Xuanxia

Chapter 289 Nightfall
"Master Fu, please spare me."

Qiu Chan looked at the long sword on her shoulder and blinked her bright eyes, her eyelashes fluttering, looking pitiful.

Fu Qingzhou was holding a knife, gasping for breath, his body covered with scars.

Behind him, Qu Yi and Yang Liuqing were also covered in blood, and their clothes were torn. They supported each other and sat down. Yang Liuqing's left leg was twisted at a terrible angle and was severely fractured, while Qu Yi had a deep wound on his back.

The two men sat down leaning against each other, their sweat and blood mixed together, they tilted their heads back and gasped for breath, not even having the strength to speak.

As for the surroundings...there was no one else there.

The battle just now was fierce and desperate.

Even if they are people of average ability, they are still young heroes with top cultivation strength in the entire martial arts world. When they want to bite off a piece of your flesh regardless of whether they win or lose, this battle is destined not to be easy.

What's more, the life and death in this illusion is not real...

As for the pain? Who hasn't been stabbed a few times in the underworld? As long as you don't really die, you can just endure the pain and it will be over.

Therefore, even for Fu Qingzhou, this battle was very difficult.

But, in the end, I won.

He looked at Qiu Chan's smile, laughed and shook his head: "You don't care about courage and pride at this time?"

"They have no friendship with you." Qiu Chan said with a smile: "If you don't have pride, wouldn't it be normal for me to look down on you? But I'm different. We have such a good relationship, you won't be willing to hurt me, right?"

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows, turned his wrist and put away the long sword.

"Okay, I won't cut it."

He said leisurely: "But you must stay by my side and stop trying to cause trouble, otherwise I will be rude to you."

"Tsk, you're not even a member of the Wulin Alliance, but you're so dedicated to this conference." Qiu Chan snorted: "How many benefits did Hua Wuying and Jiang Baichuan promise you?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "At least when I was dealing with the Fanyin Temple, they helped a lot even though they had nothing to do with the matter. And if something happens to you one day, I will help you in the same way."

"Pooh!"

Qiu Chan rolled her eyes coquettishly: "Who wants something to happen? You can't even say auspicious words."

So, let’s just leave it at that.

Fu Qingzhou turned back and picked up the longbow and short sword that had been taken away before. However, he had lost his quiver and iron arrows. He could only find a way to get some branches and sharp stones to make some temporary arrows, and wrap them in cloth to serve as a quiver.

After this battle, Yang Liuqing was the most seriously injured. Even though Fu Qingzhou had his bones reconnected, he still needed help to walk. Qu Yi's back was also seriously injured. The wound caused her to tremble with pain every time she raised her hand. She could no longer use the sword.

Fu Qingzhou supported Yang Liuqing, Qiu Chan supported Qu Yi, and the four of them could only walk very slowly.

"Young Master Fu..."

Qu Yi said somewhat embarrassedly: "Or, you should just eliminate me."

Fu Qingzhou was startled: "Why?"

"I'm such a burden to you."

Qu Yi whispered, "My two senior sisters have been eliminated. My cultivation strength is not even as good as theirs. I can't help you now. If you run into the enemy again, I will hinder you."

"Me too." Yang Liuqing continued, "Brother Fu, eliminate me as well."

After the battle just now, the relationship between them became much closer. He no longer called him Young Master Fu, but called him Brother Fu.

Fu Qingzhou laughed: "Who do you think I am? I recruit you into the team when you are useful, but abandon you when you are injured?"

Yang Liuqing and Qu Yi were slightly stunned.

"Don't say that again."

Fu Qingzhou said leisurely, "On our way here just now, I saw a lot of herbs in the forest. I wonder if the herbs in this fantasy are as useful as in reality... I'll pick some and see if they can heal your injuries."

Qiu Chan smiled and said, "Master Fu is truly a brave and righteous man."

Fu Qingzhou rolled his eyes at her.

……

"Haha, it seems that Liu Qing is a more resilient kid than I thought." On the judges' stand, Xiong Shao looked at the scene in the mirror and smiled with great satisfaction.

