Chapter Seventy-Five First Battle

  The annual family martial arts competition is a major event for the family and also a grand gathering of people who love excitement.

  The rematch on the second day will be held in a wider arena within the family gate. Early in the morning, the inner gate arena was already crowded with people, and thousands of people were watching the excitement. There were only over a hundred outer door disciples participating in the rematch, but there were more than 10,000 spectators.

  Because the rematch is in a direct combat format, eliminating the weak and promoting the strong, it's even more exciting to watch. Among them, geniuses like Ning Fan Yu have more value for discussion and pursuit. In addition, this time, there is another focus of attention in the family's outer door competition - Ning Chong, who is known as the most useless son of the Ning family in a hundred years, participated in the family's outer door competition for the first time!

  With so many attractions, it's no wonder that so many people come here.

  The lottery confrontation ceremony was still hosted by the seven elders and others.

  Under the host stage, a huge wooden box was set up. The outer disciples who participated in the re-examination gathered together. After the seven elders said a few more words, they began to let people draw lots from the wooden box to determine their ranking.

  Two deacons stood on either side of the wooden chest, one to the left and one to the right. They inserted their arms into the openings at the top of the chest and drew out a perfect wax ball from it.

  The usher first pinched open the wax ball, took out the paper strip, glanced at it and reported: "Number 27, Ning Wei."

  Another attendant also squeezed open a wax pellet, took out a paper slip and reported: "Number 172, Ning Ce."

  At once, two outer disciples walked up, each taking the paper slips with their names on them. Afterwards, they exchanged a glance, both of their eyes burning with fighting spirit. This draw result, the two of them were to engage in an elimination match, since they were opponents, before the outcome of the battle was decided, neither would concede to the other.

  The lottery continued, and more than a hundred outer sect disciples were called out by number and name. One by one, they stepped forward to receive the slips of paper with their names and numbers written on them. Among them, some were overjoyed; others sighed in dismay; some lamented that they had encountered a powerful genius; while others secretly rejoiced at encountering a weak and useless opponent.

  As the drawing went on, the lottery official's eyes rolled around and estimated that it was about time. He pretended to take out a wax ball from the box, shook his sleeve, and a wax ball had already fallen into his palm. Then, he took this wax ball back from the box with a pretentious manner. After opening the wax ball, he took out the paper slip and scanned it with a pretentious glance before loudly announcing "Number 98, Ning Chong!"

  Another attendant naturally understood, with a hint of cold smile at the corner of his mouth, and slowly cooperated to take out a wax ball. He pinched open the wax ball, took out the paper strip, and this attendant also pretended to take a look before loudly reporting: "Number thirteen, Ning Dafeng!"

  As soon as the result came out, even the few elders on the host stage were slightly surprised, and the people around who were watching the battle were even more shocked, discussing it in an uproar.

  "This Ning Chong has really bad luck, and he actually ran into Ning Da Feng! He still looks like nothing's wrong... if it were me, I'd admit defeat immediately!"

  "Is it Ning Da Feng? Ning Chong is indeed quite unlucky, running into a strong opponent like Ning Da Feng right from the start."

  "Hehe, the key is still to look at one's own strength. From all aspects, Ning Chong's strength and that of other disciples are too far apart, entering the top five in the Grand Competition is almost a pipe dream. And if he wants to enter the top five, even if Ning Daifeng doesn't encounter him now, it's highly likely they'll meet later on. Therefore, meeting Ning Daifeng isn't anything out of the ordinary, at most it just means Ning Chong will be eliminated earlier."

  "This Ning Dafeng is one of the disciples in the outer gate, second only to geniuses like Ning Fangyu. Although he's only at the late stage of Martial Disciple 4th rank, he has a naturally strong physique that makes up for his lack of cultivation. With his current strength, it's even possible for him to get into the top five in the upcoming Grand Competition! However, as a person, he's a bit too ruthless - last year during the outer gate competition, the disciples who fought against him all ended up with light injuries at best, and one of them even had their ribs broken by him, taking half a year to recover from that injury!"

  Listening to the "buzzing" discussions around him, Ning Chong's keen sense of hearing had already picked up the conversations about him and obtained a lot of information about Ning Daofeng.

  He remained calm and composed, with a stillness in his heart like an ancient well without ripples - Ning Fan Yu, he himself was not afraid, what about a Ning Da Feng? Hmph!

  There are more than a hundred martial arts arenas on the Martial Arts Arena, and after the draw is over, the knockout matches will be held one after another on these martial arts arenas.

  Ning Chong held his own numbered card and walked onto the seventy-eighth martial arts arena.

  As soon as he stepped onto the stage, Ning Chong heard a loud and arrogant laugh. Amidst the laughter, a young man who was as tall and strong as a giant bear walked onto the stage, staring at Ning Chong with a sneer on his face.

  It goes without saying that this person is Ning Dafeng.

  "Kid, you're really unlucky! Someone wants me to get rid of you!" Ning Daifeng sneered repeatedly, clasped his hands and said, "Looking at you, I have no grudge or hatred towards you. I'll only cripple your two hands, not take your life! How's that? Am I very kind?" Hahaha!

  Ning Chong's expression turned gloomy, his eyes sank, and he thought to himself: "Someone wants Ning Dafeng to take me down? Who could it be? In the Ning family, the only ones who have a grudge against me are Ning Xingbi and Ning Fan Yu. Ning Fan Yu considers himself a super genius, with an arrogant personality, looking down on others, always going solo, so it's unlikely he would instruct Ning Dafeng to do something. Moreover, if he wanted to settle scores with me, there's no need to wait for the family competition, he could have done it in front of everyone!"

  "In that case, the most likely person who made Ning Da Feng do it is..."

  Ning Chong's eyes were cold as he thought to himself, his gaze turned towards Ning Xing Bi, only to find that Ning Xing Bi was also staring at him, a cold smile hanging from the corner of his mouth.

  Taking a deep breath, Ning Chong loosened his tightly clenched fists and smiled.

  "Ning Xingbi, although he had already decided that I was a useless person, still acted cautiously and came up with a double insurance plan to get rid of me ahead of time, in order to win the bet made half a year ago and shift the blame onto Xiang'er's head. Ning Xingbi, you old dog, you are cunning and sinister, but unfortunately, today your schemes will be foiled by me, Ning Chong!"

  Nan Da Feng saw Nan Chong standing still, silent and not speaking. He sneered: "Huh! Are you afraid? Then cripple your own arms and get off the stage!"

  Ning Chong raised his head, looking at Ning Dafeng with a hint of mockery: "Are you relying on yourself? Alright, since you listened to that old dog's words and were even more obedient than a dog, I'll just cripple your two arms and one leg. Will you do it yourself or should I?"

  Ning Chong's words were like adding fuel to the fire, and then fiercely throwing them back at Ning Da Feng. Ning Da Feng's ferocious face suddenly burst with anger, and he loudly shouted: "You're a sharp-tongued waste! I'll see if you can still be so stubborn when I cripple your arms!!"

  As soon as the words fell, Ning Dapeng launched an attack first, and his whole body shot out like a cannonball, aiming directly at Ning Chong.