This night was destined to be a restless one.
Countless disciples of the Ling Family rubbed their palms and secretly prepared to fight for the best opportunity to make the leap.
The upper echelons of the Ling Family were also paying close attention to everything.
This was the effect they were looking for.
Only in this kind of atmosphere could the most outstanding disciples be born.
The horn of battle had already sounded!
The brave warriors were sharpening their swords!
…
The next morning.
On the arena square.
Even though the sky wasn't completely bright yet, there were already many people gathered here.
There were disciples of the Ling Family who were so excited that they couldn't sleep well. There were also the upper echelons of the Ling Family who came early in the morning to prepare the arena.
Ling Xiao, on the other hand, was rather late.
He had a good night's sleep last night.
By the time he reached the arena, the sky was already bright. He realized that the top ten disciples of the Elite Hall were all present.
As for the disciples below the top ten of the Genius Hall, they had all rushed over.
However, these people only had one goal, and that was Ling Yi Hang. At most, there was also Ling Yi Xue.
After all, in their eyes, only these two people could pose a threat to them.
Ling Xiao yawned and leaned on the stone wall to observe the situation on the arena square.
There were about a dozen battle stages.
He didn't count them carefully, but there were too many participants. These stages were necessary.
Especially in the elimination round, where there were close to ten thousand people fighting. Without these stages, who knew when the competition would end.
The stages were all built with special materials. Unless one had astral energy and the power of their moves were too strong, it was impossible to break them.
The so-called elimination round was actually to select the top ten disciples of the Elite Hall and the bottom disciples.
Then, these top ten disciples would mix with the hundred disciples of the Genius Hall for the real competition.
The reason was simple. The disciples of the Genius Hall were too strong. The majority of the disciples of the Elite Hall and the bottom disciples weren't enough.
If they were all mixed together, it would be a waste of time for the disciples of the Genius Hall.
Ling Xiao looked at the dozens of disciples of the Genius Hall.
Sure enough, they were all at the peak of the third level of the Martial Vein and had condensed astral energy.
However, there were differences in the degree of condensing astral energy.
The weakest one had only formed 20% of his first martial vein's earth energy.
The strongest of them had already formed the third Martial Vein and fifty percent of his Earth Energy.
Of course, this was because Ling Feifan and the others hadn't arrived yet. Otherwise, the strength of these guys would be even more terrifying.
The majority of the Genius Hall's disciples seemed very relaxed. After all, there were too few people in the Elite Hall who could pose a threat to them.
At this time, they were pointing and gossiping about the Elite Hall and the lower level disciples.
"I heard from our hall master that the quality of this year's Elite Hall's disciples is not bad. I reckon that there will be five or six people who will pose a threat to our Prodigy Hall's disciples."
"I think it's only Ling Yi Hang and Ling Yi Xue, the rest are not worth mentioning."
"That's true. That guy, Ling Yihang, has long been ranked eleventh on the stone wall rankings. He has already consecutively defeated several disciples of our Prodigy Hall. He might even pose a threat to Young Master Feifan."
"Humph, Ling Yi Hang is nothing. Only I can defeat Young Master Feifan!"
Suddenly, a rough voice rang out. Someone actually jumped directly onto the spectator stand from tens of meters away.
"Ling Zhan!"
"It's the fourth ranked Ling Zhan from the Genius Hall!"
This person's arrival was really too eye-catching.
In addition, he was already very famous, so it caused waves of excitement in the crowd.
Ling Xiao also looked at this Ling Zhan.
He was close to two meters tall, and his body was very strong. His whole body seemed to be filled with terrifying strength, and his muscles were simply frightening.
In fact, this was all on the surface. When Ling Xiao used his Mountain River Martial Spirit to analyze this guy, he couldn't help but frown.
He was actually at the fourth level of the Martial Vein, and his earth energy had condensed to the level of ninety percent of the third Martial Vein!
As expected of the fourth ranked Prodigy Hall, this was too awesome!
Ling Xiao couldn't help but feel a little nervous. If the fourth ranked Prodigy was already like this, then what about the top three?
He already knew that the Prodigy Hall's disciples were very terrifying, but when Ling Zhan appeared, he still felt a little surprised.
"Below the four Young Masters, there are people like Ling Yun, Ling Shuang, and Ling Zhan. It should be said that they are at the level of the Quasi Young Masters!"
"Quasi Young Masters, sigh, we can't even compare to the Quasi Young Masters, let alone the Tianfeng City's Four Young Masters."
"Ling Feifan, Ling Yun, and Ling Shuang haven't arrived yet. I guess they don't have much interest in the Elite Hall's battle."
"Yeah, only this Ling Zhan is more lively. Otherwise, with his status, there is no need for him to come."
Ling Yihang, who was sitting on a stone stool and eating, only glanced at Ling Zhan indifferently. No expression could be seen on his face.
He still lowered his head and ate his food.
Ling Yixue's face was slightly ugly.
Ling Feng and Ling Tieshou's faces were even more gloomy.
Facing this Ling Zhan, they had no chance of winning.
Ling Xiao clenched his fist.
"The stronger the opponent, the more interesting it is!"
To be honest, ever since he obtained the Mountain River Martial Spirit, he hadn't fought with his full strength.
After comprehending the 《Soaring Cloud Step》 and 《Demon Ox Art》, he hadn't really fought with anyone.
When facing Ling Tieshou, he just dodged.
"If I get serious, even I am scared. I don't know how far I can go before breaking through the fourth level of the Martial Vein."
"Alright, quiet down! The annual competition's elimination round is about to begin. We will decide the top ten from the ten thousand Elite Hall disciples! "
A voice filled with authority and dominance rang out.
This person should be one of the upper echelons of the Elite Hall, but Ling Xiao didn't recognize him.
When the competition started, everyone quieted down.
Choosing ten people out of ten thousand was a very cruel competition.
Of course, even if they couldn't enter the top ten, as long as they could enter the top one thousand, they could still stay in the Elite Hall.
Thus, even though there were many disciples participating, everyone had different goals and objectives.
Some simply wanted to enter the top one thousand.
Some wanted to get a place in the Elite Hall.
And some wanted to enter the Genius Hall through this competition.
"Now, the first round of the competition begins. Listen to the number and enter the corresponding stage. If you don't appear within the time limit, you will be considered to have forfeited."
The competition's format was actually very simple. One round to determine the winner. The loser would leave and the winner would stay.
Only when there were a thousand people left would the format change.
According to the rankings on the stone wall, the thousand people would be divided into ten groups. And these ten groups would be arranged in a zigzag pattern.
For example, the first ranked Ling Yihang would be in the first group, the second ranked Ling Yixue would be in the second group, and so on. The twentieth ranked disciple would be placed in the tenth group.
The advantage of this was obvious. It would allow the strongest disciples to stay until the end and not face each other early.
In these ten groups, there would be a hundred people in each group. In the end, one person would advance to the finals.
In other words, they would participate in the competition with the Genius Hall disciples.
However, that would be after there were a thousand people left.
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