124: Chapter 124 Winning Streak

After everyone saw their respective groups clearly, they did not rush to disperse; instead, they utilized the few remaining moments before the competition to find familiar Disciples from their own Family and inquire about information regarding their opponents.

Just like Ye Yitian, who was like an ant on a hot pan, anxiously found Ye Yisong and asked: "Thirteenth Brother, is there any good strategy to defeat the enemy that you could teach this younger brother?"

Ye Yisong glanced at him sideways. This kid had a lot of nerve, actually thinking there would be some grand strategy to defeat the enemy. Thinking about staging a comeback against a Nine-Star Martial Master with the status of a One-Star Martial Master—was his head filled with nothing but mush?

"Just admit defeat as soon as you get on the stage to avoid the Wang Family playing dirty. Being able to make it this far is already quite remarkable."

Ye Yisong patted Ye Yitian's shoulder and advised him. Ye Yisong truly couldn't think of any way Ye Yitian could escape from the hands of a Nine-Star Martial Master. If one harbored wishful thinking, it wouldn't be a case of just wanting to admit defeat and getting the chance to do so.

Such malicious targeting incidents had occurred frequently in the past; the Wei Family and Wang Family would consciously target the Ye Family Disciples who had entered the top 100 of the Prefecture Examination, and with the goal of killing them at that.

This was also something the Ye Family often did; eliminating one early was one less, which counted as a struggle within the explicit rules.

Any Martial Artist capable of entering the top 100 of the Prefecture Examination was an object worthy of key cultivation in any Family.

If too many died or were injured, it would truly shake the Foundation of a Family.

If the younger generation of the Family failed to bridge the gap, once the Old Ancestor passed away, it would be a catastrophic disaster, and the annihilation of the Family would be right before their eyes.

"Okay." Ye Yitian also knew the severity of the matter, immediately eliminating other unrealistic thoughts and earnestly executing Ye Yisong's advice.

The Wei Family and Wang Family had many Martial Artists who advanced, but wanting to monopolize the top 50 spots of the Prefecture Examination was impossible; their strength wouldn't allow it, and the System wouldn't allow it either.

The Great Wei government did not fear the Families under its rule developing and growing strong, but it could not allow one house to dominate alone!

Like the grouping this time, the Wei Family had sixteen people collide with each other, and the Wang Family also had ten people collide with each other, which would invisibly consume the advancement spots of both families.

Just as the two were about to part ways, Ye Jiejing, with whom he had some friendship back in Shuinan County, came over, lowering his posture significantly: "Thirteenth Young Master, I wonder if there is any good strategy you could instruct me with?"

When Ye Yisong was looking for his own name, he had discovered that the only Disciple from Shuinan County to break into the top 100 of the Prefecture Examination this time was Ye Jiejing; even Ye Jielu had unfortunately been eliminated during the fifth round.

Ye Jiejing's opponent in the first match of this round was Wei Jialu of the Wei Family. This person's strength was on par with Ye Jiejing, both being Five-Star Martial Masters.

However, according to the intelligence provided by the Family, the movement Martial Skill and sword technique that Wei Jialu practiced had both broken through to the Major Achievement stage. His speed had an absolute advantage among Martial Artists of the same rank, coupled with his Major Achievement sword technique.

If one was not careful, it was easy for Wei Jialu to find a flaw and defeat them in one fell swoop.

The Shuinan Ye Family had finally managed to have a Disciple break into the top 100 of the Prefecture Examination, and he had some friendship with him, so Ye Yisong didn't hold back and directly advised: "With Wei Jialu's speed, your Overlord Spear might not necessarily block him. It would be better to give up attacking, replace attacking with defense, and use the Circular Spear Technique to form a protective shield around your body, waiting quietly for an opportunity. Whoever loses their composure first loses, but you must prevent the opponent from feigning a trick to lure you into attacking."

"Understood, thank you, Thirteenth Young Master." Ye Jiejing said, lost in thought.

Give up attacking? His Overlord Spear was a spear technique that focused primarily on attacking!

Forget it, if he had to give up attacking, then so be it. As long as he could win, winning just one more match would allow him to advance to the top 50.

At that time, by utilizing the Ye Family's resources to land a lucrative position in the various counties of Cangjiang Prefecture and accumulating experience over a period of time, Ye Jiejing was confident that he could break through to Tier 4 Martial Ancestor.

