The thirty seeded contestants were pushed out in the first round of the ranking battle to accept challenges from the remaining seventy-two contestants.
Under such circumstances, the remaining seventy-two contestants would naturally challenge those who they were confident of winning.
As for those who were strong and knew they were no match for their opponents, it was meaningless to challenge them. Moreover, they might be injured and affect their next challenge.
"Three challenges in a row."
"If you think you can't win, you can admit defeat in advance to preserve your strength.
"Otherwise, if you insist on fighting at the beginning, you might not be able to defeat your opponents later on because you're injured.
"As long as you admit defeat, I'll intervene as soon as you finish your sentence so that your opponent won't hurt you."
Lin Donglai's voice rang out clearly. "Next, the seventy-two contestants will receive their numbered tokens … Then, you'll enter the arena according to your number.
"The thirty seeded contestants will now take a few steps forward and stand in the void in front of the people from your respective forces so that you can choose your opponents."
As soon as Lin Donglai finished speaking, the thirty seeded contestants, including Duan Lingtian, stepped into the void.
On the Chunyang School's side, only Duan Lingtian stepped into the void with Yang Qianye.
This was because they were the only seeded contestants on the Chunyang School's side.
As for the Moqi Clan's side, there was only one seeded contestant, and that was Moqi Hong.
At this moment, Moqi Hong stood in the void and looked straight ahead with a cold smile on his face. It was as if he wanted to see who would dare to challenge him.
When Duan Lingtian and the other thirty contestants stepped forward, Lin Donglai began to distribute the numbered tokens. Each of the seventy-two contestants received their own numbered tokens.
"Now, the prodigy who has received the number one token, please enter the arena and choose your opponent.
"If you win, you can replace your opponent and become a seeded contestant … After becoming a seeded contestant, you'll have to accept three challenges to enter the top thirty.
"Of course, as a new seeded contestant, you can choose not to accept any more challenges on the day you become a seeded contestant."
Lin Donglai said loudly.
In fact, Duan Ling Tian and the others had already heard about the rules from the high-ranking officials of their respective sects. Therefore, they were not surprised at all.
Soon, the person who had obtained the number one token entered the arena.
He was a genius from one of the clans in the Consonance Manor, and his strength was not bad. The last time he fought, he defeated his opponent within ten moves.
He had some reputation in the Consonance Manor.
However, in the other manors, because there were even more talented existences, many people had never heard of him.
"I challenge …"
In the end, the sky-pride from the Consonance Mansion chose a seeded contestant from the Heavenly Stellar Mansion.
And the other party was only famous in the Heavenly Stellar Manor.
In the beginning, the two of them were evenly matched, but in the end, it was the Heavenly Stellar Manor's seeded contestant who won after fifty moves.
Moreover, looking at his calm and collected appearance, it was obvious that he had held back before.
"This person is quite smart. He could have defeated his opponent in a short period of time, but in order to preserve his strength, he delayed the battle for a while … It seems like he didn't end the battle quickly, but he only consumed a little more divine power. He can recover quickly after consuming a divine pill, and it won't affect him when he's challenged again."
Many people saw through Heavenly Stellar Manor's plan.
Of course, rather than calling it a plan, it was more accurate to call it experience.
The sky-pride from the Consonance Mansion, who had failed the challenge, did not look too good. At first, he thought that his opponent's strength was on par with his, and he had a high chance of winning.
He did not expect that his opponent had hidden his strength.
Now, he had lost at least thirty to forty percent of his strength. Even if he was not seriously injured, he could not exert his full strength.
"Choose your opponent in fifteen minutes."
Lin Donglai glanced at the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride and said.
His opponent's expression turned even worse when he heard this.
He had been challenged consecutively, but he did not have his peak strength. This was a great disadvantage for him.
"Elder Lin."
Finally, he looked at Lin Donglai and asked, "As far as I know, if I give up the second challenge, I will have fifteen minutes to recover?"
"Yes."
Lin Donglai looked at him deeply. "You want to give up the second challenge and use the third challenge after fifteen minutes of rest?"
"Yes."
The Consonance Mansion's sky-pride nodded. Without waiting for Lin Donglai to speak, he sat cross-legged in the void and consumed a divine pill to recover.
Seeing this, Lin Donglai was not in a hurry. He waited quietly.
The others also waited with him.
"This Consonance Mansion's sky-pride is smart."
Many people exclaimed.
Now, anyone could see that the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride was far from his peak strength. If he rushed to challenge after fifteen minutes, he would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage.
Once he failed the second challenge, he would not have much strength left. The chances of winning the third challenge would be even slimmer.
Under such circumstances, giving up the second challenge and taking the third challenge after fifteen minutes to recover was undoubtedly the best choice.
