Chapter 175: Enter Competition Space

As soon as the burly man’s voice fell, the Sword Masters who were closest to the cyan light stone gate got up and rushed into it quickly one by one. Seeing this, the rest also didn’t want to fall behind and also flew towards it. 

Ahead, there were even people who fought for the sequence in line. Only after the burly man snorted coldly did they stop. 

“No fighting is allowed at the assembly point, otherwise you will be disqualified from the competition.”

Lou Mu Yan looked at the densely packed crowd ahead of them speechlessly and said to the five: “Let’s go in after they go in.”

“Will it be too late?” Yun Lan asked. 

“It’s not like we’re going in to compete for Spiritual Items or Treasures, so what’s the hurry? There’s practically no way to kill all the Demonic Beasts in the space that’s been opened up. It’s the same whether we go in early or go late.” Lou Mu Yan raised an eyebrow and said. 

Hearing her say this, the few people also felt that it was very reasonable, so they didn’t get up. When the people were almost gone did they leap towards the direction of the cyan light stone gate. 

The burly man observed the only woman among the six, touched his chin and said softly: “Looks like her temperament is good, but her strength is just too weak.”

Afterwards, he didn’t pay much attention either. After Lou Mu Yan and the others entered, he closed the cyan light stone gate and left through the vortex that they had come from with the others. 

As soon as they landed, Lou Mu Yan found that they were on an uninhabited plain with many low-level Demonic Beasts wandering around. 

Yun Zi Mo took out the jade tablet, channelled a stream of Elemental Energy into it and used his Mental Energy to check it. They heard from the Imperial Teacher that each person’s identity number tablet also depicted a general introduction and map of this space. 

“Our current location is half a day away from the nearest city.” Withdrawing his Mental Energy, he said to the several people. 

“Let’s hurry up. A Beast Tide will appear at night. If we don’t enter the city to take refuge, we’ll be swallowed by the Beast Tide.” Yun Lan pressed his lips together and said. 

The several people didn’t dispute either and rushed in one direction. 

When they encountered low-level Demonic Beasts, they didn’t kill them either. Killing Demonic Beasts during the preliminary round would give points and the number of points would also be determined by the level of the Demonic Beast killed. 

That was to say, killing a hundred Tier 1 Demonic Beasts was equivalent to killing only one Tier 2 Demonic Beast’s points. So naturally there was no need to waste time and energy to deal with low-level Demonic Beasts. 

While rushing along, Lou Mu Yan also placed her Mental Energy into the jade tablet to read the introduction of this place. 

This space was birthed thousands of years ago. It had many Demonic Beasts and natural Spiritual Items. It was ultimately sealed by several Almighty of Tian’ling Continent and became the competition grounds for the Continental Tournament for Hegemony. 

The main reason for choosing this place as the competition grounds for the Tournament for Hegemony was because there were so many Demonic Beasts here that they were running rampant. If the number wasn’t controlled and limited, then if they broke through the Restriction in the future and was let out, then it would become a huge disaster for the Human Race. 

It was impossible for high-level powerhouses to come here every ten or twenty years to deliberately slaughter the Demonic Beasts, so they eventually came up with making this place a competition ground. In the preliminary round, participants would be required to slay Demonic Beasts to advance to the next round. 

This would not only balance the number of Demonic Beasts in this space, but also train the younger generation of pupils participating in the competition. 

Moreover, this space was also special. The Demonic Crystals of the Demonic Beasts could be directly absorbed without too many side effects, which was also a way to improve the strength of the participants. 

Many of the Spiritual Items also hadn’t been completely taken away by high-level powerhouses. Three thousand years ago, the organisers prohibited all high-level powerhouses from setting foot here. Only those who participated in the competition every twenty years were allowed to enter. 

All the Spiritual Items in this space could be obtained as long as the participating talents had the opportunity, and they didn’t need to hand it over to the organisers. This was also why numerous people wanted to participate in the Continental Tournament for Hegemony. 

Even if their final ranking couldn’t reach the top hundred, but as long as they had fortuitous encounters and found a few Spiritual Items to take back, then they definitely wouldn’t suffer a loss. 

