The main stage of the Number One Beneath the Heavens Martial Competition was like this.
In the stage of the top 64, there would be two matches in the morning and one in the afternoon. They would be held in the left and right arenas at the same time. In this way, there would be four matches a day, and they would be able to finish all of them in eight days.
After the end of this stage, it was time for the matches of the top 32. There were two matches in the morning and two in the afternoon each day, but the second match would start two hours after the first match. Under normal circumstances, a match should be finished in two hours. Therefore, the time of the two matches could be staggered so that the audience could watch all four matches without losing sight of one.
The top 32 stage would take four days. After four days, everyone would draw lots to decide the group of the top 16. After that, they would rest for a day.
The matches for the top 16 would be held in the morning and in the afternoon. Because of the double-elimination rule, they would need to fight for six days. Four people would be eliminated, leaving eight people in the winner's bracket and four people in the loser's bracket to enter the next round, or rather, the top 12.
The top 12 would still have one match in the morning and one in the afternoon. The first two days would be used to select four people from the top eight to enter the winner's group. Then, the eight people from the loser's group would fight for the remaining four spots.
The quarterfinals would still have one match in the morning and one in the afternoon. The winner's group would have one day, while the loser's group would have two days. In fact, the third day only required half a day.
In the next stage, there were three people in the loser's group and two people in the winner's group. But it didn't matter. The person who lost in the winner's bracket was in the loser's bracket, so it was still an even number.
At this stage, there would be one match every day. The first day would be the winner's group, and the second and third day would be the loser's group.
Next was the loser's match to decide the third place. The winner would then have the chance to compete with the last person in the winner's group for the championship. Of course, because he was in the loser's bracket and his opponent was in the winner's bracket, if he won, he would have to fight again to determine the winner.
This competition system was a little complicated, but overall it was very fair. The contestants who could enter the top 16 had to lose twice before they truly lost their chance. Everyone was equal.
As for the problem of stamina, under the blessings of the gods, there would not be a situation where one's stamina would be exhausted due to continuous matches. It was just that in terms of mental exhaustion, even the gods could not do anything about it.
In the end, the factor of luck could not be eliminated.
The intense competition continued. Every day, many experts would advance, and many experts would fail to be selected.
The two huge arenas had not only attracted the attention of the powerhouses of the various countries on the Main Plane, but even many great beings who had transcended the mortal world had noticed them.
"You can feel it. The two priesthoods of 'martial arts' and 'competition' are being nurtured over there."
In the Temple of Valhalla, the sounds of fighting and killing could be heard everywhere. The God of War's face was gloomy as he looked at the figure who was speaking with confidence and composure.
"Of course I felt it, but what does it have to do with you?" "Don't tell me that you are not only interested in 'murder' and 'assassination', but also planning to expand your priesthood and seek a more combat-oriented priesthood?"
A strange smile appeared on the God of Conspiracy's strange face, which only had eyes and a mouth. It was as if three horizontal crescent moons were drawn on a white mask. "We are all immortal beings. What's the point of hiding like this?"
The God of Battle's expression darkened even further. "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"For a long time, as a follower of the God of War, the priesthood of 'combat' or 'small-scale combat' has always been monopolized by you. But you see, that world-shaking tournament has completely excluded you. Instead, it's letting that guy who only has the Guardian Divine Title of 'Warrior' to host it … Don't you think there's something fishy going on behind the scenes? "
The God of Battle fell silent. In fact, he had long been dissatisfied and even vigilant.
In terms of "combat," "martial arts" was a very important part. Although the "competition" was relatively less important, for the God of Battle who was originally only a mid-level divine power, any loss should be avoided as much as possible.
The loss of a priesthood was different from the loss of divine power and divinity. The latter two could be slowly recovered with time, but the former could not be recovered. Once lost, it was lost.
Losing a priesthood was a great blow to a god. Since ancient times, no one knew how many gods had been weakened or even directly fallen because of this reason.
Therefore, once the problem of priesthood was involved, there would often be extremely fierce fights between gods. Many times, it would even be a fight to the death.
After all, for a god with weak divine power or even a weak divine power, losing a key priesthood meant death. Since it was death, of course, they would rather fight to the death. Even if it was a heroic death, it was better than dying in a cowardly death.
As a member of the God of War, the God of Battle was certainly not a coward. If necessary, he did not mind drawing his sword and fighting to the death!
But … he was actually a little hesitant.
For a mid-level divine power like him, he was neither up nor down and was in a somewhat awkward position.
Gaining a little priesthood would not help him to break through and advance; but losing a little priesthood would not cause him to be weakened or demoted.
If it was just a "competition" for priesthood, he would not have to be so hesitant. He might as well just bear with it.
