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The nominees for the position of chief were all different in the ranger's heart. There were many opinions and arguments, but no conclusion was reached. In the end, they still had to use the simplest, most direct and effective way to compete.
The first to enter the stage was Sect Lord Tao Wen who could freely enter. When he entered, he immediately expressed her position, as he supported Zhang Dong becoming the Alliance Head.
Just as Tao Wen finished speaking, someone below the stage loudly shouted: "I'll fight you!" The person who spoke first took three steps in a row, squeezed through the crowd, and jumped to the front of the stage. He grabbed the edge of the stage with one hand, exerted his strength into his arms, and jumped onto the stage.
The one who challenged him was also considered a famous adventurer called Xu Lin, a lone ranger who did not belong to any sect or school, and he supported Baihui Hall and Hall Lord. Zhang Dong and Zhou Kuan were both members of one of the most popular alliance masters, and the two of their supporters also spoke badly. After saying their names, without further ado, they both revealed themselves and fought against each other.
Rangers were different from generals in the army. Since there were no enemies present, they were more adept at calculation, and would not easily use large scale attack skills that used up spirit energy. Spiritual God Congealing, Blood Soul Chasing, Wind Splitting Separating Technique, and other such skills were commonly used in single combat.
Tao Wen and Xu Lin's cultivation were about the same, and their Soul Martial Arts were about the same. When they fought in one place, it seemed to be a thrilling battle, but neither could hurt the other. In the blink of an eye, the two had already fought more than thirty rounds without a clear outcome. At this time, Tang Yin who was in the stands, had already picked up his teacup and was leisurely drinking his tea. In his eyes, the two people fighting for their lives in the arena were unpopular, so it wasn't worth watching.
Tang Yin felt bored, behind him, Cheng Jin, Jiang Fan and the rest also could not keep their spirits up, so Shangguan Yuanbiao tried to find Ah Si out of boredom to bet on him, betting on who will win and who will lose.
Xu Lin's careless move had allowed Tao Wen to seize the opportunity and take a heavy punch to the chest. Due to the protection of the spirit armor, this punch was unable to injure him, but the impact had pushed him off the stage. According to the rules, he would be considered to have lost.
Although Xu Lin was not convinced, he could do nothing about it. After climbing up from the ground, he put away his weapon and dispersed his spirit armor. He shook his head with a face full of shame as he squeezed into the crowd.
As soon as he won, Tao Wen immediately became full of energy. The audience also burst into cheers and applause. Zhang Dong's face was full of pride, he secretly nodded his head, and the proverb goes, victory in the first place, victory in the last place, Tao Wen will help him to get started!
Before he had been happy for long, another person stood up from the stage. This time, his name was Rong Ze, who was the Clan Master of Guannan County, and like Xu Lin, who had just lost, he also supported Zhou Kuan.
The Baihui Hall itself was a hodgepodge, with various sects, gangs, and halls coming together to form a united sect. The sect had three schools and nine schools, with dragons and serpents mixed in, and there was no lack of bandits who were born in the grass, while the former self of the Ma Clan was Equestrian Bandit, which was also the grass. Thus, the Ma Clan had an innate sense of intimacy with the Baihui Hall, and Zhou Kuan was outspoken and straightforward. The horse gang of each county had a close relationship with Baihui Hall. It could be said that the horse gang was an important force that supported Baihui Hall.
As the gang leader of a county, Rong Ze's strength was far above Xu Lin's. He had only fought Tao Wen for twenty rounds and the latter had already been beaten by him so viciously that he could only defend and not retaliate. Anyone could tell that Tao Wen's defeat was only a matter of time.
Rongze's fists and legs were superior, his mouth was not idle, and he mocked from time to time, "Sect Lord Tao is only so-so! Could it be that the people supporting the Sect Lord Zhang are all people like you? "How laughable, if I rely on you all, Sect Lord Zhang can only wait for his next life to become the Alliance Master ?"
As he spoke, Tao Wen became angrier the more he heard about this. His moves also became more and more disorderly, without any pattern. After battling for another ten rounds, Rong Ze grabbed onto Tao Wen's negligence and moved behind him. Using the spirit sword in his hand as a pole, he smashed it onto Tao Wen's back.
Even though he was using the clap, not the chop, but the blade, it was enough for Tao Wen to bear.
A crisp smack sounded out from the earring. This strike shattered the spirit armor on Tao Wen's back as he flew forward. Plop! He flew a full two meters before heavily crashing into the arena. Then, looking at his back, he saw that his spirit armor had shattered, and a long bloody wound had appeared on his clothes.
"Humph!" Rong Ze no longer chased after them. He stood in his original spot and sneered. At the same time he sheathed his sword, he said proudly, "Sect Lord Tao, you've let me win ?"
Before he finished speaking, Tao Wen, who was originally lying on the ground, suddenly let out a strange cry and scuttled up from the ground, while at some point, a half foot long metal pipe appeared in his hands. Before anyone could figure out what was going on, Tao Wen had already raised the metal pipe and pulled the spring towards Rongze.
With a crack, the mechanism in the pipe was activated, and a steel needle as thin as a cow's hair shot out of the pipe, heading straight for Rongze. Not to mention that at this moment, even if Rongze was prepared, he might not even be able to dodge a close range attack from a concealed weapon.
