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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
In these three days, the outer sect elders of the fifty sects who were in charge of recruiting disciples all rushed to Green Fluorescent City, which was thousands of miles away from the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce.
Green Fluorescent City was the largest city within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles. Countless merchants gathered there, and it was one of the largest trading cities for cultivators in the Eastern Continent. It was also one of the gathering places for independent cultivators, large clans, and other forces. It was extremely prosperous and densely populated.
Today, early in the morning, tens of thousands of people had gathered at the largest martial arts practice field of Green Fluorescent City's Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce, and they were still pouring in. These people were young and old, men and women. Some had high cultivation, and many had low cultivation. However, most of them were below the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm.
The so-called cultivation world did not only consist of experts. The people who were born and raised here could be found everywhere. They had no cultivation at all, and they made up the vast majority. Just like the secular world, most of them were ordinary people, and only a few were cultivators. It was the same in the cultivation world. They were just natives of the cultivation world, and they had the right to live in the cultivation world from birth. It was unlike the secular world, where one had to go through layers of selections to obtain the right to enter the cultivation world. Of course, after entering the cultivation world with such difficulty, their status would also surpass that of ordinary people, and they would become the sect disciples that the natives of the cultivation world yearned for and envied.
This time, in addition to the outer sect elder in charge of recruiting disciples, there were also many inner sect disciples from the 50 sects. These inner sect disciples were basically from the Hundred Empire Ranking. The reason why they came was that they might be able to rope in disciples they liked in their sects. Just like the relationship between Dongfang Ting, Xuan Xuan, and the others and Chen Hao's group of five, with this relationship, at least Chen Hao's group of five would consider the sects that Dongfang Ting and Xuan Xuan belonged to.
Among these inner sect disciples, Fan Fang of the Flying Sword Sect was among them.
Early in the morning, he sat gloomily in the Flying Sword Sect's VIP seat, waiting alone.
It had been six months. When he had obtained his sister's death from the Seal of Life and Death, he had wanted nothing more than to crush the person who had killed his sister. However, he could only endure because the disciples of the Hundred Empire Ranking were still training. Even if they had finished their training, he still had to endure. He could only wait until the end of the Hundred Empire Rankings before he would have a chance to take revenge.
"Seeded contestant, Chen Hao … I'd like to see how capable you are. Phoenix Inheritance … Hmph! Don't even think about being a match for me once you've truly grown up. What's more, do you think I, Fan Fang, will give you the chance to grow? "
Three days ago, when the elders of the Flying Sword Sect, Xuan Xuan, and the other outer sect disciples had rushed to the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce, he had already obtained the name of the person who had killed his sister from Tai Zigang. Originally, he didn't know what Chen Hao's name was. He only saw the appearance of the person who killed his sister when she was on the verge of death in the Seal of Life and Death. Now, he finally found a match.
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"Dong … Dong …"
A rising sun slowly rose from the east, accompanied by the melodious sound of a bell. The boundary of the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce's core martial arts practice field slowly opened. Countless spectators immediately looked up at the sky. The densely packed cultivators flying in the air were like locusts approaching from afar, appearing before everyone's eyes. Every one of them was extremely young, and their faces were filled with excitement and anticipation.
These people were the disciples of the Hundred Empire Ranking who had rushed over from the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce's base. Under the leadership of Liu Wuxiang and several experts of the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce, they directly landed on a contestant's seat in the martial arts practice field that could accommodate 5,000 people.
When Chen Hao and the other disciples saw the dense crowd in the martial arts practice field, as well as the terrifying martial arts practice field that could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, they all revealed a look of horror. They had never heard of a martial arts practice field of this level, let alone seen one. Especially before the restriction of the martial arts practice field was opened, they looked at it from the air and it was only a thousand feet in size. However, after entering, they discovered that it was a completely different world. It was obvious that it contained an extremely powerful spatial restriction.
Layers of stairs rose up, forming circles of circular grandstands. At the lowest point of the grandstand's core, there was a circular platform with a diameter of 3,000 feet. On the platform, there was a core main arena. Ten small arenas were evenly distributed around the main arena.
Although they were called small arenas, they were larger than all the arenas Chen Hao had seen, not to mention the incomparably huge main arena.
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"What a strong aura … This year's Hundred Empire Ranking is indeed the strongest in recent years. It's said that it has something to do with the opening of the Shenwu Ruins this time. Many people have obtained powerful inheritances … "
"Yes. The Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce has made a lot of money this time. Two days ago, they announced that several people had obtained the inheritances of divine beasts. With the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce's reputation, they shouldn't be spreading the news to earn entrance fees … "
"Of course not. According to reliable sources, some people have obtained the Phoenix and Azure Dragon inheritances. As for the rest, I'm not sure yet … Who cares. Anyway, I'm going to gamble big this time, hehe … "
"A small gamble is good for the mood, a big gamble is bad for the body. I'm not as lucky as you. I'll just gamble a little … "
Watching the three thousand or so disciples of the Hundred Empire Ranking slowly descending, the densely packed crowd in the martial arts arena buzzed with discussion.
There was still a large crowd at the entrance of the martial arts arena.
