Chapter 93: Seven to Four

Of course, in the minds of many, Xiao Yun was almost capable of defeating Xiao Bei. Apart from Xiao Yun's performance in defeating his opponent just now, the reason these people believed this was that Xiao Bei's injury from using the "Blood Sacrifice Technique" last time had not yet healed...

Xiao Bei, who had a bye in the previous round, was naturally placed last in the drawing order this time.

In fact, Xiao Bei had never thought that he would have a bye again this time. After all, whether Xiao Bei wanted a bye or not was one thing, but the key point was that this time it was not like last time when he could directly choose a bye number by piercing through Xiao Zhan's martial aura. This time, Xiao Bei was the last person to choose a wooden tablet number.

Of course, Xiao Bei no longer cared whether he had a bye or not. Previously, he chose a bye just to see what Xiao Yun relied on. Now, Xiao Bei had already understood his reliance.

Now, Xiao Bei only wanted to win the trial arena and then eliminate the隐患 in the Xiao family, so that his mother Zhang Lan could stay safely in the Wu Kingdom. After that, he would go to the Hengxiang Academy with Jiang Yuan, who had already been confirmed by Jiang Huan to receive the qualification to go to the Hengxiang Academy, to see the legendary Hengxiang Academy Dean who had transcended the Emperor-level martial artist realm! To boost his own martial path!

However, what Xiao Bei did not expect was that whether he wanted a bye or not, he would have a bye this time... The woman with a gentle appearance who stood in front of Xiao Bei, the one who had once entered the inner chamber of the Xiao family's library with Xiao Bei and Xiao Qing, named Xiao Wan, after choosing her wooden tablet, the number displayed on the tablet after Xiao Ting withdrew his martial aura, was a large "5"!

This number caused the crowd below the arena to be in an uproar again!

Everyone stared with wide eyes, a bit disbelieving... Then, a family member subconsciously shouted, "This Xiao Bei, his luck is really too good, right? He can even get a bye like this?"

This sentence expressed everyone's thoughts!

Because there were only seven wooden tablets in total, and Xiao Bei was the last to choose, but the first six did not choose number seven. Xiao Bei didn't choose anything, and it was directly number seven?!

This was essentially the same as last time when Xiao Bei directly chose the thirteenth number tablet for a bye... Thirteen was a bye, and seven was also a bye!

This luck was already enviable to everyone... especially the six people on the arena, including Xiao Qing, who were already envious of Xiao Bei's luck to the extreme.

Of course, among these six people, Xiao Yun was not just envious to the extreme; he had already transitioned from envy to intense anger. His face was already green with anger, and his eyes were increasingly venomous.

Xiao Bei himself, seeing Xiao Ting remove the paper covering the last remaining wooden tablet with a smile, revealing a large "7" on the tablet, also showed a helpless smile, thinking to himself, "I really didn't expect that I could get a bye like this, it saves some trouble."

He glanced around and met Xiao Yun's almost fiery gaze, then shook his head.

"Really didn't expect it. It seems Xiao Bei's luck is indeed too good. However, there's nothing we can do about it. I announce that the bye this time is Xiao Bei! He can directly advance to the semi-finals! The match-ups for the other six people are as follows: Number 1 Xiao Yun vs. Number 2 Xiao Yuan, Number 3 Xiao Qing vs. Number 4 Xiao Xu, Number 5 Xiao Wan vs. Number 6 Xiao Zheng!"

After Xiao Ting finished speaking, his body immediately rose. "Now, Xiao Yun, Xiao Yuan, are you two ready?"

Xiao Yun withdrew his gaze from Xiao Bei and nodded, and the young man named Xiao Yuan also nodded.

However, it was clear that Xiao Yuan's face was tense, undoubtedly out of respect for Xiao Yun's sudden surge in strength.

"Now, you two follow me down and wait."

Xiao Ting said to Xiao Bei and the others except for Xiao Yun and Xiao Yuan.

"Alright."

Xiao Bei and the others replied, then one by one jumped down from the largest arena in the martial arts hall.

Xiao Bei, of course, went straight to where his mother Zhang Lan had just arrived after getting off the stage.

On the arena, Xiao Yun watched Xiao Bei's back and sneered, "Xiao Bei, let's see how long your luck can last! An injured Eighth Rank Later Heaven martial artist, how can he be my opponent?! Even if you weren't injured, I have ways to make you not my opponent!"

This statement was said in a low voice, and with the crowd around the arena discussing Xiao Bei's good luck, not many people heard it.

However, Xiao Yuan, who was standing on the arena not far from Xiao Yun, heard it clearly.

Xiao Yuan's strength was at the peak of Seventh Rank Later Heaven.

Facing an Eighth Rank Later Heaven martial artist, Xiao Yuan's confidence was not high. After seeing Xiao Yun's impressive performance this morning, directly defeating an Eighth Rank Later Heaven martial artist, Xiao Yuan had already developed a sense of being unable to match Xiao Yun. Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Xiao Yuan's confidence was further shaken.

In fact, his qualification to enter the trial was also due to luck.

However, Xiao Yuan also knew that at this moment, he had to give it his all!

"Now, Number 1 Xiao Yun vs. Number 2 Xiao Yuan, begin!"

Xiao Ting, standing below the arena, loudly announced.

His voice, infused with power, shook the entire martial arts hall, and the noise in the hall immediately subsided. Everyone focused their attention on Xiao Yun and Xiao Yuan on the arena.

Xiao Bei also turned his gaze to the arena.

On the arena, Xiao Yun, seeing Xiao Bei's gaze, sent a challenging look, then burst into martial aura and struck a palm at Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan dodged on the spot, moved his body, and kicked out a leg.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xiao Yun directly pushed his martial aura to the limit. The martial aura, with a power that transcended a rank, pressed Xiao Yuan's body, making him shudder!

Taking advantage of this moment, Xiao Yun directly grabbed at Xiao Yuan's leg... his hand aimed straight for Xiao Yuan's leg.

Under the pressure of Xiao Yun's martial aura, Xiao Yuan's body was already unstable, but he managed to land his leg without any problem... barely dodging Xiao Yun's attack.

Subsequently, Xiao Yuan began to adopt a strategy of keeping his distance... the people below the arena, seeing this match where the two had only exchanged a few moves, already saw the result. If Xiao Yuan did not have any unique techniques, he would definitely be defeated by Xiao Yun.

After all, the two were a full rank apart in martial arts realm, not on the same level.

A Seventh Rank Later Heaven martial artist, without any special techniques, would generally not be a match for an Eighth Rank Later Heaven martial artist.

"How come there's a gaze that keeps staring at me..." Frowning, Xiao Bei turned his head, as he felt a gaze that seemed to have locked onto him since he entered the martial arts hall and had not left.

Focusing his eyes, Xiao Bei saw the owner of the gaze... it was the girl he had seen in the "Wanxiang Hall." However, when Xiao Bei's gaze fell on her, the girl did not look away but gave him a glare.