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In the preliminary round, lots would be drawn and a one-on-one compet.i.tion would follow.

As a result of signing the life and death certificate, the contestants were likely to be killed in the case of a great disparity in strength, so the contestants were allowed to abstain from the match.

Venerable Meng stood up from the main position and announced the result of the drawing of lots, "The first match: Xi Duo of the House of Marquis of Chang'an against Chen Jiahang of the House of the a.s.sistant Minister of Revenue!"

Xi Duo jumped onto the fighting ring in a woosh and curled his index finger at Chen Jiahang, who was under the stage, beckoning him to come. He was holding a pair of machetes, which emitted a faint yellow glow.

Chen Jiahang, who was just in the initial stage of Martial Spirit, did not expect that he would be so unlucky that he had to face someone in the peak stage of Martial Spirit, not to mention one who also had a yellow internal force, in the first match. Who didn't know that Little Marquis Duo was naturally aggressive and very strong among his peers? He would definitely die if he went up!

Trembling, he wiped the sweat off his forehead and acknowledged his unluckiness, "I… I surrender."

It seemed that this result was already expected; the ma.s.ses were very calm.

"The Madam of the Prime Minister's House is truly enviable. Your daughter is the current empress of the country, and now there is such a young hero in your maternal family."

"You flatter me." His nephew increased her reputation, so Xi Quidi was naturally happy. She exchanged a look with his brother, Xi Dongyan, the Marquis of Chang'an, and they both proudly enjoyed the flattering.

Xi Duo took eight steps and got off of the ring, then spread his hands at Bai Ye arrogantly and without looking at her; the mockery was overflowing.

Venerable Meng shook his head and got up, stroking his white beard. He had hoped in his heart that these young people would not be such a bunch who were afraid of death.

"Xi Duo wins! In the second match, Xiang Qingtian of the State Support Office faces off against Rong Jia of the Imperial Guard Commander's House!"

Rong Jia breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, it was the silly little girl, not Bai Ye.

Bai Ye was stupefied for a moment. Xiang Qingtian turned out to be that cute girl just now!

She and Rong Jia both used long swords as their weapon, both were in the peak stage of Martial Soldier, and their internal forces were also the same orange level. However, with Rong Jia's ruthless temper, she feared that this little girl would suffer!

Xiang Qingtian solemnly pursed her mouth and finally decided to compete on stage despite her father's opposition. When she got to Bai Ye, she reached out and grabbed her hand.

She stuffed a Burst Pill into Xiang Qingtian's hand and said, "Eat this."

As the daughter from the State Support Official, she naturally knew what this pill was; her face immediately brightened.

She slipped the pill into her mouth when no one was looking and said gratefully, "Thank you, big sister."

Bai Ye touched the cute girl's head. She didn't know why; perhaps demons and G.o.ds were at work, but subconsciously, she didn't want to see this cute little girl get hurt.

"Beat up that woman!"

"Hmm!" Xiang Qingtian nodded hard and replied, "I will try!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiang Qingtian stepped up to the stage, she urged her internal force and drew her sword; without any superfluous nonsense, she launched a direct attack on Rong Jia!

The Burst Pill played a great role. Although she only had a common orange-level internal force, her strikes were quite fast, forcing Rong Jia to retreat again and again and only focus on defense, without any chance to do anything, till she finally received random cuts!

Xiang Qingtian shouted, finding the right time to attack Rong Jia's right, sword-bearing hand. Dealing a long cut on the back of this hand, blood spurted and the pain softened Rong Jia's fingers, allowing Xiang Qingtian to s.n.a.t.c.hed away the weapon!

Throwing away the useless sword, Xiang Qingtian took advantage of this time to pursue and attack. With a roundhouse kick fused with internal force, the opponent was struck out of the fighting ring!

Rong Jia lay there motionless and was finally carried out by her servants.

Venerable Meng's eyes glittered. Bai Ye's little moves did not escape his notice. Xiang Qingtian must have changed because of her. But as long as it was not out of line, he would simply pretend not to see.

"Xiang Qingtian wins!"

"Yay! Big sister, I won!" The cute girl hopped excitedly on the stage several times.

Bai Ye was amused by her and slowly mouthed, "Well done."

On a century-old tree not far away, a man in black put everything that had just happened into his eyes. His deep pupils carried a smile, and his eyes kept falling on the woman in white.