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Fan Fang's gaze locked onto Chen Hao the moment Chen Hao and the others appeared. Chen Hao's vigorous and condensed aura, coupled with his extraordinarily handsome appearance, if not for the fact that he was an enemy, even Fan Fang would have to secretly praise him. Just this unique calmness and composure alone was enough to qualify him to be in the top ten of the Hundred Empire Ranking.
But at this moment, Fan Fang's gaze on Chen Hao was filled with a monstrous murderous intent and anger. If he had not tried his best to restrain himself, he would have shocked everyone by now. But even so, it made the people around him cast sidelong glances at him.
In particular, Xuan Xuan, who had just arrived, frowned slightly.
She wanted to resolve it, but she knew that it was impossible. She could only worry for Chen Hao and secretly pray that he would not fall into Fan Fang's hands.
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Seven in the morning, nine in the morning.
Fifty old men with white hair and ruddy complexions, exuding a terrifying and dignified aura, landed on the rostrum on auspicious clouds and sat down. The referees of the Ten-Sided Arena also took their places.
The manager in charge of the Hundred Empire Ranking this time, Liu Wuxiang, slowly landed on the main stage. He had a warm smile on his face. After bowing slightly to the audience, he said in a deep voice, "This year's Hundred Empire Ranking Competition officially begins!"
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
As soon as Liu Wuxiang's words fell, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly appeared above the huge main arena. Rays of golden light flashed and a huge black tower tablet appeared out of thin air. It stood tall in the middle of the main arena. Golden names appeared on all four sides of the main arena. The four sides were exactly the same, and the cultivators were divided into ten groups. The ten seeded contestants were divided into ten groups. And at this moment, in each group, the names of the two contestants were side by side, connected by a golden line. Obviously, this was the opponent that each of them would face in the first round.
"The ten seeded contestants are divided into ten groups, with 328 people in each group. There are a total of 3280 disciples. The list of opponents for the first round of elimination has been decided. The Ten-Sided Arena will open at the same time! Now, the competition officially begins! "
Following Liu Wuxiang's crisp voice, the referees of the Ten-Sided Arena appeared one after another.
"First group, first round, seeded contestant Gao Jianfei versus Yang Wei, please enter the arena!"
"Second group, first round, seeded contestant Meng Yi versus Chen Jun, please enter the arena!"
"Third group, first round, seeded contestant Leng Yihan versus Fan Zhe, please enter the arena!"
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"Tenth group, first round, seeded contestant Chen Hao versus Qiu Qianli, please enter the arena!"
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Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Following the loud voice of the referees of the Ten-Sided Arena, ten figures rose into the air without any hesitation and flew directly to their respective arenas.
These ten people were the ten seeded contestants. And the other ten people's faces turned green. It was undoubtedly extremely unlucky to encounter the strongest seeded contestant in the first round of elimination. Moreover, these ten people were all in the middle of the three thousand disciples. This arrangement was equivalent to following the black tower tablet's ranking. Those above the middle were the advanced group, and those below the middle were the lower group. The strongest contestant of the advanced group was going against the strongest contestant of the lower group. It was very reasonable.
But now, these ten people would rather be ranked lower or higher. At least they would have a chance to perform.
"I admit defeat …"
"I admit defeat …"
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Although unwilling, the ten people all chose to admit defeat without exception.
This arrangement made it so that in the first round, there were more than a hundred battles in each group. Only ten or so people would fight on the arena, and the others would all admit defeat. No one dared to joke with their lives. To be able to make it this far, they would at least be able to enter a lower sect. It was better than risking their lives knowing that they could not win. That would be too stupid …
And in the ten groups, there were more than a hundred people fighting on the arena. Very few of the lower ranked contestants won, only seven of them.
In the first round, Chen Hao and the other four all won, and none of them had to fight. At the end of the first round, half of the disciples were eliminated. There were only one hundred and sixty-four people left in each group.
Next, the arrangement of the second round was still the same as the first round. There were still many people who admitted defeat. But this time, there were several times more people who did not admit defeat in the lower group than in the first round.
The ten seeded contestants still did not have a chance to fight. Tantai Lian was ranked thirtieth overall, and she was in the same group as Chen Hao. She was the third expert in the tenth group. Basically, the top three experts in each group did not have a chance to fight in the second round. Yang Fan, Ni Jianping, and Li Yifeng all fought and won. The five of them advanced again.
After the two rounds, there were only eighty-two people in each group.
The arrangement did not change, but in the third round, except for the ten seeded contestants, no one admitted defeat in any of the battles. The gap between each group was not too big. Everyone wanted to go on the arena and show off their talents so that the elders of the 50 sects would notice them. If they could catch the attention of a powerful sect, it would naturally be better …
Tantai Lian and Yang Fan won easily. Ni Jianping and Li Yifeng won with difficulty.
At the end of the third round, there were only forty-one people left in each group.
At this time, the black pagoda tablet selected the two weakest people in each group to fight based on their combat power in the first three rounds. The loser would be eliminated. The winner would be in the top forty of the group.
Then, the fourth and fifth rounds began. Finally, when the sky was almost dark, the top ten of each group were decided.
Chen Hao did not have a chance to fight, and Tantai Lian advanced to the top ten easily. Yang Fan, who had comprehended the true essence of the wind element, also advanced to the top ten easily. Meanwhile, Ni Jianping and Li Yifeng lost in the fifth round. Such a result was within his expectations.
The real exciting battles were the round-robin matches after the top ten. It would officially begin tomorrow!
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