987 A Horde of Challengers (1/2)
Around the same time, many sects and schools that possessed the Celestial Luck Banner had received information, nor the least of which was the exact particulars of the challenger sects. The details could be withheld before the contest, but once the registration was completed to become a challenger, there was no longer any need to maintain a semblance of secrecy.
Schools that possessed the middle-class Celestial Luck Banner did not receive many challenges due to their high capability, but the lower class Celestial Luck Banner sects faced a sea of enemies, especially the last three schools in the ranking. The sound of the wind and the brush of weed, too, felt like an enemy's ambush to them.
Cangwu Union, that had been ranked last, had suffered the most. Staring at the long list of challenger names, the leader was deeply unsettled.
”How could there be so many challenge letters? There are a hundred over sects that wanted to challenge us… Who will win ultimately? Who'll obtain the final challenge qualification?”
”These schools in front are well documented, we know quite a fair bit of their capabilities… This Residence of Nine Supremes, though, what is it? What's its background? When was it built? Why isn't there any documentation on this?”
”Go take a look.”
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As the news of the challenger sects was spread across the realm, countless schools began to react; some prepared themselves, some set out on conquests, while others welcomed the challenges.
Schools that held the Celestial Luck Banner would remain quiet for now, preparing for the battle eagerly to prevent an unexpected challenge, while sects that had no flag seek opponents; this was because for a school to challenge a target sect that possessed the banner, it would have to defeat ten other sects to obtain the qualification.
Due to this factor, the Residence of Nine Supremes that was established in the shortest time possible and seemed like it had no support had inevitably become easy meat, the best stepping stone for others to obtain the challenger qualification.
”Let's get rid of this Residence of Nine Supremes first!”
The higher-level management of more than twenty sects came to the same decision respectively. They would first knock out the Residence of Nine Supremes, not only to gain a term, eliminate an opponent, train their members, they could also let other sects of similar capabilities fight each other to suffer some casualties first.
The Residence of Nine Supremes was undeniably a good choice as a target! They must not miss it.
”Depart!”
”Across the mountains and rivers, who's the hero?”
”Reign the martial world, rule the world!”
”Who can acquire the celestial luck?”
For a moment, countless schools under the Sacred Heart Palace's administration were roused into action, like a boiling pot of water. The Mount Penta-Tier that was five hundred miles away from the Sacred Heart Palace was also effervescent, glowing with radiant colors.
The Mount Penta-Tier was a special mountain around the Sacred Heart Palace, endowed with the shape of a pagoda. Other than the enormous size, each tier on the mountain was strictly restrained. It had been the battleground of the Celestial Luck Banner contest since hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The first tier of the mountain was only limited to the competition of qualifying for the Celestial Luck Banner contest. One who could go to the mountain's second tier was one who was eligible for the lower class flag match while the third and fourth tier of mountain belonged to the middle and higher class banner tournament. The highest peak, that was the fifth tier, was the moderation place for the Sacred Heart Palace's higher-level management, rarely trodden by others.