Chapter 172: Clearing Everyone Out, the End Has Arrived! (1/2)

It hadn’t even been an hour since the announcement, and Bai Xiaofei’s group had already eliminated over sixty people. These sixty people were probably the members of at least seven or eight different classes. In other words, at least ten classes would be eliminated from the tournament by the time the removal of the two realms was completed.

This assumption was based on the premise that none of the other portals were being guarded in the same way Bai Xiaofei’s group was guarding their portal. If this was also occurring at the other portals, the rate of elimination would probably increase by one third.

“Time is up. The two realms have been removed. When there are less than twenty participants remaining, we will enter the third stage and remove two more realms.” A new announcement arrived, and like a hammer, it slammed into the hearts of the remaining survivors.

The classes that were already struggling to survive up till this point started to tremble with fear. Many of them had only survived this long through a combination of sheer luck and acting in a cowardly fashion, but there was a limit to how far this strategy could bring them.

An example of this limitation was happening right now. The several Newcomer King classes were gathering in preparation to clear everyone from the tournament, and in this situation, luck and cowardly behavior would be of no help.

“Are you sure you want to give up on the Babel Merchant House’s bounty?” Zhao Ziyun asked, holding a spear in his hand, obviously dissatisfied with the current outcome. He could do a lot of things with the reward of 100 million.

“It doesn’t matter whether we give up or not,” Tai Shan said. “The real issue here is the lack of opportunity to deal with them. When I fought them earlier, I saw that Luo Han was with them. She has obviously decided to also stand by Bai Xiaofei’s side. When it comes to top combatants, their group will be no weaker than ours. If we continue trying to hunt them, both sides will suffer. Of course, if everyone here is willing to use their full strength, that might not be the case.”

Tai Shan’s every word was straight to the point. After all, he had personally experienced the strength of Bai Xiaofei’s group. The others gave up when they heard him.

Everyone was selfish. Nobody was interested in dying together with Bai Xiaofei.

“I agree with Tai Shan,” Xiang Tao said, instantly attracting everyone’s attention. He then added, “Plus, it’s not necessarily a bad thing for us if the Savage Class can survive this round.”

“What are you trying to say?” Yan Suzi asked. She was one of the top here in terms of combat power, but in terms of strategizing, she was the worst. In a sense, she resembled a blockheaded man as opposed to a woman who thought meticulously.

“Although I don’t know how big of a bet Bai Xiaofei has placed on his Savage Class, I’m sure it’s above five billion. Otherwise, the Babel Merchant House wouldn’t be so generous in offering us a reward worth hundreds of millions. Since that’s the case, wouldn’t the Babel Merchant House pay more once the Savage Class advances past the first round?”

Everyone’s eyes shone. Then, they all sank into thought. Indeed, the Savage Class would be a huge headache for the Babel Merchant House after advancing through the first round. When that happened, everyone here would be the hope of the Babel Merchant House. In other words, their reward would be much higher. Having thought of this, the leaders of the group made up their mind on their next course of action.

Now that they had decided to reap a larger reward from the Babel Merchant House, in addition to not eliminating Bai Xiaofei, they would even protect him if someone else wanted to eliminate him. After all, Bai Xiaofei was now like a money tree to them.

Unfortunately, they had all neglected one thing. This money tree wasn’t a tree they could shake so easily. Nevertheless, the five classes had all reached the same decision. They would instead act on their new plan – clear everyone else from the tournament! The cleanup would start from their current location, the Fire Realm.

And thus the five classes started sweeping through the Fire Realm, and the number of survivors dropped rapidly. Once they started their cleanup, the number of people in the other two realms increased greatly. This in turn made Bai Xiaofei’s group busy.

Since there were only three realms left, the portal connections also changed. Each realm’s portal connected with the other two remaining realms.

After the five classes cleaned up the Fire Realm, they entered the Gold Realm. They had no plans to enter the Earth Realm for now.