Douluo's Demon Dao Comes

Chapter 216 Preliminary Examination

Tianbei City is not far from the small village, the dead branches are shaking by the side of the road, and one person walks alone on the trail.Autumn turned to winter, and the cold wind blew on Li Ao's still childish face. He raised his head, looked at the gloomy sky, and wondered what he was thinking.

"It's getting dark." Li Ao muttered, he didn't go to the village or shop, and he didn't sleep on the street when it was dark, the wind was blowing under his feet.In the absence of soul power, he was lucky to be able to reach Beicheng on this day before sunset.

This day, the North City is magnificent. The three-foot-high city walls are all made of obsidian stones, gleaming in the sunlight.A suspension bridge was placed at the gate of the city, and when we crossed the moat, we saw two black-armored soldiers standing, one was collecting the entry fee, and the other was checking the packages of passers-by.Although the two had a clear division of labor, there were so many people entering the city that they formed a long queue in front of the city gate.

Li Ao was standing in line, when he suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder, subconsciously glanced at him, his muscles under the sackcloth tensed.

The one who patted Li Ao on the shoulder was a young man with a handsome face, holding a folding fan and wearing a green dress. "Brother, are you here to participate in the imperial competition?"

Li Ao was vigilant but also puzzled, so he asked, "How did you know?"

The young man said with a smile: "Seeing that you are busy in the world, you must have come here in a hurry, with weapons on your back, let me think about it. At this time, you have come from other places, and you have weapons. Isn't that what you want to participate in the imperial competition? Brother, don't you?" Is Taiwan here to visit the countryside?"

"The most important thing is that this east gate is the main road of the Dynasty Dabi."

Li Ao glanced at the young man, and the last sentence was the answer.He opened his mouth and wanted to ask more questions, but he was already in line.After paying the entrance fee, when he looked back, the boy was no longer there.

After entering Tianbei City, it was getting dark, Li Ao randomly found a small shop to stay, sitting on the wooden bed in the room, his mind was full of thoughts.He tried it before, and there was no soul power at all, it's not that there was no soul power, but it couldn't be used at all.He suddenly laughed, and laughed at himself: "It seems that the only thing left that can be used is the knife."

The stars and the moon fall, and the sun rises.After a night of deep sleep, the exhaustion from the journey quietly dissipated, replaced by the excitement in his bones.After tidying up his clothes, he opened the door and went downstairs. He went straight to the entry site of the Dynasty Grand Competition. Someone took him to see it yesterday, so he would not take the wrong way.

An area in the southeast of Tianbei City occupies a radius of tens of miles. There are few people stationed here on weekdays, but few people dare to approach it.

Here, named the present Wu Dynasty Mansion, under normal circumstances, it is not open to the outside world.But today, here is a sea of ​​people, I don't know how many people are rushing here.

The people who came here were all full of excitement. Over the past hundred years, I don't know how many strong people have walked out of the current Martial Mansion.There were thousands of people participating in the imperial competition, but everyone's eyes were on the five people in the front.

That is the proud son of the four major families in Tianbei City.The one on the far left is dressed in white, with a terrifying vigor blooming all over his body, like a peerless magic weapon.Sharp-eyed people recognized Wang Yue as Tianjiao of the Wang family.

The second person has a strong will of the earth, presumably he is the patriarch of the clan.

Three and four are a pair of brothers and sisters. The older one is named Chen Ye. When they are a little closer to him, they can feel the extremely hot breath, as if his blood is burning.The young girl was named Chen Ling, and although she was also a proud member of the Chen family, there was no trace of fiery enthusiasm in her body.She is as delicate as water.Xiu frowned, and looked at the sea of ​​people behind her.

Chen Ye asked, "Sister, what's the matter?"

Chen Ling frowned and shook her head lightly.

Following Chen Ling's gaze, Li Ao lowered his head slightly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, thinking: Did you notice me?It seems that this dynasty competition is not easy, this is only the preliminary round, and if you want to reach the final, there should be many strong players who can beat the soul master elite competition.As soon as I thought about it, I was hidden in the crowd.

It's just that in a place Li Ao didn't see, there was a person watching him, it was a young man at the gate of the city.

In the middle of Wufu, there is a high platform, about several feet high.There are nine strong men from Tianbei City and one strong man from the imperial capital.I saw the strong man from the imperial capital take a step forward. This person looks ordinary, but there is an extraordinary aura all over his body, and the sharpness blooming in his eyes is extremely sharp.

The middle-aged man smiled, his dantian sank, and then the chirping voice stopped in the ears of everyone present, "The Dynasty Competition has been held for 300 years, so I won't say anything about the rules. A total of 300 people will be promoted, calculated according to each person's talent."

After listening to the man's words, many people showed slumped expressions, three hundred, is it too little?There were more than a thousand warriors present.Fortunately, the man also said that the final selection still depends on the talents of each person, which means that as long as they try their best to express themselves, even if their cultivation base is slightly lower, they still have a chance.

"The next step is the first round of assessment, Drum of War."

After the man's voice fell, there was a rumbling sound, and everyone's expressions froze. There were hundreds of small high platforms rising from the ground, and on top of the high platforms, there were war drums, as if carrying ancient fighting intent, which made people I couldn't help but feel a chilling feeling.Just looking at the hundreds of war drums, everyone seemed to have a feeling of blood boiling.

Li Ao looked at the rows of battle drums, and there were bursts of killing intent coming from above. If someone with a weak mind went up, he would be stupefied with fright before he stood in front of the drums.

The man glanced around the crowd with majestic eyes, and said loudly: "There are [-] drums in total, and each person only needs to ring six times to be promoted."

Everyone at the scene was overjoyed, as long as they rang six times, it would not be so simple.The expressions of the first five people were not relaxed, but became more dignified.

"The assessment begins." The man said lightly, and in an instant, several figures flew out. They flew out before they came to the drum, and they didn't even have the qualification to stand in front of the drum.

The man did not hide the disappointment in his eyes, but he sat on the mansion stage and did not move, nor did he remind him.

After the second round, several figures flew out, and everyone saw that only one person had come to the drum. When he came to the stage, he was full of vigor and fighting spirit, but when he really started to beat the drum, he could only hit the drum three times. .

"This person only struck three times."

Then, many geniuses came down one after another, but none of them could hit the full number of rings, and felt that their faces were dull, and they failed the first round of assessment.Not long after, half of the talented people came down, and many of the remaining people were hesitant.

(End of this chapter)