As long as he broke through to Tier 4 Martial Ancestor, whether he would govern a region in the future or be promoted to the Prefecture City, there would be great prospects.

Even if he eventually returned to the Family, he would not lose the position of an Elder.

After the three of them parted ways, Ye Yisong arrived at the No. 48 martial arts ring. At this moment, a man dressed in short-sleeved attire was already waiting quietly on the ring. Seeing Ye Yisong walk onto the ring, he didn't have any reaction, just standing there on his own, closing his eyes to rest his mind, waiting for the referee to announce the start.

As the countdown ended, Official Wu Tian's voice came from the sky as scheduled: "Begin."

The man standing opposite finally opened his eyes. Ye Yisong was just about to make a move, but he saw that man raise his right hand high, signaling the referee: "I admit defeat!"

Ye Yisong was completely bewildered by this move from Wei Jiahe. No, wait, I haven't even made a move yet! And you're already admitting defeat? Do you have any competitive spirit at all!

It felt quite like punching cotton, which was extremely uncomfortable!

Wei Jiahe had a look that said he had seen through Ye Yisong. He lifted his head and arrogantly walked past Ye Yisong off the ring, as if saying: I saw through you long ago. You still want to trick me into making a move and find an opportunity to take me out of the game early? No way, this young master won't fall for your trap!

It seemed that none of the Martial Artists who could advance to the top 100 of the Prefecture Examination were fools.

In a situation where there was a disparity in strength, and the two families were in a hostile relationship, admitting defeat early was the correct choice.

Losing face was always better than losing one's life!

Wei Jiahe left the ring, but Ye Yisong stood on the ring without moving. As the winning party, he just needed to continue waiting in place, and the System would naturally match him with an opponent for the next match.

Ye Yisong didn't wait long before the System matched him with his next opponent. This time it was Wang Xianying of the Wang Family, a Seven-Star Martial Master powerhouse.

He didn't know who he had encountered in the first match; with the strength of a Seven-Star Martial Master, he had still lost his first match.

After the command to begin came from the sky, Ye Yisong made the first move. Stepping on the breeze, he quickly closed the distance with Wang Xianying, secretly forming seals with both hands and releasing three Seven-Colored Green Lotuses in a triangular formation to pincer-attack Wang Xianying.

Wang Xianying knew he was no match for Ye Yisong, but he was confident he could retreat unscathed, so he wasn't afraid of Ye Yisong. Facing Ye Yisong's Green Lotuses, he swung his long sword, erupting with three strands of Sword Qi that struck directly at the three Green Lotuses.

After the Sword Qi and the Green Lotuses collided, an astonishingly loud noise erupted, directly blasting three charred patches onto the martial arts ring.

"Come again."

Seeing his Green Lotuses cut apart, Ye Yisong was not annoyed and directly released three more Nine-Colored Green Lotuses to pincer-attack Wang Xianying.

Wang Xianying dared not lower his guard, staring intently at every one of Ye Yisong's movements. Seeing him release three more Green Lotuses, before he could even counterattack, he discovered something was wrong.

The Green Lotuses this time had two more colors on their petals than the ones just before, and he didn't know whether he should take this move or not.

After the battle just now, the two were extremely close. Because of Wang Xianying's hesitation, the three Green Lotuses had already exploded beside him. Under the pincer-attack of the three waves of heat, Wang Xianying instantly lost all perception of the outside world.

However, his reason told him that if he didn't admit defeat, his life would be in danger. Even though he was still in the center of the explosion, Wang Xianying still shouted that sentence: "I admit defeat."

This directly interrupted the five Nine-Colored Green Lotuses that Ye Yisong had thrown out again, which were imbued with red light.

"Just a little bit off." Ye Yisong said regretfully. Late Stage Martial Master powerhouses were hard to kill! Their Physical Body was too strong, especially those Martial Artists who came from these big clans; not a single one of them was weak.

If Wang Xianying had admitted defeat one second later, he would have been taken out of the game early.

After Ye Yisong advanced, he returned to the resting area and saw that Ye Yitian had returned early. He was even eating the spiritual melons prepared by the Family during the competition until his mouth was full, as if he had a deep-seated hatred for them.