On the grandstand, many influential figures revealed a look of interest.
Before the Nine State Forum began, everyone thought that the Barren State was just going through the motions and would soon be eliminated. They were witnesses of the Nine State Forum, and those from the Eastern State also thought that the Barren State was just there to make up the numbers.
However, at this moment, the Barren State showed an extremely strong side. While they had the fewest people, they were extremely tenacious.
Instead, it was Zhisheng Cliffs from Yu State who was in the most awkward situation. It was very likely that they would be the first sacred ground to bid farewell to the highest stage of the Nine State Forum. Even if someone was lucky enough to enter the top 100, they would not be able to do anything. It was even possible that no one would be able to enter the top 100.
If that were to happen, Zhisheng Cliffs would lose all face on the Nine State Forum.
As far as everyone knew, the grudge between Zhisheng Cliffs and the Barren State was due to Zhisheng Cliffs bullying the Barren State. However, in the Nine State Forum, they were suppressed by the Barren State, who had no saints. Nobody knew what Kong Yao, who was ranked ninth on the Sage Ranking, was thinking.
One round of battles ended. The Barren State participated in three of the nine battles, winning two out of the three.
Only Zui Qianchou lost to Xihua Sacred Mountain's strongest, Hua Yunshu. Such a result was already very impressive. After all, the opponents of the three from the Barren State were all geniuses, and they had defeated the two strongest from Zhisheng Cliffs.
Next, it was the Eastern State's turn to fight. This time, the Eastern State did not challenge anyone from the Barren State.
In fact, the remaining seven from the Barren State had all proven themselves. Other than Phoenix and Yi Xiaoshi's battle, which was slightly less convincing, the others had all had battles to prove themselves, such as when Yuan Zhan defeated Kong Qing.
In that case, it was indeed not good to go against the Barren State. At least, among those who were left, there were still some who were weaker than those from the Barren State.
Moreover, the battle between the Barren State and Zhisheng Cliffs would not end so soon. The other sacred grounds did not bother to get involved and just watched the show.
Interestingly, when it was the Eastern State's turn to fight, Zhisheng Cliffs' disciple did not fight, but the Stone Saint's. But when it was the Barren State's turn, Yi Xiaoshi stepped out and looked at Zhisheng Cliffs.
On the grandstand, Ye Futian and the others all looked at Yi Xiaoshi. The fatty raised his head and pointed at someone from Zhisheng Cliffs, saying, "I challenge him."
"Ahem." Ye Futian held his head with his right hand and turned his head away. Everyone else looked speechless as well. They had thought that the arrogant fatty would challenge the strongest person left in Zhisheng Cliffs, but they did not expect the fatty to pick the weakest opponent in Zhisheng Cliffs.
This …
What an interesting fatty. The style of the people from the Barren State was too different.
"Second Sister, Seventh Brother is indeed smart. He was able to find the weakest person in Zhisheng Cliffs with just one look and ensured that he would be able to defeat his opponent. His eyes are sharp, and he has inherited Master's teachings," Ye Futian said to Zhuge Mingyue, who was beside him.
"Yes, Seventh Brother is indeed smart and thick-skinned. Looks like he's itching for a spanking again," Zhuge Mingyue said with a smile.
"I didn't say anything," Ye Futian muttered to himself and turned to look at Yi Xiaoshi.
Yi Xiaoshi, who was on the Forum Stage, shuddered inexplicably. He wondered if someone was badmouthing him.
However, on the battlefield, Yi Xiaoshi finished off his opponent cleanly.
In the next round of battles.
Hua Jieyu challenged a disciple of Zhisheng Cliffs and won.
Ye Wuchen challenged a disciple of Zhisheng Cliffs and won.
Xu Que challenged a disciple of Zhisheng Cliffs and won.
Phoenix challenged a disciple of Zhisheng Cliffs and won.
They won all four battles, and all of their victories were placed on Zhisheng Cliffs.
The faces of the people from Zhisheng Cliffs on the grandstand darkened, especially the leader of Zhisheng Cliffs, Kong Yao. He felt that he had lost all face in front of the people of the Nine States.
As for the battles, they had gone through six rounds and 54 battles, which meant that another 108 people had participated and 54 had been eliminated.
The remaining seven people from the Barren State had all participated in the battles. According to the rules, before the remaining 300 people had fought a battle, they would not be allowed to continue fighting.
The Barren State had an early bye.
The holy lands of the other eight states continued to fight and many powerful battles broke out. Some of the mighty ones began to reveal their hidden strength. It was obvious that they had not given their all in the previous battles.
Yu Sheng and the others watched quietly, observing everyone's strength.
As time passed, the atmosphere became more and more solemn, even solemn.
The duels were also getting more and more exciting. Every single battle was thrilling to the core.
When everyone had participated in the battles, the number of people left on the stage of the Nine State Forum was reduced by half. There were only 180 people left.
There were nearly 30 holy land forces participating in the Nine State Forum. Including the non-holy land participants from the Eastern State, each force had about six people left on average.
Moreover, nearly half of the people would be eliminated.
The holy lands of the Summer State, Qi State, and War State had the most people left on average. Zhisheng Cliffs of Yu State had the least people left among all the holy lands, with only two people left.
When the Barren State targeted Zhisheng Cliffs, the other forces saw that Zhisheng Cliffs was weak and challenged them as well. The only two survivors had challenged others and won, which was why they were left on the forum stage.
But everyone knew that in the following battles, everyone would fight to challenge the weakest group. Zhisheng Cliffs was very likely to be the first to be targeted.
There was a high chance that all of them would be eliminated and none of them would be able to enter the top hundred.
