Chapter 905: The Last Two (1/2)

Stella seemed proud on the outside, but she was fearful on the inside. She had known the Sect Master for a long time, and she knew that the Sect Master enjoyed being in control. Whenever she was in control, she showed it to everyone.

However, she would never show what her actual hand was. She obviously knew something, but no one could guess what her actual plan was.

”You and you.”

And like this, the next round started.

It was Gravis versus the last remaining High-Rank Sect Disciple.

Gravis frowned slightly. 'She obviously knows something about me, but she is still sending me against someone from a High-Rank Sect instead of someone from a Peak Sect. What's her plan?'

Gravis fought with his opponent, and it took around five minutes before a winner could be seen.

In the end, it seemed like Gravis had barely won.

With that, all the High-Rank Sect Disciples had vanished.

The last High-Rank Sect disciple didn't feel bad about losing to Gravis. Gravis was genuinely powerful, and he felt like he had lost honestly against Gravis. He thanked Gravis for the match and left the palace.

'Not everyone in this world is an arrogant ass,' Gravis thought with a smile.

The next match was between two Peak Sect Disciples, and the match took over ten minutes. However, the match lacked a certain feeling of desperation and conviction. It was more like a casual sparring match between them.

Yet, even such a casual sparring match was already beyond any disciple from a High-Rank Sect.

The one from the Life Sect lost in the end and left with a smile on his face. Obviously, he didn't take that loss seriously.

The last match was between the Holy Son Candidate of the All-Matter Sect and the remaining member of the Life Sect.

Surprisingly, the disciple from the Life Sect conceded without even fighting.

What was even the point of fighting? He had been paid to let the All-Matter Sect win, and on top of that, even if he tried to fight the Holy Son Candidate, he would lose anyway.

The power of different Peak Sects was distributed over different Cultivation Realms.

At the Peak Immortal Emperor Realm, every Peak Sect was about equally powerful. Maybe the Purist Sect was a slight bit more powerful, but there wasn't much difference.

However, before one reached the absolute peak of the world, there were two Sects that stood out in terms of individual power. One was obviously the Purist Sect, while the other was the All-Matter Sect.

Why were the people of the All-Matter Sect so powerful in these Cultivation Realms?

Materials.

The All-Matter Sect was all about equipment, and as long as they had access to higher-ranked materials, they could create equipment out of them.

This was the same thing that Gravis was doing. Gravis always created weapons out of ore a couple of levels above his actual Realm. The All-Matter Sect could obviously do the same thing, and they also had a lot of ore.

When one reached the peak of the world, there were no more stronger materials left. Peak Immortal Emperors could only create equipment with Peak Immortal Emperor Rank Materials, but before that, there were always more powerful materials.

A Holy Son Candidate of the All-Matter Sect would have mighty equipment.

So, because of all these reasons, the disciple of the Life Sect simply conceded without a fight.

And with that, only three people were left.

One was a Disciple of the Primordial Force Sect.

One was the Holy Son Candidate of the All-Matter Sect.

One was Gravis.

When the old Vice-Sect Master saw that Gravis was still in the tournament, he almost couldn't believe it.

What Holy Son Candidate?

Gravis could just directly become their Holy Son!

By now, a lot of people had forgotten that Gravis was actually two levels below the other contestants. Yet, he had managed to beat so many peak geniuses with a level disadvantage.

Gravis could directly become their Holy Son after Stella left.

The two Vice-Sect Masters became excited when they realized that they were about to welcome a nearly peerless Cultivator into their Sect.

However, the Sect Master only smirked knowingly.

She knew that Gravis would not join the Nine Elements Sect.

What's such a genius worth when they didn't belong to one's own Sect?

Nothing.

”The next match will be an everyone versus everyone match,” the old Vice-Sect Master announced.

”That's not necessary,” the disciple of the Primordial Force Sect said. ”I concede. There's no point in fighting against the Holy Son Candidate of the All-Matter Sect.”

Everyone that had been put up against the Holy Son Candidate had given up, but no one was surprised. Even if the other disciples hadn't been paid off, he would have still won in a fight.

This was also a big reason why every other member of the Peak Sects accepted the bribe.

They would lose anyway. So, why not make some extra money while losing?

The main reason why everyone was paid off, even though it was really not necessary, was to keep the trump card of the Holy Son Candidate secret.

One shouldn't forget that winning the tournament didn't mean that one had won the last fight.

No, there was one more opponent after winning the tournament.