Cosmic Trading System

Listening to others' adoration for oneself was an odd feeling along the way.

There wasn't much Lin Yun could say, he just laughed and listened.

Soon, they arrived at the preliminary round location.

Being a preliminary round, many of the competition rules were quite casual.

On the scene, there were a total of fifty arenas.

As soon as the number of people in each group reached three hundred, the drawing of lots began. The two people with adjacent numbers were to fight against each other.

Like number one against number two, number three against number four, and so on.

As long as you had the energy, after one fight, you could continue to draw lots. A person could fight up to ten rounds. In the end, the top three hundred and top hundred would be decided based on the number of wins and the time taken in each battle.

If one was unlucky in the preliminaries and met strong opponents continuously, it wasn't a problem. There were also resurrection matches afterwards where all the failed competitors could vie for some spots. The number of spots varied based on the situation of each competition.

Those who passed the resurrection match could reach a certain ranking.

If you even failed in the resurrection match, then either your luck was extremely poor, or your strength indeed wasn't able to grow.

Those with poor luck, generally, wouldn't have remarkable strength. So even with this method, no genuinely strong individuals would be missed.

Soon, it was Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran's turn to draw lots.

Worth mentioning, a young man named Jiang Wei was also in the same group drawing lots with Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran.

Jiang Wei waved his fist at Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran and gave a cold smile.

Clearly, he was hoping to be paired with Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran.

However, even though they were in the same group drawing lots, there were a total of three hundred people. The chances of the three of them being paired together were very slim.

In the end, none of the three met each other.

It was just a preliminary round and the probability of encountering a strong competitor was quite small.

Of course, Lin Yun didn't have any issues. With his current strength, even the top competitors in the Peak of Dark Strength realm weren't necessarily his match, let alone ordinary martial artists under thirty.

After Lin Yun stepped onto the stage, he exchanged a few moves with his opponent and easily knocked him off the platform.

Originally, Lin Yun wanted to exchange a few more moves with his opponent, hoping to gain some battle experience. But his opponent was too weak. Fighting with him felt like an adult bullying a three or four-year-old child, which was just not interesting.

Three hundred competitors amounted to a total of one hundred and fifty matches.

With fifty arenas, they only needed three rounds.

In fights between martial artists, the outcome is usually determined quickly.

The first round ended soon followed by the second round, in which Zhang Haoran participated.

The Mid Mingjin Stage, in the preliminary competition, was not weak. Added to that, Zhang Haoran was not an ordinary Mid Mingjin Stage competitor. He had already reached this realm three years ago. Furthermore, Lin Yun had a feeling that Zhang Haoran's martial arts techniques, as well as his level of proficiency, were not ordinary.

Even though he was in the Mid Mingjin Stage, Lin Yun guessed there were very few people in the same stage who could be his match.

After twenty or thirty rounds, Zhang Haoran also defeated his opponent.

The third round started soon and, as it happened, that young man named Jiang Wei was scheduled for the third round.

Apparently, seeing Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran easily defeat their opponents, especially Lin Yun defeating his opponent with only two or three moves, Jiang Wei felt extremely displeased. Before stepping onto the stage, he again made a contemptuous gesture towards Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran.

"This guy, I want to see how strong he actually is..."

Seeing this scene, Zhang Haoran was utterly furious.

The fact proved that there was indeed a reason why Jiang Wei dared to make a move towards Zhang Haoran – who was in the Mid Mingjin Stage – and Lin Yun, referring to them as 'little mid Mingjins'.

With just one move, Jiang Wei defeated his opponent.

Knocking out his opponent with a single punch, executing such a clean and swift KO, drew many exclamations from below the stage.

"This guy, he's actually this strong?"

Seeing this, Zhang Haoran was slightly shocked as well.

