' Now what? ' Thought Chen Kai with a frowning expression, Shallot's smile gave him bad vibes yet the raw knowledge he had in his hand was very tempting not only because of the technique that even Shallot described as very powerful but also because of his lack of techniques, he only had three for the moment, the Galick Gun, the Spirit Cannon, and the Solar Flare, his eyes look at Callion for a moment and thought ' He must have more techniques than me, I can let him have this one ' Chen Kai blamed himself for having to lose his time in a stupid chase if only he hadn't chosen that path he wouldn't have to be lacking in strength and techniques for this occasion
" So what is it? " Callion asked with a frowning expression
Shallot smiled and turned around to hear the rest of the Emperor's speech, while Chen Kai and Callion saw him with frowning expressions
" Now please let the battles start!! " The Emperor yelled and the crowd yelled after that. The young talents of every Clan and Sect begin their battle of the preliminary with only four exempt
The battles were on each platform with more than 20 participants in each one of them, some sects made a team effort to survive while others confident in their strengths decided to fight alone
Shallot seeing that, finally speeches " I want you two to cripple one member of the big sects or big clans, the first one to do it will receive the raw knowledge gem "
Callion and Chen Kai looked at him with surprise, his words weren't something to take lightly, not only he wanted them to cripple someone it was cripple someone of the big clans or sects turned them into their enemies, they knew that when that happened this bastard won't be there to help them yet they say almost at the same time
" Alright " Said Chen Kai with a serious expression " Considered done " Answered Callion with a smirking face
Shallot smiled at their answers then he said " With this, you two will show me what kind of Ki control you have, after all, it's not easy to cripple a cultivator with an energy completely different from theirs"
Callion never thought about it he only killed those who dared to challenge him but Chen Kai was reflecting something ' He is right, the way to cripple someone is by overloading the Dantian capacity, after that woman did that to me she was stronger and had much more Spiritual Energy than me, it was pretty easy for her but how can I do it with my Ki both energies work the same bringing power to the user but in the end, they are like oil and water, an energy from nature and an energy from the body ' Chen Kai looks at his hand with a thoughtful expression
The battles lasted for 10 minutes straight and were reaching their final phase when suddenly a young man fell off the platform and the crowd began to scream in madness that's when the Emperor appeared once again " Alright stop! the preliminaries are over and those who are still standing in the platform will pass to the next phase!! " The crowd cheered at the 28 young prodigies on the platforms
The Emperor moves his hand aiming at the platforms and a bright white light appears covering the platforms, then the platforms begin to move surprising those above it, the platforms gathered together creating a unique giant platform, the platform now surpassed 100 meters wide a more convenient place to the next battles were the young prodigies will show their most powerful techniques
Below the platform, a girl lamented her defeat saying " I'm sorry senior sister Lin, I wasn't able to keep up till the end " That girl was Yuan Ning who had a rough appearance
Next to her was Wuhan, who just like her, had a rough appearance, he bowed his head toward the platform making a frustrated expression " I'm sorry too, Sister Lin if I just had been a little more powerful I... "
Lang Lin interrupts him and with a small smile she said " You two don't have to worry about it, remember that we are fighting against the strongest sects and clans of the continent, our sect may be very small but you two have proved that we are not weak, you should be proud of yourselves "
" Sister Lin " Both of them saw her with happy smiles then Teacher Shen came behind them and said " She is right you two, take this as a lesson the tournament is a way to gain experience so make sure to learn from the mistakes you committed this time and the next year you will be next to Lang Lin "
Wuhan and Yuan Ning turned to see Teacher Shen and with a smile they said " Yes! Teacher Shen! "
Teacher Shen nods with a smile then he turns to see the leader of one of the biggest sects of the region the Luhe Palace, Feng Gengxin an existence that even the Sect master of the Heavenly Feather Sect admired and couldn't help to frown looking at how nervous the old woman looked ' What's wrong with her? ' he noticed that her eyes were glued at the other side of the platform exactly were Chen Kai and his sect were he couldn't help to wonder why she was so nervous looking at them
Lang Lin on the top of the platform observed those who managed to pass the preliminaries ' Most of them were from the big Sects all of the members from the Heavenly Sword Sect, Tianyi Sect, Bai Sect, and the Luhe Palace, had passed, and besides me, those 4 who seem to be from the big clans
Suddenly the emperor's voice resounded in the whole place " Congratulations to all of you who have managed to pass the preliminaries! now remember! even if you lose the next battles! you have proved yourselves and put your sects and clans in high regard, now we will begin with the selections for the battles "