What was interesting was that the Holy Zhi Palace of the Barren State actually had more than the average number of people left among all the holy lands.
Although the Barren State was a state, it was the only state with only one holy land participating. If one were to count the holy lands alone, the Holy Zhi Palace still had seven people left.
As long as they could win one more battle, they would be able to enter the top hundred.
It was not just them. Everyone else was the same. As long as they won one battle, they would be able to enter the top hundred.
Out of the 180 people, only 80 battles were needed. There were still 20 people who could get a bye and enter the top hundred without having to fight.
However, the remaining seven people from the Barren State, even if no one actively challenged them, would only need 63 battles to finish one round. Therefore, it was impossible for the people from the Barren State to get a bye. They could only get a ticket to the top hundred with one victory.
"Continue," the elder announced. The battles would not stop until the top hundred was selected.
Countless people waited with rapt attention. Now, there would be one person in the top hundred in every battle.
A mighty one from the Eastern State walked out and challenged one of the two remaining people from Zhisheng Cliffs.
It was not that he had a grudge against Zhisheng Cliffs, but in the current situation, he would naturally challenge whoever was the easiest to take down and get into the top hundred.
The mighty one from the Eastern State won.
The mighty one from the Summer State still challenged the mighty one from Zhisheng Cliffs and won.
At this point, everyone from Zhisheng Cliffs was eliminated.
Zhisheng Cliffs was also the first holy land to not have a single disciple in the top hundred. In fact, it was very likely that they would be the only one.
After that, it was the Qi State's turn.
The one who walked out was elegant and wore a fiery red robe. He had long red and black hair that fell on his shoulders, showing his personality.
He was a student of Jixia Holy Palace, Wang Yu, and he was very strong.
After Wang Yu walked out, his eyes fell on the Barren State's side and he said, "I challenge Yi Xiaoshi of the Barren State."
Before, the fatty had chosen the weakest person from Zhisheng Cliffs to challenge. It was very wretched and many people remembered it. Therefore, for this round, Yi Xiaoshi was naturally a good target.
If he defeated the fatty, he would be able to enter the top hundred of the Nine State Forum.
The fatty seemed to be a little guilty and did not have the arrogant attitude he had when he faced Zhisheng Cliffs. He walked out slowly and stared at Wang Yu.
"Wang Yu of Jixia Holy Palace, pleased to meet you."
Yi Xiaoshi straightened his back and said solemnly, "Yi Xiaoshi, student of the Holy Zhi Palace, pleased to meet you."
Wang Yu's body slowly rose into the air. In an instant, a formless flame current filled the air, and the space suddenly became extremely hot. Wang Yu looked at Yi Xiaoshi and said, "The power that I specialize in is fire, and the element that you specialize in is wood."
He had noticed before that Yi Xiaoshi's Life Spirit was an ancient tree.
Fire countered wood.
"Imperial Wood," Yi Xiaoshi added.
"Same." Wang Yu smiled. As his voice landed, dark flames suddenly burned everywhere, enveloping Yi Xiaoshi's body. The terrifying flame current even drilled into Yi Xiaoshi's body in a frenzy. The entire world suddenly turned into a world of flames, like hell.
Behind Yi Xiaoshi, the Imperial Vine Life Spirit bloomed. Golden vines swept out in a frenzy, extending in all directions and curling towards Wang Yu's body at the same time.
Wang Yu's eyes also seemed to be burning with flames. Endless flame currents flowed in the air, and under Yi Xiaoshi's body, a huge flame pattern appeared.
"Hellfire, burn," Wang Yu spat coldly. Wang Yu said coldly. The flame pattern swept through the vast space as soon as he finished, turning into a terrifying flame vortex, drowning the space and wrapping Yi Xiaoshi's body within. The Emperor's Vines were destroyed and reborn again under the corrosion of the hellfire, extremely tenacious.
Yi Xiaoshi was wrapped in Hellfire, and he breathed out in frustration. He mumbled to himself, "Fatty is easy to bully?"
His eyes suddenly turned gold, and a mystical golden light enveloped his body. At the same time, endless power in the air flowed and gathered in the air.
"Godly Creation of All Things," Yi Xiaoshi spat.
In an instant, endless golden light gathered at one point. On Yi Xiaoshi's body, a strong Spiritual Will power was infused into it.
Gradually, a golden ancient god's body appeared there. However, compared to the Godly Creation of All Things that Bai Luli released during his battle with Gu Dongliu, the ancient god's body was much smaller.
"A smaller version?" Zhuge Mingyue looked at the scene with a strange expression.
"Grow." Yi Xiaoshi spat out another word. In an instant, the golden ancient god's body continued to grow, becoming bigger and bigger.
Zhuge Mingyue looked at the ever-growing ancient god's body, which had actually surpassed Bai Luli's. She could not help but blink.
However, Yi Xiaoshi did not seem to have any intention of stopping. He opened his mouth and said, "Grow, grow, grow!"
The ancient god's body grew larger and larger, covering the sky like a real god. Everyone around the grandstand raised their heads to look at the incomparably tall figure, and their eyes were all frozen there.
Wang Yu also looked at the scene, dumbfounded. This was the rule of growth derived from the wood element.
"Stomp him to death." At this moment, Yi Xiaoshi's displeased voice was heard. That's what you get for bullying fatty.
Wang Yu's eyes were a little stiff. Seeing the huge ancient god's body raise its foot and stomp down, his heart could not help but tremble. That stomp covered the entire space.
How do I burn this flame?
PS: Yesterday was the fourth chapter of the year, and today is the third chapter of the new year. Not bad, right? Looking for monthly votes!
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