But … the priesthood of "competition" …
The tall god, who was always dressed in armor and ready to fight at any time, sat on his throne made of his spoils of war and fell into deep thought.
The God of Conspiracy smiled, and his figure slowly faded away and disappeared without a trace.
He knew that his persuasion had worked.
Perhaps the God of Warrior would have held back his anger. After all, if he wanted to fight for the priesthood, he would not only have to face the Iron Lion, but also the entire Barbarian God System and even the powerful Void Mask, whose priesthood had not been determined yet.
Under such circumstances, even if he was very good at fighting, and even if there were a few other gods in the God of War who were equally good at fighting, they could not say for sure that they would win.
Of course, they could ask the Lord of War, the king of gods, to fight, but there was also the God of Justice on the side of the Iron Lion. In the face of the madman who had once fought on the Wheel of Order and challenged the great Lord God, even the Lord of War, who was known as the bravest among the gods, could not say for sure that he would win.
Even if he won such a battle, the God of War would probably suffer a great loss. If he lost, it would probably be a disaster!
So, the God of Warrior hesitated again and again, and by right, he would still give up.
But after the persuasion of the God of Conspiracy, the situation was different.
If reality was a game, when the God of Conspiracy was persuading the God of Warrior, the following system prompt would have appeared:
[The God of Conspiracy has initiated a persuasion to the God of Warrior. This persuasion is a negotiation of bluff.]
[The God of Warrior did not pass the willpower check, bluff successful.]
[The God of Conspiracy has completed the persuasion, the God of Warrior will accept the mission "Fight for Godhood."]
After a while, the God of Warrior finally made up his mind to go to the center of the God Kingdom of the War God System, the "Broken Halberd Wasteland," to see the Lord of War, the great God of War.
In the void above the Ash Forest on the Main Plane, in the God Kingdom that was already connected to the chaotic world, Morani's real body suddenly felt a little uneasy, but it disappeared in a flash.
His intuition told him that something bad had happened, but it did not seem to be serious.
"Is it because one of my priests is in danger? Or is it because one of my believers has met with misfortune? "He looked at the human world doubtfully, patrolling around.
As expected, he soon found that one of his priests had been assassinated, and the murderer was on the run.
For those gods with many believers, the life and death of a mere priest was not worth mentioning. But Morani did not have that many believers. The priests under his command, especially those who were above the middle level, could be counted on the fingers of two hands.
The death of such a priest was not a small loss to him!
Morani's face was as calm as water, and he sent down the oracle.
A clergyman who was closest to the priest hurried over and tried to use the Resurrection Spell to resurrect the dead priest.
Although Morani himself could send down a clone to use the Resurrection Spell, that would consume more Divine Power than this. After all, for him, who had not even reached the level of mid-level Divine Power, there were only so many clones he could create. Now, they were all busy with their own duties and could not be separated at all.
If he wanted to send down a clone to resurrect, he would have to temporarily create a clone that could bear this level of Divine Power. That was beyond his ability, and it would consume several times the amount of Divine Power.
The clergyman who received the oracle hurried off. Because the oracle had pointed him in the right direction, he used the Teleportation Spell and arrived in a short while.
Next was the Resurrection Spell.
In this world, in theory, every god could use the Resurrection Spell. But in fact, except for the gods who had healing or life Divine Power, most gods were extremely reluctant to use the Resurrection Spell.
Because the priesthood of "life" was still empty, and no god had obtained it. This meant that if he wanted to bring the dead back to life, he could not simply negotiate with the God of Life and complete it by trading Divine Power. Instead, he had to rely on the god to convert his own Divine Power into Life Divine Power.
Gods who had the life domain naturally had no problem, and the Divine Power in the healing domain could also be converted into Life Divine Power in a relatively low-consumption way. But if he wanted to convert other Divine Power into Life Divine Power, it was already good enough if he exchanged ten for one. The priesthoods and domains such as the God of Conspiracy, the God of Death, and the God of Destruction were almost all evil and destructive fellows. Their Divine Power often needed to be exchanged for one in a hundred before it could be converted into Life Divine Power!
Of course, Morani did not have the Life or healing domain divine power, but he had the Guardian domain divine power. Converting it into Life Divine Power was about twenty for one, so it was not a particularly bad deal.
After consuming a lot of Divine Power, the Resurrection Spell was completed. Although the resurrected priest was very weak and needed to recuperate for a period of time, he had finally escaped the disaster.
Morani sighed tiredly and turned to look at the arena of the Number One Martial Arts Tournament.
Now, only that exciting competition could make him feel better.
"Fortunately, ever since I organized this World Number One Tournament with Oscar, my Divine Power income has increased greatly. Otherwise, this expenditure would really make my heart ache! "
He muttered to himself, completely unaware that a plot against him had been completed …
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