Chapter Twenty-Five: One Win and One Loss

  On the eastern side of the Challenge Platform, there is a large drum.

  This big drum is set up half a zhang high from the ground, and the drum itself has a diameter of two feet, made of pike skin, in dark color. Pike is ferocious, so is the drum sound.

  Someone picked up the drumsticks, beating them against the drumhead with a loud "boom boom boom", the sound of the drums was like a fierce and wild howl, wave after wave, and in an instant the battle clouds rose high, the temperature soared.

  At this time, the battle being held in the arena is the first one - Feng Pingfeng vs Gao Ren.

  "Clang!" Again, the two crimson long knives clashed, Feng Pingfeng and Gao Ren's battle was quite perilous. Both of their internal energies were at the fourth layer of the acquired realm, and their knife skills were also roughly on the same level. Precisely because they were evenly matched, this kind of evenly matched battle was the most perilous; with just a slight carelessness, one would suffer injury.

  Boom!

  Feng Pingfeng discovered a flaw in Gao Ren's knife technique, and his heart was overjoyed. The red copper long knife in his hand chased after it, striking Gao Ren's right shoulder in an instant, winning! But just as he thought he had won, Gao Ren suddenly turned the knife around and struck him with a loud crash, sending him flying far away. It turned out that Gao Ren had intentionally revealed a flaw and had long since prepared a follow-up move.

  Feng Pingfeng suffered a severe blow from the knife and felt a sharp pain in his chest. As he tried to get up, Gao Ren's red copper long knife was already placed at his throat.

  "The first of three battles, Gao Ren wins."

  Gao Ren let out a sigh of relief, it was a close call this time, he barely won the first set. Next, as long as Luo Tao wins two sets, they will succeed.

  The first game was exciting and thrilling, leaving everyone in awe.

  And then started the second game, the second game was Feng Pinglin against Luo Tao.

  Feng Pinglin stood on the stage, casually and carelessly made a knife salute, Luo Tao also made a knife salute. After they saluted each other with knives, Feng Pingling suddenly swung his knife, which was exactly the third move of the 72-road knife method, "Tai Shan Pressing Top". This knife came straight down from top to bottom, giving people an extraordinary momentum.

  This knife came with a very fierce momentum, and Luo Tao had no choice but to block this knife before counterattacking, so he used his knife to block it horizontally.

  "Bang!" Feng Pinglin's inner strength was in the mid-term of the fourth layer of the acquired realm, while Luo Tao was only in the early stage of the fourth layer. Moreover, Feng Pinglin had the upper hand in terms of momentum as he swung his knife from top to bottom, so this one knife gave him the upper hand and shocked Luo Tao into taking a step back. And then Feng Pinglin swung out another knife, still the third move "Tai Shan Pressing the Top", exactly the same as before, swinging towards Luo Tao again, causing Luo Tao to involuntarily take another step back.

  Feng Pinglin struck again with a crushing blow, but Luo Tao parried it with a horizontal slash.

  Feng Pinglin pressed down on Mount Tai again, and Luo Tao parried with a horizontal sword, retreating two steps.

  Feng Pinglin was relentless in his attack, taking advantage of Luo Tao's inferior internal strength.

  This move is not difficult to break, and there are two ways to break it: First, Luo Tao's internal strength is no less than Feng Pinglin's, and if Feng Pinglin can't retreat from Luo Tao's attack, then this move will naturally be broken. Second, Luo Tao's knife technique is superior to Feng Pinglin's, and he can use his skill to break this move. Unfortunately, Luo Tao's internal strength is inferior to Feng Pinglin's, and his knife technique is about the same as Feng Pinglin's, so he can't break it after all.

  Feng Pinglin continuously used the third form of Taishan Press, and Luo Tao had no choice but to retreat constantly. After retreating for countless steps, Luo Tao was finally broken through by Feng Pinglin's move, and he flew out.

  Feng Pinglin won in the second set of the third match.