Due to the brief fight, he didn't clearly see the opponent's stage.
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But Lin Yun, due to his solid martial arts foundation and his proficiency in many martial arts techniques, which included numerous moves, instantly grew familiar with the opponent's moves. He knew what kind of speed and strength a certain stage should have, and even knew the weaknesses of these moves.

Thus, he easily determined that the opponent had reached the Late Mingjin Stage.

"He has reached the Late Mingjin Stage. If you encounter him, be careful..." After thinking for a while, Lin Yun looked at Zhang Haoran and said.

"He's at the Late Mingjin Stage?" Seeing Lin Yun determine the opponent's stage, Zhang Haoran was taken aback as well.

The opponent had only made one move, yet Lin Yun deduced his stage... Zhang Haoran's opinion of this new friend grew even higher.

Earlier, he had watched Lin Yun's fight. Lin Yun only needed two or three moves to defeat his opponent. From his point of view, Lin Yun's strength, as he had judged earlier, was not weak.

At this moment, Lin Yun's observational skills further confirmed this.

As it seemed, when Jiang Wei previously made a move against Lin Yun and Lin Yun did not react, it was probably because Lin Yun knew the rules of the martial arts tournament – which did not allow fighting on the spot. Or perhaps, Lin Yun knew that the two security guards standing beside him would make a move.

Zhang Haoran thought to himself.

Lin Yi and Lin Er, standing beside Lin Yun, though they did not emit a Grandmaster Realm aura, they did possess the strength of the Grandmaster Realm. In addition to this, Lin Yun hadn't asked them to intentionally hide it. Thus, their every move, if observant, would expose that they were not ordinary people.

After Jiang Wei KOed his opponent with one punch and descended the stage, he once again made a contemptuous gesture towards Lin Yun and Zhang Haoran.

This made Zhang Haoran even angrier, he said: "This guy, he's too arrogant, he's just a few years older than us. When I meet him, I am definitely going to challenge him and show him how powerful I am..."

Lin Yun slightly nodded his head.

Although he had just cautioned Zhang Haoran, even if the two of them ended up fighting and Jiang Wei's strength was indeed superior, he would not worry about Zhang Haoran's safety.

Now, his mental strength had reached level three.

Although he hadn't learned level three hypnosis skill, he had learned level two hypnosis skill. Coupled with level three mental strength, he could easily hypnotize martial artists in the Dark Strength realm. If the opponent was a martial artist in the Mingjin realm, then it would be even easier.

If Jiang Wei were to strike a heavy blow against Zhang Haoran on the stage, he could interfere with Jiang Wei at any moment from below the platform.

Neither Lin Yun nor Zhang Haoran had exhausted much of their strength. They soon participated in the second round of drawing lots.

Jiang Wei had KOed his opponent with a single move, thus his strength was also largely preserved. Therefore, he was naturally present as well.

Suddenly, three hundred people gathered again, and the drawing of lots began.

These three hundred people comprised of winners from the previous round, losers from the previous round, and newcomers. So, gathering them didn't take long.

Thanks to the quick resolving speed of Lin Yun and the others, they immediately caught up with the next round of drawing lots after their match. Otherwise, they would have had to wait for the next round of drawing lots.

Soon, the drawing results came out, and the three did not encounter each other again.

Again, Lin Yun entered the stage first. Just like last time, after a few exchanges with the opponent and realizing that their strength was not high, he knocked them off the stage.

Jiang Wei, too, was scheduled for the first round and again, he KOed his opponent with a single move.

Zhang Haoran participated in the second round. This time, his opponent was weaker. Although in the Early Mingjin Stage, his strength was not exceptional within the same stage. Zhang Haoran only expended a few moves and knocked him off the stage.

"Brother Lin Yun, we both have two consecutive wins now. According to the pattern of previous years, as long as we win four rounds, we will have a chance to make it into the top three hundred. And if we win six rounds, we may get into the top hundred. We only need to win two more rounds and we might make it into the top three hundred..."

After coming off the stage, Zhang Haoran found Lin Yun and said excitedly.