The rules were simple. Two against one. The winner would advance and the loser would be eliminated.
Opponents would be chosen randomly by drawing lots. There was no cheating. What was more, every winner would have to fight many times before they could go up. Even if they cheated once or twice, could they keep winning?
There were so many powerhouses here, and none of them were blind. If they cheated, it would damage the reputation of the Female Holy Sect. Such a big sect would not allow such a thing to happen to their reputation.
After the patriarch announced the rules, the drawing of lots began. The patriarch waved his hand and wisps of smoke appeared in the air. He said, "Each of you will absorb some smoke and the smoke will be paired up automatically."
Dong Yeying and the others waved their hands at once and each of them absorbed a wisp of smoke.
Lu Li did the same. At the beginning, he didn't feel any pressure unless he was unlucky enough to encounter one of the five.
He was lucky. After everyone absorbed some smoke, the smoke would be paired up automatically. Lu Li was matched with a warrior at the peak of the Fifth Tribulation.
When that warrior realized that he was matched with Lu Li, he was overjoyed. He thought he had gotten lucky and was matched with the weakest one.
The location of the competition was at the center of the public square. This public square lit up with divine runes. After that, many halos of light appeared. These halos of light were very small, but each of them contained a unique little world. It was similar to that treasure from the Heaven Empyrean Sect back then.
There were 100 halos in total. There were only 170 people this time so it was enough.
As a matter of fact, there were more than 170 people signing up. There were more than 3000 people.
But the Holy Lady Sect would not give everyone a chance. Either you were powerful or … you had a powerful background!
At the end of the day, the Holy Lady Sect had a purpose for giving away fame, treasures and women.
They wanted to gather talents from all over the world and form a marriage alliance with the major forces. Their ultimate goal was to dominate the Endless Ruins.
The Holy Lady Sect did not want male disciples. Therefore, even if you were talented and capable, you would not be their target.
Unless you were extremely talented and were destined to become a powerful warrior in the future.
Or, you had a powerful background that could make the two forces work together.
On the surface, Lu Li was weak but his disguise was not bad. The old demon behind Feng Wuding was a powerful warrior of the Emperor Realm. The Holy Lady Sect would respect him.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Li and his opponent entered the designated halos. As soon as Lu Li entered the halos, he felt a white glare and found himself in a strange small world.
It was not a large world, only with a radius of several thousand miles. It was just enough for a fight.
"Buzz!"
A white light flashed on the opposite side. Then, the peak Fifth Tribulation Martial Artist appeared on the opposite side.
That person's face was flushed red. He was extremely excited and high-spirited.
He looked at Lu Li and said, "I am Lu Yushan. How do you look?"
Lu Li cupped his fists and said, "Feng Wuding!"
"Brother Feng!"
Lu Yushan cupped his fists again and said, "You have just broken through the fifth tribulation, yet you dare to participate in the Hua Yang Conference of Dao. Your courage is commendable.
However, you should know that you are no match for me. Since that is the case, there is no need to make a big fuss. How about we just play nicely and stop? "
"Sure!" Lu Li said with a smile, "Just have some fun. Young Master Lu, don't be too harsh!"
"Hahaha!"
Lu Yushan laughed heartily with a complacent look on his face. His body floated over and waved one of his hands. Suddenly, the sky was filled with palm imprints. Those were not ordinary palm imprints. All of the palm imprints carried a black aura, which gave rise to the sound of wind and thunder.
Lu Li didn't release the Dragon Reverse Transformation nor did he use any source of energy. He only used Dragon Wrestling and Heaven Armor.
He retreated quickly, dodging the palm imprints coming at him from all sides. He was not in a hurry to win because that would attract too many people's attention. He wanted to stall for some time and win this fight "with difficulty" …
"Boom!"
He was hit by the palm imprints and was smashed away. But his defense was too strong.
Lu Yushan didn't use any powerful attacks so he wasn't hurt. His armor didn't even crack.
"Brother Feng, your defense is good!"
Lu Yushan circled around Lu Li and kept releasing palm imprints. But he seemed to be at ease.
Even though Lu Li's defense was good, Lu Yushan was only using average attacks. He just wanted to play with Lu Li.
"Thank you, Brother Lu. Don't embarrass me!"
Lu Li kept dodging and said with a smile, "Let me stay a bit longer. I hope you don't embarrass me."
The smile on Lu Yushan's face grew wider. One was attacking and the other was dodging. It was a lively fight. But no matter how you looked at it, it was like a game without any sense of intensity.
Tens of thousands of people outside were watching the dozens arenas with psychic power. At first, some were looking at Lu Li, but soon, they didn't. They were staring at other fights.
The fight of the five people in particular had attracted many people's attention.
After all, the five were the most popular. They were lucky that they didn't fight against each other. Otherwise, some of them would be eliminated immediately.
In the outdoor pavilion, Shadow Queen and the more than 30 girls also used psychic power. Most of them were also watching the fight of the five people.
Lu Ling and Xiang Linglong were both staring at one person, Dong Yeying!
For them, it didn't matter whether others won or lost. Dong Yeying was also from the Third Heaven and the three of them knew each other.
Lu Ling and Xiang Linglong actually had an extravagant hope — they hoped that Dong Yeying could win and then negotiate with him in private. On the surface, they would marry him. In this way, they could at least linger on for a while.
Lu Ling and Xiang Linglong would not miss any hope of survival.
Even though they hated Dong Yeying, at least he was a real villain. As long as Dong Yeying agreed to the fake marriage, he wouldn't do anything rash in the short term.
Of course, the premise was that Dong Yeying could win the first place.
Lu Ling and Xiang Linglong didn't have the right to choose who to marry. The Holy Girl Sect was overbearing. If they chose not to join the inner sect, then they must follow the rules of the Holy Girl Sect. Otherwise, the Holy Girl Sect would execute them without mercy.
Lu Ling and Xiang Linglong didn't talk to Dong Yeying because if he couldn't win the first place, then he wouldn't have the right to choose them.
Therefore, they were both looking at Dong Yeying, expecting him to win the first place.
The fight of the five ended soon. Dong Yeying fought against an average warrior of the Sixth Heaven Tribulation. He defeated the warrior with absolute power and won the fight easily.
The other four did the same. Their opponents were not strong. Naturally, they didn't want to waste time.
They all wanted to come out earlier to observe their opponents' abilities. In this way, the later fights would be easier.
"Brother Feng, I am sorry!"
Lu Yushan didn't want to go on, seeing that the fight had been delayed for too long.
He was about to release powerful attacks when Lu Li dashed over like a ghost. A soft sword appeared in Lu Li's hand and he released soul attacks.
Lu Li's soul attacks were strong. Now that his soul attacks had been improved, the power was even stronger. How could Lu Yushan stand a chance?
As soon as the soul attacks were released, Lu Yushan couldn't move anymore.
"Boom!"
Lu Li rushed to Lu Yushan, took out a heavy sword and hacked at Lu Yushan's head. Lu Li hacked for more than a dozen times. The helmet on Lu Yushan's head was cracked and so was his head.
Lu Li stopped. After a white glare, Lu Yushan was teleported out.
Every fight was monitored by patriarchs of the Holy Girl Sect. Lu Yushan had been utterly defeated. Lu Li had held back. Otherwise, Lu Yushan's head would have been crushed …