Chapter 775: The Loneliness of a Master

"Oh? Who is this person, worthy of such praise from you?"

Ye Yuan was also somewhat curious after Pei Wenqiang's words.

Sweeping across those of the same rank—this was what Ye Yuan always did. If the Holy Land truly had such a genius, he would indeed be a formidable rival.

"This person has been widely recognized in the Holy Land as the next candidate for Saint Lord! His name is Nalan Qiu!" Pei Wenqiang said.

"Nalan Qiu..."

Ye Yuan silently noted this name. It seemed that to obtain a spot to enter Chixia Valley, this person was the biggest obstacle.

But if what Pei Wenqiang said was true, this competition would probably not be so simple.

Those so-called Boundless Seventh Layer powerhouses might not necessarily laugh last.

After all, in a battle between martial artists, cultivation level is not everything.

For ordinary martial artists, Boundless Seventh Layer absolutely crushes Boundless Sixth Layer, because their comprehension of artistic conception is not enough to reverse the gap.

But these young geniuses place the greatest emphasis on comprehension of artistic conception.

A Boundless Seventh Layer may not necessarily defeat a Boundless Sixth Layer.

Not to mention others, Ye Yuan felt that Mu Yun's strength was probably not inferior to those so-called Boundless Seventh Layer geniuses.

Of course, there are too many factors affecting a duel. When it comes to actual combat, no one can say for sure.

Moreover, the rules of this competition were somewhat peculiar. Setting up these six arenas was precisely to select six ring masters!

Those who ultimately succeeded in defending their rings would obtain a spot in the finals.

This selection method would make the competition among geniuses even fiercer. The final victors would definitely be the most qualified to advance.

Because no one would be able to challenge them anymore.

According to the rules, those below the ring could challenge those on the ring. If they won, they would continue standing on the ring, waiting for the next challenger.

After losing, they still had a chance to challenge again the next day, but each person could challenge at most three times.

If they failed all three times, they lost the opportunity to continue challenging.

As for the ring masters, to obtain a promotion spot, they must win a hundred consecutive matches, or have no one left to challenge them!

Of course, this hundred consecutive wins did not mean everyone had to fight a full hundred matches. As long as a challenger defeated the ring master, they would obtain half of the opponent's win count!

Faced with such rules, no one could take it easy. And this was a war of attrition; it couldn't be finished in three to five days.

A ring master could only accept twenty challenges per day.

At this moment, Ye City's city lord Yang Sen slowly walked up to the high platform, encouraged the crowd below for a few words, and the Ye City division competition officially began!

However, after Yang Sen announced the start, for a moment no one stepped onto the ring, and it was somewhat awkward.

These young geniuses were not fools; they knew that going up first would only lead to being worn down, and in the end, they would just be cannon fodder.

Without absolute strength, who would dare to be the first on stage?

"Ye Yuan, didn't Yang Wenmiao say you were very strong? How about it, not going up to try? With your strength, winning a hundred consecutive matches shouldn't be a problem, right?" Xiang Hao taunted.

"Heh, what's the rush? This competition will last at least half a month," Ye Yuan said indifferently.

Xiang Hao sneered, "Tch, no guts is no guts, stop pretending!"

Just as Xiang Hao was sneering, a sudden commotion arose in the crowd—someone had finally stepped onto the first ring!

"It's Yang Wenmiao! He... he actually went up first!"

"Heavens, this is absolute confidence! Who else but Yang Wenmiao would dare to be the first on stage?"

"I'm not surprised Yang Wenmiao went up first, but I want to know who will dare to challenge him first."

...

The crowd fell silent; these words struck a chord with everyone.

The notion that Yang Wenmiao was the number one powerhouse was deeply ingrained; who would dare to challenge him?

After Yang Wenmiao stepped onto the ring, he stood with his sword in his arms, slightly closing his eyes. Yet the crowd of geniuses looked at each other, and no one dared to go up.

Just then, someone leaped onto another ring, cupped his hands, and said to the crowd, "I am Li Tian from Northview City, willing to offer a humble lead. Who would like to come up and instruct me?"

Li Tian's action drew everyone's attention.

His strength was only Boundless Sixth Layer, but his intention was clear: he wanted to spar with opponents.

In fact, many present knew they had no chance; they came only to exchange pointers with these geniuses.

Most of these geniuses stood out among their peers locally, rarely having the opportunity to spar with geniuses of similar strength, so this competition was a rare chance.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Tian moved, someone immediately responded.

Another person flew directly onto the ring and faced Li Tian.

With Li Tian taking the lead, soon the other four rings also had people on them, and the grand battle officially began.

Ye Yuan watched the battles of these martial artists leisurely from below, gaining a rough understanding of the strength of the martial artists in the Ye City division.

But to Ye Yuan, these people's strength was nothing, so he had no interest in going up to fight.

Soon, a winner was decided on one of the rings.

Li Tian, who dared to be the first on stage, indeed had some skill; he directly knocked his opponent off the ring.

Soon after, another martial artist went up to challenge Li Tian, and again Li Tian won.

This unknown Li Tian had actually won two consecutive matches.

Time passed minute by minute, and the first day's battles soon drew to a close, but they were somewhat soporific.

On the first day of the ring battles, the experts basically did not go up; it was only the slightly weaker martial artists making a fuss.

Although some of them won many consecutive matches, in the end, they would only benefit others.

The only highlight of the first day's competition was probably Yang Wenmiao.

He stood there with his sword in his arms, from dawn to dusk, and yet no one went up to challenge him.

The loneliness of a master—this probably described someone like him.

The other five rings were fiercely contested, but his was desolate, with the geniuses not even giving him a glance.

Ye Yuan was also somewhat curious: would anyone ever challenge Yang Wenmiao?

After all, according to the rules, if no one challenged him for two consecutive days, Yang Wenmiao would automatically qualify for the finals.

On the second day, the true climax of the competition finally arrived!

Right from the start, a Boundless Seventh Layer genius leaped onto the ring to challenge Li Tian!

Li Tian was indeed strong; on the first day, he had won twenty consecutive matches and held the ring until now.

But the gap between the middle and late Boundless stages was somewhat large.

Li Tian's strength was certainly not weak, but after barely holding on for over a hundred moves, he finally lost.

With this Boundless Seventh Layer taking the lead, soon others could not hold back; two more Boundless Seventh Layer fighters flew onto the rings, and the battle began to intensify!