As Li Yuan and Jin Huguo chatted, time slipped away until it was finally 7:58.
The competition’s start time was drawing closer and closer.
Suddenly, buzz~ buzz~ two fluctuations materialized from nowhere, sweeping past Li Yuan and Jin Huguo simultaneously.
Both of them vanished at the same moment.
When they reappeared, they found themselves in the center of the grand competition space, surrounded by the massive battle platform.
It wasn’t just the two of them; other unparalleled geniuses like Yin Man, Zhu Tong, Dantai Feng, Hoffman, Kunale, Nevsky, and the like also materialized around the platform.
“Alicia,” Li Yuan couldn’t help but glance at the blond, blue-eyed woman.
She, like him, had not awakened her Martial Spirit.
… As the twenty ultimate talents who made it into the finals appeared, the entire competition space immediately erupted, with countless spectators from all over the world madly roaring the names of contestants.
“Raja!”
“Kunale, we from Tianzhu are the strongest.”
“Nevsky, kill Harmon!”
“Li Yuan! Yin Man! Take the first place.” Numerous voices rose, everyone cheering for their country’s finalists.
Without a doubt, Li Yuan’s name was called out the loudest, which was a testament to his popularity.
…
“Ladies and gentlemen, after ten days of brutal competition, this edition of the global…” the burly host in black appeared once again, his voice thundering across heaven and earth: “More than six million contestants fiercely vied for the top, and at last, we have selected twenty Martial Path geniuses.”
“They are Blue Star’s strongest twenty talents in skills this year!!”
“And today’s finals will decide the top ten, top five, and eventually the very first place in one go!!”
“First place means Blue Star’s number one!!
“The top three talents identified today will soon represent Blue Star on the distant Feixing to compete against the most prodigious geniuses from the Six Great Planets!!” the host spoke with impassioned voice.
Stirring the voices of all the spectators.
Timely music also started playing.
“Wow! The number of spectators has already exceeded six million!! Haha, this is absolutely unprecedented.”
“Alright.”
“Next, I will introduce the top twenty contestants one by one. They are Yin Man, Li Yuan, Bai Chuanming…” Each time the host announced a name,
the entire competition space rang out with earth-shaking roars, Explore stories on M-V-L
echoing the names of each contestant.
At last.
After announcing the last contestant’s name.
“It’s already past eight o’clock,” the host’s voice turned somber: “First off, we will begin with the ‘Twenty to Ten’ first round of the finals, and the matches will follow ranking by total points earned in the melee battles, with the first-ranked fighting the twentieth, second against nineteenth, and so on…”
“Therefore, the first match of the first round will be Yin Man versus Hades!” the hosts’ voice rose once again.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The twenty contestants who were originally surrounding the battle platform were instantaneously teleported into it.
“Yin Man,” Li Yuan immediately turned to look, considering her one of his most important competitors.
As for Hades? Li Yuan had no deep impression of him.
The other contestants were also watching intently, seizing the opportunity to understand the abilities of their potential next-round opponents.
…
Since both parties’ Physical Quality was set at level 18, the diameter of the battle platform was 300 meters.
Over six million people were watching.
Upon the battle platform, Yin Man and Hades wasted no words and immediately burst into combat.
This battle ended very quickly, but it left the spectators and contestants alike in shock.
Because!
Yin Man was terrifying, as with just a single sword, she defeated the brilliant ‘Hades’ from the knockout stages.
From start to finish, Hades barely stood a chance to resist, completely overwhelmed by Yin Man.
In the end,
Yin Man secured the first spot in the top ten.
“Yin Man!”
“Invincible!”
“The most beautiful Yin Man!” Millions of spectators from Xia Country cheered excitedly.
…
“What a terrifying Yin Man!” Harmon, Nevsky, and other peerless talents all marveled at Yin Man’s swordsmanship and felt the pressure.
After all, according to the data, Yin Man was best with dual swords.
If she could easily defeat ‘Hades’, also of the Fifth Stage, with just one sword, how terrifying would she be once she unleashed both swords?
…
“Intermediate Rank of the Fifth Stage,”
“Indeed, Intermediate Rank of the Fifth Stage. Another one, including Li Yuan and Nevsky, that makes the third one,” many Flying Heaven Warriors discussed among themselves in the higher Spectator Space.
More than a hundred thousand Prime Warriors came to watch today, but there were even more than a hundred Flying Heaven Warriors.
“Today is the finals, and the Star Master didn’t come?”
“Not sure.”
“Let’s wait and see, maybe he will come for the final showdown,” many Flying Heaven Warriors who came to watch were actually hoping to meet the Star Master.
Unfortunately, the Star Master didn’t show up today.
While these Flying Heaven Warriors were having their discussion, the second match had already ignited.
…
The second battle, between Nevsky and Hoffman, erupted between two super geniuses from their respective nations.
But in a brief moment, the battle was over.
Once Nevsky’s Axe Technique fully unleashed, a succession of axe lights cascaded continuously, crushing Hoffman outright.
In the end, Nevsky captured the second spot in the top ten.
…
The third match, Dantai Feng against ‘Yu Mingwei’ from Xia Country, another talent,
was a civil war within Xia Country.
Unavoidably, due to the rules, with Xia Country occupying six spots of the top twenty, an internal battle was bound to happen.
This fight was bitterly contested by both sides.
And against most spectators’ expectations, Dantai Feng emerged slightly superior, enduring his severe injuries to win over Yu Mingwei.
“Haha, won! Won!” Dantai Feng’s eyes shone with light, one of his arms completely broken, blood flowing.