As Fang Lin continued to infuse energy into her staff, the Blazing Sun Battle Tattoo's color kept changing. Seven colors, five colors, white, black, blue, purple, light blue. When the color turned red, the long blade finally dimmed until it disappeared.
Everyone in the Starbow Corporation breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally blocked Ding Meng's fatal attack.
However, Fang Lin herself did not think so, because she instinctively felt a chill. Danger was approaching.
She suddenly looked up and found that Ding Meng was actually right above her. She had been so focused on blocking the Blazing Sun Battle Tattoo that she had completely ignored Ding Meng.
"Whoosh —"
Ding Meng's palm landed on the Ice Rhombus Shield. The shield didn't break, but the force of the blow knocked Fang Lin down from the sky.
The two quickly landed and faced each other in the air. The situation seemed to have returned to the starting point. They were tied.
Ding Meng stared at her. "Are you still not going to admit defeat?
Are you waiting to make a fool of yourself? "
Fang Lin's eyes were no longer calm. There was a hint of imperceptible panic in them, because she knew very well that Ding Meng was not bragging. She had used all her ultimate moves, but Ding Meng was completely unharmed. She had no more trump cards to use.
Looking at Ding Meng's calm and composed appearance, Ding Meng had not used all his strength. To be precise, Ding Meng had not used all his strength yet.
The current situation was difficult for Fang Lin. If she admitted defeat, her fans might not feel embarrassed, but in the eyes of many experts, the Starbow Corporation's reputation had been ruined by her.
Last time, she had been defeated on Thousand Sails Star. When she returned to the Federation, she could still claim that she had been tricked by a villain. However, this time, she was being watched by hundreds of millions of people. How could she admit defeat?
Ding Meng said indifferently, "Looks like you're going to walk this path to the end."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ding Meng flew up and swept toward Fang Lin like a nimble swallow. This was the most classic Ding Style Hand Blade.
Before the hand blade arrived, the condensed force and energy surged forward like a flood. Even Fang Lin found it difficult to keep her eyes open. She forced herself to activate the shield. No matter what, she had to block the attack in front of her.
In fact, she was already at the end of her rope. The flood of energy had already made the Ice Diamond Shield on the verge of collapse. When the hand blade arrived, the shield was as fragile as a piece of paper. with a bang, it shattered into pieces of ice.
Bang! Fang Lin's temple was cut by Ding Meng, and her whole body floated to the side like a piece of paper.
Halfway through her flight, Ding Meng's figure appeared behind her like a ghost. Without giving her time to react, Ding Meng kicked towards the sky. Fang Lin immediately flew up again. Ding Meng flashed over her head again like a ghost. This time, Ding Meng's fist landed heavily on the top of her head.
Fang Lin's body fell to the ground with a bang, creating a small crater. Her face was bruised and swollen.
In front of the screen, Ling Xingwen suddenly stood up. "Ding Meng, you bastard!"
In fact, any expert could see that although Ding Meng looked fierce, he actually didn't hit hard. He didn't want Fang Lin to be eliminated immediately. Instead, he wanted to beat her until her face was bruised and swollen. He wanted her to make a fool of herself at the Windcloud Gathering. Not only did he embarrass Fang Lin, but he was also slapping Ling Xingwen's face.
Weren't you so arrogant?
Weren't you so high and mighty?
Look at you for looking down on others. Look at you for being pretentious.
The livestream was also filled with sighs.
"This woman was just bragging. She said she would give the boss a chance."
"Hehe, this is what they mean by being pretentious and getting struck by lightning."
"Don't talk about it anymore. This Lingzhi is so pitiful. Her nose is bleeding. That guy is the same. He doesn't care about her at all."
"Is that so?"
"I think so too. What do you think?"
"Aren't we being a little too cruel?"
"Cruel?
No way! "
"No?
Then let's be more cruel! "
“66666！”
At this moment, Fang Lin was being kicked around by Ding Meng like a rubber ball. Her cold, beautiful image was now disheveled and bleeding. However, Ding Meng was in high spirits. It felt as if he was the one training in the training hall.
After beating her for another three minutes, the system's subtitles finally appeared. "Crazy Explosion wins!"
The livestream was filled with cheers. This was the first contestant to enter the top 32. At this moment, Ding Meng's popularity skyrocketed from 40 million to 180 million. His current ranking was 21st.
A large part of the increase in fans in this match was due to Fang Lin's Ice God's Nirvana Art. Because it was too beautiful, many of the spectators had heard about it and came to watch. However, when they arrived, they saw Ding Meng beating up Ding Meng in a frenzy. Everyone was convinced by Ding Meng's ruthlessness. To beat up such a beautiful and cold woman without any mercy, this was a ruthless person.
One family was happy, while the other was worried. To be precise, they were angry. At this moment, Ling Xingwen slammed the wine glass on the coffee table. Her eyes were about to spit fire. "This bastard, it's this bastard again. How dare he beat Auntie Fang like this?"
Leng Yeqiu and Dong Yihan looked at each other. Everyone knew that the second miss was irritable, but she rarely lost her temper because there were too few people who could make her lose her temper. Ding Meng was almost the only one. Back then in Flying Star City, then in Thousand Sails Star, and now in the Storm Gathering. Ding Meng didn't give her any face at all.
Ling Xingqi was very calm. "It's okay. Our main force is still here."