The steel needles that were shot out from the metal pipe were all nailed onto Rongze's body. The latter didn't even make a sound before falling to the ground and twitching a few times before he stopped moving.
Silence! The entire Ten Thousand Graveyard Valley fell into a strange silence. Everyone stared wide-eyed at what was happening on the stage, and they almost forgot to breathe.
After an unknown amount of time, the entire competition grounds was in an uproar, the disciples that were acting as referees anxiously ran up to the stage, checked Rongze's breath, and then touched his neck's pulse, in the end, they shook their heads towards Zhang Dong, indicating that they could no longer save him.
Seeing this scene, the rangers below the stage were displeased. Someone shouted loudly: "Tao Wenpi, little villain, what kind of ability do you have to secretly wound people?!"
"Tao Wen, from today onwards, the Under Heaven Horse Gang will be irreconcilable with you!"
For a time, the entire valley was in an uproar as sounds of scolding could be heard incessantly.
Now that Rongze had died, he recovered from his rage and immediately regretted it. He first hurriedly put away the concealed weapon, then loudly explained to the audience: "In this competition, there are no rules that states that concealed weapons cannot be used. Rongze's carelessness cannot be blamed on Tao!"
"Bullshit!" "Tao Wen, you despicable, shameless villain ?"
Tao Wen's argument did not resonate with anything, and only brought about a wider and louder wave of curses.
At this moment, Tang Yin and the rest were frowning, they were silent, it was not because they felt that Tao Wen's methods were improper, but because the hidden weapon that he used was too familiar. Tang Yin asked first, "Did you all see it clearly?"
Jiang Fan and the others looked at each other, and it was still Cheng Jin who spoke first: "Go back ? Young master, that ? It's like the Ghost Floating Hall's unique secret weapon, the Soul-Shattering Needle! "0
That's right! Tang Yin nodded, he was extremely familiar with the Soul-Shattering Needles. He had almost died to this hidden weapon back then. Squinting his eyes, he stared at the helpless Tao Wen on the stage as he muttered to himself, "How come he has the Soul-Shattering Needles?" As he spoke, he turned and looked at Cheng Jin.
When the Feng Army had attacked the Ning Country back then, he had obtained a set of unique hidden weapons for the Three Hall Gang. There were Dragon Scale-flaying Arrow s, Feng Yuhui, and, of course, the Soul-Shattering Needles. Because the hidden weapons were too powerful, they were not easy to control. Not long after he used his Hidden Arrow Crew, they were kept by Cheng Jin, and right now, they were all sealed within the hidden arrow headquarters' Hidden House.
would never believe that Tao Wen's Soul-Shattering Needle had flowed out from his Hidden Arrow Crew. After all, every month, there was an inventory of hidden arrows and the sealed Three Hall Gang and hidden weapons were never lost. There was only one explanation left. Young Master, this must be something Tao Wen obtained from the Ningxia Ranger. "
Tang Yin's eyes flashed, and said coldly: "It's said that the remnants of Three Hall Gang are the core backbone of the Countercurrent Flow."
Cheng Jin sucked in a cold breath. If that was the case, Tao Wen must have been in contact with Countercurrent Flow before, or even might have been bribed by Countercurrent Flow. If that was the case, then things would become complicated. Cheng Jin thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "Rest assured Young Noble, this subordinate will investigate this matter as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" Tang Yin replied indifferently, he drank a mouthful of tea and said: "Don't alert the snake, and don't make any noises. Clean your limbs a little, after you investigate everything, you can take care of it yourself."
"Yes!" Young Master. " Cheng Jin hurriedly nodded.
On the other side of the stage, the Ma Clan wanted revenge, the other Rangers also wanted to curse at Tao Wen for harming others secretly, the curses became louder and louder, in the end, Zhang Dong had no choice but to step forward to take charge of the certificate, declare Tao Wen dead, and remove his qualifications to participate in the competition.
The Ma Clan was extremely dissatisfied with his handling of the matter. All of the sect members under Rong Ze stood forward, not allowing Tao Wen to step down, and insisted on competing with him. To put it bluntly, they wanted to avenge their sect leader's death on the stage.
The arena was also in chaos. At this time, someone from the Baihui Hall Arena in the west side stood up, and quickly got off the spectator stand. With large strides, he walked to the arena and shouted loudly: "Everyone, quiet down, calm down first!"
Seeing who they were talking to, the people from the Ma Clan immediately stopped talking. He was tall, muscular like a cow, his face was black like iron, and his beard was like steel needles. His name was Tang Lei, and he was the Chief Hall Lord of the outer hall, one of the core members of the Baihui Hall.
Tang Lei's prestige amongst the Rangers was pretty high, and could be said to be second only to Zhou Kuan. He had a deep relationship with the Ma Gang and had always addressed them as brothers. Now that Tang Lei had arrived, the Ma Gang gang members acted as if they had seen their relatives as they all shouted: "Hall Lord Tang, our Clan Master's death was too tragic. You have to uphold justice for us ah!"
"Fellow brothers, please calm down!" Tang Lei first cupped his hands to the crowd, calming them down, then walked in front of Zhang Dong and cupped his hands to him and said, "Sect Lord Zhang, although Sect Lord Tao has a somewhat unfavorable outcome, she still won in the end. It really shouldn't be possible for you to revoke his qualifications so rudely!"
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