Chapter 179 Auditions
The auditions for Inazuma's prestigious Imperial Contest are about to begin.
With the help of the [One Series of Divine Machines] called upon from the Tenryo Bugyo and She Bugyo, the candidates who entered the audition were directly selected this time.
Anyone whose single combat skill reaches LV5 and who is under 35 years old can sign up for the audition.
Of course, in order to demonstrate fairness, one can sign up for two events at the same time. Originally, Ren Lian Lingyi also wanted to participate in the competition to try his luck and practice his swordsmanship. He had just broken through LV7 in swordsmanship recently and had developed a sword heart. But in the end, he was discovered by the She Bugyo and Tianling Bugyo who were organizing the competition.
Then he directly kicked Ren Lian Lingyi out of the competition. He was already a hundred-year-old monster, but he was so shameless as to participate in a competition prepared for young people.
Then Ren Lian Lingyi was also drafted into the army by the community executive.
I was assigned a job to be the referee of the competition and help set up some barriers for the competition.
After all, those who came out to fight this time are all masters, and sword energy and other things are necessary for the warriors, not to mention those high-level archers.
Even if a high-level archer shoots a stray arrow casually, the power is still very terrifying.
Therefore, if you want to watch this kind of game, you must create a strong enough barrier, otherwise it will be very dangerous to watch.
There is actually nothing interesting to watch in the auditions, and the powerful bosses will not show off their best skills during the auditions.
However, even if everyone doesn't give their best, there are still many tricks to be seen.
For example, there are a few people who can easily deal with their opponents.
Their swordsmanship is at least at Level 6, and there is one who can scare his opponent into dropping his sword and admit defeat with just a glance. It is obvious that he is a swordsman who has cultivated the sword heart and possesses the sword spirit.
Ren Lian Lingyi served as the referee of the Kyudo competition.
The title of Inazuma's No. 1 Archer is still very useful. Under his current archery skills, those who have not yet reached level 6 in archery can be considered qualified if they can even draw the bow and shoot an arrow in front of him. At least they have good psychological quality.
Ren Lian Lingyi was watching the competition between two high-level archers with a smile, while at the same time he was making a barrier seal with some boredom.
"Hmm~? Why are you here?" Ren Lian Lingyi looked at the young warrior, who was none other than Kombumaru.
"I want to challenge you." said Kombumaru.
"Okay, if you can catch my arrow, you'll pass the test." Ren Lian Lingyi said with a smile, "But I've made a promise, I won't let you go."
There are two ways to qualify for the auditions, one of which is to win ten consecutive games in the ring.
The other is to challenge the referee. If the referee thinks you are qualified, then you are qualified. Obviously, Kombumaru chose the latter.
There are generally very few people who choose the latter, because none of the referees on the field are easy to get along with.
Most of them are swordsmen.
As for the judges of the archers' auditions, most of them are from the Tengu clan. Their archery skills should not be underestimated. Most of the referees here are at archery level 6+, and there is one whose archery skill is LV7, Shadow Tengu. Yes, this guy Shadow Tengu is also a referee.
The two men came to the stage, and then Ren Lian Lingyi formed seals with his hands to activate the barrier.
In fact, this barrier is of no use to him. It is raised only to make other spectators feel safer.
As soon as Ren Lian Lingyi came on stage, a crowd of people gathered around them.
It was a big event when someone challenged the referee.
"I know this guy's name is Kombumaru. He just picked a referee for the swordplay. Where is this referee from? I don't seem to know him."
"I know this referee. He is the attendant recorder of Narukami-sama."
"Isn't he a civil servant ?"
"That guy is no ordinary person. It is said that he was taken by Inazuma's first archer."
“Isn’t he a distant wisdom?” Some scholars from Xumi also came to join in the fun.
"I remember now, isn't this the Blade Lord?"
"No wonder it's so powerful, it turns out to be a monster."
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"So, Kombumaru, are you ready?" Ren Lian Lingyi looked at Kombumaru with a smile.
"Don't you hold a bow?" said Kombumaru.
"It's not the right time yet." Ren Lian Lingyi said with a smile.
"I'm ready." Kombumaru said after taking a deep breath.
"Then~ let the game begin." Ren Lian Lingyi said.
Then Ren Lian Lingyi's eyes narrowed slightly, and Kombumaru, who was originally transferring his body, suddenly froze on the field.
In the eyes of Ren Lian Lingyi that people could not see, an arrow was slowly placed on the bow.
From Kombumaru's perspective, he was just about to move, but he suddenly felt like he was being targeted, and the air around him seemed to be condensed together, making his movement very difficult.
He turned his head with difficulty and looked in the direction of Ren Lian Lingyi.
He could feel a huge bow gathering around Blade Lian Lingyi, and then slowly drawing the bow.
Kombumaru tried to draw the bow, but found that his hands were shaking badly .
Then, "Konbumaru, don't die! This is the secret of archery, the bow of the heart."
The smile in Ren Lian Lingyi's eyes magnified in Kombumaru's eyes.
Then there was the sound of a bowstring vibrating, and Kombumaru fell down, holding his heart and spitting blood.
But as the winner, Ren Lian Lingyi frowned.
"You've passed the test. Young people nowadays are really scary~" Ren Lian Lingyi shot a beam of lightning at Kombumaru, then released the barrier and jumped off the stage.
Leaving behind a group of audiences looking at each other in bewilderment.
"What's going on here?"
"I don't know either."
At this time, Kombumaru also climbed down from the ring, so the warriors formed a group to ask Kombumaru.
"By the way, what happened to Konbumaru just now?"
"Yes, yes, tell us, we don't understand anything."
"We saw you two talking for a while, then you moved , and then you vomited blood. The boss said you passed and then left."
Kombumaru touched the arrow mark on his chest and said, "I don't know how to explain it. When that adult was staring at me, I felt as if my body was suddenly pulled. Then I saw a bow appear around that adult, and then he drew the bow and shot an arrow... That's how it happened to me."
Kombumaru took a breath and said, "I don't know what the attack was, because I couldn't move at all at the time. I could only watch the arrow move towards me."
This is when Shadow walked towards Tengu and asked the people around him to disperse.
"Why are you trying to show off, kid?" Ying Xiang Tiangou said with some disappointment.
"Don't say that. The little guy is still pretty good. He actually managed to avoid my lock in the end." Ren Lian Lingyi appeared again with a smile.
"Excuse me, Master Renlian, what exactly happened just now?"
