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It was only when Xue'er stepped onto the stage that Rincewind realized her opponent was a little too tall.

Xue'er was already extremely tall, only five to six centimeters below Linke. But right now, standing in front of her opponent, she was as petite as a frail little girl. Compared to her opponent, she was definitely more than 2.2 meters tall!

His tall body, coupled with the muscles with sinister scars on them, gave him a violent and beautiful look. The audience looked at him, then at his opponent, and the righteous people of the imperial city immediately became Xue'er's fans, encouraging her and mocking the strong man.

Link couldn't help but find it funny.

The brawny man, on the other hand, was somewhat agitated.

He came from Dragon Slaying Castle, and was the young person the army picked to take the entrance exam for the War God Academy. Although he looked old, his actual age was only eighteen, so taking the exam this time could be considered his last chance in life. Entering the exam could be considered entering a new path, and failing the exam, he would return to Dragon Slaying Castle and continue to work as a soldier.

No one knew how much he had paid to obtain this opportunity.

People came to degrade him just by looking at his opponent's attractive appearance.

He felt a deep sense of anger.

As soon as the referee announced the start of the fight, he charged forward!

His speed was very fast!

Lin Ke's judgement was at least a lot faster than that of Feya in the Wind City's battle arena. Simply judging from his appearance and the intensity of his energy, his strength was slightly stronger than that of Feya!

The distance of thirty meters was covered in an instant. Xue'er calmly took out a delicate snow-white longbow and, like a bolt of lightning, shot three arrows simultaneously!

The arrow had a faint blue glow to it as it instantly appeared in front of the muscular man, aiming straight at his vitals!

The charging speed of the strong man and the shooting speed of Xue'er, at a mere ten meters, what kind of terrifying effect could they have?

The answer was that there were two wounds on the man's body.

At that critical moment, he instinctively tilted his head to dodge the arrow that was aimed at his face. His body twisted to avoid the arrow that was aimed at his chest, but he was hit by two arrows from his left and right ribs!

What a fast shooting speed!

The brawny man was shocked, but he did not slow down in the slightest. It was as if the two arrows that hit him were scratching an itch!

One slash, sweep!

Xue'er gently leaped a meter into the air and barely dodged the sword. Then, she quickly nocked an arrow and aimed it at the brawny man who was just inches away from her!

Seeing this, Lin Ke's heart immediately tightened!

As expected, the sturdy man did not give Xue'er the chance to land or even shoot an arrow. His broadsword drew a weak arc as it came slashing forward with a loud wind!

Xue'er shot out an arrow the instant the sturdy man swung his sword, the arrow bringing with it a faint blue light as it collided with the blade of the sword, the immense power causing the sturdy man's large sword to shake slightly, but Xue'er, who was in the air, borrowed the rebounding force of the arrow and the trembling air to push down onto the ground, her toes touching the ground, already distancing herself from her opponent! The elegance of his skill immediately won the unanimous cheers of the audience.

This was a battle of strength and skill.

But in the eyes of most of the audience, this was just a confrontation between ugliness and beauty.

Xue'er, who was at a distance, did not stop at all. Her feet lightly tapped on the ground as she retreated, while her hands continuously shot like a harp!

After failing his first strike, the muscular man was slightly discouraged, but he was then chased away by Xue'er. The power of his third consecutive shot was extremely tricky, and after barely being able to deflect two arrows, the third finally managed to evade his interception and stabbed deeply into his left shoulder.

For Xue'er, the magic archer with a range of 300 meters or so, a distance of 10 meters was not even needed for her to aim carefully. Her shooting speed could reach a terrifying level in an instant!

The atmosphere turned cold.

Three arrows were stuck in the man's body, ready to fire at any moment. The light blue ice around his wound sealed the blood that was gushing out of it, making the arrow lose control over its position.

On the other side, Xue'er was twenty meters away from him. She did not shoot even a single arrow, and her face did not show any trace of pride, because she saw a kind of frightening cruelty and decisiveness on her opponent's face, regardless of whether she was facing the enemy or herself.

As expected, the man maliciously smiled at Xue'er. He pulled out the arrow and let the blood flow through the light blue ice crystals, staining the leather armor red. The boiling blood also allowed him to regain control of his limbs.

The brawny man suddenly made his move!

The ground beneath his feet had accumulated too much Dou Qi with a single stomp, creating a crater in the stone platform. However, his body shot out like an arrow leaving the bow!

"Whiz!"

Xue Er's arrow missed. A light blue light flashed and hit the edge of the stone platform. An invisible light curtain instantly turned into dust.

The shot was lost!

The direction the burly man was charging towards was somewhere beside Xue'er!

Xue'er, who was usually very confident in her archery, could not help but be taken aback. The feeling of having made a mistake in her calculations during this battle was enough to make one go crazy, and in that short period of time, she was closed to within ten meters of her opponent. The strong man waved his right hand, and a dagger shot towards Xue'er at lightning speed, while at the same time, his right foot stomped heavily on the ground, causing crushed rocks to fly everywhere.