"Fortunately, I'm not number one … Now, this Consonance Mansion's sky-pride has taught us a good lesson. It's better to test the waters for the first challenge. Unless you are confident in winning, it's not worth using your full strength. "
A sky-pride from a famous mansion sighed.
The person beside him immediately smiled bitterly. "That may be so, but who knows if the opponent you challenge is also thinking of conserving his strength?"
"For example, the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride's opponent did not use his full strength in the beginning. It felt like they were evenly matched … Perhaps, that's why the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride slowly used his full strength."
"Who would have thought that his opponent would give him a thunderous blow in the end and defeat him directly!"
"It's impossible to guard against it … It all depends on one's eyesight and luck."
"That's right … Although there are three challenges, I think it's better to treat it as one challenge. You must be careful when choosing your opponent! "
"That's right … For example, the person who was challenged just now has basically revealed his strength. If you're confident in defeating him, you can choose to challenge him."
"If you want to challenge him, you must do it as soon as possible … After all, he only has two chances to be challenged now."
"Can he deliberately find someone to waste his chances of being challenged? That seems to be a loophole, right? "
"It's almost impossible … If someone deliberately wastes his chances of being challenged, once he shows more strength later on, he'll be disqualified from entering the top 100!"
"This has never happened in the history of the Seven Mansions Grand Banquet. Unless that person is willing to give up on being ranked in the top 100. "
"I don't think so as well … Now that he's been challenged by Number One, Number Two to Number Ten won't be able to challenge him anymore."
"Once he's challenged by Number Eleven to Number Twenty, Number Twenty-One to Number Thirty won't be able to challenge him as well … If you want to help him waste his chances of being challenged, you must be able to match up with the number."
"Unless you find someone at the last minute, but that's not realistic. Who would be willing to give up one of their chances of being challenged so easily? Moreover, if you give it up and show more strength later on, you'll be in trouble … There are so many intermediate God Emperors present, do you think you can fool them? "
…
Although there was a loophole in the rules of the first segment of the ranking battle, everyone knew about it.
It was fine to exploit the loophole, but there was a price to pay.
Basically, no one was willing to pay such a price.
Therefore, in the history of the Seven Mansions Grand Banquet, such a situation had never happened before …
Fifteen minutes later.
The Consonance Mansion's sky-pride stood up and fixed his gaze on one person.
It was a sky-pride from the Famous Mansion.
This sky-pride from the Famous Mansion had not displayed much strength when he fought earlier. However, he could be considered a celebrity in the Famous Mansion, and even outside the Famous Mansion, he had some fame.
In the end, the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride lost.
This sky-pride from the Famous Mansion was stronger than the previous opponent of the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride.
Not to mention that he had not fully recovered his strength, even if he was at his peak, he would still lose without a doubt!
Therefore, when he left the arena, he was not discouraged at all because he felt that it was only natural for him to lose. "I have even less confidence in the remaining twenty-eight people …"
"The two people who have the most confidence are stronger than me."
"It seems that the Profound Jade Mansion didn't randomly select the thirty people they challenged."
"I'm curious … Will there be anyone who will challenge the two sky-prides from the Heavenly Stellar Mansion and Netherworld Mansion? You should know that before they were exposed, I had planned to challenge them. "
These were the thoughts of the Consonance Mansion's sky-pride.
In truth, the others had the same thoughts as well.
Luo Yuan from the Heavenly Stellar Mansion's Autumn Leaf School and Tuoba Xiu from the Netherworld Mansion's Yuwen Clan were geniuses that had been nurtured by their respective Mansions.
However, when they learned about their background, most of them retreated.
This was because the host of the Seven Mansions Banquet, Elder Lin Donglai of the Flame Howl Sect, had compared them to the sky-pride of the Chunyang School, Duan Lingtian.
They knew that they were far from being a match for Duan Lingtian.
Next, it was Number Two's turn to challenge Luo Yuan and Tuoba Xiu.
However, Number Two's challenge still ended in failure.
Similar to Number One, he gave up on his second challenge. On his third challenge, he had regained his peak strength. However, he was still defeated.
After Number Two was done, it was Number Three's turn.
Number Three's challenge was still unsuccessful.
…
Before Number Seven, no one had succeeded.
When it was Number Seven's turn, he surprisingly chose Tuoba Xiu from the Netherworld Mansion's Yuwen Clan.
He was also the prodigy whom Lin Donglai had said was on par with Duan Ling Tian and whom the Earthly Underworld Mansion had devoted all its resources to nurture.
"Tuoba Xiu, although Elder Lin thinks highly of your strength, I still want to see your strength."
Number Seven was a sky-pride from the Great Mansion. His eyes were filled with eagerness as he looked at Tuoba Xiu who had just entered the arena.
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