A group of guards and an old man climbed the platform while one of them carried a big wooden box and other a board. The participants gathered around the edges, Callion saw this and jumped while Chen Kai walked calmly to the platform. Every participant was now on the platform and the emperor said " Now we will begin the sort by using a small ball with a number and name "
Shallot smiled and began his plan to alter the draws of the numbers, after all, he didn't want to see those two fools fight in the first combat
The guard that carries the wooden box stays still and another one approaches and puts his hand inside, that's when Shallot's eyes shine in bright light for less than a second, and then the guard takes out the ball and to the old man on the board, and the old man writes ' Number 70, Zi Ya from the Luhe palace '
A veiled young woman with shoulder-length dark blue hair, and a blue dress whispers " I will be the first one "
" You will be fine if you don't fight against the prince or that guy of the Heavenly Sword Sect " Another young woman with long yellow hair and a dress of the same color as hers said with a confident smile
Zi Ya nods keeping a calm demeanor, after that the guard takes another ball at the old man writing on the board ' Number 76, Callion from the Saiyan Sect '
" Alright! I wanted to be the first one to fight! " Callion said with a grinning face, wanting to fight immediately, the surrounding warriors looked at him in disdain, they were judging him by his looks, being his torn clothes or his bicolor short hair. Besides they wanted to give Callion and Chen Kai a lesson after all not everyone was happy that some nobodies stayed outside the preliminaries
Zi Ya and her martial sisters look at Callion with calm expressions, thinking that Zi Ya will be able to pass after Callion only looks like a crazy hobo from an unknown small sect
The guards keep pulling out the names and Shallot alternated the outcome of most of them, making the 16 combats at his liking, Chen Kai the last one to fight against a young man from the Lan clan the same clan as Lan Xue
The Emperor was kinda pleased after all his son Wang Jun would face the weakest of the two Dakon, but only if he passed to the quarter-finals, but with the order he gave his son there wouldn't be any fight against him, but it seemed that the battle between the other one Callion and Jin Zhong will also happen in the quarter-finals ' Both of them are at the edges, it's almost impossible, it's like someone manipulated the results '
" So you noticed? " Wang Yong approached him from the right and said with a serious face
The Emperor sees him with frustration and says " So it was his doing " he says looking at Shallot below
The Ren Bao walks near them and says " We can't do anything, besides, it seems that he doesn't want their little monsters to fight each other till the final battle "
" It seems so, now we only have to wait " Wang Yong answered with a serious expression
on the other side of the balcony Lan Xue and Ying Jie were sitting next to each other, Lan Xue who just returned from the preliminaries battle smiled coldly as she thought ' His first battle will be against Lan Wei, Old Tai's disciple, and as he, he is a poison master, no matter what you try you will die today Chen Kai '
On the platform
Lang Lin looked at the board and thought ' If I win my two battles I will be able to face him ' Lang Lin looked at Chen Kai with a serious expression and clenched her fists ' I just need to win '
After a couple of minutes, the Emperor's voice sounded again " The battles have been decided! let's begin the battles! Now the first ones to fight, stay, and the rest please go dawn of the platform! " The crow cheered and the young ones in the platform began to go down except for Callion and Zi Ya
Callion stretches his arms as he smiles cockily at Zi Ya who was looking at him with a calm expression
" All the women from the Luhe Palace are very charming, I can't see Zi Ya's face but her body figure is so alluring " A young man from the Tianyi Sect said looking at Zi Ya with desire
" Indeed, as expected from a woman-only sect, besides, their strength is outstanding she must be in the realm of Spirit Ocean Transformation, I doubt that that guy Callion whose power is lower than a Dual Spirit Core cultivator will last more than 3 seconds against her " Another young man from the same sect answered with a confident smile
The group of the Bai Sect on the other side looked at Callion with serious expressions and one of them said " That guy is dangerous, I can smell him, the smell of dead " A young woman with a savage appearance said with a frowning expression
" Hehe, she is going to die " A small young man near her said in a mocking voice as he licked his lips
On the platform, Zi Ya felt no energy from Callion and thought the same as those two from the Tianyi Sect so she said " I recommend you to forfeit when you still can " Her voice was cold yet charming
The old man who stayed as the referee nods in agreement as he says " I agree, you don't have to risk your life, boy, she is stronger than you "
Callion stops his stretches and snorts at both of their comments then he raises his guard and with a cocky grin, he says " Oh yeah? let's see what happens"
' The platform has a barrier that protects everyone outside it, let's see if will last until the end ' Shallot thought with a smirking face
Then the Emperor raised his arms and yelled " Let the first fight of the tournament begin!! "