26 Drawing lots

Huan came near the stage to draw his opponents.

"Press the stone," the instructor said.

He pressed the stone and numbers appeared on the tablet.

[

1. Lin Tian. 10th level. Number 27.

2. Duan Shan. 8th level. Number 675.

3. Xue Liang. 9th level. Number 521.

4. Tian Qui. 8th level. Number 798.

5. Shen Liqin. 9th level. Number 219.

]

"What!" he thought. "My first opponent is 10th level cultivator. What luck do I have?"

He cursed his luck to draw the most powerful opponent to his first fight.

Then he went to the waiting arena.

As he wanted to prepare for the fight, he heard the next fighter's numbers.

"Number 27 vs Number 101"

"Eh!?"

"Isn't that my opponent's number"

"He is fighting. I need to watch it"

Then he ran near the stage to observe the match.

******

Lin Tian's opponent was on the same level as him.

"The match starts!" the referee started his match.

As soon as the match started Lin Tian rushed to his opponent instantly and suddenly appeared behind him. He attacked him with his sword. But his opponent was ready for it and he blocked the attack.

~Clang

Two swords clashed.

"You actually fell for it, huh? You lose..." Lin Tian whispered and "Lin Family Secret Technique: Slice the Sword!" said the sword technique's name.

Suddenly Lin Tian's sword glowed with spirit power and it sliced his opponent's sword.

~Splash

The sword cut through his opponent's chest and blood spluttered from the wound.

"Stop! The winner is Lin Tian!"

The referee stopped the match instantly and announced the winner.

"Whoaa!"

"That was fast"

"Lin Tian is sure a genius"

You could hear the exclaims of people about the fight.

Lin Tian looked at the people below that was watching the fight. He was very satisfied.

Suddenly his eyes saw one person and he was stunned.

Then he smiled and pointed his finger at that person.

"You will also be like this" he whispered. And indicated it with his finger by a gesture.

The figure looked at him silently and left after a moment.

He knew that figure understood what he meant.

"Well, well, well… Your fate will be much worse…"

He thought internally and then left the stage.

*******

Huan started to watch the match.

"I need to observe him. I may not be able to win but I can stall time if I know his fighting style…" he thought.

The match started.

Huan looked at them intensely.

Unfortunately, the match ended very fast.

He instantly looked at the time.

It was [11 seconds].

"Whaaat? That fast?" he screamed internally.

Then he looked at Lin Tian who was looking at everyone.

Their eyes met. In the next moment, Lin Tian smiled and whispered. He gestured by crossing his finger across his head.

Huan understood what it meant.

"Is he saying that I will die?"

Huan's eyes looked at Lin Tian for a while and he left.

"I'm not gonna fell for his tricks..."

"I just need to stall time..."

"Yeah... I just ... need ... time..."

He murmured while he was leaving.

After some time he came before another fighting arena. The fighting stage of the third group more specifically.

It was about the time when his "Angel" would fight.

Thinking about her made him forget about what just happened and his mood instantly turned into a joyous one.

*********

"Number 921 vs Number 27"

The referee announced the next fighters to the stage.

Huan went to the stage and also his opponent - Lin Tian.