Chapter 55: The First Round Ends!

  The first round will play eight games.

  Gu Chao defeated Gu Qi in this second match.

  "Round one, match three, Three A versus Three B."

  "I am a Three Aces." Gu Mengmeng, from the Golden Level Sect of Yue Nu Jian Zong, stepped onto the stage. Although she was only eleven years old, her aura rose high and bright. As a member of Yue Nu Jian Zong, Gu Mengmeng herself shone brightly, and in an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to her. People had been speculating about how strong Gu Mengmeng could be, but no one had actually seen her make a move before.

  "My drawn number is San Yi." A robust young man jumped onto the stage, this young man was from an unremarkable Bronze-level door faction called Man Niu Men (Fierce Ox Gate). The name of the gate was as its reputation suggested - a faction that focused on strength training. Its sect's scripture, the Man Niu True Classic, was also quite famous.

  Gu Zong was quite old, probably around 18 or 19 years old, and had been studying under the Mo Niu Sect for a long time.

  The weapons of the Manchu Gate were also unusual. Gu Zhuang held a wolf-toothed club in both hands, a rare weapon indeed.

  Gu Zong said in a deep voice, "Gu Mo, although you joined the Golden Level Sect, I only joined the Bronze Level Sect. The Bronze Level Sect is far inferior to the Golden Level Sect, but your cultivation time is too short, and I will take away the victory of this battle." After Gu Zong finished speaking, his Wolf Tooth Club swung with a force of thousands of kilograms, bringing a whistling sound, and struck directly at Gu Mo.

  The ancient Zang people were quite strong, and their wolf-tooth clubs were also quite strong.

  His wolf fang club is almost as big as Gu MuMu.

  Judging from the current trend, Gu Mengmeng is indeed in danger.

  The attack of Guzhang is indeed too ferocious!

  Gu Zuo's wolf-toothed club continued to swing over, while Gu Momo's hand suddenly moved, and in an instant, a long sword as white as ice and snow was drawn from its scabbard. The figure flashed by, fast enough, and Gu Momo's long sword had already been placed horizontally at the front of Gu Zuo's throat.

  One move, just one move, and Gu Mengmeng had already won against her opponent.

  So cool!

  To know that Gu Zhuang is also the fourth layer of Hou Tian Jing's strength, especially when the wolf tooth club is whirring, it is quite powerful, everyone thought that Gu Mo was in trouble this time, but as a result, Gu Zhuang was defeated by Gu Mo with one move.

  Gu Chao watched from the side, and his eyes narrowed slightly. With Gu Chao's keen eyesight, he naturally saw that Gu Momo had used some kind of footwork, intersecting and passing by in an instant, drawing her sword to achieve this effect. Although he had clearly seen Gu Momo's actions, Gu Chao also secretly thought to himself: Gu Momo is really strong, what she can do now, I may not be able to do myself.

  Gu Momo's one move led to a burst of excitement on the scene, and even Wang Po, who was acting as the judge, couldn't help but swallow his saliva in his heart. This little girl is extraordinary, Wang Po felt that even if he himself were at the sixth level of the acquired realm, he would still be defeated by Gu Momo's few moves.

  "Gu Mengmeng wins." Wang Captor announced the victory of this battle after swallowing a mouthful of saliva in his heart.

  ……

  "Round 1 Game 4, Group A vs Group B."

  The No. 4 seed, Kei Nishikori, was a surprise semifinalist, and also one of the two pre-tournament favorites to win the title.

  And the one who drew the fourth Yi number was Gu Fang, and Gu Fang also invested in a bronze-level door.

  Gu Yu said faintly, "Gu Fang, originally speaking, we are all brothers of the same family, I should accompany you more, and everyone's face will look better. However, Gu Momo has already won with one move, how can I lose to Gu Momo?" Gu Yu suddenly drew his sword out of its scabbard and swept it horizontally.

  This is a fairly wide sword, with one sweep of the sword bringing forth an endless aura of dominance.

  Gu Fang barely had time to raise his sword for a single block, and with this one block, he felt an endless surge of power coming at him. With a loud crash, Gu Fang was sent flying out of the arena.

  So cool!

  Gu Yu defeated his opponent with just one move.

  It seems that Gu Yu, one of the two favorites for the championship, is also not easy to mess with.

