Martial World's
1237 - The Battle Begins
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At the first 21 steps of the Divine Seal Altar, one would fight against the simulated spirit body produced by the array formation. Starting from the 22nd step and upwards, one would no longer fight the simulated spirit body but would have to fight and defeat other participants at the same step!
This creates another problem. It was that the first group to lead was stronger overall, so the opponents they faced were also stronger.
So, if they wanted to maintain their status in the front row, they would have to pay a certain price.
If they were too weak they would be defeated and their rankings here would drop.
A participant could only afford to lose five times before they were eliminated; they naturally did not want to waste this opportunity.
When some people realize this, they begin to slow down their pace. If they directly rushed to the 22nd step and had to directly face Nether Limitless, then it would absolutely not be pleasant.
In fact, only a small percentage of people can move up to the 22nd step.
After all this time with people continuously being eliminated, out of the original 300,000 participants, not even a hundred thousand were left. But, out of these remaining participants, a large majority would find it impossible to reach the 22nd step; they would be eliminated before then.
There is no doubt that if one cannot reach the 22nd step then they will not qualify for the semifinals.
The sun fell on the horizon and the night curtain rose high into the sky. The semifinals have now been going on for two days!
Two days, 48 hours, this period of time was an incredible test of each participant's mental state, physical strength, and endurance.
A large number of participants were unable to withstand the Empyrean's pressure, or they were unable to defeat the spirit body, or they might even exhaust themselves. But no matter what, if all this happened, the participant was eliminated.
The difference grew desperate!
Hundreds of thousands of participants plus like ants crawled up the hill, rarely scattered on the two sides of the Divine Seal Altar.
As some people were still struggling to reach the 11th step, Nether Limitless had defeated the spirit body of the 21st step and started rising to the 22nd level!
Nether Limitless had defeated all spirit bodies from the first 21 steps with relative ease.
No one was surprised by this result. This entire way he had killed all of the spirit bodies with an unstoppable momentum.
The disciples from the Skydark Holy Land became increasingly wild and insane as they shouted the name Nether Limitless. The entire arena seemed to echo with the name 'Nether Limitless'.
And on the side of the Ancient Phoenix Clan, the disciples were relatively muted.
The Ancient Phoenix Clan was not in too good a situation.
The Ancient Phoenix Clan, with Lin Ming included, had a total of four disciples entering the semifinals. The weakest of them had already been eliminated.
Xiao Ping situation did not look too good.
Whether he could reach the 22nd step was questionable.
As for those who were likely to reach the 22nd step, they were Lin Ming and Yan Littlemoon. But, the truly brutal part of this competition will finally start to step into the 22nd step, because at that time, they will have to duel and defeat other participants. It was a true test of strength.
From step 21 to step 22, Nether Limitless climbing speed was not slow.
Without an accident, he was the first to reach the 22nd step!
After climbing the 22nd step, Nether Limitless stood proudly on the flat plains, waiting for the other participants to reach it.
He held his katana as he stood against the wind, the aura of a ruler insulting him.
At that moment, due to the existence of Nether Limitless, many other martial artists felt a great pressure on them. They faintly did not dare to ascend, as rising to the 22nd step was the same as facing Nether Limitless.
“Nether Limitless has stepped on the 22nd step, he alone is blocking all the other participants .. oh! Someone else has climbed! It's a Bloodless Sword! ”
The twin hosts shouted loudly. Since the current position of the competition was too high in the Divine Seal Altar, they had boarded the Spirit Boat so that the entire audience could clearly see them.
The bloodless sword was only slightly behind Nether Limitless. After Nether Limitless reached the 22nd step, the Bloodless Sword was right behind him.
The two stood a thousand feet apart, in stark contrast to each other, none of them were willing to give a single inch!
The entire audience felt their breath choking in their throats!
Is this going to be a battle between kings in the beginning! This is too amazing!
However, after some time had passed, the two still did not fight. They just stood there, waiting.
“It looks like .. they don't plan to fight this early. Both are not idiots. Even if Nether Limitless could defeat the Bloodless Sword, he would have to pay a heavy price to do so. It would affect how far he could go afterwards. ”
"Yes nih . The 22nd step should not be their battle stage. ”
It was clear that Nether Limitless and Bloodless Sword were taking on each other as strong rivals in this semifinal. If the two were to fight, it should be at the 30th step or above.
Thus, the third person finally reached the 22nd step.
This person was a purple-clothed swordsman; his nickname was Purple Blade. He was ranked in the top 300 in the Heavenly Seal Decree and was also the first in his own world!
To be able to become the third to ascend to the 22nd step of the Divine Seal Altar, it was enough to prove its strength.
With the arrival of Purple Blade, the Bloodless Sword and Nether Limitless still remained motionless.
They keep waiting.
Slowly, over time, others gain courage and more and more people rise to the 22nd step.
In this way, six hours passed. Several thousand participants had already reached level 22.
Still, no one fights!
All the powerhouses stopped here, seemingly unanimously agreeing to recover their strength at the 22nd level.
They waited for more people and weaker people to board.
