Chapter 583: Tournament (Part 1)
Almost every castle in the world has a basement, and Irantz Castle is no exception.
However, unlike ordinary nobles, as one of the two dukes of Thrace, the Elanz family, powerful enough to establish a country on their own, possessed more than just a "basement".
Or, their "basement" isn't just below the castle.
For example, the arena where Panda and Otto are competing at the moment is about three miles outside the castle, and a dozen meters up is the road leading to the castle.
When Panda came to this arena along the underground tunnel under the leadership of the senior members of the Airantz family, looking at the system map, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.
(Let me go! This is the place where when I was stealing iron ingots from afar, I looked at the Castle of Ellands and wondered if I should go in and get a ticket?!)
He is not the kind of wizard who never forgets, but how can he not remember what he has experienced? At the beginning, he really had a little bit of a plan to "sneak into the Castle of Elanz and steal a lot of iron ingots". But standing a few miles away and staring at the tall castle, thinking of the powerful characters in the castle, gave up this unrealistic idea.
Run into a castle with a legendary powerhouse and steal something? Isn't this looking for death!
In contrast, it might be even less difficult to go into Thrace City and steal from door to door—at least there, he could ask rock singer Sheehan and others to help cover.
So he ended up taking a detour and never got close to Ellands Castle.
Now it seems that this approach is really very wise. The profound heritage and strength of the Elanz family are simply shocking. If he really ran to die at that time, it would be 100% the result of being killed back to the castle. Although it is said that the traversers are not afraid of death, if they are hanged back to the castle, they will not be able to go to the mines in the north to collect ores.
Looking around this exaggeratedly vast underground square, the panda was amazed and couldn't help but ask, "Why build a competition field here? Is there any special use?"
"This place was not originally a competition arena," explained Piede, who was "over 40" not long ago. "During the War of Unification in the Northwest, the ancestors of the Airantz family were worried that the enemy would attack on a large scale, so they prepared several rounds near the castle. Traps, this is one of them. It’s just that the situation of the battle was unexpected, and in the end it didn’t develop to the point where it was necessary to fight the Thracian family to the end, and these traps lost their effect.”
"That is to say, this place... was originally used to hide an army, and when the enemy attacked the city, it jumped out from behind and attacked back and forth?" Panda asked in surprise.
"almost."
"It's amazing!" Panda couldn't help but praised, "This method is used well, maybe tens of thousands of troops will be easily defeated."
"But after the ancestors prepare these traps, it doesn't make much sense to defeat tens of thousands of people." Katerina sighed, "It makes sense to defeat Leip Heinrich and Owens Piedutz."
Panda also sighed.
Of course he understood what Katerina meant, so he couldn't help sighing for the ancestors of the Ellants family.
When the Frost Sword Saint and the Shield Mountain had not yet stepped into the legendary realm, the Elanz family had insufficient military strength and had to prepare traps to have the hope of turning defeat into victory. But when the trap is ready, the Thracian side already has two legendary powerhouses. Facing the coercion of the two legendary powerhouses, these prepared traps were useless.
Even if the Thracian army was defeated by traps, the Arans family could not stop the two legendary powerhouses from jointly assassinating.
"It's all old and old, so many generations ago, what's there to say?" Otto was impatient. Hearing them chatting, he couldn't help but say loudly, "Now this is a secret competition arena, don't think too much, Finish this fight with me first!"
As he said that, he raised the axe gun in his hand. Under the illumination of the magic stone, the tip of the gun and the blade of the axe flashed with a fierce cold light.
"With a bladed weapon, are you okay with that?" he asked.
Panda smiled and drew out his double swords: "Don't worry about hurting me, Liu Daoqing is very good at healing spells."
On the edge of the competition arena, Liu Daoqing has cast a spell to create a large mass of talisman floating in the air, and nodded again and again: "Don't worry, there are so many healing talismans, even if the head is cut off, I can help you. pick up."
Before he finished speaking, Otto was already laughing. With the laughter, a bright red light appeared on his body, burning like a flame.
This is his vindictiveness, the name of "Burning Steel", and this is where it comes from.
There are many fighting styles in Xilu, and the Alanz family's style tends to be flames. Whether Katarina or Otto, as long as they are the core characters of the Ailanz family, they are almost always cultivating flame-type fighting spirit.
Therefore, when confronting the masters of the Elanz family, you must keep a sufficient distance. If the distance is too close, the flame of Dou Qi may kill you.
Of course Panda knew this, but he didn't do it.
Alanz's fire fighting spirit is not weak, but his divine power is enough to heal himself. As long as the fighting time is not too long, he doesn't need to worry about the environmental damage caused by the fire fighting qi.
However, with the divine power that has not been fully recovered after he casts "Divine Retribution", he can only last for a short time. If the fighting time dragged on, Otto didn't need to attack, just the scorching heat of the flames would be enough to force him to admit defeat.
So for him, if he wants to win, he needs to shorten the time of this battle, and it is best to finish it within three or five minutes.
(Quan should be playing a round-based competition... I remember when I helped my senior brother and participated in a fighting competition, it was only three rounds, and each round was only two minutes.)
(At that time, I was dragging my feet. I didn’t win one of the six games before and after, and only won two draws. No way, I was an amateur at that time, and I was an amateur and a professional, and it was quite rare to be able to draw twice. Now I am a professional. After years of hard training, in the field of martial arts, I am confident that I will not lose to anyone!)
(Otto uses a long and heavy weapon, and only the first blow from the front must be avoided. Avoiding the frontal blow, the advantage of my dual swords for defense can be fully utilized, and he will be at a disadvantage by then.)
(In this competition, the key to victory and defeat is the first move!)
Panda pondered in his heart, and kept walking, slowly walking towards Otto. But he didn't walk over directly, but walked to the side, as if he was going to circle around Otto.
At the same time, a faint golden light lit up on his body, and soon enveloped the whole body,
In order to fight against an opponent who strengthens his body with Dou Qi, he also needs to strengthen himself with divine energy, otherwise, he will lose without fighting.
Otto stood there motionless, but raised the axe and spear in both hands and made a slashing gesture. But as the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the flame fighting spirit on his body burned more and more fiercely.
Finally, the first general of Ailanz moved.
Without warning, he seemed to disappear and then reappear. He came to the panda, swung the axe and spear, and it was a direct sweep, which was the exact opposite of the previous posture.
This arrogant big man has unimaginable agility and cunning in battle!