly treated this world as a different one, so he placed great emphasis on interaction with NPCs.
"I see," Pu Dongyun replied with a slight smile.
Wang He didn't speak; he stared at the two players on the ring, stunned, "Did I hear that wrong just now? What's this 'fight to the death'?"
"To let Elder Wang know, although our martial arts realms are modest, our devotion to martial arts has never changed... Every martial arts match determines not only superiority, but life or death!"
Jiang Shang answered earnestly, but he couldn't help laughing on the inside. Get full chapters from novｅlfire.net
Letting Old Wang always be so picky and judgmental... wait until the revived players come back from the beginners' valley and scare the daylights out of you!
"Hey, Xiao Ye Wanling, you still have time to surrender!"
On the stage, 'Chen Tianxin' looked at 'Xiao Ye Wanling', assuming the starting posture of Black Tiger Fist, "You can't beat me in a PK!"
"How would we know if we don't fight? You think you're the only one who can hog the experience?"
'Xiao Ye Wanling' showed no fear, pouncing like a tiger.
The two immediately exchanged blows with Black Tiger Fist, neither gaining the upper hand...
From the stands, Pu Dongyun's expression became very peculiar: 'All Black Tiger Fist... if I didn't know these outsiders had plundered the martial arts secrets from Black Tiger Escort Agency, I would have thought this place was just another branch of Black Tiger Escort Agency...'
Up on the ring, the two players went back and forth.
Suddenly, 'Xiao Ye Wanling' caught a flaw, subdued 'Chen Tianxin', and roared, "Black Tiger Ripping Sheep!"
The sound of 'Chen Tianxin's' joints being overburdened rang out, and after being dislocated by 'Xiao Ye Wanling', a sweeping leg knocked him off the stage, his head twisted, he died instantly...
'Xiao Ye Wanling' raised his fists, waving them in salute.
This scene left Wang He and the other old martial masters almost dumbfounded, "This... they're playing for real..."
On other stages, a series of bloody scenes continued to unfold.
Yet the players and the onlooking crowd were extremely excited, shouting their approval, watching as the old martial masters began to sweat profusely, completely disconcerted.
"In Woniuzhai, what kind of people are they exactly? It's not like I've never seen men willing to die for their mission, but these people who treat their lives as if they are nothing... it's unparalleled... Wait, where did their corpses go after they died?"
"No matter what, we can only make friends with aliens, not enemies!"
Jiang Shang watched these scenes unfold with great pleasure.
In his heart, he had already drafted a plan. By showing off their strength in this martial arts competition, Woniuzhai could completely take control of the Yiqi Alliance and assimilate the other affiliated forces.
Then they would expand outward, striving to make Three Elements City change hands within a year.
Even if the subsequent public test began, it would be feasible to take down Cangyuan County and even the whole Dingzhou!
"It's just a pity... my strongest fighter isn't here..."
After looking a few times, Jiang Shang silently shook his head.
His most capable fighter, Lin Fan, had already been sent to Tianyuan Sect to learn martial arts, so they could only contact offline.
"And those real experts didn't show up either, like 'Lord Shenxiu'... After all, it's not officially hosted, it's just players amusing themselves... It's normal for them to look down on it."
Jiang Shang and Huang Tianyao had always tried to woo those rising expert-level players.
However, while the others were fine, 'Lord Shenxiu' was truly a lone wolf. Not only was his strength unfathomable, but he also seemed to have a knack for uncovering the game's hidden content, which left them drooling with envy yet helpless.
Match after match came to a close.
The players, though not high in the Martial Arts Realm, fought with genuine ferocity, and there were even cases of mutual demise.
Such gory intensity made the ordinary people in the stands shiver uncontrollably.
As the sun set in the west.
The martial arts competition also reached its final match, the championship contest.
One of the contenders was 'The Justice Heroine' Xie Biqi, who had recently surged to the peak of the Eighth Grade Martial Artist Realm.
The other was a second-test player named 'Blood Hand Man Slaughter', known for his extremely brutal fighting style, and cursed by countless players.
Seeing the two of them face off, even Pu Dongyun couldn't help but wear a very solemn expression.
He felt that even at his peak, he would have to go all out against either of them.
"You're too violent, you'd better see a psychiatrist after you get offline..."
Xie Biqi looked at 'Blood Hand Man Slaughter', a man who had a sunny smile, but his eyes were like a deep pool. The occasional glance sent shivers down Xie Biqi's spine.
"Victory is victory, defeat is defeat!"
'Blood Hand Man Slaughter' stretched lazily, and his joints exploded with a sound that combined to resemble a tiger's roar.
"Hmm, the Black Tiger Strength from the Black Tiger Escort Agency is a Secret Technique for bone training. This person's Black Tiger Strength has reached its peak, a true pinnacle of the Eighth Grade Iron Bone Realm. Strong bones allow one to exert more force, and a single punch or kick could kill."
Atop the arena, two figures were already clashing, with continuous tiger roars.
Xie Biqi also used Black Tiger Fist but liked to add some practical grappling moves.
'Blood Hand Man Slaughter's style was just one word, brutal!
However, it was clear that his moves were only mastered within the game and were not very refined.
After dozens of moves, Xie Biqi seized the opportunity and threw him to the ground. Her long legs, like pythons, tightly wrapped around 'Blood Hand Man Slaughter's neck, "Give up!"
'Blood Hand Man Slaughter' sneered. Suddenly, his body became as boneless as a mudfish, easily slipping out of Xie Biqi's hold and punching down on her head.
"Refining the whole body's muscles and bones to be both rigid and flexible, he is of the Seventh Grade Steel Muscle Realm!"
In the seats above, Pu Dongyun and others stood up in shock.