Chapter 23 - Speed

At the dawn of the second day, pre-dawn dew still lingering atop the roof as a young youth strode into the house.

Lu Zhou easily carried in the large boulder he got from the woods into the yards, and easily set it down. It was a nearly thousand-pound boulder, but in Lu Zhou hand's, it seemed like naught but a toy, clearly showing Lu Zhou's strength.

" Training...." As he spoke without any fluctuations on his face, Lu Zhou took off his clothes.

As tout as it is possible, his muscle and veins popped out that can ravish the heart of countless bodybuilders to shame.

Hu~

Stretched one finger, Lu Zhou touched the outermost layer of the grey boulder and took a deep breath. As succinct as he, Lu Zhou put a little amount of spirit energy and the inner strength together at the end nails of his...

Boom!

The moment Lu Zhou released his breath, the thousand-pound boulder before his eye shattered to pieces, like the glasses when it fall onto the floor.

" Whew.....I need to eat first before the contest." Lu Zhou's eyes couldn't help but narrow.

.....

Just as the sky turned bright, a lot of people came into view as they gathered at the Groundless Martial Field, an important area of the sect. Many of those who arrived were Lu sect disciples, and a few of them had a middle or higher position in the sect.

The top three outer disciples Lu Yijian, Lu Jialin, and Lu Yu Yin had also arrived.

Even Lu Zhou was here.

The Groundless Martial Field had ten raised platforms, each one of them had a surface area of one hundred meters. As time passed the number of disciples that arrived increased. However, most of them were outer disciples. There were not many inner disciples that want to show up.

As this was preliminary, the events will start with the outer disciples. Fifty outer disciples would then face off against the other fifty inner disciples. The main thing for this contest was to eliminate the weakling of both outer and inner disciples, leaving just the elite behind.

This meant that inner disciples did not need to enter the preliminaries. They only had to wait for the final tournament that was half a month later.

But, this did not necessarily mean that inner disciples were not allowed to be able to come. Around the arena, the views of the special robe of the inner disciples had surfaced that their existence was apparent.

These inner disciples had looks of interest as they looked towards the outer disciples.

"Ha. There are a few, quite strong, outer disciples. I wonder how many inner disciples will be eliminated."

" Hahaha...I think only the top three have a chance at becoming inner disciples." The inner disciples discussed.

" Oh, Lu Shen, who is ranked fourth is here."

As this was spoken, the crowd went into dead silence.

A male, about seventeen years of age, with the clothes of inner disciples; deep blue. Slowly and calmly walked into the Groundless Martial Field with his hands clasped behind his back.

He was one of the main focuses of the inner disciples. Had a cold attitude and features of a Chinese male lead character. As Lu Zhou sense his inner strength, the color of his glowing blood energy is apparently in deep indigo.

" Weak." One word and Lu Zhou turned his gaze as the uneasy about the power of the inner disciples disgust him. It was weaker than he expected.

Should I take the first place?

These thoughts were engraved in Lu Zhou's mind.

If Lu Shen, who was ranked fourth, had a cultivation of the fourth rank, and Lu Zhou said that was a weakling. Then how strong would Lu Long, who was ranked first, be?

Fifth rank?

" Bullshi*!" Lu Zhou's words were unheard of by the outer disciples as they talk without any consent.

" I heard that Lu Shen's strength is only weaker than the strength of Lu Long, Lu Han, and Lu Hong and that it is one step below the four great geniuses of Snowy Leaf City."

" First place Lu Long, second place Lu Han, third place Lu Hong....none of them are here!"

Lu Jialin, who was ranked first in the outer disciples, had his expression turned ugly. His expression was not singular, Lu Yijian and all the top outer disciples had their complexions turned into a worse than insulted cow.

Their strength and status had reached an unfavorable step. However, their mentality was quite strong as they immediately put down their pride and focused on the competitions.

Half an hour later, a voice sounded throughout the field," The family sparing contest starts now! Today is the preliminary and only outer disciples will participate!"

The voice sounded the official start of the family sparring contest.

" The first round! The contestants will be split into ten groups each occupying the ten stages. Now we will start splitting the groups....."

Under the sect's guidance, the outer disciples were split into ten different groups...

" Number 121, third stage!"

Lu Zhou headed towards the third stage.

The rule was that, in every stage, ten people from the fifty outer disciples would be chosen to be able to proceed to the next round. At every stage, one group of fifty outer disciples, the ten people from each elimination must be the elite amongst them.

Lu Zhou scanned across the forty-nine outer disciples in the third platform.

" All of you, and all of me. Use your will and strength."

The stage went quiet.

Lu Di, one of the top ten outer disciples looked at Lu Zhou and laughed," Hahaha...Lu Zhou, looks like your cultivation had improved? And so do your arrogance!"

Without any words, Lu Di take his bow from his back and fired three continuous arrows. The arrowhead was in deep black, obviously one of the most expensive materials for blacksmiths; Abbys Diamond!

As the top ten outer disciples were sent into different stages respectively, meaning that the top disciples would not meet too early on.

But why he's here!

Lu Di thought and knocked another three arrows.

Whoosh

From the spectator's view, Lu Zhou was like a mannequin, unmoving and dumbstruck by the sudden attack.

" He's dead.." This was all the forty-nine outer disciple's line of thoughts.

But, before the projectiles reached one meter before him, Lu Zhou waved his hand and produced a wind that was so strong that can throw the six arrows outside of the stages.

" What...."

Before they can think, Lu Zhou, with his superhuman speed has arrived in each of the outer disciple's faces.

" Wait...."

These were their last thoughts on their mind as their body was thrown out of the platform which each of them had the broken bones and bleeding noses...