Shadow Queen and Lu Li chatted for a while. Their conversation was filled with admiration for Feng Wuding. It seemed that they had some unresolved ill-fated relationship.
Unfortunately, Old Ancestor Feng Wuding didn't like the Female Sage Sect, and the Shadow Empress was also the mainstay of the Female Sage Sect, so the two of them didn't get together in the end.
After chatting for a while, Lu Li went back. In the end, the Movie Queen encouraged Lu Li to fight hard and get a better ranking. If Lu Li wanted to marry someone, she could be his matchmaker.
Back then, Shadow Queen didn't marry Feng Wuding's forefather. Now, she seemed to regard Lu Li as her junior. She would help Lu Li as long as it was not against her principles.
Lu Li didn't expect to receive such a pleasant surprise from a fake identity.
He thanked her profusely and shed tears of gratitude. He even revealed the manner of treating the Movie Empress as his great-grandmother. He himself was somewhat immersed in his role …
After returning to the castle, he went into secluded cultivation and continued to accumulate Origin Energy.
Who knew what would happen next?
The more Origin Energy he accumulated, the better.
Later on, someone invited him to a banquet again. Perhaps it was the movie queen who summoned him alone, which made some women look at him in a different light.
Another four ladies invited him to dinner, but Lu Li did not meet any of them because he was in closed-door cultivation.
Time passed quickly, and half a month later, the semi-finals began. Tens of thousands of spectators came early. The previous matches were just appetizers, and now, the real fierce battles were about to begin.
This time, the Female Sage Sect didn't only have the Shadow Empress, but they also had four Emperor-ranked experts. This showed how much importance the Female Sage Sect attached to this competition.
This time, the rules had changed. It was no longer a duel, but it wasn't a chaotic battle like the one in the Heavenly Emperor Sect.
Three people in a group!
Lots were drawn to form a group of three. Only one of the three could win and advance to the top ten.
There was no shortcut in this kind of battle, because the two weaker people would usually team up. You had to use your combat power and strategy to suppress the two in order to advance.
There was also an element of luck in this. If all three of them were strong, then it would be a tragedy for two of them. They were stronger than the others, but they couldn't advance to the top ten.
Everyone was secretly praying that they wouldn't encounter an opponent that was too strong, but Lu Li pursed his lips and didn't do anything.
Because after he knew the rules, he suddenly had a feeling that the drawing of lots should be controlled by someone.
What was the purpose of the Saintess Sect holding the Hua Yang Dao Discussion?
Naturally, it was for the sake of marrying off their precious disciple to the most outstanding Young Master and the most powerful Young Master.
If the outstanding disciple of her family were to marry the young master of a small power, to marry a weakling, then what was the point of holding this martial arts competition?
It was a fruitless effort.
If resources and women were given away for free, many young masters of powerful factions would feel resentful.
Therefore, although they wouldn't openly cheat, they had to secretly help the powerful young masters advance.
Anyway, they weren't cheating in public. So what if someone guessed it?
Who would say anything?
Wasn't it normal for those powerful young masters to get a good ranking?
The drawing of lots began!
Lu Li didn't even look at the wisps of smoke. He grabbed at them and waited quietly. If the Holy Lady Sect wanted to mess with him, then he would be in the same group as one of the five.
If the Movie Queen took care of him, he might end up with two martial artists who weren't that strong.
"Hua!"
The result of the drawing of lots came out very quickly, and there was an uproar all around.
Lu Li glanced over. It was just as he had expected.
The five weren't in the same group. All of them were separated.
The Movie Queen had taken care of him so he wasn't in the same group as the five. But there was one at the middle stage of the Sixth Tribulation and one at the initial stage in his group. On the surface, he seemed to be the weakest.
"How can it be so coincidental?"
"Right, none of the five are in the same group. Is it on purpose or is it really that good luck?"
"Yes, I wanted to see two tigers fighting against each other.
I didn't know that the five were separated. "
"Is the Holy Lady Sect secretly controlling them?"
From the stands came people's discussions. Even if there were two powerful warriors in the same group, there wouldn't be so many doubts. But now, there was no reason for people to doubt.