Level 22 was a place where the strong would hunt the weak.
And at this moment, Lin Ming also rose towards the 22nd step.
Mixing in martial artists here, no one would notice him.
The truth was that starting from the tenth step, Lin Ming was able to confirm that someone was targeting him. However, this mysterious existence did not push too far. This spirit body had always excelled in some areas and was able to create a bit of trouble for him. However, actually killing this spirit body did not consume too much of Lin Ming's strength.
In general, this is not a deliberate obstacle but rather a probing movement.
To investigate the point. To investigate his talent.
This caused Lin Ming to become even more confused. Just what great expert targeted him here?
From the beginning until now, his performance was only satisfactory at best. Whoever this mysterious figure was, they should have been watching Nether Limitless instead.
Lin Ming's speed was steady, not fast or slow. He finally stepped into the 22nd step with the third group.
“There are quite a lot of people here. ”
As Lin Ming ascended to the 22nd step, he could not see what was happening at the step itself. But now that he looked around, he saw around 4000-5000 people. Casually choosing one of them, one could see they were a peak powerhouse. Many of them were near the same level as Wu Finalcloud.
There are countless masters around. Those who could ascend to the 22nd step were extreme elites who could close their eyes and become Sacred level characters in the future.
These people carefully chose where they would stand. Basically, almost no one stands around those who feel strong in fear of bringing disaster upon themselves. As for those who felt weak, there were many people who swarmed near them. Everyone thought of pinching these weak persimmon-like people to pieces.
As Lin Ming stood on the 22nd step, three people calmly and quietly walked towards him, quietly surrounding him. Among them, a tall martial artist shaped like a bamboo pole smiled at Lin Ming. However, his smile harbored ill intentions.
They assess whether a person is weak or not by two criteria. First was how they felt about this person, and second was how long they had risen to the 22nd level. The later rises, the weaker is assumed.
Although this type of assessment is not always accurate, it is still better than guessing at random.
After all, almost all of the martial artists present had extremely strong foundations and the Law fluctuations around them were obvious. Moreover, many of these people hid their auras making it difficult for others to judge them based on that alone.
'' Brother Long, Brother Fei, it is very rare for an early Divine Sea boy to appear here. How about you let me handle it? "Thin martial artist who smiled at Lin Ming said to the two people around him with a true essence sound transmission.
"Hehe, even if he was in the early heavenly Sea, he might not be weak!"
“I certainly understand this, but under the same conditions, isn't it always easier to deal with someone with a low cultivation than a higher cultivation? Brother Long, Brother Fei, you two are very strong and this little brother is very weak. Now there is actually an opponent that appears that climbs so slowly and also has a low cultivation, aren't you going to take care of this little brother of yours? ”
In order for the thin martial artist to be the one to challenge Lin Ming, he was flattered again and again. He simply did not know who Lin Ming was. Although the twin hosts had introduced Lin Ming, the participants were all busy crawling up the Divine Seal Altar at that moment. Even though they heard about him, they had no idea of him. Even the Limitless and Bloodless Nether Sword did not know who Lin Ming was.
“Senior-apprentice, Brother Lin is targeted. ”
The disciples of the Ancient Phoenix Clan were all watching Lin Ming. Currently, Lin Ming was the only person from the Ancient Phoenix Clan who had reached the 22nd step.
As for Yan Littlemoon and Xiao Ping, they were still hard at work climbing the 20th step.
“Huh, they really think that our Senior-apprentice, Brother Lin, is easy to bully! I wonder how strong he is .. ”
Of the participants who were able to reach the 22nd step, none of them could be underestimated.
"These people think I'm a fat sheep or something. "Lin Ming faintly smiled. “My ascension was relatively slow and my cultivation was also at the beginning of the heavenly Sea; it is not strange that I was targeted. My cultivation is the lowest of the participants here. This is good too. I was worried that I would have to spend some time looking for an opponent, but now someone immediately turned himself in to me. ”
Lin Ming grinned.
As the thin martial artist saw Lin Ming's happy expression, he frowned. Why is this boy smiling?
As he was thinking this, the sound of exploding energy burst forth from the distance, followed by a pitiful cry. Some people have already started fighting!
The first to attack was Nether Limitless!
Using the Laws of Space, Nether Limitless instantly crossed 100,000 feet, actually arriving right in front of the person furthest away from him! With his personality, he instead decided to fight the one furthest away from him!
The man was instantly frightened from his mind.
Just as the person was about to raise his weapon, the Nether Limitless katana had already been cut off, slashing the true essence of its protector.
The peng!
The person's protective true essence was shattered and he was sent flying backwards, vomiting blood!
Nether Limitless held his hand. This is the real world and those who die will not come back to life anywhere else. However, the rules of this great competition forbid intentional killing.
The martial artist that was repulsed was wrapped in layers of purple energy before he landed.
This purple energy quickly healed the wounds of martial artists. At the same time, it also brought him hurtling down to level 21!
If one lost, they would have to fall one step!
The Nether Limitless attack had become a signal. At this moment, a large number of participants attacked with their attacks.
The battle has begun!