537 Strong Suppor (1/2)

Think about the North of the Canckin Planet as a large circle. That's because the formation around it made so that you could only move inside the ring it covers. Krune's group was teleported to the north side of this ring. As for the others, they were teleported everywhere.

Some noticed the space laws and grabbed their groups' members' arms like Krune's one did. Others were not so lucky and ended being teleported randomly into other locations far away from their initial group. Nevertheless, that mattered little since a tiny number of groups ended like that. The majority was ready enough to react fast as Krune did.

Krune, Laka, and Hanan looked around and couldn't see anyone. Krune had the strongest Divine Sense, but he could only see 2 kilometers in all directions. Unfortunately, once his Divine Sense hit the walls around him, it would be rejected even further. That being said, his 2 kilometers Divine Sense ended having only half of its effect. It was evident that those walls also had protection against Divine Senses.

'Well, mental energy it is then.'

Krune is in the 2nd stage of the Soul Transformation Realm. He went one step higher since he left the Holy Land. Sure enough, formations made to affect Divine Sense had no use against Krune's Mental Energy. Thanks to that, Krune could see as far as 70 to 80km. This was an advantage that none of the other competitors had. It was almost like cheating. Well, Krune didn't mind it, though.

Thanks to his Mental Energy, he was finally able to find other cultivators and demon beasts. Some groups were inside higher levels; others were below. In total, five teams appeared in his perception range.

Krune's group soon noticed another problem.

”It's freezing in here.”

Laka and Krune agreed with Hanan.

”These formations are driving the coldness into our bodies, and it is quite harmful. I can feel it blocking my flow of Spiritual, Elemental, and Chaos Energies. It can even invade our foundations.”

”We need to use quite a lot of energy to drive it off. I guess Dalin Management doesn't want things to keep going for too long. At this rate, one week would be enough to freeze at least half of the competitors. The energy necessary to fight against it is much higher than what we can recover.”

Krune looked away and pretended to agree with Hanan and Laka. However, thanks to his Elemental and Chaos Meridians, his conversion of Spiritual Energy was several times faster than them. Not to mention now that he got a Blackhole Heavenly Fragment. Simply put, he would never run out of energy at this rate. Of course, he wouldn't point it out.

Suddenly, everyone in the Heavenly Competition received a Divine Sense message from Norzulun.

Laka decided to test it out. He quickly returned to his real form and attacked the wall in front of him.

”Dragon Blast!”

Boom!

The wall cracked a little but did not break. That wasn't all, that crack then began to repair itself at high speeds. In just a few seconds, the wall was back to normal. It even looked like it didn't receive an attack at all.

Of course, Laka wasn't the only one. Almost all the other cultivators and demon beasts tried it as well. Still, the result was the same thing.

”If I want to break this wall, I will need to use all my strength, and it is just one wall. Just how many would be there until we reach the Formation's Core? The energy necessary is far from enough since I doubt they teleported us close to the Formation's Core to start with. Even if we work together, it will still be meaningless.”

Norzulun waited until all the explosion faded away before continuing.

”It seems like you all tried it already. Whether you wish to use this method or not is up to you. Anyway, let me continue. I believe that the majority can't last more than a week, even if they don't use any energy at all. The more you use, the quicker you will freeze. However, there is a way to prevent that from happening. As long as you kill another participant, the formation will stop to act on you for one hour. You can use this time to recover your energy, which will give you more time to resist the cold. It is that simple.”

In the end, even Dalin Universe Management didn't know what Krune was capable of.

”Alright. Currently, there is a total of 25783 participants, but only the first 5000 will advance into the next phase. Once the last qualified cultivator or demon beast is decided, the competition will be over for the rest. The remaining alive participants will then be teleported outside so that they can go back to their Universes with their protectors.”

”Well, that's all. Good luck, everyone!”

Norzulun's Divine Sense Message stopped there.

Krune didn't waste time and immediately returned to his Wisp Form. Even though his recovery of energy was higher than the consumption in his human form, that was only by a tiny bit. However, in his wisp form, his rate of recovery was much better. In fact, all the demon beasts also returned to their real forms since they could fight the cold better like that.

However, Krune's wisp form immediately attracted everyone's attention outside. With the Divine Sense of those Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beasts, it was very easy to watch the entire extent of the formation. Obviously, they noticed Krune's transformation.

”Is that a wisp?”

Everyone knows about the Myriad Wisps Technique by now. However, they were still impressed to see that a Divine Path Realm wisp participating in this competition.

The ones who were the most shocked were the Dalin Universe management members, Norzulun included.

”Isn't that the wisp from the Wisp Main World? The one that was supposed to take Cinty's place when she died?”

”Let me check... he is the representative of the Luvile Universe, and his name is Krune. Wait! That doesn't make sense. Wasn't he supposed to be a Wisp from the Dalin Universe? How did he become a Luvile Universe representative?”

One of the Management elders quickly checked something in his communicator.

”The records aren't mentioning anything about a wisp coming from the Luvile Universe, only its protector. How did he enter the Dalin Universe without going through the registration process?”

Another elder quickly added.

”That's not all. I just checked it here. Krune doesn't have the mark that all outsiders receive before entering Dalin. That's not possible, no one should be able to enter Dalin without it.”