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Following this, Master Mei Cheng announced other matters concerning the Martial Meet, such as the highest grade of weapon allowed being only middle-grade treasures, and prohibitions against intentionally inflicting serious harm, etc...

After rambling on about these miscellaneous details, Master Mei Cheng finally got to the main point: "The Sect Martial Meet officially begins! Now, I will announce the thirty-two seeded disciples who will directly enter the elimination rounds..."

The top thirty-two from last year's Sect Martial Meet can skip the first round of selections and directly advance to the elimination rounds.

"These thirty-two disciples are: Lin Xuan, Ye Qianliu, Xu Hezai, Zhang Youtian... Ye Qianjue, Zhang Yang,..." Mei Cheng recited thirty-two names in order.

Because some of the disciples from last year's top thirty-two list are now too old and no longer enjoy disciple status, the last of the thirty-two names is actually the fortieth-ranked disciple from last year's Martial Meet.

Soon, the thirty-two top disciples whose names were called came forward. The fact that they can directly advance to the elimination rounds as seeded disciples shows that their strength is definitely not weak, and they will certainly achieve good results in this year's Martial Meet.

Under the guidance of Master Mei Cheng, the thirty-two top disciples took their seats in the exclusive "Elimination Round Disciples" seats.

At this moment, these thirty-two disciples were the focus of the entire Barbaric Sect! All eyes were on them!

The expressions of these disciples also varied. Some were calm and collected, as if being selected as a seeded disciple was just a trivial matter; some were arrogant and complacent, with an air of self-importance; some were excited and fortunate, because this was their first time enjoying seeded disciple status.

"Hmm? Ye Qianjue is also among the thirty-two?" Xu Ming's gaze fell on Ye Qianjue.

"Why mention Ye Qianjue suddenly?" Gu Hanmo didn't know that Xu Ming had already crossed blows with Ye Qianjue, "Is there a feud?"

"He came to me a few days ago, it was for Jia Sanduo!" Xu Ming said.

Gu Hanmo thought for a moment and understood: "Oh... I seem to remember that Ye Qianjue and Jia Sanduo's daughter are together? — Actually, Ye Qianjue wasn't even in the top thirty-two last year; however, the sect's higher-ups rated his strength relatively high, so he was able to become a seeded disciple this year."

Master Mei Cheng continued, "The thirty-two seeded disciples have already taken their seats! There are also thirty-two exclusive seats for 'Elimination Round Disciples' waiting for you other inner sect disciples to compete for! But... before competing for the other thirty-two exclusive seats, we have another segment — does anyone want to challenge a seeded disciple?"

Challenging a seeded disciple—if the challenge is successful, one can directly advance to the elimination rounds! The seeded disciple, on the other hand, will have to pathetically participate in the selection rounds.

The reason for setting up this segment is because a year is enough for the strength of the inner sect disciples to undergo tremendous changes. Some inner sect disciples may not have been ranked well last year, or even failed to enter the elimination rounds; but this year, their strength has advanced by leaps and bounds—in order to convince all disciples, the seeded disciples must also accept challenges from other disciples!

As soon as Master Mei Cheng finished speaking, several seeded disciples whose strength hadn't improved much became nervous, fearing that they would be defeated. There were also seeded disciples who were full of confidence, wishing someone would challenge them so they could show off their strength—such as Ye Qianjue, who had made considerable progress this year and wanted to show off his skills in front of the sect's higher-ups.

"Oh—you can still challenge seeded disciples?"

Xu Ming's eyes lit up, and he was already eyeing Ye Qianjue with ill intent.

Gu Hanmo always knew Xu Ming's little thoughts like the back of his hand, and transmitted his voice: "Be careful... are you confident?"

Confidence?

Xu Ming replied with four words: "100% confidence!"

How confident!

But Gu Hanmo was already used to Xu Ming's confidence.

Moreover, the facts proved that every time, Xu Ming's confidence was not arrogance!

Just then, an inner sect disciple confidently leaped onto the arena, his three-foot-long sword pointing directly at the seeded disciple in the exclusive seat: "Zhang Yang, I, Guo Wei, challenge you!"

Zhang Yang sneered, then leaped from his seat onto the arena: "Guo Wei? Where does your confidence come from?"

"Let's talk with strength!"

After a few words of nonsense, the two directly started fighting.

Both sides were masters of the sword, and for a time, sword shadows crisscrossed in the arena, and the killing intent was pressing.

Guo Wei dared to be the first to stand up and challenge a seeded disciple, he must have had great confidence in his strength. As he attacked, he completely suppressed Zhang Yang.

However, after dozens of rounds of stalemate, Zhang Yang suddenly changed his sword stance, becoming incomparably fierce.

With just one sword strike, Guo Wei was defeated.

Zhang Yang stood proudly with his sword: "Am I, Zhang Yang, so easy to challenge?"

Many of the sect's higher-ups in the main seats also nodded frequently: "This Zhang Yang has improved a lot compared to last year, he should have reached the limit of the Perfect Stage of the Acquired Realm!"

"Yes, I think he has the strength to reach the top sixteen this year!"

"And that Guo Wei is also good, he should have the strength of the top thirty-two! It's a pity that he didn't expect Zhang Yang's strength to improve so much, he chose the wrong opponent!"

Immediately, a sect expert took Guo Wei off the arena, showering him with elixirs and runes. The little injuries Guo Wei had just suffered healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye; soon, Guo Wei returned to his peak state.

Although Guo Wei failed to challenge a seeded disciple, with his strength, it should be without any suspense that he will stand out in the next selection battle.

And Zhang Yang's victory also reduced the pressure on many seeded disciples.

Originally, as seeded disciples, the pressure on them was really great; especially some of the weaker ones, who were afraid of being defeated, which would be embarrassing. Now, Zhang Yang's clean victory gave these weaker seeded disciples a sense of pride.

"Hmph, a bunch of weak chickens, you want to challenge us seeded disciples?" Ye Qianjue thought triumphantly, as if he had won the battle just now.

In fact, if Guo Wei had challenged Ye Qianjue just now, it was very likely that he would have succeeded.

Ye Qianjue's strength is considered very strong in the Perfect Stage of the Acquired Realm, but there is still a slight gap from the limit of the Perfect Stage of the Acquired Realm.

Ye Qianjue was complacent when suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he saw a sinister figure appear on the arena in horror.

The reason why this is said to be a sinister figure is because this figure has a pair of sinister eyes. And these sinister eyes were staring at Ye Qianjue sinisterly.

"What does he want to do standing on the arena? Surely he's not so arrogant as to challenge a seeded disciple?"

"I think it's entirely possible!"

"So arrogant and ignorant?"

"A person who hasn't even reached the Acquired Realm dares to challenge a seeded disciple? You must know that seeded disciples are at least the stronger level in the Perfect Stage of the Acquired Realm!"

"Idiot, who told you that Xu Ming hasn't reached the Acquired Realm yet?"

"Isn't there not even a trace of Acquired Profound Energy fluctuations on him?"

"Don't you know that there are secret methods to hide Acquired Profound Energy fluctuations? So stupid!"

"But even if he has reached the Acquired Realm, does he dare to stand on the arena to challenge a seeded disciple?"

"This shows that Xu Ming is also stupid!"

...

Xu Ming turned a deaf ear to the surrounding ridicule and sneers, just looking at Ye Qianjue sinisterly: "We don't need to fight, right? You can just admit defeat, how about it?"

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