Chapter 202: Knocking On The Dragon’s Door (1/2)

Twenty minutes passed before the last student exited the valley, thus ending the tournament’s initial segment of Three Academies Guarding the Gate.

A total of 362 people had managed to break through, which was nearly half of the starting number. If just a few more had slipped through, then the three Astral academies guarding the gates would have been eliminated from the tournament.

Nightqueen Yanqing heaved a pent up sigh of relief. Thankfully, the Three Academies Guarding the Gate stage was mainly for entertainment purposes. If the Area Masters had seriously attacked, then even if all three of the students from Astral-3, Astral-7, and Astral-10 had worked together, they would not have been able to stop the other academy students from breaking through.

This portion of the tournament allowed the spectators to see just how powerful the students of the Astral Combat Academy were. It wasn’t just the students guarding the gates, but also those who broke through. Many of the spectators had realized that they wouldn’t have been able to get past those three defenders themselves. They had used poison, gravity, and a killing domain—each terrifying in their own right. Even some of the Explorers had a grim look when faced with the reality that the young generation was growing increasingly powerful.

Out in space, Liu Xiaoyun sighed in relief that her academy had passed this initial stage. She looked at Silver on the screen, who was still wearing his perpetual smile that gave her the chills. He was merely a Melder, but in his domain, he was able to fight against Limiteers as an equal. Even though the Limiteers weren’t allowed to counterattack, few could even block his moves. The moment Silver became a Limiteer, he would definitely become someone to watch out for in the battles for the Realm Master titles.

It was not just Liu Xiaoyun; the other Realm Masters sitting atop the peak at the south of the valley had their eyes on Silver as well.

And within the Great Yu Empire, Jue Lang had a large frown on his face as he considered Silver’s mysterious origins. Although Silver was from the Great Yu Empire, there was a pathetically small amount of information about him, and it even seemed that his information had been covered up. Who exactly is he?

On the screen of Undying Yushan’s gadget, Silver’s background information was displayed. It was very normal and simple, and also very mysterious.

Silver had an enormous grin as he looked up at somebody.

When the participating students reached the areas behind the battle drums, the next stage, Knocking on the Dragon’s Door, started.

All the students from Astral-4 gathered together right away. On the screen, under the gazes of countless people in the universe, a man grunted as his palm expanded and the air around him distorted. His battle technique caused the ground to crack beneath his feet, and there were even some spatial tears that reached into the sky, leaving the onlookers in dumbstruck in awe.

Boom!

A startling sound echoed throughout the arena as soundwaves that were visible to the naked eye rippled through the air. The ones who were first affected by the soundwaves were the participating students from Astral-4.

This was a form of initiation by battle drums. During ancient times, when wars were waged, an army would always strike their drums before entering battle. Only those who were able to withstand the drum’s heavy soundwaves were allowed to enter the battlefield. And here, the Astral Combat Tournament could be considered a battlefield as well.

The dozens of participating students from Astral-4 could not move as the heavy soundwaves passed through them. Even if blood flowed out of their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, they had to endure it. At this moment, they refused to collapse no matter what.

The soundwaves passed through the students from Astral-4 and spread outwards, gradually encompassing all of the participating students. This included the students from Astral-3, Astral-7, and Astral-10, who had just arrived.

The ground cracked, and shards of stone flew into the air before being pulverized into dust.

At that moment, another drumbeat rang out from the direction of Astral-1’s side. Right before Lulu’s eyes, Grandini Mavis attacked the drum with a punch. Although her attack didn’t create spatial tears like the man from Astral-4, her attack was just as shocking because she was beating the drum with pure physical strength.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The deafening sounds caused the very air to distort, and the explosion of concentrated sound waves caused a huge ruckus in the arena. In front of Grandini, the three valleys from the previous segment had been destroyed. The other various combat academy students who were watching from the side were also affected by the stacked soundwaves. They covered their eyes as their faces scrunched up in pain.

Behind Astral-10’s battle drum, Coco bit her lip, Meng Yue’s face turned red, and Schutz clenched the handle of his sword. These soundwaves had forced them to the brink of fainting.

Lulu let out a sound, lifted her hand, and punched forward. It was only when her little white fist made contact with the drum skin that she finally understood why she had been told to go all-out. The battle drum was so tough that ordinary people wouldn’t even be able to cause the drum to make a sound.

Boom!

The soundwaves from the drums kept overlapping, until finally, some students collapsed from the power of the vibrations. These students had managed to pass through the previous segment by sheer luck, but that alone was not enough for them to qualify to pass through this stage. The Astral Combat Tournament was a place where only the truly powerful and not those who were merely lucky would shine.

In front of Astral-5’s battle drum, the man who Lulu had assumed was frail raised his hand. Water gathered in the sky until it formed a giant ball. As time passed, the size of the ball continued to increase. Many were startled by how much water had gathered, and the water ball was clearly horrifyingly heavy.

Boom!

Astral-5’s battle drum produced an earth-shattering sound that overpowered the sound from Astral-9’s drum. It also caused at least twenty students to cough up blood and collapse.