Chapter 616

The Selection Competition soon arrived as scheduled.

Gu Ding arrived at the competition venue on time, but by the time he arrived, everyone else was already there. The competition venue was crowded, and it was noisy everywhere.

Of course, there were people who arrived later than Gu Ding.

One of them appeared less than twenty seconds after Gu Ding arrived. However, his appearance was completely different from Gu Ding's low-key appearance. Instead, it was extremely luxurious.

It was a handsome young man with blond hair. He was sitting in a carriage made entirely of Purple-Blood Crystal, and the entire carriage was being pulled by six first-rank True God-level Unicorn Cloud Beasts.

When the carriage appeared, it attracted everyone's attention. Even Gu Ding could not take his eyes off it for a moment.

Only Neptune was a little dismissive and gave a rather unfavorable evaluation. "Flashy but impractical. What's the use of so many decorative patterns carved on the carriage? Purple-Blood Crystal is not suitable to be refined into any kind of weapon or armor. As for the Unicorn Cloud Beasts, they're one of the most defenseless monster races in the world. Apart from their speed, they're useless. "

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd.

"It's Kaiser. He's recognized as one of the ten strongest people below True God in Ural City."

"I heard that he caught those six Unicorn Cloud Beasts with his own hands! With a nine-star half-step True God cultivation base, he was able to capture first-rank True God-level monsters alive. That's enough to show how strong he is. "

"That Purple-Blood Crystal carriage is said to be carved from a huge piece of Purple-Blood Crystal!"

Gu Ding also heard some information about this guy named Kaiser from these discussions. He did not deliberately ask about anything, he just overheard it by accident. However, this information also helped Gu Ding determine the strength of the strongest person below True God in Ural City. In Gu Ding's opinion, although this Kaiser had a lot of style, his strength was much lower than his own.

In addition to Kaiser, there were a few other guys who made similar appearances, and one of them was even more exaggerated.

That guy was called Jagger, and he was also a nine-star half-step True God. Unlike most people in this world who were tall and strong, he was the thin and tall type. With a height of 3.5 meters, his legs were 2.5 meters long, and his arms were short, less than a meter long. His whole body seemed very uncoordinated.

The most eye-catching thing was that his "mount" was a human, and not just one, but a human chair made up of more than twenty strong men.

As soon as Jagger appeared, the arena quieted down.

Gu Ding could only hear a few people discussing in low voices.

"It's actually Jagger …"

"Why did he come to Ula City? If it was him, no one would fight with him for the first place. "

"'Tyrant' Jagger specializes in soul attacks and is able to enslave people who are far stronger than him. I can't think of anyone who can stop him from taking first place in this competition. "

Gu Ding also noticed that among the opponent's "mounts", most of them had second-rank and third-rank True God-level abilities. There was even a fourth-rank True God-level fellow.

However, Jagger's willful act of enslaving humans made Gu Ding frown. With a spirit of this level, it was entirely possible to enslave beasts of the same level, but this guy named Jagger had chosen to enslave humans.

Of course, there were other people who showed off, but most of them were nine-star half-step True God-level fellows. As for the truly powerful True Gods, they chose to keep a low profile, and only a few of them showed off. Compared to the few nine-star half-step True Gods, they paled in comparison.

Gu Ding had seen seven of the top ten powerhouses below True God level who showed off. The other three had chosen to keep a low profile, so Gu Ding did not see them.

Even so, Gu Ding could roughly determine the strength of the top ten powerhouses. This was because the seven people he saw were between late-stage first-rank True God and late-stage second-rank True God. The remaining three that he did not see should not be too far apart in terms of strength. Gu Ding's current strength was peak second-rank True God. Even without using Emperor Body and soul attacks, he should be able to crush all his opponents.

Most of the contestants had arrived before the competition officially began.

Castellan Capson, who was the host, finally appeared.

Ula City was a major city, and the castellan was naturally not weak. He was a powerful ninth-rank True God powerhouse.

Gu Ding sensed something unusual when he saw Capson, who had a slightly white beard and hair. Capson's aura was no weaker than William's, whom he had met in the underground black market. Obviously, like William, he was desperately suppressing his cultivation to prevent himself from advancing to tenth-rank.

"Thank you for choosing Ula City as your competition venue …" Capson was obviously used to such occasions. A moment ago, he had a serious expression on his face, but the next moment, he had a warm smile on his face. No one could tell that there was anything wrong with him.

After spending more than ten minutes saying the usual pleasantries, Capson finally cut to the chase. "This selection competition will still be divided into three ranks: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Supreme Deities and those below Supreme Deity belong to beginner ranks, half-step True Gods belong to intermediate ranks, and true god-level belongs to advanced ranks. Only three thousand people from each rank will be able to win and participate in the preliminary round of the Martial Arts Conference. Everyone else will be eliminated.

"So, let me first talk about the number of applicants. There are 590,000 applicants for the beginner division, 870,000 for the intermediate division, and 280,000 for the advanced division. "

"In order to complete the selection as quickly as possible, our first match will be very harsh." At this point, Capson paused and swept his gaze across the crowd before continuing, "For every ten thousand people in an arena, there must be less than a thousand people left in the arena within an hour. If there are more than a thousand people left in the arena, everyone in the entire arena will be eliminated.

"The person who set this rule is very smart. This way, 90% of the participants will be eliminated. With ten thousand people in an arena, only a thousand people will be left. This will ensure the survival of the powerhouses. After all, there are a thousand places. This avoids the situation where two powerhouses will fight each other and one of them will be eliminated. This will maximize the number of powerhouses remaining. Also, by setting a limit of one hour, it also avoids the situation where some people are unwilling to fight for some reason and cause the competition to take too long. With this time limit, in order to avoid being eliminated, the participants will definitely try very hard to expel other participants, "Neptune commented after listening to the content of the first match.

"Since there are only a hundred arenas in Ural City, and there are more applicants for the intermediate ranks, the competition will start with the intermediate ranks. Everyone will be assigned to their respective rings according to their number. Those with numbers less than ten thousand will go to the first ring. Those with numbers ten thousand and one to twenty thousand will go to the second ring. Those with numbers twenty thousand and one to thirty thousand will go to the third ring … and so on. Those who go to the wrong ring will be automatically disqualified! "

"That's all. The competition will begin now. Everyone, go find your own ring!" As soon as Capson's voice fell, many people rushed out.

Gu Ding asked Neptune slowly, "I think my serial number is 9527, right? Did I remember it wrong? "

"That's right!"

"That'll be Ring One then." Gu Ding walked toward Ring One.