Chapter 229: The Luck of the Draw
After overcoming all obstacles along the way, Traveler Kong advanced to the quarterfinals by relying on others' help.
The quarterfinals naturally does not mean that there are only eight people left, but rather that there are eight teams left, six of which are combinations of Inazuma warriors and mages, and the remaining two groups include one Sumeru person and the other a motley group of Kong and his group.
However, it must be said that Alani not only has excellent abilities himself, but the people he knows are also very powerful.
He took Kong to join a small team of eloquent debaters, and then started the final round of the debate with Kong clinging to the eloquent debaters all the way.
Originally, Kong was quite relaxed, but today, the eloquent man suddenly found Kong and asked very seriously, "I wonder what your strength is."
"Uh~ He won't be weaker than the generals on Inazuma's side." Sora thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Did something happen?"
"I'm afraid the debate will turn into a fight," the orator said worriedly. "As a debater, I hate this kind of thing, but we all know it's inevitable. So, please, Traveler, just block the other party's attack."
This is why Inazuma's team has a mix of samurai and scholars, because scholars alone are not enough to pass the final round.
In fact, it was not beyond the orator's expectations. The debate team composed of pure scholars from Xumi was directly knocked out by the warriors, lost the qualification to debate, and naturally lost the game.
"Strong debate often requires the support of force." The orator also demonstrated the force originally in their team, a mercenary from Nata.
But he looks gentle and polite.
The mercenary scratched his head in embarrassment. “I am far inferior to the traveler. Although my main occupation is a mercenary, I personally prefer knowledge, and debate is also my hobby. So I have to trouble the traveler this time.”
"Leave it to me." Traveler Kong said confidently, "No one will break through my blockade."
Fortunately, they only had to face one team of enemy debaters.
[Resurrection] appeared as the referee, and then several famous people in Inazuma appeared as referees.
Then I heard the announcement that a new round of debate had begun.
"Title: The meaning of the existence of floating world thoughts."
“The affirmative view: the positive role of the floating world thought.”
“Counterpoint: The negative effects of floating world thoughts.”
This question is really bold, but it is also relatively normal. At least the thoughts directly mentioned in the question bank arranged by Ren Lian Lingyi are just worldly thoughts.
As for the other two schools of thought, the Tianguang school of thought did not appear in the question bank at all, and the Fengya school of thought was only debated in the side because of concerns about the reactions of the nobles.
The orator went to draw lots and had good luck. It was not known whether it was the traveler's good luck that came into play at this critical moment, but the orator drew the affirmative view: the positive role of worldly thoughts.
"I was scared to death. Luckily I drew the positive viewpoint of Floating World Thought."
"Uh~ is it a big advantage?" The traveler has only been in Inazuma for more than half a year and does not know the significance of thought trends in Inazuma.
"The thoughts in Inazuma are not simple." As a Sumeru person, the Eloquent had come to Inazuma to study before the outbreak of the Warcraft tide. At that time, [One Series of Divine Machines for All] had not been banned, so he naturally knew the three major thoughts of Inazuma.
As one of the three major schools of thought in Inazuma, Ukiyo-e thought has naturally been studied by many people, not only by Inazuma people themselves, but also by Sumire scholars.
I heard that he has published several papers in the Institute of Religious Affairs.
"As one of the three major schools of thought that have been circulated in the world and have not been banned, do you think the floating world school of thought is good or bad?"
“Now that you put it that way, hiss~” Traveler Kong suddenly felt that the reward for this level was secure.
In fact, this was indeed the case. While the orator was talking to the others, the debate team composed of Inazuma samurai and scholars on the other side had already packed up their things in despair.
The thought trend represents a person's camp. Whether you are from the Mingshen faction, the aristocratic faction, or the commoner faction can basically be determined at once.
(Tenko actually does not simply believe in Ming Shen, the main connotation is loyalty, for example, Goro is Tenko)
And if you directly say something bad about this faction, then expect retaliation.
Although these warriors and scholars are all members of the Fengya school of thought, they feel that they are unlikely to survive the assassination attempt by the Fushiga school of thought faction.
Most of the vagrants who came from the dojo came from the Ukiyo-e school of thought. They specialized in killing and using force. They were not as good as the samurai who came from the shogunate in head-on combat, but when it came to assassination, no other samurai could compete with them except the ninja.
Therefore, at the beginning of the debate, they placed their hopes on the warriors.
I hope they can knock out the opposing debater as soon as possible and win.
Fortunately, they have a relatively large number of warriors on their side, including two hatamoto with life energy level LV50+ and a LV60+ head of a samurai family.
The three warriors rushed out as soon as the debate began.
Even the referee did not stop them, obviously thinking that their debaters were at a disadvantage from the beginning .
But just as they rushed out, the travelers came to meet them, and Nata's mercenaries followed.
The mercenary got entangled with a LV50+ Hatakenori, and the two fought back and forth. Although Hatakenori was obviously stronger, with his invincibility and elemental shield activated, he was ruthless, but the fact that Nata's mercenary was not defeated in a short time meant that this guy could still hold on for quite some time.
The traveler quickly dealt with the LV50+ warrior, and then fought with the LV60+ warrior.
He used a little trick. He originally planned to rush directly towards the stronger warrior, but who would have thought that he would bypass the stronger one and deal with the weaker one first.
As the head of a samurai family, it was obvious that this samurai had fought in battles for many years. Apparently, they had received intelligence about the traveler before and knew that this was a powerful opponent.
But it is obvious that the head of the Wu family does not think he will lose, even when facing such a strong enemy.
He did not start with the same invincibility and elemental shield as other warriors.
That would certainly increase the tolerance and health bar to a certain extent.
But it will also affect the speed at which he draws his sword.
Therefore, the lightning element in his body exploded. This was using the lightning element to stimulate his body, increasing his own dominance while also increasing his nerve reflex speed. Although it did not directly open the dominance and shield with high strength and wide application, this style was actually quite common among martial artists.
Especially the Wu family who possess the Eye of the Thunder Element God, they are always diligent in this cool fighting style that combines power, speed and intensity.
