Chapter 465 (1/2)
The Ranking Tournament was going to be conducted in the High Heaven Contest Stage in the outer inst.i.tute of the High Heaven Martial Inst.i.tution.
The High Heaven Contest Stage was like a huge inverted dome and the contest stage was at the bottom. The sides of the dome were the audience seats.
Early in the morning, the members of the 24 Martial Inst.i.tutions were all present. The seeded contestants were in the seeded contestants' seats, while the deans and a.s.sistant deans were in the VIP seats. As for the seats behind, were the seas for the High Heaven Martial Inst.i.tution's inner inst.i.tute cadets.
”Dean Qin, since everyone is present, let the Ranking Tournament begin!” The white-robed dean of the Flying Snow Martial Inst.i.tution, Duanmu Yao stood up and spoke.
Duanmu Yao was ranked 7th of the Violet Flower Kingdom's Master Rankings. Among all the deans of the 24 Martial Inst.i.tution, only the High Heaven Martial Inst.i.tution's Dean Qin Yun was ranked in front of her.
Qin Yun's face was elegant and refined while his qi presence was very reserved. He nodded and signaled to the a.s.sistant dean beside him.
The a.s.sistant dean stood up and announced, ”The Ranking Tournament is split into three stages. The first stage will determine the top 100, the second stage will determine the top 26. The top 26 will enter the Red Rainbow Sect together with the 24 seeded contestants and become outer sect disciples. The third stage will be the Ranking Tournament the no.1 contestant will get 50 points, the no.2 contest will be given 49 points, no.3 will get 48 points… no.50 will get 1 point. By then, the total points from all the contestants of the same martial inst.i.tution will be tallied, the martial inst.i.tution with the most points will be the new no.1 ranked martial inst.i.tution of the 24 Martial Inst.i.tutions.”
”As for the rewards… No.1 will obtain 1000 mid-grade spirit stones and ten million low-grade spirit stones. No.2 will obtain 500 mid-grade spirit stones and five million low-grade spirit stones. No.3 will obtain 300 mid-grade spirit stones and three million low-grade spirit stones. No.4 to no.50 will have the same reward of 100 mid-grade spirit stones and one million low-grade spirit stones.”
”The first stage of the tournament will begin. All of the non-seeded contestants please redeem your number plate.”
Apart from the 24 seeded contestants, the remaining 216 contestants went on stage and redeemed their number plates.
The 24 seeded contestants also had their number plates.
Their number plate was given according to the rankings of the martial inst.i.tutions. Since the South Forest Martial Inst.i.tution was ranked 15th, Li Fuchen
's number plate was no.15.
”The reward for no.1 is 1000 mid-grade spirit stones and ten million low-grade spirit stones. Truly generous.” Li Fuchen revealed a trace of battle intent.
Originally, he didn't really bother about getting no.1 for the Ranking Tournament. But now, he felt that he had to contest for it even if he had to expose some of his trump cards.
Ten million low-grade spirit stones was fine, but 1000 mid-grade spirit stones was extremely hard to obtain. After reaching the Battle Spirit Realm, if the pract.i.tioner wanted to have rapid progress, it was impossible without mid-grade spirit stones and they were rather lacking even in the Seven Color Continent. The Red Rainbow Sect probably didn't have enough mid-grade spirit stones to fulfill the daily requirements for all their Battle Spirit Realm masters. In order to obtain more mid-grade spirit stones, one would have to rely on diligence and hard work.
The first stage of the tournament started. There were a total of ten contest stages and there would be two contestants fighting on each stage at the same time.
Li Fuchen watched a few matches and found that it was meaningless, thus, he paid more attention to the 23 other seeded contestants.
”That person should be the Wild Lion Martial Inst.i.tution's seeded contestant, Li Kuang. He is the one that possesses the berserk bone frame.”
Li Kuang was at the 6th level of the Reincarnation Realm and was very tall. He stood at around two meters in height and had extremely firm muscles. He was emitting an indescribable pressure.
Such pressure was similar to a qi spirit. But Li Fuchen could sense it was a power that was more profound than qi spirit.
”Berserk bone frame. Incredible indeed.” Li Fuchen had treated Li Kuang as one of the contestants that deserved his attention.
Next, Li Fuchen's eyes s.h.i.+fted to the Stellaris Martial Inst.i.tution's seeded contestant, Yang s.h.i.+huo.
Yang s.h.i.+huo's qi presence was extremely tyrannic. When he was seated, he was like an indestructible spear and felt as though a casual attack from him would be able to penetrate anything.
”The spear dao bone frame that awakened the spear dao divine ability is indeed extraordinary.”
Li Fuchen might have witnessed other weapon dao bone frames, but they had yet to awaken the divine ability.
As compared to Li Kuang, Yang s.h.i.+huo's cultivation level was higher and was actually at the 7th level of Reincarnation Realm.
It was the highest level of cultivation that Li Fuchen had witnessed among the youth generation.
Apart from the top seven martial inst.i.tutions, among the 18 martial inst.i.tutions, there might not be other special bone frames among the seeded contestants, but they must not be underestimated either. The power of the divine ability didn't determine superiority. There were divine abilities that could suppress the opponent's strength and during such situations unless the opponent's strength was far superior, it would definitely be a hard battle. There were divine abilities that were impossible to defend against effectively and if one was careless, severe injuries might be inflicted with.
Also, the progress of the bone frame pattern's comprehension also determined the grade of the divine ability.
It was basically very difficult to comprehend too much of the bone frame pattern at the Reincarnation Realm, but it was still possible to comprehend it substantially.
If it was extraordinary bone frames, comprehending two segments of the bone frame pattern was enough to awaken the divine ability. If the bone frame pattern was comprehended to two and a half segments, the power would definitely be superior to many others who had just awakened their divine abilities.
Li Fuchen had comprehended more than three segments of the blazing flame bone frame and he was confident he could oppress special abilities.
Li Fuchen then started to a.n.a.lyze the top seven martial inst.i.tutions' seeded contestants.
The Scarlet Desert Martial Inst.i.tution's seeded contestant was a short-haired youth. He was at the 6th level of Reincarnation Realm and his qi presence was obviously a little weaker than Yang s.h.i.+huo and Li Kuang.
The Long River Martial Inst.i.tution's seeded contestant was a blue-robed youth and also at the 6th level of Reincarnation Realm.
The Evergreen Martial Inst.i.tution's seeded contestant was a green-haired youth who had the same cultivation as Yang s.h.i.+huo and was at the 7th level of Reincarnation Realm. But Li Fuchen discovered that he was still incomparable to Yang s.h.i.+huo and was on par with Li Kuang.
After a.n.a.lyzing the green-haired youth, Li Fuchen took a glance at the contest stage.
On the stage, Leng Feng of the Evergreen Martial Inst.i.tution had settled his opponent in a single blade.