Chapter 42: The Tenth Person, Gu Chao!

  In the last wooden alley.

  The other nine doors came out with eight young men and one girl.

  These eight boys and one girl were mutually restrained from each other, and for a while, none of them could rush forward.

  At this moment, the tenth door burst open with a loud bang.

  Who will be behind the tenth door?

  It shouldn't be Murong Ying.

  The door opened early, and the other nine people who arrived at the last wooden alley also found traces of someone passing by earlier. The person who passed through earliest should be Mu Rongying, and only he could have done it so quickly. So the tenth person is not Mu Rongying, then who will be the last one? Everyone is eagerly waiting to find out.

  After the tenth door burst open, a blue-clothed youth walked out from inside.

  Is this person... Gu Chao?

  Gu Chao, who ranked 59th in the monthly assessment at the end of last month?

  At this time, except for Liu Ya, the other eight people all felt a little strange in their hearts.

  They were among the nine who arrived at this place earlier, seven of whom ranked in the top ten in the small test at the end of the month, and only two were not in the top ten, one ranking 14th and the other 19th.

  It can be said that these nine people are absolutely elite.

  And now, the tenth person is actually Gu Chao, ranked fifty-ninth.

  To be honest, they really looked down on Gu Chao, who was ranked fifty-ninth. Although he had a record of winning once on the challenge stage, what did that matter? Someone like Feng Pinghuo wasn't even in their sights. So Gu Chao's record of defeating Feng Pinghuo wasn't even in their minds.

  In their view, Gu Chao, who ranked 59th in the small test at the end of the month, was simply a weak player.

  And now the tenth person who came out was actually Gu Chao, which couldn't help but make people feel a little surprised.

  Gu Chao should be lucky, at the beginning there were 80 wooden puppets, and 61 young people entered, which means that there is a possibility of emptying again and again. Gu Chao should have been emptied again and again to reach this place by luck. Eight out of nine young people who arrived early made such a judgment.

  But the tenth person is a weakling like Gu Chao, who has no competitiveness and is also the final wooden man's big battle with one less powerful opponent.

  Those eight young men didn't put Gu Chao in their eyes at all.

  Gu Chao was actually quite unexpected, as Murong Ying had passed through there earlier, and no one else could pass through for half a column of incense time after he did. So he waited at the end of that wooden puppet alley for a while, and unexpectedly still caught up with the big show, not late compared to others. However, thinking carefully about it also made things clear: in his first round, he encountered Murong Ying, exchanging only three moves. In his second round, he encountered Wang Yun, winning with just one move. In his third round, he encountered Feng Binghuo, also winning in three moves.

  These three games, I used very little time, much less than others.

  So I wasted some time in front of the door and waited for a while, but still managed to catch the thrilling competition for the runner-up.

  Gu Chao naturally understood in his heart that, apart from Liu Ya who had seen him take action, the other eight young men probably didn't even put him in their sights. Since they didn't put him in their sights, then so be it; now that the ten-person melee had begun, not being paid attention to also meant receiving less pressure, making it easier to obtain a better ranking in the end.

  The one who laughs last is the real hero.

  ……

  In the last wooden alley.

  Nine boys and one girl, all looking at each other in confusion.

  Everyone wants to achieve good results and get a good ranking, and now it's obviously the final battle of the wooden man alley.

  How will this final battle be fought? This is indeed a great puzzle.

  Ten people stared at each other, all afraid of making the first move and giving others an advantage.

  Everyone quietly moved their feet, leaving the central area and moving to the side, now no one wants to attract attention and let others fight first. While moving their feet to the side, they all tightly grasped the handle of their knife, in case of a sudden attack from others. The atmosphere was extremely tense at that moment.

  It's quiet, so quiet that even the sound of footsteps can be heard clearly.

  The silence was so profound that even the sound of a sword touching its scabbard could be heard clearly.

  It's so quiet now.

  Fang Yin broke the silence: "Zhang Tao, Lin Yuan, we three have already tried it out earlier. Our strengths are evenly matched, so why don't we do this? Let's take care of the other seven people first, and then the three of us can compete to see who's the strongest. The strongest will be ranked second in the year-end exam, the second-strongest will be ranked third, and the weakest will be ranked fourth. How about it?" Of course, the first place naturally belonged to Murong Ying. Murong Ying's strength was indeed unparalleled, and everyone had to admit it. Fang Yin and the other two had been unable to make progress earlier because they were holding each other back, which was why the other seven people from the Seven Gates had come out one after another.

  Lin Yuan nodded: "Not bad, I agree with this point of view."

  "Good." Zhang Tao also nodded, and all three of them agreed. It seemed that the three had reached a consensus.

  Fang Yin said, "Alright, I'll take care of Liu Ya, who ranked fifth and nineteenth in the previous month's small test. Lin Yuan, you're responsible for the seventh and fourteenth places. Zhang Tao, you're responsible for the ninth and tenth places. How does that sound?" He was originally skilled at directing art, so he immediately arranged the people in charge. Fang Yin didn't assign anyone to deal with Gu Chao specifically, because it wasn't necessary. A mere fifty-ninth ranked person like him wouldn't be able to stir up any waves even if he had mastered the seventy-two roads of knife techniques. This was the highest level battle at New Snow Mountain Villa, aside from Murong Ying, and Gu Chao was still a bit inexperienced.

  The arrangement of Fangyin is also good, he deals with the fifth and nineteenth, Hayashizaki deals with the seventh and fourteenth, Zhang Tao deals with the ninth and tenth, everyone's difficulty is basically the same.

  Lin Yuan nodded: "Good." He swung his long sword and attacked the seventh and fourteenth names.

  Zhang Tao also swung a long sword, attacking the ninth and tenth places.

  Fang Yin also drew his sword and charged towards the fifth and nineteenth places, Liu Ya.

  Lin Yuan, Zhang Tao and Fang Yin are all at the sixth level of Houtian Boundary, while the other six people are basically at the fifth level of Houtian Boundary. In terms of true strength, Lin Yuan, Zhang Tao and Fang Yin are actually superior to the other six people. With one person taking on two, they also have the upper hand.

  Lin Yuan's knife turned over, a plain and unremarkable slash that simultaneously struck the chests of two opponents, two blood mouths spraying out waves of blood, he ended the fight earliest.

  Zhang Tao's knife skills were elegant and light, but he indeed had a few real skills. His knife light was extremely confusing in its elegance, the first of the ninth rank to be deceived and hit, and another person who ranked tenth against Zhang Tao was even more powerless, defeated in an instant.

  Fang Yin's battle also ended quickly, first striking the fifth person, then hitting Liu Ya's back with a knife butt, Fang Yin gave this beautiful girl some face, using only the knife butt to attack, but the weight of this knife was enough to make Liu Ya struggle to breathe for a while.

  In this way, now there are only four people with fighting power left here.

  Zhang Tao, Fang Yin, Lin Yuan and Gu Chao.

  Of course, Gu Chao is basically completely negligible, his ranking is only fifty-ninth.

  The top twenty and top ten in front were all defeated by Zhang Tao, Fang Yin, and Lin Yuan. What can Gu Chao, who is ranked fifty-ninth, do?

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