Chapter 964 The seventh trial: Showdown! (3)
Chapter 964 The seventh trial: Showdown! (3)
The surrounding Dao Kings and Dao Emperors were all stunned by the old man’s words, with the Dao Emperors unable to believe their luck while the Dao Kings feeling waves of incredulity battering their hearts.
Were they -mere peak rank 9 Dao Kings- really going to fight against these powerful peak-stage Dao Emperors?
No, not just any peak-stage Dao Emperors, but the strongest ones the central continent had to offer, as well?
If that was the case they might as well forfeit right now. Regardless of what type of rewards the seventh trial may contain, it was useless if they were just going to throw their lives away!
Thankfully, the old man didn’t seem to have finished his explanation as he waved his hand shortly afterwards, as 10 beams of pristine white light fell on ten specific individuals within the crowd.
Naturally, Shun Long was among those people targeted by the beams of light before the old man continued
”Of course, I’m not going to have you brats fight each other at random. That would defeat the purpose of this trial. Sit down and let me explain. You can decide what to do after that!”
The purple-robed elder’s gaze coldly swept the populated mountain peak, causing the nearby Dao Kings and even the Dao Emperors who met it to lower their heads, before the old man’s voice resounded once more
”Right now, there are ten individuals among you that are marked with a beam of light. Those ten are the ones I have judged to be the most talented among you; They are the ones that performed the best in the previous six trials and the ones who have claimed a spot in the ‘Heavenly Rankings’!”
Then, the purple-robed elder actually raised his hand and first pointed at Shun Long and then at a golden-robed young man a few meters away from him before he continued
”Other than these two brats, you are allowed to freely challenge the remaining eight. Those of you who manage to win against a holder of a beam of light will obtain that beam for yourselves. A week later, those of you who manage to hold onto your beams will continue on to the next round! The rest will be eliminated from the seventh trial and will be kicked out of the ‘Heavenly Tower’.”
The old man’s words were calm and collected without the slightest hint of wavering in his voice, but the surrounding Dao Kings and Dao Emperors all felt tumultuous waves rocking their hearts as they understood the implications behind them.
Only the ten strongest people would remain standing in the end according to the purple-robed overseer.
Almost involuntarily, everyone then turned to look at the two people the old man had pointed to; Shun Long and the golden-robed young man.
Instead of giving answers, the old man’s words had brought more and more questions to everyone here.
Finally, a few people could no longer take it and barraged the old man with questions, clearly aggrieved by the unfair favoritism that was taking place.
”Senior, why are these people getting preferential treatment? Why don’t they have to participate in this round? Isn’t this unfair? I thought your ‘Imperial Mandate sect’ was impartial and treated everyone fairly!”
”That’s right! Why do they get to skip this round? Besides, isn’t this trial a bit too unfair? How can we, who are mere Dao Kings, fairly compete against these Dao Emperors? Doesn’t this mean that the last 10 spots will all belong to those Dao Emperors?”
A few daring people seemed to have pointed out the unfairness in the old man’s preferential treatment, after choosing to exclude Shun Long and the golden-robed young man from the first round of the seventh trial, but people were even more interested in the last part mentioned.
Indeed, how were these Dao Kings supposed to contend with these experienced Dao Emperors in a fair fight? This was pure nonsense considering that these weren’t any ordinary Dao Emperors, but ones who were just a step away from breaking through to the Sovereign realm!
What were Sovereign realm experts? They were the defacto rulers of the central continent!
Considering how few in numbers the ‘Earth Immortals’ really were, and how rarely they showed their faces in public, it wasn’t far-fetched to call Sovereign realm experts the true rulers of the continent!
Even if these Dao Emperors weren’t Sovereign realm experts just yet, they were certainly mere steps away from advancing. And even if they weren’t, they were still far stronger than average peak rank 9 Dao Kings!
And yet, the old man had a frosty look in his eyes as he glanced at the people who had dared to criticize him just now, before his cold voice reverberated throughout the mountain peak once more, this time a hint of killing intent carried along with it
”I’m being unfair you say? I’m giving them preferential treatment? Well, let me ask you this then… even if I am, so what? What can you do about it?” The purple-robed elder no longer held back, the horrifying aura of a late-stage Earth Immortal exploding from his body and shaking the entire mountain peak, terrifying everyone as he continued
”Since you brats are foolish enough to think I’m being unfair, I’ll just explain everything until you have no more complaints. That crazy brat in blue robes over there actually fought the chief-outer court disciple of my ‘Imperial Mandate sect’ in the fifth trial head-on, and even held the upper hand during their fight. Most likely, if I’d let them fight for one more day he would have already won as well!
As for that brat in golden robes, his performance wasn’t much worse! Although he didn’t fight Luoyang head-on like this crazy brat, he instead stood still and just took on all of his attacks! Now tell me, which one among you had similar results? Which one among you achieved the same feat as they did? Do you know why I’m excluding them from the first round? It’s not that I’m afraid you will beat them in a fight, but because you have no chance winning against them in the first place!”
The old man’s words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly plunging the entire mountain peak in a deathly silence, as the surrounding Dao Kings and Dao Emperors now stared at Shun Long and the golden-robed youth with complicated, as well as terrified expressions.