Chapter 625

Six hours was the time it took Gu Ding to complete the preliminary round.

When Gu Ding arrived at the square on the summit, most of the participants were still struggling to climb the waterfall.

"Clap clap clap …" A round of applause came from nearby.

Gu Ding turned his head toward the source of the sound. The person clapping was a short-haired young man who looked to be in his early twenties. However, Gu Ding knew that the other party's actual age was definitely higher than that because the other party's aura was obviously that of a ninth-rank True God powerhouse. He could not help but sigh in his heart. There were so many ninth-rank True Gods in the Divine God Palace. The examiner he had met before was one, and now this person was one as well.

"It only took you six hours to get here. Young man, your performance was amazing." The short-haired young man seemed to admire Gu Ding. "Did you know? Your speed is even faster than some seventh-rank True Gods. Although the difficulty of the Advanced Division is different from the Intermediate Division, it's still quite amazing. Your time even broke the original record of ten and a half hours for the Intermediate Division and raised the record to a new height. "

"Thank you for the compliment. May I ask who you are?" Gu Ding had already guessed the other party's identity. The other party was not a participant, so he was obviously the examiner for the second round.

"My name is Liber, and I'm the examiner for the second round. Nice to meet you, young man, "Liber introduced himself.

"What's the content of the second round?" Gu Ding could not help but ask.

"Don't worry. The second round of the assessment is an interactive segment for many participants. When everyone is here, I'll tell you the rules. " Liber shook his head and smiled. "You can take advantage of this time to rest and adjust yourself. There are still fourteen hours until the end of the first round of the assessment. You can totally have a good sleep. "

Gu Ding immediately sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. After a while, he entered a half-asleep state.

The so-called half-asleep state was an incomplete state of sleep where one would automatically wake up with just a touch from the outside world. In this state of sleep, one could instantly switch to combat mode, so there was no need to worry about safety.

Seeing that Gu Ding had entered a half-asleep state, Liber did not disturb him anymore. He had only appeared to say hello. Due to the restrictions of the competition, he could not interact too much with the participants.

After Gu Ding's light sleep lasted for more than four hours, the second person to complete the preliminary round finally appeared. It was a woman in a black dress.

The woman looked young, not even twenty years old, but no one knew how old she actually was. When she saw the person sitting in the middle of the square, her expression was obviously stunned. Then, she quickly rushed out and arrived at the center of the square.

"Are you an examiner?" The lady in the black dress asked Gu Ding.

Gu Ding slowly opened his eyes. After four hours of semi-sleep, his body had completely recovered to its peak condition. He was in a good mood. He looked up at the girl and shook his head. "No, I'm a contestant."

"That's right, he's a contestant, I'm the examiner." Uncle Li suddenly appeared out of nowhere and introduced himself again.

"You are a contestant?! How long did it take you to get here? "The black-dressed woman was obviously a competitive person.

Just as Gu Ding was wondering if he should tell the truth, the examiner Lieber spoke again. "He only used six hours and twelve minutes to break the record for the preliminary round. However, you're not bad yourself, young lady. You used ten hours and eighteen minutes to break the previous preliminary round record. "

"Six hours and twelve minutes?! How is that possible? I used more than five hours to climb the waterfall. How long did you spend at the waterfall? "The black-dressed woman was in disbelief.

"It's been more than two hours. The waterfall was the most time-consuming. I was washed down twice." Gu Ding was telling the truth, without a hint of falsehood.

However, the black-dressed woman did not think so. "How is that possible? Did you find a secret passage, or did you cheat in some way? How could you have completed that round in two hours?! "

"Young lady, we can't cheat in the preliminary round because all the examiners are monitoring the entire process. If anyone cheats, we will immediately disqualify them and chase them out of this mountain range. As for the secret passage, there is indeed one, but it's very difficult to find. If he really found it, he can only count himself lucky. You don't have to be jealous. "Uncle Li frowned when he heard the black-dressed woman's words.

"I didn't find the secret passage. I climbed up directly." Gu Ding remained calm. After saying that, he went back to his half-asleep state and no longer paid attention to their conversation.

Seeing Gu Ding's reaction, the black-dressed woman did not say anything else. She sat down cross-legged not far away and went into a half-asleep state as well.

After another three to four hours, the crowd finally started to arrive at the square.

