Chapter 777: Tournament (1/2)

Sam used the dimensional drifter to go back to Planet 1.

He appeared in his residence.

He didn't come out immediately. He freshened him up. Picked his feather coat and went out of the home.

The trio is not in. Sam figured that would happen. They don't have much to do anyway. But when he came out of the home, he was surprised to see that there are very few people on the street.

They are extremely scarce. He started walking around to see if he would understand anything and he noticed that everyone is walking in the same direction and some people are even running in that direction with excitement.

Sam caught  hold of a teen young man running and asked.

”What is happening? Why are all people running in that direction?”

The one Sam caught is actually a half-elf. When he looked at Sam asking these questions, he looked at him as if he was an idiot.

”What do you mean what is happening? Don't you know? It is the big fight that is going on for the past seven days.”

”Big fight?” Sam got even more confused.

”You don't know anything? Then don't waste my time. I will miss the fight.”

Sam didn't stop him and just followed him in that direction.

Soon, he reached the edge of the city and there is a large arch leading everyone into a forest which is surrounded by a wall.

Sam frowned at this. This is the forest that is developed in a certain way. It is only for high-level competitions and challenges. The election tournament that is supposed to have taken place in the past week would also take place here.

But from what learned the tournament should have been already ended. But it seems like it is still going on.

When Sam entered, he saw everyone waking towards the large auditorium that usually holds the hand-to-hand combat.

But now it is showing a large holographic three-dimensional video of the forest.

Sam is a bit confused about all the hype. From what he knew the tournament is just a normal battle tournament that tests the skills in one on one combat.

He sat in the topmost row of seats as he watched the video carefully. There are a lot of people in the forest. The elves, half-elves, centaurs, and humans, and there are many people fighting around.

But soon Sam noticed that everyone's attention is on one particular place within the tournament that seems to be the main focus of the tournament. To his surprise, Sam saw his friends in that focused area.

Watt, Philip, and Jack are currently running within the forest as they escaped the pursuit of a dozen or so people chasing them.

Sam frowned at this. No matter what, this is a bit absurd as dozens of people are pursuing a single person.

This is completely nuts.

He needs some answers.

He looked at a group of teenagers nearby who are looking at it with much excitement. Among them is the half-elf that Sam met on the way.

He walked towards them and asked.

”What is happening in this tournament?”

The kid looked at Sam and his face changed a bit and said scornfully.

”Why are you here, if you don't even know what is happening in the tournament? Don't waste our time.”

Sam didn't get angry and just took out a spatial ring and tossed it at him.

The kid caught it and checked the contents and his eyes widened in disbelief.

”That's yours if you explain the situation to me.”

The kid walked out of the group and dragged Sam to the side before asking with a smile.

”What do you want to know? I will tell you everything.” Sam shook his head at how fickle this guy is and said.

”Tell me from the beginning of the tournament. Isn't it supposed to be a normal battle tournament? Why did it turn into this?”

The kid didn't pass any snide remarks now and spoke.

”The tournament format was changed last minute. It is not a restricted tournament anymore. It is free for all tournaments and anyone can participate at any time.

But it only changed for the Pre-transcendent stage cultivators. Not the rest.

For some reason, the officials changed the format for that one cultivation level and the reason they gave us that they felt like the pre-transcendent cultivators of this era is just too great and too powerful. It is some kind of golden age or something. With that, they threw a new tournament which started two days ago.

Everyone will be given a badge when they enter the forest and out of all of them, three people will have a special ruby badge. For ten days, they have to hold on to those badges. Anyone can try and fight for them. By the end of ten days, the three people that have those three badges will be considered the top three and they will fight between themselves to decide who gets what rank.

And for some reason, those three people who recently become famous in the city got those ruby badges and now they are being chased by everyone in the tournament. Apart from the badges, there are various other treasures and threats hidden in the forest which could help with their survival.