114: Chapter 114 The Grand Martial Arts Competition Begins

"Continue the attack!" Jiang Ling shouted loudly.

Tie Ta let out a roar and launched another attack at Gao Qiang.

The others immediately followed suit.

The ten of them coordinated with increasing tacit understanding, and Gao Qiang, caught in the middle, began to feel overwhelmed.

Gao Qiang was a Rank 6 powerhouse; if he wanted to defeat Jiang Ling and the others, it would be an easy task.

But doing so would risk the suspicion of bullying the weak.

He also wanted to use comparable strength to test the feasibility of the Formation used by Jiang Ling and the others.

Both sides fought on the drill ground for half an hour. Gao Qiang's disadvantage grew larger and larger, and finally, he abruptly retreated from the pincer attack and shouted: "Stop!"

"Your Formation is not bad!"

"Practice well; if you use it in the National Grand Martial Arts Competition, you will definitely shine!"

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At this moment, the look in Gao Qiang's eyes as he gazed at Jiang Ling was filled with even more shock.

This kid is such a Prodigy!

Not only is his strength so powerful, but he can also so easily modify a suitable Formation.

This was supposed to be his job!

Now, he didn't need to worry about much; he just needed to let Jiang Ling and the others practice well and wait for them to achieve good results in the competition.

In the blink of an eye, the month-long intensive training ended.

During this month, Jiang Ling and the others made great progress.

Especially Jiang Ling's battle against the sword-wielding Mechanical Puppet in the trial tower, which raised his Saber Intent to Rank 35!

Rank 35 Saber Intent made the power of Jiang Ling's Blade Technique nearly ten times stronger than before.

A few days later, Jiang Ling and the others boarded a plane to the National Grand Martial Arts Competition.

The location for the National Grand Martial Arts Competition was set in a mountain.

When Jiang Ling and the others got off the plane, they saw soldiers everywhere; it didn't look like a competition, but rather a large-scale military operation.

Perhaps Jiang Ling was not yet familiar with military operations!

The entire Great Xia Nation has a total of seven Military Regions: the Central Military Region, Northern Military Region, Northeast Military Region, Southeast Military Region, Northwest Military Region, Southwest Military Region, and Southern Military Region!

These seven Military Regions constitute Great Xia's largest military force, guarding the safety of Great Xia.

Without these seven Military Regions, if the exotic beasts and exotic races from the Secret Realm were to rush out, the Human Race would be plunged into misery.

As soon as Jiang Ling and the others got off the plane, someone was assigned to lead them to a military camp to rest.

Although the military camp was temporarily built, it was fully equipped in every aspect and was not crude.

Gao Qiang told them to hurry up and rest, as the National Grand Martial Arts Competition would begin in a few days, and they had to achieve a good ranking.

He himself went to handle the relevant handover work for the competition.

At this time, the group did not feel tired; instead, they were very much looking forward to the upcoming competition.

After a month of special training, they felt that their strength had greatly improved.

They really wanted to see what Rank and strength the proud sons of heaven from other Military Regions possessed.

"How about we go out for a stroll?"

After Gao Qiang left, Zhang Kuang immediately said excitedly.

"We can see what kind of monsters other Military Regions have."

"This way, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle."

"That would be violating orders." Tie Ta shook his head.

"The Battalion Commander said that as soldiers, we cannot violate orders."

"How is this violating orders?" Zhang Kuang said dismissively.

"We are doing this to achieve a good result in the competition, conducting some reconnaissance in advance."

"Didn't your Battalion Commander tell you that we must win this time?"

"This..." Tie Ta scratched his head, "My Battalion Commander did tell me that we must achieve the best results this time."

"That's it then." Zhang Kuang chuckled.

"We are going out to understand the enemy and prepare for the competition, so it doesn't count as disobeying orders."

"How about it, are you coming?"

"Jiang Ling, what do you say?"

Zhang Kuang finally asked for Jiang Ling's opinion; unknowingly, Jiang Ling had become the leader of their ten-man group.

There was no other way; the ability Jiang Ling displayed during training was simply too Gao Qiang, and they had no choice but to be convinced.

"It wouldn't hurt to go and see!"

Jiang Ling thought for a moment and said: "The contestants from other Military Regions should have arrived as well; there must be Gao Qiang people among them, so we cannot let our guard down."

"Let's go!"

Zhang Kuang immediately jumped up and rushed outside.

The others followed one after another.

Tie Ta hesitated for a moment, but ultimately followed behind.

After leaving the barracks, there were military camps and soldiers everywhere.

Although no one stopped them, they didn't know where to go.

Zhang Kuang looked here and there; in short, he couldn't sit still.

Soon, they found a tent similar to theirs.

"There must be contestants who came to participate this time inside!"

Zhang Kuang became excited.

He strode in directly, swaggering.

"Who are you?"

Soon, someone came out of the tent and scolded them.

"We are from the Southeast Military Region!"

"Where are you from?"

Zhang Kuang asked proudly.

"Southeast Military Region?"

"We are from the Northwest Military Region!"

At this moment, a dozen people also came out of the other side's tent, looking at Jiang Ling and others with unfriendly expressions.

"Northwest Military Region!"

"Hehe!"

"Sure enough, we found the right place!"

Zhang Kuang chuckled and kept sizing up these potential opponents.

"Do you want to go out for a stroll together?"

"It's boring staying here; why don't we find contestants from other Military Regions and have a sparring match first?"

"Hmph, who's afraid of whom?" The ten contestants from the Northwest Military Region were clearly not people who were afraid of trouble, and they immediately followed Zhang Kuang out of the barracks area.

Thus, they began to look for contestants from other Military Regions, calling them all out to have a fight first.

They were all young and full of vigor; who would be afraid of whom?

Not long after, Zhang Kuang and the others had actually called out all the contestants from the seven Military Regions.

Seventy people gathered together, looking at each other, all with caution and curiosity.

These people were their opponents for the next period of time.

It was unknown how Gao Qiang they were.

"How about we go to the mountains over there and have a good fight?"

Zhang Kuang said, pointing to the mountains, his eyes filled with excitement.

He was the type of person who feared only that the world wouldn't be chaotic enough; now that everyone was gathered together, why not have a fight first?

Anyway, they would have to fight sooner or later, so having a fight first would allow them to understand the strength of others in advance.

"Good!"

The others readily agreed without any hesitation; at this time, anyone who hesitated would clearly be suspected of fearing the battle.

Thus, seventy people marched towards the depths of the forest.

Soon, they found an open space and stopped.

"How do we fight?"

One of them asked.