Although Fu Qingzhou is very outstanding, as a master, he must pay more attention to his own apprentice.

Seeing Yang Liuqing's remarkable performance along the way, how could Xiong Shao not be happy?

Kong Ling, who was sitting next to him, also laughed: "Captain Xiong has such a talented disciple. The Changqing Escort Agency will have a successor."

"Brother Kong, thank you for the compliment."

Xiong Shao clasped his fists and said, "The disciples of the Divine Machine Sect are also very versatile and have extraordinary magic. We are dazzled and amazed by it!"

Among the twenty-odd people who stayed by Qiu Chan's side just now, there were several disciples of the Shen Ji Sect. Their performance in the battle with Fu Qingzhou was also outstanding.

If Fu Qingzhou hadn't been too powerful, they might not have been defeated so easily.

While the two judges were praising each other over business matters, Zhao Hao, who was sitting on the other side, was waving his fan wildly in anger.

"Damn it, why didn't Fu Qingzhou kill Qiu Chan!"

"This woman is trying to maliciously sabotage the Hidden Dragon Hundred Elites Association. She shouldn't be allowed to stay!"

Jiang Baichuan, the organizer of the competition, didn't mind. He just lowered his voice and asked the judges around him, "Everyone, there are only 158 people left in the illusion now. Most of them have already formed teams and are scattered far away, making it difficult for them to meet. Should we take action to speed up the competition?"

Master Jingming nodded slightly: "It should be so."

Shangguan Xuan, who had been silent all this time, also responded, "Good."

"Let's do as Alliance Leader Jiang said." Kong Ling said with a smile, "But I don't know how Alliance Leader Jiang plans to speed up the process?"

Jiang Baichuan smiled and asked, "Brother Kong, do you have any good ideas?"

"I am a rough man and don't understand these things." Kong Ling said with a smile: "Prince Zhao, Shopkeeper Song, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhao Hao waved his fan and said leisurely, "Since we want to test people's character, why not do something fun? Give them an hour, tell them how many people are left, and if the top 100 are not decided after an hour, release the monsters to besiege them. The game ends when the last 100 survive. How do you think?"

After hearing this, the eyes of several judges lit up.

This is indeed quite interesting. In one hour, more than fifty people were eliminated. Now most people have formed teams. Will you choose to hold on to the end and face the monsters, or take a gamble and attack your teammates in order to get a chance to advance safely?

"Interesting... In this illusion, killing is not real killing, and we also encourage all heroes to fight with all their strength for victory. Even if they attack their teammates, it will only cause a few criticisms at most. But when you think about it for the name of the 100 heroes, I'm afraid no one will blame them." Kong Ling laughed.

"The prince's plan is quite mysterious."

Song Jinyu nodded: "I agree."

"I have no objection." Master Jingming said softly.

Several judges echoed this. Jiang Baichuan smiled and said, "If that's the case, then let's do it accordingly."

……

In the illusion, Fu Qingzhou and Qiu Chan were squatting in the woods looking for herbs, while Yang and Qu were sitting against a tree, talking and laughing, as if they didn't feel the pain in their bodies.

At this moment, the sunlight in the mountains suddenly disappeared and the sky changed abruptly!
The four of them were startled and looked up.

Just now the sky was blue with white clouds, but now it was suddenly filled with stars and covered with darkness.

At the same time, Jiang Baichuan's deep voice rang out across the entire sky.

"My fellow heroes."

"At this point in the competition, there are only 158 people left in the illusion. Most of them have formed alliances and teams, and they are scattered widely, so it is not easy to meet each other. If this continues, it will take too long, and your strength will be greatly consumed, which is not conducive to the subsequent competitions. After discussion among the judges, we decided to speed up the competition."

"We have decided to end this competition in one hour. At that time, those who still have 100 people can advance. If after one hour, there are still not 100 people, we will release the strange beasts to besiege the heroes until 100 people are left."

"One hour, from now on... the number of those who remain will also be visible in the sky."

As soon as the words fell, several huge golden words flashed in the night sky.

One hundred and fifty-eight.

(End of this chapter)