In her opinion, it was normal for Fang Lin to lose to Ding Meng. Back then, Fang Lin was seriously injured by Ding Meng on Thousand Sails Star. After returning to the headquarters, she had been slowly recovering until they found a new source of Divine Light energy. Fang Lin shared a part of it, and most of the energy was used to heal herself. Although she had a famous weapon like the Cyan and Blue Wand, which increased her combat power, it was still difficult for her to deal with Ding Meng. Although the scene looked good, a disadvantage was still a disadvantage. Other experts should be able to see this.
From the beginning to the end, Ding Meng only used the Burning Sun Battle Mark. The rest were just ordinary punches and kicks. It was obvious who was better and who was worse.
Actually, Ling Xingqi was more emotional. More than ten years ago, Ding Meng was just a graduate of Starlight. He chose to join the Starlight Corporation's Blue Moon Branch. During that time, she had even killed him once on Poison Dragon Planet. Now, he had become the Starlight Corporation's number one enemy. If she had respected him a little more in the past, the situation would not have developed to such a terrible state.
The top 32 matches proceeded in order. Ding Meng was also sent back to the VIP room. After this, he could quietly enjoy the performances of the various experts.
Jun Ling's opponent was also a seeded contestant — No.19, Idle Cloud Wild Crane. There was not much suspense in this match. Idle Cloud Wild Crane lost. However, unlike the previous matches, Jun Ling did not only use one move to defeat him. Idle Cloud Wild Crane resisted for five minutes before falling.
Dai Yi's opponent was Crazy Scooter. He did not expect this guy to break through the group stage. However, when he saw Dai Yi's ID prefix, Crazy Scooter symbolically resisted for two minutes before giving up. This was because he had seen the Bingyi Corporation's advertisement on Crazy Scooter's clothes. Thinking that this beauty was also a ruthless character, he decided to just surrender. After all, it was not bad for him to make it to the top 32 with his Battle-Saint level strength.
Originally, Ding Meng thought that it would not be a problem for his people to make it to the next round. However, something unexpected happened in Lu Qing's match. Lu Qing's opponent was No.14 seeded contestant, Long Feiyang. This Long Feiyang's appearance was not good. He looked like a middle-aged man who was mature and steady. However, his attacks were extremely powerful. It felt like his foundation was especially solid.
This match was almost a copy of Ding Meng and Fang Lin's battle. Lu Qing's crazy attacks were completely useless. No matter how beautiful she was, she could not shake her opponent at all. In the end, she was exhausted and fell to the ground after being slapped by Long Feiyang.
However, Lu Qing was not as stubborn as Fang Lin. When she saw that her opponent was deliberately humiliating her, she decisively surrendered. This way, Lu Qing was defeated before she even made it to the top 32. This result surprised everyone.
At this moment, Lu Qing had already been teleported back to the VIP room. Dai Yi hurriedly went up and asked, "Are you okay?"
Lu Qing was not depressed. She giggled and said, "I'm fine. I'm just not as good as others. However, this Long Feiyang also has the Divine Light Energy."
"Oh?" Ding Meng was a little surprised. Since when did the Divine Light Energy become so worthless?
It was everywhere!
Lu Qing explained, "I'm sure he has it. You might not be able to see it through the live broadcast, but I can feel it. He could take so many of my electromagnetic skills with his bare hands. I used the Divine Light Energy, but he could still take it with his bare hands. At that time, I knew that there was something wrong with this person."
Ding Meng narrowed his eyes. He could almost determine that this Long Feiyang was very likely another trump card of the Starbow Group. Currently, he only knew that the contestants on his side and the Starbow Group had the Divine Light Energy. Long Feiyang slapped Lu Qing repeatedly to vent his anger. Ling Xingwen was a classic demonstration to him: If you want to humiliate Auntie Fang, then I'll hit your wife.
Of course, Lu Qing was very smart. She would not give him a chance to show off. I'm just the weakest contestant in Bing Yi's team. Hubby, Big Sis, and the others are still here. They will deal with you later in the competition.
The matches for the top 32 all ended on this day. The next round's match-up system was also notified in advance. This was to let the contestants have a night to study their next opponent:
Match 1: Lei Jingtian VS Sheng Hao – Yu Ming; Match 2: Rainbow – Eisendale VS Apocalypse – White Jade;
Match 3: Zhong Wuji VS Vast Sky; Match 4: Kneel to Laozi VS Qi Ye;
Match 5: Bing Yi – Dai Yi VS Qi Family's Young Master; Match 6: Dream Return VS Jin Tianyi;
Match 7: Long Feiyang VS Lian Song Gongzi; Match 8: Lone Ranger VS Wei Kang;
Match 9: Guan Wuming VS Misty Rain Qian; Match 10: Ou Yangguang VS Bic;
Match 11: Beidou – Ji Chenyu VS Wooden Boat; Match 12: Starbow – Leng Yeqiu VS Red Moon – Li Xiaoyao;
Match 13: Scar of Heaven VS Starbow – Dong Yihan; Match 14: Blue Moon VS Netizen 99999;
Match 15: I Was Born Dry VS Ayin 9527; Match 16: Starbow – Ling Xingqi VS Crazy Explosion;
The matches for the top 16 were all between experts. Almost all of them were between seeded contestants. However, those who paid attention could still see that the most important matches for the top 16 were the first and last matches.
In the first match, the two favorites for the championship met in advance. And in the last match, Ling Xingqi's name was too famous. After all, she was ranked second in popularity and had a lot of support. Although Crazy Explosion's popularity wasn't that high, he was still very eye-catching in the previous matches. Even such a strong seeded player like Nimble was defeated by him.
Of course, looking at the match-up list, only the two contestants knew the grudges between them.