That being said, the Holy Lady Sect turned a deaf ear to the discussions. Some people at the martial arts competition had opinions as well, but nobody dared to express them. If they angered the Holy Lady Sect, they wouldn't be able to reason with them if they were disqualified.
Whether people had opinions or not, the martial arts competition went on as usual.
Lu Li was relieved. For him, the two warriors weren't so stressful. He had a good chance of winning.
All the groups went in. The discussions on the stands died down.
As a matter of fact, the rules were set by the Holy Lady Sect. Even if the Holy Lady Sect were to force it, who could say anything?
After all, they were here to enjoy the show. The five powerful warriors would fight for the Top 5. The fights would be more intense. Eventually, they would enjoy it.
After Lu Li went in, he went to a corner and looked at the other two nervously.
The other two separated after they came in as well. They looked at each other with caution.
As Lu Li had expected, the warrior at the initial stage of the Sixth Tribulation sent a message to him at once, "Brother Feng, I am Xuan Wei from the Xuan Family of the Rainwater Sect.
Our opponent is Tian Zhen. He is too strong. We must work together or we will all be eliminated.
If we work together, at least we will have a chance. What do you say? "
"Sure!"
Lu Li replied without any hesitation, "Brother Xuan, you attack from the front and I will work from the side. Let's defeat Tian Zhen first and then we will decide the winner."
At that moment, Tian Zhen sent a message as well, "Brother Feng, how about we work together?
As long as you can help me win this fight, you can name whatever you want! "
Lu Li was in high demand. There was no other way. Tian Zhen and Xuan Wei could not work together because Xuan Wei knew he was no match for Tian Zhen. Therefore, he had to work with Lu Li.
Lu Li did not respond to Tian Zhen. After he and Xuan Wei worked together, they didn't bother to deceive Tian Zhen anymore.
As long as they could defeat Tian Zhen first, the rest would be easy.
"Charge!"
Xuan Wei bellowed and dashed toward Tian Zhen first. He knew that Lu Li would not be at the front.
If Xuan Wei was not the main attacker, Lu Li would not attack either. In that case, Tian Zhen would defeat them one by one.
Tian Zhen sent a message to Lu Li. Realizing that his words had gone unheeded, Tian Zhen knew that Lu Li and Lu Li had worked together. He knew that there was nothing he could say. He had to fight till the end.
A golden armor appeared over Tian Zhen's body. He held a golden halberd in one hand. He was strong to begin with. At the moment, he looked like a god of war.
Xuan Wei's image was lacking in all aspects. He was short and had a wretched look. His weapon of choice was the double-crooked sword. He bent his body and dashed forward. It was a wretched look.
A black armor appeared over Xuan Wei's body as well. Clearly, it was not an average armor. He wielded the double-crooked sword and began to generate a strange skill.
The ground began to tremble. Following that, many Earth Drilling Rats made of mud emerged. As soon as the Earth Drilling Rats were formed, they burrowed into the ground and disappeared.
"What kind of skill is that?"
Seeing that Xuan Wei had generated hundreds of Earth Drilling Rats, Lu Li could not figure out what Xuan Wei was trying to do.
Lu Li dashed toward Tian Zhen's back like a gust of wind. His role was to distract and sneak up on Tian Zhen.
Soon, Lu Li realized what the Earth Drilling Rats were for. As Tian Zhen dashed over, the Earth Drilling Rats crawled out from the ground and dashed toward Tian Zhen in a blur of yellow light.
"What is that?"
Tian Zhen had never seen this skill before. The rats did not seem strong. His defense was strong. What was the point of Xuan Wei creating these things?
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Countless Earth Drilling Rats dashed out and exploded around Tian Zhen. Tian Zhen sensed and was speechless. The explosion of the Earth Drilling Rats was not that powerful.
They could not break his defense.
"Wait —"
Tian Zhen soon discovered a problem. Although the Earth-Drilling Rats did not injure him, they caused cracks to appear in the space around him, causing the space around him to become extremely unstable.
The result of the unstable space was — his speed would be slowed down. The result of this was that … he would become a live target.
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