Of course, there were advantages, but there were naturally disadvantages as well. There were all kinds of Demonic Beasts lurking here, both high and low level, and every night there would also be a Beast Tide that appears. If they couldn’t escape to the refuge cities the organisers built, then they might be devoured by Demonic Beasts. 

Moreover, the danger wasn’t only from Demonic Beasts. It wasn’t uncommon for humans to kill each other if they simply disagreed, especially situations where Sword Masters from big kingdoms bullied and oppressed Sword Masters from small kingdoms being a common occurrence. Snatching Demonic Beast Crystal Cores and such incidents were acted out even daily. 

The organisers didn’t stop these behaviours. As long as one entered the competition grounds of the Continental Tournament for Hegemony, life and death was in one’s own hands. Therefore, there were countless prodigies who had fallen in this space each time. 

Of course, the organisers didn’t care about the fighting between Sword Masters, but people were not allowed to seek personal revenge after leaving here. 

For example, if a Sword Master from a middle-ranking kingdom killed a genius of a superpower kingdom, then after leaving here, the royal family or the distinguished clans of the superpower kingdom were not allowed to use force to seek revenge from that middle-rank kingdom. 

If there wasn’t such a regulation, then the entire Tian’ling Continent’s kingdoms would definitely become involved due to the killings in the competition, and it would become chaos. 

Of course, not allowing revenge didn’t mean that those big kingdoms wouldn’t do evil and suppress, so the Sword Masters of middle and small kingdoms who entered this space rarely took the initiative to provoke people from large kingdoms. 

Ultimately, opportunities and the danger of death coexisted in this space. Whether one lived or died all depended on one’s luck and ability. 

Under Mo Yan’s caution, the six of them avoided many low-level Demonic Beasts. If those Tier 3 and above appeared, they would kill a bit, but the rest were all bypassed. 

Half a day later, they arrived in front of a city which was on the borders of this plain and was backed by a large mountain. 

Looking at the towering blue-black city wall infused with Black Iron, Yun Zi Mo and the other’s expressions couldn’t help but change. 

“This city wall is actually made from Black Iron. Could it be to withstand the Demonic Beast attacks?” Chi Yi Xuan couldn’t help sucking in a breath. 

Lou Mu Yan approached and saw many claw marks left on the blue-black black iron city wall, “Look at the claw marks on the city wall. No wonder this is a refuge city, otherwise it would have long been overwhelmed by the Beast Tides.”

The several people also discovered the imprints on the city wall and sighed inwardly that they had underestimated the difficulty of the preliminary round before. 

“Let’s go and have a night’s rest first and inquire about news along the way.” Yun Zi Mo saw that the city gate was open, and many young people with varying styles of clothing were walking in. 

They also entered the city gate. Within the city gate, it wasn’t as desolate as imagined, but instead very lively and there was even a commercial street. 

There were inns and restaurants on both sides of the commercial street, as well as shops selling pills and Spiritual Herbs, Magic Tools, and those that purchased Demonic Beast corpses and Crystal Cores.

“How come there are also shops in here?” Yun Lan said, puzzled.

“At each Continental Tournament for Hegemony, the competition will always last for more than a year. I heard that many large forces would set up shops in major refuge cities. One, they could make money, and two, they can buy a large number of Demonic Beast corpses and Crystal Cores, Spiritual Items and Spiritual Herbs, and the like, to bring outside and use it for themselves or make a lot of money.”

Yun Zi Mo’s Master was the Imperial Ancestor of Yan’zhou Kingdom, so he knew more than others.

“So that’s how it is. These large forces sure know how to make money. The supply for pills here definitely wouldn’t meet the demand.” Lou Mu Yan rubbed her chin, and her eyes were filled with light.

Seeing the sparkle in her eyes, Yun Zi Mo said with a light smile: “There will be occasional auctions held in several central cities from time to time, the scale of which is no less than the largest auction held in Yan’zhou Kingdom last time.”

“There’re also auctions here? Is it organised by the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance?”

Lou Mu Yan blinked, and the figure of the red, devilish, and flamboyant figure appeared in her mind unconsciously.

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