After the fifteenth hour, the crowd started to increase. It was not until the seventeenth hour that the number of people who arrived began to decrease.

The time limit of twenty hours was up in no time.

There were only about thirty thousand people in the square.

The examiner, Uncle Li, finally spoke. "For the Intermediate Division, the first round of the assessment has ended. Congratulations to all the contestants who have arrived at the square. As for those who have yet to arrive, I can only apologize. "

"There are more than eighty thousand contestants in this round. After the first preliminary round, there are thirty-two thousand eight hundred and seventeen people who have entered the second round of the semi-finals. Now that everyone is here, let me explain the rules of the second semi-finals … "

At that moment, a burly man finally climbed to the top of the mountain. He saw a large crowd in the square and wanted to sneak in.

However, before he could step into the square, someone appeared in front of him.

The person who stopped him was Uncle Li.

"Move aside, let me in!" The burly man shouted.

"The first round of the assessment has ended. One minute and twenty-eight seconds have passed. This means that you did not pass the first round of the preliminary round. "Naturally, Uncle Li refused to let him pass.

"I'm only late by a little more than a minute. Let me in. No one else will know." The burly man still refused to give up.

"I'll give you two choices. Leave or die!" Uncle Li glared at the man coldly.

"Move aside!" The burly man was finally angry. He waved his hand at Uncle Li, trying to shake him off.

However, it was all in vain. His attack was no different from tickling Uncle Li.

"Looks like you've made your choice." Uncle Li's expression was cold. His hand clamped down on the burly man's face. The next moment, the burly man's head exploded and his body fell limply to the ground.

Lieb quickly turned around and looked at the others with a smile. "We were interrupted just now. Let's continue."

"The rules of the second semi-finals … Everyone will get a tag from me. Then, I will arrange for everyone to be transported to a trial space. In the trial space, everyone will fight for the tags in their hands. Those who collect more than ten tags will pass the second round of assessment. Therefore, the highest passing rate for the second round is only one in ten. This is because you have to snatch at least nine tags from people to pass the assessment. "

"The elimination rate has increased all of a sudden …" Gu Ding did not expect the second round to be like this. Everyone had to snatch at least nine tags from people to pass the assessment. However, he could not rule out the possibility that some people would collect tags on a large scale to reduce the number of opponents.

"Now, I'll hand out the tags to everyone," Uncle Li said as he threw a handful of metal tags toward the crowd.

Gu Ding was about to put the metal tag into his Inventory when he realized that he could not put it in.

"I forgot to tell everyone that these metal tags can't be put into the Inventory. Everyone can only carry them with them. This will prevent people from hiding their metal tags after they are defeated. It makes the game more interesting. " The corner of Uncle Li's mouth raised slightly. He then continued, "The rules of the competition are very simple. Don't kill anyone. As for forming a team, there are no restrictions. If you kill anyone, you will be disqualified. Let me remind you that I can see everyone's movements. Don't think that you will not be discovered by me even if you kill someone. "

"You can form a team?!" Gu Ding was stunned. He had thought that this type of competition would not allow teams to form.

"Now that everyone has a tag, don't resist. I'll first put you into my Miniature World and then bring you to the trial space," Uncle Li said as he waved his hand. All the contestants in the square suddenly disappeared.

Uncle Li's figure gradually faded away. When he reappeared, he was already in another space.

Not long after, Gu Ding and the others were let out.

Everyone was surprised to see a large door floating in the void in front of them.

"Everyone, don't panic. This door leads to a trial space in our Sky God Palace. The second round of the competition will begin in this trial space," Uncle Li explained.

He quickly formed a complicated hand seal. After a long time, the door finally opened slowly with a creaking sound.

"Go in!" Uncle Li said to everyone.

However, many of the contestants seemed a little hesitant. It was obvious that they were worried about the unknown.

Gu Ding was the first to step forward. He quickly rushed through the door.

Seeing that Gu Ding had jumped in so readily, the girl in the black dress reluctantly followed behind him and jumped in.

When they saw the two of them enter the door, everyone relaxed and walked toward the door one after another.

More than thirty thousand contestants quickly entered the door, and the door in the void finally closed.

"The hunting game has begun …" The corner of Uncle Li's mouth raised slightly. A page was projected in front of him. On the page was an image of Gu Ding and the others.