C107 Second round

It was soon the second day, and early in the morning, the entire Xi Yang City was already boiling.

Once they advanced, they would become one of the top hundred contestants in the entire Da Qi Kingdom. This top 100 rankings was not the same as the top 100 rankings on the Golden Tablet, but the rankings on the Golden Tablet. It was only a rough estimate of their rankings, and it was not necessarily accurate, only after going through a battle would they be able to determine who was truly ranked in the top 100.

After eating breakfast in the tavern, Wu Chen headed straight for Stage One, preparing to participate in the second round.

At this very moment, Arena One was already packed with people, countless people squeezed in to watch today's competition. After the first round of the preliminaries, those who were weak had basically been eliminated, and the rest of them had powerful expert.

"I originally thought that the ranking on the golden monument was basically the final ranking, but who knew that there would be such a huge difference."

"There are some differences, which is very natural. After all, the golden monument is a dead object, and humans are living beings. Thus, the strength displayed on the golden monument does not represent the entirety of one's strength."

"Not only that, there were many who didn't even leave their names on the monument before, but now they've appeared out of nowhere and consecutively defeated many people who originally had names on the monument."

"Yeah, almost every group can find someone like Peng Cheng who belongs in the seventh group and was originally unknown, but when he revealed his cultivation, everyone jumped in fright. Second Empyrean of Spirit Sea Stage, this is not an ordinary expert, if one wants to advance steadily into the top five, even in this year's tournament, it can be said that he has steadily advanced into the top thirty, and if he performs well, it's possible for him to even be in the top twenty."

"Right now, there are one group, two group, three group, four group combined. Just expert at Spirit Sea Stage alone has twenty-one people, but only twenty of them can advance, and even one of the expert at Spirit Sea Stage has been eliminated. The difficulty in competing is extremely high."

"You are wrong, there are only nineteen expert at Spirit Sea Stage in this place now."

"Only nineteen people? How is that possible? Yesterday, I counted. Clearly it was twenty-one people."

"That's because the committee made a temporary adjustment and transferred two of them to another site."

"He was transferred. Why would he be transferred?"

"Are you stupid? That's the expert at Spirit Sea Stage, an existence that's steadily advancing into the top 100. If we lose out in just one round and are unable to advance, then that would be a huge loss to us."

"That's true. We can split it evenly. That way is even better."

"This is the Commission's plan. It gives those people who have yet to break through to the Spirit Sea Realm hope, because if twenty expert at Spirit Sea Stage appear in one field, it would stop those who have not yet broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm from entering the other. At the same time, other places might, because of the lack of extreme expert, allow those who are not qualified to enter the top one hundred."

"That's true. Without strength, it's basically impossible to advance by luck."

"However, the competition on this stage is very intense. Of those nineteen expert at Spirit Sea Stage, none of them needed to be mentioned, as they would definitely be able to advance. Other than them, there is only one more spot to compete on.

Yes, other than the expert at Spirit Sea Stage, who can steadily advance, for the others to do so would be extremely difficult, and not an easy task.

Today's rules were the same as yesterday's. They used the points system, obtaining two points in a single match, one point in a draw, and no points in a loss.

"So many expert, how can we fight against them?"

In the participants' seats, everyone was sizing up their possible opponents, their hearts also estimating their chances of victory. Except for a few who had absolute confidence in their victory, the others were all ambiguous; their chances of advancing weren't high.

Wu Chen slowly walked over and looked at him. Many people heaved a sigh of relief;

"Is he with us?"

If Wu Chen were to raise his head and look, he would definitely be able to recognize this person. This person was Shen Kuo, his South Prefecture had once been fourth, but he was defeated by Wu Chen and pushed to fifth.

"Hmph, don't think that just because you broke through Ninth Empyrean of Spirit Rotation Stage that I wouldn't be able to deal with you. You better not meet me.

Shen Kuo clenched his fists. This time, he had meticulously prepared a unique skill which he had originally planned to use against expert at Spirit Sea Stage. However, if he met Wu Chen, he must let him taste it first to wash away his shame.

Wu Chen did not notice Shen Kuo, but even if he did, it would not matter. He was merely a defeated opponent, and not long after he reached his seat, the second round of the preliminaries officially began.

"Huang Sheng and Tan Jian, come up."

This time, there was no drawing of lots. Instead, they directly called out their names. Soon, two young men walked up to the battling platform.

"I admit defeat."

Just as everyone was preparing to watch the competition, he realized that Tan Jian had admitted defeat, which was in fact not his fault, because his opponent, Huang Sheng, was from expert at Spirit Sea Stage and his strength was extremely terrifying, while his cultivation was only at Ninth Empyrean of Spirit Rotation Stage, if he met Huang Sheng, then he would definitely lose, and since he would definitely lose, then why waste time fighting.

Although the first match had turned yellow, the enthusiasm of the crowd had not diminished at all. On the contrary, it was filled with anticipation, it was just the first match, and already expert at Spirit Sea Stage was fighting.

The referee nodded, and the registrar next to him started to register the results of the first match.

"Lu Yun and Tang Feng, come up."

Among them, Lu Yun was ranked ninety-eighth and Tang Feng was one hundred thirty-fifth. The battle between the two had completely ignited the fiery atmosphere in the arena.

The two of them had fought for thirty rounds, but in the end, Lu Yun had won by a margin and won by a margin.

After the time it took to make a cup of tea, it was finally Wu Chen's turn.

"Seventh match, Wu Chen against Shen Kuo."

Wu Chen frowned, Shen Kuo, why does this person's name sound so familiar, as though he had heard it somewhere before, but he did not give it much thought and continued to walk towards the martial stage.

As for Shen Kuo, he was wild with joy. He had wanted to defeat Wu Chen to wash away his shame, and now, he could do whatever he wanted.

Standing up from his seat, Shen Kuo walked towards the martial stage with large strides. Today, he was going to completely defeat Wu Chen and wash away his shame.