At the martial arts arena in Zhuqi County, Xie Yun, a young disciple of the Medicine King Gang's Herb Gathering Hall, had driven Ma Yu of the Treasure Gang back with four sword strikes during the grueling challenge tournament. He had swept the entire arena, defeating forty or fifty young experts in a single day and astounding everyone. His feat caused quite a stir throughout Zhuqi County.
At this time, with barely half a month to go before the Medicine Conference, Zhuqi County had already drawn hundreds of large, medium, and small gangs from across Ping Province, along with nearly ten thousand wandering martial artists.
Though a number of young disciples from the Ten Great Gangs had yet to arrive, there was already no shortage of young experts gathered here. It was no easy feat to stand out from such a vast crowd.
Most importantly, Xie Yun had yet to be defeated. After two days and two nights, he was still standing on the platform. He had gone on to defeat more than ten formidable young experts, and had reached the threshold of the sixth round.
Each duel took longer than the last, consuming ever more stamina and inner qi.
Yet Xie Yun continued to hold the platform.
According to the rules of the challenge tournament, a contest pushing one's martial limits went on without rest until the challenger was defeated. As long as Xie Yun had not been beaten or conceded, he had to remain on the platform, ready to accept any challenge from the young experts below. In other words, there was still a good chance he could reach the seventh round, or even the eighth.
By the customary ranking of martial strength, only second-rate experts and above were qualified to issue a challenge on the platform.
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