1059 Battle Of The Lower-Class Celestial Luck Banner! (1/2)
Yun Yang felt as if there had been a thin layer of fog veiling his eyes in the past. But after listening to the world view of all these people just now, it disappeared completely and his vision became clearer than ever. The world in front of him, as well as his future path, had become much clearer instantly.
'Yes, every world has its own rules.'
'The Bound of Universe protects ordinary people in an extremely harsh way, but it also highly values and promotes the concept of survival of the strongest!'
'In this way, the weak can always live in peace while the strong will become stronger and stronger.'
'This is the Bound of Universe!'
As soon as he realized that, Yun Yang felt extremely relaxed. 'I don't have to view Bound of Universe with the worldly eyes of Tianxuan!'
At that moment, there was a sudden turmoil in front of him, and the world before his eyes actually became extremely clear. It seemed to be deliberately matching with his enlightenment.
In front of him were nine steps, and at the end of the steps was a huge platform.
Yun Yang walked up one step at a time, and when his head emerged above the platform's floor, he heard a loud voice. ”The challenger of Celestial Luck, Residence of Nine Supremes, enters the arena!”
The voice was as deafening as a thunderclap and could be heard even from a far distance.
Then, he suddenly felt as if countless divine senses had enveloped the entrance where he was at in that moment! Each divine sense came with strong curiosity, and a few of them were filled with malice. But, he could clearly sense that they could only look at him and not thoroughly examine him!
They were nothing but countless eyes.
Yun Yang walked up the steps with a calm expression, and his stately and refined purple figure quietly emerged above the floor.
At the moment of his appearance, he felt a slight tingling sensation on his face, caused by countless eyes fixing on his face at the same time. Yun Yang smiled faintly and his expression remained unchanged as he stood straight at the entrance, looking up and glancing at the surroundings.
Soon afterward, Shi Wuchen and the others followed him into the arena and stood beside him while Yun Xiuxin and other disciples stood behind their respective masters.
Presenting before the people of the Residence of Nine Supremes was a huge platform like that of the first level.
The only difference was probably...
...directly in front of this platform was a high stand made entirely of amethyst, which looked luxurious and magnificent. Three seats were placed on top of it, on which sat three men in green clothes and with golden crowns on their heads.
Instinctively, Yun Yang squinted at the men and saw at a glance that there were glittering heart symbols on their sleeves and collars. Among them, the man in the middle should be the leader and the other two his assistants.
As his eyes swept across the amethyst stand, he saw nine more stands, five to the left and four to the right.
They should be the places of honor for the nine sects owning the lower-class Celestial Luck Banners, who sat loftily there according to their ranks.
The arrangement made the place look like a gaping mouth, because the entrance where Yun Yang came out was the only side without a stand. However, as soon as Yun Yang and others from the Residence of Nine Supremes emerged, the gap was closed, making the arena perfectly rounded.
With just a glance, Yun Yang instantly grasped the current situation.
Of the ten stands in front of him, nine were for the lower-class Celestial Luck Banners, and one was the hosting stand for the Sacred Heart Palace.
The differential treatment was also obvious—only his side, the challenger, did not have a stand, which clearly put them in a lower position!
But that was the rule, so the people of the Residence of Nine Supremes could only stand there, waiting quietly for the next step to come, unable to do anything to their opponents.
Even then, all the people sitting high above had the same feeling: the Lead Supreme of the Residence of Nine Supremes looked extremely calm!
Seeing that the people of the Residence of Nine Supremes had all arrived, the green-clad man sitting in the middle rose to his feet and thundered, ”The challenging sect has arrived! I hereby announce that the battle for the Celestial Luck Banner has officially begun!
”The founder of the Residence of Nine Supremes, Supreme Cloud Yun Yang, the eight Supremes, Shi Wuchen, Luo Dajiang, Tie Qingcang...”
The man actually called out the names of all the Nine Supremes.