Close at hand!

Xue'er's movement technique was extremely agile.

Linke had known this since a long time ago. The bloodline of the elves had allowed her to reach a terrifying level of control over her own body.

However, Xue'er, who had grown up under the protection of Selina of the Moutes clan, lacked combat experience. Other than following Rinko in a life-and-death battle with an unknown archer in the dense forest of the Misty Mountain, there was only the devil training and being beaten up by a group of guys who were much stronger than her.

At this moment, she was experiencing the first extremely dangerous predicament she had ever experienced in her life.

The lack of battle experience caused her to be stunned for a split-second on the life and death arena.

Thus, a dagger shot out like lightning in front of him. A brawny man holding onto a greatsword with an evil grin on his face was like a giant boulder pressing down on him!

Xue'er instantly became clear, but it seemed to be a little late.

Her legs slightly bent, the snow-white boots flashed with a light blue light, and her body suddenly shot back seven or eight meters as if she had been hit by a dragon's tail. In the air, she pressed down with her longbow, and after a short pause, the light blue magic arrows rained down like a torrential downpour!

In just two or three seconds.

Five waves and three arrows shot out at the same time!

Fifteen sharp arrows enveloped the whole area in front of the muscular man. He only had enough time to wield his greatsword and throw a few arrows directly towards his face, but the rain of arrows had already penetrated his body!

Three sharp arrows pierced through his feet and calves, nailing him to the ground. Two pierced through his thighs, one through his right arm, and one through his left rib.

He had almost become a living target.

Looking at the frosty girl who was silently pinching three arrows toward his head several meters away, he suddenly felt that he had really been somewhat arrogant before.

The brawny man grinned, thrust his greatsword into the stone platform, and hammered his left chest with his right fist. The arrow flew out, causing a large amount of blood to fly in the air. He picked up his sword again without a care, and staggered down the arena where the doctor was bandaging his wounds.

At this moment, the referee faintly nodded his head and announced Xue'er's victory.

The jubilant audience before the match completely lost their interest in cheering. When the people who had previously scoffed at the brawny man looked at him again, their eyes were filled with reverence. Only, in the eyes of the brawny man, these things were no longer important, because he wanted to return to the Dragon Slaying Fortress.

Maybe there was his future.

Or maybe his grave was there.

He didn't tell Xue'er or anyone else his name.

If he won, naturally, there would be people who knew his name.

If he lost, he wouldn't need to shout out his name in order to be ashamed.

Rincewind knew that.

He also respected this idea.

He came to Xue'er's side as she walked down the stage. Under everyone's gaze, he used a piece of white gauze to cover her left ear. There, a flying dagger left a mark on her.

"A small wound won't affect my beauty, will it?" Xue'er said with a bright smile as she reached out her hand to rub Linke's taut face.

Lin Ke nodded expressionlessly as he looked at the middle-aged referee with a face full of chilliness.

Not all arenas were so bloody.

These so-called judges had a great deal of autonomy throughout the first round of the entrance exam, and Lindke only knew that these people were unfathomable.

It's just that they won't go on forever.

— —

Thirty rings required one hundred rounds to finish the first round.

The names of Link and Lilisse weren't called out the whole morning.

The bored trio wandered outside to find Donna and Sam, only to realize that neither of them had yet to arrive, so they strolled back into the inner circle to wait.

"So we made a fortune?" Xue'er's eyes were filled with gold coins as she crazily shook Lin Ke's arm, "Cohen, tell me, we have struck gold!"

"Yes, yes," Lin Ke helplessly shook his head, "We placed a bet of 600 gold on you. If the payout is 6: 05, we will have 3900 gold at the end of the match. That's quite a large sum."

However, Xue'er suddenly became serious and stared dead straight at Link as she said word by word, "All the money is under my control."

Lin Ke was speechless, then nodded, "I always knew that you were a genuine little money grubber, but I never knew that you had the potential to be a miser. You know that I always keep my word and it's all under your control."

Only then did Xue'er become happy again. She laughed until her eyes were like crescent moons.

"But I don't think you'd mind if the money got bigger, would you?" "After the first round, I think the second round will be even more exciting."

Xue'er immediately became alert, "The first round's opponent is already this strong, and the second round is filled with victors. The outcome will definitely be even more suspenseful, who can say for sure they will win? This amount of money is enough for us to spend for four years in the academy, if we save up a little …! "

Lin Ke couldn't help but pout his lips, but didn't say anything.

Because Lily stood up without a sound and walked towards an arena not far away.

Her first round of exams had arrived.

Lin Ke and Xue'er immediately gave up on the topic of gold coins and came to the nearby stone platform to watch the battle.

Lilisse, who had arrived first, did not wait long on the stage for her opponent to appear.

This was a tall but very thin man. His thin lips and his eyes were filled with an unforgettable pallor.