THE LEGEND OF THE SWORD GOD
V1CH #105 EMPEROR FENG CHENG
Xue Wu walked towards the starting line and stayed for a moment to calm herself down.
After he managed to focus his mind, he started jumping onto the first board. He used the same technique as Xue Xiang to bypass the barbed tree barrier.
Xue Wu jumped without hesitation after getting the exact timing from one board to another. And on the last two boards, he zigzagged to get past that hurdle.
Xue Wu finally reached the Finish line after doing the test for twenty minutes.
Thanks to the success of Xue Xiang and Xue Wu who managed to get away with using the same technique. The test in this second half became noticeably easier for the next participant.
After six hours had passed, finally the second round of the competition's exam was completed.
Thirty participants participated. There were only eight people who escaped and managed to advance to the third round.
Those who escaped were Xue Xiang, Xue Wu, Zeng Li, Wang Yi, Li Yi, Yi Xiao, Zi Jun and Luo Yi.
Teacher Xue Yin then advanced onto the stage and made an announcement.
"This second half test is done. We have eight participants who will take the third round of exams. I congratulate the participants who passed this second round of exams. And the third round of exams will be led by Teacher Zhi Hui" said Teacher Xue Yin as he turned to Teacher Zhi hui's place.
Teacher Zhi Hui immediately walked up onto the stage. He then stood beside Master Xue Yin to inform her of the few rules in the third round of the examination.
"I congratulate you guys who have advanced to the third round. In this third round we will test your martial arts skills. You all have to fight one on one. If your opponent gives up or passes out then you will win. However, if you kill your opponent then you will be immediately disqualified and will be expelled from the Sect because this is just a competition not a war. Do you understand?" exclaimed teacher Zhi Hui firmly.
"We understand Master," replied the participants.
"alright. If there are no questions. You all go ahead and take one of the balls in this glass tube and break it. Inside each ball is a paper containing numbers one through four. If your numbers are the same then that person will be your opponent. Xue Xiang you take first and then in order according to your ranks," said teacher Zhi Hui.
Xue Xiang went forward and took the ball and broke it and opened the paper inside.
"Number one."
After Xue Xiang finished taking his number. The other participants alternately took to the stage to pick up their numbers.
Xue Wu's. "Number three."
Li Zeng. "Number four."
Wang Yi's. "Number two."
Li Yi's. "Number three."
Yi Xiao's. "Number two."
Zi Jun's. "Number four."
Luo Yi's. "Number one."
"You all took your numbers. Now I will read you who your opponents are" said teacher Zhi Hui.
"Xue Xiang's first match against Luo Yi."
"Wang Yi's second match against Yi Xiao."
"Xue Wu's third match against Li Yi."
"This match will start in thirty minutes. Now each participant is welcome to rest first" cried Teacher Zhi Hui.
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Southern Continent.
The Heilong plane finally reached the Southern Continent after spending six hours traveling.
The plane eventually landed in a desert far from the residential area.
They all got off the plane immediately. And Heilong immediately saved his plane back after being convinced that there was no one else on board.
Heilong looked at the area around the desert and found a red pyramid-shaped building.
"Your plane turned out to have an incredible speed. In just six hours, this plane has managed to get us to the Southern Continent. You don't seem to be lying. Emperor Feng Cheng was surprised to hear this news when I gave him the news via voice transmission that we have reached the Southern Continent" Yang Zhu said.
"Dad!? Will you come here uncle Prime Minister?" feng Tzuyu asked after hearing her father's name mentioned.
"True Princess. The emperor is heading here and it will be a while longer" Yang Zhu replied.
Feng Tzuyu's mind became muddled when she thought of how her father would react when he saw Heilong. Feng Tzuyu was finally immersed in her daydream.
Heilong who saw Feng Tzuyu was daydreaming, immediately approached her and asked a question.
"Tzuyu where are we now?" ask Heilong.
"I-This .. This place is the Holy Fire City. These are the ruins of a city that has long been abandoned by its inhabitants for some reason. It used to be when traveling home after facing a great battle, my father accidentally found this place and he decided to guard this place and not allow others to enter without his permission because he found a lot of heritage in this city related to the Kingdom Red Phoenix," Feng Tzuyu replied nervously from her daydream.
"The legacy?!" heilongterwas surprised.
"really so. Look at that huge pyramid. The pyramid is called the Pyramid of Red Fire and inside the pyramid there are many images of the Divine Beast Suzaku and the history of the formation of the Southern Continent and the reason why the Continent now consists only of deserts sand and volcanoes" said Feng Tzuyu, pointing at the red pyramid.
"It turns out this place is very interesting. Can we look around for a minute?" ask Heilong.
"No. Even though I am a princess I do not have the right to give permission to enter the pyramid because the one who has the right to give permission is only my father" replied Feng Tzuyu.
"But .. If Bai gege really wants to get inside that pyramid, I'll accompany Bai gege. Perhaps my father would not be angry if he saw me," continued Feng Tzuyu while bowing his head.
"No need, I will ask your father's permission when I meet him because I don't want to make things difficult for you" Heilong replied.
Feng Tzuyu only looked at Heilong when she heard his words because there were a lot of people here, there was Yang Zhu's first metri and a few escort soldiers.
"Scree ..." The voice of a Fire Eagle sounded in the air.
They all looked up and saw a fire eagle flying towards them.
On top of the eagle stood a dashing man in red royal attire with a golden phoenix adorning his clothes.
The man also used a crown made of sparkling crystals with a red gemstone decoration on his crown.
"Dad .." said Feng Tzuyu after confirming the man riding the Fire Eagle was his father.
"That's emperor Feng Cheng. Let's salute," exclaimed Prime Minister Yang Zhu, inviting the soldiers to salute the Emperor.