  The first round had a total of eight matches, and only four have been completed so far. In the next four matches, there were wins and losses, but no one has ever seen such a large gap again. One move defeated the opponent, and most of them took dozens or even hundreds of moves to defeat the opponent. Under the circumstances of equal strength, it is indeed normal to use more than 100 moves. These four battles also did not produce any dark horses.

  The first round of eight games has ended, with the winners being Gu Lang, Gu Chao, Gu Momo, Gu Yu, Gu Ling, Gu Yongfeng, Gu Ping, and Gu Guang. Among them, Gu Yu and Gu Momo were the strongest, both defeating their opponents in one move, showcasing strength that far surpassed their peers. It seemed that they only had eyes for each other as opponents, with the other six people not even being considered by them. Naturally, Gu Chao was also not taken into consideration by these two.

  Boom!

  Suddenly, a muffled thunder sounded from the horizon, and dark clouds piled up at a rapid speed. Before everyone could react, a heavy rain began to fall. Just now, everyone was watching the fight with great enthusiasm, but no one expected that a sudden storm would come. It's rare to have a storm in winter, and on such a cold winter day, no one dared to brave the storm, nor did they care about the rare family competition in Taofang County, and they all scattered and fled to find a place to take shelter from the rain.

  The host, Gu Jia, did not expect such a thing to happen. A sudden winter rainstorm came, and it's rare for it to rain in the winter, let alone have a winter storm that only happens once every few years. As a result, they encountered one this time. Looking at the rain, they could only temporarily stop work and wait until tomorrow to continue.

  Gu Chao also returned to his own small courtyard.

  Today, I finally saw the strength of Gu Mengmeng and Gu Yu, both of whom defeated their opponents with one move, showing extremely strong strength. Today's family competition was temporarily suspended due to heavy rain, which gave me some time to prepare. Gu Chao started practicing his knife skills in the room.

  Practicing Second-Order Martial Skill: Gale Knife Technique.

  The first style, the strong wind blows from the edge of the sky.

  The second style, swift wind and sharp thunder.

  The third form, Wind Sways the Grass.

  The fourth form, Gale Sweeps Away Fallen Leaves.

  The tenth form, swift wind violent advance.

  The fifteenth form, swift wind and heavy rain, the knife move changes, like a strong gust of wind and heavy rain.

  The Twentieth Form: Sudden Wind and Rain.

  The Thirty-sixth Posture: Swift Wind

  A move, a style of the Gale Knife Technique appeared in Gu Chao's hands, dancing over and over again with the Gale Knife Technique. Gu Chao seemed to have gained some insight, his knife technique becoming more agile, more nimble, as if a gust of wind was flowing between the knives, yes, there seemed to be a gust of wind in his own knife, a faint, indistinct gust of wind.

  Gu Chao waved his crimson long knife back and forth, and for a moment, the room was filled with a chilling light.

  It was unclear how long it had been when Gu Chao opened his eyes again.

  The Gale Knife Technique has been practiced by himself to a small success, after getting the Gale Knife Technique from the Taishan Sect, Gu Chao has been practicing it all along, and now he has finally achieved some results.

  It was an ancient super obvious discovery that after practicing the Gale Knife Technique to a small success, his knife speed became even faster, about 20% faster than before. A 20% increase was quite a remarkable number.

  Second-order martial skills are also known as single-attribute martial skills, which can already bring out the power of attribute-enhanced knife methods. The ability of wind-type attributes is basically to make the knife moves faster.

  But Gu Chao only now realized that having a small success in Second-Order Knife Technique could actually make his knife technique even faster.

  With such a faster swordsmanship, I have more confidence in tomorrow's duel with Gu Mengmeng and Gu Yu.

  After Gu Chao finished practicing the Wind Blade Technique, he couldn't help but feel a rumbling in his stomach. When he looked again, it was already nighttime. Unbeknownst to him, he had been practicing for so long that Chunlian and Qiujie, the two maidservants, saw that Gu Chao had stopped practicing and immediately went to take out the night snacks. Both Chunlian and Qiujie thought to themselves, "Following Master Gu is really a martial arts fanatic."

  Of course, the other seven people who passed the first round of fighting - Gu Momo, Gu Yu, Gu Ling, Gu Yongfeng, Gu Ping, Gu Guang and Gu Lang were also mostly cultivating and preparing for tomorrow's second round of fighting.

  Tomorrow's second round of fighting will be quite intense.

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