  Feng Pinglin smiled slightly, with a scornful smile: "I concede."

  Luò Tāo is now so distressed that he almost vomits blood. He had originally prepared many plans to defeat Féng Píng Lín, but when he encountered Féng Píng Lín's playing style, he was directly defeated and lost the game. How could he not be depressed? Moreover, Luò Tāo also knew that he had lost a very crucial game, with a significant impact.

  This time three pairs of three games, the key is actually the first two games.

  The first two games were suspenseful.

  The third match was between Gu Chao and Feng Pinghuo, with Gu Chao being at the early stage of the third layer of the Post-Heaven Realm and Feng Pinghuo being at the late stage of the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm. The gap between them was too large, leaving no suspense.

  So before the start of the war, Gao Ren and Luo Tao's plan was that the two would win the first two rounds without Guo Chao appearing on stage, locking in three rounds to win the final victory. Gao Ren did indeed win as scheduled, but Luo Tao did not win, with one win and one loss earlier, so this time the dormitory battle, Dormitory No. 7 had already lost.

  The three Feng brothers also knew that they had secured their victory. Smug smiles appeared on the faces of the three men. Gao Ren, Luo Tao and Gu Chao, those three incompetent fools, thought they could take on the three of them, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot - they were overestimating themselves and inviting humiliation, utterly ridiculous.

  The outcome is already decided.

  But regardless of whether it's a foregone conclusion or not, the third and final battle still needs to be fought, after all, the first two battles were one win and one loss, so there is still a deciding match.

  。。。。。。

  Feng Jia's third son, Feng Pinghuo, walked onto the challenge stage with an extremely calm and composed demeanor. He looked at Gu Chao who was standing below the stage, staring blankly: "Gu Chao, you're not afraid to the point of not daring to come up on stage, are you? If you're afraid, then say it here that you admit defeat to me, Feng Pinghuo, and maybe I'll let you off. How about it, have you thought it through? Call me Master Feng Pinghuo."

  Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Chao, only to find that he was still standing on the stage, seemingly in a daze. What was Gu Chao spacing out about at this time?

  Could it be that Gu Chao was indeed afraid, just as Feng Jia's third son, Feng Pinghuo, had said?

  Dozens of eyes stared at him, Gu Chao continued to stare blankly.

  Gu Chao was dazed for a long time before suddenly waking up like from a dream: "Oh, sorry about that. I just zoned out for a bit. I was thinking about how many moves it would take to defeat Feng Pinghuo with some dignity and talk about the camaraderie of fellow disciples using twenty moves? Or should I not give him much face and seriously end the fight in ten moves? I got so caught up in thought that I spaced out for a bit and didn't notice the fight was about to start. Sorry, everyone."

  Gu Chao seemed a bit embarrassed, after explaining, he grasped the red copper long knife in his hand and walked up to the stage with big strides.

  As soon as he finished speaking, there was an absolute silence on and off the stage!

  What is Gu Chao saying!

  He said he would win with twenty moves, or ten moves surpassing Feng Pinghuo's late-stage fourth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  Has he gone mad?

  The current situation is clear, he is at an absolute disadvantage compared to Feng Pinghuo. He is in the early stage of the third layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, while Feng Pinghuo is in the late stage of the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, with a difference of one and a half small realms. In this situation, Gu Chao will not have any chance of winning. So what is Gu Chao saying now?

  He said he wanted to defeat Feng Pinghuo in how many moves? He thought it was already impossible to defeat Feng Pinghuo, and yet he also wanted a quick battle, using only twenty moves? Ten moves? Was he crazy?

  The contrast was so great that it made everyone speechless for a moment, and many people thought Gu Chao's brain had gone bad. Even his roommates Luo Tao and Gao Ren thought he had burned out his brain. How could he say such arrogant words without bounds?

  A thousand voices are silent!

  A needle has dropped and it can be heard!

  Everyone was stunned by Gu Chao's extremely arrogant words and couldn't speak for a long time.

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