Chapter 317: Giving the Foreigners a Little Shock

Chapter 317: Chapter 317: Giving the Foreigners a Little Shock

The surrounding crowd nodded in agreement as they gazed at the massive, ruin-like arena.

They looked forward to seeing the expressions on the faces of contestants from other countries when they faced Lin Qi. It was bound to be a spectacular show.

"Let’s just sit back and enjoy the show!"

"Time to give the other countries a little shock," Guo Heng said with a smile.

...

In the ruined arena, Moriyama Ayane had a cute face, a tall figure, and smooth black hair.

After descending into the arena enveloped in a pillar of red light, she immediately selected a skin-tight, aqua-blue Combat Suit.

Holding a Longsword, she scanned her surroundings with a serious expression on her delicate face. She thought confidently to herself:

’I represent Japan. I must display our nation’s fighting spirit.’

’Anyone who stands in my way must die!’

An intense killing intent erupted from her body.

[The Countdown has ended!]

[The second preliminary match has begun!]

The AI voice announced loudly. Having studied the Xia Country Language, Moriyama Ayane knew the slaughter was about to start.

"Kill!"

In an instant, many contestants roared like beasts unleashed from a cage. Ferocious auras and sharp Weapons filled the ruins with a thick killing intent.

"Die!"

A dark-skinned contestant from Tianzhu with a small mustache brandished his Battle Saber and lunged toward Moriyama Ayane like an agile monkey.

SWISH!

Ayane smirked disdainfully. She moved like a phantom, swinging her Sharp Sword. With a flash of cold light, she vanished from her spot.

PSST!

The Tianzhu contestant only saw a flash of silver before a sharp, Tearing pain shot through his neck. A glint of sword light had slit his throat.

PSST! PSST!

On the open concrete road, Moriyama Ayane had cut down three people in an incredibly short time.

"She’s too strong! We’re no match for her!"

Seeing this, the unallied contestants turned and fled.

When Moriyama Ayane saw this, she charged forward. Her Sharp Sword moved like a stream of light, becoming one with the wind around her.

PSST! PSST!

In less than a minute, she had already killed eight people, displaying her immense strength.

On the second-tier Floating Island belonging to Japan,

several people stood at the center. Their auras were powerful and piercing as they proudly watched the events unfold in the arena.

The other students around them didn’t dare to get close.

One of them, a woman in white, watched Moriyama Ayane’s massacre in the arena and praised her:

"Ayane is truly worthy of being an S-class Talent. She was the runner-up in our own Sakura rookie competition."

"Her Swordsmanship is as fierce as a Gale, yet as beautiful as a melody."

"Everyone around her is her prey!"

"She’s fully demonstrating the Martial Arts of our Japan!"

The people around her nodded. One of them, a tall man, spoke up.

"Besides us, Ayane is sure to achieve great results."

"I hope she can kill a few contestants from Xia Country and build up her confidence."

While they were talking, back in the ruined arena, Lin Qi, dressed in a black Combat Suit, surveyed his surroundings. It was nothing but rubble.

He was in the middle of a street, surrounded by demolished shops.

He held his spear in one hand. After the AI voice announced the start, he remained motionless.

Instead, he released his Spirit Perception.

The moment the match began, countless people unleashed their power. Surges of Qi Blood appeared all over his Perception.

More than 30 Talents from different countries appeared within his Perception.

At the same time, someone had targeted him, seeing him as prey.

It was a burly man from Tianzhu, powerfully built and wielding a Battle Saber.

The moment he saw the Xia Country emblem on Lin Qi, he got an idea.

"Stop daydreaming! The match has started!"

He brandished his Battle Saber, stomped his right foot, and charged like a rhinoceros. The sharp blade cut through the air with a piercing whistle.

’This will be the first Xia Country contestant I kill!’

His Battle Saber was already swinging, less than a meter away from Lin Qi’s neck.

PSST!

Suddenly, a cold light flashed before his eyes. An excruciating pain shot through his neck, followed by a terrifying force.

Bright red blood spurted out. It was his own.

’How is this possible...?’

His eyes widened. He had clearly already made his move, so how had his opponent attacked?

He had attacked, but the other guy hadn’t moved at all.

THUD!

The burly man in the yellow Combat Suit crashed into the rubble, dying instantly. He faded into nothingness and vanished into thin air.

The other contestants who were mid-charge all slammed on the brakes.

What had they just seen?

The burly man had been killed in an instant, and none of them had even seen when his opponent had struck. It was too fast!

WHOOSH!

At the same time, Lin Qi’s figure flickered, turning into a streak of Thunder Light as he rushed toward the nearest contestant. His Black Great Spear quivered, piercing the air with a simple thrust!

He then immediately dashed to the next opponent without even looking back at the first one.

PSST!

A bloody hole instantly appeared on the opponent’s neck as he collapsed to the ground, dead.

A contestant from the Silla Kingdom only perceived a flash before his eyes and a point of cold light in front of him.

PSST!

A sharp pain shot through his neck, and then he knew nothing more.

One contestant looked around in confusion. He turned his head and wondered why all the other contestants around him had vanished.

A black shadow flashed past his eyes. He then felt a sweet taste in his throat as liquid trickled from his neck.

’I’m... dead...?’

PSST! PSST!

"Run!!"

The remaining contestants felt the suffocating atmosphere. They knew they wouldn’t survive another second in this area, so they turned and ran for their lives.

He was a monster!

The contestants from Xia Country really were all monsters, and this one was even more terrifying!