”I'm Huo Yunfeng, the executive officer of the Sacred Heart Palace's Iron Face Hall. Beside me are my two fellow brothers, Ding Buke and You Buneng, and we will preside over the battle of the Celestial Luck Banner. Should we judge unfairly in this battle, we are willing to accept the scourge. May heaven and earth be our witness!”
Before anything, the man had sworn a serious oath, showing that he was just and without selfish motives.
As he made the oath, a thunderclap rang out of the thick fog—the Heavenly Dao had acknowledged the oath, and it was official!
The faces of all turned solemn and cold!
With the oath, all friendships or plots were rendered ineffective! Those who wished to pass the battle could only fight with their strength!
Hong Changtian, the sect leader of Cangwu Union that ranked the last of all the sects with lower-class Celestial Luck Banners, had been staring at Yun Yang and the others, his eyes filled with a complicated look.
'The Residence of Nine Supremes...Why do I find this name so familiar?'
'Ah... I remember now! It is a new sect situated not far away from my sect! I got the news when it was just founded, but there are too many sects in Bound of Universe and warriors are establishing new sects almost every day, so I never took it seriously.'
'I can't believe that it is this little Residence of Nine Supremes that cut through all the obstacles and came here to fight with my sect in the end!'
'Strange things happen every year, but what has happened today is so bizarre that it is almost out of my knowledge!'
'The saying that one should never tolerate others encroaching on one's preserve does make sense. If I had known this, I would have...' Hong Changtian suddenly thought of the wisdom of the ancients and could not help but regret it. If he had sent several disciples to uproot the newly established Residence of Nine Supremes at that time, he would not have to face such a situation now.
His lack of action could only be described as 'cherishing a snake in one's bosom'!
”Now, I'll read the rules of the battle!”
Huo Yunfeng's clear voice echoed across the square and could be heard by everyone regardless of distance, showing his precise control of mystical Qi. Moreover, although the voice rippled like waves, the surrounding fog did not stir at all.
Yun Yang and the others listened attentively, not daring to neglect any details. Sure enough, the battle was not what he had known, or it could be said that what he knew was only part of the challenge.
The battle was divided into five matches.
The first four matches were between the number one experts from both sects, the pillar forces, the disciples, and a match of formations. This was similar to what Yun Yang had learned before, except for the last match: the defending sect had the right to propose any way to fight it.
Then there was the basic victory condition for the battle: a very simple system of best of five matches. The sect who won three matches would be the winner.
However, in addition to these basic rules was another rule. If either sect won all five matches, it could not only receive the Celestial Luck Banner, but also choose to continue to challenge the higher-ranking sect.
For example, if the Residence of Nine Supremes won all five matches against Cangwu Union, it could choose to stop there or continue to challenge the eighth-ranked sect. If it won all five matches again, it could challenge the seventh-ranked sect.
But, the rule was irrelevant to Cangwu Union, because even if it narrowly defeated Residence of Nine Supremes, it would not be able to continue to challenge the higher-ranked sect.
If Cangwu Union had the strength, it would not have waited until now and would not have been targeted by many sects participating in the qualification battle.
As for the Residence of Nine Supremes...
When the people from the nine sects with Celestial Luck Banners glanced at those from Residence of Nine Supremes, they shook their heads and sighed at the same time. Usually, the reserves of such a sect, which had only been established for less than a year, were extremely weak, and it should be its limit to obtain the challenge qualification. If it wished to challenge all the way up after defeating Cangwu Union, it was no different from a fool's dream.
And that stayed true even though all those who were killed during the battle in this realm could be resurrected afterward, and those who were wounded could be fully healed in an instant!
It was still the same even though their fighting strength could always remain at the perfect level!
The treatment of this realm was obviously higher than that in the qualification battle, which was almost completely opposite to the first-level's rules: there was only victory or defeat, no death!
After all, the ten sects here—including the Residence of Nine Supremes—were essentially the sects that already had the Celestial Luck Banners and were no longer cannon fodder in the qualification battle!
At this time, except for Cangwu Union, all the people in the other eight sects looked bored.
It was too boring!