Yu Zheng's method of victory did not seem honorable, but martial artists with good eyesight and sharp minds could see some details that others could not see.
Looking at it, it seemed like Yu Zheng used despicable tactics to enrage Niu Yun, and took advantage of Niu Yun's unstable mental state to defeat Niu Yun.
In reality, Menglin felt that the reason why this Yu Zheng used this kind of tactic was not that he could not win Niu Yun in a head-on confrontation, but that he did not plan on confronting Niu Yun head-on at all.
As for the reason for doing so, Menglin guessed that this Niu Yun firstly did not want to exhaust himself in a head-on confrontation. Secondly, it was to protect himself, not wanting to expose his trump cards prematurely.
This kind of battle, the fewer trump cards exposed, the more advantageous it was for the later battles.
If all of one's trump cards were exposed from the start, the victory would be delightful, but the bitter battles later might not have the effect of catching the opponent off guard.
One had to admit that this Yu Zheng was very smart. His combat intelligence was much higher than ordinary martial artists.
Him using this kind of tactic clearly had a measure of each other's strength.
He knew that he had hopes of winning by using this kind of tactic.
If not for this, this kind of tactic would have no meaning at all.
Although the result of this battle was within Menglin's expectations, it still gave Menglin a reminder. In the struggle for the Genius Roll, there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers. There were also many geniuses.
For example, Yi Luo from before was a rare Martial Dao genius.
And this Yu Zheng was clearly also a remarkable genius.
The other matches' showdowns were relatively much less suspenseful.
The opponent that the Seven Princes Of The East faced was also easily crushed, advancing smoothly.
The sixth round of matches ended one after another. Finally, the 200 martial artists were decided.
Next was the ranking battle between these 200 martial artists.
The 200 martial artists' ranking battle was divided into 20 sections.
Every ten martial artists was a section.
Not every martial artist had the qualifications to be mentioned in the same breath in this ranking battle.
Like Menglin, previously ranked first in the array formation selection ranking. And the New Star Roll battle also won with a complete victory.
And the Genius Roll's first six rounds of battles were also easily won. Therefore, he was placed in the first section.
Being placed in the first section meant that his ranking already entered the top ten at least.
In other words, the Ranking Battle that Menglin wanted to participate in was the ranking between the top ten.
As for the rankings after that, he didn't need to participate at all.
Every ten geniuses were grouped into a section, and they were all meticulously calculated.
Including his previous battle record.
If the results were the same, the time and speed of their victory would be taken into account.
The various classifications were very detailed. Basically, no martial artist would be wronged.
Menglin looked at the division of the sections and couldn't help but admire the speed and analytical ability of the organizers. Basically, there wasn't much error in the division of the sections.
Most of the contestants who were divided into different sections did not raise too many objections.
Obviously, they were able to accept their ranking.
Of course, Menglin was in the first group and had locked in the top ten. Naturally, he wouldn't care about these things.
However, the martial artists at the bottom of the rankings were extremely concerned about their own rankings.
Of course, this ranking was not one-size-fits-all.
For example, the contestants in the fourth, fifth, and sixth groups still had a chance to move forward.
As long as they succeeded in their challenge, they could still enter the top 30.
In the fourth group, they could only compete for the 31st to 40th place.
However, they were qualified to challenge the geniuses in the first group.
Moreover, they could only challenge the geniuses in the first group if they wanted to.
In other words, they could challenge the geniuses in the third group.
Similarly, the fifth group could challenge the second group.
The sixth group could challenge the third group.
As for the contestants in the sixth group, they were not qualified to challenge the top 16 groups.
What they needed to do was to protect their own ranking in the Ranking Battle of their region.
The 40 martial artists in the sixteenth group were qualified to challenge the top 16 groups to improve their ranking.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This was because the last 36 martial artists in the top 200 of the Genius Rankings would be replaced.
They were not qualified to compete for the Ranking of Young Lords.
Therefore, if they wanted to retain their qualification to compete for the Ranking of Young Lords, they had to be in the top 164 of the Genius Rankings.
This was because there were 36 geniuses under each of the seven The Blessed One. They would compete for the Ranking of Young Lords together with the top 164 geniuses on the Genius Rankings.
The last 36 geniuses on the Genius Rankings would be eliminated.
Although they were on the Genius Rankings, they were not qualified to compete for the Ranking of Young Lords.
This was a very cruel survival of the fittest.
The first group was filled with experts.
Menglin looked at the first group's name list. Other than himself, the Seventh Princes Of The East and Prince Zhengqiang of the Eastern Imperial Palace were also on the list.
Yu Zheng, who had defeated Niu Yun, was also on the list.
Other than Yu Zheng, there was also an independent martial artist.
However, this independent martial artist was even more mysterious than Yu Zheng. According to the judge, this martial artist's name was Keju.
It sounded like he was a righteous person.
However, Menglin could tell that this martial artist was not righteous at all.
However, this martial artist hid very well. It was hard to tell where he came from just from his aura.
Menglin secretly observed for a while, but did not continue.
He knew that other than the disciples of the Holy Ghost Island and the independent martial artists, there would be disciples from other factions who would hide their identities and participate in the Council of the Holy Ghost.
Perhaps there were many such martial artists on the Genius Rankings of the top 200 martial artists.
They came to the Holy Ghost Island in the name of independent martial artists to find out how many talented martial artists there were in the younger generation.
Menglin's current identity was considered a direct descendant of the Holy Ghost Island.
However, his identity was special. On one hand, he had a close relationship with the Mount Sainte Seclusion. On the other hand, he was the Bai Family's guest Saint Medicine Master.
Therefore, everyone classified him as a martial artist of the Holy Ghost Island.
The Seventh Princes Of The East and Prince Zhengqiang of the Eastern Imperial Palace took two spots.
Therefore, there were only five people left in the top ten.
The remaining five martial artists all came from the top Holy Ghost Mansion on the Holy Ghost Island.
Menglin roughly understood. The first person he noticed was Chen Wushuang from the Dukong Mansion under The Blessed One.
The Blessed One had two of the strongest Holy Ghost Mansion under his command. They were the Taipeh Province and the Dukong Mansion.
The Taipeh Province was naturally the strongest. It could almost compete with the Eastern Imperial Palace.
The Dukong Mansion was also strong enough to be ranked in the top five.
However, because of the existence of the Taipeh Province, the Dukong Mansion had always kept a low profile.
However, the young master of the Dukong Mansion, Chen Wushuang, was actually more talented in martial arts than the young master of the Taipeh Province.
Chen Wushuang was more focused on martial arts. He kept a low profile, but his brilliance was not inferior to that of the Taipeh Fengyan.