In middle age, one's comprehension becomes extraordinary.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the Qingwu Tournament officially began.

For Li Yuan, the preparations were already more than sufficient.

Before setting off, each person was given another piece of paper.

The paper contained detailed rules for the Qingwu Tournament, with all the specifics clearly written out.

This is to prevent participants from objecting to the rulings during the competition.

Let's double-check the rules and make them clear beforehand to avoid confusion later.

Everyone boarded the helicopters; twenty-five were prepared on site.

Each helicopter corresponds to a landing point.

The martial artists from the same city landed separately and entered the competition venue from different locations.

This method aims to avoid mutual assistance as much as possible.

If individual rankings are involved and people are allowed to help each other, then those individual rankings become meaningless.

At the same time, it is also impossible to see the average level of young martial artists.

The Qingwu Tournament is a competition with real-world significance.

Why is it that martial artists have to earn points to qualify for this competition?

Why aren't these events, like other competitions and training programs, distributed from above?

The purpose of setting this rule is to ensure that the Youth Martial Arts Competition tests the general pool of young martial artists.

Instead of inviting a few top young martial artists from each city to compete.

Unfortunately, after so many years of preparation, the Qingwu Tournament has long lost most of its original purpose.

Each city has begun to select the best candidates, choosing a group of outstanding individuals to fill vacancies and come to the competition.

Perhaps in other cities and other organizations, there are many people like Li Yuan who have had their qualifications taken away.

The competition area was about the size of a town, and the helicopter quickly arrived at the designated location.

The rope was lowered, and everyone slid down one after another.

A skilled martial artist could jump from a helicopter without any problems.

Li Yuan looked at the people in front of him and saw that none of them were using ropes.

Once on the ground, everyone separated and went in different directions.

Since everyone comes from different cities and the rules don't allow cooperation, they naturally go their separate ways.

This area is mainly mountainous and forested, with some canyon areas.

The paper that was handed out earlier, the one with the competition rules written on it, had a simple map of the area on the back.

The general terrain can be seen from above.

Li Yuan checked the things he was carrying.

The standard longsword, issued to the competition organizers, is a Class D weapon.

A smart storage box, used to store evidence after slaying the ferocious beast.

The current custom is to cut off the beast's two ears after it has been killed, as proof.

When you put items into the storage box, the system will record points.

In addition, there were some things I brought with me.

He was wearing an inner armor, which Gu Yu had given him.

I brought two bottles of Grade B nutrient solution and a backpack full of military rations.

The Qingwu Tournament lasts for three days and four nights, so it's necessary to bring these things, but you don't need to bring too many.

In addition, there is a signal transmitter.

Pressing this button indicates that you are withdrawing from the Qingwu Tournament.

When faced with danger or a crisis that is truly beyond our control, we must press the button to save our lives.

With everything accounted for, Li Yuan officially began his journey in the Qingwu Tournament.

This competition will test the comprehensive abilities of young martial artists.

In today's world, the greatest value of a martial artist lies in dealing with ferocious beasts.

The ability of a young martial artist to deal with ferocious beasts is a concrete manifestation of their own abilities.

Other martial arts competitions, in reality, are only indirect ways to test a martial artist's abilities.

Li Yuan had already memorized the habits, attack methods, and common countermeasures of various ferocious beasts.

Next, we'll start by searching for various clues. It shouldn't be long before we find the ferocious beast.

About half an hour later, Li Yuan found a set of traces.

These traces clearly have an enticing intent, as clearly recorded in the book.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a large snake.

The giant snake uses its scales to mimic the footprints of some birds.

This was used to lure hunters to hunt, and those hunters, once they arrived, became the prey.

The giant snake prefers large animals; it can even swallow a wolf whole.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan had already located the location by following the clues.

This is a fake nest, used as bait.

Meanwhile, the large snake was hiding in the shadows, waiting for its prey to come within range.

Most ferocious beasts retain their original animalistic habits.

They are simply more aggressive towards people, more cunning, and more intelligent.

The giant snake also retains the characteristics of most snakes, preferring to use ambush tactics.

A sneak attack has a higher success rate and requires less physical effort.

For ferocious beasts living in the wild, they must leave themselves as much room as possible.

What if you use up your energy carelessly and then encounter danger?

At the same time, Li Yuan's gaze swept across this area.

A white light was seen flashing in the bushes.

At that location, a large coiled snake was poised to strike Li Yuan at any moment.

That white light was the effect of his [Flaw Insight] talent.

The giant serpent's attack stance was exposed by Li Yuan's talent, who found a weakness in it.

What surprised Li Yuan was that his talent also had the function of marking reminders.

In environments with poor visibility, such as at night or in foggy places.

The [Weakness Detection] talent will bring you great benefits.

As he spoke, Li Yuan had already swung his long sword.

Upon seeing a weakness, one should naturally attack that weakness.

The giant snake is not a low-level ferocious beast; on the contrary, it is classified as a Class C ferocious beast because of its venom and cunning nature.

But at this moment, this C-level ferocious beast died quickly at Li Yuan's hands.

Although Li Yuan was only a fifth-rank martial artist, he was far stronger than an ordinary fifth-rank martial artist.

Furthermore, the six-blade combo it used was full of variations, and the giant serpent was caught out of its way again.

With a slash of the blade, the scales of the giant snake were broken open.

Standard weapons, even D-grade quality, are indeed not very good.

The injured giant snake showed no intention of continuing the fight and immediately began to flee.

But as it fled, Li Yuan saw specks of white light before his eyes.

The more it tries to escape, the more flaws it reveals.

He used the Cloud Step technique, and this time the blade tip pierced through completely, pinning it to the ground.

Li Yuan's Cloud-Stepping Technique was praised by Xia Zhao on several occasions.

Dealing with it is naturally no problem at all.

The first ferocious beast slain in the Qingwu Tournament has been achieved.

Snakes' ears are difficult to remove because they don't have a distinct outer ear, only an inner ear structure.

Slay the serpentine beast and take half of its head.

The section with the fangs at the front was discarded.

After all, even if you cut off a snake's head, the remaining nerves can still enable it to bite.

This has happened many times.

This has been emphasized more than once or twice in the curriculum of Lingshan No.1 Middle School.

After taking down and storing the items, Li Yuan continued his search for other ferocious beasts.

The target is still ferocious beasts of C rank or higher, since killing one C rank ferocious beast is equivalent to killing ten D rank ferocious beasts, which is much more efficient.

At this moment, the leaderboard is still empty.

Half a day after the start of the Qingwu Tournament, when over 70% of the martial artists have earned points, the real-time points leaderboard will be released to the public...