But in the end, they could not escape the slaughter. One by one, they fell.

In less than a minute, more than 30 contestants had been killed.

All of them were killed instantly before they could even counter-attack!

What Lin Qi did was very simple: run, thrust with his Great Spear, retract, and thrust again...

He repeated this process of slaughter, and his opponents fell one after another like stalks of wheat.

By the time he retracted his spear, all the nearby contestants were dead. He now stood at a crossroads, with a view of another street.

PSST!

A figure appeared in his line of sight. She was dressed in a white Combat Suit, her movements graceful as she swung a Sharp Sword.

’A contestant from Japan?’

The two faced each other. Moriyama Ayane also saw the Xia Country emblem on Lin Qi, and her eyes lit up.

’A contestant from Xia Country?’

Her country, Japan, had long admired Xia Country, but at the same time, they also yearned to defeat them.

’I’ll let Xia Country witness the Sword Dao of our Japan!’

The next moment, she swung her Sharp Sword. Her movements were light, as if she had merged with the wind and the blade in her hand.

She stepped forward and charged, the Power in her body vibrating and condensing before pouring into her Sharp Sword.

WHOOSH!

The wind from her sword howled, and in the span of a breath, she was in front of Lin Qi.

’A master!’

Lin Qi’s gaze was like a torch, seeing every one of Moriyama Ayane’s movements with perfect clarity.

He determined that she was an S-class Talent from Japan, and a powerful one at that.

’Too bad she ran into me.’

In the next instant, his figure flashed. He suddenly exerted himself, swinging his Great Spear with one hand as the Power in his body vibrated and infused the spear tip.

He thrust out abruptly, like a sharp arrow!

SWISH!

The air shrieked like Lightning as the black spear tip shot forward like a shuttling, wrathful dragon.

Moriyama Ayane only saw a cold light flash before her. Her entire body froze as a suffocating aura enveloped her from all directions.

She was like a little white rabbit that had fallen into a tiger’s den, where a hungry tiger just happened to be waiting.

She could only see a flash of cold light; she couldn’t even see how her opponent had attacked.

PSST!

Lin Qi had been lying in wait, and a rabbit had just willingly crashed into him.

His sharp spear tip pierced her throat, and blood spattered out.

In the end, Moriyama Ayane faded into the Void and dissipated.

Lin Qi thought it was a shame. A Talent like her would have had no problem getting into the main competition.

’Why was she so determined to throw her life away against me?’

He looked around again. There wasn’t a single contestant left. They had all been killed by him and Moriyama Ayane.

The nearest ones were four or five hundred meters away, so he instantly vanished from his spot again.

...

On Japan’s Floating Island, Moriyama Ayane was teleported back.

Her pretty face was pale. She had actually been instantly killed and eliminated.

She was a Top Level S-class Talent from Japan, yet she had been eliminated in the very first round.

"Baka! Who the hell was that Xia Country Martial Artist?"

A roar of frustration came from nearby.

A group of Talents who had Awakened Special Abilities were furious, their expressions changing drastically.

Their S-class Talent from Japan had actually been eliminated in the first round of the preliminaries.

"We have to file a complaint!"

"Also, are all the Martial Artists from Xia Country this strong? To be able to kill our Ayane so easily," the female Talent in white asked curiously.

Hearing this, the crowd nodded to themselves. Xia Country truly deserved its reputation as the strongest nation; even a random Talent from their country was this powerful.

...

[The second preliminary match has ended!]

In less than five minutes, everyone in the second match felt that the competition was over.

"So fast!" one contestant said in confusion. ’How did it end when it just began?’

Lin Qi also sighed. ’Looks like there are quite a few masters here,’ he thought.

He was instantly teleported back to the Xia Country’s Floating Island.

"Brother Qi is back!" someone shouted.

"Brother Qi is a total beast! How many contestants did he kill?"

"Aside from our own Xia Country contestants, he killed everyone from countries like Tianzhu, Japan, and the Silla Kingdom."

"He must have killed over two hundred people, right?"

"And there were many masters among them. There was that girl from Japan who was as strong as a Dean, but Brother Qi killed her in a single move."

"So tragic. She couldn’t even pass the first round of the preliminaries," the crowd chattered.

After this battle, countless Talents from numerous countries had taken notice of Lin Qi.

In the Tenth Institute, Wan Ming shook his head.

"Letting Brother Qi participate in the preliminaries is pretty unfair to the other contestants."

"If you gave him a little more time, he could have killed everyone in the entire match."

"So many masters were eliminated in the first round. It’s such a raw deal for them."

"But there’s still the resurrection match. That should give those Talents a chance."

The others nodded. As long as the SS-level Talents didn’t enter the fray, no one could stand against Lin Qi. Everyone else was just fish on a cutting board; whoever ran into him was doomed.

Watching from backstage, Xu Wenji also shook his head.

"I knew it. Looks like we’ll have to hold a separate resurrection match after all!"

"Brother Qi, you were too ruthless!"

On the Floating Island, Jiangtao teased him as well.

Lin Qi shook his head. "A lot of them attacked me first."

"I had no choice but to send them to the resurrection match."

After the two rounds of preliminaries, 100 of the 1,000 slots would be reserved for contestants from the resurrection match.

This was to prevent a situation where a Top Level master accidentally failed.

For example, that girl from Japan with her S-class Talent. If she couldn’t make it to the main competition, how could the higher-ups from Japan possibly accept it?

So, the resurrection match was an insurance policy, ensuring that Talents wouldn’t be eliminated prematurely due to an unexpected upset.

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